D-Day – déconfinement day – in France is fraught with existential angstParis Letter: Joy and apprehension – and new protocols – as the country eases lockdownTue May 12 2020 - 01:00
War, Suffering and the Struggle for Human Rights: Western actions assessedBook review: Peadar King’s book draws on years reporting with RTÉ’s What in the WorldMon May 11 2020 - 06:00
France pays a high price for ignoring those who predicted a pandemicFailure to heed repeating warnings results in inadequate provision of intensive care beds, tests and protective equipmentSun May 10 2020 - 18:00
Paris under tighter restrictions in French plan to ease lockdownMajority of primary schools to reopen and wider travel permitted from MondayThu May 7 2020 - 20:29
Coronavirus: France’s stark comparison with Germany hits hardHuge disparity in mortality figures and testing reveal two very different approachesWed May 6 2020 - 20:00
French hospital discovers it had case of coronavirus in DecemberRetesting of samples suggests virus was in France a month before first case confirmedTue May 5 2020 - 16:55
Covid-19 turns WHO into battleground for superpower rivalryUN organisation has been subjected to barrage of criticism over response to pandemicTue May 5 2020 - 01:00
Europe’s relationship with China is now one of mistrust and hostilityAt the start of the pandemic, Europe and China helped one other. Then the mood changedSat May 2 2020 - 06:00
France’s banlieues pull together under coronavirus lockdownImmigrant communities try to break stigmas as they endure growing inequalityTue Apr 28 2020 - 18:00
France expects mutual debt to be most contentious issue at EU summitEmmanuel Macron adviser says ‘at least an extra €1,000bn’ needed for EU recovery fundWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:00
‘Digital tyranny’: French Covid-19 tracing app faces battle for acceptanceEven some senior members of Macron’s party opposed to opt-in app StopCovidMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: France summons Chinese ambassador over claims on embassy websiteParis expresses ‘disapproval’ over disinformation published by envoy Lu ShayeWed Apr 15 2020 - 20:25
France sees Notre-Dame fire as a parable for Covid-19 pandemicThe first anniversary of the cathedral blaze highlights parallels between catastrophesWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:00
Emmanuel Macron extends France’s lockdown until May 11thPresident tells nation ‘we will have to live with the virus for several more months’Mon Apr 13 2020 - 21:38
Europe pays high price for outsourcing vital health industries to ChinaMacron urges rebuilding of ‘EU sovereignty’ in production of essential suppliesSun Apr 12 2020 - 18:00
Europe remains pandemic epicentre, director of French effort saysSpanish outbreak has plateaued, Italy has ‘very slow’ regression, French health chief saysWed Apr 8 2020 - 20:29
Art, opera and French lessons: Lara Marlowe’s guide to free culture onlineOur Paris Correspondent finds plenty to entertain you during the Covid-19 lockdownWed Apr 8 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus nationalism: Fight for medical gear threatens to turn uglyReported US gazumping of deals angers Europe, which has its own internal wranglesTue Apr 7 2020 - 20:00
Paris Letter: Precious little liberté, égalité and fraternité in coronavirus FranceCRS riot police and some public workers have threatened strike as they feel inadequately protected against Covid-19. What could be more French?Mon Apr 6 2020 - 17:00
Knife attacker in French town kills two and wounds fiveAnti-terrorism investigation under way after man is arrested in Romans-sur-IsèreSun Apr 5 2020 - 07:28
How five days of evangelical worship set off the coronavirus outbreak in FranceReligious gathering in Mulhouse megachurch was ground zero for French epidemicWed Apr 1 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: European solidarity sidelined as French interests take priorityRow over face masks exposes threat to EU principles of free trade and collaborationMon Mar 30 2020 - 21:00
Coronavirus: Lawsuits fly in France as blame game beginsPrime minister and health ministers pursued in court for alleged manslaughterThu Mar 26 2020 - 19:37
Covid-19: Resolute Macron says France ‘will not give in’President devotes day to personnel on the front line of struggle against rampant virusWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:51
Coronavirus: France turns to literature amid the despair of pandemicParis Letter: The French are finding relevance in books about epidemics and confinementTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:00
