<?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>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:25:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland looks to increase troop numbers in Bosnia and Kosovo after Lebanon mission ends]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/ireland-looks-to-increase-troop-numbers-in-bosnia-and-kosovo-after-lebanon-mission-ends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/ireland-looks-to-increase-troop-numbers-in-bosnia-and-kosovo-after-lebanon-mission-ends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lebanon mission due to wind down early next year, ending five decades of Ireland’s presence in the region]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GJU4SKRBJ5CQZE2Q2HASVRKIDQ.jpg?auth=65993d0cd6251f797ab80d4198b50aaa0924d04016d0ef03664c6c85402e84f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Considerations come as the Government progresses a contentious piece of legislation abolishing the triple lock. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Shoulder patch of a soldier from the Irish Army on camouflaged uniform.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Barnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMW cars, Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches seized by gardaí investigating charitable body]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/bmw-cars-louis-vuitton-bags-rolex-watches-seized-by-gardai-investigating-charitable-body/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/bmw-cars-louis-vuitton-bags-rolex-watches-seized-by-gardai-investigating-charitable-body/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí also seized jewellery worth €40,000 and carried out searches as part of inquiry into Dublin-based organisation ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:16:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PPRIKDIBCRCIZI4EGP6TMLZKN4.png?auth=5ca2b605e701ef23cac6524bbd8e9830e4f85bd31d7018203fb4c9f194ea5b53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches have been seized by gardaí. Photograph: An Garda Síochána]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda seizures]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convicted gang rapists say trial was prejudiced by allowing woman to give evidence behind screen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/convicted-gang-rapists-say-trial-was-prejudiced-by-allowing-woman-to-give-evidence-behind-screen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/convicted-gang-rapists-say-trial-was-prejudiced-by-allowing-woman-to-give-evidence-behind-screen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Dunne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court of Appeal also told that trial judge did not give clear explanation in response to jury question on rape laws]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVGHM663BFGQBLO6NM667GDLGA.jpg?auth=c9cc8a664ecb1713064dac8848b4b1713998e7e8d728478b0fed35bdc902566c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Matin Zolfaghari, Anthony Hickey and Fabio Vicente were convicted of the rape and sexual assault of a woman they met in a Dublin nightclub in August, 2019. Photographs: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Three men convicted of rape and sexual assault of woman they met in Dublin nightclub]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen: Orange warnings issued as Ireland braces for torrential rain and wind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-orange-warnings-issued-by-met-eireann-as-ireland-cork-dublin-braces-for-torrential-rain-and-wind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-orange-warnings-issued-by-met-eireann-as-ireland-cork-dublin-braces-for-torrential-rain-and-wind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox, Emmet Malone, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann has upgraded warnings as the outlook for coming days deteriorates ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ETEN44Z6RBBGJJEX3YRFRLJXDY.JPG?auth=fb1ab2d94383d05c08a78b5837fbc2257716b57e9e833b18440a7721af6bdfae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Storm Austen is due to hit Ireland on Thursday. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Wet weather on the streets of Dublin City rain stock ireland]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clare man (92) on trial accused of indecently assaulting two orphan girls in his care over 50 years ago]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/clare-man-92-on-trial-accused-of-indecently-assaulting-two-girls-more-than-50-years-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/clare-man-92-on-trial-accused-of-indecently-assaulting-two-girls-more-than-50-years-ago/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alleged offences happened between 1973 and 1975 when orphaned girls were in man’s care]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BP32NUJAW4V64YBCJKAQBXDEJQ.jpg?auth=931e58a5ff1ec18709ce41107677eb5613fc0d6c38e7ef35eb93d708c2fe6958&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ennis Circuit Court heard that at the time of the alleged offences, the accused was aged 39-40 and the girls between seven and nine]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert students: What you need to focus on at college open days]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/22/leaving-cert-students-what-you-need-to-focus-on-at-college-open-days-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/22/leaving-cert-students-what-you-need-to-focus-on-at-college-open-days-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Curriculum content, college facilities, accommodation and public transport are key issues when sizing up third-level options]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAKHAJT7YNFBHKBDZCA5F6VLRI.jpg?auth=4811f4a1843b53e1a6d43a61a0712f776c2bbef1974b47b34944851b7fadfc8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Young curly haired university student wearing a beige trench coat and a black backpack is smiling while looking up at a building in a campus]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Smiling student looking up at university building in a campus]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RealPeopleGroup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No obvious indications mother who died at Bray home had suffered violence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/no-obvious-indications-mother-who-died-at-wicklow-home-had-suffered-violence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/no-obvious-indications-mother-who-died-at-wicklow-home-had-suffered-violence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bodies of Bridget ‘Biddy’ O’Brien and Jamie McGinn discovered at their home in Bray ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AGOLPTZL7FB3FEYJMKXALLNYLI.png?auth=f7b555adb8bd25017ed8e937d722e2329829deb745005adc48634d6d66fe8051&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The bodies of Jamie McGinn and Bridget 'Biddy' O’Brien were found at their home in Bray, Co Wicklow]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Jamie McGinn and Bridget 'Biddy' O’Brien]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen: Council staff on industrial action to carry out emergency work as needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-council-staff-on-industrial-action-to-carry-out-emergency-work-as-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-council-staff-on-industrial-action-to-carry-out-emergency-work-as-needed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann issues status-orange rain warnings for Thursday night when the storm tracks past Ireland’s south coast]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGMAWTAKMVA3LPBGWKMIAW5EO4.JPG?auth=725054391b387cd8a03e072adfed00135aa0fd16c8fc5a12ad8db98684fcb572&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin City Council said its flood response team was 'preparing for the potential impacts of heavy rainfall across the city'. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland weather rain city Dublin dcc council]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin Marathon: Former drug addict to run ‘the streets where friends died over the years’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/dublin-marathon-former-drug-addict-to-run-the-streets-where-friends-died-over-the-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/dublin-marathon-former-drug-addict-to-run-the-streets-where-friends-died-over-the-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After overcoming 40 years of drug-taking, Paul Killeen says running helps him to stay healthy]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W5F55MALCBAKLG2F5VGP5DAT4Y.JPG?auth=86815715e8c00cf6b3351f8f8263d84d45e6e4e320876e5262bdaf2513800755&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Killeen: 'It will be emotional to run the streets.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence can’t replace the benefits of nature intelligence  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/artificial-intelligence-cant-replace-the-benefits-of-nature-intelligence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/artificial-intelligence-cant-replace-the-benefits-of-nature-intelligence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Buckley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As AI changes what and how we learn, real world learning will grow in value]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRAFD7NDJC35AKSEHOS3EAOG5M.jpg?auth=2d0ffc275377ca255ae21ca8bb9bcea66070c41399feb8e5f21e6a01c93d3985&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oliver Goldsmith among the ‘wildflowers’ at Trinity College Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (20s) dies after being struck by a car in Co Cork]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/man-20s-dies-after-being-struck-by-a-car-in-co-cork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/man-20s-dies-after-being-struck-by-a-car-in-co-cork/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appealing for information on fatality which occurred on the N20 near Mallow]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:36:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RAGT6LRNOJATLMRHMPMXP3EBYI.JPG?auth=cc5cc6639e6904926e0b0ee65e0cef2430e11086d8c4778eb459870b03c557e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are seeking witnesses to the fatality near Mallow on Wednesday. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Gardai ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Rail seeks to recover damages from contractor over scrapped software project]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/21/irish-rail-seeks-to-recover-damages-from-contractor-over-scrapped-software-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/21/irish-rail-seeks-to-recover-damages-from-contractor-over-scrapped-software-project/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rail operator tells Oireachtas committee that Spanish IT firm Indra has issued its own claim over shelved traffic management system]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:35:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Transport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6SY5ECHGVDUZDB7O6A6TEL7PE.JPG?auth=af7c23e7a71e136f7d4fd630fa76913ada093cadf0a5b373c76e6a10c29c0784&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Rail says its passenger numbers have grown by 20% in just two years. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court appeal opens in row over super junior ministers attending at cabinet]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/supreme-court-appeal-opens-in-row-over-super-junior-ministers-attending-at-cabinet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/supreme-court-appeal-opens-in-row-over-super-junior-ministers-attending-at-cabinet/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Constitutional challenge by Opposition TDs Pa Daly and Paul Murphy had been dismissed by High Court in December]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:16:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TE56PQ5QW5AHZA4KHSJ2546WOQ.jpg?auth=0b1f7c7af47deed9150e32efca3dcb861428c37627fd199d03d4bcbd7f6d8414&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly. Photographs: Collins & Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Paul Murphy and Pa Daly]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Josie Ray’s grandchildren had told gardaí of safety concerns before her death, court hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/josie-rays-grandchildren-had-told-gardai-of-safety-concerns-before-her-death-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/josie-rays-grandchildren-had-told-gardai-of-safety-concerns-before-her-death-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hasan Ali Gori denies murder of pensioner (89) found dead in her home in her home in Nenagh, Co Tipperary in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:07:12 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The court heard evidence of a phone call made by Josie Ray’s granddaughter, Rosie O’Brien, to gardaí on the night before her death. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The Scales of Justice at the Criminal Courts of Justice Parkgate Street. CCJ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arnotts asks Dublin revamp tsar to move GPO social welfare payments to reduce antisocial behaviour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/21/arnotts-asks-dublin-revamp-tsar-to-move-gpo-welfare-payments-to-reduce-antisocial-behaviour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/21/arnotts-asks-dublin-revamp-tsar-to-move-gpo-welfare-payments-to-reduce-antisocial-behaviour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert Watt previously said north inner-city Dublin unfairly burdened with services for ‘people on the margins of society’ ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:49:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ML5GTSBFRQJEY4GLXYARPI57U.jpg?auth=2eca7e34cdc4bbb27a4581eec716d28d241cbba85487703b452413d36caa712f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street is illuminated as part of Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women, in February this year. Management at retailer Arnotts has suggested  antisocial behaviour in Dublin city could be tackled by ending the use of the GPO for paying social welfare entitlements. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[BRIGIT; ST BRIGID'S DAY; BANK HOLIDAY  WEEKEND; GPO]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">COLLINS PHOT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My mother asked me to let Evan go’: Murder accused was asked to spare brother with special needs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/my-mother-asked-me-to-let-evan-go-murder-accused-was-asked-to-spare-brother-with-special-needs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/my-mother-asked-me-to-let-evan-go-murder-accused-was-asked-to-spare-brother-with-special-needs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert O’Connor says parents wished to discuss his cocaine use and were not comfortable with it happening in the house]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:10:02 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VPQMKV4LBZDVNGFPO7RLODMO6E.jpg?auth=09e78fe1df3df544bbf2383a2f359e290f9b9ee4b928f9f2c88ccec19c452d7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Evan (27, left), Mark (54) and Louise O'Connor (56), who were killed at the family home in Drumgowna, near Tallanstown, Co Louth, in September last year. Photograph: Garda/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mark O'Connor (54) Louise O'Connor (56), and their son Evan O'Connor (27), who were found dead at the family home in Drumgowna, near Tallanstown, Co Louth. Photograph: Garda/PA]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager drove stolen car wrong way on M50 before crashing into garden, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/teenager-drove-stolen-car-wrong-way-on-m50-before-crashing-into-garden-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/teenager-drove-stolen-car-wrong-way-on-m50-before-crashing-into-garden-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Maughan (18) allegedly avoided three stinger devices and nearly collided head-on with a bus and Garda patrol car]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OQNPRN47FG7I6VDQA6YYMITXCM.jpg?auth=82be5bc12e4e054c8fb58fb12d0c93fb87090745a0d6af2027daa7e5a0cbe15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Maughan (18) was charged with five counts of dangerous driving, driving without insurance or a licence, and possessing a stolen Toyota Aqua. Photograph: Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relatives express ‘deep gratitude’ to rescue crews after retired couple’s deaths in fire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/relatives-express-deep-gratitude-to-rescue-crews-after-retired-couples-deaths-in-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/relatives-express-deep-gratitude-to-rescue-crews-after-retired-couples-deaths-in-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Married couple in their 70s died in blaze at  dormer bungalow in Raheen, Co Cork]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:31:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XHSIII5SVRB2FHJGAJ65KZZQKQ.jpg?auth=426637c79814f58821967b7a9c626bab12d082df22782c19bae305fddebda594&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[William (Willie) Hawkes and Geraldine (Tina)  Hawkes, who died in a house fire at their home in Innishannon, Co Cork, on Tuesday. Photograph: Rip.ie]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Hawkes]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘For four seconds I was a millionaire’: Man charged after accepting controlled delivery of cocaine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/for-four-seconds-i-was-a-millionaire-man-charged-after-accepting-controlled-delivery-of-cocaine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/for-four-seconds-i-was-a-millionaire-man-charged-after-accepting-controlled-delivery-of-cocaine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When asked whether he wished to apply for bail while representing himself, defendant says ‘I’ll give it a bash’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N3UXA2RFYVDNXJDT6ZEWC3YFGM.jpg?auth=20a489abb70584f53920ba5a7f7d9c2a955faea22e4045c7ce3a6e8527d43cf1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Wheelock, of Kevin Barry House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7, was arrested after accepting a package at his home on Tuesday and charged with possessing drugs for sale or supply. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times















]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[CRIMINAL COURTS OF JUSTICE.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson being investigated over alleged rape in UK Houses of Parliament]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/2026/10/21/former-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-being-investigated-over-alleged-rape-in-uk-houses-of-parliament/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/2026/10/21/former-dup-leader-jeffrey-donaldson-being-investigated-over-alleged-rape-in-uk-houses-of-parliament/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Convicted paedophile was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual offences against two women when they were children]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:01:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KGFZY4HUV7QMG3F7TKMUBT6B3M.jpg?auth=d7021e4d073f5114763aa30094289a84c93436a069a92a75128723a03ce22a01&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, pictured here arriving at Newry Crown Court in June, is being investigated in connection with an alleged rape at the Houses of Parliament in London. Photograph: Liam McBurney/Press Association]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson court case]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple found dead at Bray home  had lost two children in house fire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/couple-found-dead-at-bray-home-named-as-bridget-obrien-and-jamie-mcginn-had-lost-two-children-in-house-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/couple-found-dead-at-bray-home-named-as-bridget-obrien-and-jamie-mcginn-had-lost-two-children-in-house-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Kitty Holland, Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bodies of Bridget O’Brien and Jamie McGinn found at residence on Old Connaught Avenue in Bray]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:23:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3TPWDVVE7L752B7OBGEEWBMW5U.JPG?auth=0c5fe8d7fa1b2cc9735e934ebae246b2fe6d4b156193364a372bef10cdf0606f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí at the scene after the discovery of two bodies in Bray on Wednesday. Photograph: Collins 
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who punched Brendan Courtney has completed anger management course, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/man-who-punched-brendan-courtney-has-completed-anger-management-course-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/man-who-punched-brendan-courtney-has-completed-anger-management-course-court-told/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ross Deegan (22) pleaded guilty to assaulting Courtney, causing harm, in February 2025 at Usher’s Quay, Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S5EZEAMC2NAU5LBPPM7IU4YPPA.JPG?auth=005fb213d1b12712980c7bce56a859b025bebb673fee37c955e6db3380fe6ac9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brendan Courtney shares an image on his Instagram page of bruising to his face after the assault.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Brendan Courtney shares an image on his Instagram page of bruising to his face after the assault.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver had ‘no time to react’ to e-biker (24) that died in N11 crash, inquest told ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/driver-had-no-time-to-react-to-e-biker-24-that-died-in-n11-crash-inquest-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/driver-had-no-time-to-react-to-e-biker-24-that-died-in-n11-crash-inquest-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sam Elliot died 12 days after being struck by a car while crossing the N11 on a red light]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:42:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UJIQ6J27EBHDDJTS3CJNZ3EGRA.jpg?auth=d435ee662c42e7a7da0891fcff080ca1d7b4854e6ec7282f14b6f2010af9fcac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Samuel Elliott, who died more than a week after a collision with a car. He was on an e-bike. