What will €200,000 buy in Spain, France, Italy, the US or Tipperary?
A rustic home with shared pool in the Umbrian hills, a farmhouse in Brittany and more
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Marseilles is having a moment: The best places to eat and drink around the French city
An influx of young chefs is putting the edgy Mediterranean city on the culinary map with smart restaurants and trendy wine bars
‘We’re in uncharted territory’: Why the forgotten threat of nuclear war presents real and present danger
With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect
Ireland has most expensive net electricity prices in the EU
Eurostat figures show State is second only to Germany in high price of electricity
What did the Romans ever do in Narbonne? A magnificent new museum sheds light on 500 years of history
The site of the first colony founded by Rome beyond Italian soil had few reminders of its former prestige - but that has changed with the completion of the stunning Narbo Via Museum in southern France
A Dubliner returning to France after 15 years away: ‘Here are some of the many changes I noticed’
A Dubliner returning to France finds smoky bars replaced by bubblegum clouds from vapes, that you no longer risk going tealess, and you can even ask directions in English
World powers raise $1bn for Lebanon, but ceasefire elusive
US secretary of state Antony Blinken skips Paris conference but appears to make little peace progress on Middle East tour
Lights, camera, deal? Irish production companies drop in on Cannes
Enterprise Ireland this week led a delegation at the Mipcom television trade event in France
‘Slow travel? I like travelling using fastest modes. But I’m persuaded to go on a 16-day trip designed around trains’
Tipperary woman Phoebe Moore and Moneer Seify headed on a journey from London-Paris-Marseille-Hyères-Genova-Bologna-Venice
‘I’m a woman who’s totally destroyed’: French mass rape victim Gisèle Pelicot gives evidence in court
Pelicot’s former husband invited strangers over 10 years to rape her after drugging her
Two migrants die after boat sinks in English Channel, French coastguard says
So far this year, 47 deaths have been reported by coastguard, including a baby
Twenty-minute red card undermines World Rugby’s campaign to make the game safer
At a time when rugby was starting to win the battle it is in danger of losing the war
‘We imagined it could happen elsewhere, but not here’: Rape trial revelations shake a French town
Mazan is now infamous as infamous as the place where Gisèle Pelicot was regularly drugged by her husband of 50 years and offered up to strange men for sex
The trials of Stephen Roche: ‘There are things I’ve done the last few years I’m not proud of’
The Irish former world champion cyclist has lost his holiday business, his villa in the south of France, pension, investments and many of his closest associates. Does he have any regrets?
What will €325,000 buy in Cyprus, Canada, France, Italy and Connemara?
Period homes in Aosta and Camburat, a rural hideaway near Quebec or a lakeshore house in Carraroe
John Wilson: Rich and warming wines for colder evenings
Wines for the Weekend: These two wines from the south of France are made from the Grenache grape variety
What will €260,000 buy in France, Spain, Sweden, Mexico and Kilkenny?
One price, home and away: seaside apartments in Torrevieja and Quintana Roo, traditional homes in Brittany and Vastra Gotaland or a detached cottage near Kilmoganny village
Visiting Normandy: a crossroads of history, from the Bayeaux Tapestry to D-Day
History, nostalgia and the lure of the Gallic way of life are all brought into sharp focus on a visit to friends in Normandy
Boy, two, among four deaths in two ‘tragedies’ involving small boats off France
French interior minister Bruno Retailleau says the boy had been ‘trampled to death’ after the vessel suffered engine failure
What will €199,000 buy in France, Italy, Sweden, Romania and Leitrim?
One price, home and away: Old cut-stone houses in Limousin and Umbria, rural retreats in Vastra Gotaland and Hunedoara or a lakeside cabin near Ballinamore
Marine Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds
French far-right leader accused of paying party staff for work they were doing in France
Slow travel allows you to escape the busy world: Here’s how to do it
Get away from it all by road, rail, ramble or sail in Ireland and farther afield
As French bond rates near Greece, Macron is indebted to an old foe that things are not worse
France now finds itself the sick child of Europe, so what would the French president give for a François Hollande figure to step forward?
What will €295,000 buy in Norway, France, South Africa, Mexico and Roscommon?
