One morning in 1978, as Spain was transitioning from dictatorship to democracy, and the Basque conflict was getting bloodier by the month, I went into the post office in a Basque fishing village and ...

I spent a number of days in the Basque Country last weekend. I was there to speak at a conference organised by Gure Esku, a Basque organisation similar to Ireland’s Future, of which I am a member.

Spanish judges outlawed Basque separatist party Batasuna yesterday under a new law allowing political parties to be banned if they do not condemn terrorism. Two months before local elections, a panel ...

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams suggested today an Irish priest should mediate in the Spanish government’s conflict with Basque terrorists. In Madrid, he said he believes there is an opportunity in Spain ...

A Northern Ireland man has spoken of his key role in overseeing the decommissioning of weapons and bomb-making materials by Basque separatist group Eta. Chris MacCabe is a member of the six-strong ...

BERTIE Ahern has told Basque separatists peace could bring them the kind of prosperity it has provided to the North. The former Taoiseach has shared his experiences of the Good Friday negotiations at ...

A ROW with an international flavour, and political undertones, in a Spanish restaurant in Dublin city centre landed several people in court yesterday. Basque separatist supporters, Spaniards, gardai ...

ON the afternoon of last week’s ‘glorious’ Twelfth, I found myself on a guided cycle tour of the beautiful Basque city of Donostia San Sebastián, close to the French border in northwest Spain. The ...

IRISH and Welsh people with Celtic roots are genetic blood-brothers of Spanish Basques, scientists revealed today. IRISH and Welsh people with Celtic roots are genetic blood-brothers of Spanish ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs is advising people to exercise "high degree of caution" in going to any EU member state. Glad to be back: I was in northern Spain for a few days last week — the ...