Manet/Degas: a compelling portrait of friends, rivals, jealousy and slashed paintingsA comparative exhibition in Paris’ Musée d’Orsay and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases world famous masterpieces and rarely seen works from around the worldSun Apr 23 2023 - 05:00
Minister striking a pose for Playboy ruffles feathers in French politicsCritics say Marlène Schiappa’s decision to pose for magazine is a distraction from vociferous nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reformsTue Apr 04 2023 - 16:56
Friends gather in Paris for Bernard Phelan, the Irish man imprisoned in Iran: ‘He is being tormented psychologically’The tour operator was arrested in Iran last October at the height of nationwide protests over the death in police custody of Mahsa AminiSun Apr 02 2023 - 18:35
Ukraine war: Where do things stand?As western weapons flow to Ukraine, a spring offensive is imminent despite Russia’s nuclear rhetoricFri Mar 31 2023 - 17:15
France protests: Turnout drops but hostility remains acuteAbout 740,000 demonstrate across France against Macron’s pension reformTue Mar 28 2023 - 21:18
Visit of King Charles to France postponed following fierce pension-reform protestsMove highlights Macron’s inability to control events in his own countryFri Mar 24 2023 - 17:28
Determined Macron’s pension reform in doubt amid growing anger in FrancePossibly millions will go on strike for ninth time in two months in hope of forcing president to abandon law raising legal retirement age to 64Wed Mar 22 2023 - 19:14
Protests in Paris as Macron passes pension reform without vote France in political crisis as reform, which will raise legal retirement age from 62 to 64, is passed by decreeThu Mar 16 2023 - 19:28
Analysis: France and Britain’s relationship built on defence co-operationTraining and equipping of Ukrainian forces is an immediate prioritySat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirsLara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine TadrosSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Giovanni Bellini: Father of the Renaissance, painter of translucid lightA new exhibition in Paris reveals the extraordinary originality and influence of Venetian artistSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
Sunak meets Macron and signals shift in British attitude towards France and EuropeLeaders say they have made progress on migration across the English Channel and co-operation in energy and defenceFri Mar 10 2023 - 19:30
Further nationwide protests in France against Macron’s pension reformStrikes to continue in transport and energy sectors with power cuts and petrol shortages possibleTue Mar 07 2023 - 20:25
Macron attempts to re-assert waning French influence on central African trip Security and trade have the mainstays of French policy in Africa to date, but president keen for new partnership between South and NorthWed Mar 01 2023 - 18:32
French assembly driven to brink as politicians overindulge in alcoholAlcohol-fuelled debates on pension reform prompt study on alcohol consumptionTue Feb 28 2023 - 16:57
Teacher stabbed to death by student in southwest FrancePupil (16) told another teacher he heard voices instructing him to carry out attack on victim (50s) – reportWed Feb 22 2023 - 17:11
Ex-Gorbachev spokesman believes most optmistic scenario is Korean-style partition of Ukraine Gorbachev’s last spokesman is pessimistic and believes the most optimistic scenario now would be a Korean-style de facto partition of UkraineTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:07
Macron pirouettes on Russia to the strains of ‘Churchill and Chamberlain’Emmanuel Macron says he wants Ukraine to prevail but does not want regime change in RussiaTue Feb 21 2023 - 05:00
‘The fabulous twins’ – Lara Marlowe on de Gaulle and de Valera “There was a kind of symmetry between them”Mon Feb 20 2023 - 19:00
Vermeer: The once-in-a-lifetime display of the most beautiful paintings in the worldHundreds of thousands will flock to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, searching for the otherworldly peace and tranquility imparted by the paintings of Johannes VermeerSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Letters of the writer who risked his life to save Joyce’s manuscripts in Nazi-occupied ParisJoyce’s friend Paul Léon, who was killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, is remembered in a new book that includes moving letters he wrote to his wife while in captivitySat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Charles de Gaulle’s youngest grandson lays wreath to commemorate Soviet victoryThe financial consultant has made himself a willing tool of Russian propagandaFri Feb 03 2023 - 19:28
France hit by second day of protests against Macron’s pension reformUnions announce two further strike days against plan to raise retirement age to 64Tue Jan 31 2023 - 19:58
James Joyce and Paul Léon – Lara Marlowe on a friendship revisitedNew light on a victim of the HolocaustMon Jan 30 2023 - 19:00
