<?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/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news-index/2026-04-02/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:31:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[McEntee forced to cancel trip to Lebanon after Defence Forces flagged concern over risks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/mcentee-forced-to-cancel-trip-to-lebanon-after-defence-forces-flagged-concern-over-risks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/mcentee-forced-to-cancel-trip-to-lebanon-after-defence-forces-flagged-concern-over-risks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Defence was set to fly into Beirut, travel under armed convoy close to Israeli border to meet Irish Unifil troops]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HKQ44S74XFDV7M36JZRONUBUOM.JPG?auth=780a9ec8ec9c066c2bf1823991145549a679e2eca16c88d706f046dad53df5c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Defence Forces assessed the plan for Minister for Defence Helen McEntee to visit Lebanon and advised it was 'not tenable' given the unpredictable security situation on the ground. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods review – A landslide of dude dirges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/03/dermot-kennedy-the-weight-of-the-woods-review-a-landslide-of-dude-dirges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/03/dermot-kennedy-the-weight-of-the-woods-review-a-landslide-of-dude-dirges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish star’s album is a missed opportunity. As the wonderful Turnstile makes plain, he should be making more indie rock with a pep in its step]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E5ZXMFFD3FHD3CPRW65ESGP654.jpg?auth=fbb405a924dc930e48162cae4b934655a01dc48fa53b95312c7272271c8a6f9e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dermot Kennedy. Photograph: Silken Weinberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Beijing park, a tale of grief and consolation unfolds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/03/in-a-beijing-park-a-tale-of-grief-and-consolation-unfolds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/03/in-a-beijing-park-a-tale-of-grief-and-consolation-unfolds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As red songs ring out on a Sunday afternoon, a friend shares a story of pandemic loss and the search for solace]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AQRGFGJQVAXZBV7KM4N4XU75Y.jpg?auth=9a4815941f44b6fcd3bcc34a34a155fbcbbf3b9ba052be5d6ff267ac42d62ac0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denis Staunton Columnist Pic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US defence secretary Pete Hegseth asks army chief of staff to step down as war continues]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/emmanuel-macron-accuses-trump-of-undermining-nato-amid-mixed-messages-over-iran-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/emmanuel-macron-accuses-trump-of-undermining-nato-amid-mixed-messages-over-iran-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[France’s Macron accuses Donald Trump of undermining Nato amid mixed messages over US-Israel conflict]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:36:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VYY24RRBKVGVZCBV5JB445SAKM.jpg?auth=c7229ea7493655549a1ce24cab56141dfb344cc451d6d58f99248da2d9c6a6d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US army chief of staff Randy George attends a Medal of Honour ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2nd in Washington, DC. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Win McNamee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge dismisses majority of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/us-judge-dismisses-majority-of-blake-livelys-claims-against-justin-baldoni/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/us-judge-dismisses-majority-of-blake-livelys-claims-against-justin-baldoni/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Owen Myers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge throws out 10 claims made by actor against costar including sexual harassment, conspiracy and defamation]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:29:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6RPGO2Y5NBGTO7YKA6HHPSVBE.png?auth=853ec585260a14ae60ea9a4712a1bcda08e135be3f9fd412d3783d22676a5edc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Blake Lively’s lawyers had claimed that Justin Baldoni was 'consistently inappropriate' with their client, and 'kissed, nuzzled and touched' her without her consent. Photographs: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Good Friday a bank holiday? Who works and who does not, according to the law]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/is-good-friday-a-bank-holiday-who-works-and-who-does-not-according-to-the-law/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/is-good-friday-a-bank-holiday-who-works-and-who-does-not-according-to-the-law/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many public- and private-sector workers have the day off, but there is no legal entitlement]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WB7LQ6D5UBFL5BJYU6S4A7ETUY.jpg?auth=171cf2949f1017f9429e5ac7b2bd413911f8b3af893f517737a02311b3042b83&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There are 10 public holidays in the Republic annually. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">peterhowell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jade child article Iran live blog 02/04]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/corrections-clarifications/2026/04/02/jade-child-article-iran-live-blog-0204/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/corrections-clarifications/2026/04/02/jade-child-article-iran-live-blog-0204/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jade child article Iran live blog 02/04]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Trump’s TV address: a dangerous road to escalation ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/02/the-irish-times-view-on-trumps-tv-address-a-dangerous-road-to-escalation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/02/the-irish-times-view-on-trumps-tv-address-a-dangerous-road-to-escalation/</guid><description><![CDATA[The US president promised to bomb Iran " back to the Stone age" if there was no deal]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LLRLHTIAKZCHNPEL4DRSSQA6IA?auth=20fa044541d6f92ca219514266341b75729f8583104eb2bdda73a1a9f048eb39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US  president Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday evening. (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tottenham head coach Roberto De Zerbi apologises for past comments on Mason Greenwood ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/tottenham-head-coach-roberto-de-zerbi-apologises-for-past-comments-on-mason-greenwood/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/tottenham-head-coach-roberto-de-zerbi-apologises-for-past-comments-on-mason-greenwood/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Aarons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fan groups had opposed De Zerbi’s appointment]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:43:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JENXMPOLC5XWAZRDXQH6VGQ4TU.jpg?auth=4a88db8ca3e1e44f9ed9699291b235d3c5d8a58c389f8194df1926db7ea7fcce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tottenham have reached an agreement with Roberto De Zerbi to become their permanent head coach. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Sean Sweeney’s departure: MetroLink’s driverless train ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/02/the-irish-times-view-on-sean-sweeneys-departure-metrolinks-driverless-train/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/02/the-irish-times-view-on-sean-sweeneys-departure-metrolinks-driverless-train/</guid><description><![CDATA[Such is Ireland’s record on big projects that there will now be fears of yet further delay ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQYOIYTNW5CZDGL7KFJTKDCQCE.jpeg?auth=ed52420ddf6529cd8594bbbb898e5b78bb424beb13e49a22497cde9758c67d48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sean Sweeney, who has resigned as Metrolink programme director ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods’s shock after crash: ‘I’m being arrested?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/bodycam-footage-shows-tiger-woodss-shock-after-crash-im-being-arrested/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/bodycam-footage-shows-tiger-woodss-shock-after-crash-im-being-arrested/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Lutz]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The golfer has pled not guilty to DUI charges]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:34:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJ5435UVHBBPHEU7YNE2DF5WNA.png?auth=d12c2604ccc20c15e70c4d19a436a3834a48059479643dc20710b00c316f99aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police body camera video shows Tiger Woods during a sobriety test after his crash last week. Photograph: AP]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Race across the World: Irish dad and daughter enter derring-do spirit of amiable travel show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/race-across-the-world-irish-dad-and-daughter-enter-derring-do-spirit-of-amiable-travel-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/race-across-the-world-irish-dad-and-daughter-enter-derring-do-spirit-of-amiable-travel-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In tense times, geopolitically speaking, there is an undeniable pleasure in watching people embrace the stress and excitement of travel]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D2VIGY4U5OZFJOPTT7TCHV2LQ4.jpg?auth=a8218812c2c6201da5338a5dc3f4ff5fe73124e6fc955a47724974ae6ffd4f8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Race Across the World contestants Molly Clifford and her dad Andrew, from Maghera, Co Derry]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Press Association</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chelsea’s precarious project further rocked by Marc Cucurella and Enzo Fernández comments ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/chelseas-precarious-project-further-rocked-by-marc-cucurella-and-enzo-fernandez-comments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/chelseas-precarious-project-further-rocked-by-marc-cucurella-and-enzo-fernandez-comments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Steinberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Difficult spell for Liam Rosenior’s side has not been helped by interventions from two of their senior players]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:26:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HW43LKRHZP6BKA72JFYQAKMPWQ.jpg?auth=c8e804a55a8d7cdb55f61a9f688c294610ec93f3c998c3c96afba3e22ab1ffb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chelsea's midfielder Enzo Fernandez. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian Kington</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eve McMahon still in frame for success on final sailing tournament day in Mallorca  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/ilca-6-womens-one-person-dinghy-event-eve-mcmahon-still-in-frame-for-success/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/ilca-6-womens-one-person-dinghy-event-eve-mcmahon-still-in-frame-for-success/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Branigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Howth sailor well placed in advance of Saturday’s twin finals races]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2PETLY4LWVEB5E7BMTTUF3XKWQ.jpg?auth=5fd4c5d599974fa6639907a5f9db60452267164ab5ae39d673e037c313df848f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland’s Eve McMahon in the overall leader’s yellow bib: 'What a day! It was a complete game of inches.'  Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Branigan/Oceansport</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested in connection with murder of Robbie Lawlor in Belfast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/man-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-robbie-lawlor-in-belfast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/man-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-robbie-lawlor-in-belfast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí arrested man in 40s on foot of extradition warrant to face charges in Northern Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:37:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRZYL3TFDLXK2VB22BXRPJK6GM.jpg?auth=a42b06eba57169aca6e74b8cc2797dc97130961675d6a3dc15b6f97090eba2d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robbie Lawlor was shot dead in the Ardoyne area of Belfast in April 2020.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casual use of term ‘autistic’ demeans those with condition, charity says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/casual-use-of-term-autistic-demeans-those-with-condition-charity-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/casual-use-of-term-autistic-demeans-those-with-condition-charity-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report from charity AsIAm finds perceptions are changing but there is still a lot of misinformation around autism]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:16:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G43KVICJQVC55PT25PIPH5E4CE.JPG?auth=dcb478d3aca9c9b53df74abf009f0224bbee0bb5c211b81514b8e9fb606229d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin with members of the AsIAm Youth Leadership Team in Government Buildings on Thursday. Photograph: Maxwells
