Letter to the Editor: Catalonia In Crisis
To the editor of the College Tribune Re: Catalonia in crisis (Aarow Bowman, 31st October) After reading your editorial, I cannot remain idle about the lack of objectivity demonstrated in…
Catalonia In Crisis
On Friday the 27th of October as the Spanish Central government under Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy moved to implement direct rule on the autonomous region of Catalonia, the Catalonian parliament…
Advice To The Spanish Government
Dear Spaniards, After witnessing your recent fracas with some of your people, I would like to offer you two pieces of advice based on our experience with the Irish. When…
‘El Clasico’ of Political Dramas – Catalonian Independence
A roughly triangular region in Spain’s far north-east corner, Catalonia has been party to one of the most riveting independence battles in modern times. The whole of Europe watched on…
Hearing Catalonia
Michael Phoenix relives his experience of the Catalonian derby between Barcelona and Espanyol The metro was filled with claret and yellow. I folded my ticket into two and hid it…
A New European State?
Dawn Lonergan examines the global reaction to Catalonia’s national day Many people may believe that countries wanting to separate from each other are a thing of the past, sovaldi part…