At least 77 people have been killed and more than 100 injured as a passenger train derailed in north-western Spain, according to reports.

Up to 56 people have been killed after a passenger train derailed on a high-speed stretch of track in north-western Spain last night, according to reports.

Ormonde Mining, the Co Meath-based mineral resource firm, is hoping to sell its La Zarza copper and gold project, in the south of Spain, for €5m in the second quarter of this year.

NICOLAS ROCHE (Ag2R La Mondiale) has moved up to 14th place in the overall general classification at the Vuelta A Espana after he finished a brilliant fifth place in yesterday’s 13th stage from Sarria to Ponferradaa in north-western Spain.

THREE boys aged 3, 9 and 14 have been found dead at a home for disabled children in north-western Spain and a woman who worked there has been taken into custody.

POLICE have arrested five men suspected of deliberately starting forest fires raging across north-western Spain that have killed three people.

Greece, Cyprus and Malta blocked EU proposals today to set minimum punishments for skippers and shipping companies responsible for oil slicks.

Shelbourne has announced additional travel packages to La Coruna to cater for the large numbers of their fans travelling to see them take on Deportivo in their crucial Champions League qualifying second leg.

The Greek captain of the sunken tanker that caused one of Spain’s worst environmental disasters ended an 80 day spell in jail today after his €3m bail was paid.

TENS of thousands of angry demonstrators took to the streets of Galicia’s capital yesterday to protest at Madrid’s response to a tanker disaster as a new wave of oil began hitting beaches.