Organisation: Liberation

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Phil Hogan announcing his resignation as European commissioner live on RTÉ News on August 26, 2020. A day earlier, in an interview with RTÉ’s Tony Connolly, he took full responsibility for his actions. File picture: RTÉ</p>

columnists

Daniel McConnell: In his own words, Phil Hogan was the author of his own downfall

Despite recent revisionist interpretations, the facts make nonsense of the notion that the former European commissioner had been hung out to dry after Golfgate

comment-analysis

Unfortunately, the threat from militant republicans is here to stay

world

Latest: Paris attacker who was flagged for extremism dies from burns

world

Nice truck attack planned for months with accomplices

business

Paris: Greece should get time to pay debts

world

French police name Paris shooting suspect

Photographer critical as manhunt seeks Paris gunman

A massive manhunt was under way in Paris, a day after a gunman shot and critically wounded a photographer at the offices of a major newspaper before opening fire outside a bank headquarters and hijacking a car.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2013

Police hunt gunman in Paris after attacks

Police were hunting a lone gunman on the loose in Paris yesterday after he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank before hijacking a car to take him to the Champs-Elysees avenue.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2013

Lone gunman linked to both Paris shootings

A lone gunman is on the loose in Paris after shooting and wounding a newspaper worker days after opening fire at a TV station in the French capital.

Mon, 18 Nov, 2013

Strauss-Kahn faces new rape probe

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Tue, 22 May, 2012

Strauss-Kahn rape inquiry launched

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Mon, 21 May, 2012

French PM defends killings probe

France’s prime minister has rejected suggestions that anti-terrorism authorities fell down on the job in monitoring a radical Islamist who gunned down seven people in a wave of killings that revolted the country.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

Bruni puts concerts on hold

France’s first lady, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is giving up concerts until her husband is out of office, she said today.

Sat, 21 Jun, 2008

Sarkozy and pop singer Bruni ‘out in the open’

FRENCH newspapers yesterday splashed photos of President Nicolas Sarkozy with singer and former supermodel Carla Bruni, fuelling speculation of romance just two months after the president’s divorce.

Tue, 18 Dec, 2007

Travel chaos as unions strike against reforms

FRANCE was plunged into travel chaos again yesterday as striking railway unions staged a show of strength against the economic reforms of President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Thu, 15 Nov, 2007

French reporter probably kidnapped in Baghdad

The French reporter who disappeared in Iraq last week has probably been abducted, her newspaper said today.

Mon, 10 Jan, 2005

French reporter and interpreter missing in Iraq

The disappearance of a French reporter and her interpreter in Iraq is "worrying", Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said in Paris today.

Fri, 07 Jan, 2005

French journalist and interpreter go missing in Iraq

A French reporter and her interpreter are missing in Iraq, the newspaper Liberation said today.

Thu, 06 Jan, 2005

Damned statistics hide the strength of the Catholic Church in Ireland

IF the Catholic bishops feel discouraged by last week’s Prime Time survey, which shows that only 50% of the population now attends mass each week, they should remember that the Catholic church faces bigger challenges elsewhere.

Wed, 01 Oct, 2003

Virgin planning bid for troubled French airline - report

Virgin is planning to buy a troubled French airline, once owned by British Airways, for more than £300 million , it was reported today.

Thu, 24 May, 2001