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Gisèle Pelicot's daughter Caroline Darian was speaking on RTÉ Radio One's Brendan O'Connor

Pelicot's daughter urges abuse victims to report crimes

The daughter of Gisèle Pelicot has said her family went public about the case to encourage victims to come forward, speak up and "don't stay in silence".

France • 18 Jan

The man, 50s, was shot several times, including in the chest

Irish man hospitalised following shooting in France

An Irish man has been hospitalised following a shooting in the French city of Rennes on Saturday night.

World • 13 Jan

The collision occurred near Strasbourg's main train station

68 injured in collision between trams in Strasbourg

Dozens of people were injured after two trams collided in a tunnel in the eastern French city of Strasbourg yesterday, authorities said.

Europe • 12 Jan

The website was used by Dominique Pelicot to recruit strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife Gisèle Pelicot over a decade

Founder of adult website linked to Pelicot trial charged

French prosecutors have charged the founder of an adult website used to commit sexual offences, including by a French man who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife.

World • 09 Jan

People gathered at Place de la Republique in Paris marking the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen

Controversy in France over celebrations on Le Pen death

The co-founder of France's main postwar far-right movement Jean-Marie Le Pen divided the country even after his death, with the government criticising celebrations that erupted across the country.

World • 08 Jan

France's inflation rate fell below the ECB's 2% target last year

French inflation steady in December at 1.3%

France's annual inflation rate remained steady in December, with prices of manufactured goods falling again while those for energy rebounded slightly, official figures showed today.

Business • 07 Jan

Nicolas Sarkozy pictured as he arrived at the courthouse in Paris

Sarkozy on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial charged with receiving millions of euro in illegal financing from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.

World • 06 Jan

Gisele Pelicot was hailed as a hero for her courage and dignity throughout the three-month trial

Ex-husband convicted in mass rape trial will not appeal

The Frenchman convicted of drugging and raping his then wife and soliciting dozens of men to do the same for more than a decade will not appeal his verdict, his lawyer has said.

World • 30 Dec 24

Dunkirk in northern France has seen hundreds of migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain in recent years (File image)

107 migrants rescued in Channel - French authorities

French authorities have said that they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England.

Europe • 26 Dec 24

Emmanuel Macron will assemble the new prime minister's team on 3 January for a first Council of Ministers meeting

Macron announces France's fourth government in a year

French President Emmanuel Macron has named a new government, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.

Europe • 23 Dec 24

The French president Macron, who is visiting the overseas territory to assess the destruction wrought by Cyclone Chido said he would extend the trip by a day to inspect remote areas

Locals shout out grievances as Macron visits Mayotte

Distraught and angry inhabitants of Mayotte shouted out their grievances to French President Emmanuel Macron, five days after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a cyclone.

World • 19 Dec 24

Gisèle Pelicot waived her right to anonymity and demanded the public be allowed access to the trial

Gisèle Pelicot: Rape survivor who became feminist hero

By standing up to her abusers in court and demanding they be ashamed, France's Gisèle Pelicot has become a feminist champion.

Europe • 19 Dec 24

Gisèle Pelicot pictured as she leaves the courthouse in Avignon following the verdict

Ex-husband jailed for 20 years in French mass rape case

A French court has found Dominique Pelicot guilty of repeatedly drugging and raping his ex-wife for almost a decade and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in their home.

France • 19 Dec 24

Gisele Pelicot waived her right to a closed trial

Verdicts awaited in rape trial that shocked France

The French man who has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife faces being jailed for up to 20 years as the court issues its verdicts after a three-month trial that shocked France and resonated around the world.

World • 19 Dec 24

Contemporary French painter Claire Tabouret was chosen for the project

Notre Dame unveils designs for new stained glass windows

Designs for six new stained glass windows in fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have been unveiled for the first time, with contemporary French painter Claire Tabouret chosen for a project intended to add a modern flourish to the 12th-century masterpiece.

World • 18 Dec 24

Nicolas Sarkozy had appealed against the 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling

Sarkozy ordered to wear electronic tag after graft ruling

France's highest appeals court has confirmed a verdict against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former head of state.

Europe • 18 Dec 24

Verdict in French mass rape trial expected on Thursday

The trial of a French man and dozens of strangers who he enlisted to rape his heavily-sedated wife has adjourned for deliberations ahead of a verdict later this week, the presiding judge said.

World • 16 Dec 24

The downgrade came outside of Moody's regular review schedule for France

Moody's hands France surprise downgrade over its finances

Credit ratings agency Moody's has unexpectedly downgraded France's rating, adding pressure on the country's new prime minister to corral divided lawmakers into backing his efforts to rein in the strained public finances.

Business • 16 Dec 24

Police told Gisele Pelicot that she had been drugged and raped for nearly a decade by her husband and dozens of strangers

France gets new helpline amid trauma of mass rape trial

A helpline set up amid France's notorious mass rape trial has tapped a nation's unease.

World • 13 Dec 24

Emmanuel Macron's initiative came as caretaker ministers scrambled to clarify France's 2025 finances, after the last administration fell over its cost-cutting budget

Macron aims to pick new French PM 'within 48 hours'

French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new prime minister for France "within 48 hours", according to party chiefs who met him, after a bid to end political deadlock following the ouster of Michel Barnier.

World • 10 Dec 24

Clergy members were joined by world leaders at the event

World leaders gather as Notre-Dame reopens after fire

The word 'Merci' was projected on to the front of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as it reopened, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the building close to collapse five years ago.

Europe • 08 Dec 24

A number of people are being considered to head the French government in the National Assembly

Who might become France's next prime minister?

French President Emmanuel Macron is considering who to appoint as prime minister to replace Michel Barnier, who officially resigned a day after opposition politicians voted to topple his government.

Europe • 05 Dec 24

Michel Barnier pictured leaving the Elysee Palace in November

Michel Barnier - France's shortest-serving prime minister

Ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who was toppled in a historic no-confidence vote made extraordinary calm his trademark across a half-century in politics, but goes down as the shortest-serving PM in French history.

Europe • 05 Dec 24

Emmanuel Macron rejected calls from opponents to resign

Macron to name new France PM 'in coming days'

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to name a new prime minister "in the coming days" after the resignation of Michel Barnier, whose government was toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament.

Europe • 05 Dec 24

Barnier expected to resign amid France's political crisis

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign on Friday after far-right and leftist politicians voted to topple his government, plunging France into its second major political crisis in six months

World • 05 Dec 24