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Samuel Elliott who died more than a week after a collision with a car. He was on an e-bike]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female student doctor attending exams in Dublin city centre punched in unprovoked attack ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/female-student-doctor-attending-exams-in-dublin-city-centre-punched-in-unprovoked-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/female-student-doctor-attending-exams-in-dublin-city-centre-punched-in-unprovoked-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eimear Dodd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman says assault ‘particularly devastating’ as she had come to Ireland having fled Sudan, where she was ‘targeted as a doctor and a woman’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2YP5YAJE4ZBIVFXKHI2ZXQO2WE.JPG?auth=e9d1bb5cc850d102745a102ad7d555f65e361740e3cf5b9670176a5ee2001fb8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Jackie McElhatton (51) assaulted a young woman on January 28th, 2025, at Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive CCJ Criminal Courts Of Justice]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers urged to stop using certain Aldi hairdryers due to risk of ‘electric shock or fire’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/consumers-urged-to-stop-using-certain-aldi-hairdryers-due-to-risk-of-electric-shock-or-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/consumers-urged-to-stop-using-certain-aldi-hairdryers-due-to-risk-of-electric-shock-or-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[About 5,400 affected hair dryers were sold, the CCPC said]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:29:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N3E33YHVHBF4TMCF5DNSJGMCWE.jpg?auth=6fbbc23d06d5bf2504bbbb35e08661443563726174e02bf310a1684e149038e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The affected products were sold in black, white, yellow and orange. Photograph: CCPC]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Aldi hairdryers]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U2’s Adam Clayton gets green light to build Kinsale ‘retirement home’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/u2s-adam-clayton-gets-green-light-for-kinsale-development/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/u2s-adam-clayton-gets-green-light-for-kinsale-development/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The first floor is to have two bedrooms and a second kitchen and livingroom]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:34:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SQN4UT4OHBD4RLZ64DVQKTBEWA.jpg?auth=66d02f6e8e8a8b4ef46b974d1a9215edf6eea8ceb4da3b208244e8e3456fd96d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[U2 musician Adam Clayton plans to build a 'retirement home' near Kinsale, Co Cork. Photograph: Debbie Hickey/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Adam Clayton Exhibition]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Debbie Hickey</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged following seizure of €1.7m worth of cocaine in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/gardai-seize-17m-worth-of-cocaine-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/gardai-seize-17m-worth-of-cocaine-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Separate arrests made in drug intimidation inquiry ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:29:06 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAOJASVVFJFUVJ3ZRGZ2UJGGM4.JPG?auth=d46f7ed9fc11082c85d26fd90f27051d887311d7edbd457f511e97a74b9ec0f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí have seized 17 kilograms of cocaine. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[An Garda Síochána, Gardai operations, investigations in Dublin.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man killed in single-vehicle crash in Mayo]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/man-killed-in-single-vehicle-mayo-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/man-killed-in-single-vehicle-mayo-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Incident occurred on N5 at Lisgormin, Bohola, at approximately 5.15am ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:54:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NAYT46OT6VEO5NCGBZM3ZTSVBA.JPG?auth=cc4ca67ab7f4c294eae313b0f734252fb87081b43d86c6a59ba65cdea34c8b36&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The fatal crash occurred in Co Mayo on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Fuel Prices protest in Dublin]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booking.com under investigation over fraudulent listings concerns ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/bookingcom-under-investigation-over-fraudulent-listings-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/bookingcom-under-investigation-over-fraudulent-listings-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European Commission to carry out ‘in-depth investigation’ as a matter of priority ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:43:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUKRLT64IRH4NLN3WD5HN626XY.jpg?auth=e5ce83cd1d014ccec034686446b3a7b95c7368e9b19bf0d209c916cfddcef198&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Booking.com, the Amsterdam-based operator, connects travellers with more than 30 million accommodation options, Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Booking.com]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tusla plans to reduce the number of children it takes into special care]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/21/tusla-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-children-it-takes-into-special-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/21/tusla-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-children-it-takes-into-special-care/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a recent case, a 14-year-old girl was given drugs and sexually exploited by several adult men]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q7C2YHGRM5DMDIHS7JEBLBGW3Q.jpg?auth=e7c2adad8791cab1d539dfd5ef4c77e6504635694f9fc0b7004be0b0079105c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tusla said it regretted the situation where the agency is unable to fulfil its statutory obligations and the impact this is having on these young people. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tusla]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The criminal courts are operating, but not ‘effectively’, as Jim O’Callaghan claims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/the-criminal-courts-are-operating-but-not-effectively-as-jim-ocallaghan-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/the-criminal-courts-are-operating-but-not-effectively-as-jim-ocallaghan-claims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister has offered to meet solicitors as legal aid dispute sees case backlogs rise ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPQCEYAYMNH3LAY3DEIM4KJRMI.jpg?auth=ea9c10c4fb549500a14c8e5afa2a88706f0ddc88b67ae19efde5c73ef3c6d8d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan was criticised for claiming rape trials were ‘deliberately affected’ by solicitors’ withdrawal of services. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ruhama 2025 Annual Report /Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Jim O’Callaghan TD ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case struck out for man accused of taking part in fatal assault on Anthony Long in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/case-struck-out-for-man-accused-of-taking-part-in-fatal-assault-on-anthony-long-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/case-struck-out-for-man-accused-of-taking-part-in-fatal-assault-on-anthony-long-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LB5CE63GQ5GF5I2GD3GCLT6X7I.jpg?auth=e082234c27ebb59b8a91ad59f50a551103c04444948fe007fd5e9ece4bf45a5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anthony Long died after being attacked in Mulhuddart, Co Dublin, in July. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Anthony Long]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are breathalysers in pubs a good or bad idea? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/20/installing-road-safety-authority-breathalysers-in-pubs-would-have-sent-out-wrong-message/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/20/installing-road-safety-authority-breathalysers-in-pubs-would-have-sent-out-wrong-message/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Agency had sought tenders to provide devices so drinkers could test themselves]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:45:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Transport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4TQESFW2YBESBEDBPE35KPMLLY.JPG?auth=afa45f7961a3a0a36847257c03d4867d2c15571c527f128ff1fb7a0a89e6a87c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Ciara Bailey poses with a FlineBox, an interactive breathalyser terminal that can be located in hotels and other public places. File image. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Road Safety Appeal over Christmas]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wanted in United States for possessing child pornography appeals extradition ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/man-wanted-in-united-states-for-possessing-child-pornography-appeals-extradition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/21/man-wanted-in-united-states-for-possessing-child-pornography-appeals-extradition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Appellant, who went on the run in Ireland, claims ‘systematic’ overdetention in requesting state of Louisiana]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The three-judge Court of Appeal reserved judgment. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The Scales of Justice at the Criminal Courts of Justice Parkgate Street. CCJ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nowhere left to go’: Beluga whale off Ireland amid growing sightings of Arctic species]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/nowhere-left-to-go-beluga-whale-off-ireland-amid-growing-sightings-of-arctic-species/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/nowhere-left-to-go-beluga-whale-off-ireland-amid-growing-sightings-of-arctic-species/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘It is mad to think that now we have a species of whale in Irish waters that is the food of polar bears’ ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:36:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BJJRVVJS4BB7NGWIQBNUWVKAXA.png?auth=72a0805cd7639b1819379ea6931af878dc25dab15c980d109408a948c6fe700d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Screenshot from the video taken by Sebastian Szumlański of the beluga whale in Donegal Bay shared on the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group's website. Video: Sebastian Szumlański]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Screenshot from the video taken by Sebastian Szumlański of the beluga whale in Donegal Bay shared on the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group's website. Video: Sebastian Szumlański]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government wants HSE to cap hospital parking fee at €10 a day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/government-wants-hse-to-cap-hospital-parking-fee-at-10-a-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/government-wants-hse-to-cap-hospital-parking-fee-at-10-a-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister tells Dáil committee that health service will carry out new national review of charges]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WDFUQ4HHSZPIVEI223EIECWBSM.jpg?auth=fb362bc873f342d329552d729c4025d85432e8e6e00057b07cc79c8bf9a43687&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Féin TD John Brady has previously said that St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin has the highest car parking charges, with a daily cap of €17. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open days: Parents need to know the difference between encouraging a child and deciding for them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/21/open-days-parents-need-to-know-the-difference-between-encouraging-a-child-and-deciding-for-them-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/21/open-days-parents-need-to-know-the-difference-between-encouraging-a-child-and-deciding-for-them-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geraldine Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Guardians can research the multiple choices available and act as a sounding board, but an independent decision is key to success]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JVYPWWUUOFA3HENA2QPSLS5CBU.jpg?auth=0d2761b2816fb15f279f1fc25e5fef6e76c76afd51cdcb6debf53ba19b1fd372&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Parents can play a key role in encouraging and guiding school leavers. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Happy mother and her teenage daughter walking through high school hallway.