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The bubonic plague is believed to be the most fatal pandemic in human history

Sailing: Strong Irish skiff squad set to compete at Weymouth

U23 49er world champions Dickson and Waddilove expected to feature

What will €165,000 buy in Spain, Italy, France, Scotland, Donegal?

Take five: Sea views in Donegal, a medieval village in Tuscany or a Scottish farmhouse

Ronaldo’s Old Trafford return harks back to happier times

Juventus player comes back to Manchester under a dark cloud

Shares surge on the prospect of north American trade deal

Travel software developer Datalex climbs 1.7% after reporting strong profits

Footage of Genoa bridge collapse shows man having narrow escape

CCTV film emerges as Italian PM says government is working on penalties against operator

Italy’s national debt may rise by €9.4bn if toll roads nationalised

Termination of Autostrade’s contract would force the state to take over its liabilities

Genoa bridge death toll rises to 43 as search operation ends

Workers making site secure and helping investigators to establish cause of disaster

Genoa bridge calamity: Autostrade stops short of apology

Company vows to rebuild bridge and sets aside €500m on day death toll tops 40

Italian government to punish Genoa motorway operator

Five people still unaccounted for after bridge collapsed on Tuesday, killing 38 people

It was ‘year zero’ for Italian football – and then came Ronaldo

Serie A has not witnessed a transfer coup of Ronaldo’s magnitude since the arrival of the Brazilian Ronaldo at Inter in 2002

Cut in two, Genoa finds its political paralysis eclipsed by shock

Experts warned for years the Morandi Bridge, was in poor shape and potentially dangerous

US-China trade talks pledge eases market tensions

Market report: Ryanair climbs amid signs of easing industrial relation tensions

Up to 20 may still be missing after Genoa bridge collapse

Searchers have been combing through the debris of the collapsed Morandi Bridge

Genoa bridge collapse: Couple and eight-year-old son among victims

Two families named among the 39 victims of the Morandi Bridge collapse

Iseq hits four-month low as Turkey and China spook investors

Tencent warning pushes emerging markets index into bear territory

Genoa bridge collapse kills at least 35 as search for survivors continues

Firefighters pull seven people alive from rubble after ‘enormous tragedy’ on motorway

How Italian disco hit became Liverpool’s ‘Allez Allez Allez’

‘L’Estate Sta Finendo’ (‘Summer Is Ending’) is a 1985 hit for Italian disco duo Righeira

A maritime disaster – An Irishman’s Diary on the fate of the ‘Principessa Mafalda’

What can you get for €120,000 in Donegal, Turkey, Egypt, France and Italy?

A bungalow in Lifford, Co Donegal or homes in Egypt, France, Italy and Turkey?

‘Best fans in the world’ left when they were needed most

O’Neill’s side fell apart – and that is why it was vital supporters remained part of the crowd

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