Charles Aznavour: from derided ‘Aznovoice’ to French treasureParis Letter: Aznavour was determined, wise and persevering, in work as in loveWed Oct 03 2018 - 02:00
Charles Aznavour’s ‘unique influence will survive’, says MacronParis-born singer with Armenian family origins wrote 1,300 songs up to his death at 94Mon Oct 01 2018 - 18:52
Macron defends West Indian youth after rude gestureMarine Le Pen seizes on ‘unforgiveable’ action of young man photographed with French presidentMon Oct 01 2018 - 18:48
Rival French conservatives clash in televised debateHard-right Republican leader and French prime minister in icy 20-minute exchangeSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:01
One year on, Macron’s party boasts European successesPresident’s nascent party holds its line on core principle of being ‘viscerally pro-European’Thu Sept 27 2018 - 16:00
Ian Bailey to face French trial early next year, says Toscan du Plantier groupOne last bureaucratic hurdle remains before the trial can be scheduled, say lawyersTue Sept 25 2018 - 18:32
Former French PM seeks political redemption in BarcelonaParis Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by MacronTue Sept 25 2018 - 02:00
As French as snails in garlic: Debate rages over absurd grammatical ruleParis Letter: No agreement on past participle as linguists try to get changesWed Sept 19 2018 - 01:00
Macron blows open ‘cupboard of secrets’ on Algerian warPresident’s admission France killed activist Maurice Audin provokes outcry from rightFri Sept 14 2018 - 13:50
Macron’s plan to tackle poverty unlikely to rid him of elitist image‘There is in every child a Mozart who is murdered,’ says president of poverty’s effectsThu Sept 13 2018 - 19:08
Bono on fame: ‘Paul is dead. I live here. I’m f***ing Bono’As part of the Experience + Innocence show in Paris U2's lead singer has lots to say on Trump, the perils of success and how he’s only half a man without AliTue Sept 11 2018 - 14:15
U2 stars enjoy political and cultural day off in ParisBono meets President Macron while Adam Clayton visits Irish CollegeMon Sept 10 2018 - 20:39
The battle of Orly airport: When Booba met KaarisTwo rappers went on trial in Paris this week for turning a duty-free shop into a battlegroundSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
French right-wing cell planned to attack MuslimsNetwork intended ‘massive, unforeseen’ retaliation to any further jihadist attacksFri Sept 07 2018 - 01:00
Macron rewards loyalty in smallest possible cabinet reshuffleAppointments fall short of dramatic changes that some in French president’s camp had urgedTue Sept 04 2018 - 17:59
Childcare: the European experienceSeventy per cent of under-threes in Spain are not in child careTue Sept 04 2018 - 15:09
The beginning of French politics as we know itParis Letter: Sixty years ago, General Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth RepublicTue Sept 04 2018 - 01:00
Macron’s optimism flags as opponents chip away at EU visionFrench president takes flak over migrants, ecology and remarks about compatriotsSat Sept 01 2018 - 02:00
Jailed women’s treatment illustrates Iran’s abuse of human rights‘Courageous and respected’ Nasrin Sotoudeh has gone on hunger strike in Tehran prisonFri Aug 31 2018 - 01:00
Macron dealt big blow as ecology minister quits on live radioShock departure of Nicholas Hulot damages French president’s green credentialsTue Aug 28 2018 - 18:36
Macron is left reeling after summer of scandalsFrench president ploughs on with reform agenda amid increasing disillusionmentSat Aug 25 2018 - 05:01
€10,000 Michel Deon Prize to be awarded for work of non-fictionFrench writer published more than 50 works of fiction and non-fiction in his lifetimeThu Aug 23 2018 - 16:23
The 88-year-old woman who ‘escaped’ from her nursing homeThe story of Rosie sheds light on the plight of the estimated 1,000 people forced into homesSat Aug 18 2018 - 02:00
Yuri from Moscow, Mohamed from London show Fleadh Cheoil’s global reachIrish traditional music festival in Drogheda is planet’s largest with some 10,000 participantsTue Aug 14 2018 - 13:52
Nice’s new normal: Feeling its way back after 2016 attackLara Marlowe reports from the Promenade des Anglais, now possibly the world’s safest seafrontSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
