What to do with those exotic ‘holiday’ liqueur gifts? First, open them
How to Drink Better: Establish first whether you like the taste, if not dispose of them, otherwise they’ll sit in the drinks cabinet for years
Italy
Fiction in translation: Swedish bestseller Colony an impressive study of community, secrets and trust
Works by Annika Norlin, Malgorzata Lebda, Torborg Nedreaas, Robert Seethaler, Cheon Seon-ran and Alba de Céspedes
‘Our hearts lifted’: Parents of Wicklow woman seriously injured in Italy seeing signs of recovery
Hannah Leonard (22) suffered brain injuries when struck by a car in Sicily last October
What will €290,000 buy in Dublin 6, Crete, Corsica, Italy and Portugal?
One price, home and away: A cottage off Dublin’s Grand Canal, a Cretan summer dwelling, a Corsican stone house, a villa in Sanremo or an apartment in Santa Luzia?
The Grammar of Angels: Propulsive new account of Renaissance controversies about language, knowledge and the occult
Focusing on the life of Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, this is a superbly written effort to capture the power of language to transport us
What will €185,000 buy in France, Spain, Italy, Japan and Leitrim?
A classic country home in Vienne, a townhouse with saltwater pool in Mallorca, a restored village house in Tuscany, a ski chalet in Appi Kogen or a light-filled three-bed in Carrigallen
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan: Captivating fiction about the emotional life of statues
Duncan’s is an utterly distinctive voice in contemporary Irish literature
What will €200,000 buy in Italy, France, Spain, Brazil and Wicklow?
A Tuscan farmhouse with an olive grove, a stone-cut home with mountain views and more
Posso Entrare? An Ode to Naples review: Trudie Styler’s documentary offers brutal truths and blissful sunlit escape
The core interview is with the stoical writer Roberto Saviano, who regrets publishing his 2006 novel, Gomorrah
Davos leaders who won’t take the train
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Italy’s first report on Catholic clerical sex abuse finds more than 60 cases
Investigators into Catholic clerical sex abuse warn of ‘dark field’ beyond cases examined
Gay men can train as Catholic priests but must observe celibacy, say Italian bishops
Guidelines announced by bishops’ conference signify shift in views, but sexually active gay men will not be admitted to seminaries
Italy’s Meloni sees Trump defending western interests, engaging with Ukraine
Italian prime minister seeks to allay concerns that Trump might break with Washington’s traditional European allies as he pursues a Maga agenda
Dublin-based Brera football investment group racks up €8m losses as a public company
Brera holds stakes in a number of small football clubs in Europe and elsewhere and also had a small stake in Manchester United
Giorgia Meloni meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago resort as Italian PM seeks to strengthen ties
Meloni is seen as a potentially strong partner for Trump given her conservative credentials
Giorgia Meloni masquerades as the ‘acceptable’ face of the far right, but nobody should be fooled
Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback
Andrea Bocelli: ‘My son, Johnny Depp, Ed Sheeran and Russell Crowe made pasta together, and were up until 6am’
A year in which the Italian tenor celebrates his luminous 30-year career will be rounded off by a well-earned Christmas at home
John Wilson: Two classic Italian wines that won’t break the bank
Wines for the Weekend: A Chianti and a Gavi from Tesco to enjoy over Christmas
Some less expensive bottles of wine can lack flavour, but not this one
Wines for the Weekend: These two Italian wines from Aldi offer great value for money
What will €190,000 buy in Italy, the US, Greece, France and Kilkenny?
A six-cone trullo in Bari, a desert-decor timeshare in Arizona, a surfer’s studio in the Basque country, a stone-built home in Corfu or a woodlands cottage outside Inistioge?
The Italian job: In Dubai, you eat on the go. In Tuscany? Lunch is two hours minimum, and you savour every bite
Following a post-holiday dream, Irish-born Niall O’Toole and his family now run a wine and holiday business in Tuscany
What will €185,000 buy in Norway, Croatia, France, Italy and Kilkenny?
Scandi-chic island home, new apartment off the Dalmatian coast, rustic French farmhouse and more
US plans to reopen embassy in Kyiv after threat of Russian attack
Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles
Deal struck to approve senior EU commissioners
MEPs set to sign off on Spanish and Italian commissioners, whose approval had been bogged down in row
What will €350,000 buy in Greece, Italy, France, Portugal and Galway?
One price, home and away: A three-storey maisonette in Attica, a bungalow in Connemara and more
Italian city in Amanda Knox case wants to move on. A new TV series won’t let it
A TV series about events in Perugia 17 years ago was filming in the city this month
The Irish Times view on Italy’s refugee policy: a setback for Meloni
A judge ruled that seven men brought to Albania by an Italian warship on Friday cannot be detained in Albania
Ken Doherty of Assassination Custard takes a culinary tour of the ancient Italian cave-dwelling town of Matera
Armed with an exhaustive list of things to eat and chew over, this magnificent archaic puzzle of a place wouldn’t leave me hungry
Ian Griffiths of Max Mara: ‘I wanted to make the point subtly that the desire for luxury will never diminish’
The creative director has gone back to his Venetian design roots in a collection full of signature flourishes and playful detailing
What will €200,000 buy in Spain, France, Italy, the US or Tipperary?
A rustic home with shared pool in the Umbrian hills, a farmhouse in Brittany and more
European asylum policy continues to shift to the right
Under pressure from the far right, focus of EU leaders moves to more deportations and tighter borders
What will €340,000 buy in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bali and Co Carlow?
A townhouse with sea views on the Algarve, a contemporary apartment in Palma, abig apartment in a palazzo on Sicily’s Riviera, a Balinese villa or a detached dormer in Tullow
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