<?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/2026-04-03/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:41:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Search under way for crew member after US fighter jet shot down over Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/search-under-way-for-pilot-after-us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/search-under-way-for-pilot-after-us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Separately, a US A-10 attack aircraft crashed after being struck by Iranian defence forces, Tehran says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/24NWFQ5KGNCRBPHNUTQ5PGY7LY.jpg?auth=d89b8b853c32a670f0eb7b2b817388df6248057f95c7794fcca942ff567b34ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A US F-15E fighter jet, the same model was shot down over Iran on Friday. Photograph: Lee O Tucker/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">U.S. Air Force</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slot has no regrets over treatment of Salah, insisting forward solely decided Liverpool exit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/slot-has-no-regrets-over-treatment-of-salah-insisting-forward-solely-decided-liverpool-exit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/slot-has-no-regrets-over-treatment-of-salah-insisting-forward-solely-decided-liverpool-exit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Hunter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head coach believes it should be left to forward to explain the reasons for exiting 12 months before his contract is due to expire]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S7RWOTOYG7HZJ7YJ3WNNPGWWKQ.jpg?auth=255c5e4ae4764cd3f5bbd4d265c9885163520a6a1df5cf18eca768a447a88059&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liverpool head coach Arne Slot refuted the suggestion in some quarters that he is perceived as the 'bad guy' in Mo Salah's departure. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo’s Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/pope-leos-good-friday-service-offers-prayer-for-deported-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/pope-leos-good-friday-service-offers-prayer-for-deported-children/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thousands of worshippers pray for war orphans, political prisoners and those who died in conflicts]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:23:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LL7EGNEW6Y6C5E7IUH32DVE3D4.jpg?auth=c1db55104911cd952f322bfe5c3de8f01fcba0738e85c3eac39b43ea0ac14d60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leo carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum, marking the first time in decades a pope carried the cross to every station. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alessandra Tarantino</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connacht dominate second half to blow Sharks away in Challenge Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/connacht-dominate-second-half-to-blow-sharks-away-in-challenge-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/connacht-dominate-second-half-to-blow-sharks-away-in-challenge-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linley MacKenzie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish province keep ambition alive of making European final with victory over South African side]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:19:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D3W6B5KPUEF5ASUXM23IFVWWYY.jpg?auth=b76992af50c2ec6cda5c135bcfe773dd653f9a940b9f3786084156971fd6935e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht's Cathal Forde scores his side's second try despite Hakeem Kunene of Sharks. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One crew member rescued after US fighter jet shot down over Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy, Sarah Burns, Ellen O’Riordan, Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As it happened: Donald Trump says incident will have no impact on any potential negotiations aimed at ending the conflict]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TN7MTRXHIELCCARXTO2O63RWQI.jpg?auth=bebd3c86b8010508b2b517874c8854a241f60fef2e6593263333bad488717400&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iran shot down a US F-15 fighter jet over the country, US officials and Iranian state-affiliated media have said. Photograph: US Air Force via The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Senior Airman Delanie Brown/U.S. Air Force</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[League of Ireland: St Patrick’s Athletic go top after comfortable win over Sligo Rovers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/league-of-ireland-st-patricks-athletic-go-top-after-comfortable-win-over-sligo-rovers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/league-of-ireland-st-patricks-athletic-go-top-after-comfortable-win-over-sligo-rovers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bohs and Shamrock Rovers drop points at Stephen Kenny’s side were rampant at home against Sligo]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:05:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GN5I2WD4TKOYLRSXKLYFATQEKM.jpg?auth=e70fc59d8133b76de33de5418b33af792eeeab10d4af45aea7eb394d7f5fb504&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Patrick's Athletic's Darragh Nugent celebrates scoring his sides forth goal with team-mates. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Young Offenders on BBC One: Lowbrow gags sitting neatly between Benny Hill and Mrs Brown’s Boys]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/the-young-offenders-on-bbc-one-lowbrow-gags-sitting-neatly-between-benny-hill-and-mrs-browns-boys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/the-young-offenders-on-bbc-one-lowbrow-gags-sitting-neatly-between-benny-hill-and-mrs-browns-boys/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JC4FQ3ZAERCE5OZJ3RHTLRSVD4.jpg?auth=dfd0c71ce8314bbc59de17359fd616649deb546f381b00887ab7cd909e215cad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Young Offenders: Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley) have chemistry and their northside accents are authentic. Photograph: BBC]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowd gathers in Dublin’s Phoenix Park for Good Friday pilgrimage ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/04/03/crowd-gathers-in-dublins-phoenix-park-for-good-friday-pilgrimage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/04/03/crowd-gathers-in-dublins-phoenix-park-for-good-friday-pilgrimage/</guid><description><![CDATA[Prayers, readings and choral singing mark the beginning of the Easter weekend]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:19:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W4QOYSBUV62IINJCPCKTKVGSTQ.jpg?auth=41d094e539cfdf690e884c16e610bfc4ae476046158a0bbf37fe52486dd23c66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People gather for the annual Good Friday 'Way of the Cross' event in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: Grainne Ni Aodha/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Grainne Ni Aodha</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIL: Terenure best placed to secure place in 1A playoffs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/ail-terenure-best-placed-to-secure-place-in-1a-playoffs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/ail-terenure-best-placed-to-secure-place-in-1a-playoffs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The champions and leaders Clontarf host St Mary’s to in a possible dress rehearsal for the final ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AWSFRYFLUBAEZOH5HUCLYMZMLA.jpg?auth=7ec200ad429b1c5085d5a9bcbedb7b430ae054771aab791a3aa530a0b0ee0b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Terenure's Caspar Gabriel. Photograph: Andrew Conan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Andrew Conan ©INPHO/Andrew Conan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Artemis II: humans are returning to the Moon  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/03/the-irish-times-view-on-artemis-ii-humans-are-returning-to-the-moon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/03/the-irish-times-view-on-artemis-ii-humans-are-returning-to-the-moon/</guid><description><![CDATA[The long-dormant dream of establishing a permanent lunar base draws one step closer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VZBPUFQWXYDZ2MMWQQF5JBIAQU.jpg?auth=191d1793a7ba16d15b5aabd10d7963104e520f38f4ab2159ff7772e86303e825&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the crew of the Artemis II mission, lifts off from the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 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[Ger Brennan’s 12-week suspension is upheld by GAA committee]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/03/ger-brennans-12-week-suspension-is-upheld-by-gaa-committee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/03/ger-brennans-12-week-suspension-is-upheld-by-gaa-committee/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dublin manager was given red card for involvement in fracas against Galway]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MV25LJDSJDMVQ6P2XJNNO6I5NU.jpg?auth=157aae07ba587e032c56f6f4476f1bb02f9a8d6fcd496bce14ba54652d338982&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin manager Ger Brennan watches on from the stands after being red carded. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No reservation: John Mulqueen on a Dublin restaurant that set the standard for fine dining]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/03/no-reservation-john-mulqueen-on-a-dublin-restaurant-that-set-the-standard-for-fine-dining/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/03/no-reservation-john-mulqueen-on-a-dublin-restaurant-that-set-the-standard-for-fine-dining/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mulqueen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was once dubbed one of Europe’s best by Vogue magazine]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R4XHIMJ2KXHGINJKVSXFBZVT6Y.jpg?auth=da8f4f4819a65967bc9855d947f86bb6c84ce7fe50389bd18c0cae9997fa433f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maureen O'Hara, the Irish-American actor famed for her flaming red hair and her role in The Quiet Man, was one of many Hollywood stars who dined in Jammet's, Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf club official’s testimony ‘somewhat undermined’ by attempt to swear religious oath on diary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/golf-club-officials-testimony-somewhat-undermined-by-attempt-to-swear-religious-oath-on-diary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/golf-club-officials-testimony-somewhat-undermined-by-attempt-to-swear-religious-oath-on-diary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donnacha Neary was warned at tribunal by an adjudicator about the risk of being prosecuted for perjury]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:06:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VW65YVVKZGSHLE7IVWUPENVMA.jpg?auth=aa828ec6b327c2fa716e5a710acb94a2f157817511a7b9e60eb55cf2b4c0ec58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donnacha Neary was representing Skerries Golf Club at an online Workplace Relations Commission hearing in January.