Irish news cryptic, can you help

[countrywalksgirl]

Please can you help me
1 down one of the strange words of action the french have (9,4)
7 down she tries to soothe ill feeling in the area (8,5)
11 across catastrophe is present in various trades (8)

[sandyRoe]

11 disaster anagram of is + trades

[Wharton]

11a disaster - trades+is (anagram)

[sandyRoe]

any letters yet in the others?

[shaneystar2]

7district nurse

[shaneystar2]

Irregular verb

[countrywalksgirl]

you are all stars, thank you