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Drazen Zigic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decoding the CAO and your college options: An open days explainer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/21/decoding-the-cao-and-your-college-options-an-open-days-explainer-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/21/decoding-the-cao-and-your-college-options-an-open-days-explainer-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter McGuire]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A guide to what you will hear on campus, how entry works and your options if the CAO does not go to plan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRWKJRE25FEM3GASBEXESCCQEE.jpg?auth=1907ec321f766fc75324356d353e3f399087a3d802cccb5670a99e6e6bf7b810&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At open days, course tutors can explain how requirements work in practice]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A woman standing with a backpack in the courtyard of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">pawel.gaul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jim O’Callaghan reiterates claim that solicitors are targeting rape cases]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/jim-ocallaghan-and-solicitors-face-increasing-criticism-as-legal-aid-stand-off-worsens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/21/jim-ocallaghan-and-solicitors-face-increasing-criticism-as-legal-aid-stand-off-worsens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn, Mary Carolan, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister faces backlash for saying rape trials were only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVGB4XT72ZBBJCXMBAIF3MO4GE.jpg?auth=22cf29c19768a516af1392a3968d559f35bbe145f95d5f7b44eab64022bc2583&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jim O’Callaghan, seen here at an event in Dublin this week, scrapped a per-appearance fee system in the District Court. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ruhama 2025 Annual Report /Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Jim O’Callaghan TD ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT firm seeks up to €30m from Irish Rail for scrapped technology project ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/21/it-firm-seeks-up-to-30m-from-irish-rail-for-scrapped-technology-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/21/it-firm-seeks-up-to-30m-from-irish-rail-for-scrapped-technology-project/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Rail to tell Oireachtas committee it terminated contract for new traffic management system in July ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Transport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BOZOEB65UNHK3LRAICR2A73BZY.jpg?auth=2d6ceb8be8d71b45cc53f6ec23a8562469f6b955c0f3c8f737652216e9c5b38a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The State-owned rail company has already written down by €50 million its investment in a new national train control system based at Heuston Station largely due to problems with the technology. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Heuston Train Station ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Luke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are abandoned’: Ukrainian family with permission to stay but nowhere to go]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/we-are-abandoned-ukrainian-family-has-permission-to-stay-but-nowhere-to-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/21/we-are-abandoned-ukrainian-family-has-permission-to-stay-but-nowhere-to-go/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fiona Dunne and Anna Polyshchuk have become friends but the Co Laois woman had not anticipated sharing her home for four years]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBG7K3OUSVDOZDMJVVT6HITV24.JPG?auth=cca664305b1e7bb9ce18fbdd0963a4093d3f307c192753ebc88932cb0fcce768&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fiona Dunne (right) hosts Ukrainian mother Anna Polyshchuk and her two children in Abbeyleix, Co Laois. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times














]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[UKRANIAN HOST - ABBEYLEIX -]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of triple murder accused Robert O’Connor died after 44 stab wounds in ‘sustained’ attack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/father-of-triple-murder-accused-robert-oconnor-died-after-44-stab-wounds-in-sustained-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/father-of-triple-murder-accused-robert-oconnor-died-after-44-stab-wounds-in-sustained-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chief State Pathologist testifies that there were no obvious defence injuries on bodies of Mark and Louise O’Connor]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:12:35 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LCC4SJ5C4GN65GNXYC4BXENT6M.jpg?auth=eb6e3d93b2ecadd92085376b1a515c7c142f415ded3f5d4f2077bd9ddd2fd22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chief State Pathologist Linda Mulligan (pictured) on Tuesday told Roisin Lacey, prosecuting counsel, that she conducted a postmortem examination on Mark and Louise O’Connor’s remains on October 1st, 2025. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Inquest into death of  Det. Supr. Colm Fox]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[MPs back Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to deal with legacy of conflict ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/mps-back-northern-ireland-troubles-bill-to-deal-with-legacy-of-conflict/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/mps-back-northern-ireland-troubles-bill-to-deal-with-legacy-of-conflict/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bill to be sent to House of Lords after MPs vote 330 to 178 in favour of Bill at third reading]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6Z473EZIOJY6WXYKQPTMI5TYNE.jpg?auth=44d6dfa9249c59cb95af52a01680b9f0e98a6a79bacf362033371b4e7844c6c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Secretary Sir Chris Bryant on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: “It’s about honesty, candour, the pursuit of justice, and most importantly, truth. Because in the end, it’s only truth that can really set us free.' Photograph: Zoe Head-Thomas/PA Wire 
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zoe Head-Thomas</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elderly woman and man accused of her murder had regularly argued, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/elderly-woman-and-man-accused-of-her-murder-had-regularly-argued-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/elderly-woman-and-man-accused-of-her-murder-had-regularly-argued-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hasan Ali Gori (52) denies murder of Josie Ray (89), who was found dead in her home in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, on August 4th, 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:01:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[One of Josie Ray’s daughters, Frances Ray, gave evidence on Tuesday at Hasan Ali Gori's trial, at the Central Criminal Court in Limerick. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The Scales of Justice at the Criminal Courts of Justice Parkgate Street. CCJ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palestinian student’s visa refusal was unlawful, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/palestinian-students-visa-refusal-was-unlawful-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/palestinian-students-visa-refusal-was-unlawful-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Outcome of challenge may impact 38 similar cases taken by others denied documentation by Minister for Justice]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:20:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OQDYH7AE2RBHTBZAEIU56AY4MA.jpg?auth=a430296806a704fa03082c03761063129f964bbd3d6fb67c5c71d54d01142183&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The student received a fully-funded scholarship to study engineering in University College Cork but remains in the Gaza Strip.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Long Hall and Clock Tower of University College Cork, Ireland]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">iuliia_n</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen powers towards Ireland as weather warnings issued for Wednesday and Thursday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/storm-austen-rain-warning-issued-for-thursday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/storm-austen-rain-warning-issued-for-thursday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann says heavy rain set to spread eastward across country into Friday with risk of localised flooding]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EGQFHNUXUJGZXLUIAB3MH2R2PU.JPG?auth=f719b8f4c41126483a9ac837936983b3ffbe1f944cdbcbe80d6639fb4711bd28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Storm Austen is the first named storm of the 2026/2027 season. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland weather umbrella ]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister for Justice accused of ‘grossly unfair commentary’ over rape cases]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/minister-for-justice-accused-of-grossly-unfair-commentary-over-rape-cases-at-committee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/minister-for-justice-accused-of-grossly-unfair-commentary-over-rape-cases-at-committee/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O’Callaghan criticised for saying ‘only cases deliberately affected by withdrawal of services in Central Criminal Court yesterday were those involving allegations of rape’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5R3WCHDNI6XUWEWNQ2YA4WYWEY.JPG?auth=7b142b92b8a8504e12bcb78bcb113307129c119bf9b54bed87e29096e3d4cb49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said six rape cases 'were adjourned due to the withdrawal of services by solicitors'. He expressed his 'deep concern that the only cases deliberately affected by the withdrawal of services in the Central Criminal Court yesterday were those involving allegations of rape'. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He was devoted to his band’: Tributes paid to Fontaines DC manager Trevor Dietz at inquest]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/he-was-devoted-to-his-band-tributes-paid-to-fontaines-dc-manager-trevor-dietz-at-inquest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/he-was-devoted-to-his-band-tributes-paid-to-fontaines-dc-manager-trevor-dietz-at-inquest/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inquest heard Dietz felt ‘overwhelmed’ by mental health problems and had become ‘increasingly distressed’ by global events]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:29:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z37YJGXI2VAXZI6COMRL4BLHKI.jpg?auth=7f96d1eb6d86b13d6ed4b5a9ac953bd2959ec2e15c2dd72730479640a49f0f18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In a statement, Dietz's sister Helena Prentice said he was 'passionate about humanitarian issues, particularly Palestine, and found it very difficult to accept the suffering of innocent people'.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Trevor Dietz]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two women and man arrested over petrol bomb murders of English family in Waterford city]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/two-women-and-man-arrested-over-petrol-bomb-murders-of-english-family-in-waterford-city/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/two-women-and-man-arrested-over-petrol-bomb-murders-of-english-family-in-waterford-city/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man (50s) and two women in their 30s arrested in latest phase of inquiry]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:28:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JQ3KCMTPAJGSPFH24A656OHKYM.jpg?auth=ea7db8fa1fe3421a8f4ad0eab292701574201170e4d4a442356d8aeafb6b9a20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Philip and Kim English, pictured with their children Callum (12) and Jayden (9).]