Ireland’s deep cultural connections with the French capital and France itself
A visit to Parisl can be restorative and energising, as it brings to mind so much shared history
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Louvre heist thieves take note: Irish crown jewels were never found and culprits never caught
Plus: An Post still not using Eircodes, a good in with the Arts Council and Gaza solidarity where buffalo roam
Plotting an art heist? You’ll need a high-vis vest
Given the ubiquity of neon-coloured safety jackets, criminals are using them to carry out crimes in plain sight
Cult French label Sézane brings Parisian chic to Dublin. Form an orderly queue
Cult French label, which has its roots in owner Morgane Sézalory’s love of timeless pieces, is coming to Brown Thomas
Louvre director acknowledges ‘terrible failure’ following daylight crown jewel robbery
Thieves slipped in and out, taking eight pieces from set of jewels at the world’s most-visited museum
Spending cuts and poor video surveillance: Inside the Louvre’s security crisis
Sunday’s robbery put spotlight on protocols in sprawling museum which have been tested by break-ins and thefts of the past
Louvre heist losses put at almost €90m as museum’s head prepares to face MPs
French government will not be compensated for the stolen works of art
What can Nicolas Sarkozy expect in La Santé, France’s most fabled jail?
Former president will reportedly be in solitary confinement but can rent a TV for €14.15 a month
Louvre museum robbery: how the thieves broke in, what they stole and what happens next
The thieves stole eight pieces but dropped the hugely valuable crown of Napoleon III’s wife on their way out
In pictures: The jewels of ‘incalculable’ value taken in Louvre heist
French police are seeking to recover stolen items include glittering royal tiaras, necklaces and earrings
Thieves escape Louvre on motorbikes with stolen jewellery with ‘inestimable heritage’
Thieves entered the Paris museum using a ‘basket lift’ in an operation that lasted seven minutes, minister says
Dior’s Jonathan Anderson presents first womenswear collection at Paris fashion week
Irishman says spring/summer 2026 collection ‘was the tension between two types of women, the dressing up or the dressing down’
Minnie Hauk on track for Arc despite threat of more testing ground conditions in Paris
Irish Arc contender White Birch entered for Horses In Training Sale at end of October
‘Many arrests may be made’: France braces for protests as government crumbles
President Emmanuel Macron has another go at picking someone to govern in a seemingly ungovernable parliament
Blades and Fades – Frank McNally on New York’s ‘Lads of Kilkenny’ and a Joycean Fenian in Paris
Washington Irving was a native New Yorker who had no known connection with Kilkenny
A French woman in Ireland: ‘I have enjoyed living in Dublin but I would prefer to live in Cork’
Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou’s love of Irish history started at a young age in France and has taken her a long way
‘Age doesn’t matter’ says Irish teenage entrepreneur after raising €1.2m for AI start-up
‘It is an incredibly exciting time to be 18 years old’
The house that hemp built
Can materials like hempcrete and sheep’s wool help us meet climate and housing goals and grow new agri-businesses in Ireland?
Tributes to Waterford cyclist (25) who died in Paris metro station
Tomás Walsh is described as ‘one of a golden group of talented cyclists’
French town withdraws music festival funding over Kneecap booking
The Belfast rap trio are scheduled to play on the final day of the Rock-en-Seine festival
Europe’s heatwave in pictures - Most of continent swelters as Ireland enjoys cooler conditions
Ireland sees temperatures 20 degrees cooler than many other parts of Europe
The Irish woman reviving ballet in Venice: ‘As a lawyer, ballet became my escape’
Irish barrister Gerardine Connolly has taken a step back from her career to co-found a new ballet company in Venice, which aims to revive the city’s dance past
Books in brief: A history of plaster; Einstein for the general reader; influencers’ literary antecedents
Reviews of new works by Alain Corbin, Diana Kormos Buchwald and Michael D Gordin, and Nicola Wilson
The Mona Lisa is on the move but staff at the Louvre are frustrated by the wait
Staff are exasperated by overcrowding in a crumbling museum. Luckily for visitors, other Leonardo masterpieces are available
UN Ocean Conference 3: will it lead to protecting the high seas from all extraction, forever?
Climate change is reducing productivity of the high seas through warming and depletion of nutrients and oxygen
Writers remember Edmund White: The chronicler, artist and patron saint of queer literature
Colm Tóibín, Alan Hollinghurst, Olivia Laing Seán Hewitt and more reflect on White’s writing, sexual freedom and humour
Two killed as PSG’s Champions League victory marred by violence
Nearly 500 arrested after looters raid shops in the Champs-Élysées area and burn cars in the city
Champions League final: Two dead and more than 500 arrested during PSG celebrations
Police officer placed in coma after being hit by fireworks in Coutance
Holocaust memorial and three synagogues in Paris sprayed with green paint
France’s interior minister condemns ‘despicable acts targeting the Jewish community
Emmanuel Macron plays down video of shove from wife: ‘It’s nonsense’
French president Emmanuel Macron says video captured him and his wife ‘bickering’ and ‘joking around’
My late mother and I talked enough for two lifetimes on Skype. I’ll miss it now it’s shut down
Before Zoom, Teams and WhatsApp, Skype gave me the freedom to stay connected to my parents as I moved around the world
Is this the end for Gérard Depardieu? Polite society in France may argue otherwise
Depardieu’s sexual assault convictions will challenge those intent on finding his dissolution charming
Kim Kardashian tells Paris robbery trial: ‘I absolutely thought I was going to die’
Nine men and one woman are being tried over 2016 gunpoint robbery in which Kardashian’s jewellery worth millions of dollars was stolen
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