<?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-irish-news/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Two dead and four injured after crash in Co Donegal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/two-men-die-in-crash-in-co-donegal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/two-men-die-in-crash-in-co-donegal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two men in their 20s and 30s killed in two-vehicle collision on Saturday afternoon]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 19:36:17 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHMTYZZN5FFZ7JCQ2Z54ER26AE.jpg?auth=c0bb1ba48fef1f3234730e37b658ecfcf3e4a0fd05082eef8bcbc263819cc5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man in his 20s and a man in his 30s, who were travelling in one of the vehicles, were pronounced dead at the scene, gardaí said in a statement. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda stock, garda traffic, garda crash sign]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palestine solidarity march calls for sanctions on Israel and boycott of FAI match]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/palestine-solidarity-march-calls-for-sanctions-on-israel-and-boycott-of-fai-match/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/palestine-solidarity-march-calls-for-sanctions-on-israel-and-boycott-of-fai-match/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We will make absolutely sure that no game against Israel happens in this city,’ Dublin crowd told]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:09:06 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6YQ5BQVTSU7WHC7BVWS54DWQ7U.jpg?auth=3843ee8bf3de4df211d8ca73716cb324b7fa6da02f334694e5cb24dcf61d2b72&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters taking part in a march organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Dublin on Saturday. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leah Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medal presented to family of garda killed on duty]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/16/medal-presented-to-family-of-garda-killed-on-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/16/medal-presented-to-family-of-garda-killed-on-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Garda Kevin Flatley died after he was hit by motorcycle in May 2025]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 15:32:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SK7ZKGK5QFCCRBJGHRZ3RSMFQQ.JPG?auth=413ea6416289d385e4e3cc8e71c2a5a8634aa6467d24ce4579f848281beca452&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly speaks with Una Flatley, the wife of Garda Kevin Flately who lost his life while on duty, at a memorial event in Dublin Castle on Saturday.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly speaks with Una Flatley, the wife of Garda Kevin Flately who lost his life while on duty in North Dublin, at a memorial event in Dublin Castle on Saturday.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student arrested at Dublin Airport thought €500k cannabis in baggage was ‘phones and watches’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/student-arrested-at-dublin-airport-thought-500k-cannabis-in-baggage-was-phones-and-watches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/student-arrested-at-dublin-airport-thought-500k-cannabis-in-baggage-was-phones-and-watches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mohammed Islam, with an address in West Sussex, England, was stopped by customs on Friday morning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SYJ7IPOIUFHQZOCL22WYPK3EXE.jpg?auth=2618ebf2a0c165de7da2ca2d8e49bf45177f34e2dc5de0c96bc5d7cd6ac6b709&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The student was stopped by customs officers at Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 on Friday. Photograph: file picture]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Exterior sign at Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Currie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (60s) arrested after body of man (30s) found at Dublin house ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/16/investigation-launched-after-mans-body-is-found-at-house-in-artane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/16/investigation-launched-after-mans-body-is-found-at-house-in-artane/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí responded to a call from house on Brookwood Heights, Artane, shortly after 12.30am]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 11:31:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APL6RLTZRNCJZMSLBLKMOBXH6E.JPG?auth=08e97943c925b946db6125a23612480684f3181ed5b18ed565179bed9dee2914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are investigating after a man's body was found in Artane, Dublin, on Saturday.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Stock shot of a Garda Gardai]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Body of man (30) recovered after boat capsizes off Galway coast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/body-of-man-30-recovered-after-boat-capsizes-off-galway-coast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/body-of-man-30-recovered-after-boat-capsizes-off-galway-coast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two other men survived the incident early on Saturday morning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:45:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XCB755EA25GIFPA6QPWH4Y36JQ.jpg?auth=cf3c452dd35e3157c8c348f966e0d2362e07cf5003ce651b36bb10579d319a98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Coast Guard was involved in the search and rescue operation on Saturday. Photograph: File picture]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Irish Coast Guard]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (30s) dies following incident at shop on Dublin’s Henry Street]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/man-30s-dies-following-incident-at-shop-on-dublins-henry-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/man-30s-dies-following-incident-at-shop-on-dublins-henry-street/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man became unresponsive after security personnel detained him on Friday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:43:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NHO67PRAOUM32T33HBZBQL6BWE.JPG?auth=9b1481502bf10e5908a790409343ce129efdfcb6f07530ebe9faea765e2801ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Garda Síochána cordoned off a section of Henry Street in Dublin on Friday evening. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen in Tusla care put together fake ‘sawn-off shotgun’ and frightened staff, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/teen-in-tusla-care-put-together-fake-sawn-off-shotgun-and-frightened-staff-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/teen-in-tusla-care-put-together-fake-sawn-off-shotgun-and-frightened-staff-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge says scenario is ‘untenable ... extremely volatile’ and potentially dangerous for the child]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OQ3QTNFSJAC3BRTEEBMNMCWFXM.jpg?auth=7d81d37b1eb62c1f40b3a79141d7ee5b38411a2c7c02a13cbfdf03e3fbd4d4f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Last month, Tusla secured an emergency care order after the teen 'completely destroyed' his home in a row sparked over his mother refusing to return his mobile phone to him.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tusla stock image]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government departments must answer why CHI manager’s deal has not yet been approved ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/government-departments-must-answer-why-chi-managers-deal-has-not-yet-been-approved/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/government-departments-must-answer-why-chi-managers-deal-has-not-yet-been-approved/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woman’s dismissal the result of instruction by superiors to delist 10 patients from spinal surgery waiting list, she claims]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B6KZJ2JWIZBLVPGII3OFKKWLD4.jpg?auth=88dac0dccc3d16ec43fbc9b78786047dc247e447e12b3294443ffcecba64227b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge noted that 'temperatures were being raised' because both departments 'do not apply their minds' to the matter. File photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Blurred emergency in hospital]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">vm</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re rapidly turning into a city of hotels’: Independent Temple Bar store receives notice to vacate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/16/were-rapidly-turning-into-a-city-of-hotels-independent-temple-bar-store-receives-notice-to-vacate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/16/were-rapidly-turning-into-a-city-of-hotels-independent-temple-bar-store-receives-notice-to-vacate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Indigo & Cloth’s owner Andy Collins says he has until July 15th to find a new location]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/725E6CJK6BA3XJLAAVUTJDFZNE.JPG?auth=60ebfb1d283248199bd48bdfb6782757c3291db7aa881cb79cb20b33f2945423&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Indigo & Cloth owner Andy Collins was 'taken by surprise' after receiving a notice to vacate from his landlord, but believes the move could be 'the making of us']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Andy Collins]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There’s an issue around mindset’: Parents on hybrid working and childcare pressures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/16/you-have-to-juggle-parents-on-hybrid-working-and-childcare-pressures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/16/you-have-to-juggle-parents-on-hybrid-working-and-childcare-pressures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With some employers, ‘there’s an issue around mindset’ regarding in-office demands, one couple says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GZ77LDHMUFE5FBKK73ITOQOJ5U.jpg?auth=5da6add6060e7334a0cb2b9f6f3c621475241577958d9246b1b7dde2dd6ca62f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fórsa delegates Audrey and Shane Lambert at the union's biennial delegate conference at the INEC Kllarney. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NO FEE Fórsa delegates Audrey and Shane Lambert]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Domnick Walsh 0872672033 Eye Foc</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Army vehicles under French deal can automatically target perceived threats using AI]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/new-army-vehicles-under-french-deal-can-automatically-target-perceived-threats-using-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/new-army-vehicles-under-french-deal-can-automatically-target-perceived-threats-using-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to experts, these systems can also be configured to fire automatically without human input]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YJUTBQI5HY4ZYQYUACACFUHOY4.jpg?auth=c6ecb3806af7fc798cf3ea88db57ca07cefcf5a16ca1eda1903189121cabaa12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Defence Fprces is increasingly turning to AI to carry out missions. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots in the military: how the Defence Forces is using AI to cover shortfalls in resources and personnel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/robots-in-the-military-how-the-defence-forces-is-using-ai-to-cover-shortfalls-in-resources-and-personnel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/16/robots-in-the-military-how-the-defence-forces-is-using-ai-to-cover-shortfalls-in-resources-and-personnel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Technology is being deployed by Irish military to detect threats to key underwater cables and monitor Russian ‘shadow-fleet’ vessels]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APHZFZ7KUZF3BB3ZX7K56VW6BY.jpg?auth=ef57edd3dd11a3fdd3018a5dc4273ea13ccccb93b12632f698ba7e6dbe2c0fd6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Defence Forces has been testing a system that uses artificial technology to detect threats to subsea cables and has funding for long-range, AI-powered drones. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher ai]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Magnier sued by building tycoon over alleged anti-competitive block on vet and stud services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/john-magnier-sued-by-building-tycoon-over-alleged-anti-competitive-block-on-vet-and-stud-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/16/john-magnier-sued-by-building-tycoon-over-alleged-anti-competitive-block-on-vet-and-stud-services/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maurice Regan and Coolmore owner previously clashed in battle over Barne Estate]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEFHT5UKYKL6IQFFV34AAZSZXQ.jpg?auth=f740fc5ff9dc5d3b3aa530594d709345a9c248e5e3915d5ec8a712f31e4b1319&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Magnier is accused of anti-competitive practices and abuse of a dominant position in the market. Photograph: Collins Courts ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dún Laoghaire Baths ‘safe’ for swimming, says council, despite EPA warning]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/16/dun-laoghaire-baths-safe-for-swimming-says-council-despite-epa-warning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/16/dun-laoghaire-baths-safe-for-swimming-says-council-despite-epa-warning/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Council says water quality is excellent while Environmental Protection Agency says swim restrictions apply]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5JKG2GWMAJHZNPMKXT33RVEPRY.JPG?auth=46a17e6212103f5dae4ce4ba38915f55da26c344837e09cfe61c994ff6fe959a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Council says it is erecting an 'advisory notice' at Dún Laoghaire Baths to reference the EPA assessment. Photograph: Barry Cronin/The Irish Times
 ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For The Irish Times]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Barry Cronin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 50 partially finished homes overlooking Rock of Cashel to be demolished]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/15/more-than-50-partially-finished-homes-overlooking-rock-of-cashel-to-be-demolished/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/15/more-than-50-partially-finished-homes-overlooking-rock-of-cashel-to-be-demolished/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey, Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decision by Tipperary County Council comes after long-running planning row between it and developer Liam Campion]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7TMMPAE7JGPZGTECT24VFA3QM.jpg?auth=61397246ae33ec161c921cddc352d1e6e0b995b2a007797cfe22a5d0be8732b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some of the 52 partially completed homes in Ballypadeen in Cashel, Co Tipperary that are due to be demolished by the council. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Some of the 52 partially completed homes in Ballypadeen in Cashel, Co Tipperary that are due to be demolished by the council.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd - story by Sarah Burns]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil will not seek to stop Ahern from canvassing despite immigration remarks ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/fianna-fail-will-not-seek-to-stop-ahern-from-canvassing-despite-immigration-remarks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/fianna-fail-will-not-seek-to-stop-ahern-from-canvassing-despite-immigration-remarks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party struggling to make impact in upcoming Dublin and Galway byelections, polls show]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:09:17 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IG5FRCBJ2SBFR6RPEJGRS6G4LU.jpg?auth=d3e08bd9dba4f1a35d00b4fb94c1b9a91e09e4177262457f604841d2dc7a6b05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaks to the media at Fianna Fáil ardfheis at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre on Friday. Photograph: Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Fianna Fail Ard Fheis]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cillian Sherlock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finger marks on walls of drain tunnel seen near body of Noah Donohoe, inquest hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/finger-marks-on-walls-of-drain-tunnel-seen-near-body-of-noah-donohoe-inquest-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/finger-marks-on-walls-of-drain-tunnel-seen-near-body-of-noah-donohoe-inquest-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Police constable who found body of 14-year-old in tunnel says he believes marks were made by Noah himself]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 20:07:54 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OEOVGILFKLPJX6YOCFVFAJLPA.jpg?auth=c2eb102734eddab8cb2e2000f94b2a95845b6576c88609b32b3ac6bbb76f3651&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noah Donohoe (14), who was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after he went missing. Family handout photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Noah Donohoe death]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Family Handout</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government approves €750,000 support scheme for businesses and groups impacted by Waterford fire ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/government-approves-750000-support-scheme-for-businesses-and-groups-impacted-by-waterford-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/government-approves-750000-support-scheme-for-businesses-and-groups-impacted-by-waterford-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Slater ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Under the scheme businesses can apply for up to €30,000 in funding]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 19:54:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F5342XH4IZGYDFK2XCVXOK7NQI.jpg?auth=f8dbfc439b5057ac99e7732132f58f0e8ebe3df493326bea6e73372d96ea0b43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Up to 40 small businesses and 200 jobs have been affected by the fire at Tycor Business Centre. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TYCOR BUSINESS CENTRE.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl who suffered burst appendix after being discharged from CUH settles case ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/girl-who-suffered-burst-appendix-after-being-discharged-from-cuh-settles-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/girl-who-suffered-burst-appendix-after-being-discharged-from-cuh-settles-case/</guid><description><![CDATA[Failure to admit Liana Cirule to hospital on January 9th caused her clinical course to deteriorate to the point she needed open surgery, court hears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:28:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UWJDYQWM65DTBOHZYNCPR75OPU.jpg?auth=58893157bb85950f602873a89545e71b43e699473366dfb9ce1245e5b06c9c6e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liana Cirule was not admitted to Cork University Hospital until January 11th, 2019, at which point she needed open surgery. Photograph: Andy Gibson.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[CUH]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man to face trial over three counts of attempted murder following Stoneybatter attacks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-to-face-trial-over-three-counts-of-attempted-murder-following-stoneybatter-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-to-face-trial-over-three-counts-of-attempted-murder-following-stoneybatter-attacks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alleged victims sustained slashing-type neck wounds in February last year ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:21:44 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FSEXBNTDWFBKXPOVTSJUWUXI3U.jpg?auth=3a8549f5c02c8784687b5fd7740c585ee93817d2c0bd149d0bcf60475db6eaae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí on Oxmantown Road, Stoneybatter, Dublin following the attack last year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[STONEYBATTER ATTACK.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wexford lagoon will take up to 20 years to recover from decades of pollution, says Senator]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/15/wexford-lagoon-will-take-up-to-20-years-to-recover-from-decades-of-pollution-says-senator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/15/wexford-lagoon-will-take-up-to-20-years-to-recover-from-decades-of-pollution-says-senator/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Local campaigners say they have been left out of plans to save Lady’s Island Lake, Ireland’s largest saltwater lagoon]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:59:57 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PCT6HZQTLVDNDERVZKE7ZFL54Y.png?auth=0d57c031255ee032bec97596be14cc275d7afeaae05b74e63b0e34f1418047f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lady’s Island Lake in Co Wexford turned entirely green last year after being gradually smothered by algal growth for more than 40 years. Photograph: Google maps]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Lady’s Island Lake]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/church-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/church-services/</guid><description><![CDATA[Week beginning Saturday, May 16th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:57:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN7OZZ6E2NGO5KX2KLF2SIQGJU.png?auth=d4b9e121d137a9aeef92fc18438df403b5c177f6a3855de62a93ccfae6ccb05d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Church Services]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Church Services]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Derek Mooney among RTÉ’s 10 highest-paid presenters since 2020 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/rte-defends-paying-claire-byrne-and-ray-darcy-almost-100k-after-they-left-broadcaster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/rte-defends-paying-claire-byrne-and-ray-darcy-almost-100k-after-they-left-broadcaster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Broadcaster paid almost €100,000 to Claire Byrne and Ray D’Arcy after both left roles in Radio 1 last year]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/55U2KEWFTVD2BJADPJ5DB632ZE.jpg?auth=ed154469dad68fbe22a1dcd1a1cd9e392dcf77fa3f45ade8d542fa7e0c8a0fb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan (left) and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhrust. Photographs: James Crombie/Inpho & Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhrust]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family ‘haunted’ by woman’s final moments after partner stabbed her 13 times and left]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/family-haunted-by-womans-final-moments-after-partner-stabbed-her-13-times-and-left/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/family-haunted-by-womans-final-moments-after-partner-stabbed-her-13-times-and-left/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sean Egan was found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility over the killing of Sharon Crean (35)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:11:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GS3ID75MUVBQHDPN35L2UD4XVE.jpeg?auth=f0966793f1798f065fe82266d28f1f625f621a25d297bcf8aaf56413f51025d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catherine Crean holding a picture of her daughter Sharon (supplied by the family).]