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[English family with blurred faces]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defence Forces officers earning as little as €4 an hour for working overtime ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/defence-forces-officers-earning-as-little-as-4-an-hour-for-working-overtime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/defence-forces-officers-earning-as-little-as-4-an-hour-for-working-overtime/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Issue of low cadet starting pay – about €25,000 – also raised at Raco union annual conference]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:28:14 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TS6K6CN6UY7WTM7HDY6HPLKLME.jpg?auth=7ee7842fe07d3e56a816db44d474e58df430ec962418287f5669cf49311a5dc6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Defence Forces in the Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow, on Tuesday, preparing for deployment to Unifil. Photograph: Evan Treacy/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Peacekeepers to Lebanon]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building industry deaths reveal pressing need for closer surveillance of small sites]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/building-industry-deaths-reveal-pressing-need-for-closer-surveillance-of-small-sites/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/building-industry-deaths-reveal-pressing-need-for-closer-surveillance-of-small-sites/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[All 23 people who died were men, only one of whom was not an Irish national]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PD4LGIMCBFGBNDH7RFAWLMXY4E.jpg?auth=d71c6aae40bf0a1e99f453c10ae5785a29d1c041d14e364781879296d2eb4fe0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Authority review found that falls from heights accounted for 15 fatalities. File photograph: Dave Bolton/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Low view of two construction workers on top of house frame]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DaveBolton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmer’s estranged wife seeks order freezing his assets after he sold herd without telling her]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/farmers-estranged-wife-seeks-order-freezing-his-assets-after-he-sold-herd-without-telling-her/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/farmers-estranged-wife-seeks-order-freezing-his-assets-after-he-sold-herd-without-telling-her/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wife’s solicitor tells judge client has made a court application over dissipation of marital assets]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:11:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPCWIB45363ANVA3VK7DXT6Z64.jpg?auth=234d86eaa8992ddca8ab28c3aa647ee6f83c5c31bd56495318ca577d81c842ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the Family Law District Court, solicitor Shíofra Hassett told Judge Catherine Ryan her client has made a Section 35 application under the Family Law Act 1995 to the Circuit Court in relation to the dissipation of marital assets. Photograph: Collins Courts ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elderly couple who died in fire at Co Cork house named as Geraldine and Willie Hawkes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/elderly-couple-who-died-in-fire-at-co-cork-house-named-as-geraldine-and-willie-hawkes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/elderly-couple-who-died-in-fire-at-co-cork-house-named-as-geraldine-and-willie-hawkes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Roof of the property near Innishannon collapsed amid blaze, making search operations more difficult]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:50:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KH3Y33EFL5GQHNRI5JDCHUBNO4.jpg?auth=2059311491abcc8a0d12f22114b28e3d29e5bf67225cc1c1753b7cd05f9d5884&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Firefighters at the scene of a fatal house fire at Raheen, Crossbarry, Co Cork, on Tuesday. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FEES APPLY Fatal fire Crossbarry, Inishannon, Co Cork]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí arrest two men and seize drugs worth €1.7m in Dublin city raid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/gardai-arrest-two-men-and-seize-drugs-worth-17m-in-dublin-city-raid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/gardai-arrest-two-men-and-seize-drugs-worth-17m-in-dublin-city-raid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move against organised gang in north of Dublin city follows ‘intelligence-led operation’ by Revenue and Garda units]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:10:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QWQH5JW7ANFCHM6GQRH5CCAU2U.png?auth=4799c03caa17a7897b304a835de6e756fcc9c2b394f5657e490148bfdda9e9a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí and Revenue seized cocaine worth €1.7 million from a location in the north of Dublin city on Tuesday.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Gardaí and Revenue seized cocaine worth €1.7 million from a home in Dublin's north inner city.]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder accused to watch trial by video-link after judge notices ‘humming noises’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/murder-accused-to-watch-trial-by-video-link-after-judge-notices-humming-noises/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/murder-accused-to-watch-trial-by-video-link-after-judge-notices-humming-noises/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seth Whelan (36) has been charged with murdering his father, Michael Whelan (64), at their home in Dublin 8]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YG2WPCK342YQIBE56LTBCGWDMM.jpg?auth=0b45dc9ea05e78cf2df77ddb8b611eedaaf07eb22e86b8fdca6e50c21b0b7adc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seth Whelan's barrister has entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[CC ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No apology can bring our baby back’: Parents of baby who died two days after birth settle action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/no-apology-can-bring-our-baby-back-parents-of-baby-who-died-two-days-after-birth-settle-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/no-apology-can-bring-our-baby-back-parents-of-baby-who-died-two-days-after-birth-settle-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[HSE admitted breach in its duty of care, but denied it caused the death of the baby]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:57:48 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNKYW7WQCXWRHH4LM3XSCRTS3E.jpg?auth=ff717a35c104fc969db04685feaef9836ed04b4ecbf93e83d3c95161a51f1640&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John and Aine Duggan ended a four-year legal battle as they attended the Four Courts for a ruling on the settlement of their case over the death of their firstborn. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris Bryant had ‘no other decision’ but to halt Drumcree march, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/chris-bryant-had-no-other-decision-but-to-halt-drumcree-march-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/chris-bryant-had-no-other-decision-but-to-halt-drumcree-march-court-told/</guid><description><![CDATA[PSNI lawyers refute assertions police were considering the ‘feelings’ of the Provisional IRA in security assessments]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:40:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OZ3YCOIWVMTWLJEYL2SBRQ62MU.jpg?auth=79af4aa6b625c23889c1910494c1649b8d7d0baf2ac031dce7ac3323be88a4a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breandan Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition speaks to the media outside Belfast High Court today, where a legal challenge brought by a member of Portadown Orange Order was heard after Northern Ireland Secretary  Chris Bryant banned the Orange Order parade in Drumcree earlier this month. Photograph: Liam McBurney/Press Association]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two gardaí injured after crash involving teenagers in stolen car]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/two-gardai-injured-after-crash-involving-teenagers-in-stolen-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/two-gardai-injured-after-crash-involving-teenagers-in-stolen-car/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three teenage males were arrested following the chase]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RAGT6LRNOJATLMRHMPMXP3EBYI.JPG?auth=cc5cc6639e6904926e0b0ee65e0cef2430e11086d8c4778eb459870b03c557e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two gardaí were brought to hospital following the incident. File photograph: Bryan O'Brien

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Gardai ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is the most basic duty of a solicitor to represent a client in custody’, says judge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/it-is-the-most-basic-duty-of-a-solicitor-to-represent-a-client-in-custody-says-judge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/it-is-the-most-basic-duty-of-a-solicitor-to-represent-a-client-in-custody-says-judge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge Martin Nolan made comments in the context of a number of defendants appearing without a solicitor due to the legal aid dispute]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:17:49 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ARIBVTP6UYRBNB3T4QIYZRVCYY.jpg?auth=4e17664fd77a9af9fad1101e418ceeb614c22ed799419d5f494d35f5553d52b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A number of cases before Judge Nolan on Tuesday morning involved defendants who were in custody and the judge repeatedly criticised solicitors who were on record but were not in attendance. File photograph: Collins Courts.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narrow Water bridge components arrive by barge from Belgium]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/narrow-water-bridge-components-arrive-by-barge-from-belgium/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/narrow-water-bridge-components-arrive-by-barge-from-belgium/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Delivery of part of deck and a pylon for project linking Louth and Down a ‘major milestone’, says Taoiseach]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:08:21 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TRN6ZJDMWJGNHPCMTT7Z3NFETQ.png?auth=4ef7e60b78eb851b42f59a0394de81e54c74839c6e28b99d1788743be202f70b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The barge, Caroline, travelled from Belgium carrying sections of the bridge that will open next year between Cornamucklagh and Narrow Water. Photograph: Louth County Council]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NO FEE Parts of the Narrow Water bridge heading into Warrenpoint]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Louth County Council</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Fanciful’ to assume funds from new dereliction tax will reach local authorities, DCC chief says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/20/fanciful-to-assume-funds-from-new-dereliction-tax-will-reach-local-authorities-dcc-chief-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/20/fanciful-to-assume-funds-from-new-dereliction-tax-will-reach-local-authorities-dcc-chief-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Richard Shakespeare said local authorities are ‘unhappy’ with the replacement of the levy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:03:59 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BXXPEEZPGFHJVFQEZVN6VST3LQ.jpg?auth=aee8963e4ff066f2042b61a1d77caebac5cb53499022a0f66665095291938be0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chief executive of the Digital Hub Development Agency, Fiach Mac Conghail; Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daryl Barron; Chair of the Digital Hub Development Agency, Darina Kneafsey; and chief executive of Dublin City Council, Richard Shakespeare, unveiling a plaque at St Patrick's Tower in Dublin 8. Photograph: Mark Stedman]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[St Patrick's Tower]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Stedman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former rugby player Brendan Mullin represents himself in court due to ‘strike situation’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/former-rugby-player-brendan-mullin-represents-himself-in-court-due-to-strike-situation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/former-rugby-player-brendan-mullin-represents-himself-in-court-due-to-strike-situation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 62-year-old is charged with theft of a bottle of perfume worth €158 from Brown Thomas on Grafton Street last May]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:57:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2YTCATQ7JD2DMEEQ3VL2W6M3M.jpg?auth=80b5d128bc988142f11f082c107380f236b58030c8f25fca52c1b32d08f9757d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Ireland rugby international Brendan Mullin arriving at Dublin District Court in September. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[BRENDAN MULLIN - COURTS.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Application to unseal Bessborough mother and baby home burial records to be made]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/20/application-to-unseal-bessborough-mother-and-baby-home-burial-records-to-be-made/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/20/application-to-unseal-bessborough-mother-and-baby-home-burial-records-to-be-made/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Location of more than 800 children and 19 women who spent time in the institution remains unknown]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:34:25 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DC6UJANYYN3R2SMBXAYS6LXIC4.jpg?auth=1c49b4bd9d1210995bf24e107899141337d935c05688dbb0e0738715de2fa956&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 900 children died at Bessborough or in hospital after being transferred from the institution, which operated from 1922 to 1998. Photograph: Provision]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital apologises to woman who had to have a mastectomy when seven months pregnant ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/hospital-apologises-to-woman-who-had-to-have-a-mastectomy-when-seven-months-pregnant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/hospital-apologises-to-woman-who-had-to-have-a-mastectomy-when-seven-months-pregnant/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seanagh Rice (33), who had to have chemotherapy after the birth of her baby, sued St James’s Hospital, Dublin over care  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/37Q3IQJC65GLIXXUTXCUCNCBIQ.jpg?auth=62e3302910c975c8df83a55233ba640b2c42e5639d679ce82aea5ed31caeccb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seanagh Rice outside the High Court in Dublin on Tuesday morning. She sued St James’s Hospital, Dublin, over an alleged delay in the diagnosing of her breast cancer. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[€620k Ferrari and three Lamborghinis among vehicles seized by Revenue last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/ferraris-and-lamborghinis-among-vehicles-seized-by-revenue-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/ferraris-and-lamborghinis-among-vehicles-seized-by-revenue-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trucks and other vehicles with a combined value of €15.6m were seized over tax, fuel and smuggling issues]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:56:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FERAMPSDMBE6HJQOTBIFNGOZJE.jpg?auth=5e14859a9c649f9bfb082b8ecda871ff29fcf23211c67d7fd94bc72dd2e0f759&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Revenue spokesperson said work on vehicle detention and seizure was about “fairness and protecting the public interest”.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Revenue filer]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Marek SLUSARCZYK</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two charged in relation to fatal Waterford arson attack remanded in custody]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/two-charged-in-relation-to-fatal-waterford-arson-attack-remanded-in-custody/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/two-charged-in-relation-to-fatal-waterford-arson-attack-remanded-in-custody/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jessica Dalton and Cian Stacey appear in court after Philip, Kim, Jayden and Callum English killed in petrol bombing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VFIL6M7ASWQ5CTSIOAK5VF3AQM.jpg?auth=e98985af693467c0f42d9e538871921962ce34507f74bed40dd0ebcd688943f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jessica Dalton (31) arrives at Clonmel District Court on Saturday with her head covered. Photograph: Jonathan McCambridge/PA


]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Suspected arson attack in Waterford]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan McCambridge</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven men in court over violent disturbance on Dublin’s Ormond Quay]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/seven-men-in-court-over-violent-disturbance-on-dublins-ormond-quay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/seven-men-in-court-over-violent-disturbance-on-dublins-ormond-quay/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Men aged from their 30s to 50s to stand trial over alleged incident at a house in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NBHVLG53UNGYZFGKTRRJQLZASM.jpg?auth=7e184989ee6a3b15e29f9c8e1ef6d1ab8b3fcd09fc4079348fc01ad554239098&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Several people were brought to hospital following the incident. ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[The Criminal Courts of Justice, building in Parkgate Street, Dublin, Ireland.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested in connection with murder of Paul O’Connor in Mallow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/man-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-paul-oconnor-in-mallow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/man-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-paul-oconnor-in-mallow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Postmortem results yet to be released but it is understood the man suffered two gunshot wounds]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:09:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NOB35INOHRFGFHU4SGH6VQ6E6Q.jpg?auth=a6b62880a6d484188fd076ad585ed0db6db0af51a1ac1dc4375c44bcff7e94d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The body was found in undergrowth on the banks of the river Blackwater. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For the Irish Times]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data centres plan in Co Waterford refused planning permission after backlash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/contentious-data-centres-plan-in-co-waterford-is-refused-planning-permission/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/20/contentious-data-centres-plan-in-co-waterford-is-refused-planning-permission/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Loss of Kilmeaden’s ‘village character’ would be contrary to local development plans, Waterford City and County Council says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:55:05 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AQ2GVPXQMNBGVPTVKV6PX3TRVA.jpg?auth=b932792600635bf00118e2e0911bdfd4d6dfa92f2833fec82d4e7ad5f9add895&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Residents oppose proposed data centres in Kilmeaden village, Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times















]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NO TO KILMEADEN DATA CENTRES]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Open Day checklist: What to ask before choosing a college]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/your-open-day-checklist-what-to-ask-before-choosing-a-college/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/your-open-day-checklist-what-to-ask-before-choosing-a-college/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Damian Cullen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here are some questions that may help you get the most out of an open day]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:47:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VES3F4GQDFFYXPGJ2WETM35P5U.jpg?auth=243e38d52660a5d1a28f23ba9da803447ef74132142bb3da7e842cf4add1334a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Open days are a perfect chance to ask questions.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[University students walking in campus]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">simonkr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triple murder accused was off schizophrenia medication and using cocaine, pharmacist says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/triple-murder-accused-was-off-schizophrenia-medication-and-using-cocaine-pharmacist-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/triple-murder-accused-was-off-schizophrenia-medication-and-using-cocaine-pharmacist-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert O’Connor is accused of killing his father, mother and brother with special needs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VPQMKV4LBZDVNGFPO7RLODMO6E.jpg?auth=09e78fe1df3df544bbf2383a2f359e290f9b9ee4b928f9f2c88ccec19c452d7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark O'Connor (54), Louise O'Connor (56) and their son Evan O'Connor (27) were found dead at the family home in Drumgowna, near Tallanstown, Co Louth. Photograph: Garda/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mark O'Connor (54) Louise O'Connor (56), and their son Evan O'Connor (27), who were found dead at the family home in Drumgowna, near Tallanstown, Co Louth. Photograph: Garda/PA]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí issue renewed appeal for information about murder of Paul Quinn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/gardai-issue-renewed-appeal-for-information-about-murder-of-paul-quinn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/20/gardai-issue-renewed-appeal-for-information-about-murder-of-paul-quinn/</guid><description><![CDATA[Family of 21-year-old victim believe members of  IRA carried out fatal attack in Co Monaghan in 2007]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:29:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HCWMJCPUPBCQDMMM6NYBH2EC74.jpg?auth=1ae49dc8c8ac602c068d5301420c90f7e235ba932f3464ab8b362f7a64420355&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Quinn (21) was beaten to death in Co Monaghan in 2007]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside Ireland’s only boarding school offering the Leaving Cert and International Baccalaureate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/inside-irelands-only-boarding-school-offering-the-leaving-cert-and-international-baccalaureate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/inside-irelands-only-boarding-school-offering-the-leaving-cert-and-international-baccalaureate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With more than 60 nationalities represented in the student body, Villiers School in Limerick prides itself on a diverse and inclusive ethos]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JX6UFWHCGVGZZFRGR6OBSCJZ44.JPG?auth=d69d015918e7d23b585cddc8728b76d51996a88f59b93be817d6aaa25bd3414c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Villiers School students with Marti, the latest puppy to join the campus. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open days: Key details for NCI, NCAD, technological universities and other institutions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/open-days-key-details-for-nci-ncad-technological-universities-and-other-institutions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/open-days-key-details-for-nci-ncad-technological-universities-and-other-institutions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know in advance of undergraduate open days around the State]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WXBK6KF4BBHFFN2IEN2ZPLXEDQ.jpg?auth=dc6ddf591ed368f3898dc88b1f365da91e0677c876701f079d463f1124502feb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Royal Irish Academy of Music open day will take place on Sunday, November 1st. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[RIAM becomes first Irish Conservatoire to enter World University Rankings]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are terrified’: Father calls for son driving at 200km/h into traffic to be detained]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/20/we-are-terrified-father-calls-for-son-driving-at-200kmh-into-traffic-to-be-detained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/20/we-are-terrified-father-calls-for-son-driving-at-200kmh-into-traffic-to-be-detained/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Boy has been missing from Tusla care for more than two weeks, and is nightly posting videos of himself breaking into cars]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/53ALEUSGHBEX7OXFB36XPPHOEY.JPG?auth=5308e3e4d153a5f514fd2eb44d0318537f85811d0f4469ee7375bb208be74171&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A silhouetted image of the Dublin father with fears for his teenage son. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Conor Walsh, father of Liam, who is involved in wrong way driving in stolen cars. We cannot id Conor or Liam so silhouette photo.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Absolutely chaotic’: Passengers frustrated by overcrowding on Irish public transport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/20/a-bus-driver-who-cant-rely-on-dublin-bus-commuters-bemoan-overcrowded-public-transport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/20/a-bus-driver-who-cant-rely-on-dublin-bus-commuters-bemoan-overcrowded-public-transport/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely, Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish commuters face the daily reality of jam-packed journeys, with some describing services as a public health risk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Transport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEGHZWFVK5DC3EOBF65UOQK2VM.JPG?auth=acbe469457c0ed41f54bf40f55b68742b2edcecb0d8e108e8548df3ab09d3270&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin's Heuston Station. Photograph Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No special care place available for girl (14) being sexually exploited by group of men]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/no-special-care-place-available-for-girl-14-being-sexually-exploited-by-group-of-men/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/20/no-special-care-place-available-for-girl-14-being-sexually-exploited-by-group-of-men/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge directs that details of cases be sent to three Government Ministers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QQTPHBMZBRCKPAHQTLAMOSDAJE.JPG?auth=eb4e6a93b8b9bbace67a56a3be3fbc8551dde8921e0ac9793ec49d94486c7c99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In the High Court, Tusla was seeking a special-care order for the 14-year-old girl, but told the court it was currently unable to provide her with a bed in any of its three special-care units. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Four Courts building]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open days: What questions should students ask?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/open-days-what-questions-should-students-ask/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/20/open-days-what-questions-should-students-ask/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Damian Cullen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Going to open days can help you decide where you want to spend the next few years]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OBWJTNFXPBA7PDHKJEKORTALFY.jpg?auth=889efd5b3dda4822344c162369f2b0952e358be273c1cde1c10bfa17810cfd03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Try to arrive with a list of things you would like to find out. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Happy female students studying outdoors]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">andresr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (60s) dies after collision involving truck and car in Co Wicklow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/man-60s-dies-after-collision-involving-truck-and-car-in-co-wicklow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/man-60s-dies-after-collision-involving-truck-and-car-in-co-wicklow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incident which took place on N81 at Athgarvan]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:56:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VX3475NWIJEDZF7YMO6UZXUQ4I.jpg?auth=8da18ddbc3d9805c590a96c785855c6a0507f5a48b570b043fdca32e5f61728c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[So far this year, 148 people have been killed on the State’s roads. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda stock - road closed]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape trials only cases ‘deliberately’ targeted by striking solicitors, Jim O’Callaghan to tell Oireachtas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/jim-ocallaghan-to-tell-oireachtas-rape-cases-deliberately-affected-by-striking-solicitors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/jim-ocallaghan-to-tell-oireachtas-rape-cases-deliberately-affected-by-striking-solicitors/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn, Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Criminal defence solicitor Michael Finucane rejects suggestion rape or any specific cases targeted ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GCTFCE7Q2DCAONQDB33YN5PJ4I.JPG?auth=509077851aae442ddb1f9a2844453ef2550fe7430d0f4c3be2353f28a1e66fd9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said he has engaged with the Law Society on the dispute and would do so again. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fears of gang feuds in Drogheda as loaded guns and pipe bomb seized]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/fears-of-gang-feuds-in-drogheda-as-loaded-guns-and-pipe-bomb-seized/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/fears-of-gang-feuds-in-drogheda-as-loaded-guns-and-pipe-bomb-seized/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí discovered loaded handgun and machine pistol during search of open group at Rathmullan Park, Drogheda]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:09:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</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[The cache was found on Sunday during a search of open land in the Rathmullan Park area, as part of a pre-planned operation led by members of the Divisional Drugs Unit. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></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[Dublin council denies St Edmundsbury housing rezoning but gives green light to two other sites]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/19/dublin-council-denies-st-edmundsbury-housing-rezoning-but-gives-green-light-to-two-other-sites/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/19/dublin-council-denies-st-edmundsbury-housing-rezoning-but-gives-green-light-to-two-other-sites/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finnstown Castle and Coldcut Road locations approved after Minister instructed authorities to provide more land]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:52:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Dublin</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WD7F4DUCHRC3BDLQ6V5R3YGSCU.JPG?auth=3afa4d9f009f06fadcac20146d225e66d48ed0ea1404e4409a2989109d85ae07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times previously reported that more than 1,600 submissions opposed the rezoning of the St Edmundsbury site. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Liffey Valley Park campaign]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New public sector pay deal could be struck within days, union leader suggests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/new-public-sector-pay-deal-could-be-struck-within-days-union-leader-suggests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/new-public-sector-pay-deal-could-be-struck-within-days-union-leader-suggests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two sides met for first time for talks proper at Workplace Relations Commission on Monday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XRIAAFT6QGHUVXWUA37CU5OZX4.JPG?auth=d218ea3fa12805ddd086300ea651cce6581b088cf57deceb5d4703b0bafe9154&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 leaving the WRC on Monday after talks. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman to be awarded damages over alleged rape by employee at hotel ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/woman-to-be-awarded-damages-over-alleged-rape-by-employee-at-hotel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/woman-to-be-awarded-damages-over-alleged-rape-by-employee-at-hotel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Civil action against accused worker and company  over sexual assault, rape, battery, false imprisonment and emotional suffering]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neither the employee nor the hotel entered an appearance in the lawsuit against them. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Four Courts building Dublin]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex assault victim challenges refusal of application to compensation scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/sex-assault-victim-challenges-refusal-of-application-to-compensation-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/sex-assault-victim-challenges-refusal-of-application-to-compensation-scheme/</guid><description><![CDATA[Woman says she was not given any information about scheme by gardaí ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKIA3TQAIRECTIWQUL5NIUL3VE.jpg?auth=ded2862d126a7d6865850aa2018b632637d04201d52c9f8cfd1ec0d3a776c22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge granted leave to counsel for the woman to bring judicial review proceedings. File photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Four Courts, High Court]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">w-ings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warning not to drink water affected by aluminium in Tipperary lifted but boil notice stays]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/19/warning-not-to-drink-water-affected-by-aluminium-in-tipperary-lifted-but-boil-notice-stays/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/19/warning-not-to-drink-water-affected-by-aluminium-in-tipperary-lifted-but-boil-notice-stays/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uisce Éireann has apologised for disruption in Tipperary communities]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:27:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I55QZ4DA2BCW3NXI6VVV2EG2F4.JPG?auth=7393c5585d759342097292c30316255c3677d9f018b10fb8a926ece6829a0c98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The warning not to drink their tap water under any circumstances was in place for 10 days. Photograph: Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times 

Keywords : fuel cost of living energy gas electricity hikes energy power power cut savings tax budget carbon bricket briquette esb Born Gais
