<?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/2026-04-10/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:21:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy’s magical second round puts him in dominant position to defend Masters title ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/11/rory-mcilroys-magical-65-puts-him-in-dominant-position-to-defend-masters-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/11/rory-mcilroys-magical-65-puts-him-in-dominant-position-to-defend-masters-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shane Lowry impressed in bogey-free round to move into top 5, but McIlroy’s late flourish was imperious]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:52:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VELLCC3CK7GCUCYGMVPJGEYWME.jpg?auth=cf5ebe68e17df9a589437a9505e961e8c37ee49236a748ce5d45c3fdd43d92aa&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 reacts on the 17th green. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maddie Meyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masters 2026 day two: Rory McIlroy storms into six-shot lead - as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/10/masters-2026-day-two-live-updates-rory-mcilroy-and-shane-lowry-well-placed-at-augusta-national/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/10/masters-2026-day-two-live-updates-rory-mcilroy-and-shane-lowry-well-placed-at-augusta-national/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan, David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defending champion shot stunning 66, as Shane Lowry remains in contention]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:50:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QSS2IEIFWS7MCHEPX34IOMEUAI.jpg?auth=ddc03577ad679d79dc231afffa29deb7a398617d1d93d5046dbb19e7789648c5&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 plays a shot from a greenside bunker on the seventh hole. Photograph: Jared C Tilton/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jared C. Tilton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy feels like he is ‘playing with the house’s money’ as he powers to Masters lead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/11/rory-mcilroy-feels-like-he-is-playing-with-the-houses-money-as-he-powers-to-masters-lead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/11/rory-mcilroy-feels-like-he-is-playing-with-the-houses-money-as-he-powers-to-masters-lead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The defending champion birdied six of his last seven holes, including a stunning chip-in on the 17th at Augusta National ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:32:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MEZ7RDQAV2GWRCOXO3KU6J3VD4.jpg?auth=aaf29d059ac2cb599024bd4470234eda2ed09b97e82cd3ed7275ec6a28d21720&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy reacts on the 17th green after chipping in during the second round of the Masters. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maddie Meyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Substantial’ new supports being finalised; Garda declares ‘exceptional event’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/live-fuel-protests-ireland-m50-dublin-luas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/live-fuel-protests-ireland-m50-dublin-luas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers, Ellen O’Riordan, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hauliers group ‘optimistic’ agreement could be reached tomorrow evening after meeting Ministers]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LVFTWVB745BV3P5G5QF3CR777U.jpeg?auth=784caf42631c172134cc9f3e51d4c8a9428d2dd315f83384ceb437491125e44e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A growing number of protesters gathered around Dublin's O'Connell Street on Friday night. Photograph: Hugh Dooley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multimillion-euro financial package will not be unveiled until nationwide fuel protests cease ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/11/multimillion-euro-financial-package-will-not-be-unveiled-until-nationwide-protests-cease/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/11/multimillion-euro-financial-package-will-not-be-unveiled-until-nationwide-protests-cease/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones, Conor Gallagher, Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fuel protests movement vows to extend disruptive actions into weekend as talks under way for solution]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:36:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BB5V3ZBDAFSY6554P7DYR7ANLY.jpg?auth=a96e45c91f166835ac39642c40de93d9553054972ca7de07d6ecda84e4479c09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nationwide fuel protests continued to cause widespread disruption on Friday, with more planned for the weekend. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Byrne hands Shamrock Rovers league lead at Richmond]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/jack-byrne-hands-shamrock-rovers-league-lead-at-richmond/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/jack-byrne-hands-shamrock-rovers-league-lead-at-richmond/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[St Pat’s two points adrift after unbeaten home run ended]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J633CLBBU6G4S3XD5L2456542Q.jpg?auth=5e6e20f290bef88ce8e3ae60ab5ddd9bc70682d31f4a036809491c8150e0b7b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Byrne scores for Shamrock Rovers. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arne Slot says that last year’s title win ‘postponed’ Liverpool rebuild]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/arne-slot-says-that-last-years-title-win-postponed-liverpool-rebuild/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/arne-slot-says-that-last-years-title-win-postponed-liverpool-rebuild/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Hunter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coach confident he is ‘aligned’ with Liverpool hierarchy and fans as squad is rebuilt]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K5MYP7YUPPD2SJYPB3MZAMCUPU.jpg?auth=bf837216fc6a5c5ade8aec79506e41c3e5fcc61bf8718843506c0f09cdf9f158&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arne Slot has said last season’s title triumph 'postponed' the end of an era at Liverpool. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster blitz La Rochelle in Belfast to reach Challenge Cup semi-finals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/ulster-blitz-la-rochelle-in-belfast-to-reach-challenge-cup-semi-finals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/ulster-blitz-la-rochelle-in-belfast-to-reach-challenge-cup-semi-finals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Zac Ward touches down twice for six-try hosts]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZRPCSTCPSZWL6XRLLGNL6BQLTY.jpg?auth=28988d9260fc4c3828739b8955f797447d40cbfaee5d34d9847be50a5cb4fe80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zac Ward scores Ulster's fourth try against La Rochelle. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The standoff at Whitegate: confusion the order of the day at Co Cork refinery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/whitegate-refinery-protesters-braced-themselves-as-public-order-gardai-descended/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/whitegate-refinery-protesters-braced-themselves-as-public-order-gardai-descended/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dozens of officers from Cork, Kerry and Limerick arrived in the village of Whitegate but the impasse remained  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:32:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRKI4PVZZBAYZIE27FCIXLMDLI.JPG?auth=e99fc731dfb974cbc0c9aa5fbdfb9f8e700b43b6cbed43b0954c9076ce3dd5ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí policing the protest at the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork on Friday. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cork Courts Limited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris says she might run for president again in 2028 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/10/kamala-harris-says-she-might-run-for-president-again-in-2028/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/10/kamala-harris-says-she-might-run-for-president-again-in-2028/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former vice-president to Joe Biden lost popular vote and Electoral College to Donald Trump in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:04:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7GY5J73BJ6BYX2QD7ORUR7BDKE.jpg?auth=370c22b4fbbf960a54707e43f6a363bedde21353d38f2b787a28dc6e89a219c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kamala Harris, when asked if she was going to run for president in 2028, said: 'I'm thinking about it.' Photograph:  Angelina Katsanis/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angelina Katsanis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mona McSharry smashes Irish 200m breaststroke record in Bangor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/mona-mcsharry-smashes-irish-200m-breaststroke-record-in-bangor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/mona-mcsharry-smashes-irish-200m-breaststroke-record-in-bangor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Shortt and Danielle Hill claim titles at Irish Open Swimming Championships]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:49:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6NVLLZTYBKN4F72MR74MMHISMM.jpg?auth=492508a0fae569ffa0fd8b14dabcd71300801e1ba5006e913cd12fdad41e8130&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mona McSharry during the women's 200m breaststroke final at the Irish Open Swimming Championships. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home of OpenAI’s Sam Altman targeted with Molotov cocktail]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/10/home-of-openais-sam-altman-targeted-with-molotov-cocktail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/10/home-of-openais-sam-altman-targeted-with-molotov-cocktail/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Montgomery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Explosive thrown at $27 million property in San Francisco and was followed by threats to ChatGPT headquarters]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:44:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VNYCZWP3UTNT5BVWCBSVZ75DKM.jpg?auth=9f82ec44c322230e31f55befb779bff5194b78dc396d077145038087e060adf9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A 20-year-old man was arrested for throwing an explosive at the home of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. Photograph: Jason Redmond / AFP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jason Redmond</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[After over 40 Masters, Fred Couples keeps coming back for more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/after-over-40-masters-fred-couples-keeps-coming-back-for-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/after-over-40-masters-fred-couples-keeps-coming-back-for-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘I consider it to be just the greatest walk you could ever have’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DM63MAXODDE77NAY4IYTPMY6GU.jpg?auth=0a8aed94f618f625c73f3830d2d8b5d16447b2a628973000f43b1a44f4b68a9f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fred Couples plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the 2026 Masters. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Redington</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the fuel protests: patience is running out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/10/the-irish-times-view-on-the-fuel-protests-patience-is-running-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/10/the-irish-times-view-on-the-fuel-protests-patience-is-running-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yielding to the core demands would undermine the Government’s already fragile credibility as a guardian of the public finances]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S63L7BNGVZC2PDJN2ALGUGLHFY.jpg?auth=c7b719e88f4caa3f749bdb5e15df76dfd82ab365a18c28acc5858095b1e96205&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[National fuel protest against rising fuel prices with vehicles parked on O'Connell Street, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle-class drug users are part of ‘structure of the trade’, medical conference told ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/middle-class-drug-users-are-part-of-structure-of-the-trade-medical-conference-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/middle-class-drug-users-are-part-of-structure-of-the-trade-medical-conference-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Medical Organisation event also hears of problems with prescription drugs and over-the-counter painkillers]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BZKOMOUUIJCMXLS4UU3LIUJKPE.jpg?auth=184918928410c6941a8f0b7ed4f4966ac4f03329a83c1d272ded6b50396a888b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The ideal drugs customer is a middle class professional who will pay a little bit more and always have cash, the IMO has been told. File photograph]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">KatarzynaBialasiewicz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three League of Ireland fixtures postponed due to unplayable pitches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/three-league-of-ireland-fixtures-postponed-due-to-unplayable-pitches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/three-league-of-ireland-fixtures-postponed-due-to-unplayable-pitches/</guid><description><![CDATA[Torrential rain leaves pitches unplayable for Friday night games]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:06:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QMIVV5QXZIQKXPKT7KV647FIS4.jpg?auth=4275e5927d9bcdba52dc2e58c0d7d504ae335febcfa3c7b4cdca80d35b90e679&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two Premier Division games and one First Division tie have been called off. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former ceann comhairle Seán Barrett remembered as dedicated parliamentarian and devoted family man]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/dedicated-parliamentarian-and-devoted-family-man-sean-barrett-remembered-at-funeral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/dedicated-parliamentarian-and-devoted-family-man-sean-barrett-remembered-at-funeral/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former minister kept order in the Dáil chamber as ceann comhairle during turbulent times of crash]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:04:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRPPRDF4FBG37A6IV4PPLPHHUM.JPG?auth=d561241cfe7da3515fff164ca245de08d50c98a89d4930188b83013a3a9cf1d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mourners carry the coffin of former Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett at the Church of the Assumption in Dalkey, Co Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran calls for ceasefire in Lebanon before US peace talks take place]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/jd-vance-heads-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations-amid-shaky-ceasefire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/jd-vance-heads-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations-amid-shaky-ceasefire/</guid><description><![CDATA[Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said no talks will take place unless Israel stops Lebanon attacks]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:01:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BFBGEXNAHWLCDYBRK7SETNHFFY.jpg?auth=079144813156a154c0aa8981f428e43b13df1c3a03bf4f013fb47edc82f91e60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man surveys the scene from atop a pile of wreckage on the Corniche, the seaside promenade in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, April 10th, 2026. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Guttenfelder</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Irish Times view on swimming pool provision:  still at the shallow end]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/10/the-irish-times-view-on-swimming-pool-provision-still-at-the-shallow-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/10/the-irish-times-view-on-swimming-pool-provision-still-at-the-shallow-end/</guid><description><![CDATA[The true scale of the deficit is disguised by heavy reliance on the private sector, and on hotel pools in particular]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEWMBKWDIJDRRPQX6BFV5ME33Y.JPG?auth=b9e928a520c245436095e33e6774f5ada9ed16a8fa6f7fcb381dd6ec0d8ed164&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glenalbyn Swimming pool closed in 2013 and was this year removed from a list of regeneration projects for DLR council.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a pity Bordeaux and Toulouse are meeting so soon, but enjoy it all the same]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/its-a-pity-bordeaux-and-toulouse-are-meeting-so-soon-but-enjoy-it-all-the-same/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/its-a-pity-bordeaux-and-toulouse-are-meeting-so-soon-but-enjoy-it-all-the-same/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Winners of Sunday’s Champions Cup quarter-final will be primed to take the title]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:52:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2IMYNMOHVJEPVEAEU23OKM5DW4.jpg?auth=f1f732febe74585ba82486dfbc5cf34ade8c4a05930375778e76660b6399f7ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bordeaux Begles' Louis Bielle-Biarrey scores a try against Toulouse during last year's Champions Cups semi-final. Photograph: Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ROMAIN PERROCHEAU</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nato split over US access to European bases]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/nato-split-over-us-access-to-european-bases/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/nato-split-over-us-access-to-european-bases/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry Foy in Brussels]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deepening rift within Nato fuels fears Trump could use Iran war as pretext to scale back US commitment to Europe’s defence]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:12:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PDC7US66AU5PK3WH5OATU5ONNA.jpg?auth=e7279998e813ffab55f5cff21632ee05bc3ba620bbbb2f9b4a4f5951fa178fd6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nato general secretary Mark Rutte and US president Donald Trump meeting in Washington in July 2025. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin Dietsch</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold Dancer euthanised due to broken back following Grade One victory at Aintree ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/gold-dancer-euthanised-due-to-broken-back-following-grade-one-victory-at-aintree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/gold-dancer-euthanised-due-to-broken-back-following-grade-one-victory-at-aintree/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Willie Mullins star quickly pulled up after winning post by champion jockey Paul Townend ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:08:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TQVW5WN7Y6KB7SPQYFJLQM74QQ.jpg?auth=16d65cc18113468e5c8deda47105bcb9ff5bcb2fb8c0602cec8b360469ac05b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins walk from the course after Gold Dancer won the Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree on Friday. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Steele</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US and Iran prepare for peace talks as huge gaps in demands remain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/us-and-iran-prepare-for-peace-talks-as-huge-gaps-in-demands-remain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/us-and-iran-prepare-for-peace-talks-as-huge-gaps-in-demands-remain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even before US and Iranian delegations departed for Pakistan, issue of Lebanon threatened to derail entire process]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:04:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3ZZQLER2CD27EBET2AOL22J5E.jpg?auth=3a1fdae6053273f05fd438fb1a52c90815747f6e18ab90ff0042bd7199e1414b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man climbs the stairs in the wreckage of an apartment building in Beirut following the Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, April 8th. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Guttenfelder</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank McNally on a Dublin woman’s attempt to assassinate Mussolini, 100 years ago]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/10/frank-mcnally-on-a-dublin-womans-attempt-to-assassinate-mussolini-100-years-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/10/frank-mcnally-on-a-dublin-womans-attempt-to-assassinate-mussolini-100-years-ago/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s hard to say for sure what drove Violet Gibson]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QSWYC3XMVRE3NGAOKA6H5QEWV4.jpeg?auth=175f1aac9e7f6adbae477bce3c50a14516a02c041ff3423accde6681f92e67e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Violet Gibson, around the time of her arrest in 1926]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computer engineer claims he was penalised for flagging company’s Israel links ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/computer-engineer-claims-he-was-penalised-for-flagging-companys-israel-links/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/computer-engineer-claims-he-was-penalised-for-flagging-companys-israel-links/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cian Ó Laoi told his chief executive he was concerned about ‘nonchalantly giving business to an Israeli company’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:57:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A4J4WW4MPUV4IQ5ED25BCHNJOQ.jpg?auth=33d84625c19cfcdb449579a63deaa59017c1fa8fef866968d4cc1d8748c9c09d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cian Ó Laoi is pursuing claims of whistleblower penalisation and constructive dismissal against his former employer, BCC Risk Advisory Ltd, trading as Edgescan. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children blackmailed online into carrying out random crimes, conference hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/children-blackmailed-online-into-carrying-out-random-crimes-conference-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/children-blackmailed-online-into-carrying-out-random-crimes-conference-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head of Irish Internet Hotline says minors now ‘radicalised’ by AI chatbots in bedrooms ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L2UTHLK5TJB6NENZ7FOQ7PGMRE.jpg?auth=eb7df407b8399e4a028b4beb1ab3d1715c5909ab296adaea596e359e470dfe6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mick Moran, chief executive of Irish Internet Hotline, has warned of the ability of online actors to radicalise children. Photograph: Shane O'Neill/ Coalesce
