How do Garda earnings compare with their counterparts elsewhere in Europe?Police in France and Spain have staged protests and withdrawn from some dutiesThu Nov 03 2016 - 16:37
French authorites move final 1,500 minors from Calais campChildren dispersed around France, possibly complicating proposal to bring 200 to IrelandWed Nov 02 2016 - 11:33
Hollande vows Calais site will be cleared of minors ‘within days’‘They haven’t said they want to go to Ireland,’ says interior ministry figureWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
Former general Michel Aoun elected president of LebanonElection of military man (81) with support of Syria ends 2½ years of political stalemateTue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00
French officials begin evacuation of Calais ‘Jungle’Calm prevails throughout camp as first buses depart for reception centres across the countrySun Oct 23 2016 - 13:03
Henri Fantin-Latour: ‘The painter of silence’The first monographic exhibition in Paris since 1982 of the neglected 19th century masterSat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
Anthony Foley: French inquiries into death to take several weeksOfficial says no evidence to ‘suspect anything untoward’ happened to late Munster head coachWed Oct 19 2016 - 18:56
Anthony Foley died of acute pulmonary oedema caused by heart diseaseMunster head coach’s remains will be flown home to Shannon Airport on WednesdayTue Oct 18 2016 - 19:20
‘Words can’t say it . . . I miss him’: Limerick pays tribute to FoleyMinister for Finance and bishop join tributes to late Munster coachTue Oct 18 2016 - 12:54
Loadsa Monet: the rich Russian who patroned Picasso, made MatisseAfter being trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Russia’s Shchukin collection, including works by Picasso and Matisse, is back in Paris for a blockbuster showTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:00
Cause of Anthony Foley’s death may be known on WednesdayOnce autopsy is completed Munster head coach will be released to his familyMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:09
Conservative candidates set out stalls in French presidential raceEx-prime minister Alain Juppé edges ahead of six rivals in Les Républicains TV debateFri Oct 14 2016 - 18:45
François Hollande’s comments raising hackles across FrancePresident manages to offend almost everyone, including judges, footballers and his exThu Oct 13 2016 - 19:27
Disliked François Hollande spills all on love and enemiesFrench president says political right is ‘steeped in revenge, reaction, regression’Wed Oct 12 2016 - 18:51
Putin cancels visit to Paris in midst of Franco-Russian crisisDiplomatic row around situation in Aleppo, where France accuses Russia of war crimesTue Oct 11 2016 - 14:40
François Mitterrand’s love letters reveal passion for mistress‘You were the chance of my life,’ late French president wrote to Anne PingeotMon Oct 10 2016 - 15:17
Evidence of co-ordination of European terrorist attacksA computer found in a bin in Brussels points to concerted efforts to orchestrate attacksFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Islamist saboteurs ‘tampering with French planes’Air France personnel find ‘Allahu akbar’ scrawled on fuel tanks of almost 40 aircraftFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint, jewellery worth millions stolenKanye West abruptly ends concert in New York citing a ‘family emergency’ at Paris hotelMon Oct 03 2016 - 18:33
‘Angry’ French education minister hits back at Pope FrancisPontiff’s claim that schools in France teach ‘gender theory’ draws condemnationMon Oct 03 2016 - 16:30
Paris goes Wilde over Oscar exhibitionNew collection at Petit Palais celebrates the rebellious writer’s life and workMon Oct 03 2016 - 00:00
Emotions high as lights go out on ‘Rosetta’ for last timeIrish scientists on team applaud success of mission after 8bn kilometres of travelFri Sept 30 2016 - 18:34
Alain Juppé only candidate who could defeat Marine Le Pen, study showsFor now, a left-wing candidate has little chance of getting to the second roundThu Sept 29 2016 - 13:22
Apple tax: IDA chief unravels vexed issue of avoidance and low rateMartin Shanahan pleads case on corporate ruling before Bar of global foreign investorsWed Sept 28 2016 - 18:01
François Hollande promises to demolish the ‘Jungle’President says Britain has an obligation to France over immigrantsTue Sept 27 2016 - 01:00
