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        <title><![CDATA[Surging US economy down to the ‘Trump effect’ – or just good luck]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/surging-us-economy-down-to-the-trump-effect-or-just-good-luck-1.3278326</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Trump – one year on: Given the president has not implemented promised policies, it is clear he inherited a strengthening economy]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan opening embassy in Ireland to expand trade and attract investment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Former Soviet state wants to transform its capital Astana into a regional financial hub]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 09:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the age of Trump, maybe it gets worse from here]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The longest period of great power peace and relative prosperity in history hangs by a thread. Three men can cut it]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nice iPhone X, shame about the facial recognition feature]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/nice-iphone-x-shame-about-the-facial-recognition-feature-1.3279384</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Cantillon: Apple’s new phone is creating a buzz, but its Face ID is raising privacy issues]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[UK rate rise may yet prove a mistake]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mark Carney had painted himself into a corner and a rate rise now could backfire]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole: Why Donald Trump is the Tony Soprano of US politics]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Trump –  one year on: The president plays a character, one whose divisiveness his supporters adore]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rugby World Cup blow is only the start: Ireland Inc may fail to land any of its targets]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/rugby-world-cup-blow-is-only-the-start-ireland-inc-may-fail-to-land-any-of-its-targets-1.3279407</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Along with the RWC, Ireland is also in the mix for the European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 05:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump is a “kind, compassionate man” Irish-American tells Marian Finucane]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/trump-is-a-kind-compassionate-man-irish-american-tells-marian-finucane-1.3278084</link>
        <description><![CDATA[RADIO REVIEW: RTÉ host hears a folksy defence of the US president, while a once-controversial guest sounds conciliatory with Miriam]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole: If theatre is not a safe space, what is left?]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-if-theatre-is-not-a-safe-space-what-is-left-1.3279126</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A case taken by an actress against a Trinity student in 1747 gives the lie to the notion that there was a time when sexual harrassment in the workplace was okay]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne: Move over, John Lewis. This year’s best Christmas ads]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/patrick-freyne-move-over-john-lewis-this-year-s-best-christmas-ads-1.3277859</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ad man Freyne has something for everyone, from miming peasants to a post-Brexit Santa]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Are cardiac stents really the solution for heart problems?]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/are-cardiac-stents-really-the-solution-for-heart-problems-1.3279219</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Dr Muiris Houston: Latest ‘Lancet’ research suggests procedure may have placebo effect]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Laporte slams ‘amateur’ RWC 2023 report]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/laporte-slams-amateur-rwc-2023-report-1.3279569</link>
        <description><![CDATA[FFR president disregards World Rugby’s endorsement of South Africa]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 00:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sexual harassment: an overdue reckoning]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/sexual-harassment-an-overdue-reckoning-1.3279431</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Men who mistreat and degrade women will sleep a little less easily this weekend]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Direct provision: a positive move]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/direct-provision-a-positive-move-1.3279214</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Political and administrative reluctance to provide the kind of supports Irish emigrants once received in similar circumstances remains]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2017 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Students lose out as quality of third-level deteriorates]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/students-lose-out-as-quality-of-third-level-deteriorates-1.3279239</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Opinion: Sensible fees regime needed if universities are to compete in global marketplace]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2017 18:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Colm Tóibín: Indignant Madrid playing into Puigdemont’s hands]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/colm-t%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn-indignant-madrid-playing-into-puigdemont-s-hands-1.3279114</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Rajoy must soften tone as overbearing response boosts support for Catalan independence]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sicily’s election moves it to centre stage of Italian politics]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/sicily-s-election-moves-it-to-centre-stage-of-italian-politics-1.3278901</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Populist Five Star movement has swarmed the island in search of political breakthrough]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2017 10:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Planet Business: the weird and wonderful world of finance]]></title>
        <link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/planet-business-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-finance-1.3277826</link>
        <description><![CDATA[From a butter shortage in France to a no-smoking holiday in Japan and the world’s highest-earning dead celebrities]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2017 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fishing from a small gene pool: Irish boards and interlocking directorships]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Busy people: Meet 10 of the most powerful Irish listed company directors]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2017 05:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bake Off: I was appalled. But I wasn’t going to stop watching ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Donald Clarke: No hiding place for ‘Bake Off’s’ poor Prue Leith even in Bhutan]]></description>
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