French election: The polls, the candidates, the issuesThe presidential election starts on Sunday. How will it work? Who’s in the race?Sat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
‘This campaign stinks’: France goes to the pollsExtreme right, extreme left and extreme dishonesty have characterised France’s presidential election campaignSat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
Terrorism dominates last day of French presidential campaignMarine Le Pen had complained opponents refused to discuss issue during the campaignFri Apr 21 2017 - 21:21
France goes to polls under shadow of terror and political uncertaintyFour of the 11 candidates stand a chance of reaching the May 7th run-offFri Apr 21 2017 - 21:10
Paris gunman was arrested in February over planning police attackPolice detain three family members French citizen after shooting claimed by Islamic StateFri Apr 21 2017 - 13:45
Islamic State claims responsibility for Paris attackCounter-terrorism investigation under way after policeman is killed on Champs-ÉlyséesThu Apr 20 2017 - 23:18
Hollande legacy holds back his ‘spiritual son’ MacronFrench presidential candidate seeks to distance himself from deeply unpopular incumbentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Irish rugby player questioned in gang rape caseProsecutor to investigate Denis Coulson, Rory Grice and Loick Jammes of GrenobleThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Marine Le Pen denies French guilt over HolocaustRemarks by French Front National leader on deportation of Jews provoke furyThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Immigrants turning France into ‘enormous squat’, says Le PenFar-right leader rouses supporters in final rally ahead of presidential vote on SundayThu Apr 20 2017 - 10:00
‘The Immortal’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary about French writer Michel Déon and IrelandThu Apr 20 2017 - 00:01
Macron rallies supporters as French election race tightensEmmanuel-the-good slugs it out with sulphurous rivals in final week of campaigningTue Apr 18 2017 - 16:55
European Parliament asked to lift Le Pen’s immunityNational Front leader did not respond to judges’ summonses in February and MarchFri Apr 14 2017 - 16:31
Far-left candidate’s surge shakes up French presidential raceJean-Luc Mélenchon’s breakthrough in polls has prompted a whiff of cold war panicThu Apr 13 2017 - 09:56
Optimists backing Macron in French presidential electionPollsters say voters divided between pro-globalisation and ‘fortress France’ campsTue Apr 11 2017 - 11:00
EU establishment awaits Emmanuel Macron victory as if for the MessiahFrench presidential front-runner is the first unabashedly pro-European leader in more than a decadeFri Apr 07 2017 - 01:00
Fillon predicts ‘chaos’ for Europe if Le Pen wins electionFrench conservative candidate in eye of ‘fake jobs’ scandal lays out European credentialsThu Apr 06 2017 - 16:22
Le Pen comes off worst in French election debate free-for-allAnalysis: Main candidates made to squirm as outsiders ask tough questionsWed Apr 05 2017 - 18:57
‘Little guys’ take on the big guns in chaotic French election debateAnti-capitalist candidate draws applause and laughter with attacks on Fillon and Le PenWed Apr 05 2017 - 09:44
How Thomas Kaplan is using art as a weapon of warUS billionaire to loan three paintings to Dublin exhibition he financed research forMon Mar 27 2017 - 05:00
French election: Europe’s fate may hang on outcomeVictory for Marine Le Pen would mark political revolution capable of sinking projectFri Mar 24 2017 - 01:00
Up to 11m French viewers tune in to first presidential debateLe Pen was aggressive and sarcastic, Fillon showed poise, and Macron appeared a noviceTue Mar 21 2017 - 18:53
French presidential election favourite faces onslaught in TV debateEmmanuel Macron accused by Marine Le Pen of ‘mind-boggling emptiness’Tue Mar 21 2017 - 10:08
Many Marine Le Pen cohorts linked to neo-Nazi ideasLe Pen’s efforts to legitimise Front National undermined by ideology of associatesSat Mar 18 2017 - 01:00
Four wounded as student opens fire at school in southern FranceTeenage gunman obsessed by Columbine massacre in US but has ‘no link’ to terrorismThu Mar 16 2017 - 19:15
FG leadership candidates should publish spending, says VaradkarMinister says there should be spending limits for candidates in Fine Gael leadership raceThu Mar 16 2017 - 15:04
