Italy

We’re no longer shocked by wealth itself – only by the spectacle of loud luxury

The Venturi sisters have more than a couple of pointers about how Irish people should be cooking and serving their pasta

Heat alerts shut schools in France as UN chief says ‘no country is immune’

Eight-seven were rescued off the Italian island after a boat from Tunisia disintegrated during navigation

Extreme heat warnings in Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Portugal and Turkey have been issued in recent days

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

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

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

Pomodoro, a self-taught artist, ‘sculpted Italy’s soul’ according to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni

American tech billionaire set to marry journalist Laura Sanchez in lavish ceremony in Italian city

Examination of yacht owned by late Irish-born entrepreneur could yield key evidence, according to prosecutors

United States president Donald Trump is undermining the world’s reserve currency: the US dollar

Wild Geese: Orla McLaughlin, Venice

A record-breaking exhibition in Rome celebrates an artist who refused to live in the shadow of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

Case has grabbed headlines in Italy since naked bodies of woman and child discovered

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?

Can Ireland learn lessons from how other European countries are building social housing?

Key coalition figures urge abstention from referendum to thwart quorum

One price, home and away: An apartment in Ibiza, a villa in Corfu, an apartment near Cannes and more

Friends on holiday in Sicily to celebrate graduation had to run as volcanic smoke rolled towards them

Donegal tweed is central to a textiles exhibition involving an Italian art collective and students at Dublin Castle

The Italian city is food heaven, but make sure you plan, book ahead and watch where the locals queue

An apartment on the Ligurian coast; a Normandy townhouse; a two-bed apartment at Rockley Golf Course; a new apartment in Punta Cana or a one-bed cottage in Harold’s Cross?

Construction group eyes strong expansion in key European markets

UN special rapporteur on Palestine assesses Ireland’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict and says Trump is ‘wildly and fastly contributing to the dismantlement of the world order’

Albania’s enigmatic prime minister Edi Rama returns for a fourth term, but corruption still dogs the small Balkan state

A renovated chalet in the Haute-Vienne, a villa by the sea in north Jutland and more

Cause of death unknown as preliminary examination of body reveals no visible injuries or burns

Conclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeks

One price, home and away: A Tuscan apartment with pool access, a duplex in a French château, a stone house in Spanish hiking country, a plot with three houses on an island on Stockholm’s archipelago, or a cottage on four acres outside Dromahair?

Cryotherapy is on the menu at the Camiral Golf and Wellness Resort in Girona. It’s an intense experience

Mass mirrored most Catholic funerals, albeit with hundreds of cardinals and dignitaries present

In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat

A couple who run their own design agency have transformed a Stillorgan semi-d into a family home that echoes Italy and the Algarve

The men-only club will be out in force. Even Francis ‘the reformer’ could not assail that bastion

A new apartment in Madeira, a renovated finca with two pools in Alicante and more

Mike Lynch and six others killed when superyacht sank in storm off Sicilian coast last August

The tragedy changed everything for the songwriter, whose new instrumental album is a celebration of Ian’s life

A British woman, Israeli woman and Italian cable car driver are among those killed southeast of Naples

US president praises Italian prime minister and accepts invitation that could present opportunity for him to meet other European Union leaders