A double-decker open-roof bus has hit the roof of a Paris tunnel, injuring four people, one of them seriously, a tour bus company said.

A man who was killed when he drove a car packed with arms and explosives into a police convoy in Paris had pledged allegiance to the leader of Islamic State, a French prosecutor said.

Four relatives of a man killed after ramming his car into a police convoy in Paris's Champs-Elysees are in custody.

Update 6.47pm: The driver who rammed a car carrying explosives into a police convoy on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris has died after the "attempted attack" on security forces, France's interior minister said.

New French President Emmanuel Macron chose to ride in the all-new DS 7 Crossback, the very latest model of DS automobiles that was revealed just two months ago, for his inaugural journey to the Elysée Palace.

He was among the officers who responded to the gun and bomb attack on the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015.

The attack came three days before the first round of France's tense presidential election.

The man suspected of attacking soldiers at the Louvre in Paris, before being shot, has been declared fit enough to be interviewed.

The Louvre museum has reopened to the public, less than 24 hours after French soldiers shot a machete-wielding assailant who had shouted "Allahu akbar".

Paris was plunged into panic when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes as the historic landmark went into lockdown.

Chris Froome is set to win the 2016 Tour de France after Spaniard Jon Izaguirre won stage 20 to Morzine.

The column by Ana Palacio (former Senior Vice-President of the World Bank) ‘Fresh narrative needed for Europe’s stalled security strategy’ in the Irish Examiner on Friday, February 11 has all the hallmarks of another opening salvo by ‘the powers that be’ towards the militarisation of Europe.

New video released by Islamic State shows the extremists who carried out the terror attacks in Paris committing atrocities in IS-controlled territory while plotting the slaughter in the French capital that left 130 people dead.

France’s No 8 may be comparatively small, but Louis Picamoles has a habit of humiliating those who underestimate him

Nicolas Roche became just the third Irishman in history to be part of a win at the Tour de France when he helped ensure teammate Chris Froome’s overall victory on yesterday’s final stage of the race into Paris.

No terrorist link to vehicle that crashed through Paris barricades

GAA dominates this weekend’s sporting fixtures, but hey, we love our football and hurling so bring it on!

Sprt, action and drama - here's the best TV to watch today.

Vincenzo Nibali completed victory in the 101st Tour de France in Paris yesterday as Marcel Kittel won the final stage on the Champs-Elysees-

Vincenzo Nibali looks to have secured his first Tour de France title today after completing the penultimate stage of the race.

Vincenzo Nibali has vowed to "honour the yellow jersey" by going all out for stage victory in today’s time trial on the penultimate day of the Tour de France.

Vincenzo Nibali wsays anted to show he was "the boss" in winning his fourth stage of the 101st Tour de France yesterday to all-but seal overall victory.

German sprint sensation Marcel Kittel took his second stage win in three days at the Tour de France yesterday, blasting clear in the final metres to take a thrilling stage that concluded on The Mall in London.

1989 set a high bar for drama in the Tour de France but 2014 has all the ingredients to eclipse it

It might be close to 30 years ago, but Mickey Walsh remembers the goal like it was yesterday.

French police have identified the man arrested for shooting a newspaper assistant photographer and carrying out three other attacks.

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.

It is being reported that French police have made an arrest after a two-day manhunt for a gunman.

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.

A gunman has shot and wounded a member of staff at a French newspaper in Paris before fleeing.

The route of the 2014 Tour de France, which begins in Britain, includes five mountain finishes and just one individual time-trial, organisers announced this morning.

Five bodies pulled from a mass grave have been identified as some of the 12 people kidnapped three months ago from a Mexico City bar.

When Chris Froome crossed the finish line in Paris last night he ticked off the final kilometre of a remarkable journey from the mountains of Kenya to Tour de France glory on the Champs-Elysees.

When Chris Froome crossed the finish line in Paris tonight he ticked off the final kilometre of a remarkable journey from the mountains of Kenya to Tour de France glory on the Champs-Elysees.

Chris Froome was “quietly excited” last night with the 100th Tour de France his to lose going into the final weekend of the race.

French parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children, a flagship reform pledge by president François Hollande which sparked often violent street protests and a rise in homophobic attacks.

Britain will not invite the Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Olympic cycling champion Bradley Wiggins has landed yet another title - Britain’s greatest living wit.

With a Tour de France victory and Olympic gold against his name in 2012, Bradley Wiggins is looking to fulfil further ambitions in cycling next year.

Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is frustrated the present generation of riders have been left to answer questions about the state of cycling in the wake of the Lance Armstrong affair.

Bradley Wiggins’ hopes of defending his Tour de France title were dealt a blow today after the details of the 2013 route were unveiled in Paris.

For a man who has just completed the Tour de France, Dan Martin is looking remarkably relaxed and refreshed as he sits on his bike in the Olympic Village.