Reporting terror: France learns the hard wayBetween the Charlie Hebdo and Nice massacres, French media changed their approach to such violent attacks, and the public’s reaction changed tooSat Sept 24 2016 - 06:00
Brexit a concern for Oxford’s Irish vice-chancellorProf Louise Richardson fears dramatic increase in fees for university’s studentsTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:02
Sarkozy joins Healy-Rae and Trump on grasp of climate change‘Sahara became a desert, not because of industry’, says French presidential candidateThu Sept 15 2016 - 16:29
Schiaparelli’s Mars landing will be a giant leap for EuropeEuropean Space Agency’s ExoMars programme to determine if there’s life on MarsThu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00
Assuring France that Muslims feel responsible but not guiltyA voice for the silent majority of French Muslims calls for an Islamic reformationWed Sept 14 2016 - 01:00
François Hollande vows to defend democracy as popularity tanksFrench president slams terrorists, the right and City of London in combative speechThu Sept 08 2016 - 17:52
Memorial unveiled in Paris to designer Eileen GrayPioneering talent remembered in magical moment almost 40 years after her deathWed Sept 07 2016 - 18:11
Migrant crisis: Paris mayor unveils refugee camp planMayor Anne Hidalgo says Paris refugee camp is the first in a dense urban zone in EuropeWed Sept 07 2016 - 01:00
Manuel Valls rejects New York Times account of anti-Muslim ‘apartheid’French prime minister lashes out at “intolerable” New York Times articleTue Sept 06 2016 - 21:19
Migrant crisis: Calais marches to demand closure of JungleUp to 10,000 now living on wasteland site in tents and without adequate water or toiletsTue Sept 06 2016 - 08:26
Nicolas Sarkozy may be tried for illegal campaign financingProsecutor believes former French president knew of €18m in bogus bills sent to UMPMon Sept 05 2016 - 19:21
Apple tax ruling: EC ‘certain’ decision to charge €13bn is validPierre Moscovici: Apple ‘a company which didn’t pay as much tax as it should have’Sat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
French will convict Ian Bailey of murder, says lawyerJournalist could receive 30-year prison sentence in absentia for voluntary homicideFri Sept 02 2016 - 01:00
Marc Riboud wandered world capturing life on cameraLegendary photographer’s image helped change US public opinion on Vietnam WarThu Sept 01 2016 - 14:58
France’s Emmanuel Macron quits, paving way for presidential bidOutgoing minister delivers resignation speech laced with criticism of Francois HollandeTue Aug 30 2016 - 22:06
François Hollande issues unilateral French deadline for BrexitIn foreign policy address, French president also seeks to impose deadline for BrexitTue Aug 30 2016 - 18:16
French presidential polls to be battle of unpopularityWhile Francois Hollande has yet to declare, there is little doubt he will seek re-electionTue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
The world catches up with Stefan Zweig’s visionThe Austrian writer of the 1930s, a friend of James Joyce and inspiration for Wes Anderson, is back in vogue as his view of a world changing for the worse captures the zeitgeistWed Aug 24 2016 - 06:00
Terror attacks: France’s war on jihadism marked by turmoilFrustration and confusion often permeates the state’s reaction to suspected IslamistsWed Aug 10 2016 - 01:00
French PM vows plan to tackle jihadist-related prison crisisSharp increase in prisoner numbers fuels overcrowding and appalling conditionsTue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00
Burkini pool day sparks controversy in FranceSmile 13’s plans to rent out a water park near Marseille is described as ‘hardcore sectarianism’Fri Aug 05 2016 - 18:33
Failure to tackle terror in France points to sociological solutionGiven the war with Isis could take years, French society must look beyond securityThu Aug 04 2016 - 23:39
Versailles shows the enduring power of the French stateTourists still flock in their droves to gawk at Louis XIV’s red and gold brocade bedThu Aug 04 2016 - 01:00
Slain priest’s funeral asked: ‘Must there be further slaughter?’Fr Jacques Hamel eulogised in Rouen, but what does future hold for France’s Muslims?Tue Aug 02 2016 - 19:24
Priest’s killers were Isis apprentices who met through app19-year-old Normandy attackers knew each other only four days before they struckTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
