EU founding father Robert Schuman on the rocky road to sainthoodIn a profession in which men are more likely to sell their souls, Schuman seems the exceptionMon Jun 21 2021 - 20:00
Ikea France fined €1m for spying on its employeesFrench subsidiary of furniture giant collected data on police records and private financesTue Jun 15 2021 - 18:22
Ireland caught in a squeeze on corporation tax reformTrump tax initiative provided the template for latest reform proposalFri Jun 11 2021 - 05:45
Macron praises France’s role in fight for global corporate tax reformInternational agreement to be endorsed by world leaders at G7 summit in CornwallThu Jun 10 2021 - 20:32
Army colonel sworn in as Mali president as tensions with Paris growAssimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in MaliMon Jun 07 2021 - 20:00
Strauss-Kahn scandal: ‘Never again, he promised. I am naive. I believed him’A decade after the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal, his former wife Anne Sinclair has published her memoirSat Jun 05 2021 - 06:00
EU states could boost tax revenue by up to €200bn – think tankInternational minimum corporate tax rate is essential to financing Covid debt, says reportFri Jun 04 2021 - 16:31
French visit a chance to cement ties with our new nearest EU neighbourBrexit has caused division between Dublin and London, but it has brought Paris closerSat May 22 2021 - 01:00
‘Honour’ of British government at stake on NI protocolRenouncing principles would be ‘astonishing’ move by UK, says French foreign ministerThu May 20 2021 - 20:28
‘He and I, always by chance’ – Lara Marlowe on Samuel Beckett and Albert GiacomettiAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun May 16 2021 - 17:01
Glorious warrior or racist tyrant? France battles over Napoleon’s legacyParis Letter: 200 years after his death, the emperor’s place in history is bitterly disputedTue May 04 2021 - 21:00
France gripped by socio-economic, medical and cultural crisesCountry ‘unravelling’ say generals in open letter as Macron looks to May 2022 electionFri Apr 30 2021 - 21:00
New France curfew to include New Year’s Eve, PM announces8pm-6am curfew to begin next Tuesday as coronavirus cases start to rise againThu Dec 10 2020 - 19:21
French government adopts controversial draft law to combat radical IslamismStrengthening Republican Principles law ‘not a text against religions’, says PMWed Dec 09 2020 - 19:33
Macron refuses to link human rights to arms sales as Egypt’s leader visitsFrench president takes conciliatory, pro-regime line at briefing with Abdel-Fattah al-SisiTue Dec 08 2020 - 19:41
On the witness stand, Sarkozy summons the righteous indignation of oldFormer French president, up on corruption charges, expects to be ‘cleansed of infamy’Mon Dec 07 2020 - 19:33
‘Rebuilding Notre-Dame is my reason for living. I must give her back to the world’Mass will be said in Notre-Dame in April 2024, five years after it was all but destroyedSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
‘Like talking to the president’: Macron’s go-to man for EuropeClément Beaune has affection for Ireland and our approach to European solidaritySat Dec 05 2020 - 01:00
Britain’s attempts to put pressure on EU ‘misguided’ – Simon CoveneyMinister visits counterparts in France as EU-UK talks reach ‘very sensitive moment’Thu Dec 03 2020 - 20:40
Coveney in Paris insists Irish fishing industry central to Brexit talksMinister says he has total confidence in EU’s chief negotiator Michel BarnierThu Dec 03 2020 - 20:02
Macron seeks way out crisis caused by police brutality and security lawFrench president summons senior officials after beating of black man triggers outrageMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:44
Macron announces three-stage reopening through to January 20thPresident says second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has peaked in FranceTue Nov 24 2020 - 21:37
French police criticised for brutality at Paris migrant campPlace de la République camp dismantled as National Assembly passes ‘global security’ lawTue Nov 24 2020 - 18:17
Nicolas Sarkozy appears in court on corruption chargesFormer French president and two co-defendants face 10 years in jail and €1m fineMon Nov 23 2020 - 19:44
Henri Matisse: A jolt of happiness from a humanist painterThe French master’s art is ‘just what we need in this anxious, dark time’Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:00