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Boris_Zec</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy: ‘Harry Diamond provides me a level of comfort on the golf course that no one else could’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/03/rory-mcilroy-harry-diamond-provides-me-a-level-of-comfort-on-the-golf-course-that-no-one-else-could/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/03/rory-mcilroy-harry-diamond-provides-me-a-level-of-comfort-on-the-golf-course-that-no-one-else-could/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewan Murray]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Masters champion looks to new goals such as winning more Majors than Nick Faldo and winning the Open at St Andrews]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JOBMNTJSEVHOZIA6TOJ5W4NLYI.jpg?auth=3ea82d54be290b70195fb1de1a20b4afbd8d626f9da8a0e6891d205058e9b432&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates winning with caddie Harry Diamond after the playoff hole at the Masters. Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Reaves</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family of Canadian peace negotiator John de Chastelain say he is ‘in good health and spirits’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/family-of-canadian-peace-negotiator-john-de-chastelain-say-he-is-in-good-health-and-spirits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/family-of-canadian-peace-negotiator-john-de-chastelain-say-he-is-in-good-health-and-spirits/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reports of his death emerged in Canada and were published here, with public figures paying tribute]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRFYZOR4DJMEPMJA5WDIKHSALA.jpg?auth=3cbba3d119ca782f74278e8784ec3b5082fd04e6d32aef6bdfdb0263844ce2a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John de Chastelain in Dublin in 2019. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime victims sue State for damages amid delay in introducing new compensation scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/crime-victims-sue-state-for-damages-amid-delay-in-introducing-new-compensation-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/crime-victims-sue-state-for-damages-amid-delay-in-introducing-new-compensation-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court of Justice of the European Union ruled last October that current scheme is incompatible with EU law ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:32:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUTBROY5Q5XVWJ5NGMFA2M5CFU.jpg?auth=01ed71d366318d656282670fac1f6b4fd912d4c3be17d2252506dd3ada79ba3b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Under a 2004 directive, EU member states must ensure a scheme which guarantees 'fair and appropriate' compensation. Photograph: EPA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Julien Warnand</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigel Farage’s ‘turquoise wave’ set to crash on Norfolk shores ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/03/nigel-farages-turquoise-wave-set-to-crash-on-norfolk-shores/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/04/03/nigel-farages-turquoise-wave-set-to-crash-on-norfolk-shores/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prosperous rural region of east England is among the areas the Reform UK leader intends to turn into a graveyard for the Tories]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AJPT7AM6K5EWLEFXWERRPQWXIY.jpg?auth=85d2d3985e45a408fe87a601e8256f1188355e555fae52b038327d2088339c9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks at a press conference earlier this week. Photograph: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anadolu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eve McMahon remains in medal contention at Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/03/eve-mcmahon-remains-in-medal-contention-at-princess-sofia-trophy-in-mallorca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/03/eve-mcmahon-remains-in-medal-contention-at-princess-sofia-trophy-in-mallorca/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Branigan in Mallorca]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish sailor was engaged in match-race duel by Britain’s Daisy Collingridge on penultimate day of competition ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WOKZ2JSOEFGHTGD5MQM2MAENCU.jpg?auth=368ffefe723027f6efc37cf53d94d24978733a2783d465535d329e7af4bee55c&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 competing in the ILCA 6 women’s one-person dinghy event Gold fleet at the Princess Sofia Trophy for Olympic classes in Palma. Mallorca. Photograph: David Branigan/Oceansport]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Branigan/Oceansport</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home advantage matters the most in Champions Cup knockout stages ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/home-advantage-matters-the-most-in-champions-cup-knockout-stages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/home-advantage-matters-the-most-in-champions-cup-knockout-stages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leinster’s loss to Northampton last season was only the second time a home side had lost a semi-final in the last eight seasons]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VDCAGEYKDBFHXBPC56N4XXLHKM.jpg?auth=58674f7928adbb8c39985f123f66621638b2e4dc70537278c4a39efb0a23b5e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster’s Harry Byrne celebrates at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Nick Elliott ©INPHO/Nick Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gulf war economic fallout: how bad is it and how long will it last?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/the-gulf-war-economic-fallout-how-bad-is-it-and-how-long-will-it-last/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/the-gulf-war-economic-fallout-how-bad-is-it-and-how-long-will-it-last/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The conflict with Iran has thrown energy markets into turmoil and the global economy into chaos]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:08:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6IBFCNVMGPMWABYVTMWISNG5M4.jpg?auth=035e8355bbc78b3ac40ae1ead6dbdd4679a0983a615921e1870678516dc3d405&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Ireland, the white van man, the backbone of so many small businesses, is bleeding cash on higher diesel prices. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hauliers strike threat on hold after ‘positive’ meeting with Minister over fuel supports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/hauliers-strike-threat-on-hold-after-positive-meeting-with-minister-over-fuel-supports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/hauliers-strike-threat-on-hold-after-positive-meeting-with-minister-over-fuel-supports/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Labour TD says more energy conservation and cost of living measures should be considered by Government]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:49:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OCMBFXRGT7JFD4Q3KF4JIFBPZQ.jpg?auth=26ae94965e6a89ec886edca985f8377ec7e3dad8d498c61ceba53ae66c1db5d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Road Haulage Association advocated for extra support to help its members cope with the rising cost of fuel due to the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran during a meeting with the Minister for Transport. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferry and rail passengers warned of disruption as Storm Dave approaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/03/ferry-and-rail-passengers-warned-of-disruption-as-storm-dave-approaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/03/ferry-and-rail-passengers-warned-of-disruption-as-storm-dave-approaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No flight cancellations yet as Dublin Airport gears up for busiest weekend of 2026 so far]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:34:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WBXYJ7IG3FHK7IL6LS73T5K724.jpg?auth=bf65f22e7da090f5c8cd8704b16a6d9baa9d4658ebae0574844953ad7be93384&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Storm Dave is expected to hit Ireland from about 1pm on Saturday and may affect ferry services. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill








