Irish woman among 38 killed in gun attack on TunisiaLorna Carty, from Robinstown, Co Meath, shot dead in assault on beach at Sousse resortSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
French beheading: suspect was on watch-list from 2006 to 2008Neighbours near Lyons describe Yassin Salhi (35) as a quiet, discreet manSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Severed head stuck on factory fence like a trophy horrifies FranceIn Syria and Iraq, Islamic State displays the heads of its victims in this wayFri Jun 26 2015 - 14:18
Accused in French infanticide case faces life in prisonDominique Cottrez feared her eight babies were the result of incest, writes Lara MarloweThu Jun 25 2015 - 18:40
France decries US spying as ‘unacceptable’Politicians express indignation, real or feigned, at NSA intelligence gatheringThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
French plan to break Israeli-Palestinian deadlock dogged by familiar obstaclesAim of initiative is to set deadline for completing a two-state solutionTue Jun 23 2015 - 01:00
Paris Letter: Magistrate who tested the limits of French expression retiresSupreme court judge Anne-Elisabeth Credeville criticised law on 'defending terrorism' *Sat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: War against jihadism bonds France and AlgeriaHollande and Bouteflika meet in Algiers after death of militant Mokhtar BelmokhtarTue Jun 16 2015 - 01:00
Dominique Strauss-Kahn dismisses failed pimping trial as ‘waste’ of timeFormer IMF director’s behaviour was that of a ‘client’, says judge, dismissing chargesSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
Irish envoy gathers powerful women togetherAmbassador Geraldine Byrne-Nason began a network when she arrived in ParisTue Jun 09 2015 - 01:00
Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d’AzurPaul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French RivieraSun Jun 07 2015 - 05:45
Global warming may become world’s ‘Grande cause nationale’Paris gathering in December has raised hopes leaders will at last make a serious move towards a decarbonised worldSat Jun 06 2015 - 01:00
Irish house price rises reminiscent of bubble, says OECDOrganisation calls for action to ‘prevent investors becoming excessively exposed’Thu Jun 04 2015 - 01:00
‘Winning strategy’ achieves little in fight against Islamic StateCoalition of 24 nations against Islamic State puts brave face on divisions in ParisWed Jun 03 2015 - 01:00
Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP set to officially change name to Les RépublicainsBy changing party name, the former president wants to bury disastrous pastFri May 29 2015 - 01:00
David Cameron begins European tour ahead of ‘Brexit’ referendumFrance’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius says British referendum is ‘dangerous’Thu May 28 2015 - 17:47
‘Charlie Hebdo’ in different type of crisis after attackSatirical’s survivors are traumatised, threatened and at odds with each otherFri May 22 2015 - 01:00
French teachers march against school reformsDemonstrators carry placards saying ‘Bring back our Latin and Greek’Wed May 20 2015 - 20:07
Writer takes dim view of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ protestEmmanuel Todd says interior minister should be held responsible for January attacksTue May 19 2015 - 11:45
Hollande’s lovers rub shoulders across French mediaThrough state roles, interviews and film launches, all the president’s women live in publicThu May 14 2015 - 01:02
A grumbling genius? Impressions of DegasAlthough seen as an Impressionist, the painter was never comfortable with the term and even derided its proponentsThu May 14 2015 - 01:00
Grexit more worrying than BrexitEconomist Thomas Piketty says euro zone is wasting valuable time in the Greek crisisFri May 08 2015 - 02:02
Lara Marlowe: Post-war massacre sparked Algerian independenceSecond World War marked the beginning of the end of France’s colonial empireFri May 08 2015 - 01:00
Still feisty Jean-Marie Le Pen lashes out at ‘treacherous’ daughterSome 87 per cent of National Front voters want party founder to retireWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Verses forged in bloodGuillaume Apollinaire, France’s most acclaimed war poet, who was born in Rome to a Polish noblewoman, survived the trenches of the first World War only to be killed by Spanish flu at the age of 38Tue May 05 2015 - 01:00
Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended by National Front in FranceParty founder angered daughter Marine Le Pen with contentious comments in interviewMon May 04 2015 - 20:11
