Here we go: On the road again. Today, we take on the longest drive of our trip in France, writes Joe Leogue

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Attempted attack came a year after ‘Charlie Hebdo’ massacre

Eight people have died in an apartment block fire in Paris.

Police have detained a man amid suspicions that the blaze at an apartment block in Paris was started intentionally, officials have said.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Noel Meade, fresh from an excellent Christmas, can supply the winner of the Bumper in the shape of Bonny Kate at Punchestown this afternoon.

Richard Skinner tells Richard Fitzpatrick why the weird and wonderful ways of the real-life Erik Satie provided such great material for his new novella

Denis Connolly and his partner Anne Cleary were among the many Irish architects who moved to Paris in the early 1990s, a time when there was virtually no architectural work in Ireland and an abundance in France.

A glittering fortnight of art sales at the upper end of the market gets underway in London next week.

LET’S party! New Year’s Eve is one of those nights when reliability goes out the door.

DERELICT buildings and ill-kempt facades are an unfortunate feature of the Cork City visual experience.

IT’S squeaky bum time in LA.

A €20 million renovation of the Musée D’Orsay in Paris has done wonders for its collection of iconic paintings, writes Alan O’Riordan

IT mightn’t be “the only Aga on the northside,” as its owner once humorously quipped, but the old range cooker midships here certainly helps anchor 35 Popes Quay to its past.

FORGET about Keano in Saipan, Anelka in South Africa or all those rebellious Dutch players down the years who have seen it as their birthright to rail against the perceived idiocy of football’s powers that be. When it comes to both getting mad and getting even in football, none of the above could hold a candle to Bela Guttman.

AN eccentric art collector mocked for insisting one of his paintings was an unknown Van Gogh has been vindicated 25 years after his death.

An eccentric art collector mocked for insisting one of his paintings was an unknown Van Gogh has been vindicated 25 years after his death

Aidan O'Brien will launch a four-pronged attack on the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp on Tuesday evening.

Doctor Fremantle has been well supported to break Michael Stoute’s Ladbrokes St Leger hoodoo at Doncaster on Saturday.

Doctor Fremantle is making steady progress following a setback and could still make the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster next month.

Alain De Royer-Dupre has now all but ruled Montmartre out of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Montmartre remains a doubt for the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October.

A bike-sharing scheme launched in Paris a year ago has proved so popular that the city’s mayor wants to extend it to include electric cars.

Doctor Fremantle fared best of the foreign raiders in the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp this evening but was no match for an ultra-impressive winner in Montmartre.

NEARLY one million people prayed in a Polish field, North Americans slipped into pews before dawn and Asians gathered by the thousands at outdoor Masses in a global goodbye to Pope John Paul II yesterday.

Police in Paris today evacuated the Sacre Coeur basilica, one of the French capital’s most famous landmarks, after an explosive device was found inside.

I CHANCED upon a press release from Brussels this week and it makes interesting reading for more than one reason.