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Picture by Shane O'Neill Coalesce.</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions Cup: Bordeaux v Toulouse makes for a mouth-watering quarter-final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/champions-cup-bordeaux-v-toulouse-makes-for-a-mouth-watering-quarter-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/champions-cup-bordeaux-v-toulouse-makes-for-a-mouth-watering-quarter-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Should Leinster reach the final four, they’ll face the winner of Glasgow Warriors v Toulon]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IMKIDLHQSFM5MSWLU2GANXELKI.jpg?auth=dbe8122b8929dcade9a2a64fe4429788af67e2dc1bd2ed255994aa5e06cb808b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bordeaux Bègles' Louis Bielle-Biarrey scores a try against Leicester Tigers. Photograph: Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Romain Perrocheau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthy teenager must spend weekend in hospital due to fuel protests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/healthy-teenager-must-spend-weekend-in-hospital-due-to-fuel-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/healthy-teenager-must-spend-weekend-in-hospital-due-to-fuel-protests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí unable to transport 14-year-old boy to Tusla emergency accommodation in Dublin due to motorway disruption ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DMPTJFMSWFHKTJYQHFHJVZCMNE.JPG?auth=d02018fc7cbfafaafbed756966a5d3dd7f8b42d4a64bf4359a8cb2f54b907696&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel protestors block lanes on the M50 on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shares end the week on the up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/shares-end-the-week-on-the-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/shares-end-the-week-on-the-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Traders shake off Iran worries for now]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:41:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZWM4EFIILXDZCFN6SWHFHJX7CQ.jpg?auth=2b93903e5cda0e1fa0e5da601d6cb5927068a28c51342a5023afcc9d79e6b954&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump is reportedly preparing the military if peace talks fail. 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[Orbán makes last-ditch appeal to voters as Hungary prepares for pivotal elections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/orban-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-voters-as-hungary-prepares-for-pivotal-elections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/orban-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-voters-as-hungary-prepares-for-pivotal-elections/</guid><description><![CDATA[Polls show opposition Tisza party led by Peter Magyar heading for landslide victory but outcome remains uncertain]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:30:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MCFYBPQTTGBEDNCFVRC4A4FDGM.jpg?auth=0017dfd1929ff26f5f81ef67e2f844233916789570e4d185a71a2d757dea31e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Viktor Orbán speaks at a campaign rally in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on Friday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sean Gallup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigerian man who says he is a decuplet pleads not guilty to obstruction of deportation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/10/nigerian-man-who-says-he-is-a-decuplet-pleads-not-guilty-to-obstruction-of-deportation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/10/nigerian-man-who-says-he-is-a-decuplet-pleads-not-guilty-to-obstruction-of-deportation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First prosecution of its kind in the State after man denied he was the person named in charge]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:28:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BYVHB4KDWRGLDE5PCYT44ZOB7Q.jpg?auth=f2244a2e6df5cbec910dc4871431b6ecef671db313a038d84f0b414bc65bbbf0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sam Okwuoha is accused of obstructing or hindering his deportation at Dublin Airport despite a signed order. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">doram</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters defend cargo blockade at Rosslare Europort ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/protesters-defend-cargo-blockade-at-rosslare-europort/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/protesters-defend-cargo-blockade-at-rosslare-europort/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Slater ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘What do I do?’ – Spiking fuel prices suffocating new business, Wexford entrepreneur says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:25:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5YHSFMFAUBGAXNYVON4QXR46RQ.jpg?auth=acff527e39c24231bb30908554c0806272e61d8095a4a3558431a6c3ea6684e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trucks lined up outside the village of Kilrane on the edge of the Europort in Rosslare. Photograph: Sarah Slater]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are the fuel protests on Friday and which roads are impacted in Dublin and across Ireland? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/where-are-the-fuel-protests-on-friday-and-which-roads-are-impacted-in-dublin-and-across-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/where-are-the-fuel-protests-on-friday-and-which-roads-are-impacted-in-dublin-and-across-ireland/</guid><description><![CDATA[The latest information on Friday’s protests, including M50 delays and disruption on the M1, M7, M8 and M18 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:56:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D2Q5XVIOANG2ZMHNV5V5Y2DIJ4.JPG?auth=e7a2342c5aecfab25332479f513ec104fc174ae4c1b0103cfa1ef1444a003556&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A small group of fuel protesters blocked the main lanes of the M50 between Blanchardstown and Finglas on Friday morning. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health services move to ‘contingency plans’ amid fuel protest disruptions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/health-services-move-to-contingency-plans-amid-fuel-protest-disruptions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/10/health-services-move-to-contingency-plans-amid-fuel-protest-disruptions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Services at Crumlin, Connolly, Tallaght and Temple Street children’s hospitals impacted ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:44:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T36T32UYVOFVUAKSNANZMWJEIU.JPG?auth=345be79a02c2caf1b8bb9427f59ad97065d33790c66afb1818f6827674d9e222&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An ambulance makes its way around protesters at a fuel price protest in Dublin. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarlett Faulkner’s family await results of final test as life-support decision looms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/scarlett-faulkners-family-await-results-of-final-test-as-life-support-decision-looms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/scarlett-faulkners-family-await-results-of-final-test-as-life-support-decision-looms/</guid><description><![CDATA[Limerick woman has been in an induced coma since attack three weeks ago in Birdhill, Co Tipperary]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPOUIDW5ABGZ7AF3LCZ3T6TJV4.jpg?auth=81fd2be4a4f963a653bd2e9483ff9764f2e43b67f894ad727c2f9cae9eb7eb6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The decision to take Scarlett Faulkner off hospital life-support has been delayed, a family member has said. Photograph: Family/Facebook]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In-form Connacht head to Montpellier filled with confidence for Challenge Cup last eight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/in-form-connacht-head-to-montpellier-filled-with-confidence-for-challenge-cup-last-eight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/in-form-connacht-head-to-montpellier-filled-with-confidence-for-challenge-cup-last-eight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linley MacKenzie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Captain Cian Prendergast to earn 100th cap at Septeo Stadium]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:28:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FSP5JNXB3B5J2VK6C4JUH4YT5U.jpg?auth=dc625a3128d853a25602d549d8f1aaec5f27ae72c48009ce85880971916ec454&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster said the province has seen "really positive growth". 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[Poet Gabriel Rosenstock remembered at moving bilingual funeral Mass]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/poet-gabriel-rosenstock-remembered-at-moving-bilingual-funeral-mass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/poet-gabriel-rosenstock-remembered-at-moving-bilingual-funeral-mass/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Restless’ poet and translator was ‘constantly exploring’ cultures and languages, service hears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7IS66S3QVVE4DDAACJNODLXGGU.JPG?auth=0628f11d2ff08fb13227f35667f12c55e4f753bf10104591a6368b093a8802e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The family of Gabriel Rosenstock at the funeral mass in Monkstown, Co Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property investor loses €400,000 tax appeal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/property-investor-loses-400000-tax-appeal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/property-investor-loses-400000-tax-appeal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tax Appeals Commission rules investor should pay CGT bill after dispute]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:25:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XPWYLO7C5SPWTSYX2MZOY3IMP4.jpg?auth=3a136fcbabac9523a3ac22c8c29bf916c17e43c0610f1122bba325c3c2473550&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Tax Appeals Commission dismissed the woman’s appeal against Revenue’s May 2021 assessment for CGT of €415,651 arising from the house sale in 2018.