The Irish Times

Anger in Sicily as notorious mafioso ‘people-slayer’ freed

Giovanni Brusca was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life for more than 100 murders

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 15:29

Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades begins in Calabria

Politicians, officials among hundreds charged with being members of the ’Ndrangheta

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 12:49

Dirty money: How the Mafia plundered Italy’s public health system

Profits gained from misery of patients in Calabrian hospitals washed into financial centres of London and Milan

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 11:30

How the Mafia got to our food

The Italian Mafia has turned its attention to the food industry – to the tune of around €22bn a year – affecting the path of food to dinner tables around the world

Wed Nov 14 2018 - 06:00

How ‘Sicilian Ghost Story’ revolutionises the Mafia film

Film-makers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza on mixing true life crime with fantasy

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 05:00

Italy earthquake: building practices in spotlight

Authorities are looking at how funds were used since 2009 seismic disaster left 308 dead

Wed Aug 31 2016 - 18:41

Renzi quells row over funeral venue for earthquake victims

Italian PM intervenes to insist Tuesday’s service for 78 victims takes place in Amatrice

Mon Aug 29 2016 - 18:46

Italian masonic leader Licio Gelli dies aged 96

Gelli’s name turned up in numerous high-profile inquiries but he spent little time in jail

Wed Dec 16 2015 - 19:48

Messages for Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro ‘buried on farm’

Italian police arrest 11 suspected of helping the convicted Cosa Nostra boss wield power

Mon Aug 03 2015 - 20:04

Turning the tables on the Mafia – from within the family

‘I knew he was an important godfather but we didn’t talk about it much in our family’

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 05:00

Profile: Sergio Matarella, Italy’s new president

Matarella is a seasoned politician, a staunch constitutionalist and the first Sicilian to hold office

Sat Jan 31 2015 - 14:15

Italian president gives evidence on alleged Mafia deal

Giorgio Napolitano denies knowledge of alleged secret ‘truce’

Wed Oct 29 2014 - 01:00

Ex-Godfather claims Berlusconi paid protection money

Comments from Toto Riina, in jail since 1993, reportedly made in tapped conversations

Tue Sept 02 2014 - 08:40

Berlusconi aide denies he is a fugitive from justice

Marcello Dell’Utri faces court decision on Tuesday over alleged collusion with Mafia

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 19:30

Pope tells Mafiosi to convert and repent or they will go to hell

Francis meets relatives of Mafia victims at prayer service in church of San Gregorio VII

Fri Mar 21 2014 - 22:33

Pope denounces Mafia over murder of three-year-old boy

Coco Campolongo burned to death as he sat in his grandfather’s car

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 13:51

Pope Francis pays tribute to ‘Mafia martyr’ beatified in Sicily

Pino Puglisi was an exemplary priest, pontiff said

Mon May 27 2013 - 02:00

Towering figure in post-war Italian politics gave little away

Andreotti takes many secrets to his grave

Sat May 11 2013 - 01:00

Former Italian prime minister Andreotti dies aged 94

Former Christian Democrat leader was key player in Italy’s postwar rehabilitation

Tue May 07 2013 - 06:48