On the Camino Romantico ... in Spain

A Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona should be judged on its own merits, but these sides have scores to settle at the Nou Camp tonight as old enemies and grievances came to the fore in the pre-match jousting.

A suspected arsonist started a fire inside Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica today, forcing hundreds of tourists to evacuate one of Spain’s most popular attractions.

WHEN I was 15-years-old or so I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go on a school trip to Barcelona.

WITH the smell of drying paint in my nostrils and freshly-laid grass under my feet, I giddily surveyed the new Lansdowne Road stadium when it swung open its just-hung doors recently.

The Pope will visit Spain in November with a stop in Barcelona to inaugurate Gaudi’s famed cathedral La Sagrada Familia.

CHANDELIERS from the White House, inspiration from the Gaudi House, a deposit from Gurranabraher Credit Union and the redevelopment of arguably Cork city’s best known night spot.

IF the construction of sporting stadia were the barometer of economic well-being instead of housing, you would be forgiven for thinking the world is in a golden age of uncharted prosperity.