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Further 36 infant remains recovered at Tuam mother and baby home site]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/10/further-36-infant-remains-recovered-at-tuam-mother-and-baby-home-site/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/10/further-36-infant-remains-recovered-at-tuam-mother-and-baby-home-site/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Programme under way to identify remains of infants through DNA, as latest bodies buried in coffins ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:21:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3CNRSMY4J4HRFIOOJ7GBTRYCSU.jpg?auth=588b9049755176ea050438345d77f3f454f5fffc2044aab7180aaa3403cd84d3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Forensic staff working under tented enclosure at the Tuam site. Photograph courtesy:  Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ODAIT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump renews demand for opening of Strait of Hormuz as Israel and Hizbullah trade fire ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/trump-criticises-iran-over-continued-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-oil-prices-rise-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/trump-criticises-iran-over-continued-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-oil-prices-rise-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oil ‌prices climbed in early trade due to anxiety as tanker traffic through the strait remained largely frozen ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:53:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZQCXJEVCLFBXVDOCGBXUMKLZE.jpg?auth=08e5acd55cc671b7f0f9d432e466309c4e4379d9e95de11dd7ee2061efc2bfb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Lebanese State Security Center, in Nabatieh. Photograph: Abbas Fakih / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abbas Fakih</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[JD Vance travels to Pakistan for ceasefire negotiations with Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/jd-vance-travels-to-pakistan-for-ceasefire-negotiations-with-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/10/jd-vance-travels-to-pakistan-for-ceasefire-negotiations-with-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle L Price and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many issues could yet derail discussions, including Israeli attacks on Lebanon]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:49:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZ5VLMSAH7IJ6UYBBZBLCQDTOE.jpg?auth=445fcd7073df77e1409ebe549c134fcaf571b50b9b232a4f981995c2209e89ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tehran has reportedly said talks set for Saturday would not take place unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Francisco Seco</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomora: Come Closer review – Mesmerising melding of minds between Tom Rowlands and Aurora]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/10/tomora-come-closer-review-mesmerising-melding-of-minds-between-tom-rowlands-and-aurora/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/04/10/tomora-come-closer-review-mesmerising-melding-of-minds-between-tom-rowlands-and-aurora/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Glittering, supersized dance juggernaut fuses the Chemical Brother’s propulsive electronica and the Norwegian’s icy, eerie singing and production]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:48:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TYZOI6EHUFCI7D3ALYFNFFVL5E.jpg?auth=e32332d8df45d37053db076986b39ebfa67db11fef8f7e0187f8b17deff284e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tomora: Tom Rowlands and Aurora. Photograph: Dan Lowe]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fairytale outcome may be unlikely but Grand National appeal still endures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/a-fairytale-outcome-may-be-unlikely-but-grand-national-appeal-still-endures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/a-fairytale-outcome-may-be-unlikely-but-grand-national-appeal-still-endures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Haiti Couleurs could pull off rare National hat-trick and be first Welsh trained winner in 121 years]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:48:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F6KXMWO2XBD3JOCQCTZAAVGKRY.jpg?auth=74987501160d4b18332c6a4bd31673c491eb53f48770d2519fff6f564a97b0d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Townend on I Am Maximus as they cross the line to win the 2024 Grand National at Aintree. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Steele</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China can never accept Taiwan independence, Xi tells Taiwanese opposition leader]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/10/china-can-never-accept-taiwan-independence-xi-tells-taiwanese-opposition-leader/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/10/china-can-never-accept-taiwan-independence-xi-tells-taiwanese-opposition-leader/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Xi Jinping tells Cheng Li-wun that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait ‘are all Chinese’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:43:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EOQIAP4P5BG7TORR7UA2OHQ24Q.jpg?auth=77838f424ca840d14e2d0d812628dc5f0855c3fa625e0c718d6d382ccede868a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bar independence of Taiwan, Chinese president Xi Jinping said he welcomed any other proposals to improve relations across the Taiwan Strait. Photograph: Ken Ishii - Pool/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pool</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II: I am moved nearly to tears by this devastating reminder of our humanity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/11/mark-oconnell-i-am-moved-nearly-to-tears-by-this-lovely-devastating-reminder-of-our-humanity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/11/mark-oconnell-i-am-moved-nearly-to-tears-by-this-lovely-devastating-reminder-of-our-humanity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There was something more beautiful, more moving than any of the photographs shot from the window of the Orion spacecraft]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:35:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WJKGYQYSFXP26Y6EUTXZBIJINE.jpg?auth=6b3eb815a095691bcbc5f22ddbbb96836957ef835d3fb35b5b2c7fb39a7228c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Artemis II: Crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Kochtake a selfie midway through their lunar observation period. Photograph: Nasa via The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nasa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Government bungled its response to fuel protests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/how-the-government-fluffed-its-response-to-fuel-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/how-the-government-fluffed-its-response-to-fuel-protests/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:28:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/53WWBXOJ2Z4SBOYATRFHQVDONQ.jpg?auth=3a3a970d67cc19fd01837c45d56b4209f7002c63079568499c3e9b21417b6735&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vehicles blocking the street on O'Connell Street in Dublin. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lahinch Golf Club hikes green fees by 20% for visitors ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/lahinch-golf-club-hikes-green-fees-by-20-for-non-members/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/lahinch-golf-club-hikes-green-fees-by-20-for-non-members/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Staging Walker Cup match in September will leave €600,000 hole in club’s income, members are told]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:26:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LSI37MNN5WN5DAUHTFMFVITJUE.jpg?auth=e124acb819ae89634efdfda6c3e79164ecec0c34ed51b66099f6277738ef8832&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Green fees for non members playing the Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club have risen by 20 per cent to €450 this year. Photograph: Oisín Keniry/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Sheehan to captain Leinster against Sale with Caelan Doris missing out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/dan-sheehan-to-captain-leinster-against-sale-with-caelan-doris-missing-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/dan-sheehan-to-captain-leinster-against-sale-with-caelan-doris-missing-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Academy prop Alex Usanov to make first Champions Cup start on Saturday at the Aviva]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C4HB4TFHQRDUBFCIVO265YYJME.jpg?auth=a43875100be310f83570dac6583a761bcce7cde16445fe4d33ae1a7b8d2910e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Academy prop Alex Usanov will make his first start in the Champions Cup. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway protesters to ‘stand their ground’ at depot blockade as fuel runs low]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/galway-protesters-to-stand-their-ground-at-depot-blockade-as-fuel-runs-low/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/galway-protesters-to-stand-their-ground-at-depot-blockade-as-fuel-runs-low/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Everyone depends on fuel. That is why we are getting the backing of the people,’ says protester]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:21:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T72QYMKMHZF4PEI6Q7PYQ4YUNU.JPG?auth=53925e71521f6ac6880f840469b671b44da367b5f335c6dbae12a5e9a389a819&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters at the entrance road to the fuel depot area at Galway Harbour Enterprise Park on Thursday. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win tickets to the 50th Anniversary Tour by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and a two-night stay at the Clayton Hotel Cardiff Lane.]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/10/win-two-tickets-to-the-50th-anniversary-tour-by-les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-and-a-two-night-stay-at-the-clayton-hotel-cardiff-lane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/04/10/win-two-tickets-to-the-50th-anniversary-tour-by-les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-and-a-two-night-stay-at-the-clayton-hotel-cardiff-lane/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has teamed up with Dublin Dance Festival to bring you an unforgettable night of world-class dance, exclusive dining and luxury accommodation.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:07:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HAMFBRDNI5HURBWJY7KZNJGBQI.png?auth=494c5b9bf9a065690f8f7e9bc45010e0ec473b420c8b5d1cc1b698c8deed1e13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SFTW_Week15]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US inflation rose to 3.3% in March on Middle East energy shock]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/us-inflation-rose-to-33-in-march-on-middle-east-energy-shock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/us-inflation-rose-to-33-in-march-on-middle-east-energy-shock/</guid><description><![CDATA[Increase in prices highest since May 2024 as Iran conflict triggers historic surge in petrol prices]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:02:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/42KCOT3M2HEHIB7YKTRP72QPXE.jpg?auth=2e3eec6efed8427e146102e0818da67b9a591a3962731ee29e030836df2ab2ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The inflation report provides the first broad official snapshot of how the war has affected prices for Americans since it erupted at the end of February.  Photograph: Vincent Alban/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vincent Alban</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irishman hospitalised in Austria after cycling wrong way around roundabout, police say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/irish-cyclist-hospitalised-in-austria-after-police-say-he-cycled-wrong-way-around-roundabout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/irish-cyclist-hospitalised-in-austria-after-police-say-he-cycled-wrong-way-around-roundabout/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tipperary man (46) was involved in collision with car near Innsbruck]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:59:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OC6GJKLV4ZGPPNOTEKUCZGR36Y.jpg?auth=4bf4d6d1bfc80226e2aa5a1d5a7fb881b1152122c6120107d62cff7c60ad2b5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police in Innsbruck said the man was taken to hospital in the city]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FooTToo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/fuel-protest-leader-james-geoghegan-has-animal-cruelty-convictions-and-revenue-judgments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/fuel-protest-leader-james-geoghegan-has-animal-cruelty-convictions-and-revenue-judgments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher, Jack Horgan-Jones, Darragh Mc Donagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Geoghegan (57), who has come to prominence in this week’s protests, claims to have settled tax bills ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:56:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4JKBFM5O6KLMFMCUSU22TWTUME.jpg?auth=7c0ed08924f047dee21768615043d2d1c2b54a74f35a61c0c822fd2989ee6ea8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan claimed that the Government had agreed to meet him to discuss protesters’ demands. 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Photograph: Tierney L Cross/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adidas set to lose Champions League ball contract to Nike after 25 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/adidas-set-to-lose-champions-league-ball-contract-to-nike-after-25-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/adidas-set-to-lose-champions-league-ball-contract-to-nike-after-25-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Agini, Florian Müller ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The value of the deal to supply and sponsor the ball used in Uefa’s top three competitions could double to €40m a year]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:05:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M42IATVCIZCYRF7UY5JRGVHZXM.jpg?auth=f478671a7378186de3e14d1a607ac7bfd327d8aef701e5f6d603189153286916&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Adidas, which is synonymous with the star design of footballs used in the Champions league has lost out to rival Nike for the contract to supply the balls after 25 years. 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Photograph: Sally Hayden. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Body of Leitrim farmer Liam Farrell is exhumed in Garda ‘cold case’ review of death]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/garda-being-exhuming-body-of-liam-farrell-as-part-of-review-of-co-leitrim-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/garda-being-exhuming-body-of-liam-farrell-as-part-of-review-of-co-leitrim-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sorcha Crowley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We have to find out the truth about what happened,’ says son of Liam Farrell (87) ahead of postmortem]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:59:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GASGRVCG4NB4LCX2OMFMXJAD4E.jpg?auth=899c1c3b6443f51b9ae6d6844866fbc0f8a7d01c2730cc1460cc3906acc021ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The body of Leitrim farmer Liam Farrell (87) has been exhumed at Cloonmorris Cemetery, Bornacoola, Co Leitrim as part of a cold case review into his death in 2020. 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Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strokestown poetry prize shortlist revealed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/10/strokestown-poetry-prize-shortlist-revealed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/10/strokestown-poetry-prize-shortlist-revealed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:43:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DO5226DOKBCCTKXMKE43O7OIRY.jpg?auth=3885387754a0a7e289dc1b1d8c4b6c056e2f87ba107f74decc780875c6cf8546&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin will speak about readers of poetry in her Joan McBreen keynote address at  Strokestown International Poetry Festival 2026.
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times








]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lowry and McIlroy get off to a flyer in Augusta]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/lowry-and-mcilroy-get-off-to-a-flyer-in-augusta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/lowry-and-mcilroy-get-off-to-a-flyer-in-augusta/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But Rory’s Masters meal would have been improved by some Rancheros; Gerry Thornley talks to Tadhg Furlong ahead of big European weekend]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:33:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QUS42ZPOO5VFGL3IJXSF27KNLY.jpg?auth=e366a3c329b4d681e319cf36145dda3438e9dbb4db9ab4d06c1fffd047b54c05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy at the 18th green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Photograph: Hector Vivas/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hector Vivas</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afrika Bambaataa: American rapper and DJ dies aged 67]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/10/afrika-bambaataa-american-rapper-and-dj-dies-aged-67/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/10/afrika-bambaataa-american-rapper-and-dj-dies-aged-67/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Ziegler]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bronx native faced accusations of child sexual abuse]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:51:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HTLW6FH4D5F5ZCSNIQPBKABEKY.jpg?auth=0cd07113570887a7495495f401d1f689598db3dad5d9b454ec1cdc5e21f56acf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ DJ Afrika Bambaataa performs during the 2015 Guggenheim Young Collectors party in New York City. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for David Yurman]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Neilson Barnard</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenmare Resources paid former MD €109,000 in consulting fees even as he launched takeover bid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/kenmare-resources-paid-former-md-109000-in-consulting-fees-even-as-he-launched-takeover-bid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/kenmare-resources-paid-former-md-109000-in-consulting-fees-even-as-he-launched-takeover-bid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Current managing director Tom Hickey gets £294,000 bonus as part of €1.29m remuneration package that was up slightly on 2024  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:31:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYC4MRK5CGUCIFDHSBEBOVTBQ4.jpg?auth=6d12391fd4978906e876d8adc3ab1e5c8933c8ef6349e93c10a2f35c06bf6a93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kenmare retained Michael Carvill as a consultant to advise on renewal of a royalties agreement with Mozambique. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s fuel protests cause travel chaos; disposable vapes ban under fire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/ireland-fuel-protests-cause-travel-chaos-disposable-vapes-ban-under-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/ireland-fuel-protests-cause-travel-chaos-disposable-vapes-ban-under-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Italy has complained to the European Commission about Irish plans to ban disposable vapes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:37:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3S3ONDN3Y5CG7I7XNX452DHHDQ.JPG?auth=35ba2b66b8fc5b410ab1ae54a76d067857bde384787b59b935464cd5609e5b08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Italy has complained to the European Commission about Irish plans to ban disposable vapes. 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 rain and wind warnings in place for eight counties today]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/09/met-eireann-issues-yellow-warning-for-strong-wind-and-heavy-rain-in-several-counties/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/09/met-eireann-issues-yellow-warning-for-strong-wind-and-heavy-rain-in-several-counties/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gales and downpours forecast for Friday ahead of unsettled few days]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:14:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5SFSPRS6YBHM7O5E72PBFY323M.JPG?auth=e026771b07a151ba32e00d3a6fe84dec8854324bcbd4624e983d75c30023072a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Met Éireann said the weather over the next few days would be unsettled. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s blackmailing society’: We ask Irish Times readers how fuel protests are impacting them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/delayed-hospital-appointments-and-unnecessary-heartache-readers-on-fuel-protests-impact/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/delayed-hospital-appointments-and-unnecessary-heartache-readers-on-fuel-protests-impact/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We asked readers from Cork to Dublin for their views on this week’s fuel price protests, with some saying they support the blockades despite being caught in traffic for hours]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:00:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YN55N7MWTJQGK7BCDQJK22SU4Y.JPG?auth=1fc157203f5ddbb9bd34589d11bc2c4eea460fb4edc088c04636154e145587db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel protesters closing off routes into Dublin city centre on Friday. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gridlock: how will the fuel protests end?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/gridlock-how-will-the-fuel-protests-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/gridlock-how-will-the-fuel-protests-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Government rejects talks with protesters ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6EEKRJGA6EDCJBRB6TIXRBGWE.jpg?auth=63fd74f08fd079a2620c0b59285f57a153fe8ae7d4f1bc83ab2730aebd4af0c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People with their luggage walk past the heavy traffic on Dublin's M50 Northbound, due to vehicles taking part on the third day of a protest against rising fuel prices. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft takes $50bn in dividends from Ireland and Iran crisis dents IMF outlook]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/microsoft-takes-50bn-in-dividends-from-ireland-and-iran-crisis-dents-imf-outlook/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/microsoft-takes-50bn-in-dividends-from-ireland-and-iran-crisis-dents-imf-outlook/</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, 10 Apr 2026 05:31:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JWM2OJCXB4O77V77EM7QGMMPPE.jpg?auth=e8ef34dd59ceeab70811f6dcb0cddb05a837d43256d784b4c7acebead60af69a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Irish business paid almost $50 billion in dividends to their US parent last year. Photograph: Niall Carson / PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cystic fibrosis: ‘My goals then were to stay alive for the next weekend to go out’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/04/10/cystic-fibrosis-my-goals-then-were-to-stay-alive-for-the-next-weekend-to-go-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/04/10/cystic-fibrosis-my-goals-then-were-to-stay-alive-for-the-next-weekend-to-go-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Managing expectations about the future and enjoying the responsibility and fulfilment of being a parent is now to the forefront ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFWRHGKLDFCWFJTF4XMZGTUGMM.jpg?auth=07d199d5b0abfc74417945ee4043964b4230c30a4ef81c5ec43a04abd0908d87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy O'Toole, his wife Niki O'Toole and their daughter Naoise.