Marine Le Pen loses control of May Day to topless activists and elderly fatherNational Front leader’s attempts to legitimse party are an uphill battleSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
Hollande vows ‘no mercy’ if report of abuse by soldiers is trueClaims French soldiers sexually abusing children in Central African RepublicFri May 01 2015 - 01:00
Velázquez? Think of him as creator of the Facebook pages of his dayThe Spanish master’s portraits of royal children were dispatched to European capitals to curry marriage possibilities. But the ‘painter of painters’ also recorded the fading world of the Habsburgs with startling realismSat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
French prime minister Manuel Valls praises Ireland’s economyMediterranean crisis hung over meeting with Taoiseach, writes Lara MarloweFri Apr 24 2015 - 20:38
New French embassy opens in Merrion Square Georgian townhousePrime Minister and Tánaiste celebrate “unwavering friendship” between two countriesFri Apr 24 2015 - 09:53
French PM Manuel Valls to meet Enda Kenny in DublinTalks will center on the economy, agriculture, the British EU exit and GreeceFri Apr 24 2015 - 09:44
Manuel Valls embodies alternative approach from French leftStrong state to ‘provide security . . . to run our healthcare system’, says prime ministerThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
French church attacks foiled but woman found dead nearbyStudent with links to al-Qaeda arrested on suspicion of terrorist plot and murderWed Apr 22 2015 - 17:39
Paris holds firm on nomination of gay ambassador to VaticanHoly See yet to confirm Laurent Stefanini posting three months after appointmentSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
Le Pens at war as daughter openly opposes her fatherMarine Le Pen accuses her National Front-founder father of ‘political suicide’Thu Apr 09 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings crash: second black box confirms view on causeCo-pilot Andreas Lubitz accelerated for maximum impact on descent to French AlpsSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Bailey loss over Garda conduct may cost taxpayers millionsJury dismisses claim gardaí conspired to implicate Bailey in death of Toscan du PlantierTue Mar 31 2015 - 07:39
Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s family pleased with outcome of Ian Bailey caseFamily’s lawyer predicts ‘new impetus’ in criminal investigationMon Mar 30 2015 - 22:09
Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot and killerThe Germanwings pilot who flew 149 people to their deaths was an apparently normal, apolitical 27-year-old. The reasons for his actions may lie in a personal crisis and medical conditionSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings crash: Focus on co-pilot’s motivationGerman police search bungalow in Rhineland town where Lubitz lived with his parentsFri Mar 27 2015 - 08:29
Germanwings co-pilot calm as he flew jet into mountainsThe cockpit recording indicates a deliberate act by co-pilot, says French prosecutorFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
Alps air crash disaster: Nations grapple with shocking loss of lifeEuropean leaders demonstrate solidarity as alpine valley awaits bodies and the families of victims, writes Lara MarloweThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Tunisian minister followed Bardo attack from ‘crisis cell’Latifa Lakhdar to unveil memorial to Tunis museum massacre victimsTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: How seeds of jihad were sown in TunisiaPolitician shot outside his home had opposed training of local youths for Syria and LibyaMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Tunisians defy extremists to celebrate independenceTunis refuses to declare national day of mourning in aftermath of attacksSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Rembrandt: not just an artist but the embodiment of his country’s spirit‘Late Rembrandt’, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, shows that the great Dutch painter was also centuries ahead of his timeSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
French conservatives say they have a lot to learn from Ireland’s experienceMinister believes Ireland is not beginning a new property boomFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:30
‘Charlie Hebdo’ style attack unites Tunisia in griefSorrow, anger and defiance in response to the jihadist attack on Bardo museumFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
Islamic State says it murdered 20 tourists and policeman in TunisTunisian officials say more than 3,000 young men have gone to fight with IS in SyriaFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
