Lara Marlowe: An Irishwoman’s Diary on paintings that tell the story of war‘The Irish painter Brian Maguire’s giant canvases of eastern Aleppo are so real one feels one could walk into these streets of devastation’Sat Aug 05 2017 - 06:00
Is America’s opioid epidemic coming to Europe?Policymakers warned of threat after opiate addiction kills more than half a million in USSat Aug 05 2017 - 01:00
Film star with ‘the temperament of a cannonball’Paris Letter: France mourns Jeanne Moreau, an actor of fierce intelligenceThu Aug 03 2017 - 01:00
Macron delights Netanyahu with words of support for IsraelFrench president tells Israeli PM ‘anti-zionism is the reinvented form of anti-Semitism’Sun Jul 16 2017 - 21:08
Trump and Macron strike up unlikely Bastille Day bromanceNot even the US president’s comment about Macron’s wife’s body could dent the affairFri Jul 14 2017 - 21:00
Trump defends son’s meeting with Russian lawyerUS president faces questions over Russia controversy during visit to FranceThu Jul 13 2017 - 21:43
Trump finds glamour, glitz and military regalia in Macron’s ParisAnalysis: The showy bonhomie between the two presidents isn’t quite convincingThu Jul 13 2017 - 21:36
Two Irish women seriously hurt in collision in northern FranceEight people injured in two-car crash in Normandy, local media reports sayFri Jul 07 2017 - 21:07
Ireland and France’s relationship will get stronger after Brexit - CoveneyThe Minister says he is in talks on how Ireland can support French initiatives in the EUWed Jul 05 2017 - 21:28
France says moving farewell to ‘scout who showed the way’Holocaust survivor and first woman cabinet minister Simone Veil died last monthWed Jul 05 2017 - 18:00
‘France is on the ropes’: PM announces economic clean-up plansÉdouard Philippe calls for ‘effort and courage’ in a no-nonsense policy speechTue Jul 04 2017 - 19:18
Europe on break from populism’s seemingly unstoppable waveEurope’s Future: Despite setbacks, disillusioned millions still swell populist movementsTue Jul 04 2017 - 01:00
Macron makes US State of the Union-style speechFrench president emphasises Europe and fighting exclusion in first major addressMon Jul 03 2017 - 20:30
Macron set for second presidential appearance in Louis XIV’s palaceFrance’s youngest leader since Napoleon is being accused of monarchical driftSat Jul 01 2017 - 02:00
France impatient with dithering British as Brexit talks beginMacron determined Brexit negotiations will not sidetrack his plan to relaunch EuropeFri Jun 23 2017 - 00:00
Emmanuel Macron outlines vision of Europe and worldFrench president wants to ‘find the thread’ of European history to stop the rise of extremesThu Jun 22 2017 - 21:10
Quarter of Macron’s cabinet ministers resign on ethical groundsFrench president plunged into first government crisis as four ministers step downWed Jun 21 2017 - 18:45
Driver dies in Calais crash as migrants return to unwelcoming regionVan hits barrier and catches fire, as aid bodies face growing hostility to migrantsTue Jun 20 2017 - 19:00
French police van rammed by car carrying explosives in ParisRadicalised French Muslim (31) dead following incident on the Champs-ÉlyséesMon Jun 19 2017 - 19:01
Macron continues to defy expectations with poll absolute majorityFrench president has made impressive start but big challenge is to motivate jaded votersMon Jun 19 2017 - 18:07
Macron’s party wins absolute majority in French assemblyLevel of abstention breaks all records as 58 per cent of electorate fail to voteSun Jun 18 2017 - 21:21
Public sector pay deal offers ‘fair’ wage growth, Donohoe saysIncreased spending on infrastructure a top priority, says Minister for FinanceSat Jun 17 2017 - 06:00
‘L’affaire Grégory’ mystery may have reached its dénouementFrench prosecutors near a conclusion over the murder of a four-year-old boy in 1984Fri Jun 16 2017 - 01:00
Macron and May threaten action against internet providersFrench and British leaders meet in Paris and vow to curtail social media use by jihadistsTue Jun 13 2017 - 21:28
