Macron dealt big blow as ecology minister quits on live radioShock departure of Nicholas Hulot damages French president’s green credentialsTue Aug 28 2018 - 18:36
Macron is left reeling after summer of scandalsFrench president ploughs on with reform agenda amid increasing disillusionmentSat Aug 25 2018 - 05:01
€10,000 Michel Deon Prize to be awarded for work of non-fictionFrench writer published more than 50 works of fiction and non-fiction in his lifetimeThu Aug 23 2018 - 16:23
The 88-year-old woman who ‘escaped’ from her nursing homeThe story of Rosie sheds light on the plight of the estimated 1,000 people forced into homesSat Aug 18 2018 - 02:00
Yuri from Moscow, Mohamed from London show Fleadh Cheoil’s global reachIrish traditional music festival in Drogheda is planet’s largest with some 10,000 participantsTue Aug 14 2018 - 13:52
Nice’s new normal: Feeling its way back after 2016 attackLara Marlowe reports from the Promenade des Anglais, now possibly the world’s safest seafrontSat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00
An Irish sculptor comes to Eileen Gray's classic modernist houseEileen Gray and Eilís O’Connell in an artistic dialogue across a century at villa E1027Sat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
Gsoc report welcomed by Toscan du Plantier’s sonPierre-Louis Baudey says he has ‘great confidence’ in French and Irish justice systemsSat Aug 04 2018 - 00:41
Sophie Toscan du Plantier family lawyer: Gsoc report ‘goes in our favour’Ian Bailey describes report into case as ‘wishy-washy’, leaving him ‘disappointed but not surprised’Fri Aug 03 2018 - 17:59
Macron and May to discuss Brexit at president’s summer residenceMay’s visit is the fourth high-level meeting between British and French officials in France in eight daysFri Aug 03 2018 - 01:00
‘A hard and clandestine life’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Samuel Beckett in RoussillonThu Jul 26 2018 - 18:10
Macron under pressure as Élysée blamed for ‘Benalla affair’Interior minister washes hands of matter as Élysée security man fired over alleged assaultsMon Jul 23 2018 - 18:25
Macron’s reputation bruised by claims of security aide’s violenceAlexandre Benalla fired over fraudulent police behaviour and misuse of video imagesSat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Paris Letter: Macron and the strange quality of optimismSophie Pedder’s new book profiles France’s president as an isolated, gutsy characterTue Jun 05 2018 - 06:00
France’s forgotten impressionist: The art of Mary CassattThe painter is barely known in her adoptive country. A Paris show hopes to change thatSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
France and US engage in dialogue of the deaf on world tradeMacron pleads for ‘strong multilateralism’ but US president eyes ‘easy to win’ trade warSat Jun 02 2018 - 04:00
Macron deplores Trump move to slap tariffs on EU alliesTrade wars lead to real wars, says French President Emmanuel MacronFri Jun 01 2018 - 17:57
Malian who scaled building to rescue child will get French citizenshipMacron tells hero Mamoudou Gassama (22) that Paris fire department will hire himMon May 28 2018 - 20:10
France: Minister and mayor trade barbs over migrant crisisOfficials at odds over fate of 2,500 sleeping rough in rat-infested campsMon May 28 2018 - 01:00
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken downPortrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjectsSat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Couple guilty of murdering nanny over Boyzone singer ‘obsession’Sophie Lionnet (21) was beaten, starved and tortured in weeks leading up to her deathThu May 24 2018 - 16:36
Macron prepares for ‘difficult but necessary’ Putin meetingFrench and Russian leaders to focus on Iran nuclear deal and ending war in SyriaThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
‘There is only one master, Corot. We are nothing by comparison’The world knows Corot as a great landscape artist. He kept his figure paintings secret.Sat May 19 2018 - 05:00
Elderly in France are excluded and ‘ghettoised’Housing, shame and isolation among concerns in ‘Ethical Stakes of Ageing’ reportSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
