News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

ICG's Irish Ferries launches new route from Dover to Calais

Irish Ferries launches new Dover-Calais route

Shares in Irish Ferries, which is owned by Irish Continental Group, sailed 7.9% higher in Dublin today after it said it will start a new service on the Dover to Calais route from June.

Business • 26 Mar 21

Calais is the busiest port in Europe for passengers and trucks crossing the Channel by ferry

Cross-Channel trade put to no-deal Brexit Calais test

French customs officials today carried out their third dress rehearsal for a no-deal Brexit in as many weeks, submitting trucks in Calais to border checks.

Business • 25 Sep 19

This is the latest in a series of such attempts to get to Britain

Migrants attempting to cross English Channel rescued

Five migrants attempting to cross the Channel to England in a small inflatable boat were picked up today off the north coast of France, local authorities said.

Europe • 24 Nov 18

A man receives medical attention following clashes near the ferry port in Calais

France sends police as migrant gangs clash in Calais

The French government will send more police to Calais to crack down on migrant gangs, the interior minister has said, after gang rivalries erupted into a brawl that left five people suffering serious gunshot injuries.

World • 02 Feb 18

Theresa May is expected to pledge £44.5m to strengthen Britain's border controls in France

Macron does not bow to UK demands on financial sector

France will not give in to British demands for the financial services sector to be covered by a Brexit trade deal, French President Emmanuel Macron indicated after talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

World • 18 Jan 18

Emmanuel Macron said he would get tough on police who use excessive force

Macron vows no return to Calais migrant camps

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he would not allow another makeshift migrant camp to mushroom in the northern port city of Calais.

Calais • 16 Jan 18

Forty unaccompanied minors who were living in an unofficial camp in Calais are to be accommodated in Ireland in the coming weeks

Govt told of flight risk with relocated refugees

The Government has been advised that there is a significant risk that some of the 40 child refugees being relocated to Ireland from migrant camps in France may try to flee to the UK.

News • 20 Feb 17

Frances Fitzgerald told the Dáil what the Government has done in relation to the resettlement and relocation programme

Tánaiste defends response to migration crisis

Tániaste and Minster for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has defended Ireland’s humanitarian response to the migrant crisis.

News • 02 Nov 16

A care worker brings a child to a reception point outside the 'jungle'

In Pictures: Calais 'Jungle' evacuation

The mass exodus of refugees and migrants from the Calais "jungle" camp is under way with thousands of people being transported to other regions in France.

Gallery • 29 Oct 16

Buses take people from the camp to registration centres

Thousands leave 'Jungle' camp ahead of closure

Thousands of refugees and migrants have packed their bags as the first day of the Calais Jungle mass exodus draws to a close, French officials believe.

News • 25 Oct 16

Up to 9,000 people are currently occupying the makeshift camp

Charities try to stop Calais Jungle demolition

Eleven French charities tonight sought an urgent court order to block the planned demolition of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais

News • 12 Oct 16

Around 7,000 people are living in the northern half of the camp

Hollande wants 'Jungle' camp dismantled

French President Francois Hollande has said on a visit to the port of Calais that the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp there must be "completely dismantled".

News • 26 Sep 16

Policemen stand next to agents dismantling shacks as refugees look on in the ‘Jungle’ camp

Police braced for further clashes at 'Jungle' camp

French riot police are braced for further clashes with refugees as the demolition of parts of the Calais migrant camp known as the 'Jungle' resumes.

World • 01 Mar 16

Judge Valerie Quemener was mobbed by journalists and migrants as she made her way round the site

France Calais 'jungle' eviction decision delayed

A French court has said it was delaying its ruling on the demolition of half of the 'jungle' refugee camp in Calais, just hours before a deadline for residents to be evacuated.

News • 23 Feb 16

An estimated 4,000 migrants and refugees are currently based within the sprawling Jungle

Migrants ordered to leave Calais Jungle camp

Hundreds of migrants and refugees based at the Jungle camp in Calais have been ordered to leave next week or face eviction, according to local aid workers

World • 20 Feb 16

French riot police officers walk in front of a fence near the site of the Eurotunnel

France vows to maintain 'order' in Calais

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve vowed today to maintain "order" in northern Calais, a day after dozens of migrants boarded a ferry triggering the temporary closure of the key port.

News • 24 Jan 16

A migrant climbs a fence to enter the Channel Tunnel site

UN urges civil emergency plan over Calais crisis

The United Nations has said France needs to draw up a "civil emergency" plan to give dignified accommodation to thousands of migrants camping out in the northern city of Calais in the hope of crossing the Channel to Britain.

News • 07 Aug 15

Graffitti reading 'France is dog life, England is good life' is scrawled on a wall

Increased security measures agreed for Calais

Security measures around the Channel Tunnel are to be increased after the UK and France agreed a package including extra private security guards, French police reinforcements, additional fences and more CCTV surveillance.

News • 02 Aug 15

The man sustained the shock at the Gare du Nord station from an overhead power line while trying to jump from the roof of one train to another

Man critical after trying to jump onto Eurostar

An Egyptian man is in a critical condition after sustaining an electric shock at a Paris station while trying to leap onto the Eurostar train to London, said a source close to the case.

News • 29 Jul 15

Migrants have been seen trying to climb onto trucks queuing in Calais

Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel

A migrant has died on a freight shuttle trying to reach the UK, Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has confirmed.

News • 07 Jul 15

Crowds of migrants were seen trying to board waiting lorries

Calais migrants take advantage of port strike

Traffic was halted through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France today after striking French ferry workers set fire to tyres, while Britain's Foreign Office warned of migrants trying to get into vehicles queuing to enter the tunnel.

News • 23 Jun 15

Chloe's mother led the march along with the mayor of Calais and relatives

March held for murdered nine-year-old French girl

Residents of Calais in France have staged a solemn march in memory of a nine-year-old girl who was kidnapped from a playground in front of her mother before being raped and murdered.

News • 16 Apr 15

Calais