French students at forefront of global stirring of disaffected youth
Global Briefing: While education budgets are squeezed, EU governments are borrowing billions of euros to spend on defence
France
French protests a timely warning for Irish schools
If the system continues to be broken, it may be students on the picket line next
University education has become meaningless – and now it doesn’t even promise a job
We have made education transactional and have forgotten that learning is a good in and of itself
The last thing Macron needs is a letter from an Irish mother, but I have my two cents to offer
The long French school day gives the state a sizeable presence in my son’s childhood
France’s school protests: What lies behind the anger
French government acknowledges country faces a ‘serious moment’
The Irish Times view on French school protests: an autumn of discontent
The students point to teacher shortages and decaying buildings as evidence of the failure to invest in their education
Police fire tear gas and charge at demonstrators as French school protests escalate
Demonstrators demand the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms
Inside the school protests in France that have spiralled into arson and street violence
Sense of chaos feeds into election campaign, with Marine Le Pen promising to reestablish ‘order’
France closes up to 500 schools on Monday as more protests planned
Lessons will be ‘totally or partly suspended’ in some second level schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France’s education minister says.
Pipped by the Pope to the restored Notre-Dame cathedral
Much of the city was closed off to the public during Leo’s visit
Students in France take to the barricades over conditions
Up to 400 schools to close on Friday as France’s prime minister blames far-left party for stoking violence
Increasing irrelevance of betting shops a growing problem for racing’s finances
Boss of one bookmaker has even predicted there will be no High Street betting shops by 2030
What will €685,000 buy in Donegal, Italy, Denmark, France and Wales?
One price, home and away: from a bungalow in Muff to a sprawling period property in Piedmont
Rename part of Phoenix Park’s main avenue after Charles De Gaulle, TD urges
Barry Heneghan calls for move to commemorate cultural and diplomatic links between Ireland and France
Heatwaves, drought and then a tornado: France fraught over extreme weather stress
Rare supercell twister that ripped through a quiet village exposed common vulnerabilities
‘Leomania’: How secular France fell for the Pope
Macron makes sudden decision to attend Mass as pope draws large crowds
Putting Ireland’s property tax in perspective
Ireland’s annual property tax places us 13th of 29 European countries, well behind countries such as France, Spain and Italy
Marine Le Pen ally Jordan Bardella takes legal action over anti-Semitism allegations
National Rally party leader denies claims by French news site that he wrote anti-Israel messages as a teenager
Benefits of Ireland’s solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms
Looking at the list of solar farm projects, one thing stands out: an absence of farmers
What does far-right surge in French Senate election mean for next year’s presidential poll?
Marine Le Pen hails ‘breakthrough’, while hard-left party also gains seats
Child and two women die on dinghy while trying to cross from France to Britain
About 100 passengers rescued from boat which had set off from Calais
Pope Leo praises multiculturalism as far right gains strength across Europe
Pontiff urges Europeans to recall EU’s founding values including the rule of law and the equality of all
Why Israel fears settlement sanctions are just the beginning
Passengers arriving in Amsterdam from Tel Aviv say Dutch customs searched luggage for goods from West Bank settlements
France’s far-right National Rally surges in Senate elections
Marine Le Pen hails ‘historic victory’ as her party and allies win enough seats to form caucus just months ahead of presidential poll
Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sex abuse survivors in France
First US pope tells crowd of 150,000: ‘We must humbly place ourselves under the Lord’s purifying gaze’
Pope Leo celebrates open-air Mass before 700,000 people in Paris
Heavy security in city centre as crowds line streets on second day of papal visit to France
John Schwatschke: Irish artist who lived in world of Rolls-Royces and Hollywood hell-raisers
Irishman who lived in world of Rolls-Royces and Hollywood hell-raisers credited cut of his suits by Johnson’s tailors of Tullow with easing his passage into wealthy society
Pope Leo’s family secret: a birth in a mother and baby home
The pope’s French surname, Prevost, was an invention to conceal a birth outside of wedlock
Mapping the globe and finding our place on the world stage
But when will the weather forecasters follow the Equal Earth map?
Irish teenagers are to get culture vouchers. Have they worked elsewhere?
Italy pioneered such an initiative a decade ago; data suggests book sales and visits to cinemas and concerts rose
Should Ireland share its corporation tax bonanza with the EU?
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Nostalgia and lost pride: the fuel that feeds Europe’s far right
Populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, find a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand
Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions
Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU amid trade war with US
Letters to the Editor, September 21st: On tax revenue sharing, defence spending cuts and Ed Sheeran
‘One wonders why the cake suddenly becomes European when the icing happens to be on Ireland’s plate?’
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