The Irish Times

Witness claims Bailey did not deny being seen near Toscan du Plantier murder scene

Woman says Ian Bailey discussed being seen at Kealfadda Bridge

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 10:57

French police evacuate 1,500 migrants from camp near Dunkirk

Migrants including young children were hoping to travel across English Channel

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 14:23

Macron’s attempts to address hurt of Franco-Algerian history proving an uphill battle

Controversy over large reduction in visas for Algerians reignites old enmities

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 18:15

Ikea France fined €1m for spying on its employees

French subsidiary of furniture giant collected data on police records and private finances

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 18:22

France gripped by socio-economic, medical and cultural crises

Country ‘unravelling’ say generals in open letter as Macron looks to May 2022 election

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 21:00

Irish gang forging negative Covid-19 tests for European travellers, Europol warns

Police agency says ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ involved in sophisticated counterfeits

Mon Feb 01 2021 - 17:57

Covid-19: French police attacked while shutting down rave of 2,500 revellers

The New Year’s Eve party-goers threw bottles and rocks at police with vehicles damaged

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 15:11

French police criticised for brutality at Paris migrant camp

Place de la République camp dismantled as National Assembly passes ‘global security’ law

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 18:17

Nice attack: Man who killed three identified as 21-year-old from Tunisia

French authorities say Brahim Aouissaoui reportedly arrived in France in early October

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 09:29

Fines for Covid-19 breaches can influence behaviour but will people pay them?

Power as detterent is overstated and justice system has poor record in recovering fines

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 22:00

Macron says beheading of teacher in Paris was an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’

Knife-wielding suspect shot dead by police after pursuit following attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

Sat Oct 17 2020 - 11:01

A year after Nóra Quoirin’s body was found, her parents still believe she was abducted

Nóra’s parents hope a hard-won inquest in Malaysia will answer some of their questions

Thu Aug 13 2020 - 01:00

Refugee cleared of suspicion over fire in Nantes cathedral

Blaze destroyed organ, stained-glass windows and painting in 15th-century building

Sun Jul 19 2020 - 23:53

EU hacking operation ‘like having an inside person in every top organised crime group’

Electronic decryption and methods will benefit Garda hugely

Fri Jul 03 2020 - 15:37

Striking parallels between police violence and unrest in France and the US

Similarities between Adama Traoré’s fate and that of George Floyd in USA not lost on demonstrators in Paris

Wed Jun 03 2020 - 18:40

French police turn back private jet of holidaymakers from UK

Ten flew into Marseille-Provence airport to be taken by helicopter to luxury Cannes villa

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 13:54

Assailant shot dead by French police after knife attack near Paris

One victim dead and two others wounded in public park, according to prosecutor

Fri Jan 03 2020 - 20:48

Migrants may be using Cherbourg-Rosslare as ‘new route’ to UK

French police say route may be easier as it is not covered by Touquet agreement with UK

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 01:00

Men found in truck on Rosslare-bound ferry claim asylum in Ireland

Two children among migrants found in truck trailer on Stena ferry

Fri Nov 22 2019 - 13:22

Gilets jaunes protesters return to Paris streets

Tear gas fired and arrests made as anarchists infiltrate climate and social justice march

Sun Sept 22 2019 - 17:02

Police fire tear gas and arrest 100 in Paris as yellow vests protest

Anti-government ‘gilets jaunes’ protesters hold 45th consecutive Saturday of action

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 17:15

‘Justice for Steve’: Friends of drowned music fan demand answers from French police

Steve Caniço’s body found in river Loire a month after police raid on music festival

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 20:00

French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade

Gilet jeune demonstrators detained near Champs Elysees after trying to stage a protest

Mon Jul 15 2019 - 00:00

Michel Platini arrested in Qatar World Cup investigation

Corruption, bribery suspected in awarding process for 2022 World Cup

Tue Jun 18 2019 - 11:46

Evidence against Bailey ‘overwhelming’, Paris court hears

Bailey convicted in absentia of 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Fri May 31 2019 - 18:19

From Paris to west Cork and back: The story of the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation

Murder of French film producer near Schull in 1996 has never been solved

Fri May 31 2019 - 12:40

Ian Bailey trial hears Toscan du Plantier planned to meet ‘a poet’

Agnes Thomas tells court in Paris she warned her friend against meeting ‘weird guy’

Tue May 28 2019 - 23:22

Ian Bailey’s partner among witnesses asked to testify at murder trial

French authorities are understood to have written to 33 witnesses

Tue May 21 2019 - 01:00

France’s ‘yellow vests’ come out for 26th week but numbers on the wane

Apparently low turnout nationwide comes just two weeks out from European elections

Sat May 11 2019 - 17:14

Police in Paris fire tear gas to repel protesters on May Day rally

Masked and hooded demonstrators burn bins, smash property and hurl bottles

Wed May 01 2019 - 15:34

Singer Chris Brown released from custody in Paris after rape allegation

French official says two others were also questioned by police in relation to same case

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 21:54

Drivers should use breathalysers for morning after – Michael Healy-Rae

Gardaí made 445 arrests on suspicion of intoxicated driving over New Year period

Fri Jan 18 2019 - 06:00

Strasbourg reopens Christmas market after attacker shot dead

Fourth victim, an Italian journalist aged 29, dies following Tuesday’s attack in French city

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 13:17

Almost 100 injured during French fuel protests

Police say nearly 300 arrested at demonstrations against tax hikes and Macron policy

Sat Dec 01 2018 - 20:31