Paris Letter: Yellow vest riots are too close to home for city-dwelling elitesProtesters from neglected countryside knocking on the door of bourgeois ParisiansWed Jan 09 2019 - 01:00
Vows of silence: Clergy on trial in France for failing to report abuseCardinal Barbarin of Lyon and five others accused over priest’s abuse of boy scoutsMon Jan 07 2019 - 20:03
Macron’s credibility was dented by more than the yellow vestsFrench president will have to work hard to salvage reputation at home and abroadSat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00
Macron’s sacked bodyguard resurfaces to give French president a new headacheAlexandre Benalla in fresh scandal over use of diplomatic passport and role in arms tradeSat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00
Chaos shifts from French streets to politics and the economyParis Letter: Debate will attempt to ‘take the pulse of the country’ after widespread unrestFri Dec 21 2018 - 01:00
Friends, family of fatally stabbed lecturer bid him adieuMemorial service for John Dowling, killed in Paris, was a joyful celebration of his lifeWed Dec 19 2018 - 01:00
Strasbourg attack: Suspect Cherif Chekatt killed in police shootoutThe 29-year-old is suspected of Christmas market assault that left three deadThu Dec 13 2018 - 22:43
Funeral of murdered Irish lecturer to be held in ParisJohn Dowling who had taught at the college for 20 years was stabbed by a former studentThu Dec 13 2018 - 19:44
Strasbourg attack: Police issue photo of suspectTerror investigation begins after two killed by gunman near Christmas marketWed Dec 12 2018 - 22:11
Four dead, gunman identified after shooting at Strasbourg Christmas marketMany injured, internal security services knew gunman as suspected security riskTue Dec 11 2018 - 22:25
‘New contract’ for France as Macron pledges minimum wage riseIn response to yellow vest crisis, president announces boosts to purchasing powerMon Dec 10 2018 - 22:10
‘They smashed the window with fists. There’s blood on the glass’Central Paris’s streets were once more a mess of tear gas, protesters and debrisSun Dec 09 2018 - 21:12
French protests take place for fourth week in rowMassive deployment of security as 136,000 engage in acts of violence and destructionSun Dec 09 2018 - 18:59
Violence flares in Paris as more than 900 charged over protestsBarricade of burning rubbish bins built as ‘yellow vests’ demonstrateSat Dec 08 2018 - 19:39
Paris protest: ‘We don’t hate rich people. It’s the injustice we hate’Restive city draws sharp police reaction to yellow vest protesters who turn ire on MacronSat Dec 08 2018 - 19:28
Colleagues pay tribute to Irish teacher murdered in ParisJohn Dowling ‘loved what he taught and the people he taught it to’Thu Dec 06 2018 - 19:24
John Dowling, Irish teacher killed in Paris, was ‘profoundly kind’Marine Le Pen comments on fatal stabbing of lecturer (66) after arrest of Pakistani citizenThu Dec 06 2018 - 00:26
Irish college lecturer in Paris stabbed to death by ex-studentJohn Dowling (66) had been teaching English in France for the past 20 yearsWed Dec 05 2018 - 18:31
Macron makes humiliating climbdown in face of yellow vests protestsLarge segment of population view Macron as the ‘president of the rich’Wed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Macron silent as ‘yellow vests’ mobilise for another Paris protestWoman (80) becomes fourth person to die in violence that threatens rest of president’s termMon Dec 03 2018 - 18:30
Desire to glorify French ‘revolutionary spirit’ helps to explain riotingAnger over fuel taxes worsens over falling living standards and Macron’s perceived aloofnessSun Dec 02 2018 - 20:06
Mayors to Emmanuel Macron: Hands off our purse stringsFrench president seeks to improve relations with rural mayors angry over cuts to resourcesWed Nov 21 2018 - 01:00
Shades of the 1789 revolution in France's fuel protestsIt’s easy to imagine the unpopular Macron as a powdered marquis being led to the guillotineTue Nov 20 2018 - 01:00
Ségolène Royal staging umpteenth comeback in French politicsPolitician’s new book takes aim at Macron, former partner Hollande and sexismSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:01
