The Irish Times

Macron appoints Élisabeth Borne as prime minister

Former employment minister is only second woman to hold the post in French history

Mon May 16 2022 - 20:47

Manchán Magan: The train to Spain to visit wildlife plains

Exploring Europe’s richest wildlife area, Doñana National Park, via boat and train

Sat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00

VR Education launches Engage virtual reality for Apple’s iOS

Chief executive David Whelan says the company is looking towards ‘exciting 2021’

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 08:01

Christian Louboutin: ‘If you love it, it’s never too much’

The shoemaker to the rich and famous, finds inspiration in childhood, conversation and collecting

Sun Oct 11 2020 - 06:05

France reveals €100bn Covid recovery plan

The EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programme

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 20:05

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 05 2020 - 20:27

Europe’s rail renaissance hoping to leave red tape behind

Climate concerns and more overnight travel have boosted passenger numbers but standardising railway systems is still tricky

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 10:00

French pensions protests the longest since May 1968 ‘revolution’

Media barely covers latest disruptions in Paris as protests enter seventh week

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 21:36

France hit by fourth nationwide protest over pension reform

Transport strikes to continue for 37th day, the longest industrial action since May 1968

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 19:42

French strikes throw Christmas travel plans into disarray for millions

Protesters take to streets again over pension reforms as both sides refuse to back down

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 19:36

Rain, strikes, marches, tailbacks: How Le Grinch stole Christmas

Paris Letter: ’Tis the season to be gloomy as city brought to a standstill over pensions

Mon Dec 16 2019 - 20:00

Philippe speech fails to end French transport strikes

Protests over pension changes are set to continue over the weekend

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 20:36

French transport strikes set to continue over the weekend

Lack of public transport caused 600km of tailbacks in and around Paris at rush hour

Fri Dec 06 2019 - 20:53

French workers retire at 62. What are they striking about?

Transport, schools and hospitals crippled in pension reforms stand-off with Macron

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 09:58

France set for virtual shutdown as open-ended strike to begin

Diverse range of workers to protest against Macron attempts at pension-system reform

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 21:13

France faces a reckoning over the travails of its civil service

Paris Letter: The state’s 5.5m fonctionnaires are the butt of jokes and economic concerns

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 01:00

Dutch railway operator to pay compensation for role in Holocaust

NS commissioned to run trains with Dutch Jews, Roma and Sinti to Westerbork camp

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 17:05

Macron’s credibility was dented by more than the yellow vests

French president will have to work hard to salvage reputation at home and abroad

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 06:00

France’s internet bad boy puts his money where his mouth is

Xavier Niel is sponsoring budding entrepreneurs such as former car thief Tally Fofana

Fri Nov 30 2018 - 16:18

Dutch rail company to pay compensation over role in Holocaust

NS to pay survivors and relatives of those transported by their trains to Nazi death camps

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 15:09

One dead as French protesters block roads over higher fuel taxes

‘Yellow vests’ movement causes logjams on highways in rally against fuel tax hikes

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 13:49

French parliament approves rail operator reform Bill

Macron scores victory with support for SNCF overhaul in face of unions and rolling strikes

Wed Jun 13 2018 - 20:35

Le Big Mac: Emmanuel Macron’s rise and rise

He’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the French

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

Munster must maintain high tempo to unsettle Racing

French team possess some outstanding players in Teddy Thomas and Leone Nakarwara

Fri Apr 20 2018 - 23:00

Protest numbers fall in France as rail strike continues

Thousands take part in demonstrations but labour movement split over Macron reforms

Thu Apr 19 2018 - 20:14

Macron to persevere with rail reform ‘until the end’

President defends proposed removal of automatic pay rises and tenure amid train strikes

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 21:08

French PM refuses to back down on railway reform

Unions accuse Edouard Philippe of arrogance and warn further strikes to go ahead

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 20:10

French rail unions take on Macron with mass rolling strikes

Railway traffic widely disrupted as unions to strike in two-day waves over three months

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 19:26

Unrest over reforms could be Macron’s ‘defining moment’

Almost 50,000 marched in Paris as part of civil servant and transport demonstrations

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 18:55

France prepares for union battle amid radical rail reforms

SNCF labour group threatens month-long strike as French PM pushes for change

Tue Feb 27 2018 - 01:00

Man loses privacy case over porn stash on his work computer

Eric Libert took the case to the European Court of Human Rights after his dismissal

Thu Feb 22 2018 - 14:22

Irish Rail chief leaving company as train drivers reject pay deal

Departure of David Franks overshadowed by threats of industrial action at national operator

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 11:05

Victims of schoolbus crash in southern France identified

Four children killed as bus split in two in collision with train at railway crossing

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 10:01

Four teenagers killed after train and school bus collide in France

Seven people on bus seriously injured, says interior ministry, in crash near Perpignan

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 19:40