]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moscow court sentences German artist over satirical carnival floats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/moscow-court-sentences-german-artist-over-satirical-carnival-floats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/moscow-court-sentences-german-artist-over-satirical-carnival-floats/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jacques Tilly given eight-year term – in absentia – for offending religious feelings and spreading false information about Russian forces]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IZNANOWOEZBE3GZK7MUWLHVREQ.jpg?auth=f3092f577d7b7fe45a3875f8d733cde138d3ee0ff257a0741097a09ad6aa3680&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German carnival artist Jacques Tilly poses in front of one of his art works in February. Photograph: Hesham Elsherif/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hesham Elsherif</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearing set for student’s appeal over how UCD dealt with her studies after alleged rape]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/hearing-set-for-students-appeal-over-how-ucd-dealt-with-her-studies-after-alleged-rape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/hearing-set-for-students-appeal-over-how-ucd-dealt-with-her-studies-after-alleged-rape/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Separate Garda investigation continues after graphic image of her was circulated]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:59:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X2VTD4YW2FA7HPZA4JZAWYLETQ.jpg?auth=d4d1c4ce68a3b6464be1e02af380e8e3a6c24128bf17bf2c0f5d98aab0e20bb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[She is also appealing against an order requiring her to pay university’s legal costs]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derick Hudson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster up against it at Exeter to keep European season alive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/munster-up-against-it-at-exeter-to-keep-european-season-alive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/munster-up-against-it-at-exeter-to-keep-european-season-alive/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Playing at home, with their pack and strike runners in the backfield, it’s hard to look past English side]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:32:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B6RDDOJSG5HHXIPXNJYAH5AGUM.jpg?auth=7a7131bc17a1fe6d4393714fb6455d8fbdcb01ba3705ccabaa710adb598643d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster's Edwin Edogbo and Tadhg Beirne. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Billy Stickland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Corps and medics scrambled to reunite 96-year-old man with wife hours before he died]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/air-corps-and-medics-scrambled-to-reunite-96-year-old-man-with-wife-hours-before-he-died/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/air-corps-and-medics-scrambled-to-reunite-96-year-old-man-with-wife-hours-before-he-died/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh McDonagh ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cancer patient was airlifted home from hospital to say goodbye to his family]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:25:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZGK4A4ZORBPPK27JWWJXJ2VJE.jpg?auth=a6ca0ade0a449ab049f8220c662cd0220cd9c69291ffa639d1b5d8d4ff040ab7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Defence Forces agreed to fly the man back to Donegal on humanitarian grounds. File image. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iranians reel from US-Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iranians-reel-from-us-israeli-attacks-on-civilian-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/03/iranians-reel-from-us-israeli-attacks-on-civilian-infrastructure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Golnar Motevalli]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Donald Trump has signalled he is preparing to end the Iran conflict, the US and Israel have pressed on with their bombardment]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BWE4ZFYV73UJP3TVRYH4CDHUKE.jpg?auth=021a19f1632f7ef9137b0011195edf3750b163431cfecb660d833b6d66ae1fda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Media representatives gather in front of a heavily damaged building following a strike at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran on Friday. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake Flannery gets the nod at outhalf as Ulster face Ospreys in Challenge Cup  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/jake-flannery-gets-the-nod-at-outhalf-as-ulster-face-ospreys-in-challenge-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/jake-flannery-gets-the-nod-at-outhalf-as-ulster-face-ospreys-in-challenge-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jac Morgan will turn out for the Welsh side, but Ulster should be too strong for them at home]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/626INPM6UHJUB6T2UUJYQV5GKY.jpg?auth=48b4d8760cd787f3a9d1c8d14cb81d51ab950e11eb48d7bf468f440de9b1e9af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster’s Jake Flannery celebrates scoring their second try. Photograph: Andrew Conan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Conan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ resonates profoundly in Japan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/03/donald-trumps-threat-to-bomb-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-resonates-profoundly-in-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/03/donald-trumps-threat-to-bomb-iran-back-to-the-stone-ages-resonates-profoundly-in-japan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McNeill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Long history of bloody US bombing campaigns began over Japanese cities during second World War]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:54:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZGHJMG7TBGJPJCJS73T7HCVD4.jpg?auth=2791d658dfae515b9826d779bc420077ceb5955c406b64e99918c2c05bd8da42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US soldiers examine the results of a B-29 Superfortress bomb run on the streets of the Ginza district, Tokyo, in June 1945. Two months later the US would drop atomic bombs on Japan. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fox Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mona McSharry: ‘I didn’t think I had another four-year Olympic block in me’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/03/mona-mcsharry-i-didnt-think-i-had-another-four-year-olympic-block-in-me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/03/mona-mcsharry-i-didnt-think-i-had-another-four-year-olympic-block-in-me/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 25-year-old Sligo swimmer is back to her competitive best and eyeing up another possible shot at the LA Games in 2028]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:31:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVDX5VRRTZGE7NEQEFFVK2LVUA.jpg?auth=64d7d2305f5998bc91bb24bdeca771b60ca53e782435f733837da9664892afa5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mona McSharry with her bronze medal at the Olympics homecoming event. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods didn’t have a chance against the machine of fame, but that doesn’t excuse him]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-didnt-have-a-chance-against-the-machine-of-fame-but-that-doesnt-excuse-him/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-didnt-have-a-chance-against-the-machine-of-fame-but-that-doesnt-excuse-him/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Addiction is a scourge that warrants sympathy, but a wealthy man with a history of car accidents should employ a driver]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:59:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WDFLPXEPVNEJJCF35FJHB5TXMU.jpg?auth=15eb58cd4b8618f3e80cff4ed0d2d1aa3bfcec91455e819e298a1f23439d233d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tiger Woods talks to the media during the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open, Wisconsin, in the early stages of his rise to stardom. Photograph: JD Cuban/Allsport]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">J.D. Cuban</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterford builders’ providers told to pay its staff €48,000 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/waterford-builders-providers-told-to-pay-staff-48000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/waterford-builders-providers-told-to-pay-staff-48000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Labour Court recommends providing vouchers as ‘gesture of goodwill’ in return for using new two-way radio system]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HOD5AFOJRBG4NNZ5PC7WWBAVT4.jpg?auth=34bf93ec1ddfa9b593183b028be48a53186c37971823d64ec2418321b615af5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The builders’ providers should give its 80 retail staff a once-off tax-free voucher of €600, the Labour Court has recommended. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hispanolistic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gennaro Gattuso exits as Italy manager after World Cup qualifying failure ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/gennaro-gattuso-exits-as-italy-manager-after-world-cup-qualifying-failure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/gennaro-gattuso-exits-as-italy-manager-after-world-cup-qualifying-failure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Italians have missed three consecutive World Cups after playoff defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:19:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6K5KHWNWQMNZU3ZT3PE6WTTVFQ.jpg?auth=322c5e52f1313020ee7a6bb8e96aaf18b5176d5743b0508dca9b4bb304835136&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Italy's head coach Gennaro Gattuso. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alberto Pizzoli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[French jury asked to uphold 14-year rape sentence for Irish former rugby player Denis Coulson]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/french-jury-asked-to-uphold-14-year-rape-sentence-for-irish-former-rugby-player-denis-coulson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/french-jury-asked-to-uphold-14-year-rape-sentence-for-irish-former-rugby-player-denis-coulson/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears final arguments in appeal by Irishman and former team-mates of rape convictions]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:58:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XF3CI3NKYZDBZN7VLLFILOQKNI?auth=f11acf0c14fa0def5a28bb1f6f06649c73c48b65e5c702ded8282bf85910d694&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Irish rugby player Denis Coulson. Photograph: Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Romain Perrocheau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conor Murray: Munster players should be focused on Exeter, not worrying about job losses]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/conor-murray-munster-players-should-be-focused-on-exeter-not-worrying-about-job-losses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/conor-murray-munster-players-should-be-focused-on-exeter-not-worrying-about-job-losses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor  Murray ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Team has been left to shoulder an unfair burden ahead of Challenge cup encounter]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:57:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3PYXJRPCPFA3NBRBU3YYD235TQ.jpg?auth=4d617314bac9a1421ffe5c27b67441d14e0a8be9dda8fe0967c03fc945c7a069&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster head coach Clayton McMillan will be focusing on getting a result at Sandy Park against Exeter, with all talk of voluntary redundancies pushed to the back of his mind.
