Old rivals face eclipse in French presidential electionFront National and Les Républicains may edge out both establishment parties in first roundTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
French socialists choose Benoit Hamon as presidential nomineeFar-left candidate easily beats Valls in primary as Fillon struggles over scandalSun Jan 29 2017 - 21:02
French election to be showdown between Macron and Le PenFormer favourite for presidency François Fillon discredited by payments made to wifeSat Jan 28 2017 - 01:00
François Fillon’s presidential hopes in turmoil over payments scandalFrance candidate under investigation over news that wife was paid €600,000 as aideWed Jan 25 2017 - 17:13
‘Little Ben’ looks set to pull French Socialists to the leftLikely presidential candidate Benoît Hamon wants a universal basic incomeMon Jan 23 2017 - 17:41
Left-wing rebel surprise winner of French socialist primaryBenoit Hamon unlikely to survive first round of presidential election on April 23rdMon Jan 23 2017 - 01:00
French left has yet again become casualty of its own disunityFavourite Socialist candidate Manuel Valls predicted to win only 10% of vote in electionSat Jan 21 2017 - 03:00
Emmanuel Macron gains support in French presidential raceThe Independent candidate has growing momentum despite Marine Le Pen’s tauntsThu Jan 19 2017 - 01:00
Late French writer Michel Déon remembered at Paris MassCrowd of 700 told three words summarise Déon - charm, friendship and booksWed Jan 18 2017 - 19:43
Paris talks reaffirm support for elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace resolutionForeign ministers and international bodies reaffirm need for a ‘two-state solution’Sun Jan 15 2017 - 20:30
The French satirical weekly with no ads and no online articlesAdvertising-free ‘Canard enchaîné’ sells 400,000 copies and has €100 million bankedSat Jan 14 2017 - 06:00
France to host symbolic event on Israeli-Palestinian conflictMeeting aims to portray international consensus on necessity of two-state solutionSat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00
Nazi war criminal reportedly died in a Syrian dungeonThe fate of Alois Brunner, blamed for the death of 130,000, has always been a mysteryFri Jan 13 2017 - 01:00
French police arrest 16 over €9m Kim Kardashian robberyFive masked men made away with jewellery after heist at TV star’s Paris apartmentMon Jan 09 2017 - 17:30
Marine Le Pen gives simple world view to French votersFront National leader targets oligarchies, global trade and European UnionMon Jan 09 2017 - 01:00
Olwen Fouéré on the price that revolutionaries payThe actor’s role in ‘Danse, Morob’, a play that touches on the dirty protests of the Maze and other traumas, explores how revolution can break those whom others see as heroesSat Jan 07 2017 - 05:00
How France strove to eliminate terrorists on its ‘kill list’François Hollande has followed Obama’s lead in ordering ‘targeted killing’ of jihadistsFri Jan 06 2017 - 01:00
Marine Le Pen aims to ride populist wave to power in FranceFront National promises to “speak for the people” if she becomes president of FranceWed Jan 04 2017 - 18:09
Radicalisation not the only factor in recent terrorismWorld in 2016 review: three distinct types of terror attack hit the West this yearThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
French writer Michel Déon dies in Galway, aged 97Novelist moved to Ireland in 1968 and his best-known works are partially or totally set hereWed Dec 28 2016 - 19:25
People of 2016: Elaine Mernagh, Calais volunteer. ‘I saw kids beaten with batons’From day one, Mernagh of Cork Refuge Solidarity felt she belonged in the ‘Jungle’Sat Dec 24 2016 - 06:00
People of 2016: ‘Nice changed my life, in a positive way’Eoin Staunton (22) from Mayo spent the summer working in Nice, where tragedy struckSat Dec 24 2016 - 06:00
Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s son: ‘The truth will be established’Twenty years after this mother’s death near Schull, her son has not given up on justiceFri Dec 23 2016 - 06:00
Christine Lagarde found guilty of negligence in state payoutNo sentence for IMF head for failure to oppose €403m payment to Bernard TapieMon Dec 19 2016 - 19:00
Lagarde defiant as trial over Tapie payout beginsIMF head unflustered despite accusation of negligence over state’s €400m arbitrationMon Dec 12 2016 - 20:18
Final homecoming for late poet John MontagueLeading figure in Irish contemporary literature published more than 30 booksSat Dec 10 2016 - 12:45
France’s ‘ministerial Swiss army knife’ replaces Valls as PMShort-term stand-in Bernard Cazeneuve managed aftermath of 2015-16 terror attacksTue Dec 06 2016 - 16:21
An Irishwoman’s Diary: John Patrick Leonard, an Irish republican in 19th-century FranceTue Dec 06 2016 - 00:01
Valls seeks ‘reconciliation’ in bid for French presidencyOther candidates are using Hollande’s record in office to attack the prime ministerMon Dec 05 2016 - 20:30
France greets François Hollande’s political ‘death’ with reliefPresident’s decision not to seek re-election widely welcomed on both left and rightSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:00
Francois Hollande will not stand for re-election in FranceHollande makes televised address to announce decision not to seek second termThu Dec 01 2016 - 23:11
‘UK cannot have free trade if it bars access to EU citizens’French minister warns against post-Brexit ‘à la carte union’ during Charlie Flanagan visitThu Dec 01 2016 - 20:00
French foreign minister reiterates plans for Israeli-Palestinian talksJean-Marc Ayrault briefs Charlie Flanagan on plan to convene conference by end of yearThu Dec 01 2016 - 18:00
Lara Marlowe: Trump’s Middle East policy left to Jewish relatives and friendsPresident-elect sees ‘peace’ between Israel and the Palestinians as the ultimate dealThu Dec 01 2016 - 11:19
Moderate France looks to Fillon to halt rise of far rightFormer prime minister set to take on Marine Le Pen as socialist infighting continuesMon Nov 28 2016 - 19:10
Fillon favourite for French presidency after primary landslideJuppé concedes defeat in conservative contest while rival goes on to challenge Le PenMon Nov 28 2016 - 16:17
France: Fillon and Juppé clash for chance to take on Le PenFrançois Fillon in pole postion to become presidential candidate for Les RépublicainsSat Nov 26 2016 - 03:00
Sophie Toscan du Plantier family still battling for justice in ParisNew arrest warrant issued for Ian Bailey as 20th anniversary of murder approachesWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:01
Fillon poised to be conservative candidate in French electionFormer prime minister’s big win in Sunday’s primary seen as return of traditional rightMon Nov 21 2016 - 18:45
Fillon’s win a turning point in French presidential electionPM under Sarkozy based comeback on €110bn in spending cuts and social conservatismMon Nov 21 2016 - 16:50
Nicolas Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential primaryEx-president says he will back frontrunner François Fillon in Les Républicains runoffMon Nov 21 2016 - 07:31
French mother fights to protect memory of Islamic State sonVéronique Roy, whose child died as a jihadi in Syria, is leading the attack on radicalisationMon Nov 21 2016 - 01:00
French conservative primary becomes three-horse raceNicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon vie for chance to counter rise of Le PenSat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00
Emmanuel Macron declares candidacy for French presidencyFormer economy minister’s announcement antagonises rivals on left and rightWed Nov 16 2016 - 19:00
Understated ceremonies mark first anniversary of Paris attacksCommemorations at Stade de France, Bataclan and cafes where 130 people were killedMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
‘How can we make opera relevant to our times, make it more than pure entertainment?’Stéphane Lissner, the director of the French national opera, is going all out to recruit new opera-loversSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Trump’s climate change denial poses big threat to global fightUS president-elect has promised to tear up the Paris climate accord ratified last yearThu Nov 10 2016 - 18:50
Lara Marlowe: The world has just become a more dangerous placeAnger and disillusionment that propelled Trump to power is an epidemic in the WestWed Nov 09 2016 - 15:47
Remains of migrant life strewn across the Stalingrad campThe ‘Paris Jungle’ was home to nearly 4,000 people who have now been evacuatedFri Nov 04 2016 - 19:13
Women lead in prestigious French literary awardsLeila Slimani wins the Prix Goncourt and Prix Renaudot awarded to Yasmina RezaThu Nov 03 2016 - 18:29