Vermeer ‘gives you ideas, but not the manual’Agreement with the Louvre and National Gallery in Washington will see 10 Vermeers will be unveiled in DublinTue Jun 13 2017 - 06:00
France’s Socialist Party in throes of legislative election disasterThe party of Mitterrand and Jaurès is set to lose 90% of its nearly 300 seatsTue Jun 13 2017 - 01:00
Macron’s party set for landslide in parliamentary electionsFrench president’s movement takes 32% of vote in first round marred by record abstentionSun Jun 11 2017 - 21:22
Polls predict only crumbs for opponents in Macron’s ‘sky blue’ assemblyPresident’s La République En Marche poised to win absolute majority in electionsThu Jun 08 2017 - 18:18
Michael Noonan downplays fear of impending property bubble‘We need to build a lot more houses for all the young people who are founding families’Thu Jun 08 2017 - 05:30
Emmanuel Macron mocks Trump slogan on live TVFrance unanimous in condemnation of US president’s ‘shamefully wrong error’Fri Jun 02 2017 - 18:27
France is entranced by Macron. Can he build on a faultless start?New president has sent the country’s morale soaring – but he must turn words into actionWed May 31 2017 - 16:04
Macron talks tough as Putin goes on defensive in VersaillesFrench and Russian leaders spar over Ukraine, Le Pen and chemical weapon useMon May 29 2017 - 20:27
Macron and Trump go head-to-head on climate changeUS president unlikely to take final decision on Paris Agreement before returning to WashingtonSat May 27 2017 - 01:00
Patience with Trump frays in run-up to Nato and G7 summitsMacron to resist attempts to designate Nato as full partner in fight against Islamic StateThu May 25 2017 - 01:00
Emmanuel Macron launches talks on French labour law reformMove to tackle trade unions represents the first major test of Macron’s presidencyTue May 23 2017 - 18:00
Manchester bombing echoes Isis attack on Bataclan and of ‘youth being targeted’Mayors of Paris and Nice among first to express sympathyTue May 23 2017 - 16:55
Emmanuel Macron seeks majority in France’s legislative electionsNext month’s vote appears likely to result in young, inexperienced assemblyMon May 22 2017 - 20:38
A mea culpa from Marine Le Pen as she runs for National AssemblyFront National leader acknowledges missteps in presidential battle with MacronFri May 19 2017 - 18:13
African immigrant helps shape Macron’s political imageFrench president’s Senegalese-born press secretary Sibeth Ndiaye plays vital public roleFri May 19 2017 - 01:00
Macron’s team: a careful blend of age, gender and backgroundMen and women, politics and civil society get equal billing in new French governmentWed May 17 2017 - 20:22
Emmanuel Macron splits French conservatives and charms BerlinEven before French president arrived in Berlin, Angela Merkel reiterated supportMon May 15 2017 - 20:32
Macron radiates youth and energy at inaugurationFollowing ceremony at the Élysée Palace, France has its new president – and first ladySun May 14 2017 - 20:16
Macron promises a French ‘renaissance’ at inaugurationNewly elected president says he will restore France’s self-confidence and embrace futureSun May 14 2017 - 06:00
Candidates line up to be part of Macron’s En Marche! movementParty of France’s president-elect begins assembling new kind of democracyThu May 11 2017 - 19:16
Le Pen ‘profoundly regrets’ niece’s decision to quit politicsMove by Marion Maréchal-Le Pen a blow to Front National days after election defeatWed May 10 2017 - 19:48
Macron cabinet selections show strategy of divide and rulePresident-elect boosted as former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls joins ticketTue May 09 2017 - 17:48
Hollande acts like proud father to Macron at VE Day ceremonyFormer president Nicolas Sarkozy warns president-elect ‘the hard part starts now’Mon May 08 2017 - 20:18
Macron’s victory greeted with remarkably little joyLara Marlowe: His election has not provided any sense of resolution to French angstMon May 08 2017 - 18:08
Triumphant Macron vows to ‘defend France and Europe’Centre-ground candidate surpasses all predictions with landslide victoryMon May 08 2017 - 07:04