Lasting impression: Matching Renoir’s films with his father’s masterpiecesFreudians would have a field day with Jean’s allusions to Pierre-Auguste’s paintingsSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Revolt over high fuel prices threatens to paralyse FranceRise of the ‘gilets jaunes’ coincides with Macron’s record low 26% approval ratingFri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
Making sense of a changing Arab worldBook author notes how much jihadism evolved between 9/11 and the 2015 Bataclan attacksThu Nov 15 2018 - 01:00
Election meddling to become more sophisticated, forum hearsTransatlantic Commission on Election Integrity sets out to prevent interferenceWed Nov 14 2018 - 01:00
C’est la vie: Trump takes a swipe at Macron on TwitterBarrage of tweets come 48 hours after Macron criticises US president’s nationalismTue Nov 13 2018 - 18:15
Ideological battle lines clear at Armistice centenary commemorationsWorld leaders gathered in France where Trump led through inarticulationMon Nov 12 2018 - 00:01
Unity and disorder emanate from Armistice commemoration in ParisTrump, Putin and Netanyahu keep degree of distance as Macron condemns nationalismSun Nov 11 2018 - 19:20
DUP cannot veto final Brexit deal, says VaradkarExiting EU a matter for UK government and parliament and EU, Taoiseach saysSun Nov 11 2018 - 15:57
First World War’s final hours: A French bugler sounded the ceasefire at 11am... German buglers responded. Across the battlefield, men stood up in bright sunshineSat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00
Armistice Day events to take place around Ireland on SundayGalway events will commemorate 1,400 men from county who died in WWISat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
EU digital sales tax issue far from resolved following Ecofin meetingFrance says only Ireland, Sweden and Denmark are holding out on digital taxWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:45
Macron to start six-day commemorative visit of WWI frontlinesFrench president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle eventsSat Nov 03 2018 - 05:01
French territory New Caledonia to vote on independenceFormer colony 17,000km from mainland France has waited 30 years for referendumFri Nov 02 2018 - 01:00
Ireland may host Middle East peace meeting, Coveney saysGovernment ‘working with France’ on initiative, Tánaiste saysWed Oct 31 2018 - 20:58
France underlines support for Ireland on Border issueIrish and French ministers discuss contingency plans for trade at Paris meetingWed Oct 31 2018 - 20:03
Macron goes on charm offensive in Slovakia and Czech RepublicFrench president’s visit seen as attempt to prise Czechs and Slovaks from Viktor OrbánFri Oct 26 2018 - 20:42
Allmep: one Irish man’s plan to salvage Israeli-Palestinian relationsJohn Lyndon hopes to bring incremental peace to region based on Irish experienceFri Oct 26 2018 - 02:00
Lara Marlowe: The Jamal Khashoggi I knew was a chameleonIt is a strange feeling to learn that a colleague you knew and liked died atrociouslyThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
Macron warns against ‘sleepwalking’ into extremismLeading liberal democrats discuss the need to ‘counterattack’ global rise of populismWed Oct 24 2018 - 02:00
Brexit: Barnier says Border problem could cause talks to failEU negotiator calls frictionless border ‘a condition for peace after many tragedies’Fri Oct 19 2018 - 17:40
Monaco billionaire’s son-in-law convicted over her murderPathological liar used Hélène Pastor’s own money to take out a contract on herThu Oct 18 2018 - 02:00
Emmanuel Macron seeks ‘second wind’ with wide-ranging cabinet reshuffleSeveral potential nominees reluctant to join French governmentTue Oct 16 2018 - 18:24
French political novelist accuses Macron’s elitism of fuelling populismParis Letter: Scathing portrayal of Sarkozy and Hollande published as Socialists go bustTue Oct 16 2018 - 02:00
Flash floods claim at least 12 lives in FranceThe equivalent of up to four months’ rain falls in just six hours in south central FranceMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:39
Le Pen and Salvini look to European parliamentary electionsRight-wing populists forging alliances to target ‘those holed up in the Brussels bunker’Tue Oct 09 2018 - 02:00
Eugène Delacroix: Reflections on a revolution in artThe painter fell in and out of favour with critics. A new exhibition shows his continuing relevanceSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
