WB Yeats: Papers confirm bones sent to Sligo were not poet’sFrench records suggest coffin sent to Ireland after poet’s death held others’ bonesSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
On Bastille Day: eight things I’ve learned from FranceThe French lifestyle still holds an allure that many don’t quite understand. Here, Lara Marlowe, rounds up some life lessons learnedTue Jul 14 2015 - 14:00
A rare triumph as François Hollande gets credit for holding Europe togetherKeeping Greece in the euro is a domestic and foreign policy victory for France’s presidentMon Jul 13 2015 - 20:45
Ségolène Royal: France’s leading lady is ready for battleIt’s taken 10 years but the former partner of Francois Hollande is once again combative, energetic and engaged at the heart of French politicsSat Jul 11 2015 - 17:00
Churches to mosques controversy feeds on fearsSuggestion by Muslim leader Boubakeur raises an outcrySat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Iranian nuclear negotiationsDeal would be Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievementSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
France ‘determined’ to prevent ‘Grexit’, says prime ministerLeft and right at loggerheads in National Assembly over Greek crisisThu Jul 09 2015 - 01:03
Paris and Berlin demand ‘precise proposals’ of Greek leaderTension evident between the French wish to negotiate and German impatienceTue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Sousse attack: Gunman Rezgui trained in LibyaTunisian official says assassin was at Islamic State camp with Bardo museum gunmenWed Jul 01 2015 - 01:00
Sousse Letter: Locals ponder attack’s effects on their futureFew regret 2011 exit of Tunisian dictator, but some recall his tougher police methodsWed Jul 01 2015 - 01:00
‘Enigmatic’ terrorist who slaughtered 38 tourists in TunisiaAuthorities examine possibility Seifeddine Rezgui may have travelled to Libya for trainingTue Jun 30 2015 - 01:00
Tunisia: Ministers gather in Sousse to remember victimsBritish, French, German and Tunisian ministers condemn Islamic StateTue Jun 30 2015 - 01:00
Tunisia: Holidaymakers express solidarity with localsSurprising number of tourists remain in country despite the slaughterMon Jun 29 2015 - 23:16
Tunisia: Athlone couple were hours from returning homeMinister for Foreign Affairs says no reason to believe there are further Irish victimsMon Jun 29 2015 - 08:38
IS say Tunisian gunman who killed 39 tourists is a ‘soldier of the caliphate’Gunmen targeted foreigners, telling Tunisians in his path to ‘get away’Mon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
French beheading: suspect was on watch-list from 2006 to 2008Neighbours near Lyons describe Yassin Salhi (35) as a quiet, discreet manSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Irish woman among 38 killed in gun attack on TunisiaLorna Carty, from Robinstown, Co Meath, shot dead in assault on beach at Sousse resortSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Severed head stuck on factory fence like a trophy horrifies FranceIn Syria and Iraq, Islamic State displays the heads of its victims in this wayFri Jun 26 2015 - 14:18
Accused in French infanticide case faces life in prisonDominique Cottrez feared her eight babies were the result of incest, writes Lara MarloweThu Jun 25 2015 - 18:40
France decries US spying as ‘unacceptable’Politicians express indignation, real or feigned, at NSA intelligence gatheringThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
French plan to break Israeli-Palestinian deadlock dogged by familiar obstaclesAim of initiative is to set deadline for completing a two-state solutionTue Jun 23 2015 - 01:00
Paris Letter: Magistrate who tested the limits of French expression retiresSupreme court judge Anne-Elisabeth Credeville criticised law on 'defending terrorism' *Sat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: War against jihadism bonds France and AlgeriaHollande and Bouteflika meet in Algiers after death of militant Mokhtar BelmokhtarTue Jun 16 2015 - 01:00
Dominique Strauss-Kahn dismisses failed pimping trial as ‘waste’ of timeFormer IMF director’s behaviour was that of a ‘client’, says judge, dismissing chargesSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
Irish envoy gathers powerful women togetherAmbassador Geraldine Byrne-Nason began a network when she arrived in ParisTue Jun 09 2015 - 01:00
Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d’AzurPaul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French RivieraSun Jun 07 2015 - 05:45
Global warming may become world’s ‘Grande cause nationale’Paris gathering in December has raised hopes leaders will at last make a serious move towards a decarbonised worldSat Jun 06 2015 - 01:00
Irish house price rises reminiscent of bubble, says OECDOrganisation calls for action to ‘prevent investors becoming excessively exposed’Thu Jun 04 2015 - 01:00
‘Winning strategy’ achieves little in fight against Islamic StateCoalition of 24 nations against Islamic State puts brave face on divisions in ParisWed Jun 03 2015 - 01:00
Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP set to officially change name to Les RépublicainsBy changing party name, the former president wants to bury disastrous pastFri May 29 2015 - 01:00
David Cameron begins European tour ahead of ‘Brexit’ referendumFrance’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius says British referendum is ‘dangerous’Thu May 28 2015 - 17:47
‘Charlie Hebdo’ in different type of crisis after attackSatirical’s survivors are traumatised, threatened and at odds with each otherFri May 22 2015 - 01:00
French teachers march against school reformsDemonstrators carry placards saying ‘Bring back our Latin and Greek’Wed May 20 2015 - 20:07
Writer takes dim view of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ protestEmmanuel Todd says interior minister should be held responsible for January attacksTue May 19 2015 - 11:45
Hollande’s lovers rub shoulders across French mediaThrough state roles, interviews and film launches, all the president’s women live in publicThu May 14 2015 - 01:02
A grumbling genius? Impressions of DegasAlthough seen as an Impressionist, the painter was never comfortable with the term and even derided its proponentsThu May 14 2015 - 01:00
Grexit more worrying than BrexitEconomist Thomas Piketty says euro zone is wasting valuable time in the Greek crisisFri May 08 2015 - 02:02
Lara Marlowe: Post-war massacre sparked Algerian independenceSecond World War marked the beginning of the end of France’s colonial empireFri May 08 2015 - 01:00
Still feisty Jean-Marie Le Pen lashes out at ‘treacherous’ daughterSome 87 per cent of National Front voters want party founder to retireWed May 06 2015 - 01:00
Verses forged in bloodGuillaume Apollinaire, France’s most acclaimed war poet, who was born in Rome to a Polish noblewoman, survived the trenches of the first World War only to be killed by Spanish flu at the age of 38Tue May 05 2015 - 01:00
Jean-Marie Le Pen suspended by National Front in FranceParty founder angered daughter Marine Le Pen with contentious comments in interviewMon May 04 2015 - 20:11
Marine Le Pen loses control of May Day to topless activists and elderly fatherNational Front leader’s attempts to legitimse party are an uphill battleSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
Hollande vows ‘no mercy’ if report of abuse by soldiers is trueClaims French soldiers sexually abusing children in Central African RepublicFri May 01 2015 - 01:00
Velázquez? Think of him as creator of the Facebook pages of his dayThe Spanish master’s portraits of royal children were dispatched to European capitals to curry marriage possibilities. But the ‘painter of painters’ also recorded the fading world of the Habsburgs with startling realismSat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
French prime minister Manuel Valls praises Ireland’s economyMediterranean crisis hung over meeting with Taoiseach, writes Lara MarloweFri Apr 24 2015 - 20:38
New French embassy opens in Merrion Square Georgian townhousePrime Minister and Tánaiste celebrate “unwavering friendship” between two countriesFri Apr 24 2015 - 09:53
French PM Manuel Valls to meet Enda Kenny in DublinTalks will center on the economy, agriculture, the British EU exit and GreeceFri Apr 24 2015 - 09:44
Manuel Valls embodies alternative approach from French leftStrong state to ‘provide security . . . to run our healthcare system’, says prime ministerThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
French church attacks foiled but woman found dead nearbyStudent with links to al-Qaeda arrested on suspicion of terrorist plot and murderWed Apr 22 2015 - 17:39
Paris holds firm on nomination of gay ambassador to VaticanHoly See yet to confirm Laurent Stefanini posting three months after appointmentSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