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MAXWELLS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York GAA’s future in the championship at risk amid rising costs and visa issues]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/new-york-gaas-future-in-the-championship-at-risk-amid-rising-costs-and-visa-issues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/new-york-gaas-future-in-the-championship-at-risk-amid-rising-costs-and-visa-issues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is a significant drop-off of players coming from Ireland, manager Ronan McGinley says]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G4DXHGJ5UJHHNOBVLYQ2BMSTO4.jpg?auth=54dfd323a75fd04d681ebd58ec1ce1d7a2cba8af3de2355424ad06baba2e239d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spectators watch on at Gaelic Park. Photograph: Emily Harney/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Emily Harney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s ARI wins JFK airport duty free contract in first US venture]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/irelands-ari-wins-jfk-airport-duty-free-contract-in-first-us-venture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/irelands-ari-wins-jfk-airport-duty-free-contract-in-first-us-venture/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish travel retailer and partners will invest $50m to reshape $100m a year business in New York airport]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UP3ZHS4DDRHDXHMCA2FMYQ7STE.jpg?auth=c819044ea2d815094fff1e5f4d6ecd6d29d01df96042c3ab5ee61d596049dcea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The duty free shop inside terminal four and John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, which will now be run by ARI and its partners. Photograph: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[They fled the threat of violence and built new lives in Cork. A Jewish community was born]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/02/they-escaped-the-threat-of-pogroms-and-ended-up-in-cork-a-jewish-community-was-born/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/02/they-escaped-the-threat-of-pogroms-and-ended-up-in-cork-a-jewish-community-was-born/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colette Sheridan ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The city’s Jewish heritage has been brought back into focus by a new digital archive at Cork Public Museum]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JJW4TGSNKNE7HFSCGIOAPNZJVI.jpg?auth=90d0649eb5fc3304ade7736097e2e846a3be5bfe7b150af376f9c268c88275f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's early Jewish community primarily consisted of northern Lithuanians. File photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arsty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump fires US attorney general Pam Bondi, White House says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/donald-trump-fires-us-attorney-general-pam-bondi-white-house-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/donald-trump-fires-us-attorney-general-pam-bondi-white-house-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[President grew frustrated with Bondi over handling of Epstein files scandal and pace of prosecution of administration’s adversaries]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:37:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TYWZ5OPDDOER4A7BYNQEFUQPQY.jpg?auth=8dd65c693027c0b03db1b9e5cec835c80f1e5de289a0d7ea0ff7784dbc0a9231&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US attorney general Pam Bondi in Washington on March 5th. Photograph: Tierney L Cross/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Immediate corrective measures’ ordered to tackle €150m HSE overrun in January and February]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/immediate-corrective-measures-ordered-to-tackle-150m-hse-overrun-in-january-and-february/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/immediate-corrective-measures-ordered-to-tackle-150m-hse-overrun-in-january-and-february/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor says financial position of health service after first two months of year ‘extremely concerning’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:33:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YVJV27X2LBCCVIDQKFKASL25XY.jpg?auth=158ee407e8289c86e05a97bebbb0c61b3c5c7ad1611da05d67b2c0e1b5a91a78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[O'Connor said she is 'determined to work with our regional executive officers and senior leadership team to bring spending back on track'. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Dave to bring strong winds and cold temperatures as Met Éireann issues yellow warning]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/met-eireann-set-to-issue-weather-warnings-ahead-of-stormy-easter-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/met-eireann-set-to-issue-weather-warnings-ahead-of-stormy-easter-weekend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Murphy, Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Windy weekend will bring gales in coastal areas before a bright but breezy Easter Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAV2YQXZZFAXPK2A2AXM43TNKY.jpg?auth=35411ddb22cb800624c48d7ce164ae5b6f06b9e3b202920846aa2af2895e3869&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Met Éireann has warned to expect 'severe or damaging west to southwest gusts' this weekend. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil prices soar following Trump’s Iran address]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/oil-prices-soar-following-trumps-iran-address/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/oil-prices-soar-following-trumps-iran-address/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Markets choppy amid latest indications energy shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz could be restored]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:06:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PH5BCAOLBVQDOBAD3GXWME7PCY.jpg?auth=f69e98d126d02356b3c6bcbf702b53fede49497f160c419d964f36766a7973ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Oil prices soared on Thursday after US president Donald Trump vowed in a televised speech to hit Iran 'extremely hard' over the coming weeks. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charly Triballeau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II astronauts prepare to leave Earth’s orbit and head towards the moon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-prepare-to-leave-earths-orbit-and-head-towards-the-moon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-prepare-to-leave-earths-orbit-and-head-towards-the-moon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Holmes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nasa mission enters second day, with crew hoping to become first people to orbit moon in more than 50 years]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXXGTKD6YQI6WR4IQ4BTXUSFIU.jpg?auth=5fbd613226f771ba32a0d18b82a3f47520c0748accdc16dcd2bef04de977b378&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Artemis II’s solid rocket boosters during launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times                    ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estimated price range of €339,000 to €839,000 for social-housing units in Meath development]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/glenveagh-puts-79m-price-tag-on-homes-it-intends-to-sell-to-meath-county-council/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/glenveagh-puts-79m-price-tag-on-homes-it-intends-to-sell-to-meath-county-council/</guid><description><![CDATA[Project envisages 757 units, of which 159 are earmarked for social housing]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:32:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SUEWRIVGBBCSBAM7WLOZKKSCZM.jpg?auth=c44ae1627594be43ea622d40f8c7913c4bfa1b41f4565acf4d3e0b261ad6279b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Artist's impression of the proposed Glenveagh development in Meath.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tadhg Beirne returns for Munster’s Challenge Cup knockout meeting with Exeter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/tadhg-beirne-returns-for-munsters-challenge-cup-knockout-meeting-with-exeter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/tadhg-beirne-returns-for-munsters-challenge-cup-knockout-meeting-with-exeter/</guid><description><![CDATA[Clayton McMillan makes 10 changes to side defeated by the Bulls last weekend]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:01:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAULDU72DXY54AKX3RHVCFBH7Y.jpg?auth=072e32d5b78cbc4725e5d1d2c0adff71f3447f2ae9f6ea43ee2c283d1dd492b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tadhg Beirne during a Munster training session in Limerick on Thursday. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merz’s 80% return plan for Syrians in Germany stirs controversy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/02/merzs-80-return-plan-for-syrians-in-germany-stirs-controversy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/02/merzs-80-return-plan-for-syrians-in-germany-stirs-controversy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chancellor’s latest verbal slip triggers political backlash and reignites Germany’s fraught migration debate]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:54:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G47GHAK5OZBE6FQVV4XD5G6FAU.jpg?auth=e8339a6aa34c47e3c55f435be9215d1cf69eaf21fd982aaeeecf046e2a071991&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa at a press conference in Berlin this week. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Macdougall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aldi Ireland announces fresh pay increases for workers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/aldi-ireland-announces-fresh-pay-increases-for-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/aldi-ireland-announces-fresh-pay-increases-for-workers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Increase comes two months after supermarket chain increased pay for hourly workers by 2%]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:49:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AM3WNIHPI3HRTJLVHAAGHJWHGY.jpg?auth=b5cee22c5f9120ba0ce6ef383ff367a48292e31ab497357240aa910ae72e7a65&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aldi is increasing pay for staff just months after implementing a separate pay rise. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rui Vieira</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigott Poetry Prize shortlist announced]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/02/pigott-poetry-prize-shortlist-announced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/02/pigott-poetry-prize-shortlist-announced/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:43:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6DRJBGSLEVGYNMBIYKPQ47NR2Y.JPG?auth=72cc9b0f3eee6710c19c9964670146c2b602a89e2b77acae8b883389451b3e03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The three shortlisted collections for the 2026 Pigott Poetry Prize, in the Bryan MacMahon Room, Kerry Writers’ Museum. Photograph: Lisa O’Flaherty.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi seriously injured in US-Israeli strike]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/former-iranian-foreign-minister-seriously-injured-and-wife-killed-in-us-israel-strike/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/former-iranian-foreign-minister-seriously-injured-and-wife-killed-in-us-israel-strike/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jansen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kharazi previously said Iran had not rejected negotiations and was open to indirect talks with US to end war]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:18:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BSWLCEF3CBDNLKHFJWJA2JW2CQ.jpg?auth=bafdbcda111af39c48c95ffccc99fab95c5c8fa2f5a3628a3b9cf7d91ba0d450&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi in 2005. Photograph: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CRIS BOURONCLE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former employees of Traveller support group ‘living only on prayers’ due to unpaid wages]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/02/former-employees-of-traveller-support-group-living-only-on-our-prayers-due-to-unpaid-wages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/02/former-employees-of-traveller-support-group-living-only-on-our-prayers-due-to-unpaid-wages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 20 people still awaiting redundancy information after closure of Dublin-based Southside Traveller Action Group]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NPW4PVF3VEXRCDE523ISATHYI.JPG?auth=b0a38ae5243d7b8a362b57760b8ce96f8a41fda93f4ddf0c1be1b1d8c62f6ba1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A protest took place outside the offices of the Southside Traveller Action Group (Stag) late last year over claims the organisation had been taken over by settled people.  Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temple Bar publican gets green light for hotel facing on to Dame Street]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/temple-bar-publican-gets-green-light-for-hotel-facing-on-to-dame-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/temple-bar-publican-gets-green-light-for-hotel-facing-on-to-dame-street/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin City Council backs 43-bedroom plan by Tom Cleary’s Chambers Properties after previous proposal was thrown out on appeal]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2SPRD7OKBEE3GPE536Z7YFUYM.JPG?auth=885bebdda22609fd22ae6206fb8f4d09734dd94be869a60575decbca0a00baa5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Publican Tom Cleary’s Chambers Properties Ltd has secured planning permission for a hotel facing on to Dame Street and Eustace Street. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lurgan bomb attempt ‘timely reminder’ of terror threat to police, PSNI chief says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/lurgan-bomb-attempt-timely-reminder-of-terror-threat-to-police-psni-chief-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/lurgan-bomb-attempt-timely-reminder-of-terror-threat-to-police-psni-chief-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jon Boutcher tells North’s policing board there is ‘little doubt’ dissident republicans are responsible for incident]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:33:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPU33OKYZI4SVCRO7UCAKFAP7M.jpg?auth=b4871b9bd79d545fd4157d12ead3b023d87210861dc1af186d16f1faf8087324&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jon Boutcher described the attempted attack as being 'as futile as it was cruel'. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extra 300 people join live register amid warnings of softening jobs market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/extra-300-people-join-live-register-amid-warnings-of-softening-jobs-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/extra-300-people-join-live-register-amid-warnings-of-softening-jobs-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unemployment rate should be viewed against the backdrop of ‘extreme global volatility’, says economist with jobs platform Indeed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NPKJVADPSJFVXLSZKSGA2YSZPA.jpg?auth=7da91226e713e10bb50975fcef9600cb1cf052c663d84cd3ae90174451d51120&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The register is not an accurate barometer of unemployment as people with part-time work can be entitled to benefits.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TD calls for car-pooling parking bays at motorway junctions to help commuters cut costs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/td-calls-for-car-pooling-parking-bays-at-motorway-junctions-to-help-commuters-cut-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/td-calls-for-car-pooling-parking-bays-at-motorway-junctions-to-help-commuters-cut-costs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Financial burden rising for commuters despite Government excise cuts, with few alternatives to driving for many]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:16:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SE66RSXR3JGE7DYRLXFNCBYVMU.jpg?auth=361afa3e325f0b21e720ecdb5dda30fa06986fb5137f58a7063fe7cb0237653d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter 'Chap' Cleere said he was concerned 'the basic infrastructure to support car-pooling simply does not exist'. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">esp_imaging</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment in Irish commercial property reaches €443m in first quarter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/investment-in-irish-commercial-property-reaches-443m-in-first-quarter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/investment-in-irish-commercial-property-reaches-443m-in-first-quarter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cushman & Wakefield say investors remained ‘selective’ following a period of ‘heightened volatility’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:15:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEDOD2PQI2XJJYPRAYM7PIICXQ.jpg?auth=a99ecbd8fa635b0a8be3d494dc008c466e69265cea05167aba4f9dd2e8dc7fa6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The €23.6m sale of Block R at Spencer Dock in Dublin's north docklands was the most valuable office deal completed in the first quarter of 2026. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifa raises top ticket price for World Cup final to over €9,500]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/fifa-raises-top-ticket-price-for-world-cup-final-to-over-9500/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/fifa-raises-top-ticket-price-for-world-cup-final-to-over-9500/</guid><description><![CDATA[New tickets released for some group games and final]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:04:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VNUEZWRZ7OXLGVVLEQC7OTZ2Z4.jpg?auth=3ed02890a5f5c50802ab1ce842f76156a47a699c37865b82214194237b28018d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump with Fifa president Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House with a mock-up ticket for the World Cup final. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images    ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Caballero-Reynolds</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits jump 80% at Oracle as it starts global redundancy programme ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/profits-jump-80-at-oracle-as-it-starts-global-redundancy-programme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/profits-jump-80-at-oracle-as-it-starts-global-redundancy-programme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company’s 900-strong Irish workforce made an average of €139,000 each last year as group took €1.1bn dividend]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:04:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FSZTKFBJDFGY7KDQNTAXBZAZUE.jpg?auth=7fa6d6e7a8f63912429a1605f8b9f41cb9338e4d812b8b9ef5012b4b828c12b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oracle's Irish business saw profits jump by 80 per cent last year.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JasonDoiy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patient safety risks identified at Navan Hospital ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/patient-safety-risks-identified-at-navan-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/patient-safety-risks-identified-at-navan-hospital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Health watchdog releases inspection reports on 12 healthcare services  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:49:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MASDBE4JATSWZJDYUH3ENRGFZI.jpg?auth=3bb9894936ae57cb06c292e826060bbeb8175ad3d4a02e1fd6cf0e6dfaa9f705&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Health Information and Quality Authority has outlined a number of concerns at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, Co Meath. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sequence of budget surpluses reduces national debt to pre-pandemic levels]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/sequence-of-budget-surpluses-reduces-national-debt-to-pre-pandemic-levels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/sequence-of-budget-surpluses-reduces-national-debt-to-pre-pandemic-levels/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CSO figures show gross debt fell by €5.7 billion to €209.9 billion last year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:49:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JPW2TDEBRVHOZBXQ6BS352QD24.jpg?auth=ed5b9b5926044cb8c89bc7ead7bee236977317ff628e2953ca9c22dbd5daede8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Before the pandemic in 2019 the State’s debt was €203 billion. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">alexsl</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win a Dublin city break at The Croke Park Hotel.]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/03/win-a-dublin-city-break-at-the-croke-park-hotel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/03/win-a-dublin-city-break-at-the-croke-park-hotel/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has teamed up with The Croke Park Hotel to give one lucky reader the opportunity to win a two-night city break in one of their stylish guest bedrooms with dinner in The Sideline restaurant and bar on an evening of your choice and breakfast the following morning.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:39:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J7L2XOUKNREZ3MJZ6ZSZAFPN4M.png?auth=bbf1009c3553a3f4cd6af3a27688b22279ce89107485ad0f14b018bc9da8ab0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SFTW_Week14]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win a stay at CABÜ by the Lakes.]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/03/win-a-stay-at-cabu-by-the-lakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/03/win-a-stay-at-cabu-by-the-lakes/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has teamed up with CABÜ by the Lakes to give one lucky reader a chance to win a two night midweek stay in a cabin of your choice.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:38:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7HTBAUO35ZEBJCEVVVABSMHPME.png?auth=36d1d7100e71ab838afbd91335ff587076d3388ef17bad8316e1fcce9b048e52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SFTW_week14]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not good enough’: Katie McCabe should have seen red for hair-pulling incident, says Bompastor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/not-good-enough-katie-mccabe-should-have-seen-red-for-hair-pulling-incident-says-bompastor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/not-good-enough-katie-mccabe-should-have-seen-red-for-hair-pulling-incident-says-bompastor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Arsenal are through to the Champions League semi-finals after beating Chelsea]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:33:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GW4RIWV45QBHVN3YC55ACNDJ5E.jpg?auth=08339e95021b6697e2e06b12e51a6e28e7565d787de54febe0a2a45849aebc4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Referee Frida Mia Klarlund shows a yellow card to Sonia Bompastor, manager of Chelsea, as Katie McCabe of Arsenal. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Warren Little</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher levels of vitamin D in middle age could protect against dementia, study suggests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/higher-levels-of-vitamin-d-in-middle-age-could-protect-against-dementia-study-suggests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/02/higher-levels-of-vitamin-d-in-middle-age-could-protect-against-dementia-study-suggests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The researchers cautioned that the findings do not prove cause and effect, but described the results as ‘promising’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:29:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UA6DMGJD25EX7AKKNLVCS4EBF4.jpg?auth=5309ddb53c79b3a025a78f212fe01253da5c38021a4917c37edbebe3eea8d8bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman is holding and reading about the side effects of pills in a bottle. Health and wellbeing concept.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tashi-Delek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon in talks to buy $9bn satellite group Globalstar in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-9bn-satellite-group-globalstar-in-bid-to-rival-elon-musks-starlink/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/amazon-in-talks-to-buy-9bn-satellite-group-globalstar-in-bid-to-rival-elon-musks-starlink/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Levingston and Kieran Smith in London and James Fontanella-Khan and Amelia Pollard in New York]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX’s low Earth orbit internet service]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:19:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P24WAOOW7TKTKLE62RH3E3BRGU.jpg?auth=cbb39b527f36ac9d2b8be5fbcc48a9fa69ceaebac119213d946f9b2b68e6b1e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A rocket carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites in Cape Canaveral, Florid. Amazon plans to have about 700 satellites in space by the middle of this year. Photograph: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracy Clifford dropped from 2FM slot after 10-year run to make way for new line-up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/tracy-clifford-dropped-from-2fm-slot-after-10-year-run-to-make-way-for-new-line-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/tracy-clifford-dropped-from-2fm-slot-after-10-year-run-to-make-way-for-new-line-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a statement, RTÉ said new schedule ‘reinforces 2FM’s position as the original and collective voice of young Ireland’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:59:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/535BINJP4IGJCOMG2W5SM2R2GA.jpg?auth=f58a2f7bdaaf5910d5d9712d4f72cff725bcfe17f4b8d15807913ab0720cabc4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ said broadcaster Tracy Clifford 'very much remains part of the RTÉ family' after announcing she will leave her afternoon 2FM slot.