Marc Riboud wandered world capturing life on cameraLegendary photographer’s image helped change US public opinion on Vietnam WarThu Sept 01 2016 - 14:58
France’s Emmanuel Macron quits, paving way for presidential bidOutgoing minister delivers resignation speech laced with criticism of Francois HollandeTue Aug 30 2016 - 22:06
François Hollande issues unilateral French deadline for BrexitIn foreign policy address, French president also seeks to impose deadline for BrexitTue Aug 30 2016 - 18:16
French presidential polls to be battle of unpopularityWhile Francois Hollande has yet to declare, there is little doubt he will seek re-electionTue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
The world catches up with Stefan Zweig’s visionThe Austrian writer of the 1930s, a friend of James Joyce and inspiration for Wes Anderson, is back in vogue as his view of a world changing for the worse captures the zeitgeistWed Aug 24 2016 - 06:00
Terror attacks: France’s war on jihadism marked by turmoilFrustration and confusion often permeates the state’s reaction to suspected IslamistsWed Aug 10 2016 - 01:00
French PM vows plan to tackle jihadist-related prison crisisSharp increase in prisoner numbers fuels overcrowding and appalling conditionsTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00
Burkini pool day sparks controversy in FranceSmile 13’s plans to rent out a water park near Marseille is described as ‘hardcore sectarianism’Fri Aug 05 2016 - 18:33
Failure to tackle terror in France points to sociological solutionGiven the war with Isis could take years, French society must look beyond securityThu Aug 04 2016 - 23:39
Versailles shows the enduring power of the French stateTourists still flock in their droves to gawk at Louis XIV’s red and gold brocade bedThu Aug 04 2016 - 01:00
Slain priest’s funeral asked: ‘Must there be further slaughter?’Fr Jacques Hamel eulogised in Rouen, but what does future hold for France’s Muslims?Tue Aug 02 2016 - 19:24
Priest’s killers were Isis apprentices who met through app19-year-old Normandy attackers knew each other only four days before they struckTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
French police investigate assault of Irish woman in Avignon25-year-old was attacked by three men with a motorcycle chain lockMon Aug 01 2016 - 15:30
UK delays €21bn deal for nuclear plant at Hinkley PointFrench firm EDF left in lurch as move seen as crucial to its future is postponedFri Jul 29 2016 - 21:35
Little hard evidence about effect of media coverage on aspiring jihadistsRecent attacks have sparked media debate in France on the ethics of coverageThu Jul 28 2016 - 19:48
France church attack: tensions mount in town after priest killingMurder of Fr Jacques has destroyed fragile ethnic balance in Saint-Étienne-du-RouvrayWed Jul 27 2016 - 17:56
Normandy attack: France aims to prevent ‘war of religions’François Hollande to meet faith leaders after murder of priest by Islamic State supportersWed Jul 27 2016 - 08:33
‘Unnameable’ Islamic State atrocity stirs fears of escalationRight-wing figures pounce after priest’s throat is slashed in Normandy townWed Jul 27 2016 - 01:00
Attacker who killed priest in Normandy was wearing tagOne of ‘soldiers of Islamic State’ who forced cleric to kneel before murder identifiedTue Jul 26 2016 - 22:19
French minister rejects allegations of Nice cover-upPolicewoman claims she was told to alter report about police presence on July 14thTue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Christine Lagarde to stand trial over arbitration award of €405mSarkozy alleged to have put pressure on Lagarde to approve award for Bernard TapieSat Jul 23 2016 - 01:00
May plays for time as Hollande tells Britain to get on with itBrexiteers’ possible strategy: play France and Germany off each otherThu Jul 21 2016 - 21:44
Nice killer had accomplices and planned for year, says prosecutorFive to be arraigned in connection with complicity in a terrorist undertakingThu Jul 21 2016 - 19:01
Hollande to meet Kenny, Higgins in Dublin for security talksBrexit, the Easter Rising and Irish in France during first World War also on agendaThu Jul 21 2016 - 01:00
Poet plays peacemaker as Montague’s adopted Nice is torn apartJohn Montague and Elizabeth Wassell are heartbroken over the attack in NiceWed Jul 20 2016 - 01:00