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Catherine Sharon Crean]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full list of all the Blue Flag beaches across Ireland revealed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/15/blue-flags-awarded-to-beaches-and-marinas-in-14-counties/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/15/blue-flags-awarded-to-beaches-and-marinas-in-14-counties/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Duncannon, Co Wexford and Bunmahon, Co Waterford regained flags for first time in 19 years and 14 years respectively]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:03:48 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WMGGKBJJANFXNCTPUQ3FBLLPEE.jpg?auth=5cd17b352258f1791ef5110a2d795f33dacacd6f97874de5e9a6c13e65b0813a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All counties with a coastline, excluding Limerick and Leitrim, received at least one Blue Flag]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Derrynane beach in Ireland Aerial view]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">aluxum</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who sexually assaulted Ryanair worker on flight given suspended sentence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-who-sexually-assaulted-ryanair-worker-on-flight-given-suspended-sentence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-who-sexually-assaulted-ryanair-worker-on-flight-given-suspended-sentence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eimear Dodd, Fiona Ferguson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman says her sense of safety and peace has been ‘completely shattered’ following assault]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:57:35 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W5SUGDSPG5CJNOEIIGT3GE256E.jpg?auth=da11e6077c6f81ef6ddd3a806a47e6deaac514697a1c9666b31b43bb471d2420&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aaron Brady of Main Street, Killeshandra, Co Cavan pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the woman on the flight. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redundancy rules ‘worthless’ if Meta contractor can simply ignore them, says union ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/redundancy-rules-worthless-if-meta-contractor-can-simply-ignore-them-says-union/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/redundancy-rules-worthless-if-meta-contractor-can-simply-ignore-them-says-union/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Covalen declined invitation to WRC to discuss more than 700 planned redundancies as workers stage one-day strike]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JNXMM3AMLRD2LHHYWX2V22CRKU.JPG?auth=390662f1b72b4db9d47e106edd67226740529a1e301ac87a9a2b6454c5288cdf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Covalen staff protest outside the Dáil on May 7th as 720 workers are due to lose their jobs. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></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[Cage fighter seeks miscarriage of justice ruling for 2014 murder conviction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/cage-fighter-seeks-miscarriage-of-justice-ruling-for-2014-murder-conviction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/cage-fighter-seeks-miscarriage-of-justice-ruling-for-2014-murder-conviction/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leszek Sychulec (40s) was jailed over killing of man (23) beaten and left to drown in river Shannon]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DG6OUQZJV6HU7EDK53YZP5QGJI.jpg?auth=e1472aed584a21c586f1af745c003680ff0bc33e1f284d5a95c74dd5edb02286&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barrister Stephen Faulkner said a miscarriage of justice arose in the context of 'undisclosed material relevant to State witnesses'. Photograph: Collins Courts.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extend assault leave to school secretaries injured at work, says Fórsa union]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/extend-assault-leave-to-school-secretaries-injured-at-work-says-forsa-union/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/extend-assault-leave-to-school-secretaries-injured-at-work-says-forsa-union/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fórsa delegates call on Government departments to provide more support for staff assaulted ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RFHGQIJXT5BORFD3N7QB6XWO4Y.jpg?auth=da023434a959ff3d7fc22b5ed2295c346524f76a52faa1a177f086fbb14611c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fórsa delegate and school secretary Victoria Luke at the union's biennial delegate conference in Killarney. Photograph: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus Ltd]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NO FEE Fórsa delegate Victoria Luke]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Domnick Walsh www.dwalshphoto.ie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic violence reports to gardaí rise by 10% this year so far, figures show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/domestic-abuse-reports-to-gardai-rise-by-10-this-year-so-far-figures-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/domestic-abuse-reports-to-gardai-rise-by-10-this-year-so-far-figures-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garda data released on Go Purple Day shows almost 18,000 reports in first four months of 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:37:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CE6TBP3LIKNH2VVZUI47JWCKBU.JPG?auth=08f54e1ce8fab60b42e78f8fde4ec21ea741eeef11293d42a5b96d12db24a432&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Domestic violence services, outreach and training manager Leanne Ryan speaking at the launch of Go Purple Day, An Garda Síochána’s day of awareness for domestic abuse. Photograph: Collins  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarlett Faulkner case: Judge’s order for girl to be psychologically assessed not yet carried out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/scarlett-faulkner-case-judges-order-for-girl-to-be-psychologically-assessed-not-yet-carried-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/scarlett-faulkner-case-judges-order-for-girl-to-be-psychologically-assessed-not-yet-carried-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court ordered seven weeks ago that 16-year-old accused be evaluated]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:08:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPOUIDW5ABGZ7AF3LCZ3T6TJV4.jpg?auth=81fd2be4a4f963a653bd2e9483ff9764f2e43b67f894ad727c2f9cae9eb7eb6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Scarlett Faulkner died after she was found on a road at Birdhill, Co Tipperary with critical head injuries after reports of a violent assault. Photograph: Facebook]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Scarlett Faulkner]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Royal College of Physicians admin worker unfairly dismissed, tribunal hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/former-royal-college-of-physicians-admin-worker-unfairly-dismissed-tribunal-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/former-royal-college-of-physicians-admin-worker-unfairly-dismissed-tribunal-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Nobody talked to me,’ says Monsurat Balogun, a mother of three who was out of work for more than a year ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:50:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QTPDMA2ZE5OBDFR4VCU6PHYT44.jpg?auth=213a515c927fc9dfe631edc57801c0297e8cdcd058f738420ded2094fd703671&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin. Photograph: David Sleator]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Sleator</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warning issued on overcharging scams at Irish pubs and restaurants ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/15/bank-customers-urged-to-be-vigilant-for-card-tap-scams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/15/bank-customers-urged-to-be-vigilant-for-card-tap-scams/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland urges customers to be vigilant when making card payments]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:18:05 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NDJ3NXLZGVFVZF2YM7KQBAN4TM.jpg?auth=afedc8d0c1dfe239c7f096f6b5e72c434696178861740ee786dbc9fccdc5a016&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland is urging customers to check the total before tapping their card. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Hispanic Male Opting for Contactless Payment with a Credit Card in a Modern Coffee House]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AzmanL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ an ‘active member’ of European broadcast group despite Eurovision boycott ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/rte-an-active-member-of-european-broadcast-group-despite-eurovision-boycott/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/rte-an-active-member-of-european-broadcast-group-despite-eurovision-boycott/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Noel Curran says European Broadcasting Union engaging ‘proactively’ to get boycott members back in future song contests]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:43:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AIEAXZCDKOK7YBSDY3AEWAICNE.jpg?auth=e6e397dc26f0f700fc40eddb0927b8d1c0029629be84b6d5a725a23202a968c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Australian singer Delta Goodrem, representing Australia with the song 'Eclipse', performs in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/ Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[AUSTRIA-ENTERTAINMENT-MUSIC-TELEVISION-ESC]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Georg Hochmuth</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Met Éireann forecasts sunny spells today, but heavy rain is on the way this weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/heavy-rain-predicted-for-weekend-with-mixed-conditions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/heavy-rain-predicted-for-weekend-with-mixed-conditions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Friday will be mainly dry but persistent rain and possible thunderstorms are in the mix ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:21:31 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQEE5MFNCDAWETMPPBKDKNJHJU.jpg?auth=c8729610c84e6e945f5a7700b752b00249d5e4eac64e88e00369a61b3bc049dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Persistent rain is expected to develop in the west and move eastward across Ireland throughout Saturday. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TENNIS-WTA-ROME-OPEN-2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Filippo Monteforte</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who raped brother says some evidence used in trial should not have been admitted ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-who-raped-brother-says-some-evidence-used-in-trial-should-not-have-been-admitted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/15/man-who-raped-brother-says-some-evidence-used-in-trial-should-not-have-been-admitted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Dunne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Barristers for the State argued this was merely an ‘academic exercise on phraseology’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEAFPAVNPZFMVBZ4VEPKU2OAZQ.jpg?auth=4c221ce0e9ac0a6e017eadae04decd5f0e3129f75b0e73a7a3de6fbe7f20e3f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Kelly (47) was convicted in 2024 of 12 sample counts of sexual assault, two counts of oral rape and 12 counts of anal rape of his younger brother Anthony Kelly. Photograph: Dave Meehan
