Murder of Lyhanna (11) sparks outrage in France and turns heat up on government
French government under pressure over handling of sexual violence cases after death of girl
UN agency chief warns of coming food crisis due to Iran war
Price shock to fuel and fertiliser is leading farmers around the world to delay planting, says Ifad chief
The Irish priest behind the scenes of the Vatican’s work on artificial intelligence
Bishop Paul Tighe became a link between Silicon Valley and the Vatican dialogue going back a decade
Paris gripped by widening sexual abuse scandal in schools
First public trial opens in sprawling abuse scandal with more than 100 schools, kindergartens and daycares under investigation
Seven deaths in France as ‘exceptionally early’ heatwave blankets Europe
Record temperatures caused by heat dome, with hot air from Morocco trapped under an area of high pressure
Pope Leo urges new rules to ‘disarm’ artificial intelligence
In landmark encyclical, pontiff compares AI to nuclear power and urges global rules grounded in conscience and responsibility
‘Shane MacGowan had wine in one hand and vodka in the other’: Alan Stivell’s Celtic revival
The towering figure in French folk music, who revived the Celtic harp, is touring Ireland this week
Taoiseach raises abuse redress by religious orders with Pope Leo
Micheál Martin offers help of Irish officials involved in peace process to Vatican Middle East efforts
France rolls out €1 three-course student meals – here is what’s on the menu
Cheap three-course lunches are aimed at easing financial hardship among young people
France introduces €1 meals for students in effort to tackle financial woes
Naomi O'Leary reports from Paris, where the French government has introduced a policy of €1 meals for students to help combat rising costs. Video: Naomi O'Leary
Occupied Territories Bill to ‘move forward’ – but without restriction on services
Helen McEntee to raise EU-wide action again in Brussels as long-proposed legislation to be revived in Dáil
Israeli minister’s taunts ‘accelerate momentum’ for EU action, Taoiseach says
Video of Gaza aid flotilla activists being mistreated has ‘shocked the world’
‘A true bombshell’: France pays winemakers to rip out vines amid crisis of unsold wine
France’s cherished vin culture faces a generational shift – and a costly surplus crisis
Italian philosophers rebel over plan to drop Marx from school curriculum
Meloni government accused of attempt to impose ‘right-wing hegemony’
Louvre jewellery heist inquiry exposes ignored warnings over unsecured window
‘Systemic failures’ enabled audacious eight-minute jewellery heist, report finds














