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
Marine Le Pen veers further right with start of presidential bidFront National leader delivers inflammatory speech as candidates begin campaigningSun Feb 05 2017 - 20:32
French election a glimmer of hope for social democracyModerate socialists battling for survival in face of globalisation and political extremismSat Feb 04 2017 - 01:00
Paris attacker believed to be Egyptian in France on tourist visaOfficials say assault on four soldiers at Louvre museum was of ‘terrorist character’Fri Feb 03 2017 - 22:04
Old interview drags Fillon deeper into fake jobs scandalCandidate’s wife appears to contradict husband’s claim she was legitimate employeeThu Feb 02 2017 - 20:01
Frenchman held by police over rape of Irish au pairAlleged assault took place last summer when 20-year-old was taking care of childThu Feb 02 2017 - 16:55
France asks whether François Fillon can ride out scandalPresidential contender sinks in polls as nation agog at ‘Penelope-gate’ jobs scandalThu Feb 02 2017 - 01:00
Emmanuel Macron’s ambitions received boost from ‘exotic’ RoyalPresidential candidates thrash out alliances while Fillon struggles with wife’s job scandalsTue Jan 31 2017 - 20:02
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
