2016

• Bilateral relations

  • Visit of French President François Hollande in Ireland
  • 100 years since the Battle of the Somme
  • Sir John Leslie: France loses a friend and mourns a hero

• Diplomatic news

  • Franco-German Human Rights Prize
  • President outlines French bid to host World Expo 2025
  • A typical tourist visit to France
  • New tourism measures
  • François Hollande holds talks with UN’s next leader
  • Rise of nationalism one of world’s real dangers - Minister
  • François Hollande congratulates US President-elect
  • Calais camp being dismantled transparently - Minister
  • Meeting held to coordinate action on Calais migrants
  • In face of populism we mustn’t turn inwards, says Minister
  • Paris unveils new promotional video
  • The United Nations General Assembly
  • 2016 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic
  • Europe must show strength after UK vote - President
  • France stands united with its Belgian friends, say leaders
  • Jean-Marc Ayrault becomes France’s new Foreign Minister
  • "Let’s make 2016 a year of courage and hope" - President

• Events

  • Charity Bazaar : and the winners are...
  • Open Day at the French Primary School
  • New library at the Alliance Française
  • In Humbert’s Footsteps
  • Meet French author Jean Echenoz in Dublin
  • Celebrating Franco-Irish friendship around the storming of the Bastille

• Nice attacks

  • Statement on Nice Attack - An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D.
  • Attack in Nice : Condolences
  • France will always be stronger than fanatics - President

• Inauguration of the France-Ireland Memorial

  • The Légion d’Honneur
  • Attend the dedication of the France-Irlande Memorial
  • Introduction of the France-Ireland memorial by the President of the French Republic François Hollande
  • France-Ireland Memorial
  • Marshal Ferdinand Foch
  • The implication of the Paris Beaux-Arts school
  • The 92nd infantry regiment
  • The Bleuet de France

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