<?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>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:13:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Barrister disagrees with defence that death on stag night was ‘a single punch’ case]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/07/barrister-disagrees-with-defence-that-death-on-stag-night-was-a-single-punch-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/07/barrister-disagrees-with-defence-that-death-on-stag-night-was-a-single-punch-case/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ruling on sentence following manslaughter verdict in Athlone death due later in month at Mullingar Circuit Court]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FCG5QWNMEZC4LKRTDJKHKAQCPI.JPG?auth=d0f51ff4321f632e3689ee1f3328874e3044a9a1ebf5ca84175b89f60b4db086&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Deirdre Browne said she would deliver her ruling as to sentence in a manslaughter case on October 16th at Mullingar Circuit Court. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mullingar District Court stock shot]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (30s) charged after drone smuggling contraband into Midlands Prison crashes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/06/two-men-arrested-after-drone-attempted-to-smuggle-contraband-into-midlands-prison/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/06/two-men-arrested-after-drone-attempted-to-smuggle-contraband-into-midlands-prison/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The drone crashed into the nearby Prison Officers Training College on Tuesday afternoon]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:46:09 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KPPGRNFX4RM7HMTLQSFXJ5O35E.jpg?auth=a9faecf9cd05902523c4fd33a1b787fb17bc392564a757e8f7ca610e0b8f83ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí began a search of the area after officers at Midlands Prison were notified of drone activity. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Stock Portlaoise]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Niamh O’Brien: tributes paid to ‘beautiful Irish dancer, performer, wife, mother and much-loved member of Irish dance community’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/niamh-obrien-tributes-paid-to-beautiful-irish-dancer-performer-wife-mother-and-much-loved-member-of-irish-dance-community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/niamh-obrien-tributes-paid-to-beautiful-irish-dancer-performer-wife-mother-and-much-loved-member-of-irish-dance-community/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funeral arrangements yet to be announced for  wife of Michael Flatley following her death this week]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:15:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JDH4BZX6YFD6TIFQXWDVLITUNI.jpg?auth=7151537143389ce95bf5b947268ae540eb369afbf3d6da60630c925fc652f91f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niamh O'Brien and Michael Flatley with their son Michael St James. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Premiere of Blackbird (Michael Flatley Film)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three unionist parties back motion of no confidence in Michelle O’Neill ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/three-unionist-parties-back-motion-of-no-confidence-in-michelle-oneill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/three-unionist-parties-back-motion-of-no-confidence-in-michelle-oneill/</guid><description><![CDATA[Motions also listed against John O’Dowd, Caoimhe Archibald and Liz Kimmins]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:44:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PB5XOIQXV5A5XEBDBAV55KYZ64.JPG?auth=919c602393f3529d99afd97cbb7ec54a7c433dd76661133b2feb3f5f28ff68a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First Minister Michelle O'Neill is a subject of a motion of no confidence backed by the three main unionist parties in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill and Leader of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald talk to the media after having a meeting with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste over the ongoing standoff on Garvaghy Road.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the class of 2026 begins college, a masked shadow lingers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/07/as-the-class-of-2026-begins-college-a-masked-shadow-lingers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/07/as-the-class-of-2026-begins-college-a-masked-shadow-lingers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne McCormack]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We should not forget that the chaos caused by Covid can still be impacting on young adults as they begin the next chapter ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TMHJ5ZBY65CUJOBVBY26PIZ5UY.jpg?auth=bac9be899eb9e9ff5b7f707a073b445bdf17252af2b4203227e971574f849ac9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[For the class of 2026, the opportunity to socialise and start the 'job' of identity-formation was interrupted by Covid-19 more than six years ago, just as they entered one of the most formative periods of their lives. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[First day at university for young happy female student in casual clothes with backpack on her shoulders. View from back, she is looking at the entrance of the building]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">InspirationGP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divorcing couple’s €1.4m properties distributed between them after marriage ‘full of strife’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/07/divorced-couples-14m-properties-distributed-between-them-after-marriage-full-of-strife/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/07/divorced-couples-14m-properties-distributed-between-them-after-marriage-full-of-strife/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Incomprehensible’ that funds were depleted by €150,000 due to children attending boarding school abroad, says judge]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +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[In the High Court, Judge Nuala Jackson said the history of the long marriage appeared 'somewhat joyless, chaotic, angst-ridden and full of strife'. Photograph: Getty ]]></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[Junior Cycle: Record numbers receive their results ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/07/junior-cycle-record-numbers-receive-their-results/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/07/junior-cycle-record-numbers-receive-their-results/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Percentage of Distinctions aggregated across all subjects stays unchanged at 8.6% this year]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C35YVY2ZVNKWULAZZHKT2YNZAY.jpg?auth=ef3b84f519d1cccb20d795e30760dc3aea8be64fc5f808cd59cef1aa961261e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some 73,879 candidates sat the Junior Cycle exams this year, up by less than 1 per cent on the 73,336 who sat it in 2025.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We swim with our faces out of the water’: how Lough Derg’s algal bloom affects locals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/07/we-swim-with-our-faces-out-of-the-water-how-lough-dergs-algal-bloom-affects-locals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/07/we-swim-with-our-faces-out-of-the-water-how-lough-dergs-algal-bloom-affects-locals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton in Killaloe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Swimmers, anglers and campaigners raise concerns over recurring algae, pollution and water abstraction]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HX4VE5ZRRRCGTEA2MPDSPGL44A.JPG?auth=1e36c1da0caa0e04c6cc6f56a67b7769d047c9b3a7de234404b1c38bc1589a3f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Swimmers have seen an increase in algal blooms on Lough Derg in recent years. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Swimmers have seen an increase in algae bloom on Lough Derg in recent years.  Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zimbabwean workers awarded €30k each after arriving in Ireland to find they had no jobs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/zimbabwean-workers-awarded-30k-each-after-arriving-in-ireland-to-find-they-had-no-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/zimbabwean-workers-awarded-30k-each-after-arriving-in-ireland-to-find-they-had-no-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workplace Relations Commission awarded maximum amount available citing ‘particularly egregious’ treatment ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RC7LF3O3ORXMDC3RQYGKSWT5ZA.jpg?auth=b92a41da697474edeeeeb0abcb958dd4ebfe8e3f322ca4fd72f67c4f39996778&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nine Zimbabwean workers took cases to the Workplace Relations Commission (above) saying they were left without work or money to pay basic bills. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council urges Johnny Ronan lobbyist Coveney to honour Glass Bottle site affordable housing plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/simon-coveney-urged-to-honour-irish-glass-bottle-affordable-housing-commitment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/07/simon-coveney-urged-to-honour-irish-glass-bottle-affordable-housing-commitment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No affordable purchase homes secured with council negotiating for alternative cost-rental scheme]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S5FMRGFW5RDPFBYBRESQURJULU.jpg?auth=37abd1105a37ec5e556e35548c9fa7fdc4800ab44e121bfbf3460a704b8da7b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An artist's impression of Johnny Ronan's plan for the Irish Glass Bottle site]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Irish glass bottle housing]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher among artists calling for independent Drumcree mediator]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/susan-sarandon-and-noel-gallagher-among-artists-calling-for-independent-drumcree-mediator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/susan-sarandon-and-noel-gallagher-among-artists-calling-for-independent-drumcree-mediator/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[International mediator ‘would lower the political temperature’, dozens of artists argue in open letter to Chris Bryant]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2VPQDXKK2GUUVJTAY7GGBQHNQM.jpg?auth=285235f5a35cbbcbe879c975ae09caa5920a7cd27cafe3e619fb351ada13afaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police form a barricade as Orangemen seek to parade from Drumcree Church towards the Garvaghy Road in Portadown in recent days. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A closure for us’: Cork family learns brother missing since 1992 died in UK two years ago]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/a-closure-for-us-cork-family-learns-brother-missing-since-1992-died-in-uk-two-years-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/a-closure-for-us-cork-family-learns-brother-missing-since-1992-died-in-uk-two-years-ago/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jerry O’Sullivan believes brother Patsy may have started new life because being gay wasn’t as accepted in the Ireland of the ‘90s as it would be now]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N4VFTLEPHFAW3F3MIK4ASP6USE.png?auth=9265e1c81fd3f35c3f39079f883299867b01d2f2e3fb142d217d59a17e3ea26d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick (Patsy) O’Sullivan, from Co Cork, whose last known contact with his family was in 1992, died in the UK two years ago.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Patsy O'Sullivan]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omagh bombing lawyers question whether fingerprints were ever sent to Scotland Yard  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/omagh-bombing-lawyers-question-whether-fingerprints-were-ever-sent-to-scotland-yard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/omagh-bombing-lawyers-question-whether-fingerprints-were-ever-sent-to-scotland-yard/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Senior garda says limited CCTV of 1998 meant there was ‘very little or none’ of use to inquiry]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:24:13 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRROHFV6G2OVVAWUFRYJAK6LJ4.jpg?auth=c9c66cf68ce8e297705bb81c250d5144c6ef17f82e1c937eb5e82269ccda23f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The third chapter of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry is being held at Bradford Court in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Omagh Bombing Inquiry]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man settles action over abuse by former Terenure College teacher John McClean]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/man-settles-action-over-abuse-by-former-terenure-college-teacher-john-mcclean/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/man-settles-action-over-abuse-by-former-terenure-college-teacher-john-mcclean/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears ‘of the most significant and substantial type’ of sexual abuse between the 1970s and 1980s ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XRM6KQVA3P56WCNUYEVNB5KEGI.jpg?auth=2b09f63b28eef0c88495eaded8416115726b7bfcf4d1e351c822812b44e17896&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McClean taught at Terenure College between 1966 and 1996. Photograph: Collins 
 ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Confidence’ that Horse Sport Ireland can survive in face of €3m liabilities]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/confidence-that-horse-sport-ireland-can-survive-in-face-of-3m-liabilities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/confidence-that-horse-sport-ireland-can-survive-in-face-of-3m-liabilities/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High Court judge says examiner’s report on equestrian body shows ‘reasonable prospect’ it can continue]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:12:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JUUQS34RCU3KDRFQINCWG67VEE.jpg?auth=385396356849cf794469da39ce38e81e5eaef380678e5ef98847477d3061fc99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Horse Sport Ireland was granted a petition for its examinership last August. Photograph: Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relatives of shooting victim spotted his tracksuit under freshly dug grass, court to hear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/relatives-of-shooting-victim-spotted-his-tracksuit-under-freshly-dug-grass-court-to-hear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/relatives-of-shooting-victim-spotted-his-tracksuit-under-freshly-dug-grass-court-to-hear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kurt Ryan (33) is charged with murder of Lee Slattery at Delmege Estate in Limerick in 2010]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:43:54 +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[Michael O’Higgins, for the prosecution, gave the jury a “roadmap” of the anticipated evidence at the Central Criminal Court in Cork. 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[Dublin teen sent video of himself inhaling aerosols a year before he died from fumes, inquest hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/dublin-teen-sent-video-of-himself-inhaling-aerosols-a-year-before-he-died-from-fumes-inquest-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/dublin-teen-sent-video-of-himself-inhaling-aerosols-a-year-before-he-died-from-fumes-inquest-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán McCárthaigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daniel Maguire (14) died from ‘cardiac toxicity due to inhalation of butane and propane’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:53:51 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YW7TCCHRMVAYNILBGAGBKDJ44U.jpg?auth=6c309d17876eb71d93c5b5497abcbfff3c7c885d96fe4ccb7aed052f049313cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Maguire died within two hours of inhaling the contents of an aerosol deodorant in September 2025. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Daniel Maguire]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister for Justice offers to prioritise Gaza students’ appeals over visa refusal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/minister-for-justice-offers-to-prioritise-gaza-students-appeals-over-visa-refusal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/minister-for-justice-offers-to-prioritise-gaza-students-appeals-over-visa-refusal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposal would see cases of four scholarship students heard and decided by Friday ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:12:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JUOGKIWFPZWWHIFGA4CUDMEF5I.JPG?auth=467612a333f7f0a602522274d58fa727b40dbd723402907f00ef67a9a1184ec3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters outside the Department of Justice. 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 who helped commission 2017 gangland murder rang victim on night of shooting, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/woman-who-helped-commission-2017-gangland-murder-rang-victim-on-night-of-shooting-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/woman-who-helped-commission-2017-gangland-murder-rang-victim-on-night-of-shooting-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Murder of 24-year-old Jamie Tighe-Ennis nine years ago, remains unsolved]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:06:07 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EGSYBI5ZJSUKHZT5MFAO4LDHLU.jpg?auth=81f7fee866f6727b4361d6c97c39c06d87bcf506e4d6b1119d03189490c19d7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardai at the scene in Moatview  Avenue, in Coolock, where Jamie Tighe-Ennis was shot dead  in 2017. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who suffered stroke in Cork hospital settles action for €1.2m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/man-who-suffered-stroke-in-cork-hospital-settles-action-for-12m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/man-who-suffered-stroke-in-cork-hospital-settles-action-for-12m/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mercy hospital offers ‘sincere and heartfelt’ apology for failings in care]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EGDGVMM3TGCP4BISWZCZGVWYG4.jpg?auth=758f4271d261e919bfc7fc05ff2c36aaf27c63fc562ba519c355aa712e7ca3bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The man, who is in his 70s, suffered a stroke after the blood-thinning medication he was on was stopped for three days while he was a patient at Mercy University Hospital, Cork. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda arrest driver found to be disqualified  after he came to pick up uninsured friend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/06/garda-arrest-driver-found-to-be-disqualified-after-he-came-to-pick-up-uninsured-friend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/06/garda-arrest-driver-found-to-be-disqualified-after-he-came-to-pick-up-uninsured-friend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two cars seized after gardaí stopped BMW without insurance and friend with disqualification came to get him in Audi]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:55:16 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K25RJIRWPZCDTPA756YJCFSKHY.jpeg?auth=668a641720921c141d56094985f2a16cca013140bf72251e3f9f2c6d3a73b55b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A BMW was seized by An Garda Síochána on the M50 after it was flagged as having no active insurance. It also had not been taxed for 274 days. Photograph: Garda]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[BMW vehicle seized by An Garda Síochána on the M50 which was found to be untaxed for hundreds of days. Photo: Garda]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV Ireland quit HSE programme due to ‘slagging’ and claims of corruption, WRC told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/hiv-ireland-quit-hse-programme-due-to-slagging-and-claims-of-corruption-wrc-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/hiv-ireland-quit-hse-programme-due-to-slagging-and-claims-of-corruption-wrc-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charity defends complaint of whistleblower penalisation brought by veteran manager accused of bullying ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:33:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7U25TCB26NA6FCS5G5Z5O64HH4.JPG?auth=3dad1dba011feb3bdf9ca92d89bd5b70222fb24468788bf0a60a725d37048037&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[HIV Ireland disputes Erin Nugent’s claim that she has been 'disappeared' as the organisation's public face  at conferences and in the press as penalisation for whistleblowing. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times   ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News HIV report launch Leinster House]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New mandatory register for Airbnb and other short-term lettings to open in December]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/new-mandatory-register-for-airbnb-and-other-short-term-lettings-to-open-in-december/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/new-mandatory-register-for-airbnb-and-other-short-term-lettings-to-open-in-december/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Growth of often controversial sector and difficulty contacting hosts key reasons for new legislation]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:57:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VPNL5LKEAVESXPAGI56WL4SL2U.jpg?auth=97dc1b9bf92f5a973ad5deced165f910b4a2e7b8bc7dc4d67de7d2362babbf1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hosts offering short-term accommodation rental services will be required to obtain and maintain a valid registration number and display it on all advertisements and listings. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Airbnb, Amazon, ebay, News and other Apps on iPhone screen]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">stockcam</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Zuckerberg’s Waterford GAA club donations be a new wave of philanthropy in Ireland?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/could-zuckerbergs-waterford-gaa-club-donations-be-a-new-wave-of-philanthropy-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/could-zuckerbergs-waterford-gaa-club-donations-be-a-new-wave-of-philanthropy-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland is entering an unprecedented transfer of wealth, but experts say more could be done to encourage charitable giving]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:55:04 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N7H32TOOHNC53OFTI4MAG6IO4Y?auth=966e8673b0321d9dd1cca6eef77d6c58aa238f6357846b30854407039b2a853c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook’s parent group Meta. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[US-POLITICS-TRUMP-AI]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Roberto Schmidt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls for ban on rickshaws in Dublin following death of young mother]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/calls-for-ban-on-rickshaws-in-dublin-following-death-of-young-mother/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/calls-for-ban-on-rickshaws-in-dublin-following-death-of-young-mother/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke, Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Galway city introduced bylaws in 2013 preventing use of rickshaws]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:37:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JQNX6HQOZG4BO6WLLAYNGQET4.jpg?auth=0a5a5d4e606279104a69adc8068b66dc9518d289de451d5056efa0f062847875&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Danielle O'Keane, a mother of two, died in Dublin on October 1st]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Danielle O'Keane]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armed gardaí shot XL Bully dog four times after it attacked and killed owner, inquest told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/armed-gardai-shot-xl-bully-dog-four-times-after-it-attacked-and-killed-owner-inquest-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/armed-gardai-shot-xl-bully-dog-four-times-after-it-attacked-and-killed-owner-inquest-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí reviewed CCTV footage of the attack and the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled no criminal prosecution would follow]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:31:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5V4K25GDK5EWRKXAR7YKHV6B5U.jpg?auth=21775ab86626d73a60517e424cdeca48b6e0428934c5a66ed7cda9c82e8f8e60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nicole Morey died after she was attacked by her pet dogs in Limerick in June 2024. