<?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>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:53:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan: This eight-point plan to make electricity cheap again could also help cut emissions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/this-eight-point-plan-to-make-electricity-cheap-again-could-also-help-cut-emissions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/this-eight-point-plan-to-make-electricity-cheap-again-could-also-help-cut-emissions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Switching to electricity to heat and cool our homes and power our industry is the most effective way of cutting emissions]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6A7FSQGLBFFJTK3PGTMHQYT7IU.jpg?auth=d8345cd950c5354126361cea47e65b5d834820c1233a544f39d7baace56732bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The rapid electrification of our entire energy system could provide a way forward on tackling climate change. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[There is no clarity on why prices here are so high]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s budget plan has a name: ‘Sure it’ll be grand’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/eoin-drea-ireland-eu-presidency-brussels-budget-tax-contribution-economy-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/eoin-drea-ireland-eu-presidency-brussels-budget-tax-contribution-economy-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Drea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coalition parties dream of income tax cuts while most economists predict shades of financial Armageddon]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRHR5EB7OBGNJEWL7OAUJKDGO4.JPG?auth=18cc3004c28c10789fef0aefa2e4cd64862101c10ef9de1f5482890314dd88a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's presidency of the EU couldn’t come at a worst time. Photograph Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fintan O'Toole: Red alerts issued by Europe’s met offices must also be issued by citizens to their governments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/red-alerts-issued-by-europes-met-offices-must-also-be-issued-by-citizens-to-their-governments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/red-alerts-issued-by-europes-met-offices-must-also-be-issued-by-citizens-to-their-governments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At a fundamental level, we do not believe what we are experiencing: the catastrophic effects of global heating]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NNZ6ZNP5GLONVL7QX3ZLSIGI3Y.jpg?auth=b5a5658ed913ebe6905e0b4dc0c20a5c150f663519acdfc6773b2f29851cd544&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The sun rises over the Drachenberg mountain in Berlin last week as extreme temperatures were experienced in the German capital and around Europe. Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[GERMANY-WEATHER-CLIMATE-HEATWAVE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ralf Hirschberger</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Donaldson revelations: a gathering storm for DUP]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/29/the-irish-times-view-on-donaldson-revelations-a-gathering-storm-for-dup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/29/the-irish-times-view-on-donaldson-revelations-a-gathering-storm-for-dup/</guid><description><![CDATA[Senior colleagues who were aware of his behaviour over must account for why they still elected him leader]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YTKVVTWDED7X4D7NW4SHKM3U74.jpg?auth=5e55f7667a30b60e40f066a4b3a8d6e7e2a69bd4d83c0d897a5c20526a49a692&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson. Photograph: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam Boal</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Trump’s new tariff threat: this time it’s digital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/29/the-irish-times-view-on-trumps-new-tariff-threat-this-time-its-digital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/29/the-irish-times-view-on-trumps-new-tariff-threat-this-time-its-digital/</guid><description><![CDATA[Previous experience shows that many of his threats are never followed up]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3D3CSDJMQZU6LTF67DY5XSTB5E.jpg?auth=d8e2640057e4525969506398a7e8a748af2729c931663eccfab8eb875704a44b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Mack Trucks manufacturing plant in Lehigh County, Pa., Tuesday, June, 23, 2026. Trump threatened to scrap a just-finalised trade deal with the European Union on Friday, saying that any country that levies a digital services tax would be hit immediately with a 100 percent tariff on all exports to the United States. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Mack Trucks manufacturing plant in Lehigh County, Pa., Tuesday, June, 23, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In raising divorce and equal pay, Seán Lemass’s 1966 committee was way ahead of its time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/29/in-raising-divorce-and-equal-pay-sean-lemasss-1966-committee-was-way-ahead-of-its-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/29/in-raising-divorce-and-equal-pay-sean-lemasss-1966-committee-was-way-ahead-of-its-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finola Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lemass joined the committee after resigning as taoiseach, reflecting his view that the Constitution needed to be modernised]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WTRJAT45NREYNOPCU3PXYONEX4.jpg?auth=8cc7cdb75671b59351bfe99e36960a869db921bce8f50ee35a3dfef3dc1361bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Seán Lemass looks on as then-president Éamon de Valera signs the proclamation to dissolve Dáil Éireann in advance of the 1965 general election. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Taoiseach Sean Lemass looks on as President Éamon de Valera signs the proclamation to dissolve Dáil Éireann in advance of the April 1965 general election. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Independent News and Media</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Áine Ryan: Irish Rail’s problems are bigger than my stolen suitcase or the non-existent tea trollies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/aine-ryan-irish-rails-problems-are-bigger-than-my-stolen-suitcase-or-the-non-existent-tea-trollies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/aine-ryan-irish-rails-problems-are-bigger-than-my-stolen-suitcase-or-the-non-existent-tea-trollies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On current projections, it will have taken 27 years to reopen about 150km of railway]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7RC2GPSIYVDLNDPIPLCM7NPZOM.JPG?auth=c37ccf934ea885c08cb14a38eced55c4f27453188a3370ad5dec497e2ce9583f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A 2025 report highlights that our rail system relies on Victorian engineering and is “fragmented and chronically underutilised". Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una Mullally: From axe-throwing to augmented darts: what’s behind the rise in ‘competitive socialising’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/una-mullally-from-axe-throwing-to-augmented-darts-whats-behind-the-rise-in-competitive-socialising/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/una-mullally-from-axe-throwing-to-augmented-darts-whats-behind-the-rise-in-competitive-socialising/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arcades used to primarily be the preserve of children’s birthday parties, but a changing attitude to socialising means games are no longer just for kids]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D2VR6LT6UFFRTLPQWVIOUH5NXQ.jpg?auth=8cf5b2203907848feba86b711bf9e3a80fb70a811c081022586cfc37547a4729&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bowling, augmented darts, floor shuffle, curling, ping pong, pool and dedicated karaoke booths at Lane7 in Dundrum]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lane7 will offer ten-pin bowling, augmented darts, floor shuffle, curling, ping pong, pool and dedicated karaoke booths in Dundrum]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unthinkable: Irish drivers’ habit of ‘running reds’ is not a charming quirk ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/unthinkable-irish-drivers-habit-of-running-reds-is-not-a-charming-quirk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/unthinkable-irish-drivers-habit-of-running-reds-is-not-a-charming-quirk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clare Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cyclists in Ireland deserve to feel safer – and that requires more than just beefed-up cycling infrastructure]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XVVRCU3BYVNBHKS5KBEFFVW7XU.jpg?auth=f56ddc1695899ba5cc4f9c5ff4c47c25d51234bd6e19969dd00fd0537e153388&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Yes, more cycle lanes feels like a reduction of the space for cars, but cyclists take cars off the road and out of vehicular traffic jams. Photograph: Frank Miller ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breda O'Brien: Vote on three-day wait for abortion is a sign of leaders out of step with their parties]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/breda-obrien-vote-on-three-day-wait-for-abortion-is-a-sign-of-leaders-out-of-step-with-their-parties/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/breda-obrien-vote-on-three-day-wait-for-abortion-is-a-sign-of-leaders-out-of-step-with-their-parties/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Breda O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Are we supposed to believe 60,000 abortions since 2018 have nothing to do with falling school enrolments?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OTVDY25XUZDWDPD5JMY3PXPXWQ.jpg?auth=95e05c3bab8f1c669bfa5b982ac7735025a74532317c266ea4c6c165b071be64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Not only were many Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voters reluctant repealers, so were many TDs. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[EU PRESIDENCY]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on fuel tax reliefs: a gradual phasing out looks appropriate ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/28/the-irish-times-view-on-fuel-tax-reliefs-a-gradual-phasing-out-looks-appropriate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/28/the-irish-times-view-on-fuel-tax-reliefs-a-gradual-phasing-out-looks-appropriate/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ministers have indicated that they will not abolish the tax cuts in one go]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GOTRBWVQO5W23D4LX6XTNQ3NBI.jpg?auth=68736b67878b1ee2b0f16e200e4c3b2b170721ca502e3404acd4f4b19ba61f0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The fuel protests in April, after which excise duties were cut further.
 (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Farmers And Truckers Stage Fuel Protest in Dublin]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football crazy: Alan Milton recalls the epic four-game saga between Dublin and Meath 35 years ago  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/28/football-crazy-alan-milton-recalls-the-epic-four-game-saga-between-dublin-and-meath-35-years-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/28/football-crazy-alan-milton-recalls-the-epic-four-game-saga-between-dublin-and-meath-35-years-ago/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘It’s on such memories that cross-generational rivalries and traditions are built’]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C22CAOJD2JCBJMU6TA4LKFAJK4.jpg?auth=87ef621b0efd3172eb0cf79f2edca9c67c45aadb82a473f6dce762b90767aa98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meath's David Beggy with Gerry Hargan of Dublin during the All-Ireland Leinster Senior Football Championship Semi-Final second replay in June 1991. Photograph: Inpho]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[David Beggy with Gerry Hargan 23/6/1991]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor: If you want to know why Ireland has such poor public transport, look at Luas Finglas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/cliff-taylor-public-transport-luas-dart-railway-lines-delays-infrastructure-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/cliff-taylor-public-transport-luas-dart-railway-lines-delays-infrastructure-tax/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Commuters can expect plenty of disruption, but no new lines, until at least the next general election]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YA6ETKTT2RMH3IP5XWYKFDA52U.jpg?auth=ea0ae8d3b59a53b8c9070cb8126dc9b8e7f52af0603d6d840cea50b6c2b3e8c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Luas Finglas is the extension of the Luas Green Line, but the first tram will not head out until about 2031. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell: Peter Thiel’s Irish gathering is not part of some secret plot. It’s more blatant than that]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/peter-thiels-irish-gathering-is-not-part-of-some-secret-plot-its-worse-than-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/peter-thiels-irish-gathering-is-not-part-of-some-secret-plot-its-worse-than-that/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The tech billionaire’s anti-democratic ideals have been out in the open for years]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UYXIWIUK5CKVQKVVMUAZMLSDDE.jpg?auth=07f9389c74629acb060d5280b75da406e1b0459c177148706037b3762d60b3c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter Thiel: among those invited to the Dialog meeting in Powerscourt Estate are actor Josh Brolin, NYT columnist Ezra Klein and Elon Musk. File photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pat Leahy: People get promoted until they reach a job they can’t do (and other lessons from the UK)]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/pat-leahy-people-get-promoted-until-they-reach-a-job-they-cant-do-and-other-lessons-from-the-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/pat-leahy-people-get-promoted-until-they-reach-a-job-they-cant-do-and-other-lessons-from-the-uk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keir Starmer wasn’t great but his shortcomings weren’t the Labour government’s biggest problem. It was the lack of growth in the British economy]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4SUUFM7JAJAT7GROVDWZEYRBIQ.jpg?auth=6b9de53e67630ea4f7579da45e4dff4d4ca3e1b29265948a424b108077ebda7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></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[Rite & Reason: I read my daughter stories and hoped she tasted the strawberries. Our time was precious]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/rite-reason-i-read-my-daughter-stories-and-hoped-she-tasted-the-strawberries-our-time-was-precious/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/28/rite-reason-i-read-my-daughter-stories-and-hoped-she-tasted-the-strawberries-our-time-was-precious/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicky Wall ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: To hear that your baby may not make it even to birth is utterly shattering]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2FK26DGP4WQXM37ELRXXB4PDA.jpg?auth=a1064b07cafe79b0f0c862a0c1559b95cea2abbca3f89df8f651698dc1b188ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Parents know instinctively that the child they are carrying is far more than a diagnosis. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Pre-eclampsia tests]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the earthquake in Venezuela: a tragedy of immense proportions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/27/the-irish-times-view-on-the-earthquake-in-venezuela-a-tragedy-of-immense-proportions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/27/the-irish-times-view-on-the-earthquake-in-venezuela-a-tragedy-of-immense-proportions/</guid><description><![CDATA[A country not able to deal with the fall-out on its own needs international assistance on a major scale]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SC4PH3HWWDZYTKBSPCIFDCMH4E.jpg?auth=9cabf14cf057cfe3842f42e7b20793f3225c23a7ff63fb0e73412d8d936c9486&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Local volunteers and emergency workers search for bodies in the wreckage of an apartment building in La Guaira, Venezuela last Thursday (Photo: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A woman quietly weeps as she watches local volunteers and emergency workers search for bodies in the wreckage of an apartment building in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday, June 25, 2026.  (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adriana Loureiro Fernandez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Sweeney: Climate records are normally broken slowly. Now extremes are being topped up by 4 degrees]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/john-sweeney-climate-records-are-normally-broken-slowly-now-extremes-are-being-topped-up-by-4-degrees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/john-sweeney-climate-records-are-normally-broken-slowly-now-extremes-are-being-topped-up-by-4-degrees/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Sweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jet stream holds key to whether extreme heat will become more frequent and severe]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RDFWC7RFPREL5CG5FIBCTCEBR4.jpg?auth=6c53da1b102fbada403b87a107ba87db83e73573edee750d996ba4e2925b3990&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Derek Smyth takes the sun from a deckchair outside his city-centre home on Sheriff Street Lower in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[heatwave gallery]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What should Ireland do as EU president? A to-do list by Fintan O’Toole, Lara Marlowe and others]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/what-should-ireland-do-as-eu-president-a-to-do-list-by-fintan-otoole-lara-marlowe-and-others/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/what-should-ireland-do-as-eu-president-a-to-do-list-by-fintan-otoole-lara-marlowe-and-others/</guid><description><![CDATA[The EU budget, online safety, Ukraine’s accession, removing red tape from green energy, or neutrality – what should the Government prioritise?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KLMW6FULKGB3OPH5DTLRFQ7T2Q.jpg?auth=3e527765447d00169469c52fc732d1dc557693c08023e2f4c7d322907c4dbe12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Irish Defence Forces walk past Dublin Castle, which will be the focus of the presidency. Photograph: European Pressphoto Agency]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland prepares to take on the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, Dublin - 22 Jun 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/27/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/27/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 27th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Cartoon</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWPCAYUML5BPRFBO7L3EKXSUB4.jpeg?auth=1091c81f5210111be69fb718dc23aab9ff70f415c807e9dc1a6d54653e28e247&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></channel></rss>