The Irish Times

Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges

Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign

Thu May 20 2021 - 17:37

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Former French president found guilty of attempted bribery and influence peddling

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 14:17

Paris attacks: Five years on France is still scarred and back on alert

November 2015 attacks by jihadist suicide bombers and gunmen killed 130 people

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 13:08

Right-wing French cabinet to hold first meeting

Macron reshuffled team to drive unity while fragmenting opposition in run to 2022

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 21:26

Macron faces day of humiliation as local elections reconfigure French politics

Sunday’s elections will be chastening after a disastrous campaign by president’s LREM

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 01:00

French PM threatens to become Macron’s most dangerous rival

Edouard Philippe has thrived in recent crises and overtaken the president in popularity

Wed Jun 10 2020 - 17:00

VE day: Europe marks 75 years since the end of second World War

Germany warns against nationalism, as UK and France thank war-time generation

Fri May 08 2020 - 17:15

France reckons with the latest twists and turns in its love affair with the US

Paris Letter: The French face the possibility Washington has reduced them to vassal status

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 01:00

Aga Khan among victims of audacious French ‘scam of the century’

Paris court hears details of elaborate sting that netted €77.5m for alleged fraudsters

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 13:58

The Irish Times view on immigration in France: Macron’s balancing act

The French president’s predecessors provide useful reminders of how not to talk about immigration

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 20:16

How fraudster who wore silicone mask of French minister stole millions

Franco-Israeli fraudster Gilbert Chikli to go on trial for elaborate hustle of wealthy

Fri Sept 27 2019 - 21:45

French military nails its colours to Marine Le Pen’s mast

Voting patterns in French army have swung towards far-right since 2012, research finds

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 20:01

Breege O’Donoghue named ‘Irish Times’ Top 1000 distinguished leader in business

Ms O’Donoghue of Primark/Penneys, is one of the most powerful people in Irish retailing

Wed May 08 2019 - 22:00

Controversy builds in France as 130 jihadists to return from Syria

Authorities examine options to detain the ‘potentially dangerous’ French citizens

Thu Jan 31 2019 - 19:10

Paris protest: ‘We don’t hate rich people. It’s the injustice we hate’

Restive city draws sharp police reaction to yellow vest protesters who turn ire on Macron

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 19:28

Ségolène Royal staging umpteenth comeback in French politics

Politician’s new book takes aim at Macron, former partner Hollande and sexism

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 05:01

Macron to start six-day commemorative visit of WWI frontlines

French president to meet May, Merkel and Mali president during Alsace-Moselle events

Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:01

French political novelist accuses Macron’s elitism of fuelling populism

Paris Letter: Scathing portrayal of Sarkozy and Hollande published as Socialists go bust

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 02:00

Former French PM seeks political redemption in Barcelona

Paris Letter: Manuel Valls wants to be mayor of Catalan capital having been outdone by Macron

Tue Sept 25 2018 - 02:00

Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Macron shines light on France’s dark past

World View: Paris at last starts to face up to state’s torture and murder in Algerian war

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00