‘The fabulous twins’ – Lara Marlowe on de Gaulle and de Valera “There was a kind of symmetry between them”Mon Feb 20 2023 - 19:00
Vermeer: The once-in-a-lifetime display of the most beautiful paintings in the worldHundreds of thousands will flock to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, searching for the otherworldly peace and tranquility imparted by the paintings of Johannes VermeerSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
Letters of the writer who risked his life to save Joyce’s manuscripts in Nazi-occupied ParisJoyce’s friend Paul Léon, who was killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, is remembered in a new book that includes moving letters he wrote to his wife while in captivitySat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
Charles de Gaulle’s youngest grandson lays wreath to commemorate Soviet victoryThe financial consultant has made himself a willing tool of Russian propagandaFri Feb 03 2023 - 19:28
France hit by second day of protests against Macron’s pension reformUnions announce two further strike days against plan to raise retirement age to 64Tue Jan 31 2023 - 19:58
James Joyce and Paul Léon – Lara Marlowe on a friendship revisitedNew light on a victim of the HolocaustMon Jan 30 2023 - 19:00
Parisians to vote on whether to ban rental e-scooters following three deaths and 317 injuriesMayor calls citizens’ referendum on use of machines which have swarmed the French capital and become a public nuisanceMon Jan 23 2023 - 20:10
Germany and France reaffirm determination to help Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’ Declarations of support follow criticism from Poland over refusal to send tanksSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:57
France and Germany to celebrate 60th anniversary of postwar reconciliationMacron and Scholz disagree on many things, but both want the European Union to succeedFri Jan 20 2023 - 20:31
French unions declare victory in protest against Macron’s pension reformSchools shut as union leaders say Thursday’s strikes are ‘just the beginning’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 19:06
World’s oldest woman wanted God to take her, but always asked about lunchFrench nun Soeur André, who was born Lucile Randon, died weeks before her 119th birthdayWed Jan 18 2023 - 17:32
Lara Marlowe: How can France still shape the world? A debate in Paris revealed the attitudes of a certain French elite in search of lost influenceTue Jan 17 2023 - 18:30
Macron gambling gestures to less-well-off will dampen resistance to pension reform Plan to raise French retirement age to 64 brings fear of sectoral strikes as well as public demonstrationsFri Jan 13 2023 - 17:56
Unions unite against Macron’s pension reform planPrime minister Elisabeth Borne presents proposal which would see retirement age rise to 64 from 2030Tue Jan 10 2023 - 18:16
Food for thought – Lara Marlowe on the Dead Dinner in Paris An annual commemoration of Joyce’s masterpieceMon Jan 09 2023 - 19:00
France catches rare glimpse of Emmanuel Macron’s human side as he speaks about his marriageFrance catches rare glimpse of president’s human side as he speaks about his marriage to Brigette, 24 years his seniorMon Jan 09 2023 - 17:07
‘The Serpent’: Freed French serial killer returns home with big plansThe 78-year-old murderer Charles Sobhraj intends to write his memoirs and make TV showsThu Jan 05 2023 - 21:04
Is Ireland closer to Paris or Berlin? Our correspondents on the links between Dublin and the capitals of France and GermanyMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
‘I can never forgive her’: Arab man cleared after wrongful conviction for rapeFrench judges believed the pretty blond girl from a ‘good’ family, not the dropoutFri Dec 16 2022 - 18:59
Terror gives way to anger as at least 10 die in apartment fire in FranceAbout 170 firefighters tackled the blaze at the seven-storey building on Friday morningFri Dec 16 2022 - 17:30
International conference pledges €1bn in aid to UkraineParis gathering told: ‘We cannot leave Ukrainians alone facing winter, facing their aggressor’Tue Dec 13 2022 - 17:37
‘Who will provide justice for the victims not lucky enough to be selected by the international criminal court?’Oleksandra Matviichuk will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday. She sees it as a chance to convince western leaders there can be no peace in Ukraine without justiceFri Dec 09 2022 - 19:10
Air France flight 447 trial: ‘I am Aisling’s dad, I feel it is important I speak on her behalf’‘It has left an unbelievable vacuum in our lives,’ says father of Aisling ButlerThu Dec 08 2022 - 05:00
The outspoken conductor who conveys Mahler’s ‘crazy tension’Since being enchanted by the music of Gustav Mahler as a child, Semyon Bychkov has become one of the composer’s most acclaimed interpreters and a conductor with a powerful conscienceWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
Paris Letter: France claims its ‘right to be lazy’An in-depth study shows work has been seriously devalued and the ‘balm’ of laziness is being embracedTue Nov 29 2022 - 17:26
Macron travels to meet Biden and ‘speak for Europe’Visit will feature discussions on Ukraine, industrial relations, energy and ChinaMon Nov 28 2022 - 19:41
