State unlikely to meet bank deal deadline, concedes NoonanTHE GOVERNMENT has said its hopes of securing a bank debt deal for Ireland in October was a “target, not a deadline”.Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
French lawyers to make complaint over Bailey appealLAWYERS FOR the parents of murdered French woman Sophie Toscan du Plantier will lodge a formal complaint against Ireland at the…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Noonan in Paris for bailout talksMinister for Finance Michael Noonan has said it could be in Ireland's interests to push beyond October the deadline for a deal…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Hollande wields axe to recoup billionsFRANCE IS braced for its biggest round of budgetary tightening in half a century after President François Hollande lowered the…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Single automatic pistol used in Alps killingsFRENCH POLICE believe a single automatic pistol was used in the attack that killed three tourists and a local man in the Alps…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
French newspaper handbags Vuitton billionaireTHE POLITICAL storm over a decision by France’s richest man, luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, to seek Belgian citizenship…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
High tax row as France's richest man seeks Belgian citizenshipBERNARD ARNAULT, France’s richest man, set off a row over President François Hollande’s plan to introduce a 75 per cent wealth…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
British girl out of coma and set to be questionedTHE SEVEN-year-old British girl who survived a gun attack in the French Alps last week that saw her father and mother shot dead…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Bond-buying seen by some as victory for HollandeFRANCE HAS hailed the European Central Bank’s new bond-buying programme as a vital step in efforts to contain the euro zone debt…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Police think British man may have been targetFRENCH POLICE investigating the shooting dead of four people in a suspected ambush in the Alps believe Saad al-Hilli, an Iraqi…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Killings in French Alps leave police searching for motiveIT WAS about 3.50pm on Wednesday when a British cyclist, a former British Royal Air Force member, approached the car park on …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
'We don't know who could have done this. We have no idea'“It was tremendous savagery,” said public prosecutor Eric Maillaud, “and what is certain is that somebody wanted to kill.” Beyond…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Alps victims shot in the headThree of the four people killed in a deadly attack near Lake Annecy in the French Alps were shot in the head, a public prosecutor…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Hollande and Monti urge ECB action on bond yieldsFRANCE AND Italy have urged the European Central Bank to act to ease financial pressure on struggling euro zone states, raising…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
French Socialists move to avert backbench revolt over fiscal treatyTHE FRENCH government has moved to avert an embarrassing backbench revolt on the EU fiscal treaty, warning that a close vote …Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Hollande criticised over rise in joblessFRENCH PRESIDENT François Hollande came under renewed pressure over his handling of the economy yesterday after the number of…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
French government rescues mortgage providerTHE FRENCH government has agreed to rescue Crédit Immobilier de France (CIF), after conceding defeat in attempts to find a buyer…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
ECB may oversee all banks in euro zoneTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank would be given oversight of all 6,000 banks in the euro zone under a plan being drafted by the European…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Hollande rejects calls to deploy army to MarseilleFRENCH PRESIDENT François Hollande has rejected calls for the army to be sent in to tackle armed criminals in Marseille after…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Writer's essay on Breivik killings provokes outrageA French author has caused outrage by calling the mass killings ‘what Norway deserved’Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Matchmaker to millionairesWILD GEESE Mairéad Molloy, Client director, Berkeley International, Cannes A dating agency that attracts the rich and…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Missing McAreavey witness is interviewedA FORMER bellboy who was one of the first people to arrive at the scene of Michaela McAreavey’s murder in Mauritius has been …Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
France faces deeper cuts and threat of recessionFRANÇOIS HOLLANDE’S government may be forced into deeper than expected spending cuts in the autumn after the Bank of France said…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Unlikely insult that gives France's political class palpitationsPARIS LETTER: THE WORD is emphatically taboo, a flaming red rag no French minister with a handle on history or even the shakiest…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
France welcomes ECB bond-buying confirmationA SENIOR figure in French president François Hollande’s party has accused the European Central Bank of “starving” the people …Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
