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Dublin: 5 °C Saturday 25 May, 2013

Madrid

# madrid - Friday 3 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Solar Power

How this plane is travelling across America without any fuel

Powered entirely by the sun, the plane can fly by day or night but it will never be able to carry passengers.

# madrid - Tuesday 2 April, 2013

From The Score Drugs In Sport

Operation Puerto: Trial to reach conclusion today

Eufemiano Fuentes is one of five accused of ‘endangering public health’ by their involvement in doping.

# madrid - Sunday 27 January, 2013

From The Score Take A Bow This post contains videos

VIDEO: Ronaldo hits hat-trick as Madrid thrash Getafe

The Real Madrid star took his total for the season to 21 today amid a comfortable victory for his side.

# madrid - Thursday 3 January, 2013

Spain’s unemployment rate fell by 1.2% in December

It is the first decline in the jobless figure since July 2012.

# madrid - Wednesday 2 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Death

Irish tourist dies after balcony fall in the Canaries

The man in his 40s fell from a balcony in the apartment he was staying in on the island of Tenerife.

# madrid - Thursday 20 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Spain

Spain passes massive austerity cutbacks

Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.

# madrid - Monday 26 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Catalonia

Spain: Catalan separatist parties win election backing

Parties which back a referendum on Catalonia breaking away from Spain won strong backing in yesterday’s election.

# madrid - Friday 16 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Austerity Strikes

Video: Spanish police brutality at austerity strikes

Officers lashed out at male and female protesters as they demonstrated in cities around the country.

# madrid - Wednesday 14 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Day Of Action

Flight disruption as anti-austerity protests taking place across Europe

Flights, trains and transport links across Europe are expected to be impacted by anti-austerity protests taking place across the continent today.

# madrid - Saturday 3 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Madrid

Fourth victim dies from Madrid stampede: reports

A 17-year-old girl died this morning as a result of a stampede at a Halloween night rave in Madrid.

# madrid - Thursday 1 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Halloween

Halloween party stampede kills three in Madrid

The huge crowd scrambled towards the exit doors in a panic apparently sparked by someone throwing a flare.

# madrid - Saturday 27 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Spain

Spanish police protest cuts in Madrid

Hundreds of Spanish police officers protested outside the interior ministry today to denounce budget cuts and the elimination of benefits.

# madrid - Thursday 11 October, 2012

S&P downgrades Spain two notches

Spain’s sovereign debt rating has been cut to just one level above “junk” grade debt – which could see Madrid’s borrowing costs skyrocketing to untenable levels.

# madrid - Friday 28 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Spain

Spain set to release stress test results

The results will follow yesterday’s budget announcement of over €30 billion in cuts.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you start your day…

# madrid - Wednesday 26 September, 2012

Shares fall amid protests against austerity in Athens and Madrid

Protests on the streets of Spain and Greece have spooked the markets.

# madrid - Tuesday 25 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Protest

Spanish police beat protesters after anti-austerity protest

Thousands of protesters gathered near the parliament building in Madrid over the cuts.

# madrid - Friday 21 September, 2012

From The Score Super Mario

Mancini denies bust-up with Balotelli

The City manager was responding to questions following a newspaper report in Britain that suggested the striker was dropped because of a late night-out following the Blues’ draw with Stoke City last weekend.

# madrid - Thursday 20 September, 2012

Report confirms Ryanair complied with EU operations procedures

Irish and Spanish aviation and transport authorities met yesterday to discuss the airline’s safety standards.

# madrid - Saturday 15 September, 2012

PICTURES: tens of thousands march against Spanish austerity

Organisers say 65,000 people participated in today’s rally.

European-wide bank supervision plans ruled out by Sweden

Meanwhile, mass anti-austerity protests have filled central Madrid.

# madrid - Thursday 19 July, 2012

From The Score One Week To Go

Last stop for Irish triathletes before London Olympics

Ailleen Morrison and Gavin Noble will compete in the World Triathlon Series at Hamburg at the weekend.

# madrid - Monday 4 June, 2012

From The Score Still Got It This post contains videos

VIDEO: United go down to Madrid in legends match

Yorke and Cole were reunited, as were some of the Galacticos, for the charity event at the Bernabeu last night.

# madrid - Thursday 24 May, 2012

From The Score Road To...?

Olympic bidding race down to three

Where do you want to go in 2020 – Tokyo, Madrid or Istanbul?

# madrid - Wednesday 23 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Happy Feet

‘Gay’ penguin couple await the birth of baby in Madrid

After building a nest every year for the past six years, Madrid’s Inca and Rayas are finally ready to welcome a chick.

# madrid - Monday 14 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Air Travel

2010 fall in Irish air passenger numbers was EU’s worst

Figures compiled by Eurostat show that passenger numbers in Ireland fell by a greater proportion than those of any other.

# madrid - Sunday 8 April, 2012

From The Score No Joy

Denied: Ireland Under-18s lose out to England in Euro final

The Irish teenagers accounted for Portugal and France but were outclassed by the Auld Enemy

# madrid - Friday 16 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Attack

Gardaí are ‘not getting protection they need’ – Calleary

The Fianna Fáil TD has raised a number of concerns after it emerged that a garda was attacked and slashed with a sharp object aboard a repatriation flight last week.

From TheJournal.ie Attack

Garda slashed by detainee on deportation flight Exclusive

Representatives of rank-and-file gardaí have accused managers of “reckless endangerment”, saying there were not enough officers on the aircraft.

# madrid - Thursday 16 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Olympic Games

Monti: Italy cannot afford to be Olympic host

The Italian PM has pulled the plug on the country’s 2020 Olympic Games bid.

# madrid - Sunday 21 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie World Youth Day

Pope ends World Youth Day with appeal to ‘become missionaries’

Pope Benedict XVI urges the 1.5 million attending the festival in Madrid not to “keep Christ to yourselves”.

# madrid - Saturday 20 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie World Youth Day This post contains images

Pope makes Spanish saint “doctor” of the Catholic Church

Patron saint of Spanish clergy gets the nod for one of Vatican’s highest honours in the hope that his example will “enlighten all priests”, says Benedict at World Youth Day Mass.

# madrid - Friday 19 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

Take 5: Friday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

# madrid - Thursday 18 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Papal Visit

Thousands march in Madrid against Pope’s visit

Protesters chanted “Nothing for the Pope from my taxes” in a demonstration against the cost of the papal trip.

# madrid - Friday 5 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Austerity This post contains videos

20 injured in Madrid as police charge anti-austerity protesters

Demonstrations continue in Spain as world markets take a tumble on opening this morning…

# madrid - Sunday 22 May, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Spain

Voting begins in Spanish elections as protests continue

Tens of thousands of people protesting against Spain’s soaring unemployment rate have defied a ban on political protests ahead of the country’s regional elections.

# madrid - Monday 21 February, 2011

From The Score Olé! This post contains videos

The Spanish corner: Getafe, Madrid’s unknown team

Garreth Nunn is our guide in Madrid as he introduces the little known Getafe as well as reviewing all the action in La Liga.