One price, home and away: a ski cabin in Aseral, a one-bed apartment in Jalisco, and more
World Cup winner Raphaël Varane announces retirement due to injury
Former France, Real Madrid and Manchester United defender won Champions League four times
Gisèle Pelicot’s horrifying experience is familiar to some women in Ireland
Girls are told the world is not safe and advised to impose controls on their behaviours. None of these precautions would have protected Gisèle Pelicot
Euro zone business activity unexpectedly contracts in September, PMI shows
German and French economic activity retreats
Pornography is sending men to ever darker places in search of more extreme images
The proliferation of ugly, misogynistic, violent porn online is testament to the fact that sexuality without love or boundaries is damaging
An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics
The Olympics and Paralympics made this Irishwoman proud to live in Paris
The Goldman Case: This real-life courtroom drama is thrillingly, claustrophobically tense
The murder trial of an irascible intellectual touches on a huge array of French discontents from the past couple of centuries
French man charged with mass abuse of wife says ‘I am a rapist’ and asks for forgiveness
Dominique Pelicot has said total of 72 men participated in rape of his then-wife Gisele Pelicot over almost 10 years
Replacement of French commissioner suits both von der Leyen and Macron
Hard to imagine Ursula von der Leyen shivving Thierry Breton without the blessing of Macron
The Goldman Case: A French intellectual’s double murder trial is sensationally re-created in a thrilling courtroom drama
‘Grey areas make for great cinema,’ director Cédric Kahn says about the Pierre Goldman case
‘You don’t get it. You’re not gonna be saved’: Desperate cries of migrants in small boats still not being heard
Worldview: English Channel's worst incident so far this year occurred on September 3rd, when 12 people perished
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband is on trial for recruiting strangers to rape her. She wanted the case to be heard in public
The ‘perfect victim’ in this case, at least for the alleged perpetrators, would be one who remained quiet. And yet Gisèle Pelicot insists on telling her story
What will €165,000 buy in France, the US, Croatia, Norway and Co Clare?
One price, home and away: A cut-stone house on the Cotes-d-Armor, hideaway cabins and more
‘For what I pay for my room in Dublin, I had an apartment with a big balcony in Paris’
New to the Parish: Morgan Savidan moved to Dublin from Paris in 2021
Saoirse Ronan wants to rewrite the script for new Cork home
Paddy McKillen’s wine embarks on a voyage to America; bread giants have a word about a word; while the National Gallery of Ireland is unsure about language requirements
Rachel Kushner: ‘Ireland is my favourite place to go as a writer. It’s completely magical’
The US author, whose new novel Creation Lake is longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, on US politics, the war in Gaza and her love of Ireland
Thousands protest in France after Macron picks Barnier as prime minister
Left-wing parties accuse the president of stealing elections
The Irish Times view on the return of Michel Barnier: facing a fight for survival
He brings to the task a reputation as a patient, pragmatic bridge builder and listener, but it remains to be seen if he can get support for a difficult budget
French far right exerts outsize power over Barnier and Macron, rivals say
Macron accused of giving Le Pen the power of Julius Caesar overseeing a gladiatorial battle, giving a thumbs up or down to his candidate for prime minister
What will €198,000 buy in Ireland, France, Spain, the US and Sweden?
One price, home and away: An old farmhouse in Azay-le-Ferron, an apartment in Chicago and more
Two French wines for €10, a dry white from Alsace and an earthy red from the south
Wines for the Weekend: Alsace, in the east of France produces excellent fresh dry white wines that usually have a mouth-watering, nervy acidity
Woman whose husband is accused of inviting men to rape her says ‘they regarded me like a rag doll’
French man Dominique Pélicot and 50 other defendants face 20 years in prison if convicted
Tough climb ahead for friend of Ireland as Michel Barnier is appointed French prime minister
Few foreign politicians are spoken about in Dublin in such glowing terms as the former EU chief Brexit negotiator
Michel Barnier, former EU chief Brexit negotiator, named new French prime minister
French president has been seeking to form new government for two months after losing legislative vote
France confronts horror of rape and drugging case as 51 men go on trial
In a case that has shocked France, Dominique Pelicot not contesting his role in the decade-long drugging and abuse by scores of men of his wife of 50 years
At least 12 dead after boat ‘ripped open’ attempting to cross English Channel, French minister says
More than 50 people rescued and two missing after ‘terrible shipwreck’ off coast of Cap Gris-Nez
Amuse Bouche by Carolyn Boyd: A paean to all things culinary in her beloved France
Author balances gushing enthusiasm with morbid humour in survey of France and its foods
What will €170,000 buy in Romania, France, South Africa, Norway and Waterford?
An elegant house in Le Dorat, a waterside cabin in Jorpeland, a traditional house in Arges and more
Starmer and Macron discuss plans to reset UK relations with France and EU during Paris talks
PM’s meeting with French president follows recent visit to Germany where he said he was not ‘reversing Brexit’ amid plans for treaty
Life after running Harvey’s Point hotel: ‘We found our little piece of paradise in southwest France’
Starting again after 30 years of running Harvey’s Point was a challenge, but Deirdre McGlone is enjoying the slower pace of life in France
Pavel Durov charged in France with allowing criminal activity on Telegram
Allegations include platform is being used for child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking
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