Tag: Ireland
British drugs gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for exporting marijuana to Ireland
A BRITISH drug trafficking gang operating out of southern Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Two properties in San Miguel de Salinas...
Hero Irish firefighter team save the life of dying motorcyclist whilst on their way to Malaga airport
A TEAM of firefighters from the Dublin Fire Brigade missed their flight home in order to save the life of a severely injured motorcyclist...
Police on Spain’s Costa Blanca probe drugs gang exporting millions of euros of marijuana amongst animal feed
TWO PEOPLE have been arrested for being part of an Alicante province drugs trafficking gang that exported marijuana mascarading as animal feed to Ireland...
Irish mobster, Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch set to return to Spain after murder acquittal
AN Irish gang boss extradited from Spain three years ago and charged with a 2016 Dublin murder, was acquitted by a judge on Monday.
Gerry...
Swift Irish justice: Son of convicted drug smuggler John Gilligan appears in Dublin court before Spanish extradition warrant even...
AN IRISH gangster has appeared in a Dublin court over an extradition request by Spanish authorities after he skipped the country last year.
Darren Gilligan,...
Valencia’s Air Nostrum in Spain and Ireland’s CityJet get EU merger approval for second time
VALENCIA'S Air Nostrum has been given the green light to merger with Ireland's CityJet to form Europe's largest regional airline.
It's the second time that...
Trial of Irish crime boss John Gilligan suspended until New Year on Spain’s Costa Blanca after co-defendant son fails...
THE trial of Irish criminal John Gilligan and eight other people was suspended on Tuesday in Torrevieja after one of the defendants- his son...
Benidorm and Pamplona romance scammers in Spain conned money out of women looking for love
TWO romance scammers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and charged with defrauding victims across Europe of over €20,000.
The men, of Nigerian nationality,...
Lettuce lorry carrying marijuana worth €3.7 million pulled over in Spain’s Bilbao before boarding Ireland-bound ferry
OVER half a ton of marijuana has been seized from a lorry officially taking lettuce to Ireland.
The truck had travelled from southern Spain to...
Wanted Polish man arrested at Costa Blanca airport in Spain after jetting in from Ireland
A Polish fugitive who had a European Arrest Warrant issued against him two years ago, has been caught at Alicante-Elche airport.
The man, 37, flew...
Brittany Ferries to launch ‘cruise ferry’ to upgrade route between Spain and Ireland
BRITTANY Ferries have unveiled plans for a new luxury ‘cruise-ferry’ to carry passengers on the route between Ireland and Spain beginning in November 2022.
The...
British gang grew marijuana and ran drugs mail-order service from Costa Blanca area of Spain
A British trio of marijuana farmers who ran a mail-order service out of the Costa Blanca have been busted by the Guardia Civil.
The illegal...
Spain’s Barcelona picked to host yachting’s America’s Cup in 2024
THE oldest trophy in international sport, the America's Cup, will be fought for in the waters off Barcelona in autumn 2024.
The yachting team event...
Firstly Covid-19 and now bad weather cancels famous St. Patrick’s Day parade on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE famous St. Patrick's Day parade on the Cabo Roig strip scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled for the third successive year.
A poor weather...
Lorries transported marijuana hidden in lettuce crates from Murcia area of Spain to Ireland
A Murcia drugs gang has been arrested for exporting marijuana to Ireland hidden in crates of lettuce.
A Fortuna-based transport company was linked to a...
Irish ‘godfather’ Christy Kinahan to be tried for passport fraud in Spain as 27 alleged mafia members let off...
The court ruling says the investigation has uncovered 'sufficient evidence' Christy Kinahan 'used a false passport to travel from Madrid's Barajas Airport to Rio in Janeiro
Incredible survival story of Spanish Armada captain, Francisco de Cuellar to be re-told in new film
THE incredible survival story of a Spanish Armada captain is to be re-told in a new film, it has been announced.
Spain shutting the border would be like ‘cutting off its nose to spite its face’, slams Gibraltar’s deputy commander
Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia said that tightening frontier controls would hurt the Spanish as much as the Rock.
Irishman with dementia who was missing FOUND ‘safe and well’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol
"The Irish community at home and abroad have been extraordinary, my family and I have been truly touched by all the help, well wishes and support"
Two rowdy men arrested after heated scrap on flight from Spain’s Mallorca to Dublin
When they landed at Dublin Airport a fight broke out between them, at the bottom steps of the plane.
Irish woman got so drunk on Ryanair flight she thought she was still in Spain when Gardai arrested her
Her defence team blamed 'a toxic mix' of alcohol and prescription medication
Irish Ryanair pilots strike in Spain ruled out by judge citing short timescales
“Over a year’s worth of meetings at official Spanish institutions at which they routinely displayed a mocking attitude does not give us the slightest hope of reaching any kind of understanding”
Irish company launches lifesaving ‘hangover care package’ for expats in Spain
The lifesaver, which can be shipped to Spain and around the world, arrives in a box emblazoned with Irish sayings and contains some well-known local cures
GIBRALTAR VS IRELAND: Fan zone, time, TV and everything else you need to know for Euro 2020 qualifier THIS...
Thousands of fans are expected to fill Gibraltar on the big day, so here is everything you need to know to enjoy the match
UK and Irish investors claim €35 million for ‘ghost developments’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol that were never built
Now, after a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court last year, some 60,000 foreign investors, a large proportion Irish and British, are able to claim money back from the banks, rather than property developers.
Kinahan mafia member who plunged to death from Marbella hotel balcony ‘took his own life’, police say
POLICE believe the Irish mafia member who plunged to his death in Marbella took his own life.
Michael Cumberton, 30, a prominent member of the...
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A MUSIC festival dedicated to the best of the 1990s will return to the Costa del Sol in 2024.
Love The 90s will take...
