<?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/digest-resolver/homepage-top/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:22:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/02/pope-leo-is-right-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-just-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/02/pope-leo-is-right-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-just-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Butler]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: As John F Kennedy put it: ‘Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPDDKCX4QAFHS4OZDOK5JTEPJQ.jpg?auth=5549412d1ecd21b1b11fa5b5d38781cfcf6891f1c71cb4e6bc3d2daa2cb306f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo wrote that the ‘just war theory’ has too often been used to justify any kind of war. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[ITALY-VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE-ANGELUS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tiziana Fabi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bessborough researcher urges purchase of site and inquest into deaths of women and babies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/bessborough-researcher-urges-purchase-of-site-and-inquest-into-deaths-of-women-and-babies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/bessborough-researcher-urges-purchase-of-site-and-inquest-into-deaths-of-women-and-babies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We still don’t know where 19 mothers and 859 infants associated with Bessborough were buried, Conall Ó Fatharta says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:53:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DC6UJANYYN3R2SMBXAYS6LXIC4.jpg?auth=1c49b4bd9d1210995bf24e107899141337d935c05688dbb0e0738715de2fa956&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The former Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork. Photograph: Provision]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl (10) who died in car crash gave ‘gift of life’ to four children through organ donation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/girl-10-who-died-in-car-crash-gave-gift-of-life-to-four-children-through-organ-donation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/girl-10-who-died-in-car-crash-gave-gift-of-life-to-four-children-through-organ-donation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mourners gather in Cavan to remember Nell Saffron Raven and Irena Raven Mereacre]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:41:13 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNXVVBVUAJDKLJRIP5KQXORW4Y.jpg?auth=fc33b47ed1dbcb98bfc29fd7bfd0f4fe044c80191edd3b3cbab81a29cf8a0fa4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nell Raven (53) and her daughter Irena Mereacre (10). Photographs: The Anglo-Celt]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Nell Raven (53) and her daughter Irena Mereacre (11). Photographs: The Anglo-Celt]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí trying to piece together Glen Hansard’s last movements after leaving west Dublin pub]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/gardai-trying-to-piece-together-glen-hansards-last-movements-in-west-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/gardai-trying-to-piece-together-glen-hansards-last-movements-in-west-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funeral at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Tuesday to follow public wake on Monday at Royal Hospital Kilmainham]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFXICOKYRFHTZGQ4KSZPCPLRAE.JPG?auth=d2045466a96c720de3411b8d8163e8a637765b16269d49af927c61031d9cd1a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tributes from family members, fans and locals have been added to the area of the Lower Road in which Hansard was found on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Hugh Dooley]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tributes from family members, fans and locals have been added to the area of the Lower Road in which Hansard was found on Wednesday morning. Photo: Hugh Dooley]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Society flags remaining issues in dispute over legal aid changes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/01/law-society-flags-remaining-issues-in-dispute-over-legal-aid-changes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/01/law-society-flags-remaining-issues-in-dispute-over-legal-aid-changes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Solicitors ask for ‘targeted corrections and adjustments’ in exchange for adopting new scheme on interim basis]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:20:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N3DRMEWAT7RPYN5KPEOMQNIQH4.JPG?auth=84dda30d9f7e010178b468a0a9e41356313cead205f216b46639dd613b55f760&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Law Society president Rosemarie Loftus speaks to the media about the solicitors' dispute. Photograph: Collins Courts
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liz Carolan: We need to stop guilt-tripping parents for wanting a few hours’ break from their kids]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/02/liz-carolan-we-need-to-stop-guilt-tripping-parents-for-wanting-a-few-hours-break-from-their-kids/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/02/liz-carolan-we-need-to-stop-guilt-tripping-parents-for-wanting-a-few-hours-break-from-their-kids/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I felt guilty for using the kids’ club, but I shouldn’t have]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L2S6AMS7WVC37L3FQXU2P2M5TY.jpg?auth=edd6495dc6707d25579720fb93ebea602270758c917359637d0531baf85ae3c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Employed parents are expected to work like they don’t have children, and parent like they don’t have jobs. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive / Stock Sun holiday France]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christy Moore at All Together Now: A rousing Auld Triangle is dedicated to the late Glen Hansard]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/01/christy-moore-at-all-together-now-a-rousing-auld-triangle-is-dedicated-to-the-late-glen-hansard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/01/christy-moore-at-all-together-now-a-rousing-auld-triangle-is-dedicated-to-the-late-glen-hansard/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Singer (81) crams a lifetime of emotions, activism and call-to-arms songwriting into boisterous 60-minute set]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QNED4SLWZNFQRLMFLOVMGQDNOQ.jpg?auth=262e75fce1e6dc5f500360adda34c2ec6f239c9d60b83332ff8455e882b87314&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christy Moore would blush at being described as one of Ireland’s best-loved songwriters. Yet this trenchantly boisterous set in a sweltering tent makes it clear how deeply his music is embedded in the Irish psyche. Photograph: Dan Dennison]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ceol For Connolly]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Dennison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[David McWilliams: The first victim of AI is the economy. Welcome to the 2030s]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/david-mcwilliams-the-first-victim-of-ai-is-the-economy-welcome-to-the-2030s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/david-mcwilliams-the-first-victim-of-ai-is-the-economy-welcome-to-the-2030s/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We are facing an era of mass deflation. If prices fall across the board, how will we repay all the debt we have accumulated? ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2APABF4MJBOREPQO2RKIKLKHU.jpg?auth=7522f406fbc04f17f76d30f4608255ef78f400b709eff5f2435d10cf0e0d92d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Master staff]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spanish PM calls for urgent EU meeting after ‘selfish’ responses to Ceuta crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/01/spanish-pm-calls-for-urgent-eu-meeting-after-selfish-responses-to-ceuta-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/01/spanish-pm-calls-for-urgent-eu-meeting-after-selfish-responses-to-ceuta-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Jones in Madrid, Lisa O’Carroll in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pedro Sánchez condemns Italy and other member states after deadly mass crossing into Spanish enclave]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:37:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TJHUG3QY3RKRPMD5JXSSHGXJ24.jpg?auth=6aa8e6a08800bcbc7e7c9eb5b13b1e511e65cce841e629afdedd2222a1dc628b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Migrants return to Morocco from Ceuta on Friday. Photograph: Antonio Sempere/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Spain Ceuta]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Antonio Sempere</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedian Alan Davies: ‘I talk about what my father did, and how I had him arrested’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/01/comedian-alan-davies-i-talk-about-what-my-father-did-and-how-i-had-him-arrested/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/01/comedian-alan-davies-i-talk-about-what-my-father-did-and-how-i-had-him-arrested/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In Think Ahead, the comic talks about being sexually abused as a child. ‘People laugh their heads off, then they go totally silent and listen’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:29:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Stage</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B4UECG4ITBE57JDRSP7WK2FHCM.jpg?auth=56bc985e467ffda8102e235558ca90fb1e44a004cca1412b2d96865f841bbb45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Davies: ‘No grown-up wants to just have frivolity and superficial nonsense’]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture stage theatre comedy books July 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/01/gianni-infantino-has-lost-uefas-confidence-after-fifa-chief-scraps-world-cup-sell-off-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/01/gianni-infantino-has-lost-uefas-confidence-after-fifa-chief-scraps-world-cup-sell-off-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hughes, Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uefa: ‘We cannot keep going on with secret schemes’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:02:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Sport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UOKX243UIKHZRNK7W4YDVIH2C4.jpg?auth=718b62c33e5e3a1eeca9c5fb631606f3a3e08096a063731bed944e7242bf5146&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Uefa has criticised Gianni Infantino, alleging he has failed to deliver on pledges he made to improve transparency and accountability prior to becoming Fifa president in 2016. Photograph: Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Spain v Argentina: Final - FIFA World Cup 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Florencia Tan Jun</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman with locked-in syndrome settles action against HSE and Beaumont Hospital with €3.7m interim payout]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/01/woman-with-locked-in-syndrome-settles-high-court-action-with-37m-interim-payout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/01/woman-with-locked-in-syndrome-settles-high-court-action-with-37m-interim-payout/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lynsey Cribbin was 21 when she was brought to hospital with a headache and nausea in 2012 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LYPISPIQTN67ZIJQ3XYYI6G74Q.jpg?auth=da8f3b435954f6fbe9826c05e2976cf99f1365867579878874af27a5c73e4e3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lynsey Cribbin was 21 when she was first brought to Cavan General Hospital in 2012. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to revive your tired late summer garden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/01/how-to-revive-your-tired-late-summer-garden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/01/how-to-revive-your-tired-late-summer-garden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ruthlessly cut out any vegetation that heatwaves have left withered and yellowing before judiciously filing in the gaps left behind]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Gardening</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NA4VFBCLDZBUTKAKM5AOHSW2TY.jpg?auth=c9ffbee3df01efca0d5b742c4d3708632f2ee27c176b72bf60ce8792b08b27a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Be ruthless. Use a secateurs or scissors to cut away any faded flower stems or dead or badly discoloured leaves. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[woman gardener working in summer garden. Flowerbed with blooming stachys and peonies]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mkovalevskaya</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/01/groundwater-under-aughinish-alumina-contains-contaminants-up-to-4700-times-legal-thresholds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/01/groundwater-under-aughinish-alumina-contains-contaminants-up-to-4700-times-legal-thresholds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BXSBZHSC6JB67HWZ67X5FRYNMA.JPG?auth=abe7f3a4176b0f591c803265755d4d3eca7141352231d3c6b049bd81721b8759&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina refinery, Europe's largest alumina plant, on the Shannon estuary in Co Limerick. 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[Mayo’s win was one of the most joyful national episodes since Republic’s foundation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/01/keith-duggan-mayo-people-around-the-world-will-remind-themselves-all-winter-it-was-real/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/01/keith-duggan-mayo-people-around-the-world-will-remind-themselves-all-winter-it-was-real/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When winter arrives and the evenings close in, the people of Mayo will continue to remind themselves it was real]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Gaelic Games</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T56R6MTPOYWC2IAVQ7U7RIUK6I.jpg?auth=1b159137ae92a03720800336c7c3b484c2a7abec4161e6df52a7ff2022e764f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo fans welcome the newly-crowned All-Ireland football champions home to Castlebar on Monday. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A view of Mayo fans 27/7/2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway ‘spiritual healer’ receives suspended prison term for sexually assaulting teenager on flight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/01/spiritual-healer-receives-suspended-prison-term-for-sexually-assaulting-teenager-on-flight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/01/spiritual-healer-receives-suspended-prison-term-for-sexually-assaulting-teenager-on-flight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Patrick Noone, a father of four from Galway, was travelling to Boston when he groped the 16-year-old girl, the court heard]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LA3PYXOBTFEI3MSSOKRSOAI6PA.jpg?auth=5a4e13637f1a51b12f8e358e8d5b242089d6979f9997f3735b1e5cfbbb1a3e1f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The sexual assault took place on a transatlantic flight from Shannon to Boston on November 15th, 2023. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Interior of airplane with passengers on seats]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pollyana Ventura</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor: Almost everyone agrees house prices are overvalued. We’re in risky territory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/cliff-taylor-almost-everyone-agrees-house-prices-are-overvalued-were-in-risky-territory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/cliff-taylor-almost-everyone-agrees-house-prices-are-overvalued-were-in-risky-territory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The more prices get out of line, the higher the risk if there is an economic shock from AI, the tech sector, the Middle East situation or something else ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></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[‘A ticking environmental time bomb’: What lies beneath Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/01/a-ticking-environmental-time-bomb-what-lies-beneath-aughinish-alumina-in-co-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/01/a-ticking-environmental-time-bomb-what-lies-beneath-aughinish-alumina-in-co-limerick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Irish Times investigation shows the Russian-owned Co Limerick industrial plant is consistently polluting groundwater]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JVZPBA4KGZFOTAQWSAP5ZGBSZQ.jpg?auth=f811790390357b859742dd4be80d612186814142d922482474166a24c5917fa0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Irish Times investigation found that more than half of all groundwater sources at Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick are currently in breach of Irish and EU contamination limits]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Aughinish]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share your staycation experience: is holidaying in Ireland value for money?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/07/28/share-your-staycation-experience-is-holidaying-in-ireland-value-for-money/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/07/28/share-your-staycation-experience-is-holidaying-in-ireland-value-for-money/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did you choose to holiday in Ireland this year? We’d like to hear about your experience]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Travel</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RM7FKTNG65A6LLQO4IC7WJSD54.png?auth=31c2bda6ad6eb7eafe26d4331c1b7ecf377a8febaec3d23adbdebbdcdebb5515&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Have your say: is holidaying in Ireland worth the money? Illustration: Dean Ruxton]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Holidays in Ireland]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man and woman seriously injured after Co Laois crash as other driver leaves scene]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/man-and-woman-seriously-injured-after-co-laois-crash-as-other-driver-leaves-scene/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/01/man-and-woman-seriously-injured-after-co-laois-crash-as-other-driver-leaves-scene/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Male driver and female passenger were taken to Tullamore for treatment of serious injuries]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:43:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E3Y3E2XNGNDGLP7QZEM36SBLMU.JPG?auth=cda9e082529f7bf3aa7d5eff67a47d6be81e532a3f12f8af70c35ec6c1166bce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two seriously injured after two-car crash in Co Laois. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Gardai ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>