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Household energy costs]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman jailed for helping to commission murder by buying petrol to destroy getaway car]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/woman-jailed-for-helping-to-commission-murder-by-buying-petrol-to-destroy-getaway-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/woman-jailed-for-helping-to-commission-murder-by-buying-petrol-to-destroy-getaway-car/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ciara Mahony (46) has ‘moral culpability’ in relation to 2017 death of Jamie Tighe-Ennis (24) in Dublin, judge says]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:25:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XVYUCEJCFZBEFGREQ5YSROAM54.jpg?auth=bf5cc7d96598e3041e598df9d526a9f91f66d375eeb4baa948fe53ba17a5a5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciara Mahony outside the Four Courts in Dublin in 2016. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ciara Mahony]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man goes on trial accused of smothering and strangling 89-year-old woman]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/man-goes-on-trial-accused-of-smothering-and-strangling-89-year-old-woman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/man-goes-on-trial-accused-of-smothering-and-strangling-89-year-old-woman/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hasan Ali Gori (52), of no fixed abode, denied a single charge of murdering Josephine ‘Josie’ Ray at her home]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JYB56XXMMVFRHEJXCV2PIPKUAQ.jpg?auth=ec7f105c51af40f659e862d0ebd8078f851c3ad6182d4dc3cc565a85c87338d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Josie Ray (89) was discovered dead in her home at St Joseph’s Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Josie Ray]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men charged over wrong-way driving incident on M50 denied bail]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/two-men-charged-over-wrong-way-driving-incident-on-m50-denied-bail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/two-men-charged-over-wrong-way-driving-incident-on-m50-denied-bail/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daniel Brown (22) and Adam White (25) face charges of being in a stolen car and cannabis possession]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXBRIEKKXVHP7D4PDMUKVV4BBU.JPG?auth=cf150ce3b18c87543c6e64f535c33623afc51b154675427cea87d34536b40fec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bail was denied after Garda Dylan Toner cited the seriousness of the incident. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive CCJ Criminal Courts Of Justice]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterford arson victims were ‘a beautiful family who did no wrong’, funeral told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/waterford-arson-victims-were-a-beautiful-family-who-did-no-wrong-funeral-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/waterford-arson-victims-were-a-beautiful-family-who-did-no-wrong-funeral-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hundreds attend service for Philip and Kim English, as well as their sons Jayden (9) and Callum (12), at Sacred Heart Church]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:09:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PC2CHUH4MBHIJFDZXJKNMTEJUU.JPG?auth=252e11e6682687dd33f7a7655eb991b0ea63458b38c0cfba2cbe8a00e86b5f5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The coffins of the English family being moved to outside the church. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr stands over financial statement in personal insolvency bid, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/paddy-mckillen-jnr-stands-over-financial-statement-in-personal-insolvency-bid-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/paddy-mckillen-jnr-stands-over-financial-statement-in-personal-insolvency-bid-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two lenders owed a combined €11 million by the businessman raised concerns about his disclosures]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:05:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PTD5OSMTORFK5I4FKRD6TBTMFQ.jpeg?auth=48d71b8ff015736b42fb7ec60688cf28069ff4dc5153a75ed291ba739e5b7b3a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr last month obtained a protective certificate after the court heard he was ‘firmly insolvent’, with debts of €27.7 million. Photograph: Collins]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Pic Collins Photos]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí believe several people can help with Jamie Bailey murder investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/gardai-believe-several-people-can-help-with-jamie-bailey-murder-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/gardai-believe-several-people-can-help-with-jamie-bailey-murder-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Limerick man killed in Dublin at the weekend believed to have been attacked by people in his wider social circle]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:16:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VQJYGZA5K5HWRL4ACHV7IWTU7Y.jpg?auth=e921c49de30a1c68d0efd7bf880d301f77236760a4a39931899bc49576fcf189&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jamie Bailey, the Limerick man identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing in Dublin.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[James Bailey]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge ‘coerced’ into adjourning six rape and sexual offences trials as solicitors withdraw]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/judge-coerced-into-adjourning-six-rape-and-sexual-offences-trials-as-solicitors-withdraw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/judge-coerced-into-adjourning-six-rape-and-sexual-offences-trials-as-solicitors-withdraw/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defence solicitors warned by judges they need court permission to cease representing people in custody]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CCKWUULQHFHM3PXAY2V7QRVOBE.jpg?auth=95c5e29f36b16136a3f596e210ff6683e1f10de2a319ec34c7ac9e090ec85dde&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Paul McDermott noted the 'obvious suffering' this inflicted on those involved and apologised to complainants]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Courts]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New battery-electric trains due to arrive next year in bid to relieve overcrowding on services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/19/no-rail-overcrowding-relief-until-new-battery-electric-trains-enter-service-at-end-of-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/19/no-rail-overcrowding-relief-until-new-battery-electric-trains-enter-service-at-end-of-2027/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French-built units planned for use on Dublin-Drogheda line will allow for reallocation of other trains to different routes]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:53:13 +0000</pubDate><category>Transport</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2ZWSCMIDNFBXKXPFVOIOFHNNM.jpeg?auth=423e4d90671b571510ff2afbb794f41e32178aee6fd5f82c1afb61e1cb86ce16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spokesman Barry Kenny said overall, 285 carriages have been ordered from French train Alstom.  Photograph: Irish Rail]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Irish Rail new Dart train 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men (20s) arrested by gardaí investigating drug-related intimidation ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/two-men-20s-arrested-by-gardai-investigating-drug-related-intimidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/two-men-20s-arrested-by-gardai-investigating-drug-related-intimidation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Search operations were carried out in Meath and Dublin on Monday morning]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:08:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3GHTP54SBJDRTEQIEGE2FEGGXI.JPG?auth=f6e9e110ae4510e2c3384617aaa93ee5d66fca9f18de3b727e24c6c7c55456e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Both men are being questioned at Garda stations in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive Gardai ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapist Simon McGinley jailed for repeatedly breaching release conditions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/rapist-simon-mcginley-jailed-for-repeatedly-breaching-release-conditions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/rapist-simon-mcginley-jailed-for-repeatedly-breaching-release-conditions/</guid><description><![CDATA[McGinley was sentenced to 21 years in prison in 2009 for rape of elderly woman, having been previously jailed for ‘C Case’ rape]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C4UVVGHFHPMUV62WHUDFICHCVE.jpg?auth=6fca062e5e52fae0ac4117a7f501c702b3b277a2d63474f3a18c73da802e57cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon McGinley in 2009, when he was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for rape. Photograph: Collins Court]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limerick teenager pleads guilty to hit-and-run that killed nurse Áine O’Reilly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/limerick-teenager-pleads-guilty-to-hit-and-run-that-killed-nurse-aine-oreilly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/limerick-teenager-pleads-guilty-to-hit-and-run-that-killed-nurse-aine-oreilly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keelan O’Connell (19) of Scanlon Park, Castleconnell, was under the influence of drugs at time of fatal incident]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XDKNCPI2V5AFPH5WEC44AFLCJU.jpg?auth=9e0ee4cc929b5c58d57019b47a713d5ffc6812cffc2dd6b8e08c37c7826d09df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Áine O’Reilly was killed in the crash on the N24 in Limerick on February 13th.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Áine O’Reilly]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than €650,000 spent on fire-safety works at Farmleigh House]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/more-than-650000-spent-on-fire-safety-works-at-farmleigh-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/19/more-than-650000-spent-on-fire-safety-works-at-farmleigh-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Work not yet complete at Phoenix Park property, which is used as accommodation for visiting heads of state]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SBL3NLYLM73SCYPMOQ6QRYMZ7E.JPG?auth=605b7034fa299b122d459f04589321ab063bf5c92007aa0369fe398323687472&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin greets US president Donald Trump at Farmleigh House, Co Dublin, in September. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos 
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSNI feared gun use by dissident republicans if parade went down Garvaghy Road, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/psni-feared-gun-use-by-dissident-republicans-if-parade-went-down-garvaghy-road-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/19/psni-feared-gun-use-by-dissident-republicans-if-parade-went-down-garvaghy-road-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High Court in Belfast is hearing a challenge to the decisions that led to ban of Drumcree march]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:14:51 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LMDFNQEUKNFRVODWNXQHOZRFIU.jpg?auth=baa0ed61fc7ca39e6b4dbc267f1bb1902606ce9673938c95cd432a83fba55515&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flags displayed on the Garvaghy Road last month in protest against a planned march by the Orange Order. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Flags on the Garvaghy Road protesting a planned march by the Orange Order.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd story Seanín Graham]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Islamist’ bomb threat email sent to ‘up to 300’ Northern Ireland schools]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/islamist-bomb-threat-email-sent-to-up-to-300-northern-ireland-schools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/19/islamist-bomb-threat-email-sent-to-up-to-300-northern-ireland-schools/</guid><description><![CDATA[Police are treating letters as a hoax, although some schools have closed]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7E6WGRQL2A64V4VVYJH2JBFR3A.jpg?auth=e05a4c1afec5e72368166b968362a73c72d23c5824cc9c314bf7f1eaa56e0f98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland have received emailed bomb threats, police said. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Emergency Meeting Called Following PSNI Data Breach]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>