Lara Marlowe: Robert Fisk, my former husband, was the finest journalist of his generationIf he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herdSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
France torn between anger and yearning for calm following Nice attackFrench citizens abroad urged to step up security amid surge in Islamist violenceFri Oct 30 2020 - 19:52
Three killed, several wounded in knife attack in Nice churchMacron condemns ‘Islamist terrorist attack’ on day of four knife attacks against French targetsThu Oct 29 2020 - 20:34
Europe enforces restrictions to avoid ‘millions’ of deathsFrance in national lockdown, and Germany shuts bars and restaurants as Covid cases surgeThu Oct 29 2020 - 02:02
France resumes lockdown in face of ‘harder, more lethal’ second wavePresident Emmanuel Macron hopeful restrictions can be lifted in time for ChristmasWed Oct 28 2020 - 21:09
Was Italian art the major influence on Cézanne?Like all geniuses Cézanne assimilated. Are the similarities one sees in colour, composition and light deliberate, unconscious or mere coincidence?Tue Oct 27 2020 - 05:00
France recalls ambassador to Turkey as tensions flare over beheadingTurkish president tells Macron to ‘go have your mental health examined’Sun Oct 25 2020 - 19:21
Macron says ‘fear will change camps’ in battle with radical IslamFrance begins crackdown against alleged Islamic radicals three days after beheading of teacherMon Oct 19 2020 - 21:26
Tide of outrage in France follows beheading of teacherProtests follow murder of teacher by 18-year-old unconnected to victim or schoolSun Oct 18 2020 - 21:00
Tributes paid to slain teacher at public assemblies around FranceSamuel Paty’s murder draws leaders of political parties to Paris’s Place de la RépubliqueSun Oct 18 2020 - 19:15
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-HonorineSat Oct 17 2020 - 11:01
France imposes 9pm-6am coronavirus curfew in big cities‘We do not understand the virus fully,’ says Macron as state of medical emergency reinstatedWed Oct 14 2020 - 21:05
Christian Louboutin: ‘If you love it, it’s never too much’The shoemaker to the rich and famous, finds inspiration in childhood, conversation and collectingSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:05
Monsieur Right: Meet Eric Zemmour, cheerleader of the ‘French Fox News’A recent outburst by the right-wing commentator was shocking even by his standardsSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Six large French cities on maximum alertToulouse and Montpellier poised for alert escalation as country seeks to limit infectionThu Oct 08 2020 - 19:26
Macron urges ideological ‘attack’ on separatist Islam ahead of draft law‘Neutrality of public service’ and training of ‘citizens, not believers’ part of French planFri Oct 02 2020 - 19:15
Ghost of Juliette Gréco lingers over Saint-Germain-des-PrésParis Letter: Performer sang of her beloved city, of amour, rebellion and fleeting pleasuresTue Sept 29 2020 - 20:00
‘To die of love’: The 1968 sex scandal that still fascinates FranceA 1968 student-teacher scandal continues to resonate in France five decades onSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 crisis appears to strengthen French resolve for EU fiscal harmonisationIreland appears on lists of countries which French paper links to harmful tax competitionFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:30
Petition to move ‘French Oscar Wildes’ to Panthéon sparks debateCall for 19th-century poets who had tumultuous relationship to be reinterred in ParisMon Sept 21 2020 - 19:30
One woman’s experience of domestic violence and seeking help in ParisFrance sees spike in calls to domestic abuse helpline during Covid-19 lockdownTue Sept 15 2020 - 01:00
Conor McGregor questioned over alleged sexual aggression in bar in CorsicaFormer UFC champion held overnight following complaint and later releasedSun Sept 13 2020 - 18:54
Macron calls for shared strategy to deal with Turkish ‘aggression’French president attends Med7 summit in Corsica as tensions in Mediterranean escalateThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:06
Charlie Hebdo staff uphold ‘fight for liberty’ at trial over massacreWounded survivors testify in Paris detailing massacre which killed 12 of their colleaguesWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:16
Paris court relives horror of Charlie Hebdo massacreCourt rows over Covid-19 rules jar with graphic images and high emotions amid trialMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:30