Coronavirus: France hoping unorthodox virologist can save worldExperiment with chloroquine raises inordinate hopes and entices Trump and BolsonaroMon Mar 23 2020 - 20:30
Coping with coronavirus: ‘Wars always end, sooner or later’Paris Letter: Small comforts are a survival mechanism and laughter is the best antidoteWed Mar 18 2020 - 11:25
France ‘at war’ with coronavirus epidemic – MacronFrench president announces 15-day lockdown in a televised national addressMon Mar 16 2020 - 21:31
Coronavirus: Parisians ignore social distancing plea despite deaths doublingParis Letter: Sweeping restrictions take effect but public come out in legions to bask in sunSun Mar 15 2020 - 16:39
‘They came into the house. They broke my teeth’Carmen Castillo, survivor of the 1970s coup in Chile, is still fighting oppressionSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Shock and awe: The high passions of Baroque geniusesOcean of emotion from Caravaggio, Bernini, Caravaggisti at Amsterdam’s RijksmuseumSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Does Ireland have too many universities?European trends are towards consolidating a few elite places of higher education – at a time when Irish policy is to create more universitiesTue Mar 10 2020 - 00:00
Macron leads months-long homage to Charles de GaulleParis Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speechMon Mar 9 2020 - 20:00
Pension reform goal eroding Macron party as more members depart‘Parliamentary fiasco’ claims as La République en Marche seeks to raise retirement ageFri Mar 6 2020 - 20:36
Inspiring women – An Irishwoman’s Diary on International Women’s DayIt is vital for girls and young women to have role modelsThu Mar 5 2020 - 18:20
France reckons with the latest twists and turns in its love affair with the USParis Letter: The French face the possibility Washington has reduced them to vassal statusWed Feb 26 2020 - 01:00
Former French PM’s corruption trial postponed over lawyer protestFrançois Fillon accused of misappropriating over €1.1m in public funds paid to his familyMon Feb 24 2020 - 18:43
Former French PM in the dock over ‘bogus’ jobs for his familyFrançois Fillon almost became president of France. Now he’s on trial for corruptionMon Feb 24 2020 - 01:00
Macron promises to vanquish ‘Islamist separatism’ in FranceCritics accuse president of unrolling new strategy to limit losses in March’s electionsTue Feb 18 2020 - 18:50
Griveaux sex scandal threatens to reshape France’s relationship with RussiaQuestions raised over whether Russian artist acted alone in publishing tape of Macron allyMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:00
Maverick mathematician’s odds shrink after Paris mayoral rival sunkConfidence of Cédric Villani, the race’s most colourful candidate, suddenly doesn’t look misplacedFri Feb 14 2020 - 20:00
Humiliation of Paris mayoral candidate a blow to MacronBenjamin Griveaux withdraws from race after sex video posted on internetFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:17
French teenager’s remarks about Islam spark national debateComments divide opinion on freedom of expression, as 16-year-old receives threatsTue Feb 11 2020 - 01:00
Ghent Altarpiece restored: a visit to the largest ever Van Eyck exhibitionHow the first painter of the northern Renaissance influenced all that came after himSat Feb 8 2020 - 05:00
Macron says France’s nuclear weapons vital for Europe’s securityFrench president warns of ‘disintegration’ of international legal order and institutionsSat Feb 8 2020 - 01:00
Paris mayoral candidate wants to replace Gare de L’Est with 'Central Park'Benjamin Griveaux says he would plant ‘in neighbourhoods where kids don’t have trees’Wed Feb 5 2020 - 20:27
Women redefining business, Irish-hosted seminar in Paris hearsIncreasing gender diversity in companies increases profits, seminar toldFri Jan 31 2020 - 21:01
Paris Letter: Most shocking thing about Matzneff affair is everybody knewAutobiographical book about child sexual abuse blows apart French literary worldMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:00
‘If you don’t like challenges, you should not be in the airline business’Ben Smith, Air France-KLM’s first foreign chief executive, is revolutionising the companyFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:03
Macron’s Israeli-Palestinian reluctance in spotlight as he heads to JerusalemSome Europeans would like French president to play active role in addressing conflictTue Jan 21 2020 - 20:00
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