The Dún Laoghaire-born woman raising millions for France’s national library Kara Lennon Casanova works in a literary treasure troveSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
More Ukrainians will flee to Ireland this winter, Varadkar predictsTánaiste says Putin using energy, food and water as weapons of warFri Nov 25 2022 - 12:52
Deal signed for electricity interconnector between Ireland and FranceBanks to provide €800m to undersea power line projectFri Nov 25 2022 - 12:21
Some 20,000 holiday homes sought in latest drive to house Ukrainian refugeesMinister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman accepts previous scheme had limitationsFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Ireland and France’s ever-closer relationship is good news in a time of strife Brexit threw Ireland into the arms of France, spawning a relationship that has never been betterThu Nov 24 2022 - 21:49
Far-right yet to reach ‘critical mass’ in Ireland, says Taoiseach in warning over xenophobia‘One always has to be careful of exploitation of situations,’ Martin says on Paris visit against backdrop of refugee and housing challengesThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:34
Paschal Donohoe set to secure second Eurogroup president term unopposed Re-election seems certain after no other candidates declared before deadlineThu Nov 24 2022 - 13:54
Irish must cleave closely to the French to instil influence in EuropeEmmanuel Macron has invited the Taoiseach for lunch at a time when Europe is confronting epochal crises driven by war and accelerated global warmingWed Nov 23 2022 - 19:40
Following in Picasso’s footsteps on the streets of MontmartreYou can mark the 50th anniversary of the painter’s death with a stay at the hotel where he had his wedding partySat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
French Mayo: Lara Marlowe on Gen Humbert’s swashbuckling career A hard-drinking, womanising son of peasants from Saint-NabordTue Nov 15 2022 - 11:09
Charisma and careful words of Bardella convey extreme right-wing ideas to increasingly sympathetic French public Rassemblement National’s new leader benefits from cultural shift whereby it is no longer deemed racist to link immigration to crimeFri Nov 11 2022 - 16:00
Macron criticises opposition as political impasse continuesPresident lashes out after Marine Le Pen’s far-right party joins with left-wing coalition in no-confidence motionThu Oct 27 2022 - 16:04
Macron and Scholz manage to meet consensus from ‘constructive’ three-hour meetingFrance and Germany disagreed on fundamental issues before the invasion of Ukraine — the war laid bare those differencesWed Oct 26 2022 - 19:45
Marcel Proust and Ireland: In search of connectionsAn event next week in Dublin will explore the impact of the author’s masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, on Irish writersSat Oct 22 2022 - 05:00
Franco-German relations: Mild thaw but icy discord remains over energy and defence policiesParis and Berlin still at loggerheads as Macron accuses Scholz of failing to show solidarity with EuropeFri Oct 21 2022 - 17:19
Macron’s woes: French president faces strikes, demonstrations and simmering discontentSince losing his absolute majority in the National Assembly in June, ‘an impression of indecision reigns’Wed Oct 19 2022 - 14:26
Paddy McKillen’s French idyll: A place of great architecture and stunning artAt Château La Coste, the billionaire Irish hotel magnate has created an extraordinary destination for connoisseurs of fine wine and great designSat Oct 15 2022 - 00:00
Annie Ernaux: ‘Women have not become the equals of men in terms of liberty and power’Writer is the 17th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and 16th French citizen to do soThu Oct 06 2022 - 21:48
Irish rugby players have until Thursday to appeal French decision to send for trialDenis Coulson charged with participating in alleged gang rape in Bordeaux while Chris Farrell is charged with failing to prevent a crimeMon Sept 26 2022 - 15:26
Paris’ Centre Culturel Irlandais demonstrates a distinctly Irish brand of soft diplomacyIn the early years of the centre, which is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, tension arose over the role the Catholic Church should playSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Edna O’Brien: ‘If I don’t write, I might as well not live’At the age of 92 the author has written a play about the women in James Joyce’s life, and she won’t be stopping thereSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Hint of ulterior motive as Macron attempts reconciliation with AlgeriaEven the most banal undertakings between the two countries provoke suspicion and misunderstanding. This visit is no exceptionFri Aug 26 2022 - 17:15
France left to muse upon failed intervention in Mali Threat from jihadists remains as potent as ever as poor relations with ruling junta prompts French withdrawal from MaliThu Aug 18 2022 - 14:50
Is Russia using rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine?Russian officials routinely dismiss accounts of rape by Russian soldiers as Ukrainian and western propagandaSat Aug 13 2022 - 05:00
