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Why is the one-time party of the IRA winning popularity in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland?

The rigid power-sharing rules of the Good Friday Agreement look increasingly anachronistic and anti-democrati…

Farmers protests have disrupted everyday life across Europe, while offering a potential boon to far-right par…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's complex, multiparty coalition got him into office. It's also destined …

A analysis of the political turmoil and deteriorating security situation, as new president takes charge.

The rise of far-right anti-immigrant sentiment is relatively new to Ireland. But it should not come as a surp…

Pedro Sanchez of Spain faces difficult years ahead with minority left wing government, Latest Madrid News and…

Spanish News, Sanchez struggling to get the votes for majority as Catalunia takes centre stage Madrid News an…

John Boyce reports on the latest round of the Spanish culture wars, centering on the use of co-official langu…

If the People's Party wins Spain's elections, it will have to form a coalition with Vox, which opposes femini…

As Madrid Pride week festivities approach, John Boyce looks back at the life of iconic gay activist Pedro Zer…

As Chueca gears up to take centre stage in next week's Pride Parade, John Boyce explores the turbulent and ev…

On a sweltering June day in 2005, jubilation broke out in the public gallery of the Spanish Parliament. Equal…

After a bitterly contested campaign Madrid went true blue again with the popular party's (PP) regional Presid…

With the regional elections set for May 28th, John Boyce fills us in on Madrid´s regional assembly, the curre…

2023 is shaping up to be a bumper political year across Spain. In addition to the general election scheduled …

Picasso retrospective

Spanish workers´ rights activists are hailing a recent vote in the European parliament as a major step toward…

John Boyce looks at the republican struggle and exile of Spain´s greatest auteur, on the Forty year anniversa…

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Playing the green card

The "Residencia de Estudiantes" cultural centre has survived civil war, dictatorship and repression to become…

In the aftermath of the ousting of Peru's leader ,Pedro Castillo, John Boyce assesses the political fallout o…

A weekly column writing about the the Icelandic experience from a foreign/Irish viewpoint