SO there I am, strolling through Paris a couple of evenings ago, having collected my accreditation — a slight steam rising from my person, as happens with the well-fleshed Irish male in any continental city — when a sign catches my eye: mojitos available at a swanky Cuban-themed bar on Rue Tilsitt.

A €2.5m revamp of the Irish embassy in Paris will be unveiled today.

Lance Armstrong secured a record sixth Tour de France victory on the Champs Elysee after surviving the final stage unscathed today.

Lance Armstrong won his fifth stage of the 91st Tour de France today to all but seal his sixth successive victory and a pre-eminent place in the history of cycling’s greatest event.

ALL politics is local, they say. And for me, the farmers’ protest of 2003 will always be about my mother breaking four ribs in the cause of Irish agriculture.

Lance Armstrong is on the verge of his fourth Tour de France victory as the final stage of this year's tour has got underway.

Zinedine Zidane, the most expensive player in the history of football and the inspiration behind France’s 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 triumphs, is primed for action on the global stage once again this summer.