French outrage after woman died following ‘mocking’ phone callNaomi Musenga (22) called emergency services but operater laughed and hung upSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Macron reiterates importance of ‘refusing to allow others to decide for us’French president’s Charlemagne Prize speech defies Trump and stakes claim on EU leadershipThu May 10 2018 - 20:10
European leaders have work cut out to save Iran nuclear dealFrench president Macron proclaims determination to Iranian president over accordThu May 10 2018 - 01:00
May 1968 and the death of a French revolutionSorbonne protests 50 years ago ushered in a new era. Today’s students are ‘too busy’ to protestSat May 05 2018 - 06:00
Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and riseHe’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the FrenchSat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00
Macron will keep a firm grip on liberal message during US visitFrench president will build on rapport with Trump and urge him to remain in Iran dealFri Apr 20 2018 - 21:31
Macron laments ‘European civil war’ in urgent plea for integrationFrench president calls for defence of liberal democracy in European Parliament speechTue Apr 17 2018 - 18:03
Syrian missile strikes Macron’s most significant military actionFrench president keen to limit risk of retaliation and preserve Russian relationsSun Apr 15 2018 - 19:00
Macron to persevere with rail reform ‘until the end’President defends proposed removal of automatic pay rises and tenure amid train strikesThu Apr 12 2018 - 21:08
Robert Doisneau: the humanist photographer who loved ParisArtist’s work reminds us how much our world has changed and forms a tender memory of a romantic ParisSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Woman who ‘shared’ French supermarket gunman’s life arrestedRedouane Lakdim (25) killed three people in series of terrorist attacks in south of countryFri Mar 23 2018 - 20:44
Unrest over reforms could be Macron’s ‘defining moment’Almost 50,000 marched in Paris as part of civil servant and transport demonstrationsThu Mar 22 2018 - 18:55
Nicolas Sarkozy formally placed under investigation in Libya financing scandalFormer France president ‘mis en examen’ after release following two days in custodyWed Mar 21 2018 - 18:00
Nicholas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign fundingFormer French president questioned about allegations Libya funded 2007 campaignTue Mar 20 2018 - 09:00
Repeal campaigners will not accept a No vote, says MinisterRegina Doherty says her previous opposition to legalisation of abortion ‘born out of ignorance’Sat Mar 17 2018 - 01:00
Merkel visits Macron amid slow progress on European ‘road map’French and German leaders show solidarity in condemning ‘toxic nerve gas’ attack in UKFri Mar 16 2018 - 20:57
Regina Doherty eyes French labour reforms on visit to Paris‘If we do nothing on the provision of pensions, they are not going to be able to be paid,’ Minister saysFri Mar 16 2018 - 15:55
Eva Illouz: Sex, power and the behaviour of men‘Die Zeit’ newspaper listed her as one of 12 people ‘most likely to shape the thought of tomorrow’Wed Mar 14 2018 - 05:00
Battle over Johnny Hallyday’s will becomes a ‘sordid vaudeville’Paris Letter: Over the past decade, the rock legend’s widow progressively took over his financesTue Mar 13 2018 - 01:00
Front National name change adds to Marine Le Pen’s woesRechristening of party as Rassemblement National deemed ‘political assassination’Tue Mar 13 2018 - 01:00
Le Pen hopes to rally support with party’s name-changeNew name will remove ‘psychological brake’ for voters, Front National leader tells congressSun Mar 11 2018 - 19:00
Emmanuel Macron refuses to recognise Jerusalem as capital of IsraelTrump’s recognition an error France will not repeat, says presidentThu Mar 08 2018 - 16:26
Jean-Marie Le Pen: Self-portrait of a vulgar but at times erudite politicianGrand-daddy of Europe’s extreme right publishes his first memoirs and takes a parting shot at his daughterSat Mar 03 2018 - 05:30
France prepares for union battle amid radical rail reformsSNCF labour group threatens month-long strike as French PM pushes for changeTue Feb 27 2018 - 01:00
Marion Maréchal Le Pen gets warm welcome from US right wingMarine Le Pen’s niece tells US conservatives at CPac: ‘We want our country back’Fri Feb 23 2018 - 15:57
A writer, his ashes and Paris’s delay in giving him a final resting placeParis Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at MontparnasseWed Feb 21 2018 - 01:00