Parisians to vote on whether to ban rental e-scooters following three deaths and 317 injuriesMayor calls citizens’ referendum on use of machines which have swarmed the French capital and become a public nuisanceMon Jan 23 2023 - 20:10
Germany and France reaffirm determination to help Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’ Declarations of support follow criticism from Poland over refusal to send tanksSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:57
France and Germany to celebrate 60th anniversary of postwar reconciliationMacron and Scholz disagree on many things, but both want the European Union to succeedFri Jan 20 2023 - 20:31
French unions declare victory in protest against Macron’s pension reformSchools shut as union leaders say Thursday’s strikes are ‘just the beginning’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 19:06
World’s oldest woman wanted God to take her, but always asked about lunchFrench nun Soeur André, who was born Lucile Randon, died weeks before her 119th birthdayWed Jan 18 2023 - 17:32
Lara Marlowe: How can France still shape the world? A debate in Paris revealed the attitudes of a certain French elite in search of lost influenceTue Jan 17 2023 - 18:30
Macron gambling gestures to less-well-off will dampen resistance to pension reform Plan to raise French retirement age to 64 brings fear of sectoral strikes as well as public demonstrationsFri Jan 13 2023 - 17:56
Unions unite against Macron’s pension reform planPrime minister Elisabeth Borne presents proposal which would see retirement age rise to 64 from 2030Tue Jan 10 2023 - 18:16
Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the Dead Dinner in Paris An annual commemoration of Joyce’s masterpieceMon Jan 09 2023 - 19:00
France catches rare glimpse of Emmanuel Macron’s human side as he speaks about his marriageFrance catches rare glimpse of president’s human side as he speaks about his marriage to Brigette, 24 years his seniorMon Jan 09 2023 - 17:07
‘The Serpent’: Freed French serial killer returns home with big plansThe 78-year-old murderer Charles Sobhraj intends to write his memoirs and make TV showsThu Jan 05 2023 - 21:04
Is Ireland closer to Paris or Berlin? Our correspondents on the links between Dublin and the capitals of France and GermanyMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
‘I can never forgive her’: Arab man cleared after wrongful conviction for rapeFrench judges believed the pretty blond girl from a ‘good’ family, not the dropoutFri Dec 16 2022 - 18:59
Terror gives way to anger as at least 10 die in apartment fire in FranceAbout 170 firefighters tackled the blaze at the seven-storey building on Friday morningFri Dec 16 2022 - 17:30
International conference pledges €1bn in aid to UkraineParis gathering told: ‘We cannot leave Ukrainians alone facing winter, facing their aggressor’Tue Dec 13 2022 - 17:37
‘Who will provide justice for the victims not lucky enough to be selected by the international criminal court?’Oleksandra Matviichuk will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday. She sees it as a chance to convince western leaders there can be no peace in Ukraine without justiceFri Dec 09 2022 - 19:10
Air France flight 447 trial: ‘I am Aisling’s dad, I feel it is important I speak on her behalf’‘It has left an unbelievable vacuum in our lives,’ says father of Aisling ButlerThu Dec 08 2022 - 05:00
The outspoken conductor who conveys Mahler’s ‘crazy tension’Since being enchanted by the music of Gustav Mahler as a child, Semyon Bychkov has become one of the composer’s most acclaimed interpreters and a conductor with a powerful conscienceWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
Paris Letter: France claims its ‘right to be lazy’An in-depth study shows work has been seriously devalued and the ‘balm’ of laziness is being embracedTue Nov 29 2022 - 17:26
Macron travels to meet Biden and ‘speak for Europe’Visit will feature discussions on Ukraine, industrial relations, energy and ChinaMon Nov 28 2022 - 19:41
The Dún Laoghaire-born woman raising millions for France’s national library Kara Lennon Casanova works in a literary treasure troveSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
More Ukrainians will flee to Ireland this winter, Varadkar predictsTánaiste says Putin using energy, food and water as weapons of warFri Nov 25 2022 - 12:52
Deal signed for electricity interconnector between Ireland and FranceBanks to provide €800m to undersea power line projectFri Nov 25 2022 - 12:21
Some 20,000 holiday homes sought in latest drive to house Ukrainian refugeesMinister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman accepts previous scheme had limitationsFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Ireland and France’s ever-closer relationship is good news in a time of strife Brexit threw Ireland into the arms of France, spawning a relationship that has never been betterThu Nov 24 2022 - 21:49
Far-right yet to reach ‘critical mass’ in Ireland, says Taoiseach in warning over xenophobia‘One always has to be careful of exploitation of situations,’ Martin says on Paris visit against backdrop of refugee and housing challengesThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:34