FF and SF trying to push unification on North - VaradkarMinister believes parties trying to exploit Brexit and approach will alienate unionistsThu Mar 16 2017 - 12:52
French corruption scandals breaking fast and furiousFrançois Fillon the first presidential candidate to be placed under judiciary investigationWed Mar 15 2017 - 19:31
French election is ‘unthinkable, unprecedented’ says pollsterDirector of France’s oldest polling company thinks Le Pen will be defeated in run-offFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen tells business leaders euro is deadRight-wing presidential candidate says she will resign if she fails to take France out of euroTue Mar 07 2017 - 19:52
France election analysis: Fillon goes rogue in family melodramaCorruption scandal consumes conservative nominee weeks before voting beginsTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Fillon survives heave attempt as Juppé rules himself out of raceFrench conservative party abandons attempted move against presidential nomineeMon Mar 06 2017 - 21:00
François Fillon stages defiant rally as his campaign strugglesThe beleaguered conservative presidential candidate attracts thousands of supportersSun Mar 05 2017 - 21:16
Boni de Castellane sale recalls excesses of ‘Belle Époque’The French count burned through $10 million of his American heiress wife’s fortune. Their treasures are for sale for the first time in over a centurySat Mar 04 2017 - 06:00
As Fillon’s campaign stumbles, Macron seizes the spotlightSupporters are fleeing Francois Fillon as Emmanuel Macron presents his manifestoThu Mar 02 2017 - 18:00
French election: Fillon to stay in race despite ‘fake jobs’ chargesConservative candidate says summons over scheme is ‘political assassination’Wed Mar 01 2017 - 15:38
For a forgotten village, Marine Le Pen ‘keeps her word’The far-right Front National leader has forged a strong bond with this tiny communeWed Mar 01 2017 - 01:00
French election: Marine Le Pen attempts global outreachFront National leader’s popularity continues to grow, despite scandal over assistantsFri Feb 24 2017 - 17:30
France: Blunt comments land Macron in hot waterPresidential candidate’s remarks on gay marriage and Algeria raise hacklesFri Feb 17 2017 - 19:14
Emmanuel Macron calls colonisation of Algeria ‘real barbarity’French presidential campaign reignites dispute over country’s legacy in north AfricaThu Feb 16 2017 - 18:14
François Hollande looks to revive ghostly ‘cradle of Paris’Historic Île de la Cité to become ‘a real neighbourhood’ if architect has his wayThu Feb 16 2017 - 01:00
Nightly violence continues in troubled Paris suburbsFocus on police identity checks in marginalised areas as government appeals for calmTue Feb 14 2017 - 19:03
French candidate Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia of hackingKremlin denies hacking ‘En marche!’ website of presidential favourite hostile to RussiaTue Feb 14 2017 - 18:00
Emmanuel Macron and the French politics of ambiguityPresidential candidate of ‘extreme centre’ forecast to beat Marine Le Pen in electionsTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen: Yes she canMarine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is polling strongly in France’s presidential race. Can she emulate Donald Trump’s populist success?Sat Feb 11 2017 - 21:12
French farmer convicted of helping migrants to cross borderBringing people across border is ‘an honour, not a sacrifice’, says local hero HerrouFri Feb 10 2017 - 20:37
Tensions high as French police try to quell nightly violenceFrench youths in the Paris banlieues rioting over police brutality and alleged rapeThu Feb 09 2017 - 20:32
Francois Fillon’s wife reportedly got €45,000 in unemployment benefitsRival presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron forced to dismiss affair rumoursTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:54
Sarkozy to appeal decision to send him for trial over campaignFormer French president could face year in jail or fine if convicted over election financingTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:16
Francois Fillon admits ‘error’ but refuses to quit French raceFormer favourite for presidency offers robust defence in fake jobs scandalMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:10
