A man alleged to be a former senior commander of the Provisional IRA is expected to come before a court here in the near future after he was arrested in Spain on historic child sex abuse charges.

Seventeen Irish swimmers this weekend tackle one of the most challenging open water challenges in Europe.

Isabel Conway experiences a break with a difference — Spain’s luxury state-run Parador hotels.

Simon Hopkinson is one of the big names coming to Ballymaloe next month. He talks to Joe McNamee about his life-long passion for food and cooking.

IF you’ve travelled at all to the Costa Brava region in Catalonia, northern Spain, chances are you’ve been to Girona — you just mightn’t know it.

THE INTERCITY train from Brussels arrived at Antwerp Central station a few minutes late and passengers pushed forward in a mad scramble to get aboard. A well-dressed man elbowed me out of the way, almost knocking an elderly woman in the crush. Seconds later, the rude man was exiting again, through the crowd, muttering loudly that he needed to be on another train, jostling past us to get off.

The images of a heaving Celtic Park on Wednesday night as coach Neil Lennon, players and 60,000 fans celebrated the famous Champions League over Barcelona on the club’s 125th anniversary night will long be remembered, but one of the week’s most striking photos was that of Barca stars Xavi Hernández, Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta posing with Celtic’s 125-year anniversary kit.

A British woman who murdered her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel room has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

A woman who killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel room has been found guilty of their “abominable” murders.

A woman who killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel room has been found guilty of their “abominable” murders.

A British woman killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel "out of love" for them, a court heard today.

A mother who killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel room was “astonishingly calm” when she showed police their bodies, a court heard.

A woman killed her two young children while they slept in a Spanish hotel room and spent the night with their bodies, a jury has heard.

Tourism organisations around the globe will be green with envy this week as many of the world’s best-known landmarks turn emerald to mark St Patrick’s Day and promote Ireland as a tourist destination.

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts on a man whose wife is accused of murdering their two children in a Spanish hotel.

A WOMAN accused of murdering her two children in a Spanish hotel room yesterday choked back tears as she told a court she tried to “protect” her children from social services.

The bodies of two children whose mother admitted suffocating them in a hotel room are expected to be buried in Spain next week.

A WOMAN who admitted suffocating her two children with a plastic bag in aSpanish hotel room last week tried to kill herself before she was arrested, police said yesterday.

A mother who admitted suffocating her two children with a plastic bag in a Spanish hotel room is expected to decide whether their bodies should be repatriated.

A MOTHER has confessed to killing her two children in a Spanish hotel room, court officials said yesterday.

A mother has confessed to killing her two children in a Spanish hotel room, court officials said today.

THE case of a family whose two children were found dead in a Spanish hotel room has been referred to Britain’s police watchdog.

A British woman arrested after the deaths of her two children is expected to undergo psychiatric tests today as she waits to learn whether a case will be brought against her.

Spanish police are understood to be looking for a second person in connection with the deaths of two British children at a holiday resort.

A British woman was being questioned by police today after her two children were found dead in a Spanish hotel room.

AN English woman was being questioned by police last night after her two children were found dead in a Spanish hotel room.

THANKS to two Irish entrepreneurs, the most distant part of France in now one of the easiest to reach, at least from Dublin.

The collapse of tour operator XL is the latest blow to the UK air travel industry, which has endured a torrid summer with a number of companies closing down.

AIRTOURS has a number of specials ex-Dublin to Greece, saving as much as €400 to various destinations.

French pair Gwladys Nocera and Sophie Giquel shared the lead on three-under-par 69 after the first round of the Catalonia Ladies’ Masters but Hampshire’s Kirsty Taylor was poised for a weekend attack.

Spanish rescue services today found the bodies of two of the four crew members of a French-flagged catamaran that sank overnight off Spain’s Costa Brava due to heavy winds.

TIGER WOODS and Fred Couples crashed to a 4 & 3 defeat against Retief Goosen and Adam Scott in the first match of the Presidents Cup yesterday.

Four-time world champion Tommi Makinen was forced out of the Rally of Catalunya before the start of the second leg through engine failure.

The Basque terror group ETA says tourists coming to Spain are now legitimate targets.