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Nicole Morey Limerick dog attack victim]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick ODonnell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court of Appeal upholds Lisa Smith’s conviction for Islamic State membership]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/court-of-appeal-upholds-lisa-smiths-conviction-for-islamic-state-membership/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/court-of-appeal-upholds-lisa-smiths-conviction-for-islamic-state-membership/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former soldier travelled to Syria in 2015 to join terrorist group, Special Criminal Court found in 2022]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IDZQ4CLTBG3EXSPD2G4JYI2UUU.jpg?auth=2d809c137b86982959ba8cc1bd7ef6a64aa9be3d434584b276ec1e3551cfc2b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith at the Criminal Courts of Justice last year. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost half of young adults cite cost issue in seeking mental health support, says survey ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/almost-half-of-young-adults-cite-cost-issue-in-seeking-mental-health-support-says-survey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/almost-half-of-young-adults-cite-cost-issue-in-seeking-mental-health-support-says-survey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mental Health Ireland says people are turning to exercise, time with family and friends, and nature   ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:42:47 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KYGKRNR6BVAHPPBEDK7KYIRLGU.jpg?auth=32bcc88aaeefe32cf691a6edfb7d58fcb2cadc07e9496f6494c7e47904a74f40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 57 per cent of people turn to exercise to manage stress, research found]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Young female runner, athlete is jogging in the city street in sunshine. Woman training, listening to music]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">master1305</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A5 ruling a ‘relief’ for bereaved families, All-Ireland winner who lost two siblings says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/belfast-court-quashes-ruling-blocking-upgrade-of-a5-road/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/belfast-court-quashes-ruling-blocking-upgrade-of-a5-road/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[€2 billion upgrade would be Northern Ireland’s largest ever road project]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:53:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IO42GLNFOVWPSM37OTUAHHCRXQ.jpg?auth=abffffc214b86340604fe3a45f7e68f3367bc74bb4a36240c436d67ee8ea6857&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A5 campaigners outside Laganside Courts in Belfast on Tuesday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A5 road upgrade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New camera at Kerry railway crossing to target drivers breaking red lights, speed limits]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/automatic-camera-at-kerry-railway-crossing-to-combat-breaking-red-light-and-speed-limits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/automatic-camera-at-kerry-railway-crossing-to-combat-breaking-red-light-and-speed-limits/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Automatic camera will photograph licence plates of drivers who fail to stop when red lights flashing at crossing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:55:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2DWPX6KZHRAPTKJKZG2QG5X3MQ.jpg?auth=e16ad0fefcf5465eec96d131817458d5d70fe0a6f386c97ab6cfc5205340abe5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The first automatic enforcement camera at a railway level crossing was installed at the Merrion Gates in Dublin. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland transport city DART train rail safety]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Rail services into Dublin from Newbridge disrupted by signalling issues ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/irish-rail-commuter-service-into-dublin-disrupted-by-signalling-issues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/06/irish-rail-commuter-service-into-dublin-disrupted-by-signalling-issues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Train services between Hazelhatch and Heuston have been affected, with delays of more than an hour]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:18:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</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[Services between Hazelhatch and Heuston stations have been affected by signalling issues ]]></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[Offender with 114 convictions who helped gang in fatal shooting keen to change ways, says lawyer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/offender-with-114-convictions-who-helped-gang-in-fatal-shooting-keen-to-change-ways-says-lawyer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/offender-with-114-convictions-who-helped-gang-in-fatal-shooting-keen-to-change-ways-says-lawyer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most recent offence for robbery and reckless discharge of a firearm in Lidl on the Malahide Road ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge remanded Paul Clarke in custody until Friday, when he will be sentenced. File photograph: Noel Bennett/Getty Images]]></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[Has your child settled in to school? The essential prep has nothing to do with reading or writing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/06/is-your-child-ready-for-school-the-essential-prep-has-nothing-to-do-with-reading-or-writing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/06/is-your-child-ready-for-school-the-essential-prep-has-nothing-to-do-with-reading-or-writing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arlene Harris]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In junior infants, the key skills to practise with a child at home include toileting, getting dressed and having a generally positive outlook]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B4NLQLV5JVBODBC2KZIZIUPLDE.jpg?auth=161a1e0ebc75a36de18f4a3ea22c09eeaa1ffc47b201cf8749ac4e10ad18aeb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['It is imperative to ensure optimum learning and contact time.' Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Smiling Girl in Classroom Sitting on Chair Surrounded by Classmates]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FatCamera</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From minimum wage to affordable childcare: Tackling child poverty demands policies geared to ‘keep parents at work’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/06/tackling-child-poverty-demands-policies-geared-to-keep-parents-at-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/06/tackling-child-poverty-demands-policies-geared-to-keep-parents-at-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[States must also provide adequate income support and accessible, high-quality services, says OECD report]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2NSMH4FLNGLXGDYSG7ESYI6VI.jpg?auth=d6f42a2b42f75f691ed648152a367706e6b187573002e63f78cde94ba7a96347&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[No single policy tackles child poverty, the report said. Photograph: Ralf Geithe/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Old broken shoes of a little boy as a symbol for child poverty]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ralf Geithe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I feel broken’: Ukrainians in Ireland face an uncertain future  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/06/i-feel-broken-ukrainians-in-ireland-face-an-uncertain-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/06/i-feel-broken-ukrainians-in-ireland-face-an-uncertain-future/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Contracts with hotels housing more than 4,000 Ukrainians end next month, while private host payments end in March ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Social Affairs</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/77PX26ZX5JGULMPOGWOYETCDTY.jpg?auth=287f641e2b72136f3de6191b99328917f6b93fd18db4291ce60381f83e252c42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hanna Skachydub, a Ukrainian refugee living in Howth with her children, says returning home would be 'impossible'. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times















]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[UKRAINIAN REFUGEE.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They’re getting electricity for way lower prices’: Few regrets in Mayo over data centre refusal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/06/few-regrets-in-co-mayo-over-data-centre-planning-refusal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/06/few-regrets-in-co-mayo-over-data-centre-planning-refusal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘The price of energy is going up all the time and yet ... data centres are getting electricity for way lower prices than we ordinary people’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DRZNPUORMRCOBNSO5PSFEIGEO4.jpg?auth=a3887a7711217aba733763f9cf8cac9c136878377659fb309ff799cc87d70597&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Uinsionn MacCraith in Killala, Co Mayo, is 'absolutely delighted' that the data centre was refused planning permission. Photograph Áine Ryan ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Uinsionn Mac Craith in Killala Co Mayo. Photograph Áine Ryan - data centre story]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The word meningitis came up and I was like absolutely stuck to the floor’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/the-word-meningitis-came-up-and-i-was-like-absolutely-stuck-to-the-floor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/the-word-meningitis-came-up-and-i-was-like-absolutely-stuck-to-the-floor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Siobhán and Noel Carroll following the death of their four-year-old daughter, Aoibhe, to meningitis]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:14:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7MNQY4IHRZH3VPE4FIMFZ7XCD4.jpeg?auth=f9732acb30c32840e0d3100da8bb58d5787a8d9c4624ec6f59934f0bf800281d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Helena Power, her husband Kelvin Power and their sons Tom (5) and Jack (2)]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[LOW-RES NO FEE Supplied photos of Power family for Katie Mellett meningitis piece]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would-be Galway mosque bombers made video warning they would carry out further attacks, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/would-be-galway-mosque-bombers-made-video-warning-they-would-carry-out-further-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/would-be-galway-mosque-bombers-made-video-warning-they-would-carry-out-further-attacks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears ‘Irish Defence Army’ members shared information on making explosive devices in Signal chat group 'Shadows of Eire’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPZJXSC3LZL7VUPN6WKKNNBBFU.JPG?auth=bde64190790b3e6c5da4d6aef5789e3de1570d04a4b0f7fb76928f12084b9474&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garrett Pollock on Monday pleaded guilty to a further count of possessing an explosive substance on November 4th, 2025. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of importing crystal meth worth €32m seeks access to witnesses’ phones]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-accused-of-importing-crystal-meth-worth-32m-seeks-access-to-witnesses-phones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-accused-of-importing-crystal-meth-worth-32m-seeks-access-to-witnesses-phones/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State’s case is the drugs were imported from Mexico and stored at the Ballyseedy Garden Centre before being transported to Cork]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:03:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L44RRB6ZEVT5MVDLCA6XHYAFZ4.jpg?auth=e54da2c80e23cfd4fc97b3093af8832203167e163a128356f55b2d27ef7b148e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Counsel for James Leen (43) asked for an adjournment so an expert in Texas in the US can analyse data from phones belonging to various proposed witnesses in the trial. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">www.dwalshphoto.ie 0872672033</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screw]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/almost-all-schools-to-close-for-second-day-in-coming-weeks-as-unions-turn-the-screw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/almost-all-schools-to-close-for-second-day-in-coming-weeks-as-unions-turn-the-screw/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leaders of country’s four largest public service unions met on Monday to consider escalation of their dispute over a new pay deal]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:47:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y6C5UDG6YPLZAOSRZ756XJTJXM.jpg?auth=e988e6f8ae209eb1ba70ce97e73df199f793d27422ab536be887d471b31a7f56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[INTO general secretary John Boyle said the lack of progress since a work-to-rule started across many sectors of the public and civil service last Wednesday had persuaded officials to press ahead with notification of the second strike. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (43) to be sentenced for manslaughter of mother of two in Mallow stabbing incident]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-43-to-be-sentenced-for-manslaughter-of-mother-of-two-in-stabbing-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-43-to-be-sentenced-for-manslaughter-of-mother-of-two-in-stabbing-incident/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joseph Butler inflicted an 11cm wound when he stabbed 31-year-old Paula Canty in Mallow, Co Cork, on January 3rd, 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OWTIY4YTGRHWNAHNO2UMHZRHRQ.jpg?auth=05fa6e615564e951a1a3aeb3cc6a68fb6eaf6e94726d0b3d320212f042f3a553&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joseph Butler's plea of manslaughter in the death of Paula Canty was accepted by the DPP. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Fee applies]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway City Council ordered to pause tree felling by High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/galway-city-council-ordered-to-pause-tree-felling-by-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/galway-city-council-ordered-to-pause-tree-felling-by-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The local authority ordered the felling in response to damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:48:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4XMQZO5SFHYXK4VHUGRS3YMJA.JPG?auth=7ebc2404d2a89cb7f18d376f56dd29b134cb4eb2bc0f3b9ab8a8e8976d10dbd6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The council said it plans to replant native trees at the impacted area. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FOR THE IRISH TIMES Galway City Council logo change feature]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judgment reserved in legal challenge to Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/judgment-reserved-in-legal-challenge-to-orange-order-parade-on-garvaghy-road/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/judgment-reserved-in-legal-challenge-to-orange-order-parade-on-garvaghy-road/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Drumcree standoff: Three senior judges promised to deliver verdict on latest legal challenge to the march ‘swiftly’, but did not provide a date]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:42:47 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GLNMXYDSBWV56JIBRSNJRNADFM.jpg?auth=ad6067a8cd40fe9415929be3d225485ec6a70a5658bc7b9bc75f2dfac0a58507&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breandán Mac Cionnaith and members of the Garvaghy Road Residents coalition speak to the media outside the High Court in Belfast. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Appalling attack’: Man forced into bin and pushed on to railway tracks at Dublin Dart station]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/man-forced-into-bin-and-pushed-on-to-railway-tracks-at-dublin-train-station/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/man-forced-into-bin-and-pushed-on-to-railway-tracks-at-dublin-train-station/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incident at Harmonstown station on Sunday night ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:41:30 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XBROJZF44NGFLJSYZFS6KVVMHU.JPG?auth=666fe8d6823c64ca2ab66ea979857ee9442ca47913f8d7d09e003c57f8d6681d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The male youth was hurt in the incident at Harmonstown Dart Station, but managed to climb back on to the platform despite his injuries. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Archive DART]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why reducing the €2,500 student registration charge would be a double-edged sword]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/why-reducing-the-2500-student-registration-charge-would-be-a-double-edged-sword/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/why-reducing-the-2500-student-registration-charge-would-be-a-double-edged-sword/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Do we really want our universities to be much cheaper than others in the EU?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INDOFQA7MJGINPXCKGQEY3BV34.jpg?auth=80472d9c669ab3ca4c57a4c101dbe3b2807ad8c1f2870f0498e5089281b2a5e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Students from anywhere in the European Union have the same right to a place in an Irish university as Irish students do. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Young adult students at a university lecture, back view]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">monkeybusinessimages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They deserve to be on a good wage’: Dublin parents back teachers on industrial action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/they-deserve-to-be-on-a-good-wage-dublin-parents-back-teachers-on-industrial-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/they-deserve-to-be-on-a-good-wage-dublin-parents-back-teachers-on-industrial-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parents who spoke during school pickups on Monday were supportive of action, though acknowledged it may ‘upset’ jobs]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:56:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JVLZHEDNDRGLNCPFIMKYPQ34LA.jpg?auth=c9ed67bf5175f5686da51a747cdce11bbeee62f37a311fd7e3940447dbe5a893&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathy Foley says she will 'of course' be affected should the 24-hour teacher strike go ahead, with her 10-year-old daughter Nancy saying she 'won't mind'.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kathy Foley]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Neill accused of choosing politics over ministerial responsibilities in Drumcree standoff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/oneill-accused-of-choosing-sf-politics-over-ministerial-responsibilities-in-drumcree-standoff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/oneill-accused-of-choosing-sf-politics-over-ministerial-responsibilities-in-drumcree-standoff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emma Little-Pengelly said First Minister ‘chose to follow the law of the mob instead of the law of the land’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7NJX7OQG7ROPTD7QZSXGQJZDM.jpg?auth=2173d6540ed5c912849995f396de6044a90f061ad8503a73ccb9288d05dac819&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald attending a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents in the Drumcree parade dispute. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí seized nearly 2,000 fireworks, worth €347,000, in past 10 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/gardai-have-seized-nearly-2000-fireworks-worth-347000-in-last-decade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/gardai-have-seized-nearly-2000-fireworks-worth-347000-in-last-decade/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Operation Tombola targets the importation, sale and distribution of illegal fireworks]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6MRFVIEMGCGX6KDPBMBFLYTRU.jpg?auth=02a94d87fe39030d5961feac69e742aea1c7f3dd7402dde25c47266085b305b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is illegal to possess or use fireworks without a permit. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal aid dispute a matter of concern, says Chief Justice ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/legal-aid-dispute-a-matter-of-concern-says-chief-justice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/legal-aid-dispute-a-matter-of-concern-says-chief-justice/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revised payment structure provides a flat €520 solicitor fee irrespective of the number of clients or appearances]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:13:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C446AM3UQZEORAANQKH4NLAC5U.jpg?auth=4d9cfd9ac7c80b9855fe0fb962b4c7224b9e0a87f9da050e94e6fd58a3a16be2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell acknowledged constitutional guarantees against reducing judicial pay, but noted this protection 'has less real effect in an era of growth and inflation'. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell.]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michelle O’Neill says the law is ‘wrong’ in Orange Order Drumcree march row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/fresh-legal-challenge-to-the-orange-march-to-be-heard-as-drumcree-stand-off-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/fresh-legal-challenge-to-the-orange-march-to-be-heard-as-drumcree-stand-off-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court of Appeal in Belfast has reserved judgment on a fresh legal challenge to Portadown march]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZ5VGX2Y6VS54D6HUUVT3WKDOY.jpg?auth=2fd679495a94b4754cfa850e00a2303a00d01a9fb2b87438d2bd696928dc61d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A PSNI vehicle at the Garvaghy Road. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste firm Panda sent for trial over worker’s death at Dublin plant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/waste-firm-panda-sent-for-trial-over-workers-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/waste-firm-panda-sent-for-trial-over-workers-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company failed to ensure the safety, health and welfare of its employees, according to the charges]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6OZP32BL4FOX5DSXWRGJ4EWL7E.jpg?auth=7edcd7965b2b722b7a565e56b0560c5b31a2b349deddfc5da8001edfecf27f50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company faces six charges under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A Panda Waste Rubbish Disposal Truck in operation in Churchtown in Dublin.Search Words- recycle, recycling, waste, rubbish, waste disposal, trash, waste collection, bins, bin lorry. fly tipping, household waste]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountjoy prison officer killed in Madrid road incident]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mountjoy-prison-officer-killed-in-madrid-road-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mountjoy-prison-officer-killed-in-madrid-road-incident/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Liam Donoghue (52) died after being hit by a taxi early on Sunday morning]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:54:42 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUUAS6QJCNUPJMYS2RESQCALTA.jpg?auth=2f904b775c03e1ba8640081d93e6349efb62986bb10c9a1e7f76133d82893345&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam Donoghue worked in Mountjoy Prison as a prison officer. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Hospital Kilmainham conservation plan edges closer as OPW and Imma tensions ease]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/royal-hospital-kilmainham-conservation-plan-edges-closer-as-long-running-tensions-ease/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/royal-hospital-kilmainham-conservation-plan-edges-closer-as-long-running-tensions-ease/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Office of Public Works and Irish Museum of Modern Art hold ‘constructive’ talks following previous disagreement ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:47:45 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2CAKXCH5G5FIHA3EUNSYKRHHWA.jpg?auth=1c85b59c90404921c69b46ec8867ccdc640f99991b19968776e0c072866488c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Work by Sam Gilliam on show in the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Photograph: Louis Haugh]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture visual art reviews July 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">LOUIS HAUGH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug barons ‘a cancer’ on State, says judge, as two boys sentenced for drug-debt intimidation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for-drug-debt-intimidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for-drug-debt-intimidation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teenagers were 16 at the time of incident in Mullingar in which home-made shotgun was fired, houses were attacked and four cars set ablaze]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NUK67MJCRLTXBXR2P6KFIUFEE4.jpg?auth=fd39d34fb3fb10f1a160a21e86274cc01c4b2ea8b498e4fcf313aea5c49bdb6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Keenan Johnson said 'all State resources should be used to catch' and lock up drug barons using children as foot soldiers]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan case adjourned for one week to allow solicitor to apply to represent him ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/daniel-kinahan-case-adjourned-for-one-week-to-allow-solicitor-apply-to-represent-him/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/daniel-kinahan-case-adjourned-for-one-week-to-allow-solicitor-apply-to-represent-him/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kinahan appears via video link for brief mention but will attend court next week]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:49:56 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GJJ4EYVYRVCZJNCT3F3GR6NL6A.jpg?auth=466b1c2b8575b7ee1b8f0769bb0b3013308de1cdff0bfe62b4bc3264220bdd22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan (circled) leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin in August. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[PA image by Mark Marlow of Daniel Kinahan. Circled.]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 200 solicitors and barristers protest outside  Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/barristers-support-solicitors-as-criminal-legal-aid-services-withdrawal-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/barristers-support-solicitors-as-criminal-legal-aid-services-withdrawal-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister urged to enter talks before High Court decision next week on challenge to new payment model]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:50:09 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RCG6C7SCUFJYCSVUUXPP6WZSEI.jpg?auth=6e557797f466333faeb5f2f8836a3ed911ca5c9c2b46fa115dcd2737ae3b522f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Criminal defence solicitors stage a protest over legal aid reforms on the first day of the new legal term outside Central Criminal Court in Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Legal aid reforms]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyna</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is traumatic for the parents’: How Irish drug gangs are using teenagers’ addresses in operations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/irish-drug-dealers-use-impressionable-teenagers-to-receive-cannabis-by-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/irish-drug-dealers-use-impressionable-teenagers-to-receive-cannabis-by-post/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cannabis grow houses that once boomed in Ireland have become a smaller part of the trade]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EMISMMLMABR5LRATUKJZ7VRFAQ.jpg?auth=b3f0eb6866978f7afe1685d0be0a28eb4cc0cc1485801083c8d2c5dc3b8f5c3f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Criminals are buying cannabis abroad and posting it back to Ireland in parcels in quantities of 5kg or less]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survey seeking information on sexual abuse at Irish schools opens ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/survey-seeking-information-on-sexual-abuse-at-irish-schools-opens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/survey-seeking-information-on-sexual-abuse-at-irish-schools-opens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People who were sexually abused at schools between 1927 and 2013 are being invited to take part in survey]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:38:40 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SCX3BYFB4NCVXBCSRK6LWODRDM.jpg?auth=eabeae04f25d72fa2159e2a41edb343b8d59fa126050396b966fb33812269806&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All day and boarding schools are within the scope of a new survey]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[A junior school classroom. Empty chair. Classroom. istock]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicola Tree</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannabis now as profitable as cocaine as supply from legal markets surges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/profits-from-cannabis-in-ireland-now-rival-cocaine-trade-as-supply-from-legal-markets-surges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/profits-from-cannabis-in-ireland-now-rival-cocaine-trade-as-supply-from-legal-markets-surges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cannabis herb trade from US, Canada and Thailand is now so significant that economics of Irish drugs market have shifted ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LTTFLLBMMJGFDOQLZCWELHGQSI.jpg?auth=44dc4507204d640ee5f38ad9059dac61b820c5b8babf1509fb0b0d334c086094&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannabis worth an estimated €10.12 million seized by the Garda in Louth in January of this year, put on display by Revenue's Customs service and the Garda.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda seizure Louth]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild, cloudy, occasionally wet weather to continue until midweek ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mild-cloudy-occasionally-wet-weather-to-continue-until-midweek/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mild-cloudy-occasionally-wet-weather-to-continue-until-midweek/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann expects temperatures to hit 20 degrees on Monday but dip expected on Wednesday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:31:32 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S2VFKQR5KFEYDOJDRAJH6MTONQ.JPG?auth=4bf7418ba40dc7f85b3b8d939f7c45a1b37048510fcf67450152ffc605e43778&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Met Éireann says most places in Ireland will be cloudy throughout Monday morning, with patches of rain. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland weather rain city car]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My son has just started secondary school and seems a little overwhelmed’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/my-son-has-just-started-secondary-school-and-seems-a-little-overwhelmed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/my-son-has-just-started-secondary-school-and-seems-a-little-overwhelmed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Should I be worried?’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRVHR2IMQRCMDCLLKP5LM2QR7Y.jpg?auth=a03cca60c37abccb8a4a9a71b7f7874cd3575aff6fa9f98bbab0d1f31159d39b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The transition from primary to second level is a huge one in any child’s life. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Teenage boy back to school]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mixetto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents scramble for childcare as Dublin creche announces it is closing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/parents-left-scrambling-for-childcare-after-dublin-creche-signals-closure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/parents-left-scrambling-for-childcare-after-dublin-creche-signals-closure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oakview Tallaght, located on grounds of locality’s TU campus, issues three months’ notice]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VFSMDHCQBFAIDBUEKCKEBJ2ZMU.jpg?auth=b5f20a9bd6f53701686c4a73bae4d5599f33b1136935ed60271a77b14abb847a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciara Kirby's three children, Liam, Michael and Leo at Oakview creche, Tallaght. ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dublin creche closure]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public service work-to-rule to affect pupils from Monday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/public-service-work-to-rule-to-affect-pupils-from-monday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/public-service-work-to-rule-to-affect-pupils-from-monday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Insurance companies have advised schools that, where no alternative cover can be arranged, access to schools should only be provided during core hours]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QN7MZLXVJFFFNESDRLPP2ETXCE.jpg?auth=66f87abe98f92aee1c74a49772e5b2e294c54fd0acc1703abc4c219260ea5bd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 70,000 members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland are to join the wider work-to-rule. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[School backpacks hanging]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">bymuratdeniz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re not going back, are we?’: Courts may be the only way to end Drumcree standoff ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/were-not-going-back-are-we-solution-to-drumcree-standoff-likely-to-come-from-courts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/were-not-going-back-are-we-solution-to-drumcree-standoff-likely-to-come-from-courts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garvaghy Road residents return to the Court of Appeal on Monday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2KG7VZ5LFLC7A35ZI6ZPSAXWTE.jpg?auth=6496fdf7d671d48f817c6a7d9f76aee44104afb628f10451549cf287bf2331fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The danger is that the poison released by Drumcree’s latest chapter will seep into broader society’s bloodstream. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s a fashion thing, to show your Irish identity’: Belfast’s GAA jersey surge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/its-a-fashion-thing-to-show-your-irish-identity-belfasts-gaa-jersey-surge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/its-a-fashion-thing-to-show-your-irish-identity-belfasts-gaa-jersey-surge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students move around the campus in a variety of county shirts, including Armagh, Donegal and Kerry – in contrast to the Troubles era]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XY4DYDGQP5CX5M3IADVEHVB6QY.JPG?auth=a1d5d41222f5dfd8095def88411151218d06e16a263a3465e9f79f77cceecae7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Queen's University student Éanna Nig Riabhaigh wearing her Antrim GAA top during freshers week at the Belfast university.
Photograph: Stephen Davison]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For The Irish Times]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/delay-of-childrens-hospital-would-impose-considerable-additional-costs-minister-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/delay-of-childrens-hospital-would-impose-considerable-additional-costs-minister-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Carroll MacNeill issued warning to contractor earlier this year over continued delays ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/62TBUJ6JLBAJLPLX5CXDYCDZZ4.JPG?auth=7589357630b820ead9d7fd7aa783b8606a3d416625911ea8b7bc57d71b0daa40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[visit by the Taoiseach and Ministers  to the Axis Arts and Community Resource Centre Ballymun to for the Child Poverty and Well-being Summit.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh legal challenge to Orange march at Drumcree scheduled for Monday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/mary-lou-mcdonald-denies-taoiseachs-claim-sinn-fein-has-simplistic-view-of-drumcree-solution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/mary-lou-mcdonald-denies-taoiseachs-claim-sinn-fein-has-simplistic-view-of-drumcree-solution/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition to seek leave to apply for judicial review of Parades Commission decision ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:16:15 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YS3QYBD5KMJRG6V63C6SPJ2BKA.jpg?auth=1e463cc68dc6a1fe40d65403cdfd3007aa120ac4edd64701c780d6d690e8a482&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[(Left to right) Mo Chara (Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh),  DJ Próvaí (J. J. Ó Dochartaigh) and Móglaí Bap (Naoise Ó Cairealláin) from the band Kneecap at the Garvaghy Road to show support for the Garvaghy Road residents amid the Drumcree parade dispute. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drumcree consequences will be profound. That’s why it’s a line in the sand for nationalists]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/drumcree-consequences-will-be-profound-thats-why-its-a-line-in-the-sand-for-nationalists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/drumcree-consequences-will-be-profound-thats-why-its-a-line-in-the-sand-for-nationalists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The resurrection of this march of all marches, with its bitter, bloody history, has tapped into something visceral in the northern nationalist psyche]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:41:15 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUOD3LDADURVOVUWGJRGMX5TUQ.jpg?auth=8edd7aa00ae46606cf8dec90511b563702d53d8360cbe68e55b5b3d647fcbc18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A whole generation has grown up proud of its Irishness and its culture - from the Irish language to the GAA to Kneecap – and has the freedom to express it. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Today Brazil is a divided country’: Brazilians in Ireland turn out in force for presidential vote]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/today-brazil-is-a-divided-country-brazilians-in-ireland-turn-out-in-force-for-presidential-vote/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/today-brazil-is-a-divided-country-brazilians-in-ireland-turn-out-in-force-for-presidential-vote/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clara Franco]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Voting followed campaign marked by deep political divisions]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EVSF5M62JVGTHGZFXPNZX46NVE.JPG?auth=96ad1fc48d5116f809c7b5764bbdfb0c2ae651932fd027e09ce334a02ee67185&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cenira Fernandes on Sunday at the RDS in Dublin, where people cast their votes in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Brazilians in Ireland vote in presidential election]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge compares wind farm objectors to ‘dogged Japanese soldier’ still fighting second World War]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/04/judge-compares-wind-farm-objectors-to-dogged-japanese-soldier-still-fighting-second-world-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/04/judge-compares-wind-farm-objectors-to-dogged-japanese-soldier-still-fighting-second-world-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kilkenny manager Henry Shefflin among locals who objected to planning permission]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BILLJQIUIVFO7J4ROFX7HYVX7U.jpg?auth=b9525bfc988fa8ad33b90739288be19ccddd4ba3f897b01828563827338caae4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The applicants’ challenge has been before the courts for almost four years after the launch of a High Court judicial review application in November 2022. File photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Power generating windmills]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">hadynyah</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish mining-waste facilities ‘a curse on future generations’, conference hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/irish-mining-waste-facilities-a-curse-on-future-generations-conference-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/irish-mining-waste-facilities-a-curse-on-future-generations-conference-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Toxic waste-storage plants do not meet industry standards, says geophysicist Steven Emerman]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:39:58 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4FMNOIG3YRVLNRADEGEX4QAD5A.jpg?auth=d4a718a5b01b94aad2aa455061f7615c53e114b08235c205e0c5a38cabca8853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conference was attended by communities opposed to mining or mining waste-storage facilities associated with places such as the Aughinish Alumina refinery in Limerick. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina refinery]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man dies in overnight apartment fire in Mount Merrion, Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/man-dies-in-overnight-apartment-fire-in-mount-merrion-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/man-dies-in-overnight-apartment-fire-in-mount-merrion-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fire quickly brought under control but man pronounced dead at the scene]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:12:22 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XM5HJYEFJNDO5J4JTAQKPFZSFQ.jpg?auth=b61bfb2fb408230fff431f7372686b74f44692d8978ba5e1348914987f37efdb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí attend the scene on Roebuck Road, Dublin where a man died in a fire Pic Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[ Roebuck Road scene]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist (50s) killed in Co Meath crash named as award-winning photographer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/motorcyclist-50s-dies-following-co-meath-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/motorcyclist-50s-dies-following-co-meath-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Colin Keegan remembered by colleagues as an outstanding photographer and devoted father]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:17:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NK3UT2SRGVCUTHZK4BKAOHQ3PI.jpg?auth=8a75bd2d5ebfe9320a644f40e3d76f6c9a22da7ba624a4c10421ac5789ed9d4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Colin Keegan was killed in a crash in Co Meath on Saturday]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[LOW RES Colin Keegan socials pic]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young woman knocked down in fatal Henry St incident urged to come forward]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/04/gardai-seek-young-woman-knocked-down-in-yves-sakila-incident-to-speak-to-investigators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/04/gardai-seek-young-woman-knocked-down-in-yves-sakila-incident-to-speak-to-investigators/</guid><description><![CDATA[Congolese man in his mid 30s died on Dublin’s Henry Street in May]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:58:41 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RRPJKR4ORRHW5JLA3LI7CKFK7A.png?auth=cdfcff2d3ba049407c86d37d53a323ca7db4f07f70f49a34cdc4352d7170d1bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Yves Sakil's death on Henry Street led to protests on the streets of Dublin]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Yves Sakila]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenant who lived in car for months with partner and child due to rent hike awarded damages ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/04/tenant-who-lived-in-car-for-months-with-partner-and-child-due-to-rent-hike-awarded-damages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/04/tenant-who-lived-in-car-for-months-with-partner-and-child-due-to-rent-hike-awarded-damages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kildare landlord David Massey also ordered to repay ‘goodwill payment’ he had allegedly sought from family to secure rental home]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQ3ENUVTYJA6NEBKF6VREJTENM.jpg?auth=3fa6f6f42296f2631f1dee64d7321695ea0a124c8a15d4baf2986d8fdcd85c46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Residential Tenancies Board tribunal heard landlord David Massey allegedly sought a 'goodwill payment' from a 'desperate' family to secure a house in Kilbelin Close, Newbridge.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Rental renting rent]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TanawatPontchour</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí investigate after man shot and injured in Limerick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/04/gardai-investigate-after-man-shot-and-injured-in-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/04/gardai-investigate-after-man-shot-and-injured-in-limerick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thomas O’Neill (37) previously convicted of rape and drug offences]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:28:57 +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[Gardaí appealed for witnesses or those who may have relevant CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward. 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[Daughter claims father threatened to kill her if she did not ‘follow family ideals’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/daughter-claims-father-threatened-to-kill-her-if-she-did-not-follow-family-ideals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/daughter-claims-father-threatened-to-kill-her-if-she-did-not-follow-family-ideals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman got protection orders against parents over alleged isolation and emotional abuse in family home]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7TKQJSIMKJERFE3ADYD3JBBDUA.JPG?auth=30204b06d4510dbd72510e6f76bf9749fe41ac7612ab4126a2ce5455c9d66c0d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The emergency domestic violence court was one of just two courts sitting in the Dolphin House complex in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Men's Aid at Dolphin House Courts Templebar. Mary Carolan piece]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department’s €130k ‘turf agent’ a masterclass in loose oversight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/states-turf-agent-was-paid-130000-despite-limited-evidence-to-verify-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/04/states-turf-agent-was-paid-130000-despite-limited-evidence-to-verify-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Carroll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: Jeffrey Donaldson’s Down home on the market, Alan Shatter’s mixed debut as a football hack, and Ireland-Israel game nets a big viewership]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HSDB26U4IV2OPY7PRUBOZAOCYU.jpg?auth=70bb55c70685d8b0b02bc9baa9a4c038448d116ca9943e42ee38c05749779057&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It can be magical’: Galway’s swimming, kayaking underwater volunteers ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/04/it-can-be-quite-magical-galways-seagrass-defenders-on-a-vital-underwater-carbon-store/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/04/it-can-be-quite-magical-galways-seagrass-defenders-on-a-vital-underwater-carbon-store/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One volunteer in Connemara says monitoring these underwater meadows has increased her sense of connection with her part of the world]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4X42367FJNDLZAHTY3WOIOVPTA.JPG?auth=6bcd7cdaefaffa5a19b8f812031f77a77b7e2bea93363d41ef84d33c561ac09a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Siobhán Kennedy holding seagrass washed up at Trá Bhrídín on Mweenish Island. All photographs: Joe O'Shaughnessy]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[FOR THE IRISH TIMES Siobhán Kennedy, seagrass feature in Carna]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin ‘sincerity’ over Garvaghy Road situation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/taoiseach-questions-sinn-fein-sincerity-over-garvaghy-road-situation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/taoiseach-questions-sinn-fein-sincerity-over-garvaghy-road-situation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin says one football match is not going to get Israeli government to ‘change direction’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:48:02 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ECRDY4NUXMWTPQRAXKXISR2UWQ.jpg?auth=87578971c1bb656a5bd918aa0ff5d006c22e1ab180c86761f56bc4cec91051ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Micheál Martin does not agree that the dispute could be solved by telling Andy Burnham to stop the march. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham Meets With Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin In The North West Of England]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wpa Pool</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two US Air Force fighter jets land at Shannon after issue over the Atlantic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/two-us-air-force-fighter-jets-land-at-shannon-after-fuel-issue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/two-us-air-force-fighter-jets-land-at-shannon-after-fuel-issue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Flynn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles left base in UK earlier on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:52:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJKRTZMHUVEAHGXLVEPMWCQLBY.jpg?auth=ccfb70b071081e8faa1036df46971da9275acf478a11543614ad000a9489c8c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shannon Airport’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted. Photograph: Stephen O'Malley
]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Shannon Airport]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen O'Malley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women urged to document bad experiences of Ireland’s family law system for UN committee  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/women-urged-to-document-bad-experiences-of-irelands-family-law-system-for-un-committee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/women-urged-to-document-bad-experiences-of-irelands-family-law-system-for-un-committee/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Survivors tell Dublin event of being failed by system as group calls for in-camera reform]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NSF5SHQEKFBK7BZ76S2Q44KU2A.png?auth=f00d4e2e67622c2fce6b6a6d980cb5ec638a64cf2d76b26d6e866cecdbb2c069&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan was called on to implement the recommendations of a May 2025 review]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan on the Inside Politics Podcast]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands attend rallies as Drumcree stand-off enters seventh day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/rival-rallies-planned-as-drumcree-stand-off-enters-seventh-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/rival-rallies-planned-as-drumcree-stand-off-enters-seventh-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘There will be no Orange march down this road, not now and not ever,’ Mary Lou McDonald tells Garvaghy Road rally ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRMRFYFY6Q57O6QO32EOSD7JDA.jpg?auth=0eb838ca1764b4b30884e5f8f5f8d1192730012c671e346b1ebbb47f089d441b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thousands of people attended a rally in support of the Garvaghy Road residents on Saturday. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Drumcree Orange Order parade]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (20s) seriously injured in crash between jeep and e-bike in Co Louth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/woman-20s-seriously-injured-in-crash-between-jeep-and-e-bike-in-co-louth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/woman-20s-seriously-injured-in-crash-between-jeep-and-e-bike-in-co-louth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[E-bike rider in hospital with serious injuries following collision in Co Louth ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:33:25 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APE6R6T6F5E3JAS7MCSV24SJ5Y.jpg?auth=d9ffec8e8648a097e4aebc0207a1a71e7ff9ed9d487035771e0ba8d80401f368&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Garda stock, Emergency Services Stock]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diesel and petrol prices approach April peaks as US and G7 agree strategic reserve release]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/diesel-and-petrol-prices-approach-april-peaks-as-us-and-g7-agree-strategic-reserve-release/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/diesel-and-petrol-prices-approach-april-peaks-as-us-and-g7-agree-strategic-reserve-release/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Average price of petrol in Ireland is €1.99 per litre, while diesel stands at €2.16 per litre, monitoring site reports]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:04:55 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EU67CSMXCFBTFLCBFDTP6UAR5E.JPG?auth=910d9b2fa745df5e8be47737fd56d55c41790a3b6ead8dbe30d2eb63b8ea350b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel prices have remained volatile since the protests in April, exacerbated by global instability, particularly the US-Iran war. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Filling up fuel Pumps at the Circle K in Dunboyne, Co Meath]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí trying to track whereabouts of Christy Kinahan snr]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-trying-to-track-whereabouts-of-christy-kinahan-snr-days-after-expiry-of-uae-visa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-trying-to-track-whereabouts-of-christy-kinahan-snr-days-after-expiry-of-uae-visa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cartel founder (69) was told to leave Dubai by September 29th after change of attitude by authorities]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAI72D2P4FFZDJUGTZP2PY7SRQ.jpg?auth=f58d6e0f283c405c73555c4a8697f9b8604ef25e82c792e72355c136a03b30d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There wherabouts of Christopher Kinahan snr is unknown after his reported departure from the UAE ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Christy Kinahan]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí await technical and postmortem results on woman who died after falling from balcony]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-await-technical-and-postmortem-results-on-woman-who-died-after-falling-from-balcony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-await-technical-and-postmortem-results-on-woman-who-died-after-falling-from-balcony/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Officers say they still want to hear from witnesses who were in Belmayne, north Dublin, at the time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6XUBKJ64UVDQFPUHCD6EHFKUUM.jpg?auth=102ffcace3ac0afb2fe12f274814a9009e0cdf5e8a0a741e0dd84ac0c7487caf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathleen Carey, who died on Wednesday, was described 'as a kind, loving, funny person']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kathleen Carey, aged in her 30s, died after a fall from a balcony, with gardaí investigating the incident.]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlord must pay €20,000 for evicting tenant from property she then used for short-term lets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/landlord-must-pay-20000-for-evicting-tenant-from-property-she-then-used-for-short-term-lets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/landlord-must-pay-20000-for-evicting-tenant-from-property-she-then-used-for-short-term-lets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RTB tribunal rules Gerda McLoughney should have offered Dublin 2 apartment back to man when her plans changed after husband’s death]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVM6RD76UL47OZ3I3GAZH3IX6A.jpg?auth=bed870f1036498f3639bb18196dc189bfaf95bb06aab079a5172971df4dc7c69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The sum also includes €2,500 in damages for the 'exacerbation of an existing stress disorder'. Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Things my landlord should be doing for me]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Society wants talks to resolve solicitors’ payments row before legal year opens on Monday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/law-society-wants-talks-to-resolve-solicitors-payments-row-before-legal-year-opens-monday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/law-society-wants-talks-to-resolve-solicitors-payments-row-before-legal-year-opens-monday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister urged to mediate criminal legal aid dispute as more courts disruption looms]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Crime &amp; Law</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKP6VYLN4JBPFKYHAFX3J2HPHM.JPG?auth=800f6b2eac79c276ed0d19181a6b1b3f43f2e95b07a68f53c8a564ae8b6216f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosemarie Loftus said the Law Society is available 'at any time' to meet  Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and his officials to try to find a solution to the ongoing criminal legal aid dispute. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s triple-murder trial and Riad Bouchaker’s sentencing among cases coming in new legal term]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/03/mans-triple-murder-trial-and-riad-bouchakers-sentencing-among-cases-coming-in-new-legal-term/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/03/mans-triple-murder-trial-and-riad-bouchakers-sentencing-among-cases-coming-in-new-legal-term/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan expected in court on opening day of new legal year]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new legal year opens on Tuesday amid mounting concern about the effect on the entire criminal justice system of the continuing withdrawal of services by criminal defence solicitors. Photograph: iStock]]></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[Increasing number of foreign-born recruits joining Defence Forces]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/increasing-number-of-foreign-born-recruits-joining-defence-forces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/increasing-number-of-foreign-born-recruits-joining-defence-forces/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trend mostly seen as a positive by military management, but can pose operational difficulties in relation to overseas service]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVTWPRZY32UMCJKHBT6PZFXHDU.jpg?auth=01cb0485758622d704e352e0778dbf98f32e49422d2fae2cd10e00980c5fb82f&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 celebrate after a commissioning ceremony at the Defence Forces Training Centre in The Curragh, Co Kildare. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing business with Olive: The sports star, the fitness guru and the minister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/richie-sadlier-and-mr-motivator-on-how-partnerships-with-entrepreneur-brendan-kavanagh-soured/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/richie-sadlier-and-mr-motivator-on-how-partnerships-with-entrepreneur-brendan-kavanagh-soured/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kavanagh boasted of his connections with Tánaiste Simon Harris and proposed hosting a podcast with him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZNQFZ4MFJE4TAX62FSSICBQVU.jpg?auth=6407ca29c417ba6ac1dd28fcc83f207a499734c3919f7ef27294428d35b101fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Irish international footballer Richie Sadlier (left), entrepreneur and head of the Olive Group Brendan Kavanagh (centre), and fitness instructor Mr Motivator. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kavanagh]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s infuriating’: Developers blame planning delays for four-year average wait to build homes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/its-infuriating-developers-blame-planning-delays-for-four-year-average-wait-to-build-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/its-infuriating-developers-blame-planning-delays-for-four-year-average-wait-to-build-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Findings by the Central Bank are confirmed by developers who still face huge planning obstacles]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Housing &amp; Planning</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNJIK7FNJBENRBQG44CPYE3Y7U.jpg?auth=a9ebc35cbcec7298f1513fbd5ae80c827a6bbaace1d1e2e429fc5d9831fe2a1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Central Bank’s recent report on the State's planning process chimes with the experience of housing developers, says Michael Prenty.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Construction workers in building site.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ArtistGNDphotography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 50 people expressed interest in becoming new Arts Council director]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/more-than-50-people-expressed-interest-in-becoming-new-arts-council-director/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/more-than-50-people-expressed-interest-in-becoming-new-arts-council-director/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three people were shortlisted for high-profile role before Shona McCarthy secured job in August]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSIQ7RCRDBEYFM2U4KD7X5Y3FI.jpg?auth=6c027c04ce7d32e0200f4d244a18f6350df7a7909f62dc5136c899449ad3a541&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shona McCarthy: 'an experienced cultural leader with an outstanding track record of leading complex, high-profile organisations']]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture March 2025. PR shot from Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crisis must not ‘derail’ peace process: church leaders urge restraint over Drumcree]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/crisis-must-not-derail-peace-process-church-leaders-urge-restraint-over-drumcree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/crisis-must-not-derail-peace-process-church-leaders-urge-restraint-over-drumcree/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and Church of Ireland’s John McDowell call for tempered language]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3HZCJROVZRABVK5RCWCVBSMMOI.jpeg?auth=ea7dabcb773d7c819c42e85c6be4c16e7b7c3c4587cac907c31833644a8aad84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and his Church of Ireland counterpart John McDowell at Archbishop Martin's home in Armagh.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Church leaders call for calm]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Hennessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers’ Union of Ireland latest group to overwhelmingly back industrial action ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/02/teachers-union-of-ireland-latest-group-to-overwhelmingly-back-industrial-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/02/teachers-union-of-ireland-latest-group-to-overwhelmingly-back-industrial-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[General secretary Michael Gillespie urges Government to ‘engage meaningfully’ on new pay agreement]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:35:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Education</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GSKG55PU4ZC2BN7YGARCOT236A.jpg?auth=91f0d96cbb96ccc1f1632fb37acb49819c3dd5d52b93495ead687f0b4b6fbd20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[TUI general secretary Michael Gillespie said all public service unions were united in their approach to industrial action. Photograph: Tommy Clancy ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Pic Tommy Clancy - No Fee.]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two dead after becoming trapped in a trench while carrying out works in Co Down]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/02/emergency-services-at-scene-of-serious-workplace-incident-in-co-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/02/emergency-services-at-scene-of-serious-workplace-incident-in-co-down/</guid><description><![CDATA[Police close local Crossnacreevy road to facilitate emergency operation]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:05:19 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HS5BNSBOPPB6XS4ANHFTNX4TDE.jpg?auth=b0504bdf5cacf4296f648ec684699d080156f08153db279956da8fdb3620ed20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emergency services at the scene of the incident on the Ballygowan Road in Crossnacreevy, Co Down. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian hornets’ nest located in Cork after tiny trackers were fixed to the insects]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/02/asian-hornets-nest-located-in-cork-after-tiny-trackers-were-fixed-to-the-insects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/02/asian-hornets-nest-located-in-cork-after-tiny-trackers-were-fixed-to-the-insects/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The nest was located near Ringaskiddy and will now be removed, but monitoring will continue to identify any further activity]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:50:43 +0000</pubDate><category>Environment</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CEZ3EULHVBBINJ7PR2YGDHF23E.png?auth=4c1891420ede5b1475dd68929aaf79730b753d74c4993b5053aa566684c2d871&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rangers successfully located the Asian hornet's nest in Cork on Friday. ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Asian hornet nest in Co. Cork]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacked garda spared jail for control and coercion of wife over three years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/02/sacked-garda-spared-jail-for-control-and-coercion-of-wife-over-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/02/sacked-garda-spared-jail-for-control-and-coercion-of-wife-over-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge Keenan Johnson imposed an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered David Reynolds to pay €10,000 in compensation]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W43PLNCFXFDHHGI4XPFQROP6P4.JPG?auth=191ad481b61f2e45254113c99a0fbfb53bb3624fe25af7772c8d5ad5b7dcb415&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former garda David Reynolds (45) outside Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court at an earlier date after pleading guilty to the coercive control of his now-separated wife, Ashley Masterson, over a three-year period. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[David Reynolds]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last month was second-hottest September on record, Met Éireann says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/02/last-month-was-second-hottest-september-on-record-met-eireann-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/02/last-month-was-second-hottest-september-on-record-met-eireann-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Human-caused climate change singled out as temperatures rise two degrees above 1961-1990 average]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:31:16 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCKXOUYWO5CG7PNWURMWVBCDGM.JPG?auth=5424e4eea73ed74e0857307fe40d1e46a3f6171dd503a4fa0da2d86d6d69961b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Six of the 10 warmest Septembers on record have occurred since 2001, the forecaster says. File image. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Sunny weather in Dublin]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>