‘It’s all over’: Across Europe remote villages are fading
Across the continent, remote villages are fading amid declining births and residents departing for jobs in urban centres
Italy
In Sicily, I keep a promise I made to myself decades ago
On the volcanic island of Stromboli, all eyes are drawn to its high crater and the promise contained in the puffs of smoke and sulphur on the wind
‘The skill is awesome’: How an Italian became one of Cork hurling’s biggest fans
Turning the TV on one rainy day on holiday saw Riccardo Rinaldi become hooked on GAA
Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two and injures priest who spoke daily with pope
Fr Gabriel Romanelli used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis
The big holiday shop: The best foods to buy in European supermarkets this summer
Going abroad? Here are the top products to pick up across France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
From Marseilles to Genoa: seven days in the lap of luxury on a Mediterranean cruise
Ditch any notions of a stuffy, floating retirement home: the joy of a cruise is the chance to sample many cities in style
Man dies at Milan Bergamo Airport ‘after being sucked into plane engine’
Man was neither a passenger nor a member of airport staff, officials says
Swap Barcelona for Malaga, Santorini for Milos: the best alternatives to the tourist hotspots
Over-tourism is ruining popular destinations, try these alternatives without compromising on experience
‘As Johnny Depp says, if Pacino comes to you and says do something it’s better you do it’
Riccardo Scamarcio, star of Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, on its unusual genesis
Four bottles of fizz that show there’s more to bubbles than Champagne
Italy is particularly strong on sparkling wines, with Prosecco just one option worth investigating
What will €295,000 buy in Italy, France, Sweden, Tenerife or Co Cork?
An apartment on the island of Ischia, a villa with saltwater pool in Minervois, a chalet on the shores of Lake Mockeln, a studio with sea views in the Canaries or a former coastguard home in Youghal?
Europe heatwave: Two die in wildfire in Spain’s Catalonia region
Italy limits outdoor work and France shuts schools as Europe grapples with severe heatwave
‘It feels like swimming in soup’: Irish in Europe describe life in heatwave
Even the sea is like ‘swimming in soup’ for some, as climate effects become more obvious
Forget quiet luxury. The wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez screamed ‘money’
We’re no longer shocked by wealth itself – only by the spectacle of loud luxury
Pasta the Italian nonna way: ‘Spaghetti alla bolognese does not exist’
The Venturi sisters have more than a couple of pointers about how Irish people should be cooking and serving their pasta
‘Dangerous’ European heatwave continues, with record highs in Spain and Portugal
Heat alerts shut schools in France as UN chief says ‘no country is immune’
Migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa leaves one dead, two feared missing
Eight-seven were rescued off the Italian island after a boat from Tunisia disintegrated during navigation
Hot weather in Europe: How are you coping with extreme heat on holidays or living abroad? Tell us your story
Extreme heat warnings in Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Portugal and Turkey have been issued in recent days
The Irish woman reviving ballet in Venice: ‘As a lawyer, ballet became my escape’
Irish barrister Gerardine Connolly has taken a step back from her career to co-found a new ballet company in Venice, which aims to revive the city’s dance past
Forget the guide book: Immerse yourself in these location-based novels
From Elena Ferrante in Italy to Hervé Le Tellier in France and Orhan Pamuk in Turkey, enrich your travelling experience with works immersed in your chosen setting
What will €250,000 buy in Italy, Portugal, Spain, France and Co Kilkenny?
One price, home and away: Apartments in Arezzo and on the Algarve, a Spanish villa, a doer-upper barn in Nouvelle Aquitaine or a cottage outside Castlecomer
Arnaldo Pomodoro: Trinity College sphere sculptor dies in Milan aged 98
Pomodoro, a self-taught artist, ‘sculpted Italy’s soul’ according to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni
Protests to greet Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ahead of gala wedding in Venice
American tech billionaire set to marry journalist Laura Sanchez in lavish ceremony in Italian city
Mike Lynch’s superyacht set to be brought to Italian town where prosecutors based
Examination of yacht owned by late Irish-born entrepreneur could yield key evidence, according to prosecutors
Why is Donald Trump messing with America’s most potent weapon?
United States president Donald Trump is undermining the world’s reserve currency: the US dollar
A Wicklow woman in Venice: ‘It really feeds the soul to have all that beauty around you’
Wild Geese: Orla McLaughlin, Venice
Caravaggio: The ‘boozing, whoring, brawling and bisexual bad boy of baroque’
A record-breaking exhibition in Rome celebrates an artist who refused to live in the shadow of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael
American man arrested after bodies of woman and baby daughter found in central Rome park
Case has grabbed headlines in Italy since naked bodies of woman and child discovered
What will €175,000 buy you in France, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Longford?
A four-bed longère in Brittany, a studio in a converted merchant’s house in Silves, a four-bed doer-upper in Pietrasanta, a converted two-bedroom on a Greek island or a 1970s system-built bungalow in Longford?
‘This is like living the dream’: Communities turn builders to beat the housing crisis in Barcelona
Can Ireland learn lessons from how other European countries are building social housing?
Italy to vote in two-day referendum on citizenship and labour reforms
Key coalition figures urge abstention from referendum to thwart quorum
What will €335,000 buy in Ibiza, Corfu, Italy, France and Lucan?
One price, home and away: An apartment in Ibiza, a villa in Corfu, an apartment near Cannes and more
Irish students tell of ‘panic’ after Mount Etna erupted during their tour of volcano
Friends on holiday in Sicily to celebrate graduation had to run as volcanic smoke rolled towards them
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