<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-opinion/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter: One significant block to unity hasn’t changed: apathy and ignorance south of the Border]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/diarmaid-ferriter-one-significant-block-to-unity-hasnt-changed-apathy-and-ignorance-south-of-the-border/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/diarmaid-ferriter-one-significant-block-to-unity-hasnt-changed-apathy-and-ignorance-south-of-the-border/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Border poll was never really on the table, and that is where there is considerable Anglo-Irish agreement]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOJSJFG5OBFHREJSKZYT42NE6I.jpg?auth=c39636f962231444962ad68e2df83590bd8f2127e47af87a4c5247ea124706ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legacies of the printing pioneer Johannes Gutenberg linger everywhere]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/04/legacies-of-the-printing-pioneer-johannes-gutenberg-linger-everywhere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/04/legacies-of-the-printing-pioneer-johannes-gutenberg-linger-everywhere/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Burke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You can read all about it thanks to him  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FUSXA53U5JCUELKCJUPBGPOTDQ.jpg?auth=2512fc39e8e9360c395472f929995450b504217c916659795b49eaf96d8048a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Biblia Latina Gutemberg Bible became in 1455 the first book printed in Europe using movable type. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FRANCE-HERITAGE-MUSEUM-PRINTING]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anne-Christine Poujoulat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Collins: Free education was a gamble that is still paying off]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/free-education-was-a-gamble-that-is-still-paying-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/free-education-was-a-gamble-that-is-still-paying-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Collins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Free secondary education and a national system of school transport were transformational]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPRHRVOKLRPELNBH4XLOVFMVFQ.jpg?auth=1e5d5a17c8682fd22fe21d681f01f1712d1bdce2b872a81e32af3e1a28b8df0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donogh O'Malley in 1960. The former minister for education's approach was risky and politically motivated.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dermot Barry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy: See you in Doonbeg? I’ll be there with my placard to welcome Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/justine-mccarthy-see-you-in-doonbeg-ill-be-there-with-my-placard-to-welcome-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/04/justine-mccarthy-see-you-in-doonbeg-ill-be-there-with-my-placard-to-welcome-trump/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trump-welcomers have been direly warning that protests will damage Ireland Inc or, at least, Doonbeg Inc. Nonsense]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIDTK4VVFNBPXIEZY7UU6JM6MA.jpg?auth=1083d2b8ac65aaaf83817c8f9a4ead80e0baca8072a06d0ffde6cca5f63564db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the ESRI housing report: house prices alarmingly overvalued]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/04/the-irish-times-view-on-the-esri-housing-report-alarmingly-overvalued/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/04/the-irish-times-view-on-the-esri-housing-report-alarmingly-overvalued/</guid><description><![CDATA[House prices are 17 per cent higher than justified, though that does not mean they will fall]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RKLAWK64DVEQJLYLJKIGXWL4IM.jpg?auth=f3c5c41220fbf495eb94e548308654b81a6c650f23dc7671bb2e3ba4f6c7c72d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New home delivery has increased, but supply continues to lag demand. Photograph: Stock image]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[New house]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derick Hudson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/04/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/04/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 4th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Cartoon</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SBU5XWPQHBG6ZD2TBC5IDW4L2A.jpg?auth=d5f6b1f59aaa8a021bcb38a7e492c2c7dcd09eb4884544b7906a05bfab7ec54b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the EU budget: a key task for Ireland’s presidency]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/03/the-irish-times-view-on-the-eu-budget-a-key-task-for-irelands-presidency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/03/the-irish-times-view-on-the-eu-budget-a-key-task-for-irelands-presidency/</guid><description><![CDATA[Northern and southern member states are at loggerheads over €2 trillion issue]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VX7LDGBMDALA3COJ2RHNAXUYU.jpg?auth=f86fb20283d6ed6bb3256464ab33786c0b134cba6a6bd2047cfcd64b5946f998&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Austria's chancellor Christian Stocker, Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finland's Prime minister Petteri Orpo, give a statement during a mini summit in Berlin  on August 27th , when they sought cuts in the next  EU budget. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Chancellor Merz Hosts EU Mini Summit On EU Budget Reduction]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michele Tantussi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin should forget its absurd timescale for a Border poll and focus on the now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/newton-emerson-sinn-fein-should-forget-its-absurd-timescale-for-a-border-poll-and-focus-on-the-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/newton-emerson-sinn-fein-should-forget-its-absurd-timescale-for-a-border-poll-and-focus-on-the-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dissident republicans have seized on Burnham’s statement as proof Sinn Féin has been naive]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUNONFPAHVBBPJ636QOJWRFGFI.jpg?auth=e2037f4368a87c8a81908d1d8ad59c2a066847253ac4163811d183a8fdbbfb78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond: Have podcasts killed the ‘Dad book’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/finn-mcredmond-have-podcasts-like-the-rest-is-history-killed-the-dad-book/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/finn-mcredmond-have-podcasts-like-the-rest-is-history-killed-the-dad-book/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Non-fiction doorstoppers on war and politics are reportedly the most challenged segment of the book market]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2TJKWBUCZROCOGN34KFNA5JXXY.jpg?auth=07118acc4411f3a9e32657ec67aa3ed0c794e85c560a7e641d4f2c2a41cdf729&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Sandbrook, left, and Tom Holland, hosts of The Rest is History, the most popular history podcast in the U.S., Britain and Australia, which has some 30 million downloads and streams a month.  Photograph: Andrew Testa/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dominic Sandbrook, left, and Tom Holland, hosts of “The Rest is History,” a podcast that now has almost 800 episodes, at Hampton Court Palace for the show’s first live festival, in London, July 4, 2026. (Andrew Testa/New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Testa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe does not need Patrick Collison to ‘fix’ it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/europe-does-not-need-patrick-collison-to-fix-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/03/europe-does-not-need-patrick-collison-to-fix-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What Europe lacks is a political mechanism to turn its qualities into co-ordinated action at a continental scale]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DU7ENSJCNWLNLVM4FGPBKK5SS4.JPG?auth=1a0d28a42b3784875faeb5023fb78238d5222c19d2c26296421314a15c82c162&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What, exactly, qualifies Stripe CEO Patrick Collison to reimagine the EU? Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Andy Burnham: the challenge of turning hope into delivery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/02/the-irish-times-view-on-andy-burnham-the-challenge-of-turning-hope-into-delivery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/02/the-irish-times-view-on-andy-burnham-the-challenge-of-turning-hope-into-delivery/</guid><description><![CDATA[The British prime minister has introduced a new tone into politics, but real progress will be difficult ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q7XOTAWQVNLNSCJ3IYHYVU5F5Y.jpg?auth=a678d4853ded89085da68bd292cb4366d091b1323080a8fd92298c4afd98ec12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andy Burnham, British prime minister, departs 10 Downing Street to attend his first Prime Minister's Questions in parliament on Wednesday.
( Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Attends His First PMQs]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Ratcliffe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on cancer outcomes: a good news story]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/02/the-irish-times-view-on-cancer-outcomes-a-good-news-story/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/02/the-irish-times-view-on-cancer-outcomes-a-good-news-story/</guid><description><![CDATA[Despite significant improvements there is still much more to be done]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWP5J3PFKVCVCKIEOUIZJGPXLU.jpg?auth=e8102a972ae0e5e951b57105f211f78ae749d25a7043f8d9efa09f530e332195&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fionnuala Ward: Now that I’m in my 60s, some people are only short of patting me on the head]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/02/now-that-im-in-my-60s-some-people-are-only-short-of-patting-me-on-the-head/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/02/now-that-im-in-my-60s-some-people-are-only-short-of-patting-me-on-the-head/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Ward]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s the double whammy that cuts deepest – a mixture of misogyny and a perceived power shift]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CVCEXF4IJ5EJDLTZ5PBALMD2QI.jpg?auth=8d8508fe4c4eb8d15e327a4f2c517f228ab1d702941652e37a96a057c8338781&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[I know that to the world at large, I am an older person and there are times I am happy to accept a different kind of treatment. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For use in An Irishwoman's Diary, September 3rd]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">10'000 Hours</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael McDowell: Andy Burnham is right. Holding a poll to test the waters on unity should be off the table]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/michael-mcdowell-andy-burnham-is-right-holding-a-poll-to-test-the-waters-on-unity-should-be-off-the-table/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/michael-mcdowell-andy-burnham-is-right-holding-a-poll-to-test-the-waters-on-unity-should-be-off-the-table/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It would polarise politics even further and set the clock back in the quest for cross-community reconciliation, perhaps for decades]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUB5TGDW2ZHTHEVZFEJABN6VEU.jpg?auth=f7e60e1795254820f258963c0d6421428e1897f1f89715322f0fd47396a7a5e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/opinion-children-are-turning-to-ai-for-advice-we-have-terrifying-examples-of-where-this-can-lead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/opinion-children-are-turning-to-ai-for-advice-we-have-terrifying-examples-of-where-this-can-lead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One child told us: ‘You guys are not doing anything to help the kids but you all still allow AI use in the school’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWDHIJY4YFAKBM5DLRNXUR2OIA.jpg?auth=f104e0be51201f5d7cfa9851d66d7f7694e24f34b43150a80420137cc6e8ae50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[So to this child’s point: what are we doing about it? Not enough, according to our latest data. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Preschool boy portrait with projection of stars sky on face in dark.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tatiana Maksimova</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[They wanted to vaccinate their children. Their partners refused]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/of-all-covids-victims-we-rarely-consider-the-families-of-conspiracy-theorists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/02/of-all-covids-victims-we-rarely-consider-the-families-of-conspiracy-theorists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There may never be a metric for the number of good families thrown into chaos and left broken ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VI6ES2OUMBCNNJZ2DTNIX4JA7U.jpg?auth=e15959b974060f189ee7aaa1151f15398c9a4eb77bbe9f61a293170c2d7455b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/02/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/02/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[September 2nd, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Cartoon</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3CFXRX2KNRAI7OSU3EYBYZ5AU4.jpg?auth=2d0519c30a163865b175be32c00344eff30820efbc907074a59488ab38656c6b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harold Holt, the Australian prime minister who disappeared while swimming ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/02/harold-holt-the-australian-prime-minister-who-disappeared-while-swimming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/02/harold-holt-the-australian-prime-minister-who-disappeared-while-swimming/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver O’Hanlon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The popular and charismatic politician vanished near his holiday house in 1967, giving rise to a raft of conspiracy theories]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGSFLKQF7NACFOM3ES5BXEBA6U.jpg?auth=753ec186fbcc2d39ee4645905f19442a0fb4ce9d30351222d1e313a7a9ecc790&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Australian prime minister Harold Holt: His disappearance while swimming sparked a host of conspiracy theories. His body was never found. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For use in an Irishman's Diary, September 2nd, 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dennis Oulds</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the world order: global power is shifting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/01/the-irish-times-view-on-the-sco-summit-global-power-is-shifting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/01/the-irish-times-view-on-the-sco-summit-global-power-is-shifting/</guid><description><![CDATA[Xi Jinping’s influence continues to grow while American authority wanes]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QJMPVJXHW3LEG3OUSVB4LTN554.jpg?auth=dad0fc0315a46cb1b1bfdab703f4af1308e787599c901b53d0517f1656b9945f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[International leaders ahead of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on September 1st. Photograph: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[KYRGYZSTAN-SCO-SUMMIT-DIPLOMACY-ECONOMY]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vyacheslav Prokofyev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on industrial relations: public sector unions fire warning shots ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/01/the-irish-times-view-on-industrial-relations-public-sector-unions-fire-warning-shots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/01/the-irish-times-view-on-industrial-relations-public-sector-unions-fire-warning-shots/</guid><description><![CDATA[The unions will have noted from the fuel protests that causing disruption brought results ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category></item></channel></rss>