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heineken announces multi-city music festival series featuring Inhaler, Basement Jaxx and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/02/heineken-announces-multi-city-music-festival-series-featuring-inhaler-basement-jaxx-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/02/heineken-announces-multi-city-music-festival-series-featuring-inhaler-basement-jaxx-and-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Greenlight festival will be headlined by Tomora, a collaboration between Aurora and The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:51:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TBC47REHRBHSJHXYOGA2YPZWQY.jpg?auth=39f65b92d4843850969bc8425bda467d0a7a41324089d87b80b96f5154f92378&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish singer and guitarist Elijah Hewson of rock band Inhaler, which feature in Heineken's Greenlight line-up. Photograph: Anna Kurth/AFP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ANNA KURTH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One year after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’, Trump’s new pharma tariffs show that uncertainty rolls on ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/02/one-year-after-trumps-liberation-day-dangerous-tariff-uncertainty-lingers-for-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/02/one-year-after-trumps-liberation-day-dangerous-tariff-uncertainty-lingers-for-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Will our critical pharma and technology service sectors be in the firing line in the future?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4EQA4RMC5RBPXIZJQTBXFG4SHY.jpg?auth=581fbdbfee5266e934752361125f6fc960867baf0c18e3206458e2ca20516878&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump announced his Liberation Dayy tariffs on the 2nd of April, 2025. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Image]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chip Somodevilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Croke Park to host Manchester United v Leeds pre-season friendly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/croke-park-to-host-manchester-united-v-leeds-pre-season-friendly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/croke-park-to-host-manchester-united-v-leeds-pre-season-friendly/</guid><description><![CDATA[Game to be played on Wednesday, August 12th]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:19:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z35FILFHNBFMNLLEBSEZ5NQQQY.jpg?auth=9d0b362113f7e047497309fa24f728a60507de85ad48d0561adc259efcc3cdf9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manchester United chief executive Jason Wilcox said the fixture is a "fantastic opportunity to connect with our supporters in Ireland". Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ballad of Johnny & June review: Jukebox musical with excellent cast is a storytelling disappointment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/04/02/the-ballad-of-johnny-june-review-jukebox-musical-with-excellent-cast-is-a-storytelling-disappointment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/04/02/the-ballad-of-johnny-june-review-jukebox-musical-with-excellent-cast-is-a-storytelling-disappointment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Keating]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Theatre: A musical misstep is among a series of troubling aspects about The Ballad of Johnny & June]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:19:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TV7XTP572ZB6BOLJNACPJWJ4TE.jpg?auth=5491ad641a6c54c98d2d04c95e64c25ee6e066f7aef7a90f895107e45799ed52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Ballad of Johnny & June: Christopher Ryan Grant as Johnny Cash and Christina Bianco June Carter Cash. Photograph: Pamela Raith]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PAMELA RAITH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenue wrote off more than €270m in unpaid taxes last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/02/revenue-wrote-off-more-than-270m-in-unpaid-taxes-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/02/revenue-wrote-off-more-than-270m-in-unpaid-taxes-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many of the debts related to companies that went into liquidation during the pandemic or struggled to repay warehoused tax debt]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:16:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E7GDSZL5O2OHQWBACCKHN4HFH4.jpg?auth=8982d1bdbd201f01464a584999bf5999ef3bead8d08a256603498728ae161a07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Revenue Commissioners wrote off more than €270 million in unpaid taxes last year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music teacher charged with human trafficking and exploiting a child for sex]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/music-teacher-charged-with-human-trafficking-and-exploiting-a-child-for-sex/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/music-teacher-charged-with-human-trafficking-and-exploiting-a-child-for-sex/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Higgins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[James Briscoe (48) with an address at Seamount in Belfast faces eight charges]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:55:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3MGA63RPJHEXJPZ5UHYEIO3UA.jpg?auth=62ce3f11c22e321decf53af7896d1936c6460fe409e61a9c7eed395aa7475bf3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robert James Briscoe has been charged with supplying drugs and exploiting a child for sex]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[MetroLink director to step down from long-delayed Dublin rail link project ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/04/02/metrolink-director-to-step-down-from-long-delayed-rail-link-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/04/02/metrolink-director-to-step-down-from-long-delayed-rail-link-project/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seán Sweeney took up €550,000-a-year role less than two years ago]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:43:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQYOIYTNW5CZDGL7KFJTKDCQCE.jpeg?auth=ed52420ddf6529cd8594bbbb898e5b78bb424beb13e49a22497cde9758c67d48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[MetroLink director Sean Sweeney has announed his departure from the project. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí have resources to enforce Grace’s Law and should not fear prosecution, Canney says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/age-restriction-on-scramblers-more-effective-than-ban-says-grace-lynchs-mother/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/age-restriction-on-scramblers-more-effective-than-ban-says-grace-lynchs-mother/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton in Galway, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mother of Grace Lynch calls on Minister for Justice to ensure gardaí can enforce new laws ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:08:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNAQ7EP6R6LFFY45IQDCKJGWEU.jpg?auth=54981b55498c9f7746fcb74cba56680e58e39b52d546c6591940e4164242d7ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A 'No Scrambler' sign on Portrane Beach, Dublin. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora: ‘My answer isn’t in the pub. My answer is in the sea or it’s on the mountain’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/padraig-ohora-on-attempting-everest-more-people-die-sitting-on-the-couch-than-climbing-mountains/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/padraig-ohora-on-attempting-everest-more-people-die-sitting-on-the-couch-than-climbing-mountains/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The ex-Mayo footballer is always searching for peace of mind – over the next two months, he will try to find it on the world’s highest mountain]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KSFRMBI5LREDJKAXU7XSMFZTFM.jpeg?auth=3c382c94e6a329b1f3fadf204cac1ce3b8429c58756919a939543f6c79b50f46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora with his daughter Mila-Rae on the top of Mweelrea, in county Mayo]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to drive at 54: ‘My daughter was my motivation... to show her that you don’t give up on things’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/learning-to-drive-at-54-my-daughter-was-my-motivation-to-show-her-that-you-dont-give-up-on-things/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/learning-to-drive-at-54-my-daughter-was-my-motivation-to-show-her-that-you-dont-give-up-on-things/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6SKVAQM2TJE6PPYMJJYK4OEA4I.jfif?auth=26438964c3b94f552be2e00a84ec5e14fd9f1acbeb83b8364e602d64fcdacbf6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Features: June Shannon driving]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish start-up targets healthcare’s carbon problem]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/04/02/irish-start-up-targets-healthcares-carbon-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/04/02/irish-start-up-targets-healthcares-carbon-problem/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olive Keogh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nocomed helps life sciences and healthcare firms measure gkjdlig, report and reduce emissions as sustainability rules tighten]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QDMASRI33VHK3F2KYOD2RJVF3Q.jpg?auth=3ebe2f619cbb56a8a8be6e61fa8d35a1e3c97a572c28bf6c552556f6743d40bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosemary Durcan and Dónal Adams of Nocomed: The company’s revenue model is subscription-based and calculated according to customer size. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeal issued over threat to nature from fires, litter and dogs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/appeal-issued-over-threat-to-nature-from-fires-litter-and-dogs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/appeal-issued-over-threat-to-nature-from-fires-litter-and-dogs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Countryside fires increased last year and wildlife and habitats are continuing to decline]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:28:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQJRE744BRECHCWJCAM5YWMHRU.jpg?auth=6e88449f0673e0d4d5798bdbc9f7f017877c349c93d899e803564c74f41187ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A wildfire exercise in Co Wicklow last year]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Xerotech CEO awarded €420,000 after being ‘forced to resign’ from Galway company]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/former-xerotech-ceo-awarded-420000-after-being-forced-to-resign-from-galway-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/former-xerotech-ceo-awarded-420000-after-being-forced-to-resign-from-galway-company/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Biggest award so far this year by Workplace Relations Commission for former Xerotech chief Barry Flannery]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:37:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AFDZGHUBRVCL7M3QZAAFPMAUPE.JPG?auth=513a5305da27d6bd8a1b38b461949da844ba6f0f284aef7cddddd36faddb56c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barry Flannery, founder and chief executive of Xerotech, has been awarded €420,000 after he was 'shut out' from the business shortly before it collapsed into liquidation last year. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s golden bunch already looking to LA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/irelands-golden-bunch-already-looking-to-la/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/02/irelands-golden-bunch-already-looking-to-la/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson sets out his plan, Leinster making it look hard, Aidan O’Shea still going strong]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:49:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JMZIRNQ7ERDVRAKNVIF7G3TMIM.jpg?auth=da21530d55524a0d66765c125cfc1fd3ccc67d22c8e842719a1a3a5a3e04e1f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rhys McClenaghan with his gold medal after winning the men's pommel horse final at the 2024 Olympic Games. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maja Hitij</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gorillaz in Dublin: Damon Albarn takes selfies and signs autographs without missing a note in compelling show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/02/gorillaz-in-dublin-damon-albarn-takes-selfies-and-signs-autographs-without-missing-a-note-in-compelling-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/02/gorillaz-in-dublin-damon-albarn-takes-selfies-and-signs-autographs-without-missing-a-note-in-compelling-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Mark E Smith to Idles frontman Joe Talbot, it wouldn’t be a Gorillaz show without a rotating cast of guests]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:31:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DYX3V3EYKJCRTDVURMDFHGPDBA.jpg?auth=20ee6271677a51f07e2645dff1f411b27027e741d0923245d3655391082f40c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gorillaz during their performance at the Pulse of Gaia Festival, at the Universidad Autonoma, in Madrid last year. Photograph: Europa Press News]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Europa Press News</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryanair passenger traffic continues growth in March]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/ryanair-passenger-traffic-continues-growth-in-march/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/ryanair-passenger-traffic-continues-growth-in-march/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Airline carried 15.8 million passengers last month]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:09:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LPYL3GKJPFTVGHQRXPD73U2MEU.jpg?auth=11742e0f8054702c7706b80374b3cabf98a9b1c007ae49784639cab73f9bc3bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryanair passenger traffic rose 5% last month. Photograph: Will Meakin-Durrant/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Will Meakin-Durrant</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí seize cannabis worth €7 million in Co Kildare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/gardai-seize-cannabis-worth-7-million-in-co-kildare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/gardai-seize-cannabis-worth-7-million-in-co-kildare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finds are latest from investigations under Operation Tara targeting organised crime]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:09:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XCIFJORLM5HQ7PCHMTDEJ27DZQ.jpg?auth=1a9146ab710662059f7e7ce2f8bab9fce2fac57faf4c419d13537f006ae4c797&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannabis seized by An Garda Síochána in Athy, Co Kildare. Photograph: Garda]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods turns down US captaincy for 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/tiger-woods-turns-down-united-states-captaincy-for-ryder-cup-2027-at-adare-manor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/tiger-woods-turns-down-united-states-captaincy-for-ryder-cup-2027-at-adare-manor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former world number one’s decision comes after recent car crash and announcement he would step away from golf for a period]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZIP6KNGUGCOP6KCPTI4HRJ3G4.jpg?auth=629365e00da7af675583d20a0ce8aca26ff7f9a5fd7215e524d7b8ca3400cd74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tiger Woods will not captain the United States at the 2027 Ryder Cup. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zac Goodwin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Migrant chef paid €1.61 an hour for 90-hour weeks in case branded ‘economic slavery’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/migrant-chef-paid-161-an-hour-for-90-hour-weeks-in-case-branded-economic-slavery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/migrant-chef-paid-161-an-hour-for-90-hour-weeks-in-case-branded-economic-slavery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Madhu Foods Limited, trading as Guru Indian Cuisine, found to have committed multiple employment rights breaches against the worker]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A4J4WW4MPUV4IQ5ED25BCHNJOQ.jpg?auth=33d84625c19cfcdb449579a63deaa59017c1fa8fef866968d4cc1d8748c9c09d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Workplace Relations Commission made awards against a company that trades as Guru Indian Cuisine and has restaurants in Dundalk, Drogheda, Newry and Belfast. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will Artemis II reach the moon? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/when-will-artemis-ii-reach-the-moon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/when-will-artemis-ii-reach-the-moon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashley Ahn, Kenneth Chang]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If any serious problems arise while Orion is still in Earth orbit, mission managers will bring the astronauts home]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:30:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YOW6RCDQPUZNUV2BJOTF7NHDUA.jpg?auth=15905da62026c9978b64cdbdeb9e9d4acf1932810ce27a9379e63a6dc790bd29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft lifts off at the Kennedy space centre in Florida on Wednesday. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe Raedle</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Environmental group loses challenge to permission for power plant in north Kerry]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/environmental-group-loses-challenge-to-permission-for-power-plant-in-north-kerry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/environmental-group-loses-challenge-to-permission-for-power-plant-in-north-kerry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Group claimed planning commission ‘significantly underestimated’ greenhouse gas emissions from proposed facility]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3WZJSOLBXRE4BLS23VFEWU7DO4.jpg?auth=64e55e62318acd6a401e44941d7f943f5e2ccf8beccf757e86ae5b645a1939e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Among various claims, the Friends of the Irish Environment group said the commission breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the plant.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sharply_done</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil jumps, stock rally fades on Trump's war threat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/oil-jumps-stock-rally-fades-on-trumps-war-threat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/oil-jumps-stock-rally-fades-on-trumps-war-threat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anand Krishnamoorthy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president undermines expectations for an imminent resolution to conflict]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:54:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LLRLHTIAKZCHNPEL4DRSSQA6IA?auth=20fa044541d6f92ca219514266341b75729f8583104eb2bdda73a1a9f048eb39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
President Donald Trump said the US-Israeli war as a major success that was “nearing completion” and repeated his threats to strike Iran's energy infrastructure if it does not reach a “deal”. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump leaves world no wiser on Iran objectives in 19-minute prime-time address ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/trump-leaves-world-no-wiser-on-iran-objectives-as-america-takes-aim-at-the-moon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/02/trump-leaves-world-no-wiser-on-iran-objectives-as-america-takes-aim-at-the-moon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president’s 19-minute speech contained little new about the Iran war’s likely outcome or how the spiralling global energy crisis will end ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:21:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L5YW4TKPPIDZZVREYWVUJU73YM.jpg?auth=966fc430dc2d43d0507c1363065c3f1de2f3cda23095a87c2756517528605356&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump gave a prime-time address to America from the White House. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Brandon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump pledges to take Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ in televised address]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/02/trump-pledges-to-take-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-in-televised-address/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/02/trump-pledges-to-take-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-in-televised-address/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president declares Iran military operation is almost complete but will continue for another two or three weeks ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:50:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LLRLHTIAKZCHNPEL4DRSSQA6IA?auth=20fa044541d6f92ca219514266341b75729f8583104eb2bdda73a1a9f048eb39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump addresses the nation in a 19-minute speech from the White House. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times                     ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A solution for dodgy boxes and Apple at 50]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/a-solution-for-dodgy-boxes-and-apple-at-50/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/a-solution-for-dodgy-boxes-and-apple-at-50/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:35:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7ITAXNTJ2RFI3B2UBOFLX4OAIM.png?auth=9437fdccff7ecc6e5db3cf787451e1c6a021199a4ccc7853265857add75fc590&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak with an early circuit board. The tech giant behind the iPhone has just turned 50.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nobody wants to live like this’: Pearse House residents say they live with rats, mould]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/04/02/nobody-wants-to-live-like-this-pearse-house-residents-say-they-live-with-rats-mould/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/04/02/nobody-wants-to-live-like-this-pearse-house-residents-say-they-live-with-rats-mould/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin City Council received project and funding approval to proceed with the first phase of the regeneration ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEJPDK3R4NGONGWECDM6EINV3Q.JPG?auth=b65c93f2ee01cdf54b9db389dfb8a7a9ecb7593fcbb76c2aa517ece480cdff05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eileen Nalty and her granddaughter Zia at Pearse House Blocks L, M, N and P – known as the ’Small Flats’ – which are due an upgrade. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dire consequences of unsafe e-scooter use]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/the-dire-consequences-of-unsafe-e-scooter-use/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/the-dire-consequences-of-unsafe-e-scooter-use/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rules that are routinely ignored are scant reassurance to vulnerable road users]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Ireland taking anti-Semitism seriously enough? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/is-ireland-taking-anti-semitism-seriously-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/is-ireland-taking-anti-semitism-seriously-enough/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GBMO6J35L5HS5EEJXALKCTG3AU.jpg?auth=c2b759f615c86d138580cde3dc5f122c615c62b4f3ff0b88a8cfc1ecaeb33f6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oliver Sears]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of electricity blackouts in Ireland prompts new protocols for data centres ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/data-centres-blackout-worries-trigger-new-electricity-protocols/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/data-centres-blackout-worries-trigger-new-electricity-protocols/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mass disconnection by sector during brief faults risks system instability, says EirGrid  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ODHMORPFREZPGLTCOVRQIROSA.jpg?auth=5862157aeff134e21e3baa6a633b8130cdbd8c73e33dd9236ebd6a54ba5d6691&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sudden simultaneous disconnection of a sector that accounts for 22% of electricity used in the State risks destabilising the grid. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Oselote</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detective duo net €5m and charge more than 200 suspects in fraud investigations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/detective-duo-net-5m-and-charge-more-than-200-suspects-in-fraud-investigations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/02/detective-duo-net-5m-and-charge-more-than-200-suspects-in-fraud-investigations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Money laundering network deployed by criminals operating countrywide, Garda conference hears]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UFPOEVPOXFGPDESLZ3MG4HLTNU.jpg?auth=a74b2973027ca52ca4471b6985e14522597dbca402bf86034b2ad12f90b3eb7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda middle managers want local economic crime units established in stations across the State. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Barnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They’re still here’: Dissident republicans still active and have not gone away]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/theyre-still-here-dissident-republicans-still-active-and-have-not-gone-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/theyre-still-here-dissident-republicans-still-active-and-have-not-gone-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Northern peace process still has ‘a way to go’ following recent attack at Lurgan PSNI station]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KPKEOLEAEPVIRCJ765CUUUQXSM.jpg?auth=42e8f49fee7aa87aea158b8bd5e24bf5167906e29ea631c20ff74bb14e8ca1a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Delivery driver was forced to drive car with explosive device inside to Lurgan police station on Monday night. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empathy for students facing Sunday exams]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/empathy-for-students-facing-sunday-exams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/empathy-for-students-facing-sunday-exams/</guid><description><![CDATA[A reader voices concern over the stress of scheduling state exams on weekends]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jet fuel disruption could hit summer travel plans ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/growing-fears-over-summer-jet-fuel-supply-disruption-if-iran-war-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/growing-fears-over-summer-jet-fuel-supply-disruption-if-iran-war-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn, Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trump says US will be ‘out of Iran pretty quickly’ but could return for ‘spot hits’ if needed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RBUTNAUYB5GRZKV4ISE6D6E23I.jpg?auth=ca23b518200376155233ab7d92b1259362f84e3a86d09040f5ae1123596b5d0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Airline boss O’Leary suggested on Wednesday that disruptions to jet fuel supply could begin from early May]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tobiasjo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Only Antoine Dupont is comparable’: Four Irish players to watch in Europe this weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/only-dupont-is-comparable-to-him-four-players-to-watch-in-europe-this-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/only-dupont-is-comparable-to-him-four-players-to-watch-in-europe-this-weekend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Motivation shouldn’t be a problem as the provinces go in search of victory for a variety of reasons]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6PDRW5UV5ZDQ3CHYQHEAWS7CDY.jpg?auth=20f022f5cd6f4fe70244ea37a11da2e08cd5d3243ef4eba05348640a9df78d27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jamison Gibson-Park during Leinster's Champions Cup clash with Bath at the Aviva Stadium last season. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady ©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You’re trying to use all these few percenters’: Hugo Keenan on time well spent in a hyperbaric chamber]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/the-hyperbaric-chamber-was-good-hugo-keenan-now-relishing-champions-cup-hopes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/02/the-hyperbaric-chamber-was-good-hugo-keenan-now-relishing-champions-cup-hopes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finally back from injury, fullback is ready to go for Leinster’s Champions Cup knockout clash against Edinburgh]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ULUIVJIGFNSEAYJGWC56CO3NC4.jpg?auth=ffd9713e44b20a58755c2b3d464df6e213afcdc72cb16636f93c5410ec50758a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugo Keenan scores a try for Leinster against Glasgow Warriors last month. Photograph: Craig Watson/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agreement in principle on plan to allow tax-free rental of back garden cabins]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/04/02/agreement-in-principle-on-plan-to-allow-tax-free-rental-of-back-garden-cabins/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/04/02/agreement-in-principle-on-plan-to-allow-tax-free-rental-of-back-garden-cabins/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn, Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Government spokesman says some Ministers have ‘a few questions’ about how plan will work practically]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YAYFFMMTUDZLTUEZW27VGSJRJM.jpg?auth=b4c1d1300e9a830dcc961944218c01b061cf2ecfd3f6bb39ca02adae6fdc5f59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Homeowners could earn up to €14,000 in tax-free income by renting out units in their gardens. Photograph: James Forde]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackout fears, dogfight training, dodgy boxes and gold mining in the North]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/data-centres-dogfighting-air-corps-dodgy-boxes-and-gold-mining-in-the-north/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/data-centres-dogfighting-air-corps-dodgy-boxes-and-gold-mining-in-the-north/</guid><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XCEB7DH3RBEAHBDVD5J3DYLMXY.JPG?auth=b4a98b29428f20712eb076f01b634fe18fdca7706f0111bc7337aed69cd1a436&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Microsoft's data centre operations at Grange Castle, west Dublin. Photograph: Naoise Culhane ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New savings scheme should be solar-powered]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/new-savings-scheme-should-be-solar-powered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/new-savings-scheme-should-be-solar-powered/</guid><description><![CDATA[A cost-effective and climate-aware investment]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emer McLysaght: I live to scroll. It’s for ‘work’, I convince myself  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/02/emer-mclysaght-i-live-to-scroll-its-for-work-i-convince-myself/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/02/emer-mclysaght-i-live-to-scroll-its-for-work-i-convince-myself/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emer McLysaght]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I bought a new phone and a Brick to close off distracting apps. But I'm not ready yet to deploy the Brick's full power]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3POITMZNG5F6VEDG2P6ADDSIMU.jpg?auth=e4fb02353b7043ec008f912d8aa3f7c9fb614072115ffe6813a2db97dfec72f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There are lots of apps to lock you out of various operations on your phone, but an addict like me can get past those in the blink of an eye]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Julia_Sudnitskaya</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Defence Forces must continue to hold the blue line in Lebanon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/irish-defence-forces-must-continue-to-hold-the-blue-line-in-lebanon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/irish-defence-forces-must-continue-to-hold-the-blue-line-in-lebanon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alanna O'Malley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a wider geopolitical context of escalating conflict, and growing militarisation, someone must stand up for peace]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G6Q3XJYTPRCMZLQUIVWAYACPQU.jpg?auth=6d022d9a9581f8e092b2d0deefa54d799cc6ea85ae80258a3159a0dacbe67ce4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A peacekeeper looks out from Unifil Outpost 6-52, right beside the Israel-Lebanon border. Photograph: Sally Hayden]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reassessing social care in light of Covid-19]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/reassessing-social-care-in-light-of-covid-19/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/reassessing-social-care-in-light-of-covid-19/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let’s make sure nursing homes are safe]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We can win against any team’: Heimir Hallgrímsson gives media peek behind Ireland curtain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/we-can-win-against-any-team-heimir-hallgrimsson-gives-media-peak-behind-ireland-curtain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/02/we-can-win-against-any-team-heimir-hallgrimsson-gives-media-peak-behind-ireland-curtain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Organisation, set play, discipline, attack and leadership to be prioritised to get team to Euro 2028]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SF7JVKMFLIECN4M4XRR4WGP6PE.jpg?auth=dd50549074dac272fc0cf0e25064ce6afecbe99fbd93646a07aad109c1750416&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[After Czech Republic beat Denmark to qualify for World Cup, Heimir Hallgrímsson said: 'It’s good that the Czechs won. It shows us how close we are to this.' Photograph: Ryan Byrne/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the State’s latest care scandal: The at-risk children on Tusla’s ‘no beds list’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/inside-the-states-latest-care-scandal-the-at-risk-children-on-tuslas-no-beds-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/inside-the-states-latest-care-scandal-the-at-risk-children-on-tuslas-no-beds-list/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: How private care providers charge €50m to fill gaps in failing service]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WF3SI5GCNE6TZSP3IVZIBVRFQ4.jpg?auth=d87ebdebe7ca37e7316f885257e2b54065bb439f60ec112d7a07d9ab2fc63a52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judges are increasingly exasperated at the patchwork of care arrangements facing these vulnerable children. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Fuller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish tourism’s ‘annus horribilis’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/irish-tourisms-annus-horribilis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/irish-tourisms-annus-horribilis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Logic behind costly hospitality sector Vat cut gets fuzzier and fuzzier]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KKBP5TRARPUNRBROORCWUUVYWU.jpg?auth=e31a9816388ced5ea02597df8feb5083d6f6790f33580037e1d05ef775424c38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter Burke argued at Cabinet to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality sector from 13.5% to 9%. Photograph: Cillian Sherlock/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cillian Sherlock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s not Top Gun’: Irish Air Corps pilots to receive ‘dogfighting’ combat training ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/its-not-top-gun-air-corps-pilots-to-receive-dogfighting-combat-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/02/its-not-top-gun-air-corps-pilots-to-receive-dogfighting-combat-training/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Organisation has lost the ability to conduct in-house combat training due to departures of trained pilots]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPENOZ34FBD3BH3YYI57C33HAM.JPG?auth=9a304290cda961cf104ec3fdf8b17bb8745ff51152b2d6303874bcfa4a6c28e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9M aircraft during the Bray Air Display in 2022. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naysayers are right. Restaurants are frivolous – and that’s why we need more of them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/finn-mcredmond-the-naysayers-are-right-restaurants-are-frivolous-and-thats-why-we-need-more-of-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/finn-mcredmond-the-naysayers-are-right-restaurants-are-frivolous-and-thats-why-we-need-more-of-them/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Where else are we supposed to gossip about our colleagues over a bottle of Chianti? The basement of the Google offices in Grand Canal Dock?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EGHUFS4CHVMNBPO6IVCOKPFISI.jpg?auth=fb3906cf785587010ebe8f56b042dae6b62a5c19d33148f9bcf5c98c083476ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barry Canny, founder of Peploe's restaurant in Dublin, died recently.  Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brenda Fitzsimons</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not something that’s driving me to play on’: Aidan O’Shea on 18 unbroken seasons with Mayo]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/not-something-thats-driving-me-to-play-on-aidan-oshea-on-18-unbroken-seasons-with-mayo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/02/not-something-thats-driving-me-to-play-on-aidan-oshea-on-18-unbroken-seasons-with-mayo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stalwart forward hails fresh approach and energy of manager Andy Moran]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBT5SWEXU6H47PAPKF4LZRVJSQ.jpg?auth=17dbc1686e2b4884593a796050b388770f0304863ac0e221a4cea29a279546ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aidan O'Shea celebrates after scoring against Monaghan last February. Photograph: Tom Maher/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of adults face long delays in being discharged as wards of court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/hundreds-of-adults-face-long-delays-in-being-discharged-as-wards-of-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/02/hundreds-of-adults-face-long-delays-in-being-discharged-as-wards-of-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High Court extends discharge deadline for hundreds of wards after President Catherine Connolly signs amending laws]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKIA3TQAIRECTIWQUL5NIUL3VE.jpg?auth=ded2862d126a7d6865850aa2018b632637d04201d52c9f8cfd1ec0d3a776c22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[On Wednesday, High Court president David Barniville and Judge Mark Heslin granted six-month extensions in almost 400 cases]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">w-ings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staffing issues at State agency led to delay in carrying out parts of plan to end sexual violence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/02/staffing-issues-at-state-agency-led-to-delay-in-carrying-out-parts-of-plan-to-end-sexual-violence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/02/staffing-issues-at-state-agency-led-to-delay-in-carrying-out-parts-of-plan-to-end-sexual-violence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Majority of 95 actions in Government’s own Zero Tolerance strategy were not completed by the end of 2025 ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R7OHHHIQYFGG7JCJQAL3GA2W6U.jpg?auth=487c19eac0e1748de20a555d57696bf784060c276352389712251e91ca828c89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Online sexual abuse and access to pornography will be raised by Jim O’Callaghan during Ireland’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SvetaZi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Kerry-to-Meath transcontinental odyssey]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/my-kerry-to-meath-transcontinental-odyssey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/my-kerry-to-meath-transcontinental-odyssey/</guid><description><![CDATA[Honda 50 opened my eyes to the beauty of motorcycle travel]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin’s tourism tax is decades overdue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/dublins-tourism-tax-is-long-overdue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/dublins-tourism-tax-is-long-overdue/</guid><description><![CDATA[Busy cities cost money to clean and maintain]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Féin swaps cynical populism for pragmatism on Northern Ireland property tax rises]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/sinn-fein-dup-stormont-assembly-property-tax-bills-domestic-rates-rises/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/sinn-fein-dup-stormont-assembly-property-tax-bills-domestic-rates-rises/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some thought has gone into the psychology of carefully boiling the fiscal frog]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUNONFPAHVBBPJ636QOJWRFGFI.jpg?auth=e2037f4368a87c8a81908d1d8ad59c2a066847253ac4163811d183a8fdbbfb78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growing problem of bad spectator etiquette]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/the-growing-problem-of-bad-spectator-etiquette/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/the-growing-problem-of-bad-spectator-etiquette/</guid><description><![CDATA[Standing spectators and phone recordings spoil costly sporting and cultural events]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels like health insurers want to confuse us]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/it-feels-like-health-insurers-want-to-confuse-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/02/it-feels-like-health-insurers-want-to-confuse-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[Regulation should ensure availability of easy-to-understand plans]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Greg Norman’s Masters meltdown reminds me of my father on my wedding day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/dave-hannigan-on-my-wedding-day-30-years-ago-greg-norman-had-his-worst-day-ever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/02/dave-hannigan-on-my-wedding-day-30-years-ago-greg-norman-had-his-worst-day-ever/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eighteen Masters have come and gone since my father’s death but the treachery of Alzheimer’s thieved that tournament from him]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7DQDRSMQQRCYPBJBFCR6ZUZLUM.jpg?auth=02e430b741a57d6c69cfd5e2f599091cfaacd51bbab2cc3cdf659a7fed397b45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Greg Norman of Australia feels the pressure during the final round of the Masters on April 14th, 1996. Photograph: Stephen Munday/Allsport]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Munday</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and the death penalty]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/israel-and-the-death-penalty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/israel-and-the-death-penalty/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is no longer acceptable for any democratic country to hide behind politics]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get to shopping heaven in Belfast: great shops you won’t find down south]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/02/how-to-get-to-shopping-heaven-in-belfast-great-shops-you-wont-find-down-south/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/02/how-to-get-to-shopping-heaven-in-belfast-great-shops-you-wont-find-down-south/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our Dublin-based reporter tries out four major retail outlets only available in the North]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6EOVVOTUWZFWRHNMBE62VGRJLQ.jpg?auth=adcf8455a023846c2c5b8502da6f4274038da69cc99213f9a80c33639573c510&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['I managed to leave Belfast with nothing more than two new eyeliners, an eye shadow and a resolve to return with wheels underneath me for a future haul.' Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ballygally View Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There will be lay-offs’: the students studying AI in Dublin ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/04/02/students-of-artificial-intelligence-exposed-more-than-most-to-its-threats-and-opportunities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/04/02/students-of-artificial-intelligence-exposed-more-than-most-to-its-threats-and-opportunities/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Concern for employment prospects as AI makes jobs obsolete, but hope remains for those who adapt]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YDULGPDPYNHCJBVHBNYDMLBDS4.JPG?auth=adfff657ae82f1706db67ad3cbc6f3626435bc8e58d721603c17abc10f7c018c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Enterprise computing students at TUD Tallaght spoke of their hopes and fears for their employment prospects. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walkers need law to protect and guarantee countryside access]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/walkers-need-law-to-protect-and-guarantee-countryside-access/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/walkers-need-law-to-protect-and-guarantee-countryside-access/</guid><description><![CDATA[Greenways are a much better amenity for cyclists than for walkers]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reconvened inquiry into Sperrin Mountains gold-mining plan looks to decide 17-year battle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/reconvened-inquiry-into-sperrin-mountains-gold-mining-plan-looks-to-decide-17-year-battle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/reconvened-inquiry-into-sperrin-mountains-gold-mining-plan-looks-to-decide-17-year-battle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Corr ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dalradian Gold wants to mine minerals worth an estimated €30bn in Co Tyrone area of natural beauty]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OMWSZMIVNEJEXBSSI2FR7TMS5M.jpg?auth=09f2396dfdce514d89f25b57573c355472c180e207866b94003527cd048657dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters outside the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh during the public inquiry into the application for the Dalradian Gold Mine project. Photograph: Deborah McLaughlin/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Deborah McLaughlin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backyard battle to save hedgehogs is critical as numbers decline]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/backyard-battle-to-save-hedgehogs-is-critical-as-numbers-decline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/02/backyard-battle-to-save-hedgehogs-is-critical-as-numbers-decline/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony King]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardens offer refuge from habitat loss, pesticides and cars – but strimmers and dogs can be deadly]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/66WDZPYZY5FITM6O7W3YSFN3WQ.jpg?auth=32ae580a1b8d1b285cdad981c15f1047d53747998da0c7e0578909df347a470f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hedgehogs find refuge in Irish gardens where patches of growth are long enough for them to hide]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical consultants’ fees]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/medical-consultants-fees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/01/medical-consultants-fees/</guid><description><![CDATA[Consultants in full-time private practice, unlike those employed by the HSE, do not have their practice costs subsidised by the State]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join west Cork’s rich and famous at Skibbereen home formerly owned by bank chief]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/join-west-corks-rich-and-famous-at-skibbereen-home-formerly-owned-by-bank-chief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/join-west-corks-rich-and-famous-at-skibbereen-home-formerly-owned-by-bank-chief/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Glebe House is a Georgian property set on nine acres overlooking the Ilen river estuary]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5BRFJL63YJDVNET3HLMTLHVQ54.jpg?auth=e5bef8bb66b7c34bc02a19ed08ca5acb5dc660ad2f06a210790e128b3e3b1c56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glebe House, Skibbereen, Co Cork]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should you live in employer-provided or subsidised housing? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/02/should-you-live-in-employer-provided-or-subsidised-housing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/02/should-you-live-in-employer-provided-or-subsidised-housing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Ward]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Employers are considering accommodation options to secure the best staff but when your boss is also your landlord, things can get delicate]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOUGONYBT5HCRKHEH7ZGZWUGXY.jpg?auth=38353281604b9d97e72f4d1fcbedd8974ed3efa859f6055e122819e3cdccfa31&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some employers are providing accommodation for staff who otherwise could not take up job offers due to the housing squeeze. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sturti</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data centre expansion policy prolongs reliance on fossil fuels ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/04/02/data-centre-expansion-policy-prolongs-reliance-on-fossil-fuels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/04/02/data-centre-expansion-policy-prolongs-reliance-on-fossil-fuels/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Daly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Current State policy embeds fossil gas at the heart of the data centre sector’s growth]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ODHMORPFREZPGLTCOVRQIROSA.jpg?auth=5862157aeff134e21e3baa6a633b8130cdbd8c73e33dd9236ebd6a54ba5d6691&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland has an opportunity to show data centre growth can be compatible with serious climate commitments]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Oselote</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballysallagh House is a rare example of an unspoilt Georgian home with gardens and stables ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/restored-kilkenny-pile-noted-as-rare-example-of-unspoilt-georgian-country-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/restored-kilkenny-pile-noted-as-rare-example-of-unspoilt-georgian-country-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances O'Rourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Owners have brought the property from dilapidation to tour-worthy period residence]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6T3C6N3JSZHVPKHKH22UJBXDXY.jpg?auth=c6b914f714a78cae7079fdee917f18f6070d7e3772c3d8a17093b233d468807f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ballysallagh House, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, was restored in keeping with its Georgian heritage]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look inside: Terenure four-bed with vaulted-ceiling extension and converted attic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/terenure-four-bed-with-vaulted-ceiling-extension-and-converted-attic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/terenure-four-bed-with-vaulted-ceiling-extension-and-converted-attic/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Terraced Ashfield Park home features bright kitchen making most of southeast aspect]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PU3TXYUEFZC6JCEFTHQVUVSCGA.jpg?auth=aa7642a6cc573070942dc82c0025cb9d59c922657e0870ce3d2650fd83c6fe38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3 Ashfield Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it easier to watch live sport in one place and you’ll do away with dodgy boxes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/04/30/make-it-easier-to-watch-live-sport-in-one-place-and-youll-do-away-with-dodgy-boxes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2026/04/30/make-it-easier-to-watch-live-sport-in-one-place-and-youll-do-away-with-dodgy-boxes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Netflix and Spotify have shown how by aggregating content in one place, free from malware, you can practically eliminate pirating ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MYACUSIK6VEZXIZI76RABV6RV4.jpg?auth=4cf50ce58c340335c4840e6cd4df73cb05d908b089f29620d6820b96bf404054&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Most users would be less likely to avail of dodgy boxes if the convenience they provide was matched by legitimate broadcasters. Photograph: Laura Hutton]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chatbots can now pass the Turing test. Lots of humans can’t]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/why-are-there-so-many-sidemen-so-netflix-can-throw-them-at-the-screen-like-cannon-fodder-at-the-somme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/02/why-are-there-so-many-sidemen-so-netflix-can-throw-them-at-the-screen-like-cannon-fodder-at-the-somme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Netflix’s new show Inside forces influencers to do challenging tasks, such as not acting like techie toddlers]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KI3SGJZKAJCOLGEG3TNVZUCNRQ.jpg?auth=cad41b0a27028e87ae641705a9e2a2da1ca3a0d1516ae7726631cf8eeb93e3a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Inside: participants Alhan Gençay and Anna Malygon. Photograph: Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do politicians want AI to go faster?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/04/02/why-do-politicians-want-ai-to-go-faster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/04/02/why-do-politicians-want-ai-to-go-faster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bullish rhetoric about ‘unleashing’ the technology is badly out of touch with the sensibilities of many voters]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2A5IHMGBQHO5GRPCY4COAH5WAI.jpg?auth=1bc078db83602c888accea4df47c8d413bcce187b9ed23a1b8ed6967f51c9d30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump with Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at an event touting a $100 billion venture in artificial intelligence infrastructure in January 2025. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Haiyun Jiang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim Novak’s Vertigo review: Fascinating conversation with still astute and connected star]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/02/kim-novaks-vertigo-review-fascinating-conversation-with-still-astute-and-connected-star/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/02/kim-novaks-vertigo-review-fascinating-conversation-with-still-astute-and-connected-star/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Focus of Alexandre O Philippe documentary changed from Hitchcock’s Vertigo to 93-year-old Novak’s life and extraordinary career]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prague letter: Story of Czechoslovak Group is a striking insight into Europe’s booming defence industry ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NX5WDUCGCNEJVOOX6M7BUQDUV4.jpg?auth=5c25015c8f722623d6e8ae9abadad062d59e0b76811b005aad867c464b12dc51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricut Joy 2 review: updated machine is a mini crafting powerhouse ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/04/02/cricut-joy-2-review-updated-machine-is-a-mini-crafting-powerhouse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/04/02/cricut-joy-2-review-updated-machine-is-a-mini-crafting-powerhouse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Additional features make this an excellent update and an ideal entry point for would-be crafters on small projects ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MSNZH6TKJBHSVONG7GRJ5W4N3E.jpg?auth=7c3b81d135a5014b38f2a5b427a04cd6c117cec1d8b27f52ba8cbf55690c5c1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Cricut Joy 2: smaller, easier to use and with some crucial features that had been missing from the original]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property owners ‘lack confidence’ to challenge outcome of insurance claims – survey ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/property-owners-lack-confidence-to-challenge-outcome-of-insurance-claims-survey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/property-owners-lack-confidence-to-challenge-outcome-of-insurance-claims-survey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fewer than 60% of policyholders surveyed happy with outcome of claims process]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LMG4UOG6KJHP3JVDULNNX4FBQ4.jpg?auth=ea1b896878a12771bde6b08df4a2a5389b193b936bfd5f0fc21a6ea84f223f84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Confidence was a big issue for homeowners, with just 47% admitting to being self-assured enough to challenge the claim outcome. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rafa Jodar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five homes on view this week in Dublin from €565,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-565000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/02/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-565000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New to the market in Booterstown, Rathfarnham, Stillorgan, Glenageary and Rialto]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S5PCT3J6YFC67HSE45ZC2OLAHI.jpg?auth=7f85f7690b787ff19215b1ec7c942fdcf3a9c1ec8902c5900c2eebcfed043fc7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[8 Hampton Crescent, St Helen's Wood, Booterstown, Co Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shortlist for 2026 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards revealed  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/shortlist-for-2026-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards-revealed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/02/shortlist-for-2026-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-awards-revealed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 24 finalists will take part in the Big Four firm’s nine-month-long programme]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ROHS6A5ERZE4BB3B4235MJVFSQ.jpg?auth=8d28e316c2206ff4e4174d783058b52f0dd13431239a697dced2ab3c740bac8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eimear McCrann, director EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, finalist Bobby Healy of Manna Air Delivery, finalist Jennifer Rock of Skingredients, and Roger Wallace, head of assurance and EY Ireland Entrepreneur of the Year. Photograph: Naoise Culhane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government overreaching with changes to law on tax appeals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/02/government-over-reaching-with-changes-to-law-on-tax-appeals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/02/government-over-reaching-with-changes-to-law-on-tax-appeals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Legislation forcing the naming of those challenging tax assessment in all but exceptional cases is unreasonable]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WINERJRAAZYWY3M5K3FDXCA6PQ.jpg?auth=695828ad1c431d22f5fcfb9913ecd3380b0943402f739f09bb179555da0b8d66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Forcing the identification of those appealing a tax assessment seems to misinterpret Supreme Court case law. Photograph: Laura Hutton]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eir Business named headline sponsor of the 2026 Chambers Ireland Awards]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/04/02/eir-business-named-headline-sponsor-of-the-2026-chambers-ireland-awards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/04/02/eir-business-named-headline-sponsor-of-the-2026-chambers-ireland-awards/</guid><description><![CDATA[The awards recognise the organisations, leaders and innovators shaping the future of Ireland’s economy]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WXHI56F6D5HFZM2MGMCFPS4Z6A.jpg?auth=1c45782f26ff648070b270410fdb6648478d8a37b8b457b8f9fe8505a0f6aabd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Carlyle, director of consultancy and technology, Eir Business; Susan Brady, managing director, Eir Business; Mark Higgins, SME sales director, Eir Business; Heidi Vambeck, strategic partnerships manager, Ashville Mdia Group; and Ian Talbot, chief executive, Chambers Ireland. Photograph: Paul Sherwood]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Sherwood Photographer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When AI works out how to write badly to convince us it’s human, the jig is up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/john-mcmanus-when-ai-works-out-how-to-write-badly-to-convince-us-its-human-the-jig-is-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/02/john-mcmanus-when-ai-works-out-how-to-write-badly-to-convince-us-its-human-the-jig-is-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s enough to make you want to lie down in a darkened room]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2HQZQ6TAZCRUOCUKNM56YUGQJM.jpg?auth=488ef445922a953ade8041235bfcc6a416227cdafa4d5789f84d573e11ee3826&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft, announces the company’s new artificial intelligence functionality during a briefing in May, 2024. Photograph: Grant Hindsley/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Grant Hindsley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chubbys review: This is one of the country’s top restaurants – just pray you get a table]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/review/2026/04/02/chubbys-review-this-is-one-of-the-countrys-top-restaurants-just-pray-you-get-a-table/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/review/2026/04/02/chubbys-review-this-is-one-of-the-countrys-top-restaurants-just-pray-you-get-a-table/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Barry Stephens has created a global-influenced menu cooked with great skill in a live-fire kitchen]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLGVTLBVN5CP7LCP2SVROOO5O4.jpg?auth=7b21121a539f0c0a68cf8a87c63a7055aba93258aee3d830036d67cf31a1705d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barry Stephens at Chubbys, where the food and service are both superb. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill



]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter holidays event guide: Alan Gilsenan Retrospective, David Kitt and the other best things to see in Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/02/easter-bank-holiday-event-guide-alan-gilsenan-retrospective-david-kitt-and-the-other-best-things-to-see-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/02/easter-bank-holiday-event-guide-alan-gilsenan-retrospective-david-kitt-and-the-other-best-things-to-see-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 4th-10th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ACUO2S2OVJGU7AKLOOHGKD2IVE.jpg?auth=3ac1a6f8444d73835bb9a168cde318573c872e8b04cc8294ed5632179fe90fde&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Retrospective: the film-maker Alan Gilsenan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among Communists by Sinéad Morrissey: memoir captures North in pressure cooker of weirdness]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/among-communists-by-sinead-morrissey-memoir-captures-north-in-pressure-cooker-of-weirdness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/among-communists-by-sinead-morrissey-memoir-captures-north-in-pressure-cooker-of-weirdness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Allen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Memoir expresses an attitude of observation that rhymes quietly with poetry, a revelation of a writer and her experience]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TAAA3NTFSJHNZFYGHJABU7XWAE.jpg?auth=c192aab80b8f957fd13dc862f857293bf1a33b2fbd641bb4cd7414133e686971&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Sinéad Morrissey as a young poet]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>