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could tax revenue loss be hindering Ireland’s shift to renewables?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/could-tax-revenue-loss-be-hindering-irelands-shift-to-renewables/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/could-tax-revenue-loss-be-hindering-irelands-shift-to-renewables/</guid><description><![CDATA[A Limerick reader questions whether fiscal considerations are delaying the green transition]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Will return of the King herald a new dawn for Ireland’s women’s team?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/will-return-of-the-king-herald-a-new-dawn-for-irelands-womens-team/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/will-return-of-the-king-herald-a-new-dawn-for-irelands-womens-team/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Injury has kept Erin King off the squad for a year, but Ireland are putting all their faith in their new captain]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PFWZYLJD6ZHBLPKQQGASH4QYFI.jpg?auth=b888116f812fe2b83235e038c4afb6f9a38eba755ecdfa05fff8128d9cf8005a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erin King ‘embodies the Ireland women’s rugby player’, said Scott Bemand during the Six Nations launch. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sonia O’Sullivan: A lesson in world championship surfing on my doorstep at Bells Beach]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/10/sonia-osullivan-a-lesson-in-world-championship-surfing-on-my-doorstep-at-bells-beach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/04/10/sonia-osullivan-a-lesson-in-world-championship-surfing-on-my-doorstep-at-bells-beach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[About an hour’s drive from Melbourne, the beach is home to the world’s longest continuously running pro surfing competition, starting back in 1962]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2UUNYTYUXZFQRBW7CF5D72JHDA.jpg?auth=e9ea09e8ab40ad4400aa05380458c21b3ffa287536dc35d60acfc34e92250375&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jordy Smith of South Africa surfs at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia on April 9th. Photograph: Ed Sloane/World Surf League]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ed Sloane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing `peaceful’ about the fuel protests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/there-is-nothing-peaceful-about-the-fuel-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/there-is-nothing-peaceful-about-the-fuel-protests/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Government needs to get on with it before someone gets seriously hurt]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lara Marlowe: A far-right victory in France would be a win for Putin and Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/10/lara-marlowe-a-far-right-victory-in-france-would-be-a-win-for-putin-and-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/10/lara-marlowe-a-far-right-victory-in-france-would-be-a-win-for-putin-and-trump/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara Marlowe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The RN’s challenge for the next year is to bring on board the bulk of the right, the traditional right as well as their hard core far-right supporters]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TKP2PPD2NJ4WI5QAZJWVPZHEQ4.jpg?auth=4af3c664e5f92f3380c4741ffde4377f1ca73c5bf3e9bc4617c6bdeef1f1953d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French far-right party Rassemblement National's Jordan Bardella, kisses Marine Le Pen. Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alain Jocard</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Brown relishing the challenge as St Pat’s battle for Premier Division title]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/james-brown-relishing-chance-to-help-st-pats-hold-on-to-their-premier-division-crown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/10/james-brown-relishing-chance-to-help-st-pats-hold-on-to-their-premier-division-crown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The leaders host Shamrock Rovers in a mouthwatering derby in front of a sell-out crowd at Richmond Park]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4D7H3U76S7TTGGTXDWY37UMS5Q.jpg?auth=44659943bf8af62aba60f32ce89bdbcbf41571cf4271c219812a385a25d254c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sligo Rovers' Oliver Denham and James Brown of St Patrick's Athletic in action at Richmond Park on April 3rd. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orbán is openly pro-Putin and anti-EU, which means favoured treatment from Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/10/orban-is-openly-pro-putin-and-anti-eu-which-means-favoured-treatment-from-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/04/10/orban-is-openly-pro-putin-and-anti-eu-which-means-favoured-treatment-from-trump/</guid><description><![CDATA[The irony of JD Vance’s remarks about the EU – you couldn’t make it up]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Blindness paid for Mediterranean cruise and Majorca stay for businessman ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/charity-for-visually-impaired-bought-mediterranean-cruise-for-man-whose-firm-ran-monthly-raffle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/charity-for-visually-impaired-bought-mediterranean-cruise-for-man-whose-firm-ran-monthly-raffle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regulator’s report criticises level of board oversight at Dublin organisation Fighting Blindness]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TO7AK5RZNG2BOE7DKIY4YVGFEE.jpg?auth=96ac59f51876da6ec1ff920df3e9f0b82c68bf72dce6d237a64b570fee73f534&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fighting Blindness raised €8.38 million in 2018-2023 from its monthly private members’ draw, of which it paid out €3.57 million to two private companies involved in running the draw. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife and I felt shame when told our child needed glasses. We’d ignored the warnings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/a-trip-to-the-optician-proved-the-case-beyond-doubt-our-three-year-old-badly-needed-glasses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/a-trip-to-the-optician-proved-the-case-beyond-doubt-our-three-year-old-badly-needed-glasses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My wife and I felt shame, casting our minds back through  warnings we’d missed, when told our child needed spectacles]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5QKPSBBKTNGNTKHABNGIGPOYPA.jpg?auth=d839ca262d26d945da3a66dfb65a127e42ba33323eaf96f3d46d01812a7f34c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly: 'Watching her judiciously clean the lenses with her little cloth multiple times a day, it’s clear that part of the joy she takes in her glasses is in having things of her own and being granted responsibility to maintain them.' Photograph: Steve Ryan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Ryan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tadhg Furlong eyes European glory as Leinster prepare for Sale Sharks quarter-final at Aviva Stadium]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/tadhg-furlong-eyes-european-glory-as-leinster-prepare-for-sale-sharks-quarter-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/tadhg-furlong-eyes-european-glory-as-leinster-prepare-for-sale-sharks-quarter-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish prop reflects on Leinster’s highs, lows and the new style of knockout rugby]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EHVNH7GEXQBV3PEKSHYFMOGF34.jpg?auth=34966b44e1aa83aed63394b61af261abcd0c122e0363f39733e05ed7846be68c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Tadhg Furlong against Edinburgh in the Champions Cup. Photograph: Bryan Keane /Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s largest carbon polluters reduced emissions in 2025 - apart from two sectors]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/04/10/airlines-and-dairy-companies-in-ireland-increased-greenhouse-gas-emissions-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/04/10/airlines-and-dairy-companies-in-ireland-increased-greenhouse-gas-emissions-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rises contrast with overall drop in emissions from manufacturing and power sectors]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A2WLVHQG5NW7BFIARIHWDT27QE.jpg?auth=cab2563c6ee61c15c067e018653c51e6be1feef629b28ad38f2b443626cc423f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Airline emissions grew by just under 2 per cent and emissions from dairy processors by 3.6 per cent. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paulo Nunes dos Santos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It changed the mentality’: when Laois won the league, only to fall in the Battle of Aughrim]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/10/it-changed-the-mentality-when-laois-won-the-league-back-in-the-summer-of-86/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/10/it-changed-the-mentality-when-laois-won-the-league-back-in-the-summer-of-86/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Being crowned NFL Division One champions 40 years ago was ‘something special’, recalls former manager Kieran Brennan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4WXTSL4OGZCZTNTND54J2TKIPA.jpg?auth=fa8969547e03a9cd9e82a6995099ae9b5b6240b7f3e7dd68343eae695ce7d120&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Monaghan's Hugo Clerkin chases Liam Irwin of Laois during the National Football League Division One final in 1986. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Billy Stickland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Wood gets ideal scenario as he bids to back up Ryanair success ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/heart-wood-gets-ideal-scenario-as-he-bids-to-back-up-ryanair-success/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/04/10/heart-wood-gets-ideal-scenario-as-he-bids-to-back-up-ryanair-success/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Will The Wise one of Gavin Cromwell-trained trio taking on Grand National fences in Topham ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PVSOLHZZ43YR47DCTPKLQTVCJI.jpg?auth=6bfd0ae8c4a54ceb37aa3fd601015561ab5c03ae1d6681629159062e1c9ce08c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heart Wood ridden by Darragh O’Keeffe on their way to winning the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 12th. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons from Sweden’s saving scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/lessons-from-swedens-saving-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/lessons-from-swedens-saving-scheme/</guid><description><![CDATA[If designed carefully, such a reform could play a meaningful role in improving how Irish households save and invest]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Church services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/10/church-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/10/church-services/</guid><description><![CDATA[Week beginning Saturday, April 11th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/10/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/10/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 10th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GLOMZ2PGT5HARF2XED6DOBKUB4.jpg?auth=c2c3f18e9d75a349da5f18047b1589005bc975ba3428f3f6a247ec4a3ba509d2&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[Family ties abound at 101st Army cadet class ceremony]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/family-ties-abound-at-101st-army-cadet-class-ceremony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/10/family-ties-abound-at-101st-army-cadet-class-ceremony/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brothers Alex and Simon Gallagher, from Co Antrim, among new members of the Defence Forces ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZFRUI3G6NH4JL73FPGEMI7QCY.jpeg?auth=ad05d88cc4520e82830bebf2db2569f4e572378047445da905537e653cc84aac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lieut Cian Whittaker with his father, Maj Gen John Whittaker, Defence Forces deputy chief of staff (operations). Photograph: Defence Forces]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Williams: For the integrity of the game, I hope Leinster smash Sale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/matt-williams-for-the-integrity-of-the-game-i-hope-leinster-smash-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/10/matt-williams-for-the-integrity-of-the-game-i-hope-leinster-smash-sale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Williams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is an old saying in rugby that if you disrespect your opponent, you are inviting disappointment into your life]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SALEZSE5OJD3LBDWX262YSKO7Q.jpg?auth=c02201482c8846401a77393d15ab952e39e0a955cafac0428f6eb973d8b96e48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Tommy O'Brien dives to score his side's second try against Edinburgh. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora: ‘We’re off on the adventure of a lifetime while the world is on fire’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/padraig-ohora-were-off-on-the-adventure-of-a-lifetime-while-the-world-is-still-on-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/10/padraig-ohora-were-off-on-the-adventure-of-a-lifetime-while-the-world-is-still-on-fire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former Mayo footballer is having both positive and negative thoughts about his planned assault on Everest’s summit]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I7SF45BNJ5G63LEORIC67TR53U.jpg?auth=ceec5b264fd34b80ad2f475caf1a27cf8c26f6caa8a73fb4d954a0d699ac253a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A trekker on the Khumbu valley in Dughla, Nepal. Photograph: Heath Holden/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Heath Holden</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The late Gabriel Rosenstock wrote Letters to the Editor for 50 years. Here are just a few]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/the-late-gabriel-rosenstock-wrote-letters-to-the-editor-for-50-years-here-are-just-a-few/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/the-late-gabriel-rosenstock-wrote-letters-to-the-editor-for-50-years-here-are-just-a-few/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish language poet, haikuist, translator and author  wrote dozens of Letters to the Editor from 1974-2025]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PE2XK2S72ADVAHASK5JBSZS3RA.jpg?auth=23b70be3141641f0d5d14bb430340a815f17f6f06275d5189fcbdd4140fb55de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish language poet Gabriel Rosenstock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fawning focus on the Artemis II mission reveals a disturbing arrogance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/10/diarmaid-ferriter-fawning-focus-on-the-artemis-ii-mission-reveals-a-disturbing-arrogance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/10/diarmaid-ferriter-fawning-focus-on-the-artemis-ii-mission-reveals-a-disturbing-arrogance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We should leave the moon alone]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UK2YZLD3DS5O4724Q2OXENW5YU.jpg?auth=90929048dcb4f22b87a9bb29a1ab9cbf3580dfa583360a70beffaa1811f2be7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Earthset captured by the Artemis II crew from the Orion Integrity spacecraft during their flyby around the far side of the Moon on Monday. Photograph: Nasa via The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nasa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a reason why just three players have won back-to-back Masters]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/10/johnny-watterson-it-will-take-a-huge-mental-leap-for-rory-mcilroy-to-win-back-to-back-masters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/10/johnny-watterson-it-will-take-a-huge-mental-leap-for-rory-mcilroy-to-win-back-to-back-masters/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defending champion Rory McIlroy has made an impressive first round, but he will have to put it out of his mind that there’s a target on his back ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S36KV5S6M55COLPEOLFUS5D37M.jpg?auth=00ede21bf740699391f6e6f405a83d21cfb856d84dcdac9b10da23133e2b6f2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy prepares for a shot on the first hole during the first round of the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on Thursday. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Redington</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artemis II unnecessary to see state o’ chassis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-unnecessary-to-see-state-o-chassis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-unnecessary-to-see-state-o-chassis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Long before AI, there was Captain Boyle]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Plight of names’ apostrophe catastrophe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/plight-of-names-apostrophe-catastrophe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/plight-of-names-apostrophe-catastrophe/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘Your name caused merry hell’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Honda 50 memories and fuel shortages: A 1970s flashback]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/honda-50-memories-and-fuel-shortages-a-1970s-flashback/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/honda-50-memories-and-fuel-shortages-a-1970s-flashback/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reader Tom Daly recalls struggling to find petrol in Limerick, drawing parallels with today’s fuel debates]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Education needs bigger thinking as well as tighter budgeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/education-needs-bigger-thinking-as-well-as-tighter-budgeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/10/education-needs-bigger-thinking-as-well-as-tighter-budgeting/</guid><description><![CDATA[Chronic underfunding means spending overruns are inevitable]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 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[Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five new beauty launches to take note of this spring: CeraVe suncare, YSL lipsticks and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/10/five-new-beauty-launches-to-take-note-of-this-spring-cerave-suncare-ysl-lipsticks-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/10/five-new-beauty-launches-to-take-note-of-this-spring-cerave-suncare-ysl-lipsticks-and-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone  Gannon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From haircare to affordable suncare and multi-use make-up sticks, these products are worth keeping an eye on]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDQ3NBSMMJEFPPA3VNQZFKX42Y.jpg?auth=99c8de75934f1263182201b0eaa59963385bf786ff7e432acdaf420b96796c75&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[From haircare to affordable suncare and multi-use make-up sticks, here are five new beauty launches to take note of this spring]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy: ‘Sometimes the trajectory of your life hinges on one single moment’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/skulduggery-pleasant-author-derek-landy-sometimes-the-trajectory-of-your-life-hinges-on-one-single-moment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/10/skulduggery-pleasant-author-derek-landy-sometimes-the-trajectory-of-your-life-hinges-on-one-single-moment/</guid><description><![CDATA[While I was working on the farm, I was writing in my head. Every break time, every lunch after work, I would go straight to the page]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G2KMLVAMXZAARFWBEW5MLOOGWM.jpg?auth=fc0dc6eb7ba08bc25619ab293cf7721714b99dd52db58560a3a5081dbf717104&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Derek Landy, author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brid O Donovan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How vulnerable is Ireland’s economy to global unrest and oil-price shocks?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/how-vulnerable-is-irelands-economy-to-global-unrest-and-oil-price-shocks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/how-vulnerable-is-irelands-economy-to-global-unrest-and-oil-price-shocks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Economists argue for targeted fuel supports and spending our taxation largesse on infrastructure to eliminate bottlenecks]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X5QILYM2D2KUBA45E36XTJ54EE.jpg?auth=85db043d9ed632c8cc5ed8b0e50264d49cc661f3392674c4cc76b9d7e21e22fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Minister for Finance Simon Harris at a press conference on Tuesday to discuss first-quarter exchequer returns. Photograph: Bairbre Holmes/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bairbre Holmes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy challenges Irish plan to ban disposable vapes in rare intervention]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/10/italian-government-challenges-irish-plan-to-ban-disposable-vapes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/10/italian-government-challenges-irish-plan-to-ban-disposable-vapes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department of Health legislation to ban single-use vapes criticised as disproportionate by Rome]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TADX36M6H22C2R5GUAH37MNYNA.jpg?auth=f6295c867918fd146d9d81d9bc2c1f698206a85a06876fa2a7f9a059fea28a88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vaping products alongside children's toys in a shop in Talbot Street, Dublin. