French police arrest 16 over €9m Kim Kardashian robberyFive masked men made away with jewellery after heist at TV star’s Paris apartmentMon Jan 9 2017 - 17:30
Marine Le Pen gives simple world view to French votersFront National leader targets oligarchies, global trade and European UnionMon Jan 9 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 7 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 6 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 4 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 6 2016 - 16:21
An Irishwoman’s Diary: John Patrick Leonard, an Irish republican in 19th-century FranceTue Dec 6 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 5 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 3 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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
France: Fillon and Juppé clash for chance to take on Le PenFrançois Fillon in pole postion to become presidential candidate for Les RépublicainsSat Nov 26 2016 - 03:00
Sophie Toscan du Plantier family still battling for justice in ParisNew arrest warrant issued for Ian Bailey as 20th anniversary of murder approachesWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:01
Fillon poised to be conservative candidate in French electionFormer prime minister’s big win in Sunday’s primary seen as return of traditional rightMon Nov 21 2016 - 18:45
Fillon’s win a turning point in French presidential electionPM under Sarkozy based comeback on €110bn in spending cuts and social conservatismMon Nov 21 2016 - 16:50
Nicolas Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential primaryEx-president says he will back frontrunner François Fillon in Les Républicains runoffMon Nov 21 2016 - 07:31
French mother fights to protect memory of Islamic State sonVéronique Roy, whose child died as a jihadi in Syria, is leading the attack on radicalisationMon Nov 21 2016 - 01:00
French conservative primary becomes three-horse raceNicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon vie for chance to counter rise of Le PenSat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00
Emmanuel Macron declares candidacy for French presidencyFormer economy minister’s announcement antagonises rivals on left and rightWed Nov 16 2016 - 19:00
Understated ceremonies mark first anniversary of Paris attacksCommemorations at Stade de France, Bataclan and cafes where 130 people were killedMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
‘How can we make opera relevant to our times, make it more than pure entertainment?’Stéphane Lissner, the director of the French national opera, is going all out to recruit new opera-loversSat Nov 12 2016 - 00:00
Trump’s climate change denial poses big threat to global fightUS president-elect has promised to tear up the Paris climate accord ratified last yearThu Nov 10 2016 - 18:50
Lara Marlowe: The world has just become a more dangerous placeAnger and disillusionment that propelled Trump to power is an epidemic in the WestWed Nov 9 2016 - 15:47
Remains of migrant life strewn across the Stalingrad campThe ‘Paris Jungle’ was home to nearly 4,000 people who have now been evacuatedFri Nov 4 2016 - 19:13
Women lead in prestigious French literary awardsLeila Slimani wins the Prix Goncourt and Prix Renaudot awarded to Yasmina RezaThu Nov 3 2016 - 18:29
How do Garda earnings compare with their counterparts elsewhere in Europe?Police in France and Spain have staged protests and withdrawn from some dutiesThu Nov 3 2016 - 16:37
French authorites move final 1,500 minors from Calais campChildren dispersed around France, possibly complicating proposal to bring 200 to IrelandWed Nov 2 2016 - 11:33
Hollande vows Calais site will be cleared of minors ‘within days’‘They haven’t said they want to go to Ireland,’ says interior ministry figureWed Nov 2 2016 - 01:00
Former general Michel Aoun elected president of LebanonElection of military man (81) with support of Syria ends 2½ years of political stalemateTue Nov 1 2016 - 01:00
French officials begin evacuation of Calais ‘Jungle’Calm prevails throughout camp as first buses depart for reception centres across the countrySun Oct 23 2016 - 13:03
Henri Fantin-Latour: ‘The painter of silence’The first monographic exhibition in Paris since 1982 of the neglected 19th century masterSat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
Anthony Foley: French inquiries into death to take several weeksOfficial says no evidence to ‘suspect anything untoward’ happened to late Munster head coachWed Oct 19 2016 - 18:56
Anthony Foley died of acute pulmonary oedema caused by heart diseaseMunster head coach’s remains will be flown home to Shannon Airport on WednesdayTue Oct 18 2016 - 19:20
‘Words can’t say it . . . I miss him’: Limerick pays tribute to FoleyMinister for Finance and bishop join tributes to late Munster coachTue Oct 18 2016 - 12:54
Loadsa Monet: the rich Russian who patroned Picasso, made MatisseAfter being trapped behind the Iron Curtain, Russia’s Shchukin collection, including works by Picasso and Matisse, is back in Paris for a blockbuster showTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:00
Cause of Anthony Foley’s death may be known on WednesdayOnce autopsy is completed Munster head coach will be released to his familyMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:09
Conservative candidates set out stalls in French presidential raceEx-prime minister Alain Juppé edges ahead of six rivals in Les Républicains TV debateFri Oct 14 2016 - 18:45
François Hollande’s comments raising hackles across FrancePresident manages to offend almost everyone, including judges, footballers and his exThu Oct 13 2016 - 19:27