Jail Journeyman – On Behan’s lighthouse, the glory of French supermarkets, and confidence-building Christian names
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An Irishman’s Diary
An Irishman’s Diary: In which Houellebecq’s latest novel goes head to head with EIP
What the world will look like after the pandemic is neither written nor pre-ordained; it will be fought over
Sally Rooney and Bernard MacLaverty shortlisted for the €100,000 prize
Unthinkable: We’re at a point in history ‘between two civilisations’, argues Desmond Fennell
Sophie Pedder’s new book profiles France’s president as an isolated, gutsy character
A devastating French debut, a controversial Norwegian saga ... the best new euronovels
Paris Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at Montparnasse
Analysis: Lara Marlowe on Emmanuel Macron’s first six months as president
Keith Duggan talks to the former Ireland and Munster lock as he opens up about his career
France and the jihadists seem locked in a wrestlers’ hold, a mutual fascination and loathing which neither can escape
Peadar Maxwell is senior child psychologist for the HSE in Wexford
French author Michel Houellebecq has paid tribute to murdered staff of ‘Charlie Hebdo’
Large numbers of students refused to observe minute’s silence for Charlie Hebdo victims
Eyewitnesses recall horror of attack at Paris magazine office
With Europe’s largest Muslim population, France sees itself as a model of equality. Yet Islamists view it as a profoundly anti-Muslim country at war with the Islamic world
Hollande appeals for national unity and so far the political truce has held
The controversial French writer, who was on the cover of this week’s ‘Charlie Hebdo’, again tests the limits of free speech in his new novel, the provocative ‘Submission’
Political fiction reflects French obsession with Islam, writes Lara Marlowe
Alan Gillis is a master of catching his reader by surprise
‘I’m grateful to the authors of shorter books, because my concentration is shot from the internet and all the coffee’
City of Bohane, thriller set in a futuristic west of Ireland, takes €100,000 prize
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices