Witnesses to the terror attack in Barcelona described how a white van hurtled through crowds without slowing down.

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

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.

WALKING in Ireland has found its feet.

WHEN the Champions League trophy had been hauled around Wembley and the colourful Catalan hordes had sung themselves hoarse, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was asked a question which resonated in bars from Las Ramblas to Las Vegas.

A GROUP of neighbours who said they were “tortured” by booming music and other noise from a Barcelona pub may finally get some shut-eye after a court sentenced the owner to more than five years in prison.

LOUIS VAN GAAL is one of the great men of Dutch football, but he has never quite earned the recognition that his success deserved.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt's Las Vegas, Nevada dream is over - their ambitious Las Ramblas hotel complex is dead.

George Clooney has been forced to abandon plans to build his proposed Las Ramblas casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, after his backers decided to sell the plot of land ear-marked for the luxury resort.

The last time George Clooney scored big in Las Vegas, he played a character who robbed a casino in the movie “Ocean’s Eleven".

ONE wonders if the traders who fear the pedestrianisation of Cork city centre have ever visited Covent Garden in London, Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Paris’ Plage or similar places in cities and towns everywhere in Europe.