Photograph: Inpho/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí detect 680 speeding drivers in first day of Easter road safety clampdown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/gardai-detected-680-speeding-drivers-in-first-day-of-easter-road-safety-clampdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/gardai-detected-680-speeding-drivers-in-first-day-of-easter-road-safety-clampdown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One motorist was caught driving at 147km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N11 in Co Wicklow]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:38:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZGFTVD6YPRCP3PW566KTOEJMKY.jpg?auth=044620e65ea40ce8e4ca3849b3ced4d09669faf538478b3d227bf76cca460f60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A driver was caught at 147km/h on the N11 in Co Wicklow. 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 eggs stay pricey even as cocoa prices plunge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/easter-eggs-stay-pricey-even-as-cocoa-prices-plunge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/easter-eggs-stay-pricey-even-as-cocoa-prices-plunge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Susannah Savage and Philip Stafford in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Makers try to recoup losses after margins were squeezed by spike in price of raw ingredient]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:10:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQS2IWBX6SSDZLQ3KBA6YSPOCI.jpg?auth=c3230582a3fe36b9004b9384410e399f22953f8b2378591d521e52f841a55c5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Easter Eggs are seen on a shelf in a Sainsbury's supermarket last month in London. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Kitwood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man appears in High Court after extradition warrant issued over Robbie Lawlor murder]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/robbie-lawlor-murer-man-appears-in-court-on-foot-of-ni-extradition-warrant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/robbie-lawlor-murer-man-appears-in-court-on-foot-of-ni-extradition-warrant/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Gill is wanted by PSNI in connection with Dublin gangland criminal’s killing in Belfast]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:58:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HKBCCMKBF5UV2SFNVVGBOKZO7Q.jpg?auth=cb3c05bffb06783962833ae4b1f848eea61ef29928bbf315df0603c4dd490653&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jonathan Gill, wearing glasses, pictured outside the High Court where he appeared on Friday on foot of an extradition warrant. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina plant in Limerick records profits of €103m  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/russian-owned-aughinish-alumina-plant-in-limerick-records-profits-of-103m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/russian-owned-aughinish-alumina-plant-in-limerick-records-profits-of-103m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Accounts just filed show it  returned to the black in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5V7VQJOKGJFJVDWSAJK6NCEVK4.JPG?auth=4362238fe4a516bdce2bb21d67030fa05e4bac9161134e4a5cef4c1447868bec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[05/02/2026 - NEWS - Conor Gallagher piece on the controversial Aughinish Alumina plant. The aluminium oxide refinery in Co Limerick is located close to the Shannon-estuary towns of Foynes and Askeaton and is owned by Rusal, a Russian company founded by oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Met Éireann extends yellow wind warning for Ireland as Storm Dave approaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/met-eireann-extends-yellow-wind-warning-for-ireland-into-sunday-as-storm-dave-approaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/met-eireann-extends-yellow-wind-warning-for-ireland-into-sunday-as-storm-dave-approaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Storm is expected to hit at 1pm on Saturday, bringing gales and rainy weather until 2am on Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:02:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CYR7O7JK35F2PAOSN23RC4PBDA.jpg?auth=6d35d7b6e0cde4c254fdef375cbcba1a68c54d976df3aaf8d446b3c380e4fd8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The full moon illuminates the clouds behind the cross on Bray Head, watched by a man on the summit, in advance of the Easter weekend. Photograph: Naoise Culhane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oisín McEntee and the Hearts surge shaking Scottish football]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/oisin-mcentee-and-the-hearts-surge-shaking-scottish-football/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/oisin-mcentee-and-the-hearts-surge-shaking-scottish-football/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Walker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cavan defender reflects on a career of setbacks as Heart of Midlothian chase a historic Scottish Premiership title]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JSHLIMH7WFB6TMJSBSBT5IIBNQ.jpg?auth=9ec6609b38a28b86874f7d6cf80b3bfca5772aa788294fb443294f83fd5b6415&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hearts' Oisín McEntee celebrates scoring to make it 1-0 during a William Hill Premiership match between Heart of Midlothian and Dundee at Tynecastle Park, on March 21, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photograph: Mark Scates/SNS Group via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Scates - SNS Group</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manager reported 20 claims of financial and legal wrongdoing at Wilson’s Hospital School]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/04/03/manager-reported-20-claims-of-financial-and-legal-wrongdoing-at-wilsons-hospital-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/04/03/manager-reported-20-claims-of-financial-and-legal-wrongdoing-at-wilsons-hospital-school/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workplace Relations Commission rejects manager’s claim she was punished or bullied for reporting irregularities]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:13:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JB4K6XAFNFNCHRQ53HG7K7DN3E.jpg?auth=7e769057be81f872560ad895cde5f5d46503e48df82f2e4187be9717d884ef99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Financial irregularities and alleged breaches of law were identified by Siobhán Rogers, who was hired by Wilson's Hospital School, Co Westmeath, in September, 2023. File photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willie Walsh is that rarity in India — a foreign chief executive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/willie-walsh-is-that-rarity-in-india-a-foreign-chief-executive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/willie-walsh-is-that-rarity-in-india-a-foreign-chief-executive/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krishn Kaushik in Mumbai]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Indians run some of the world’s biggest finance and tech companies, the country’s own aviation sector needs to import talent]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEPAAHYPBKA7ZWY7SC7GKJECR4.jpg?auth=00b4a54aaf0410b61ae65651186b4cf81c2afaeb69d01bf04e1af3f718630e69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Willie Walsh will take over at IndiGo, India's biggest airline.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Manaure Quintero</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí investigating Creeslough explosion submit supplementary file to DPP]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/gardai-investigating-creeslough-explosion-submit-supplementary-file-to-dpp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/gardai-investigating-creeslough-explosion-submit-supplementary-file-to-dpp/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DPP will decide whether charges should be issued following investigation into tragedy that took 10 lives in 2022]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:55:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MPD37BZS2OW5UFU6FUIPECY4OU.jpg?auth=83bc53f5cb950b2b32b4e0be2bdfb77ae6aa989d88cd1ea45c77cc8ad1eb5ff6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The explosion happened at an Applegreen service station in Creeslough, Co Donegal, in 2022. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage cyclist seriously injured in Galway crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/teenage-cyclist-seriously-injured-in-galway-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/teenage-cyclist-seriously-injured-in-galway-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to collision which occurred in Claregalway on Tuesday ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:48:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A3R67JA4EBFYDMKNORESXNC444.jpg?auth=f2d0547652c421a753d763be9f2ff7f2f7c81d511a4d107206727e0cddf9f9b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardai are seeking any available footage from the scene of Tuesday's crash. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derick Hudson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ‘immediate cliff edge’ for Ireland as Trump announces 100% tariff on pharma imports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/03/trump-announces-100-tariff-on-some-patented-medicines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/04/03/trump-announces-100-tariff-on-some-patented-medicines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle, Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most major Big Pharma exporters from Ireland likely to escape tariffs under ‘most favoured nation’ deals with White House]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:36:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z2CC3XVJUABU2DLOYT2UQLCZUU.jpg?auth=b61a9797440a5f3a61d0a8ababa08ad16e710f20d502c961ef4e9106b5dff8c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump has announced tariffs of up to 100 per cent on medicines but most exports from Ireland look set to avoid the charges. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brendan Smialowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four ways the Iran war could make life more expensive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/04/four-ways-the-iran-war-may-affect-your-money-bills-and-airfares/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/04/four-ways-the-iran-war-may-affect-your-money-bills-and-airfares/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From food prices and fertiliser to home heating and holidays, the conflict in the Middle East is hitting finances in several areas]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:11:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RN5KAM435FG5TB75EUMCXTCX7Y.jpg?auth=9874ef07b6dd6727e3d700693ee9d077e34ca7741bcb17ed74c5f57aa3f6b272&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[While fuel price displays have made for grim reading, things are only likely to get worse. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Coolpicture</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobel winner Machado set to return to Venezuela – but Trump has eyes only for Rodríguez]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/04/03/nobel-winner-machado-set-to-return-to-venezuela-but-trump-has-eyes-only-for-rodriguez/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/04/03/nobel-winner-machado-set-to-return-to-venezuela-but-trump-has-eyes-only-for-rodriguez/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[León Hernández in Caracas]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US is normalising ties while leaving the repressive apparatus of Maduro’s government largely intact and ceding little political power ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GPIQFSG3YNCUVPIEBWTAS2UR3E.jpg?auth=78a05da1bba901e401b1d2b1dc1d8cfacd36efccd3272216ee37259ed6a1bc93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maria Corina Machado’s anticipated return highlights the growing disconnect between the opposition’s expectations and Washington’s priorities. Photograph: Cristobal Basaure Araya/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Williams: How positive affirmations can give you buckets of self-belief]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/matt-williams-how-positive-affirmations-can-give-you-buckets-of-self-belief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/matt-williams-how-positive-affirmations-can-give-you-buckets-of-self-belief/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Williams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sports psychologists swear by the technique of self-talk, and many players and teams are out there proving that it works]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZXKI2N44A5AW5CG3J4AACEYGYA.jpg?auth=62507c392a91819fb33838ebbeed0d3e8f0c5617d72c9a6bb9b483a38d339620&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Toulouse's Thomas Lacombre reacts after scoring a try during the Top14 match between Toulouse and Montpellier last Saturday. Photograph: Matthieu Rondel/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MATTHIEU RONDEL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your mortgage fixed-rate coming to an end? Here’s how you could save over €10,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/03/switching-could-save-you-over-10000-if-your-mortgage-fixed-rate-is-coming-to-an-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/03/switching-could-save-you-over-10000-if-your-mortgage-fixed-rate-is-coming-to-an-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lenders now have to tell you the best rates available to you but you should also check whether rival banks may have even better deals ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:44:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DW2ANZX4IFCVXOG7TLIBKLU5VM.jpg?auth=b82bc42cd6a6de3e1724aeb52e8efdcd94a7c4d864f7306a2ba09cb5127179c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People exiting fixed mortgage rates this year will find their payments rising but they can cut the cost by shopping around and switching to the best market rate. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sinenkiy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom: ‘I make a conscious choice to be hopeful. That’s not always in vogue’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/04/03/tuesdays-with-morrie-author-mitch-albom-i-make-a-conscious-choice-to-be-hopeful-thats-not-always-in-vogue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/04/03/tuesdays-with-morrie-author-mitch-albom-i-make-a-conscious-choice-to-be-hopeful-thats-not-always-in-vogue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With a new Irish production of the stage show based on the book, Albom’s autobiographical story is still finding new audiences]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:27:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CGRYZTX6LBBWTDULY7OTMZZ3VQ.jpg?auth=8cfd26a1827165ba478de1a1f5419cdb542e81a31ccb418b7153c7639ca1ce56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie: ‘It was a class, a last class in life’]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Woods said he was ‘talking to the president’ in post car-crash phone call]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-said-he-was-talking-to-the-president-in-post-car-crash-phone-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/tiger-woods-said-he-was-talking-to-the-president-in-post-car-crash-phone-call/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bodycam footage from Florida crash scene shows Woods telling a police officer he was on the phone with ‌​Donald Trump]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:46:45 +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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/03/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/03/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 3rd, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UDWKFNOAQFCNDGYDM6D6ADKYIU.jpg?auth=6fae2b2c0a7ff30bf335bde600c1c0bc7d86f844e5eda851c1d77d0e3556e6a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II: Manned moon mission fires rockets to break out of Earth’s orbit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/artemis-ii-manned-moon-mission-fires-rockets-to-break-out-of-earths-orbit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/artemis-ii-manned-moon-mission-fires-rockets-to-break-out-of-earths-orbit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nasa astronauts head towards the moon, which they will circle before returning to Earth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:44:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VZBPUFQWXYDZ2MMWQQF5JBIAQU.jpg?auth=191d1793a7ba16d15b5aabd10d7963104e520f38f4ab2159ff7772e86303e825&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday evening, spent the first 25 hours of the flight circling the Earth. 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[Tesla shares fall as company posts one of its worst sales quarters in years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/tesla-posts-one-of-its-worst-sales-quarters-in-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/tesla-posts-one-of-its-worst-sales-quarters-in-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Carmaker struggling to turn around its core business in increasingly challenged electric-vehicle market]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:23:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KKJHYXL4U5A6TDG5B2GNZXXZEY.jpg?auth=52bd65374695def5f037a96366f7038368ba9df67eecc9945dc432db5dcd8587&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has refocused on artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and robotics. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">VINCENT FEURAY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collapse: How Labour went from boom to bust]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/collapse-how-labour-went-from-boom-to-bust/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/collapse-how-labour-went-from-boom-to-bust/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JLERKD46FZBATHSECGOXJDZT2I.jpg?auth=fe011782970fde8f243e7ed64accb662d676e3d495cb6fceb086b96faefa5f1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Labour's Joan Burton and Eamon Gilmore]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s decision to fire devoted Pam Bondi reboots focus on Epstein files]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/loyalty-not-enough-in-the-end-for-pam-bondi-as-focus-returns-to-epstein-files/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/03/loyalty-not-enough-in-the-end-for-pam-bondi-as-focus-returns-to-epstein-files/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former attorney general laughed loudest and defended Trump hardest, but devotion is no protection against sudden exile from his court]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:42:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DX2P2ERE3AMSM53HZV56MFP2RI.jpg?auth=d8a5deafdc6216efcb9211572a4fb32f1370316db348fa3669fbc391dee22050&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pam Bondi was brusquely fired from her role as attorney general by Donald Trump. Photograph: John McDonnell/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John McDonnell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DAA retail arm, ARI, takes first step into US market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/daa-retail-arm-ari-takes-first-step-into-us-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/daa-retail-arm-ari-takes-first-step-into-us-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Digest: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:40:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T7WFJ6MXYNCENN2DKR5754PDRU.jpg?auth=0f529c1345c85c1dd304cf2b653d6bc97ca688ac628212744b2539a907078f2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A plane landing at JFK airport where Irish duty free retail group ARI has just landed its first US contract. Photograph: Johannes Eisele / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOHANNES EISELE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian shares rise as volatile week draws to an end]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/04/03/asian-shares-rise-as-volatile-week-draws-to-an-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/04/03/asian-shares-rise-as-volatile-week-draws-to-an-end/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oil prices ease off highs following a report that Iran is drafting a protocol with Oman to monitor traffic through the Strait of Hormuz]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:29:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D4WKYU74NNW3TTURFKO47B6Z7I.jpg?auth=66037a00e5f1ed6a9b6492b96eb32a094b24f5d1ac0a5f0f7c71a86ac0159052&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Morning commuters walk past a gas station in Tokyo on Friday.