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government open to talks with fuel protesters but blockades must end first, Taoiseach says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/10/government-open-to-talks-with-fuel-protesters-but-blockades-must-end-first-taoiseach-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/10/government-open-to-talks-with-fuel-protesters-but-blockades-must-end-first-taoiseach-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Further relief measures possible, but only through established channels]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNA24ZUMROLSAWUVRRL6NZWHPA.JPG?auth=a88f97ece7f4c14597e7923079036c3e468297230d49a34524ad0c549e3584be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel protesters close off routes on O’Connell Street, Dublin. 9 April 2026. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China played a quiet but crucial role in the US-Iran ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/10/china-played-quiet-but-crucial-role-in-us-iran-ceasefire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/04/10/china-played-quiet-but-crucial-role-in-us-iran-ceasefire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Discretion about the role it may have played in persuading Iran to accept the ceasefire reflects China’s general approach to mediation]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AQRGFGJQVAXZBV7KM4N4XU75Y.jpg?auth=9a4815941f44b6fcd3bcc34a34a155fbcbbf3b9ba052be5d6ff267ac42d62ac0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denis Staunton Columnist Pic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s first observer report on protest policing raises several concerns ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/irelands-first-observer-report-on-protest-policing-raises-several-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/04/10/irelands-first-observer-report-on-protest-policing-raises-several-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newly established Irish Network of Legal Observers flags emerging trends in frontline conduct ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SCNHQOB37FGU7F3S6R7QESOJD4.jpg?auth=718be2625bbaa638143e06e667b38379a1b3d2e66749b06024dea31391d1c1cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The newly formed Irish Network of Legal Observers says the vast majority of protests in Ireland are policed 'largely within the parameters' of human rights legislation. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romantic Georgian residence surrounded by natural beauty in Co Carlow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/10/romantic-georgian-residence-surrounded-by-natural-beauty-in-co-carlow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/04/10/romantic-georgian-residence-surrounded-by-natural-beauty-in-co-carlow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well-proportioned home occupies 20 acres of grounds overlooking the river Barrow]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HAJYUM6TRFAVNDHUB7LCZKR4N4.jpg?auth=9be42a8784b3c140f3c54d8d351e06d219c81e976160cedd2abe09512726acfd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brandon View, Saint Mullins, Co Carlow]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two modern French wines with lower alcohol and keen prices]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/10/two-modern-french-wines-with-lower-alcohol-and-keenly-priced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/10/two-modern-french-wines-with-lower-alcohol-and-keenly-priced/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wines for the Weekend: This white is made from colombard and ugni blanc, while the red is a blend of three Languedoc grapes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X5VGDOC7WFEOXPB6BVHZ2OOOYM.jpg?auth=a6c92e1c555fe21e980c9dd89518231ee11252e6c5a35d93c80ccf5d4227753f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two O'Briens wines from the Languedoc, both at a lower price ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picasso’s war masterpiece triggers Spanish political spat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/picassos-war-masterpiece-triggers-spanish-political-spat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/04/10/picassos-war-masterpiece-triggers-spanish-political-spat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Basque president labelled ‘oikish’ for requesting transfer of Guernica painting to Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RYX2CBN3MEDZVHHSPCSY2LPJX4.jpg?auth=81593a824b137af3dbfe30c12170476768588435b8784fe7b23637dd6320bcc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pablo Picasso’s Guernica: Basque politicians want the painting moved to their region]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Healy-Rae, the Minister who sympathises with protesters, has his cake and eats it ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/10/michael-healy-rae-the-minister-who-sympathises-with-protesters-has-his-cake-and-eats-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/10/michael-healy-rae-the-minister-who-sympathises-with-protesters-has-his-cake-and-eats-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mick Heaney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Radio: John Cooke keeps the peace amid an on-air cacophony while, on The Hard Shoulder, Shane Coleman warns of anarchy]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q5VWFLPBR5F6DILAY766I4Q3KM.JPG?auth=1d4cf5b5ca2da71990be7ba577b09dc8de02aab817b80d2c08c52c3cef0e13ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Healy-Rae protected his political flank. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man running the Irish firm selling roughly 12 million burgers a week to McDonald’s]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/dawn-meats-chief-our-new-turnover-is-475-billion-that-makes-us-a-big-butcher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/dawn-meats-chief-our-new-turnover-is-475-billion-that-makes-us-a-big-butcher/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dawn Meats chief Niall Browne on the potential for its New Zealand deal, why red meat is good for us, and climate change challenges for the industry]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M2DD33NXQVANZF2CZ6F5WNBY2A.JPG?auth=acbe0ba628e49c63a7b75faf8134525482cc5a3bd6cdeb68c583a1cb468d61bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall Browne of Dawn Meats: ‘Red meat is actually very good for human health.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stranger review: eerily beautiful, psychologically acute Camus adaptation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/the-stranger-review-eerily-beautiful-psychologically-acute-camus-adaptation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/the-stranger-review-eerily-beautiful-psychologically-acute-camus-adaptation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[François Ozon’s project, though touched with adjacent misery, represents a desirable sort of existence]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ED5U4P22HBATZGTUEBHVYRIBJY.jpeg?auth=d85232705524847adda0af3e115b6af878c73e81944f08c76a1625fdead3fc3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Stranger by François Ozon: one might reasonably argue it is too beautiful]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father Mother Sister Brother review: The lowest point of Jim Jarmusch’s wildly uneven film is sadly the Dublin section]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/father-mother-sister-brother-review-this-films-low-point-is-the-dublin-section/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/father-mother-sister-brother-review-this-films-low-point-is-the-dublin-section/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jim Jarmusch’s anthology of three family dramas is wildly uneven – Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps are miscast]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SKERECPTE25CH5PTQZ4UPGKNHQ.jpg?auth=8b6b686bd81d65f56a8724270ecd69718703cda783056733972efe798d4a22cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Father Mother Sister Brother: Vicky Krieps as Lilith, Cate Blanchett as Timothea and Charlotte Rampling as Mother. Photograph: Yorick Le Saux/Vague Notion]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vague Notion/Yorick Le Saux</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undertone review: Creepy Catholic iconography adds to unease of debut director’s eerie chiller]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/undertone-review-creepy-catholic-iconography-adds-to-unease-of-debut-directors-eerie-chiller/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/04/10/undertone-review-creepy-catholic-iconography-adds-to-unease-of-debut-directors-eerie-chiller/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ian Tuason shot the film in his own childhood home, where he cared for both parents at the end of their lives]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WL2JXM5IUGQRHMWUJ7ZRFLVJC4.jpg?auth=c2962a4e1d1719d8ead847764c8e5a07fb3a545957b0fd4b0cd1de98eb718990&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Undertone: Nina Kiri as Evy. Photograph: A24/All rights reserved]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">A24</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why staff performance reviews need a makeover]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/10/why-staff-performance-reviews-need-a-makeover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/10/why-staff-performance-reviews-need-a-makeover/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bethan Staton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ritual of awkward once-a-year conversations often fails to provide constructive feedback]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRGXAX4NVREGHP6FK5WUTTLEUY.jpg?auth=799458fa9a1082e7c245b56afa02f08bae4965a9de94b54c9fbae3af7575230e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workplace reviews: 'once-a-year, form-filling appraisal is increasingly out of step with how fast-moving hybrid teams actually operate.' Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SDI Productions</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinergy may invest up to €35m to expand solar power supplies  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/pinergy-may-invest-up-to-35m-to-expand-solar-power-supplies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/10/pinergy-may-invest-up-to-35m-to-expand-solar-power-supplies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Electricity group moves as businesses face prospect of rising energy costs]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FFOCVPIWPXERJFJAWIS5OQOZOE.jpg?auth=23cf672420f7c28ab06fba0f2e5466e22601208b65a7a84a21f03eeffc62a065&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pinergy plans to significantly expand its solar business in Ireland. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wirecard trial shows the risks of slow legal process]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/04/10/wirecard-trial-shows-the-risks-of-slow-legal-process/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/04/10/wirecard-trial-shows-the-risks-of-slow-legal-process/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olaf Storbeck]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Financial crime cases can be vulnerable to long delays and procedural gridlock]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DFNCDRSGS24KUWAEBKFXPFMFVA.jpg?auth=c841ad375343f5ce4d7fb178373af9b7eb24788b515b118d66392f07adae9d48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun has been in detention for more than five years as his fraud trial works through the process. 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