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Clare Byrne

Claire Byrne is an Irish journalist and television presenter who presents Claire Byrne Live. She is best known for presenting The Daily Show from September 2010 to March 2012. In 2013, Byrne became an anchor on RTÉ's flagship current affairs programme Prime Time.

Smoke rises around the altar in front of the cross inside the Notre Dame Cathedral as a fire continues to burn in Paris, France, April 16, 2019. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer/Pool)

Notre-Dame fire under control, Macron vows to rebuild

Firefighters battled into the night to control the flames, declaring it was partially extinguished but completely under control

Gasps and cries of “Oh my god” erupted at 7:50pm when the top portion of the church’s spire came crashing down into an inferno that had spread to the entire roof. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

‘Paris is disfigured’: Tears and shock as Notre-Dame burns

Flames ravaging the roof illuminated the outline of the monument’s two square towers in a fiery glow, and were reflected in the waters of the Seine.

Experts appointed by President Emmanuel Macron will advise him on Friday to allow the return of thousands of African artworks held in French museums. (Yves Herman/Pool/Reuters)

Macron calls for order after ‘yellow vest’ attack on police

A total of 38 600 people took part in a sixth round of nationwide protests on Saturday, according to the interior ministry

(Philippe Wojazer/Pool/Reuters)

Macron reshuffles government, names new interior minister

Macron hopes the reshaped government will signal a fresh start after a torrid few months

Mamoudou Gassama living illegally in France is being honoured by the French president for scaling an apartment building over the weekend to save a 4-year-old child dangling from a fifth-floor balcony. (Thibault Camus/Reuters)

Hero Malian who saved child to be given French citizenship

​A migrant who scaled a four-story Paris apartment bloc with his bare hands to save a child was honoured by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday

Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the scandal as a “storm in a teacup” but his opponents have continued to heap criticism on his handling of it, demanding he address the nation. (EPA)

France immigration bill sows seeds of dissent in Macron party

​The country’s Parliament will vote on a tough a immigration Bill that has sparked rumblings of revolt within President Emmanuel Macron’s party

Deposed leader Ben Ali’s trial begins in Tunisia

Deposed leader Ben Ali’s trial begins in Tunisia

The trial in absentia of former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, deposed in the first Arab Spring uprising, has begun in Tunisia.

Speedy justice in World Cup courts

Speedy justice in World Cup courts

Doping is banned at the Soccer World Cup but the South African justice system is on steroids, with its special courts acting swiftly against crime.

The A-Z of South Africanisms

The A-Z of South Africanisms

One of the Mexican forwards stumbles during a tackle. "Sorry, man" the Bafana defender says. "Aha," the Mexican thinks. "An admission of guilt!"

Election express pulls in to Mozambique

After South Africa, Malawi and Botswana the 2009 Southern Africa election express rolls into the region’s rising star, Mozambique, this week.

Miners fear for jobs as platinum loses its glister

In British street slang, when something is good it’s ”diamond”. In Rustenburg, another underground treasure, platinum, is the adjective of prestige.

Taxi industry shoots down public transport plans

Alex Mabizela is a poster boy for the lawless world of SA minibus taxis. Standing outside a taxi rank in Johannesburg, he cuts a hapless figure.

Mozambicans opt for a new life on terra firma

After rain comes sunshine — if you’re willing to seize the chance of a new life. Mozambique is trying to convince tens of thousands of people in low-lying areas who fall victim…

Hawkers claim their right to piece of World Cup pie

Lazarus Tlhahane (69), a grandfather seven times over, is hoping to be adopted. He owns one of the 15 makeshift stalls that have sprung up across the road from the Soccer City…

Loxion kulcha: Soweto TV takes the lead

The only fixed-line telephone for the first community television station in South Africa to get a year-long broadcasting licence is hidden away in an outdoor broadcasting van for…

Fifa all set to honour Madiba in SA

Soccer’s ruling body, Fifa, is preparing to send out a powerful message against racism this week through a string of events to mark the 89th birthday of South Africa’s…

Manto’s boycott casts pall over Aids talks

An unseemly ”fit of pique” was how Aids activists in South Africa were on Wednesday describing the decision by controversial Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to boycott…

Zim economic fallout hits hard in region

They say that when Zimbabwe sneezes, the whole region gets a cold. While observers were talking up the imminence of regime change in Harare, the country continued to haemorrhage…