French ministers obliged to slum it at home this summerHIS PREDECESSOR celebrated his election win by borrowing a billionaire friend’s private yacht, then spent his first summer holiday…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
France passes new sexual harassment lawJUST WEEKS after a government minister was greeted with heckles and catcalls by male deputies when she wore a dress in the lower…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
France and Italy step up pressure on ECBFRANCE AND Italy have ratcheted up pressure on the European Central Bank to act to bring down Spain’s borrowing costs amid speculation…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
France to press for urgent meeting of Security CouncilFRANCE WILL call for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Syria to try to end the diplomatic deadlock and prevent further…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Hollande party shows first signs of dissent on fiscal treatyA GROUP of French Socialist Party deputies has threatened to vote against the EU fiscal treaty in parliament, revealing the first…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Man held over McAreavey photosThe director of the Mauritian newspaper that published photographs of the murdered Michaela McAreavey, has been arrested.Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian newspaper searched by detectivesMcAREAVEY VERDICT: MAURITIAN POLICE have searched the office of a newspaper that published photographs of the murdered Michaela…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Police raid newspaper over McAreavey crime photosMauritian police today searched the office of a newspaper that published photographs of the murdered body of Michaela McAreavey…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
A gruelling, bizarre and tragic trialIT WAS, SAID the chief prosecuting barrister, Mehdi Manrakhan, the most taxing and challenging trial of his careerSat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian DPP 'in shock' after verdictTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Mauritius has said he is in a “state of shock” after the two acquittals in the Michaela…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Mauritian DPP satisfied with police inquiryTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Mauritius has said he is satisfied with the police investigation into Michaela McAreavey…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
First room entry was after alarm raised, cleaner insistsDEFENDANT/SANDIP MONEEA: SANDIP MONEEA (42) grew up in Rose-Bell, a village in southeastern MauritiusFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Acquitted men tell of relief and joy outside courtroomA JURY has acquitted two hotel workers who were accused of murdering Irish woman Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius last year.Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Two hotel workers cleared of Michaela McAreavey murderTHE FOREMAN of the jury gave a solemn nod. They had reached a verdictFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
DPP will decide whether to reopen inquiryREACTION TO VERDICT: MICHAELA McAREAVEY’S husband John, accompanied by his father Brendan, sister Claire and brother-in-law …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Police inquiry was 'crux' of the defence caseINVESTIGATION: WHEN THE Mauritian authorities sift through the embers of the long legal saga that came to an end yesterday, …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Charges against key witness and man accused over key-card droppedTHE 'OTHER TWO': FIVE HOTEL employees were originally charged in connection with the murder of Michaela McAreaveyFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Former guard had key role in trial despite not giving evidenceDASSEN NARAYNEN: HIS NAME grew familiar, but the man himself never appearedFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Defendants are police scapegoats,trial hearsTWO MAURITIAN men accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey were innocent victims of a “wild hunt for scapegoats” by over-zealous…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Accused had 'killing instincts' - McAreavey prosecutorTWO MAURITIAN hotel workers showed “killing instincts” by strangling Michaela McAreavey after she caught them stealing, the jury…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Suspects showed 'killing instincts'Two Mauritian hotel workers showed “killing instincts” by strangling Michaela McAreavey after she caught them stealing, the jury…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
McAreavey trial enters final phase with closing statements dueTHE MICHAELA McAreavey murder trial in Mauritius will enter its final phase tomorrow when the prosecution makes its closing speech…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
McAreavey accused denies phoning sister for advice after murderA HOTEL cleaner accused of murdering Michaela McAreavey has denied a claim that he phoned his sister minutes after committing…Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Cast list grows apace as defence barrister gives vent to showmanshipRama Valayden almost shouted in his opening speech to the jury on behalf of Sandip MoneeaTue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Police accused of 'dicing with reputation of Mauritius'POLICE INVESTIGATING the murder of Michaela McAreavey risked the reputation of Mauritius by accusing an innocent man of committing…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