France remains on edge after latest security scaresCountry to vote on extending state of emergency after man stabs mother and daughtersTue Jul 19 2016 - 19:34
Truck driver planned and rehearsed Nice attackInquiry advances as prosecutor says Laouaiej-Bouhlel not a practising MuslimTue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
Nice massacre: Angry crowd boos French prime minister at ceremony‘The terrorists want to divide us, and the politicians are doing it for them’Mon Jul 18 2016 - 15:40
Nice attack: Police focus inquiry on killer’s associatesSix people have been placed in custody in connection with Bastille Day massacreMon Jul 18 2016 - 11:59
Nice terror attack: ‘I knew my son was gone’Families remember those killed in the Bastille Day truck assault in the French cityMon Jul 18 2016 - 01:00
Nice’s florists unable to cope with city’s need to express grief‘Incomprehension, stupefaction, silence and fear’ tempered with ‘a sense of togetherness’Mon Jul 18 2016 - 01:00
Nice attack: Who was the killer and what motivated him?Islamic State claimed Mohamed Laouaiej-Bouhlel as one of its ‘soldiers’Sun Jul 17 2016 - 12:08
France is left reeling as terror threat takes a new formNice survivors struggle to adjust to reality in the aftermath of the Bastille Day attackSat Jul 16 2016 - 01:00
Incredulity at Nice attack gives air to right-wing proposalsHollande caught between allegations of too much and too little actionSat Jul 16 2016 - 01:00
Nice attack: France in mourning after 84 killedIrish man among 200 injured, 50 of whom are critical, after lorry ran into crowdFri Jul 15 2016 - 20:36
‘I saw the bodies...I saw a man get hit,’ says Irishman in Nice'It shouldn’t have happened. On the best of days, you wouldn’t be able to drive anything that size down the promenade'Fri Jul 15 2016 - 12:51
Bastille Day Attack: 80 people dead after truck drives through crowd in NiceDriver shot dead as France opens terrorism inquiry into attack that left at least 50 others injuredFri Jul 15 2016 - 09:01
Refusing to look away – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Brian Maguire’s paintings on the migrant crisisMon Jul 11 2016 - 01:01
Stunning French intelligence failures in Paris attacksParliamentary inquiry finds security agencies need a radical overhaul to fight jihadismSat Jul 09 2016 - 01:00
France rolls out the ‘blue, white and red carpet’ to lure London banks after BrexitFrench officials know they are fighting an uphill battle as taxes and social charges remain among the highest in EuropeFri Jul 08 2016 - 16:26
Paris mayor thanks Irish fans for ‘songs’ and ‘sportsmanship’Republic and North groups given medals for ‘exemplary behaviour’ during Euro 2016Thu Jul 07 2016 - 20:55
France Télécom accused of driving employees to suicideExecutives behind brutal jobs cuts programme may face criminal charges after dozens of deathsThu Jul 07 2016 - 17:39
Jailed Irish football fan held in Paris prison ‘as example’David Hunt jailed for eight months in Europe’s largest prison, Fleury-MérogisThu Jul 07 2016 - 12:06
Paris mayor to present Irish fan medal to somebody ‘worthy in every way’‘You can be proud, because the Euros aren’t over yet, and you’ve already won’Wed Jul 06 2016 - 20:53
The socialist PM who wrote the obituary of the French leftPoliticians of all hues used Michel Rocard’s death to justify their positionsWed Jul 06 2016 - 01:00
Leaders unite for 100th anniversary of the Battle of the SommeDavid Cameron, François Hollande, Michael D Higgins and Prince Charles lead tributesSat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00
Observe the Sons of Ulster re-enacted in ThiepvalSeminal play performed in location where playwright Frank McGuinness set dramaFri Jul 01 2016 - 01:00
‘Frexit’ to be major issue in French 2017 presidential campaignPresident François Hollande said ‘France wanted Europe . . . she built Europe’Wed Jun 29 2016 - 01:00
France divided over Brexit and own future in EUCall for ‘French-German engine’ to deal with fallout of result that ‘seriously tests Europe’Fri Jun 24 2016 - 16:52
French police arrest 95 in labour law reform protestsTight security in place as 2,000 officers in riot gear deployed for march through ParisFri Jun 24 2016 - 01:00
