EU’s six big economies seek move on capital market union despite Irish worries
Ireland and Luxembourg fear negative impact on domestic financial sectors
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What will €795,000 buy in Greece, Sicily, France, Portugal and Co Galway?
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Mosquitoes can become attracted to common insect repellent chemical, study suggests
Researchers believe mosquitoes may see presence of Deet in sprays as a sign of a potential blood meal
How did this avant-garde French festival feel like Kerry’s Puck Fair to me?
Sitting in the green-shuttered Montmarte cabaret bar, I felt as though I were back in the comforts of a Kerry snug
Paris gripped by widening sexual abuse scandal in schools
First public trial opens in sprawling abuse scandal with more than 100 schools, kindergartens and daycares under investigation
‘Extreme event’: Here is what’s causing record-breaking temperatures in Ireland and Europe
With climate change, such extreme weather events ‘happen with more ferocity’ and could lead to deaths
Seven deaths in France as ‘exceptionally early’ heatwave blankets Europe
Record temperatures caused by heat dome, with hot air from Morocco trapped under an area of high pressure
Record-high May temperatures sweep across France
Extreme heat settles upon western Europe, with values in Spain set to reach 40 degrees
Temperatures to peak on Monday and Tuesday as heat dome hits Europe
Highest temperatures will be confined to France Spain and Portugal later this week
Fiction in translation: ‘Chiquitita is a stunning achievement’
New from Agnes Lidbeck, Khalid Lyamlahy, Agnes de Clairville, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Claudia Piñeiro
France rolls out €1 three-course student meals – here is what’s on the menu
Cheap three-course lunches are aimed at easing financial hardship among young people
Pont Neuf, Paris’s oldest bridge, transformed into cave by ‘French Banksy’
French artist JR begins his giant inflation over city’s famous bridge
‘A true bombshell’: France pays winemakers to rip out vines amid crisis of unsold wine
France’s cherished vin culture faces a generational shift – and a costly surplus crisis
Why have international traders bet $1m on the Dublin Central byelection?
Almost $500,000 alone has been wagered on Gerry Hutch’s chances of becoming a TD or not
New Army vehicles under French deal can automatically target perceived threats using AI
According to experts, these systems can also be configured to fire automatically without human input
Barry Keoghan on his directing ambitions: ‘I don’t think people would understand what I’m saying’
Cannes film festival 2026: The Cailín Ciúin team returns, panic at the Marriott, and The Fast and the Furious at 25
What will €400,000 buy in France, Portugal, the US, Greece and Co Sligo?
One price, home and away: From a cottage in Ballymote to a colourful townhouse in Lagos
Cruise ship confined in France after suspected ‘stomach flu’ death allowed to resume operations
Irish passengers among more than 1,700 banned from disembarking vessel after docking in Bordeaux
Louvre jewellery heist inquiry exposes ignored warnings over unsecured window
‘Systemic failures’ enabled audacious eight-minute jewellery heist, report finds
Cannes 2026: Glamour, sheer excruciation and the vanishing Irish-shot film Bucking Fastard
The festival opened with a very French, very odd ceremony featuring Jane Fonda, Peter Jackson and bad impersonations of Robert De Niro and Julia Roberts
‘My father thought my grandfather died in the Holocaust. It was all a lie’
Director László Nemes’s traumatic family history has informed his twisty drama set in Budapest after the second World War
Risk of further hantavirus cases among cruise ship evacuees, WHO warns
France and Spain among countries imposing mandatory hospital quarantines as more passengers test positive
American and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus
Two Irish people on board the MV Hondius cruise ship hit by virus returned home on Sunday on Air Corps plane
Irish failure to recognise Armenian genocide creates awkward moment for Martin in Yerevan
Inconsistency between Government reluctance to formally acknowledge Armenian genocide and clear stance on Gaza
Ireland sending plane to evacuate citizens from cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak
Cruise ship hit by outbreak is due to anchor near Tenerife in the Canary Islands early on Sunday morning
The French revolutionary: can a veteran firebrand stem France’s far-right surge?
France’s radical left leader Jean Luc Mélenchon is taking another tilt at the presidency - but critics argue that his polarising appeal could hand power to the right
Hibernia Line launches ferry service from Cork to Boulogne
Company expects new direct route to France will appeal to holidaymakers nervous about flight disruption and cost over fuel crisis
Murder in Paris ’68: Enthralling account of a scandal that even now seems hard to believe
Sensational case - in which movie star Alain Delon was a suspect - exploded further when former prime minister and wife were accused of orgy involvement
Owen Doyle: End of TV director controlling what is shown on replay cannot come soon enough
Failure to show dangerous head contact on Alfie Barbeary meant Bordeaux culprit escaped possible red card
National Lottery: harmless fun or gateway to gambling – and do good causes get much money?
The lotto operator has clashed with bookmakers by demanding a ban on betting on its draws
Vive le capitalisme? France allows flower shops and bakeries to open on May Day
Government agrees to drop broader reform that would have seen other businesses work on sacrosanct national holiday
Flurry of book launches marks opening chapter of French presidential contest
New publications by Gabriel Attal and Bruno Le Maire viewed as clear signal of leadership hopes
In Pictures: Dramatic images of bus crash into river Seine
Bus, which was being driven by trainee, hit car which also went into the water
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