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Caballero-Reynolds</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it is too late’; China repeats calls for ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/02/iran-war-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White, Katie Mellett, Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president on Wednesday declared the month-long war a success ‘nearing completion’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:27:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G7DSHRWATRFZSR2MF2V3DRCZ74.jpg?auth=32884769e432024ea08db739416e93e28a95e21715dcf168146a7ebdb4048ee4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Local youths examine the wreckage of a vehicle after an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed at least five overnight on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Photograph: Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diego Ibarra Sanchez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish-language Bluey actor had never heard of hit show before its turn as Gaeilge ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/04/03/irish-language-bluey-actor-had-never-heard-of-hit-show-before-its-turn-as-gaeilge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/04/03/irish-language-bluey-actor-had-never-heard-of-hit-show-before-its-turn-as-gaeilge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global smash Australian kids show to begin airing in Irish next week ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:03:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N23NIIFT2NCI3L2OXAUZEHR3AA.jpg?auth=d33b7a834334991715c017116e2c4fa3d7c143cb4b53139fb6bf7cc0db35101f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Bluey' at RTÉ television studios as details of Irish-language episodes of the hit Australian series are announced. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conor McCabe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1980s Dublin, the communists had the best Good Friday shindigs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/catriona-crowe-the-communists-had-the-best-shindigs-for-anyone-with-the-goo-on-good-friday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/catriona-crowe-the-communists-had-the-best-shindigs-for-anyone-with-the-goo-on-good-friday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catriona Crowe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The goo – a longing for draught Guinness which overtakes the sufferer – contributed to left-wing causes in Dublin city]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6YYYWQ6S6UKUEBKKFDV7ALYYE.jpg?auth=3340ceb5b70331b815853b552a255017670c7162c74271bb57c4c30af3b31895&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Until 2018, pubs in Ireland were closed on Good Friday]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Buddy’ system could be a way to combat the fuel crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/some-suggestions-to-combat-fuel-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/some-suggestions-to-combat-fuel-crisis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Our Government is considering asking us to drive less, more slowly and to take public transport where possible]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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 risk our skies becoming a wild west of drone activity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/we-risk-our-skies-becoming-a-wild-west-of-drone-activity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/we-risk-our-skies-becoming-a-wild-west-of-drone-activity/</guid><description><![CDATA[Public oversight is not an obstacle to innovation; it is a safeguard]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[‘A Ryanair turnover’: First Air Corps flight into Beirut spent only 30 minutes on tarmac]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/a-ryanair-turnover-first-air-corps-flight-into-beirut-spent-only-30-minutes-on-tarmac/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/a-ryanair-turnover-first-air-corps-flight-into-beirut-spent-only-30-minutes-on-tarmac/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pilot Capt Lauren Cusack says careful consideration given to route selection, threat assessments and departure window for €70m Airbus C295]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X4JELKIADNGR5DYMUBJHJPUSOA.JPG?auth=d7d9b7a105b3063ae4d11d62261f474859e174ab691df7952a6225e321c163e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Capt Lauren Cusack, who flew the €70 million Airbus C295 into and out of Beirut, Lebanon, last Thursday. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regeneration of Pearse House]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/regeneration-of-pearse-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/regeneration-of-pearse-house/</guid><description><![CDATA[High time for mod cons? Time will tell]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[Tensions brewing in Government over slow progress on social media access age limit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/tensions-brewing-in-government-over-slow-progress-on-social-media-access-age-limit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/tensions-brewing-in-government-over-slow-progress-on-social-media-access-age-limit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jack Chambers moving forward with original plan to use digital wallet to enable to people store Government documents on their phones]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5BZX5LFWJ5FKBDZBGPXLFX3YD4.jpg?auth=3e2c17df83612f0246b3fc776c9464c37f4b5e302930ec7c52b293ea23b9ca2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The digital wallet system will include a version of a person’s birth certificate, driving licence and other official documents. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ridofranz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eben Etzebeth makes Sharks return for Challenge Cup clash against Connacht]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/eben-etzebeth-makes-sharks-return-for-challenge-cup-clash-against-connacht/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/eben-etzebeth-makes-sharks-return-for-challenge-cup-clash-against-connacht/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Secondrower is set to feature in Galway having served a lengthy suspension for eye-gouging]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MWC3YC7EOJBGDMCF4RYYZVZIHU.jpg?auth=c59307ef836a094515e6850e85b039a588487fbabc9ee3764897f88a8539058b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eben Etzebeth received a 12-game suspension for an eye-gouging incident during South Africa's Test against Wales last November. Photograph: Darren Stewart/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Steve Haag ©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Steve </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans to strip convicted killers of parental rights to proceed despite Tusla’s concerns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/government-to-proceed-with-plans-to-strip-convicted-killers-of-parental-rights-despite-tuslas-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/03/government-to-proceed-with-plans-to-strip-convicted-killers-of-parental-rights-despite-tuslas-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department of Justice ‘satisfied’ that Valerie’s Law ‘is constitutional in all respects’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGDXO7TQDRBTRAG4BQCI57MGEY.jpg?auth=1bbafff8ac1782d1ba3eb12500952ad2a3e5c2cd341fe74298db7d50037225c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Valerie’s Law would strip automatic child guardianship rights from those convicted of killing the other parent of their child. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vladstudioraw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This German thinker sounded an alarm about the EU and the US – are we ready to listen?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/diarmaid-ferriter-this-german-thinker-sounded-an-alarm-about-the-eu-and-the-us-are-we-ready-to-listen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/diarmaid-ferriter-this-german-thinker-sounded-an-alarm-about-the-eu-and-the-us-are-we-ready-to-listen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas insisted that ‘rearmament is the existential self-assertion of an EU that can no longer count on the protection of the US’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOJSJFG5OBFHREJSKZYT42NE6I.jpg?auth=c39636f962231444962ad68e2df83590bd8f2127e47af87a4c5247ea124706ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t chase your dreams indefinitely]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/dont-chase-your-dreams-indefinitely/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/dont-chase-your-dreams-indefinitely/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sleepwalking towards a goal unlikely to enhance wealth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[Can the Masters heal Irish sport’s wounds post-Prague? If not, there’s always hockey]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/can-the-masters-heal-irish-sports-wounds-post-prague-if-not-theres-always-hockey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/can-the-masters-heal-irish-sports-wounds-post-prague-if-not-theres-always-hockey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As a nation, we like to move on quickly from disappointment. It’s for the best]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IKC4CYEB65GSFD2QPTOJYQVFWY.jpg?auth=21f05b5007fe7be5c9b6e1b976f65e3cc44edb61c05702c530bca3429fe2d78f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Johnny Kenny at the final whistle of Tuesday's night's scoreless draw against North Macedonia at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph:  James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[MetroLink chief’s shock resignation could spook construction market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/04/03/metrolink-chiefs-shock-resignation-could-spook-construction-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/04/03/metrolink-chiefs-shock-resignation-could-spook-construction-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Zealander Sean Sweeney leaving role as latest costs for multibillion-euro project set to be submitted to Government]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GMPFPIFK5VDAJOBO5RJIRHBWXQ.jpeg?auth=ae0350c5ccba9eb4b528df61d191bd9888cce3f13835999f14bbf665ffc5d87e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An open competition to find a successor to Sean Sweeney is to begin immediately, said Transport Infrastructure Ireland
