Paris

Kind gesture in Paris led to unexpected glimpse of Empress Josephine’s roses

Who could refuse the chance to transport themselves to the streets of Paris without blowing the bank?

Remember to ask your butcher for mince with 20% fat content

Magheracloone holds the only Irish deposits of gypsum, while the French capital was extensively mined to make plaster of Paris

Pair excelled at European Aquatics Championship while Tom Fannon put in a strong performance

Thumbing a ride can lead to extraordinary experiences

Three great reads from Courtney Maum, Jayne Anne Phillips and Calla Henkel

Kavinsky, real name Vincent Belorgey, remembered as ‘a source of French pride forever’

More than 300,000 leave homes in France and Spain in advance of peak tourist season

Suspect detained by off-duty police officer

As investigators closed in, records shed light on Daniel Siad’s activities within the Epstein network. What evidence died with him?

France honours Jewish scholar who transformed study of history before taking up second struggle against Nazi rule

Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are fine, but none is a global city. Why, then, all the anti-Dublin bias?

Living in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, Rachael Ní Leannáin has ‘never felt more connected to Ireland’

Ireland, traditionally sceptical of conceding power on financial services, is leading the pursuit of compromise

Hard-right politician has said she will be free to campaign without an electronic tag pending a further court appeal

The Clareman’s show at Paris Haute Couture Week is the first by an Irish designer, while Jonathan Anderson wowed at Musee Rodin for Dior

The Irish designer Michael Stewart on his uncompromising approach to fashion

Ninth novel from Indian author questions expectations and notions of ‘classic’ French ideal

Funeral directors in Paris say they have struggled to find places to store bodies before burial or cremation

There’s a distinctly Parisian feel to this delightful end-terrace home

On Wednesday the temperature in Paris rose above 40 for only the fourth time in 150 years. How did France, used to June averages of 25 degrees, cope?

Spain records 212 deaths due to heat in four days amid Continent-wide heatwave

In these harrowing times, an escapist fantasia turns out to be just what the doctor ordered

Paris-set debut from Pauline Loquès bravely treats brush against mortality with a light touch

Meabh Mc Curtin is bringing to life 14 scents from Joyce’s novel, from Molly Bloom’s perfume to the ointments of Sweny’s Pharmacy

Artist’s work shows humanity’s hope and beauty at ‘an emotional, poignant moment’

Rioting takes place in 15 French cities after Paris Saint-Germain won their second consecutive title on penalties

Sitting in the green-shuttered Montmarte cabaret bar, I felt as though I were back in the comforts of a Kerry snug

First public trial opens in sprawling abuse scandal with more than 100 schools, kindergartens and daycares under investigation

Cheap three-course lunches are aimed at easing financial hardship among young people

French artist JR begins his giant inflation over city’s famous bridge

Irish tech firm founded by two brothers in 2004 out of the family business

‘Systemic failures’ enabled audacious eight-minute jewellery heist, report finds

Life would be more relaxed, more sociable and healthier

Bus, which was being driven by trainee, hit car which also went into the water

The beautiful youth Wilde blamed for his downfall ended up a ‘stooped old man’ in Hove

Every pressure group now knows it can be the unstoppable force that meets the moveable government

Hybrid work aims to create an enigmatic portrait of the French author

Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Ambition, at the Orangerie in Paris, makes plain the artist’s achievements