Charles De Gaulle

Prosperity has freed US voters to toy with extremism

US Politics: America’s economic and civic prospects could hardly be more divergent

Wed Jul 07 2021 - 13:00

EU founding father Robert Schuman on the rocky road to sainthood

In a profession in which men are more likely to sell their souls, Schuman seems the exception

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 20:00

Joe Biden’s mandate is frail – he needs to choose his battles

US Politics: There is only so much change a society will bear at one time

Thu May 27 2021 - 13:26

France gripped by socio-economic, medical and cultural crises

Country ‘unravelling’ say generals in open letter as Macron looks to May 2022 election

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 21:00

‘I just want to be home’: Passengers scramble for the last pre-quarantine flight from Paris

Aer Lingus customers on Charles de Gaulle service want to avoid hotel stay in Ireland

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 12:33

Irish gang forging negative Covid-19 tests for European travellers, Europol warns

Police agency says ‘Rathkeale Rovers’ involved in sophisticated counterfeits

Mon Feb 01 2021 - 17:57

Ireland would join Nato if price of joining EEC, TK Whitaker said

RIA historic documents: Monnet questioned if Ireland could face demands of free trade

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 21:00

Charles de Gaulle’s time in Ireland recalled on 50th anniversary of his death

Documentary recalls the six weeks the French general spent here in 1969

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 14:12

Emily in Paris: French viewers furious over gamut of Gallic stereotypes

‘Name a cliche about France and the French, you’ll find it in Emily in Paris’

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 12:36

France faces ‘economic and social crisis’ due to Covid-19

Macron asks all citizens to wear face masks and says country prepared for a second wave

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 18:29

Macron indulges in self-flattery with homage to Charles de Gaulle

French president hoping to be seen as a modern-day de Gaulle as he eyes re-election

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 19:30

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

Profits soar at Shannon Airport parent in spite of reduced air traffic

Passenger traffic at Shannon Airport declined 8% last year, and it is now impacted by Covid-19 lockdown

Mon May 04 2020 - 15:51

Emmanuel Macron interview: ‘We need to invent something new’

Coronavirus crisis raises questions of globalisation, EU solidarity and what we want to pay for

Fri Apr 17 2020 - 11:01

Coronavirus: China denies allegations pandemic began in lab near Wuhan

‘No fast track back to normal’, says WHO director as global cases pass 2 million

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 20:26

Covid-19 has rehabilitated global collaboration, not undermined it

The effort to suppress the virus will ultimately only be a strong as its weakest link

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 01:00

Macron leads months-long homage to Charles de Gaulle

Paris Letter: Quadruple commemorations for wartime leader on anniversary of 1940 speech

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 20:00

How the Mity have Risen – Frank McNally on the (short) literary history of cheese mites

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 18:01

Gerry Thornley: France very firmly pin their colours to the mast

Les Bleus rekindle their love story with the public and look like Six Nations contenders

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 07:00

Dire economic straits fuel protests throughout Lebanon

Baalbek Letter: Penal charges for internet service push people out on to the streets

Sun Dec 15 2019 - 18:13