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fracked gas from the US another sign of our ‘pure hypocrisy’ on energy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/stephen-collins-fracked-gas-from-the-us-latest-sign-of-our-pure-hypocrisy-on-energy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/03/stephen-collins-fracked-gas-from-the-us-latest-sign-of-our-pure-hypocrisy-on-energy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Collins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We like to think of ourselves as a nuclear-free zone but we are currently building the multi-billion-euro Celtic connector to France to get access to its nuclear power]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6EZTM2HALAHBVFWYW5CXZGQXQ.jpg?auth=0b3947d29c5514623e016b69e7bc211b17d4bb847488b4ba597f419af51e1612&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Corrib gas field off Co Mayo, which is due to run out in the coming decade, produces just 20 per cent of the State's natural gas needs]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s dire failure of moral imagination]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/trumps-dire-failure-of-moral-imagination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/trumps-dire-failure-of-moral-imagination/</guid><description><![CDATA[The world deserves better than US president’s dehumanising threats]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[Valerie’s law, fixed-rate mortgages, oil shocks, and French wine going to waste]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/valeries-law-fixed-rate-mortgages-oil-shocks-and-french-wine-going-to-waste/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/valeries-law-fixed-rate-mortgages-oil-shocks-and-french-wine-going-to-waste/</guid><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CHKPTHHD45DORJ5MJH4YMHADNU.jpg?auth=d4ebc06d3c5d6e5aacb0f5085f011a7ce0ff783db72a50646b5053141548933c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Veronica French, David French, Hilary French and Kevin Hosford outside the Central Criminal Court in June 2019 with photos of Valerie French Kilroy, who was murdered by her husband. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triple lock leaves Ireland too exposed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/triple-lock-leaves-ireland-too-exposed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/triple-lock-leaves-ireland-too-exposed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why should a sovereign state require external approval to deploy troops?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[Bruising Bulls clash leaves Munster with just one survivor in the pack for Exeter trip]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/bruising-bulls-clash-leaves-munster-with-just-one-survivor-in-the-pack-for-exeter-trip/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/03/bruising-bulls-clash-leaves-munster-with-just-one-survivor-in-the-pack-for-exeter-trip/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Captain Tadhg Beirne returns while New Zealand under-20 cap Ben O’Donovan should feature off the bench]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3HBQEAJFZC7XOOHALY5F7IONY.jpg?auth=54a01927f2a5a6f0412d2c2034e81dd98c83790504817c78db6a8f8c5d57223c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster's new recruit Ben O'Donovan has been named on the bench for Saturday's European Challenge Cup match against Exeter at Sandy Park. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Munster opportunity knocked for Scottish swimming coach John Szaranek  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/03/how-munster-opportunity-knocked-for-scottish-swimming-coach-john-szaranek/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/03/how-munster-opportunity-knocked-for-scottish-swimming-coach-john-szaranek/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Swim Ireland National Centre head coach has been at the coalface of efforts to bring Irish swimming along ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5I3UIFOMZZFDDOLX2QHXFWO72Q.jpg?auth=c50d5c8a9897e52819b75cfe72a54501d76b89ac79b3e7fbebb3998e46f8eb5e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Team Ireland coach John Szaranek at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. Photograph: Giorgio Scala/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Giorgio Scala                      ©INPHO/Giorgio Scala</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Pat’s striker Ryan Edmondson on how he benefited from the ‘strange genius’ of Marcelo Bielsa]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/st-pats-ryan-edmondson-on-how-he-benefited-from-the-strange-genius-of-marcelo-bielsa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/st-pats-ryan-edmondson-on-how-he-benefited-from-the-strange-genius-of-marcelo-bielsa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In-form English striker could send club to top of Premier Division]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IO2JYLS3G5BE7PKBR7JJW3X3CE.jpg?auth=547347238df2d78eb2c2de0cce2525a7d89738c15105e03a69b96d7c7ca03e63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Patrick's Athletic's Ryan Edmondson celebrates scoring a goal. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday meeting is new Easter racing date to tie in with liturgical calendar ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/03/good-friday-meeting-is-new-easter-racing-date-to-tie-in-with-liturgical-calendar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/03/good-friday-meeting-is-new-easter-racing-date-to-tie-in-with-liturgical-calendar/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Grand National on Easter Monday is first of three ‘National’ prizes crammed into dozen days ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KPKQGAUW6ZFBVKLN3XF7PU2GH4.jpg?auth=8309a6ad94c95c6ef1d9d56d3e72b3e7c79fa7579d9ac0f7ab9a09c79793f46d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse is set to take place on Easter Monday. Photograph: Morgan Treach/Inpho

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Patrick’s Athletic eye top spot by extending unbeaten run]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/st-patricks-athletic-eye-top-spot-by-extending-unbeaten-run/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/03/st-patricks-athletic-eye-top-spot-by-extending-unbeaten-run/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Win against Sligo Rovers or draw, and slip by Bohemians, would push Inchicore outfit into pole position]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DRS662C2LBER7KJ7NQ2UPNZQXI.jpg?auth=2cfb569ac2e088534ce0523fec0c3f77be4140410e2fe13c5b1795f77f3f1414&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anto Breslin of St Patrick's Athletic is again available for selection.
Photograph: Andrew Conan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Andrew Conan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions on drug reimbursement must be in interests of all patients]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/reimbursement-and-expensive-drugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/03/reimbursement-and-expensive-drugs/</guid><description><![CDATA[The patient who shared her story in Tuesday’s article deserves sympathy and support]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 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[Couple cannot pursue challenge over refusal to include car-parking charges in Hap payment ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/couple-cannot-pursue-challenge-over-refusal-to-include-car-parking-charges-in-hap-payment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/03/couple-cannot-pursue-challenge-over-refusal-to-include-car-parking-charges-in-hap-payment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Council believed Housing Assistance Payment form signed by landlord and couple had misrepresented rent amount – judge]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QPMKLR745RFFNJBDCCTK7BOVCQ.jpg?auth=7d94ecfeee154b1c948a2099f121b66a381a7bbd181cf8632e9b20bbb0b34bec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The couple asked the landlord to cancel their car parking space but this was refused on grounds that the property was advertised and rented inclusive of the space. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/03/church-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/03/church-services/</guid><description><![CDATA[Week beginning Saturday April 4th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN7OZZ6E2NGO5KX2KLF2SIQGJU.png?auth=d4b9e121d137a9aeef92fc18438df403b5c177f6a3855de62a93ccfae6ccb05d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Church Services]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrity influencer initiates High Court damages claim against Web Summit company ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/celebrity-influencer-initiates-high-court-damages-claim-against-web-summit-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/03/celebrity-influencer-initiates-high-court-damages-claim-against-web-summit-company/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Simonetta Lein is bringing case over breach of alleged agreement to participate in Web Summit in Doha]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SPEK2TCMSFATPKB6KN5PCGX4TU?auth=5cea761dafe401065601ae0cec61f1d86d1a2c8c06801c828089aebc37bd1379&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simonetta Lein at the World Influencers and Bloggers Awards in Cannes in 2022. Photograph: Tim P Whitby/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tim P. Whitby</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moonstruck: A geologist’s playground, an elite retreat or a staging post to a new frontier?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/03/moonstruck-a-geologists-playground-an-elite-retreat-or-a-staging-post-to-a-new-frontier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/03/moonstruck-a-geologists-playground-an-elite-retreat-or-a-staging-post-to-a-new-frontier/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From megalithic art to science fiction, Earth’s sole natural satellite has compelled us, scared us and been the site of our fantasies]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CZHBVIBO25HQ7L6Y45KRJ6OK2E.jpg?auth=de86802363b742a423077ccb9d2bdfc55e273b7601919398e9291f5f331418a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Trip to the Moon, by Georges Méliès, 1902. Photograph: Apic/Bridgeman via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Apic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland chief Myles O’Grady: ‘We are seeing, on a grand scale, intergenerational wealth’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/bank-of-ireland-chief-ireland-is-a-relatively-young-country-and-we-are-seeing-on-a-grand-scale-intergenerational-wealth-occurring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/bank-of-ireland-chief-ireland-is-a-relatively-young-country-and-we-are-seeing-on-a-grand-scale-intergenerational-wealth-occurring/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chief executive’s strategy update contains a target for the group to grow its loan book by 4% a year out to 2028]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6COWYHKEVJF33AKQQL3TEKQDTE.JPG?auth=a3cfc05e58b5d6fa0e8d885f1e0681f8ae0def6e5c9ac8751c8e8ab39a60a6cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland chief executive Myles O’Grady: 'I think a version of an [individual savings account] is a no-regrets decision and a no-regrets product and service to get into the market.