‘Police came and beat up minors’: Meet France’s student protesters
Students vow to go ahead with further protests after government offers more funding and university places
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AI boom and simmering oil prices boost global stocks, but Brazil election knocks some back
Shares traded in Dublin began the week on a steady upward trajectory
French stocks: ‘Buy when there’s blood in the streets’?
Bank of America’s fund manager survey shows a record number plan to underweight French stocks over the next year, but other market adages are available
Marine Le Pen begins ‘great battle for France’ with presidential campaign launch
Right-wing populist has seen poll boost following unrest
Silent, tense and barricaded, Orléans reveals a deeply divided France
Le Pen launches presidential campaign amid security lockdown and protest
France dodges rerun of looting and riots after security boost
French government deployed some 70,000 security officials, including elite anti-terror forces
Ireland’s left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has
Political failure around protests is a result of the left being unable to take Irish economic dysfunction and turn it into a larger project of reform
Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious?
Markets becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by ‘hyperscalers’
Police use tear gas and water cannons as more than 400,000 protest across France
Authorities had confined march away from centre of Paris to prevent repeat of last weekend’s violence and looting
Thousands march in Paris as France deploys extra police and museums shut
French police have made more than 135 arrests so far, the interior minister said
France may calm violence in the short term but it is a country infused with dread
The scale of the violence, high stakes of the upcoming presidential election and international reach of the protests distinguish them past riots
Defence Forces to seek more than 550 armoured vehicles from France
Vehicles will transform Army from mostly peacekeeping force to military capable of limited conventional war fighting
France is likely heading towards ECB support and a Marine Le Pen presidency
The country is being pushed closer to the once-unthinkable possibility of bankruptcy
I tasted 21 affordable malbecs and the results were surprising
John Wilson: I just don’t think this grape was meant to be turned into lower-alcohol wine
Racially motivated attack suspected after one killed in France shooting spree
In Paris suburb incident, man appeared to be firing at random and seemed intent on ‘carrying out a massacre’, local mayor says
Can Emmanuel Macron pull France back from the brink?
Protests and paralysis have cast a shadow over the twilight of a presidency once defined by ambition and confidence
Ireland to back ‘whatever’ sanctions European Commission proposes for Russia, McEntee says
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade not aware of any lobbying by Government to exclude alumina from latest set of measures
What will €285,000 buy in France, Canada, Thailand, Spain and Co Galway?
One price, home and away: A thatched cottage in Lisdonagh, a villa in Chiang Mai and more
The Irish Times view on protests in France: uncertainty and discontent
A rudderless government looks unable to respond
First human case of Shamonda virus is reported in France
French authorities say there is no risk to general population at this stage
Macron tightens curbs on protests and accuses far left of ‘seditious acts’
Combined yellow-vest and student protest to go ahead in Paris on Saturday as Italy calls in soldiers to patrol Milan streets
A town called Schengen: After decades of seamless travel, European border checks are back
Creeping reintroduction of checkpoints inside Schengen travel area a nuisance for town where Luxembourg, France and Germany come together
European shares rise on solid earnings but Carrefour slumps after French unrest
France’s borrowing costs rise to their highest since mid-2002, as widespread protests added to concerns over the country’s fragile finances
Europe’s angry autumn: what’s driving the wave of protests?
Demonstrations from Albania to Spain are largely unconnected, but some common frustrations run through them
All sides primed for a fight in Dáil over plans to scrap the triple lock
Inside Politics: Uproar in chamber as debate dredges up old wounds, while Jim O’Callaghan’s long war rumbles on
France is falling to the extremes of left and right. Ireland cannot be complacent
There are people of both political extremes who crave street politics just because it has potential for violence and confrontation
‘Massive’ security operation planned in France ahead of fresh protests on Saturday
Fresh curfews imposed on Tuesday after first quiet night since France’s most destructive rioting in years
Will French unrest benefit Marine Le Pen’s presidential run?
For moderate political forces, it is all about preventing the hard-left from getting into the presidential second round
State’s population surges by almost 800,000 in a decade
Net inward migration responsible for two-thirds of increase, official figures show
‘There’s nothing left’: French businesses count the cost of a weekend of unrest
Thousands of shops damaged or looted as protests descended into violence, leaving owners fearing for their future
French prime minister calls for partial curfews in bid to quell unrest
More than 2,400 people have been arrested after clashes between demonstrators and police
‘I have never felt anything so painful in my life’: Irish caught in French riots
An Irish student protester and a Limoges resident share experiences of street violence and tear gas in France
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