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MPs in Spain's Balearic Islands have banned the killing or harming of animals at regional bullfights.

Spain's Princess Cristina has been found not guilty of being an accessory to fraud, but her husband was convicted and sentenced to more than six years in prison.

Need inspiration for your holidays in 2017? From couples to families, adventure-seekers to the latest direct routes from Cork, Ciara McDonnell has all you need to know.    

Inchydoney beach in West Cork has been named Ireland’s favourite beach by international tourists for the third year in a row.

Princess Cristina and her husband have arrived at court for the start of a historic trial which marks the first time a member of Spain’s royal family has faced criminal charges since the monarchy was restored in 1975.

Spain’s rescue services called off their underwater search for missing free-diving great Natalia Molchanova yesterday after spending more than two days looking for her off the Balearic Islands.

Paula Burns explores the secret gem of the Balearic Islands, savouring the tapas at exquisite eateries, and soaking up the sounds of the sea at private beaches.

Spanish emergency services safely evacuated around 170 people from a burning ferry crossing the Mediterranean from Mallorca to the port of Valencia, said government and port authorities.

After a fine dinner at our home last week, our guest (and chef for the evening) was (figuratively) in full flight and turned to the squirmy subject of earthworms.

Inchydoney in West Cork has been voted the best beach in the country for the second year in a row.

THESE days, flat hedgehogs are all too often seen on west Cork roads and, no doubt, on roads all over Ireland.

On a picture perfect spring day in 2009, Spain’s Princess Cristina and her husband held a First Communion celebration bash at their modernist Barcelona mansion with drinks and nibbles served from huge party tents on the sprawling grounds. The cost: €4,591.

School’s lollipop man quits over safety concerns

I MOVED to Barcelona three years ago. There is something very atmospheric about the city.

So what’s there to do on a sun holiday when there’s no sun? Well as Eoghan O’Sullivan discovered, quite a lot, if you have a can-do attitude and are somewhat imaginative.

Spanish police have arrested a man who allegedly planned to imitate the 1999 Columbine school killings by planting bombs around a university campus to kill thousands of students.

Mallow Home and Garden Show is the province’s premier garden event, Charlie Wilkins reports

Aer Lingus has cancelled four flights to Spain today due to a general strike in that country.

The former president of Spain’s Balearic islands has been jailed for six years for bribing a newspaper columnist to praise him in his articles.

A JUDGE subpoenaed the son-in-law of Spain’s King Juan Carlos to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, deepening a public relations nightmare for the royal family at a time of acute economic crisis.

The son-in-law of Spain’s King Juan Carlos has been summoned to appear before a judge as a suspect in a corruption case.

Irish airports will remain open until further notice, it was announced today.

All Irish airports will remain open until at least 1pm tomorrow, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said this morning.

Spanish airline Iberia today cancelled around 440 flights because of a strike by flight attendants seeking pay increases.

PANORAMA Holidays is offering May departure specials from Cork to Majorca. The largest of the Balearic Islands caters for all tastes, offering lively, family-friendly resorts, as well as relaxed, low-key resorts, cultural excursions, golf courses and countless beaches.

Thousands of Irish holidaymakers face disruption as airport staff on the Balearic Islands plan a series of one-day strikes.

Two people have died in the torrential rain and high winds which have lashed Spain’s east coast and Balearic islands, flooding roads and washing out a bridge, officials said today.

PASSENGERS flying to Spain will be required to comply with an extra layer of paperwork security from next Wednesday.

Ryanair today informed passengers that the Spanish Government has introduced new measures requiring all passengers travelling to Spain (including the Canaries and Balearic Islands) from the UK and Ireland to provide passport or National ID data prior to flight departure.

Spanish police acting on a telephoned bomb threat evacuated Ibiza airport in the Balearic islands today.

Low-cost Spanish carrier Air Madrid, which flies to London among other destinations, halted its operations today, saying a government threat to suspend its licence because of repeated flight delays had devastated its ticket sales and credibility.

New figures from Dublin Airport show that package tours are still the favourite choice for Irish holidaymakers.

Spanish police arrested 15 people today suspected of recruiting people for Iraq’s insurgency, including possible suicide attacks, breaking up a cell in close contact with al-Qaida and terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said.

Spanish police today said they had arrested 14 people on suspicion of recruiting and indoctrinating fighters for Iraq’s insurgency.

Spain’s National Court has received a prosecutor’s report on allegations that the CIA used an airport on the Spanish island of Mallorca for a program of covert transfers of terror suspects, court officials said today.

A cruise ship with 732 people on board sent out a distress signal today after its engines died during a storm in the Mediterranean.

More than 220 species of birds are at risk in Europe, a dire warning about the general state of the environment, a conservation group said today.

Irish sun seekers are expected to make 2004 a bumper season for overseas tour operators and travel agents.

Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas today denied all knowledge of wife Catherine Zeta Jones’ alleged aversion to the Atkins Diet.

The cry of a toddler, pulled alive from under the rubble of a collapsed apartment block after being trapped for 39 hours, was the only joy in Algeria today where the earthquake death toll soared beyond 1,500, with more than 7,000 injured.

Bodies wrapped in blankets and plastic bags piled up in morgues today as the death toll mounted following Algeria’s devastating earthquake.

Panic-stricken families slept in the streets and parks of Algeria’s seaside capital for a second night, while rescuers led a frenzied hunt for survivors near the epicentre of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and injured nearly 7,000.