The School of Hibernia comes to Rome for St Brigid's Day. An ambitious art project titled The School of Hibernia, described as an Irish all-female reboot of Raphael’s School of Athens fresco, was ...

Sistine Chapel to remain open to visitors during cleaning of Michelangelo masterpiece. The Vatican Museums have initiated a delicate three-month "extraordinary maintenance" programme for ...

Rome mayor under fire as another pine tree falls near the Colosseum. Three people were injured after a massive pine tree fell on Rome's central Via dei Fori Imperiali on Sunday in the third such ...

Opposition calls for answers from culture minister. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is at the centre of a bizarre controversy over reports that a restored fresco of an angel in a landmark Rome church ...

There is the timetable Rome publishes, and then there is the one it actually follows. Anyone who has lived in the city for more than a few months knows the difference. The official version is ...

Rome Hibernia is home to GAA players from Ireland, Italy and around the world. On a rainy Saturday morning in January, dozens of men and women battled it out on a muddy pitch in a lively display of ...

Rome mayor raises concerns about Morbo K series on eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. A debate has erupted in Italy over a new TV series by state broadcaster RAI that allegedly erases the role of ...

Government allocates €100 million for storm damage in three regions. The Italian government on Monday declared a 12-month national state of emergency for the regions of Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria ...

General strikes in Italy on 28 November and 12 December. Italy faces two national general strikes within two weeks of each other, both in protest over the 2026 budget announced by the right-wing ...

Rome Carabinieri unveil electric Topolino in city centre. Italy's Carabinieri police this week unveiled the latest addition to the force's fleet, the electric Fiat Topolino, which will be used in the ...

CGIL union slams budget as Meloni mocks date chosen for strike. Italy's largest trade union, CGIL, has called a national general strike on Friday 12 December in protest over the government's 2026 ...

Italy faces series of transport strikes in November. People travelling and commuting in Italy this November face disruption due to a series of strikes affecting air travel, trains and local public ...