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling French vineyards turn excess wine into ethanol]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/france-faces-wine-hangover-as-falling-sales-force-emergency-measures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/03/france-faces-wine-hangover-as-falling-sales-force-emergency-measures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deja vu for vineyards as EU intervenes again to help distil excess stocks into ethanol to prevent ‘collapse in prices’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OETM7MIJHRG47DEVTKBQXOOXVI.jpg?auth=954d69300a3997df1b56154db126c9fdb399db4fa85acb6d791d66ab2ff4f923&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brussels has approved plans that will see excess wine produced in Bordeaux, Burgundy and other French regions used for other purposes. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">luoman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I have yet to tell my father’: New Catholics on converting to the church this Easter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/03/like-a-new-window-was-opened-new-catholics-on-why-they-are-converting-to-the-church-this-easter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/03/like-a-new-window-was-opened-new-catholics-on-why-they-are-converting-to-the-church-this-easter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mario Durán Domínguez and Joy Adedokun are among 129 people of mostly foreign backgrounds who are joining the church in Dublin this year]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2GBGFCUSRBC3JMVFYEAAMHHFYI.jpg?auth=2fd41a767f57a002c9a809c32c47eb658c9a7b19d79f9524c36480cf219e4225&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mario Durán Domínguez, who will become a 'new Catholic' 
over Easter, at the Church of St Peter and St Paul’s in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
















]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad brows? How to laser-remove microblading]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/03/bad-brows-how-to-laser-remove-microblading/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/03/bad-brows-how-to-laser-remove-microblading/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone  Gannon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Like many others, I rushed towards microblading, only to be left with dark, thick unsightly brows]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4SJHTX3SVEDDGG7Z36RH3CRBY.jpg?auth=d9468492ce99a72def2399311db9383742c83bcc6bebd5eb28be2bfd7a194889&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['It’s always a good idea to book a consultation with an experienced brow artist to get the right advice'. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">dimid_86</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil price rise to have deeper inflation impact than just increases at the pumps]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/oil-price-rise-to-have-deeper-inflation-impact-than-just-increases-at-the-pumps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/oil-price-rise-to-have-deeper-inflation-impact-than-just-increases-at-the-pumps/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reading US intentions on Iran is proving next to impossible]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDNQQ4ZRLFGQXLNV2WWQ5DPM4A.jpg?auth=96250e550a8c6a9a060b289b55c16959a4a38e973788d38e4da15e622dcb07fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Energy is key to the global production system, so rapid escalation in oil and gas prices is sure to have an inflationary effect worldwide. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgian gem on 12 acres in Kilternan with sweeping bay views]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/03/georgian-gem-on-12-acres-in-kilternan-with-sweeping-bay-views/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/03/georgian-gem-on-12-acres-in-kilternan-with-sweeping-bay-views/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ballybetagh House is a four-bed pile accompanied by a mews, stables and workshops]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVENTPLA6VAWHKWTTOWPZBPHRE.JPG?auth=6d6cc60709070006cb38566cd532de905ad5fcf292bbe732756032816f77478e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ballybetagh House, Kilternan, Dublin 18]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James McAvoy: ‘I’m 75% Donegal. We’re so similar yet so different. I think the difference is independence’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/james-mcavoy-im-75-donegal-were-so-similar-yet-so-different-i-think-the-difference-is-independence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/james-mcavoy-im-75-donegal-were-so-similar-yet-so-different-i-think-the-difference-is-independence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The actor and California Schemin’ director on accents, X-Men and the thorniest issue in Scottish politics]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCIGIJI5YVGNBKS5QMTRQ6ZXZY.jpg?auth=e004f178f9b85aab57a7a3f91e7b331cdcdc703b8fc7c4f0d0c74345c39118a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James McAvoy: 'I think I’m a storyteller. If I want to tell a story about independence I’ll make a film about it.' Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Cattermole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending a penny has become very expensive indeed: Drivetime investigates €6m loos]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/spending-a-penny-has-become-very-expensive-indeed-drivetime-investigates-6m-loos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/03/spending-a-penny-has-become-very-expensive-indeed-drivetime-investigates-6m-loos/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mick Heaney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Radio: Newstalk host Andrea Gilligan discusses a topic rarely aired in public, which is surely illuminating for male listeners]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZWOVI3PBBDGTLGOGU6W6PV3G4.jpg?auth=c72b55e0f3e2e8ab87a27ff0b23685c999c0e6e968eee9430bed2673ca69e8ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Radio 1: Drivetime hosts Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re not experiencing a 1970s-style oil price shock just yet, but things are getting worse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/were-not-experiencing-a-1970s-style-oil-price-shock-just-yet-but-things-are-getting-worse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/03/were-not-experiencing-a-1970s-style-oil-price-shock-just-yet-but-things-are-getting-worse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[IEA chief says current energy crunch is bigger than two oil shocks of the 1970s and the 2022 gas crisis combined]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IKDHXWF7ENBNNBJKIJMLIRZO6M.jpg?auth=e77ab9d591f423d5c51ccc13ae661913f493ed44cb0bf449581886f864102e49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we living in rugby’s good old days?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/are-we-living-in-rugbys-good-old-days/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/are-we-living-in-rugbys-good-old-days/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/67P3MVWFGRH4RTWHUUGF5JCJAI.jpg?auth=95bd56f21c6428ec5c7df12be7fb83994dcbb93438ece521bb96c98f4fb20d66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A record-breaking 211 tries were scored during the 2026 Six Nations tournament. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Matthews</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne: Is U2’s new EP Easter Lily almost ... cool?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/03/u2s-new-ep-easter-lily-review-an-endearingly-honest-questing-record-thats-almost-cool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/03/u2s-new-ep-easter-lily-review-an-endearingly-honest-questing-record-thats-almost-cool/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The band offer us a record about friendship, faith, art, meaning and, appropriately for Easter, death and the possibility of rebirth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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+0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YNFBSHQSFNGWFOFNHCX3DEFCXQ.jpg?auth=3af94c75634fc3f693d8900e28982c9df73f4d9056925fe1aaea7b319f2fa0d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Villa in Espiche, Portugal]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pair of French wines from Aldi for €8.99 each]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/03/a-pair-of-french-wines-from-aldi-for-899-each/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/03/a-pair-of-french-wines-from-aldi-for-899-each/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wines for the Weekend: Both of the Le Petit Poulets are made from a blend of different grapes and offer good value for money]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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+0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DSL36PFFGNCWVKP6RSIXXXPHG4.jpg?auth=0d2925823a44ac6f36f9055ed77448b0de0bf8d1e8daf65b4ea199bf4322db1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This French white would be good to drink on its own, while the red would work alongside pork chops.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonesuch by Francis Spufford: Distinctly Narnian in timbre – pure story of the richest kind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/nonesuch-by-francis-spufford-distinctly-narnian-in-timbre-pure-story-of-the-richest-kind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/03/28/nonesuch-by-francis-spufford-distinctly-narnian-in-timbre-pure-story-of-the-richest-kind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part of the game of Nonesuch is to restore the reality of the second World War to a Narnian story of magic]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZDT3PMOXUOY6V5GJWCMXJ3XHKQ.jpg?auth=db4b9ce63e497be4de42202bcbed00738578ede4386d9d7744f71f6f6cec168a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Francis Spufford is that rare thing: an intelligent storyteller. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Movie Quiz: Who missed out at this year’s Oscars?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/the-movie-quiz-who-missed-out-at-this-years-oscars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/03/the-movie-quiz-who-missed-out-at-this-years-oscars/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: Which class of Italian professional lands back in cinemas this week?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y4MKPHNZMFAGTMUM3DBPCDM7XY.jpg?auth=642e61e9321d447925e772f3033d322fb166f8798bc9ba5fe550b3b6f6e9325b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What actor was controversially left off the awards in memoriam section. Photograph: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew H. Walker</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>