An Irish sculptor comes to Eileen Gray's classic modernist houseEileen Gray and Eilís O’Connell in an artistic dialogue across a century at villa E1027Sat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
Gsoc report welcomed by Toscan du Plantier’s sonPierre-Louis Baudey says he has ‘great confidence’ in French and Irish justice systemsSat Aug 04 2018 - 00:41
Sophie Toscan du Plantier family lawyer: Gsoc report ‘goes in our favour’Ian Bailey describes report into case as ‘wishy-washy’, leaving him ‘disappointed but not surprised’Fri Aug 03 2018 - 17:59
Macron and May to discuss Brexit at president’s summer residenceMay’s visit is the fourth high-level meeting between British and French officials in France in eight daysFri Aug 03 2018 - 01:00
‘A hard and clandestine life’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Samuel Beckett in RoussillonThu Jul 26 2018 - 18:10
Macron under pressure as Élysée blamed for ‘Benalla affair’Interior minister washes hands of matter as Élysée security man fired over alleged assaultsMon Jul 23 2018 - 18:25
Macron’s reputation bruised by claims of security aide’s violenceAlexandre Benalla fired over fraudulent police behaviour and misuse of video imagesSat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Paris Letter: Macron and the strange quality of optimismSophie Pedder’s new book profiles France’s president as an isolated, gutsy characterTue Jun 05 2018 - 06:00
France’s forgotten impressionist: The art of Mary CassattThe painter is barely known in her adoptive country. A Paris show hopes to change thatSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
France and US engage in dialogue of the deaf on world tradeMacron pleads for ‘strong multilateralism’ but US president eyes ‘easy to win’ trade warSat Jun 02 2018 - 04:00
Macron deplores Trump move to slap tariffs on EU alliesTrade wars lead to real wars, says French President Emmanuel MacronFri Jun 01 2018 - 17:57
Malian who scaled building to rescue child will get French citizenshipMacron tells hero Mamoudou Gassama (22) that Paris fire department will hire himMon May 28 2018 - 20:10
France: Minister and mayor trade barbs over migrant crisisOfficials at odds over fate of 2,500 sleeping rough in rat-infested campsMon May 28 2018 - 01:00
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken downPortrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjectsSat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Couple guilty of murdering nanny over Boyzone singer ‘obsession’Sophie Lionnet (21) was beaten, starved and tortured in weeks leading up to her deathThu May 24 2018 - 16:36
Macron prepares for ‘difficult but necessary’ Putin meetingFrench and Russian leaders to focus on Iran nuclear deal and ending war in SyriaThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
Elderly in France are excluded and ‘ghettoised’Housing, shame and isolation among concerns in ‘Ethical Stakes of Ageing’ reportSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
‘There is only one master, Corot. We are nothing by comparison’The world knows Corot as a great landscape artist. He kept his figure paintings secret.Sat May 19 2018 - 05:00
French outrage after woman died following ‘mocking’ phone callNaomi Musenga (22) called emergency services but operater laughed and hung upSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Macron reiterates importance of ‘refusing to allow others to decide for us’French president’s Charlemagne Prize speech defies Trump and stakes claim on EU leadershipThu May 10 2018 - 20:10
European leaders have work cut out to save Iran nuclear dealFrench president Macron proclaims determination to Iranian president over accordThu May 10 2018 - 01:00
May 1968 and the death of a French revolutionSorbonne protests 50 years ago ushered in a new era. Today’s students are ‘too busy’ to protestSat May 05 2018 - 06:00
Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and riseHe’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the FrenchSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Macron will keep a firm grip on liberal message during US visitFrench president will build on rapport with Trump and urge him to remain in Iran dealFri Apr 20 2018 - 21:31
Macron laments ‘European civil war’ in urgent plea for integrationFrench president calls for defence of liberal democracy in European Parliament speechTue Apr 17 2018 - 18:03