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[STOCK: Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVE MEEHAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Northern Ireland residents who voted for Brexit believe it has failed, poll finds ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/most-northern-ireland-residents-who-voted-for-brexit-believe-it-has-failed-poll-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/most-northern-ireland-residents-who-voted-for-brexit-believe-it-has-failed-poll-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite dwindling support, Queens University study finds ‘leaver’ and ‘remainer’ identities are valued]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PYZFQEV2IFRZOX5LOEDARY46QY.jpg?auth=de53ffa1252d3aeab3e2aeb7f7779ae924eaa0119b10a2fcf137c0eba243ceb8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU by 56%, but the UK as a whole voted to leave. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The childminder exodus: ‘I love it ... Leaving was not an easy decision’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/the-childminder-exodus-i-love-it-leaving-was-not-an-easy-decision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/15/the-childminder-exodus-i-love-it-leaving-was-not-an-easy-decision/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leigh Ann Gilmore (54) said decision, due to introduction of new regulations for sector, ‘came at great personal upset’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TA6J4LUJOVE2FAUSCWNF635BBE.JPG?auth=6e670311b6cac21d88d4fc3c150754187ffc739b5ada7d7b6b88811630ba9644&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leigh Ann Gilmore plans to finish up as a childminder next month as she feels new rules being applied to the sector are disproportionate. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Childminder Leigh Ann Gilmore based in Lucan - Sarah Burns piece]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s kind of scary’: Residents told not to mow lawns and to rewash clothes days after Wateford fire ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/after-the-inferno-counting-the-costs-from-the-tycor-fire-in-waterford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/15/after-the-inferno-counting-the-costs-from-the-tycor-fire-in-waterford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Tycor Business Centre – much of which was destroyed in the blaze – is full of potentially deadly asbestos]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZULNUN4KAZEPNKM5UQ4L5FETCE.jpg?auth=becd6a85ffe4f0c2020c36797b262f4cb60c94e74a5686ce6489812e005ca606&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tycor Business Centre, in Waterford, where fire broke out last weekend. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[TYCOR BUSINESS CENTRE.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (60s) arrested in connection with murder of Donegal man in 2008]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/woman-60s-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-donegal-man-in-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/woman-60s-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-donegal-man-in-2008/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andrew Burns was shot twice in the back and was found on a roadway near Castlefin]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 21:24:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQEOVX66KZCSPM5F4CHXEW3O4M.jpeg?auth=37fb22be943804207474ba36c1fe8366dd130566e5cda305f79f0dfe8eea3bba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is believed a number of individuals were involved in the killing of Andrew Burns.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Andrew Burns]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I no longer feel safe in my own home’: Retired nun gives evidence as man pleads guilty to burglary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/i-no-longer-feel-safe-in-my-own-home-retired-nun-gives-evidence-as-man-pleads-guilty-to-burglary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/i-no-longer-feel-safe-in-my-own-home-retired-nun-gives-evidence-as-man-pleads-guilty-to-burglary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Henry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keith Delaney, who has 346 previous convictions, pleaded guilty on multiple counts including theft and criminal damage]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:42:47 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FY3TAOYRLNE4FKAKSIZ764WYHM.jpg?auth=d8189f860facb47528f74dbeb437499b1672e30e9df34ad565a390e39635640a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gregory Murphy BL said Keith Delaney is a lifelong addict who has been in prison for the majority of his adult life.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Statue of Justitia holding the Scales of Justice]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sasar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large number of chicken products sold by Lidl, Tesco, Dunnes Stores and Aldi recalled ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/large-number-of-chicken-products-recalled-due-to-salmonella/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/large-number-of-chicken-products-recalled-due-to-salmonella/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Various affected batches sold by Lidl, Tesco, Dunnes Stores and Aldi]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:20:30 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TKHGYI32IBGAHPPVUG5IVLDEMM.jpeg?auth=e9b9998af36b6bf12f4b756d862ba24dd0694895a48fc6298ed1c5422227f6a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The FSAI has recalled various chicken products due to the presence of salmonella. Photograph: FSAI]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The FSAI has recalled various chicken products due to the presence of salmonella. Photograph: FSAI]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bar on reinvestigating claims regarding former UL president, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/no-bar-on-reinvestigating-claims-regarding-former-ul-president-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/no-bar-on-reinvestigating-claims-regarding-former-ul-president-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for third-level institution told High Court it is entitled to consider new evidence as it emerges]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:52:38 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2X43U7ZGGUF4EHRDNETU5S26VE.jpg?auth=5f2c4f20a9d38e464a44fa8f6969a1525226d2e9409f8d9ef2ad6f1db557845c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former University of Limerick president Prof Kerstin Mey is seeking a High Court injunction to prevent a new investigation. Photograph: Sean Curtin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man guilty of attempt to murder police in Co Tyrone attack claimed by New IRA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/man-guilty-of-attempt-to-murder-police-in-co-tyrone-attack-claimed-by-new-ira/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/man-guilty-of-attempt-to-murder-police-in-co-tyrone-attack-claimed-by-new-ira/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh McDonald]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge rejected suggestions of bomb attack being ‘elaborate incident to scare or terrorise’ police]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GR2INDYL5KZPFUPUXYYDKB5GLI.jpg?auth=c1da2f8752537e6f9182e15163cf5b62171486b206f2d658aedb35d4aa687ae2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PSNI officers at the scene in Strabane following the blast in November 2022. Filed photograph: David Young/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Strabane bomb attack]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Young</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidental death recorded at inquest of young jockey injured in fence fall]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/accidental-death-recorded-at-inquest-of-young-jockey-injured-in-fence-fall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/accidental-death-recorded-at-inquest-of-young-jockey-injured-in-fence-fall/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael O’Sullivan (24) suffered a fatal fall at the final fence at Thurles Racecourse]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:42:18 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CFVAVJ5SNZHUPF3RQW3NHHT4X4?auth=645b65b841cd67c96da7f517a25c34b8f24f9353862295744325a87afefbaa27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A photograph shown in memory of jockey Michael O’Sullivan ahead of a race at Cheltenham. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A photograph is shown in memory of Michael O’Sullivan ahead of the race 11/3/2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother of three jailed for Brown Thomas designer jacket theft]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/mother-of-three-jailed-for-brown-thomas-designer-jacket-theft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/mother-of-three-jailed-for-brown-thomas-designer-jacket-theft/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cathriona Joyce (39) and Caitlin Joyce (21) of St Brigid’s Lawn, Porterstown in Dublin were before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:29:47 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D3GOOSGKG4TRYO4X32AK7RAVXI.jpg?auth=09ece3132d1da7a129a0f88d47aca5d6cc1754927453c0993bcac28228f9ab12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caitlin Joyce leaves Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday after receiving a suspended sentence. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remote workers are happier, but most forced back to office feel employer was justified]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/remote-workers-are-happier-but-most-forced-back-to-office-feel-employer-was-justified/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/remote-workers-are-happier-but-most-forced-back-to-office-feel-employer-was-justified/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two new studies found young people the most enthusiastic for remote working]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:10:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FEWD2OUKMBDADJH6773ULILBXQ.jpg?auth=cf58bbcde912244710cb6cba4b899eeb2782cbab91dd06e9a13bce1e1909348f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People earning more than €100,000 per year had the most access to remote work, with 74 per cent saying they are at home at least one day a week. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Senior businesswoman using laptop for team meeting video conference]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">10'000 Hours</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family seek removal of Virgin Media documentary which includes body of brother]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/family-seek-removal-of-virgin-media-documentary-which-includes-body-of-brother/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/family-seek-removal-of-virgin-media-documentary-which-includes-body-of-brother/</guid><description><![CDATA[Alley Cat Films was given direct refusal by man’s sister to use footage, court hears]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:07:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRROC7WRYNYZAELRVQFNZ6LXA.jpg?auth=50009eaf9c1d8a4abab754c797c8ebdb3c2db7013c22deb086a89e725aaa72d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bernard Slean suffered from addiction issues and when the ambulance service responded to an emergency call to the apartment owned by him and his two sisters in Ayrfield, Dublin, on October 8th, 2025, he was already dead. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A&E and ambulances survey]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport authority disputes PAC report claiming new ticketing system is €41m over budget]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/it-project-to-allow-bank-cards-to-be-used-on-public-transport-set-to-run-41m-over-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/it-project-to-allow-bank-cards-to-be-used-on-public-transport-set-to-run-41m-over-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall, Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Key IT projects at Government departments and State agencies set to run €61m over budget  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:53:13 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2FOJRUHWQNGAPC2RUTDRJ7MK6A.jpg?auth=066089ad48e11287808436e3a7eb2b7011bfccaea73e0b6d79ee81d807f8c554&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The planned next-generation contactless ticketing system for public transport is now expected to cost up to €269 million to deliver. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Pay for the subway with your mobile phone]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wengen Ling</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reuse of vacant buildings could meet 40% of Dublin’s housing targets, report finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/reuse-of-vacant-buildings-could-meet-40-of-dublins-housing-targets-report-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/reuse-of-vacant-buildings-could-meet-40-of-dublins-housing-targets-report-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Refurbishment should be pursued instead of demolition to meet climate and housing objectives, researchers say]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKFANGNROBFQVKI7STGE3XSDIA.jpg?auth=17dbcfe38b4684f152ed21a85eec47c0704dfe673aed6004a4029cbc73347284&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The former Bank of Ireland in Phibsborough, Dublin 7. The cost of refurbishing the city’s empty building stock is high, the report finds. Photograph: Olivia Kelly]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[vacant building olivia kelly]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Flatley ‘fully’ secures control of Lord of the Dance, bringing end to legal dispute]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/michael-flatley-fully-secures-control-of-lord-of-the-dance-bringing-end-to-legal-dispute/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/michael-flatley-fully-secures-control-of-lord-of-the-dance-bringing-end-to-legal-dispute/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judgment says dancer will ‘operate and run’ shows ‘solely’ through Switzer Consulting Ltd ‘or a subsidiary of that company’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:12:31 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZLURTCFLZDWVFEELSSOJX5GJM.jpg?auth=84a167bf96ea97807b298420915f0e22c93eab8f362008f0dee6a92564678a82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance pictured at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance - 30 Years of Standing Ovations.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Harris asks banks to examine card payments over possible links to child abuse images]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/14/simon-harris-asks-banks-to-examine-card-payments-over-possible-links-to-child-abuse-images/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/14/simon-harris-asks-banks-to-examine-card-payments-over-possible-links-to-child-abuse-images/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Industry says tax incentives ‘critical’ to drive participation in forthcoming Government investment scheme]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E66SLJ5HO4XUHLY72QWGVUIGFQ.jpg?auth=9b753028905973a08b7fadd4256b7994da5c0cce2bf4ab2db98e99cc42bc8752&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste Simon Harris said revelations that child abuse material was increasingly being hidden behind paywalls were deeply disturbing. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[North South Ministerial Council]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental protection will not be harmed by new rules on legal fees, Minister says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/environmental-protection-will-not-be-harmed-by-new-rules-on-legal-fees-minister-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/environmental-protection-will-not-be-harmed-by-new-rules-on-legal-fees-minister-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Taisce says Government’s ‘Trumpian move’ will ‘all but end’ public interest environmental litigation here ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:30:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/63NCOOFPLNH2BF3MXOYMEZ3JKA.JPG?auth=1b54b77a2252dee8a49e6131a8380e72b2352bed75998104f7a65f9da3ca40cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A new scale for legal fees is part of Government efforts to speed up delivery of water, transport and electricity for housing and infrastructure projects. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Clongriffin construction site housing house home building construction builder tractor crane Ireland]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ Radio 1’s new schedule sees listeners drop for key shows – but station remains dominant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/rte-radio-1s-new-schedule-sees-listeners-drop-for-key-shows-but-station-remains-dominant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/rte-radio-1s-new-schedule-sees-listeners-drop-for-key-shows-but-station-remains-dominant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Morning Ireland, Liveline and Oliver Callan see small dips, with weekend slots up]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:45:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QKKOFYA7YREVFDGUWN56C3FBFI.jpg?auth=6aa7dcffbecc755a2c682b37df6eddecd0182b6a5c4138dd0ecf394b949a8084&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New-look Radio 1: David McCullagh, Katie Hannon, Colm Ó Mongáin and Kieran Cuddihy. Photographs: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture radio review November 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record number of eviction notices issued ahead of changes to rental rules ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/record-number-of-eviction-notices-issued-ahead-of-changes-to-rental-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/14/record-number-of-eviction-notices-issued-ahead-of-changes-to-rental-rules/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 7,000 notices received by RTB in first three months of year, with intention to sell property the most common reason cited]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FMJZQJFID5CJZBTXWZADJUYXJ4.jpg?auth=c4c9331df55c402e9d72bac6e9de4d0921c40a7e686647cfe88eafb4876498ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The RTB received 7,062 notices of termination in the first quarter of 2026. Image: Paul scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Eviction ban : Paul Scott]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan for 58 homes in Bunratty rejected due to tourism impact concerns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/plan-for-58-homes-in-bunratty-rejected-due-to-tourism-impact-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/plan-for-58-homes-in-bunratty-rejected-due-to-tourism-impact-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Coimisiún Pleanála said proposed development would be ‘unsympathetic to the distinctive historic character’ of Co Clare town]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6CPDZWRIVZKVALI3DJFCK6QKG4.jpg?auth=799b36bfa2decf3f99f5a317f95b74508518b1f814573a625de7ad6d367e9d08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bunratty Castle and Folk Park in Co Clare. An Coimisiún Pleanála has refused permission for the demolition of the nearby Shannon Shamrock Hotel. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Bunratty Castle]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Pick a finger or toe’: Man back in custody after breaking suspended sentence for attacks on ex-partners]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/pick-a-finger-or-toe-man-back-in-custody-after-breaking-suspended-sentence-for-attacks-on-ex-partners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/pick-a-finger-or-toe-man-back-in-custody-after-breaking-suspended-sentence-for-attacks-on-ex-partners/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ben Curry (25) beat and threatened a former partner at knifepoint and subjected another ex-girlfriend to a 40-minute beating in public]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G42U4BMY5VGAXKFEYJI47XZ6JM.jpg?auth=afd0e9785db980ea22e17154c9c59acb3c40953c0a46a148889a5820da013d3b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ben Curry (25) arriving at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, where he was remanded in custody on Wednesday. Photograph: Tom Tuite ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ben Curry]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-thirds of 25-year-olds in Ireland report some type of discrimination]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/14/two-thirds-of-25-year-olds-in-ireland-report-some-type-of-discrimination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/14/two-thirds-of-25-year-olds-in-ireland-report-some-type-of-discrimination/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gender the most cited ground by ESRI study participants, with spending more time online associated with higher scores]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:02:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6BFVLI6JUBBZLPZ42OKL5VNSTM.jpg?auth=ab18dfcd5e25a451650558a443dc4202f7664f55732a88d92a3148615ff67e47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Most 25-year-olds who felt they had experienced discrimination said they thought it was on grounds of gender, according to new research. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Woman making stop sign]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Egoitz Bengoetxea Iguaran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex offender exploited ‘particularly vulnerable teenager’ after claiming to be youth worker ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/sex-offender-exploited-particularly-vulnerable-teenager-after-claiming-to-be-youth-worker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/14/sex-offender-exploited-particularly-vulnerable-teenager-after-claiming-to-be-youth-worker/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonya McLean ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Accused told child his mother did not love him and was not fit to have children ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEAFPAVNPZFMVBZ4VEPKU2OAZQ.jpg?auth=4c221ce0e9ac0a6e017eadae04decd5f0e3129f75b0e73a7a3de6fbe7f20e3f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The victim described Paul Morris (58) as 'pure evil'. Photograph: Dave Meehan]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[STOCK: Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVE MEEHAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why summer before sixth year matters for students considering UK university]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/14/why-summer-before-sixth-year-matters-for-students-considering-uk-university/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/14/why-summer-before-sixth-year-matters-for-students-considering-uk-university/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Drury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Applications for UK universities take longer and involve more planning compared to CAO’s]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IOIFDBJXGZCS7HUTDBGPWUAPIU.jpg?auth=5ab387ad6470965ce503b1c2c8dff1c80947f1b626ab6abfa2997688f2f8c0a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Preparing an application to attend the University of Oxford or Cambridge? Get started on it in fifth year. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[King's Chapel and King's college entrance gate at sunset. Cambridge university]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">IR_Stone</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women in Ireland are half as likely as men to cycle. A new report explores why]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/14/aggressive-car-culture-puts-women-off-cycling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/14/aggressive-car-culture-puts-women-off-cycling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most women can cycle, but don’t feel safe doing so: ‘I think the majority of Irish drivers do not know what it’s like to be a cyclist in Ireland’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/473GATSSF5DF5ODK3XMCC2FCWU.jpg?auth=30ae90be0231174d663224b20b5f221288e8e569f1e6a47debbf146aa4884d49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Women are half as likely as men to choose cycling as a mode of travel, according to the Empowering Women to Cycle report. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Young woman cycling in the park at sunset]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Logan Bannatyne/LoLoStock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is happening with the derelict Dublin cinema that has racked up €1m in fines? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/the-site-could-be-a-gem-derelict-rialto-cinema-racking-up-fines-of-1m-as-it-lies-idle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/14/the-site-could-be-a-gem-derelict-rialto-cinema-racking-up-fines-of-1m-as-it-lies-idle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin 8 property has been derelict for almost 20 years and is an eyesore for residents]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FM3HUIAUIFAGXJDLHVUAXKYE4I.JPG?auth=8e129c8a06f6c8d58038d771964d9f2ca7be43ed685abf9961622493316a4d66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin's Rialto cinema remains derelict despite its proximity to the new national children's hospital. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Rialto cinema remains derelict for almost two decades]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push is on to save LIFE as EU looks to scrap nature funding scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/14/push-is-on-to-save-life-as-eu-looks-to-scrap-nature-funding-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/14/push-is-on-to-save-life-as-eu-looks-to-scrap-nature-funding-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pádraic Fogarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LIFE programme vital to efforts to bring Ireland’s corncrakes back from the brink]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E3ZTCE4V2FH4PMYATDRYUPFP5M.jpg?auth=6d386f0823cc5e53812a5eeee3be20a64a279040f800374591315515ac3a47f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A corncrake mural by James Kirwan in Belmullet, Co Mayo marking local efforts to restore the bird's fast-dwindling population]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Corncrake mural]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pádraic Fogarty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunnes Stores strikers of 1984 praised at launch of anti-apartheid exhibition ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/dunnes-stores-strikers-of-1984-praised-at-launch-of-antiapartheid-exhibition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/dunnes-stores-strikers-of-1984-praised-at-launch-of-antiapartheid-exhibition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘You will never be forgotten and you should never be’, Michael D Higgins says at Little Museum of Dublin event]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:17:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SEUF56XIZBJNXA6ZUU5FPAHFVI.jpg?auth=35dfc24a118c5d6696d0b7bba486a9d50258681a332d9adcb69759b3b90ebadd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Dunnes Stores Strike Against Apartheid outside Dunnes Stores on Henry Street in the 1980s. Photograph: Dermot O'Shea]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dermot O'Shea</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not ‘reasonably foreseeable’ someone would access culvert where Noah Donohoe’s body found]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/not-reasonably-foreseeable-someone-would-access-culvert-where-noah-donohoes-body-found/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/not-reasonably-foreseeable-someone-would-access-culvert-where-noah-donohoes-body-found/</guid><description><![CDATA[Official says he had never seen a death in such circumstances as those of boy (14)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/34JA4SO63ZAEDIWQ2H7CE4LH5U?auth=4292b286e369d8359b9471c4ed804667923cb8e013308e057ec2a50fa66e032b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The long-running inquest of schoolboy Noah Donohoe is now in its 15th week. Photograph: Family/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Noah Donohoe death]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Family Handout</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allegation ex-UL president misled PAC over €12.5m property deal can’t be revisited, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/allegation-ex-ul-president-misled-pac-over-125m-property-deal-cant-be-revisited-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/allegation-ex-ul-president-misled-pac-over-125m-property-deal-cant-be-revisited-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kerstin Mey, a UL professor of visual culture, resigned as president in 2024 as part of a settlement agreement]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:45:17 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/645N7ZDIPWN46MBTI3OKDWTX6Y.jpg?auth=ed238b4a077efd861b9aaf107d1ade515066b9ff767e0cf85a5e6d16204fb7a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former UL president, Prof Kerstin Mey. Photograph: Sean Curtin/True Media]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Post pensioners suffering ‘real hardship’ after assurances not honoured, committee hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/13/an-post-pensioners-suffering-real-hardship-after-assurances-not-honoured-committee-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/13/an-post-pensioners-suffering-real-hardship-after-assurances-not-honoured-committee-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Labour TD Alan Kelly said ‘it is an unfairness that needs to be addressed’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:01:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UOQ757N6XZDTDM6SZ7V2WOGN6Q.jpg?auth=f297d9b04c5baebf0d870f833d6cb829ed67cff64632d7e4c6f48d14bbb795db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The pension commitments were made to thousands of State employees when they transferred to the newly-established An Post more than 40 years ago. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[An Post stock pic]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[On most days, father and daughter who both need kidney dialysis barely see each other]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/on-most-days-father-and-daughter-who-both-need-kidney-dialysis-barely-see-each-other/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/on-most-days-father-and-daughter-who-both-need-kidney-dialysis-barely-see-each-other/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Kidney Association calls for ‘urgent action’ as organ donation falls to lowest level in five years]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OXT7GAKFD5BDDDIJ4ZCKRQUAUQ.JPG?auth=07e2eabf8d23d51c4879ebe6952dbecf0f4cfa6e0207a7f9c7622e8a3563424e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daughter Saoirse (11) with father Garry Davis and mother Stella McDonagh. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayo firm must repay €100,000 after over-claiming EU grant funding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/mayo-firm-must-repay-100000-after-over-claiming-eu-grant-funding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/mayo-firm-must-repay-100000-after-over-claiming-eu-grant-funding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coastal Zone Services Ltd received €549,959 in funding through grants from funding body for scientific research and innovation in the bloc]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:06:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4K447H4VFZNPHNMWOD4WELRPFM.jpg?auth=14396ed7b1f93e3da83ca26877b59457ff250ac3c4fc486e58d6b943cda2b5c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Coastal Zone Services received the money as a beneficiary of two consortiums that negotiated separate grant agreements with the Research Executive Agency in 2011 and 2012, court papers say]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cartels likely to see remote corners of Ireland as access route to Europe, says senior garda]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/cartels-likely-to-see-remote-corners-of-ireland-as-access-route-to-europe-says-senior-garda/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/cartels-likely-to-see-remote-corners-of-ireland-as-access-route-to-europe-says-senior-garda/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Force appeals for local vigilance along Ireland’s coastlines as smugglers seek alternative ways to Continent]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5E7ZPPXCTK7BPF3IOLYGIM2TWM.jpg?auth=404d7d3ac2790278b98ebe2afe10eac40a0b07ccbd9e31f59c77d071f128b4d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The MV Matthew being escorted into Cobh harbour in 2023. Gardaí cited its 2.2 million tonne cocaine cargo as an example of efforts by smugglers to pass the southern Irish coast as an entry point to Europe. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Irish Operation]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mel Sutcliffe asset firm made threat to ‘weaponise’ legal costs to auctioneers, judge says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/mel-sutcliffe-asset-firm-made-threat-to-weaponise-legal-costs-to-auctioneers-judge-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/mel-sutcliffe-asset-firm-made-threat-to-weaponise-legal-costs-to-auctioneers-judge-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘This type of high-grade weaponisation of costs would appear to be much easier in Ireland than in other jurisdictions,’ says judge]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:16:12 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4K447H4VFZNPHNMWOD4WELRPFM.jpg?auth=14396ed7b1f93e3da83ca26877b59457ff250ac3c4fc486e58d6b943cda2b5c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judhe Michael Twomey: 'This letter could be seen as amounting to a weaponisation of High Court costs by Goldstein']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman fights court order to destroy four XL Bully dogs ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/woman-fights-court-order-to-destroy-four-xl-bully-dogs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/woman-fights-court-order-to-destroy-four-xl-bully-dogs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Veronica Maher says pets are all she has left of husband Jason Hennessy, who was  killed in Christmas Eve shooting]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MPDN3BMD2ZDXFOZIJPCKPTNLAE.JPG?auth=23957a06016b760ea5c4fbbc88c59f91573bda2b4c3d6ac0b24491627379b97e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Veronica Maher, widow of Jason Hennessy snr, who died in the wake of a Christmas Eve 2023 shooting, arrives at the Four Courts to challenge a Garda application to have XL Bully dogs put down. File photograph: Tom Tuite ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Veronica Maher]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who stole sex worker’s phone initially thought to be crime victim after he was assaulted ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/man-who-stole-sex-workers-phone-initially-thought-to-be-crime-victim-after-he-was-assaulted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/man-who-stole-sex-workers-phone-initially-thought-to-be-crime-victim-after-he-was-assaulted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eimear Dodd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí initially contacted about possible abduction after Lee Coleman (38) was seen being attacked and placed in a car]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:07:57 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBX3WHFFFUOVHEJKPGVWKHQO7Y.jpg?auth=e0ac753202a232adfc3ff97df4484803c067918e9b7a494e67d0bccea80c16d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The court heard the man has 15 previous convictions including one assault, one theft and road traffic and public order offences. File photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPW to verify location of 13,500 State-owned artworks after some went missing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/opw-to-verify-location-of-13500-state-owned-artworks-after-some-went-missing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/opw-to-verify-location-of-13500-state-owned-artworks-after-some-went-missing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh McDonagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Deeply concerning’ lack of information on vast collection of paintings, sculptures and other works, TD says]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:04:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BJMQYIUS2QUE4UJQCRADAVA7RA.JPG?auth=6788410ad96a81607e171f30131547514ffd822a0ebc877668621222d6f3dd93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy TD raised concerns. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who sued over brain injury in car crash settles action for €1.1m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/man-who-sued-over-brain-injury-in-car-crash-settles-action-for-11m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/man-who-sued-over-brain-injury-in-car-crash-settles-action-for-11m/</guid><description><![CDATA[Passenger who claimed he suffered a traumatic brain injury was not wearing seatbelt at the time ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:46:52 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T2QOJXUD6EWPFBAXOZDJ53URK4.jpg?auth=becb74ef1d1e2a24d3d4eb4e6cc263f7bb0d8c2397e92e620184e0f1be52ddb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Counsel told the High Court it appeared that the car failed to negotiate a left bend and careered off the road into a stream. File photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Daddy’s choking Mammy’: Man who pinned wife to bed avoids jail for ‘terrifying’ strangulation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/daddys-choking-mammy-man-who-pinned-wife-to-bed-avoids-jail-for-terrifying-strangulation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/daddys-choking-mammy-man-who-pinned-wife-to-bed-avoids-jail-for-terrifying-strangulation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wife tells court she believes her husband’s offending is all drink-fuelled and that he ‘is not a bad person when sober’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:28:26 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FCG5QWNMEZC4LKRTDJKHKAQCPI.JPG?auth=d0f51ff4321f632e3689ee1f3328874e3044a9a1ebf5ca84175b89f60b4db086&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court heard that when gardaí carried out a welfare check, the couple’s children ran out of their home 'screaming Daddy’s choking mammy'. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mullingar District Court stock shot]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls record man admitting sexual abuse after being cleared by Tusla, court hears    ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/girls-record-man-admitting-sexual-abuse-after-being-cleared-by-tusla-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/girls-record-man-admitting-sexual-abuse-after-being-cleared-by-tusla-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[74-year-old who admitted 29 counts of sexual assault over a period of four years awaits sentencing ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/543FBP6ATZA6TODDL7D2UOC34Q.jpg?auth=541a8b68db3375a4ac316f96124e635f3f61e2e7877a80c943288ec33bcb782f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mobile phone audio and video recordings were played in court in which the man was heard attempting to minimise the abuse but then apologising for it. ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[New smartphone on the wooden background.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andranik Hakobyan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search of Rathfarnham land ‘stood down’ amid inquiry into unsolved murder of property investor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/11/rathfarnham-land-searched-as-part-of-inquiry-into-unsolved-murder-of-property-investor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/11/rathfarnham-land-searched-as-part-of-inquiry-into-unsolved-murder-of-property-investor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Liam Murray (42) was shot dead in his home on St Patrick’s Day 2009]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:25:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JOVJ3HFLRSB7SANJ2BBE42DTMI.jpg?auth=85ed18d7d7c7e237f22d147a8aadb9b8db63363af37463fcfdec44dbe4ff07e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam Murray's death remains unsolved 17 years after he was murdered. Photograph: An Garda Síochána/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Liam Murray death]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">An Garda Siochana</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skills shortages one of several barriers to delivering €24bn in transport infrastructure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/skills-shortages-one-of-several-barriers-to-delivering-24bn-in-transport-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/skills-shortages-one-of-several-barriers-to-delivering-24bn-in-transport-infrastructure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Productivity way behind Celtic Tiger levels, National Transport Authority warns as it eyes risks to major projects]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRW73SGN3FGNDICDGCJDC442XU.jpg?auth=6ba6b9824988aa5fb53c2acc7a713bdcfae079f38c718a03f8c3ddeac3237766&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The research detailed how insufficient investment in skills and digital would challenge the State’s ability to deliver major transport projects. File photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[workplace safety Construction sites are dangerous yellow keep out sign]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ilbusca</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court gives go ahead for meeting to sell off PTSB to Bawag]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/court-gives-go-ahead-for-meeting-to-sell-off-ptsb-to-bawag/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/court-gives-go-ahead-for-meeting-to-sell-off-ptsb-to-bawag/</guid><description><![CDATA[Minister for Finance holds 57.5% of bank]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:47:30 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7DSA3OBOJFEFZPG2C3FJ2MOY5I.jpg?auth=251405d7db2387e55b7c2ab403b13d5ea121018180a1f5bdf75eb0129c077d99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Commercial Court has given the go ahead for PTSB to convene a meeting of shareholders for the proposed €1.6 billion sale of the bank to Austrian banking group Bawag. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Agenda]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (20) who died in two-car collision in Tipperary named locally ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/woman-20s-dies-after-two-car-collision-in-tipperary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/woman-20s-dies-after-two-car-collision-in-tipperary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns, Sean Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crash happened in Nenagh at about 9pm on Tuesday]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:09:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V2GIESRSDVF7LA7S7R7GZIISBE.JPG?auth=cb0a8b50d092adf7c3748dce67dea7354ecb543db8d04eb2acb7615578f6fdfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision involving two vehicles in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Photograph: James Treacy for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FEES APPLY Fatal accident in Nenagh, Co Tipperary]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland ‘could be forced to borrow next year’ if oil prices keep rising, says top economist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/13/ireland-could-be-forced-to-borrow-next-year-if-oil-prices-keep-rising-says-top-economist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/13/ireland-could-be-forced-to-borrow-next-year-if-oil-prices-keep-rising-says-top-economist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John FitzGerald warns of effects of continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:41:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Z2CDERKOCIRS52YKJT6WXPMM.jpg?auth=fb2f2f7891cd966c7c2e9cd0137b20a603a06b5f40f29597a84108e2609e667e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oil prices could rise by significantly more than the estimate built into a recent Department of Finance worst-case scenario, economist John FitzGerald has warned. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online child sex abuse moving behind paywalls, says internet watchdog]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/online-child-sex-abuse-moving-behind-pay-walls-says-internet-watchdog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/online-child-sex-abuse-moving-behind-pay-walls-says-internet-watchdog/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number of reports received by Irish Internet Hotline in 2025 rose to more than 61,000]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:13:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UZCJM5QFMFSLWVKMCGGBJ4DE5Y.jpg?auth=f85d198b9049451cbc05f581a78f620ef7a821ca3a3a1a97dc025845f17d8666&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Online child sex abuse material 'is increasingly moving behind paywalls and closed-access platforms'. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Digital Services Tax]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda claims superior asked if she expected a ‘consolation prize for losing your son’, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/garda-claims-superior-asked-if-she-expected-a-consolation-prize-for-losing-your-son-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/garda-claims-superior-asked-if-she-expected-a-consolation-prize-for-losing-your-son-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garda sergeant takes High Court action over handling of bullying complaints]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:36:09 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KZGPWCSK6JBO5JWFLWOUUVRGJU.JPG?auth=889e045ef82cc6bba83014db2a27ce886662bee82943908c75822dd8913f47ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda Sgt Laura Gaffey has been granted permission at the High Court to pursue a legal challenge over the handling of complaints made by her to An Garda Síochána. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Stock images of Gardai in their new Garda Uniform]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Litter and dog fouling fines to rise to €250 from September amid clampdown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/fines-for-littering-and-dog-fouling-to-rise-to-250-in-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/fines-for-littering-and-dog-fouling-to-rise-to-250-in-september/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister Alan Dillon to announce a €3 million investment in anti-dumping initiatives]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:19:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NCWA6ZH7CBBYDNQ7KW3BSVNUMQ.jpg?auth=cd3cbfb7442c824940417391476eb9c3e2c87388a646a7067de662cef148f82b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Additional revenue generated by raising the fine from €150 to €250 will go towards improving enforcement]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Damaged bin left on the street]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">georgeclerk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Failed’ screws and brackets found at Waterford complex where two children fell from balcony]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/failed-screws-and-brackets-found-at-waterford-complex-where-two-children-fell-from-balcony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/failed-screws-and-brackets-found-at-waterford-complex-where-two-children-fell-from-balcony/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White, Sarah Slater]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jayden (3) and Nevaeh O’Neill (7) fell more than six metres when a pane of glass on the balcony railing crashed to the ground]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DFWDF74VBNBDBESYIERBCPFTMA.jpeg?auth=a8116ca8426e5e71e2418647ec9398a2f7172919c9438f378069c0f8d66c046f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jayden and Nevaeh O'Neill (centre) who fell from a second-floor balcony in Waterford, with father Ryan O'Neill and mother Regina Smith, and siblings Jaxson (far left) and Alliyah (far right). Photograph courtesy of Regina Smith]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Balcony fall]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law to slash fees in environmental court cases comes into effect next week]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/law-to-slash-fees-in-environmental-court-cases-comes-into-effect-next-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/13/law-to-slash-fees-in-environmental-court-cases-comes-into-effect-next-week/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But legal challenges are expected to new fee scale, which is opposed by lawyers]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VC6K7FO3VSJH6OAYYWQUTZGYM.jpg?auth=8c0ce254c228f8541217964ba455a99dcd7c10d094f989262fb9bc5ccf0927a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ministers are bringing in cuts to help speed up delivery of water, transport and electricity projects such as renewables. File image. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Iran War Boosts Interest In Renewable Energies]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sean Gallup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bertram Allen seeks to quash interrogation with US police in drink-driving case as he was ‘impaired’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/irish-showjumper-seeks-to-quash-interrogation-with-us-police-in-drink-driving-case-as-he-was-impaired/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/irish-showjumper-seeks-to-quash-interrogation-with-us-police-in-drink-driving-case-as-he-was-impaired/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Attorney for Irish showjumper said his client’s ‘semi-coherent and mumbled affirmation’ was not a proper waiver of right to silence ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4RCSXOWY2AIKQ47QSBANIXPN6I.jpg?auth=27baed6be7fbfc0ef5326eb288a20c1e3a4ca50aeb03335f8fb49614a9e3039b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bertram Allen pleaded not guilty to the charge of drink-driving causing damage. Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Team Ireland Announcement Paris 2024 – Equestrian]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electricity prices halved on recent windy days]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/irish-households-miss-out-on-cheaper-bills-due-to-lack-of-renewables-climate-council-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/irish-households-miss-out-on-cheaper-bills-due-to-lack-of-renewables-climate-council-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Electricity prices expected to rise in the weeks ahead due to Iran conflict but the roll-out of Irish wind and solar farms has slowed]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PD7DIDOWXFAR7HZCMPH2RMSMNE.JPG?auth=109e881042cf74878a526ce758ff55dd14a523fd7f37b3a1488c1a0609207903&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New wind and solar projects capable of generating 800 megawatts of electricity were added to the grid last year. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Scéal / Sceal …. Wind turbines in Connemara.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public pay talks must address concerns of ordinary workers, says trade union boss  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/government-urged-to-use-public-pay-talks-to-address-concerns-of-ordinary-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/13/government-urged-to-use-public-pay-talks-to-address-concerns-of-ordinary-workers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan says citizens are losing faith on a wide range of issues]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FXQPWHR6KNHLLDJD2TEXWWQ42U.jpg?auth=155a24a898e7f2b6a23dbb4eacc7f5c8a8e96499631ce3034db06a21d1bb5902&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan says there is a growing sense of frustration on the part of ordinary people. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus LTD]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[No repro fee]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Domnick Walsh www.dwalshphoto.ie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former bursar files for bankruptcy over €1.7m debt to private school she stole from]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/former-bursar-files-for-bankruptcy-over-17m-debt-to-private-school-she-stole-from/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/13/former-bursar-files-for-bankruptcy-over-17m-debt-to-private-school-she-stole-from/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mary Higgins was jailed for stealing off Mount Sackville secondary to fund gambling addiction]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGNNPQKJ3F7JURSRFDNGQTM37Q.jpg?auth=fa8a2fb520f9f7242f6e27e818e85581b9e09a3307b1c15ed1acd7233a70119f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary Higgins worked for 24 years at Chapelizod school where she had also been a pupil. File image. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Two of the kids can’t stay overnight’: Mother of seven on her overcrowded Dublin council flat ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/13/four-in-a-bed-why-are-dublins-council-flats-in-such-bad-shape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/13/four-in-a-bed-why-are-dublins-council-flats-in-such-bad-shape/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin woman, who shares a bed with three of her sons, says she has been waiting for a bigger council house for 14 years]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J74R2N4IIRGKFJN7FYUSMQOXQA.jpg?auth=e0d380d187da3cb786ab9c9ab735707c05c963b5d56623444bb9c9aade008aae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Janice Maguire, a mother of seven, at home in the Lissadel Road maisonettes in Drimnagh, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[LISSADEL ROAD MAISONETTES.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s newest official bathing area off limits to swimmers this summer over water pollution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/dun-laoghaire-baths-off-limits-to-swimmers-over-water-pollution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/dun-laoghaire-baths-off-limits-to-swimmers-over-water-pollution/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State’s newest official bathing area was only formally designated in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SN2EUFXSBVEHNH2EUGRKX4FLNQ.jpg?auth=7233a2631edd25cb5e3f557f21bfc9c408cfa9c61740228daee6f49fd9fd3d01&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The popular swimming spot in Dún Laoghaire was the only one of 153 sites to fail to meet minimum standards. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Standalone Sunday]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court hears 3D printed guns are becoming ‘more prevalent’ as man jailed for four years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/court-hears-3d-printed-guns-are-becoming-more-prevalent-as-man-jailed-for-four-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/court-hears-3d-printed-guns-are-becoming-more-prevalent-as-man-jailed-for-four-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Comment made during sentence hearing of Craig McKeever for possession of .22-calibre printed gun with ammunition]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKWD3LQF55DBLAVM4WL2XWLNU4.jpeg?auth=ffac5c8974e876a4cbb199ad00e5542a6c75ea19accd50ae5973e5c7e441105e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[File photograph of a 3D printed gun]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A 3D printed gun seized on Tuesday by gardaí in Kilmainham]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council’s Oliver Bond plans would have cost up to €700,000 per flat, housing committee told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/12/councils-oliver-bond-plans-would-have-cost-up-to-700000-per-flat-housing-committee-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/12/councils-oliver-bond-plans-would-have-cost-up-to-700000-per-flat-housing-committee-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regeneration funds of €20 million still available for complex, senior civil servant tells TDs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:46:27 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BMI2TJPAYZD7RKSLRXOPARJBVU.JPG?auth=c1b5395855f084d040110c7e0ea208231965e1d9463813296191c363f5a36b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The department has not refused regeneration funding for Oliver Bond House, according to the assistant secretary of the Department of Housing. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Oliver Bond Flats]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court reserves judgment in appeal over conviction of Regency getaway driver]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/supreme-court-reserves-judgment-in-appeal-over-conviction-of-regency-getaway-driver/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/supreme-court-reserves-judgment-in-appeal-over-conviction-of-regency-getaway-driver/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Case centres on Jason Bonney’s claims about treatment of evidence contradicting defence witness alibis]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTN73GL5Y5EDRNOUP3DSJP4Y4I.jpg?auth=c6070da09635f2617ab476edc175f5477931ccfe8034c70aa651ebc72057a905&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jason Bonney is serving an eight-and-a-half year sentence for facilitating the Hutch criminal organisation in carrying out the murder of David Byrne. Photograph: Padraig O'Reilly]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Jason Bonney]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance firm will ‘robustly’ defend claims it tried to force one of its advisers to resign]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/finance-firm-will-robustly-defend-claims-it-tried-to-force-one-of-its-advisers-to-resign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/finance-firm-will-robustly-defend-claims-it-tried-to-force-one-of-its-advisers-to-resign/</guid><description><![CDATA[Case adjourned until June]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BCZA75734ZIKREYA4FGYL7V52Q.jpg?auth=bed2638eb8b2de50af02f962d9e8eee10b07b74e71d3069f08e79a7e46d74311&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A barrister for Mentor Financial Services said the company will robustly defend the case. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The Four Courts]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver who tested positive for cannabis knocked down child (3) at pedestrian crossing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/driver-who-tested-positive-for-cannabis-knocked-down-child-3-at-pedestrian-crossing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/driver-who-tested-positive-for-cannabis-knocked-down-child-3-at-pedestrian-crossing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charlene Lawlor (33) initially blamed mother but later admitted culpability]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AOTZE5JUKJB2KPRDS7QTDYNZKI.jpg?auth=daf0721bc6b9cfb72c0339480a794553c7738f36345ae1d126bdd3dc0d17f36a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlene Lawlor (33) was found to have 21.3ng/ml of cannabis in her system. Photograph: Collins Court]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[CC ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish man in late 30s dies in Ibiza after fall from cliff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/irishman-in-late-30s-dies-in-ibiza-after-fall-from-cliff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/irishman-in-late-30s-dies-in-ibiza-after-fall-from-cliff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Natalia Penza]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spanish authorities confirm investigation after incident at Calo de s’Illa in the north of the island]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EO64DZJWKFFRZOMSBUWUJLYNNM.png?auth=432bf57fa836526e85abab8ee6c01450abdbeea03899ad4f1f9de4e8f7af3a7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Calo de s'Illa is a quiet cove surrounded by rugged countryside on the island of Ibiza. Photograph: Google Streetview]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Caló de s'Illa]]></media:title></media:content></item></channel></rss>