<?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/2026-04-25/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:04:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland hasn’t vanished over the past 50 years – it has simply changed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/26/ireland-hasnt-vanished-over-the-past-50-years-it-has-simply-changed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/26/ireland-hasnt-vanished-over-the-past-50-years-it-has-simply-changed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Finola Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: If a rule were introduced that only one income could be used for a mortgage, would house prices collapse?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ECRY4CHELVGZVLQMD3VHASWRSU.jpg?auth=3ed224c738b999e4a17b83f31009d5be7d01757d97e4665a154fab229d3fcbb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People walking across O'Connell Bridge in Dublin in 1978. 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Photograph: Roberto Bregani/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Roberto Bregani</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump hosts crypto contest winners at Mar-a-Lago as his meme coin plunges in value]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/25/trump-hosts-crypto-contest-winners-at-mar-a-lago-as-his-meme-coin-plunges-in-value/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/25/trump-hosts-crypto-contest-winners-at-mar-a-lago-as-his-meme-coin-plunges-in-value/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Conlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ethics experts raise concerns as US president’s family has earned more than $1bn from crypto ventures]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:08:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7XVDEBOEY3UKZZILQEVFCAS7V4.jpg?auth=697be0c53b286b0ec3a77a36a4a3c2047dab835cef914f179a70f259fed27f63&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 boards Air Force One after appearing at a crypto-industry conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday. 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Photograph: Glyn Kirk/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Glyn Kirk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TJ Reid breaks championship scoring record as Kilkenny demolish Wexford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/tj-reid-breaks-championship-scoring-record-as-kilkenny-demolish-wexford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/tj-reid-breaks-championship-scoring-record-as-kilkenny-demolish-wexford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Cats fired in four second-half goals to crush the visitors and the contest with them]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:34:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X2VH5RLXFW4XB4MK4C5OUO42GI.jpg?auth=4113f768a0a91d0825d7f3d6376e1f954b7b36feccea40ae6dec48ba0dac21e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kilkenny's TJ Reid celebrates scoring a free. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leah Scholes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster’s young side show potential despite Munster defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/ulsters-young-side-show-potential-despite-munster-defeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/ulsters-young-side-show-potential-despite-munster-defeat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Injuries forced rotational side, but Richie Murphy says some big hitters may be fit for next Saturday’s Challenge Cup semi-final]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:18:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AXUQH4WVD5FGHLJ64I3H75ZSPE.jpg?auth=cd3619809b0cba215a70053a5ad6cec3023a1920d7eb1de934821eff9d09efc9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster's Harry Sheridan celebrates as his team scores a try. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Nick Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster 41 Ulster 14: Four-try John Hodnett leads Munster to comfortable win at Thomond Park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/live-munster-v-ulster-updates-provinces-meet-in-urc-at-thomond-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/live-munster-v-ulster-updates-provinces-meet-in-urc-at-thomond-park/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Young Ulster side start strong but couldn’t keep pace with hosts after the restart]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:06:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HLW72LX3IFAVJJ5AV4GK5KILLU.jpg?auth=35ad4c0e77d016482cf65cd420d03eea52db5f488b4d159dfa3a8ec984517469&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BKT United Rugby Championship, Thomond Park, Limerick 25/4/2026 
Munster vs Ulster  
Munster's John Hodnett scores his sides sixth try of the match
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Photograph: Tony Maxwell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TONY MAXWELL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armagh book spot in Ulster semi-finals after high-scoring win over Fermanagh]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/armagh-book-spot-in-ulster-semi-finals-after-high-scoring-win-over-fermanagh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/armagh-book-spot-in-ulster-semi-finals-after-high-scoring-win-over-fermanagh/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Cauldwell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kieran McGeeney’s side gave a clinical display of shooting in the first half in particular]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DYFYHUCWU73JZIVXJEGMAD2SR4.jpg?auth=f05c83ebcb4bb67e42b9d96a579e57a027cfd7e8f36f6d97a05f62f0018d7e00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Armagh's Conor Turbitt. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump cancels envoys’ Pakistan trip, in blow to hopes for Iran war breakthrough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/25/trump-cancels-envoys-pakistan-trip-in-blow-to-hopes-for-iran-war-breakthrough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/25/trump-cancels-envoys-pakistan-trip-in-blow-to-hopes-for-iran-war-breakthrough/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president accuses Iranian leadership of confusion and infighting, saying ‘we have all the cards’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:43:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXPP23QK3JIGELAC5CXSOOFHEQ.jpg?auth=f7ba4e31d8c2aadbfad9b5755405783779314d2c93cca80d8286f90c496f3637&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and JD Vance at a news conference on April 12th after meeting representatives from Pakistan and Iran. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacquelyn Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Relihan and Michael Hedigan reclaim All-Ireland 4-Wall senior doubles title]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/daniel-relihan-and-michael-hedigan-reclaim-all-ireland-4-wall-senior-doubles-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/daniel-relihan-and-michael-hedigan-reclaim-all-ireland-4-wall-senior-doubles-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Liscarroll clubmen gained revenge on Kilkenny brothers Peter and Patrick Funchion]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:01:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NU22WDWYIJAEJFG4ETH5J63KBU.jpg?auth=def6be5c8d4dfed065393fd7578f08425f749f07f264ed0c628f97c946fc447e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Relihan of Cork celebrates after his side's victory. Photograph: Stephen Marken]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welsh and Scottish elections in May could energise Irish unity debate, says Sinn Féin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/welsh-and-scottish-elections-in-may-could-energise-irish-unity-debate-says-sinn-fein/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/welsh-and-scottish-elections-in-may-could-energise-irish-unity-debate-says-sinn-fein/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leaders of Plaid Cymru and SNP join chat with SF delegates in Belfast hosted by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SIQZ3I33ZQ54CSRJK25EGMYZB4.jpg?auth=f3a3f6b2720b89449a94c6707aedd4e0b569de5b1d92097c3a6c94496a419ed3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald and vice-president Michelle O'Neill on the second day of the party's ardfheis in Belfast. Photograph: Claudia Savage/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Claudia Savage</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party faithful stand behind Sinn Féin leader and unite for selfie at ardfheis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/party-faithful-stand-behind-sinn-fein-leader-and-unite-for-selfie-at-ardfheis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/party-faithful-stand-behind-sinn-fein-leader-and-unite-for-selfie-at-ardfheis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mary Lou McDonald insists she will lead party into next election despite claims of dissatisfaction with her leadership]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKH22GKAGQ36MKB5TK25CUEYFQ.jpg?auth=e587668a4e828a124978285f7fbc55dc91942cdd539f308f13ac910d695c1755&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and vice-president and North's First Minister Michelle O'Neill at the party's ardfheis on Saturday. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FA Cup semi-final: Manchester City come back after Finn Azaz had given Southampton lead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/fa-cup-semi-final-manchester-city-come-back-after-finn-azaz-had-given-southampton-lead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/fa-cup-semi-final-manchester-city-come-back-after-finn-azaz-had-given-southampton-lead/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nico Gonzalez won the game with an 87th-minute piledriver to put City in the final]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:48:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3B32WADM3ZMHLSWVPCOAAPBD4M.jpg?auth=152afc9b8337121e10f9ab69d9dda1e2bc58b53176b29999428062984b3a0bad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Southampton's Finn Azaz scores against Manchester City. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway given a scare before putting Leitrim to the sword to make Connacht final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/galway-given-a-scare-before-putting-leitrim-to-the-sword-to-make-connacht-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/galway-given-a-scare-before-putting-leitrim-to-the-sword-to-make-connacht-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[PJ Leddy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two second-half Leitrim goals put the home side in the hunt before Galway took charge again]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:32:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXQHTEUMHTBCGEJCGKGSFZJKPQ.jpg?auth=dad0caf94a63dcfcb527847a00580f512435650b50a3408883776e06e5896106&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shane Walsh of Galway takes a free. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connacht fail to make it two from two in South Africa as they come up short against Lions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/connacht-fail-to-make-it-two-from-two-in-south-africa-as-they-come-up-short-against-lions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/connacht-fail-to-make-it-two-from-two-in-south-africa-as-they-come-up-short-against-lions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linley MacKenzie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The home side made a strong start and Connacht failed to make up the difference]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:51:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6HUZSJ5LLWHDOHW77RMMCMOJ7Y.jpg?auth=e2c627b7b309c763252179a407b8e9676e88763de6bbef17a7f91a488c744829&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lions' Henco Van Wyk scores his side's second try of the match. Photograph: Christiaan Kotze/Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Haag Sports</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry utilise experience and guile to see off Clare’s challenge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/kerry-utilise-experience-and-guile-to-see-off-clares-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/kerry-utilise-experience-and-guile-to-see-off-clares-challenge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goals by Clifford brothers crucial to see off stubborn Banner county]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A7FA4IDYQIBCPXEOEVGSOKAUPM.jpg?auth=0bbf9c7eef97299c0187af8fe0a565384112c43e7f65fd7f643f3af0b5403753&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's Paudie Clifford celebrates. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Sheridan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cork battle past Tipperary to reach Munster final for first time since 2021]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/cork-battle-past-tipperary-to-reach-munster-final-for-first-time-since-2021/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/cork-battle-past-tipperary-to-reach-munster-final-for-first-time-since-2021/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stage is set for provincial final with Kerry on May 10th]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DL2ZNNZILJKOEJTL5GCOPRZDPI.jpg?auth=13432f1fc20cbe7a9f21d8a1ef1b23052c4b95584c53675680f52a2dc418556c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's Chris Óg Jones and Mark Corcoran of Tipperary. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan for Iran talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/25/iran-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-latest-live-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/25/iran-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-latest-live-updates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iran’s foreign minister flies out of Islamabad, dealing a new setback to peace prospects]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RROPHHT6BIII42B7AGIJGXDJG4.jpg?auth=4358708436d74240e31215a221fee0d489f823e132c8e3a61a60db4753fa66df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US envoys Steve Witkoff (right) and Jared Kushner. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacquelyn Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double silver for Ireland at French Olympic Week for Eve McMahon and Robert Dickson-Seán Waddilove]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/25/double-silver-for-ireland-at-french-olympic-week-for-eve-mcmahon-and-robert-dickson-sean-waddilove/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/25/double-silver-for-ireland-at-french-olympic-week-for-eve-mcmahon-and-robert-dickson-sean-waddilove/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is McMahon’s second medal of the sailing Grand Slam Series in 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6MDGHYUGBNE5PCQSJFMVGX6AAM.jpg?auth=b194d1e3aeead3beeaa784afaf8bff1352ed8f7965dc686598671005fbfe87da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove celebrate. Photograph: Andrew Conan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conan Sailing Photography/Andrew Conan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden car compartment contained €5m ‘tick-list’ of cash movements, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/25/hidden-car-compartment-contained-5m-tick-list-of-cash-movements-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/25/hidden-car-compartment-contained-5m-tick-list-of-cash-movements-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Car was stopped in Blackrock, Co Dublin and €117,000 in suspected crime proceeds found]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:31:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MY5ZLS3I65FWHG7MHSPX4QLDL4.JPG?auth=7fc7300f6cb3d609ffe934591f5d1ceee03b0a469019657ac9d88e28b9c06138&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Labourer Alan Smith (45) of Ballintree Villas, Tyrrellstown, Dublin 15, was arrested by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. Stock 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[Mark Allen through to World Snooker Championship quarter-finals after beating Wilson]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/25/mark-allen-through-to-world-snooker-championship-quarter-finals-after-beating-wilson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/04/25/mark-allen-through-to-world-snooker-championship-quarter-finals-after-beating-wilson/</guid><description><![CDATA[Co Antrim man will face Barry Hawkins or Mark Williams in last eight of the Crucible]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:47:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WYRQEYMENHSPOB6KML6RESAG2Q.jpg?auth=63a7a656aa47dd06ba8f0946382e3e60970a5875c3c3fa80834652253f2114aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Allen celebrates after his match against Kyren Wilson. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Richard Sellers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 90% of adults with ADHD have diagnosis for separate condition, says  GP]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/25/up-to-90-of-adults-with-adhd-also-have-diagnosis-for-separate-condition-says-leading-gp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/04/25/up-to-90-of-adults-with-adhd-also-have-diagnosis-for-separate-condition-says-leading-gp/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sleep issues and anxiety are common co-morbidities for ADHD, which has seen increasing diagnosis levels in recent years]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DC4CH7MY4FCXLOMJTG3WHKIQ3U.JPG?auth=d3d6ef6bb69d221983a4417398f8528ec04032d2f3eb1b5fc1f18be43140ced0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr Aoife O'Sullivan and Dr Ciara McCarthy, the clinical leads for mental health and women's health respectively at the Irish College of General Practitioners. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: Black Bag; Afloat; and You Want What We’ve Got: Big Tech v Big Journalism ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/books-in-brief-black-bag-afloat-and-you-want-what-weve-got-big-tech-v-big-journalism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/books-in-brief-black-bag-afloat-and-you-want-what-weve-got-big-tech-v-big-journalism/</guid><description><![CDATA[An offbeat meditation on masculinity by Luke Brennan, an intimate study of the small-boat traditions of the Atlantic by David Gange, and a warning from Jason Whittaker]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2E6ORL6EA2EWGU2NFAEAXMVSM.jpg?auth=63d0f8b1d00798bdc2efb97f2c0d55e0d112c1008a76bb8ba04b2fc2824be17c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Luke Kennard: unique angle]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outcry over conditions of young calves imported into Netherlands from Ireland ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/25/outcry-over-conditions-of-young-calves-imported-into-netherlands-from-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/25/outcry-over-conditions-of-young-calves-imported-into-netherlands-from-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dutch investigation finds bull calves have no food or water for about 24 hours on journey from Ireland  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SS7JKFMKQFH5NKOUQFKHTC7G7A.jpg?auth=1e4874cab5e6d2405d081b95875332b1347f00bb71f540e6631d165655aaf67f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Using tag numbers, the investigation tracked more than 10,000 calves from their birth in Ireland to their arrival at 85 farms in the Netherlands. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ngaga35</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developer assaulted three boys in ‘traumatic’ Sligo business park incident, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/25/developer-assaulted-three-boys-in-traumatic-sligo-business-park-incident-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/04/25/developer-assaulted-three-boys-in-traumatic-sligo-business-park-incident-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sorcha Crowley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[40-year-old Cathal O’Connor pleaded guilty to three counts of assault causing harm]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:26:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4RTKYC7MZEA5FVW75CRJ5QPJY.JPG?auth=69d9b80b766819e0b523f454d2de5b1cf9677bd98b64b23ee06bcea21cbefc19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Six other charges of threats to kill and false imprisonment were taken into consideration.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Pat’s go top, pitch debates in Derry: Friday’s League of Ireland lessons]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/st-pats-go-top-pitch-debates-in-derry-fridays-league-of-ireland-lessons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/st-pats-go-top-pitch-debates-in-derry-fridays-league-of-ireland-lessons/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stephen Kenny’s side capitalise on Shamrock Rovers’ defeat in Derry to climb to the summit]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:23:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RTUYAS3PLP3AK2BJ4QFG7REY2U.jpg?auth=e175cf1cadbf73abf4b069621c6b96d0b1216338fc087154e9de5bf658d2c835&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryan Edmondson celebrates scoring a second goal for St Pat's against Bohemians at Richmond Park on Friday. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rathwood goes into examinership, says it is ‘not in a position’ to issue customer refunds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/25/rathwood-goes-into-examinership-says-it-is-not-in-a-position-to-issue-customer-refunds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/25/rathwood-goes-into-examinership-says-it-is-not-in-a-position-to-issue-customer-refunds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a statement published on its website, the Carlow-based home and garden centre said it would continue to trade as normal during examinership process]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:46:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UV3MCNRCERFLZFSB3KEBRWYWEM.jpg?auth=2b7d98d1bb97e20c140c863181116e677688a4438bd92432a0bef44fc66f80fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rathwood Home and Garden World directors Thomas and James Keogh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two killed in US strike on boat suspected of drug trafficking in eastern Pacific]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/25/two-killed-in-us-strike-on-boat-suspected-of-drug-trafficking-in-eastern-pacific/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/25/two-killed-in-us-strike-on-boat-suspected-of-drug-trafficking-in-eastern-pacific/</guid><description><![CDATA[Death toll in controversial US campaign reaches at least 182]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TQD3RM3267KE6NWSYWRLUKXVOM.jpg?auth=09cf66d12d81cf9fe4a36529d4e0e15e1c8f3079af0b2b6d37ac932f89cf6202&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gen Francis Donovan of the Marine Corps, head of the Southern Command, ordered the strike. File photograph: New York Times     ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extensive gorse fires took hold on Blackstairs Mountains overnight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/25/extensive-gorse-fires-took-hold-on-blackstairs-mountains-overnight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/25/extensive-gorse-fires-took-hold-on-blackstairs-mountains-overnight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Slater]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An orange high forest fire risk rating is in place until Monday and the public are being urged not to light fires or use barbecues]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:46:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4NV6JFW5JZCLNGMWYU2PJGSOE4.png?auth=e903d5da5cfef28f981802ab40f0ca286dd72b9cbca093c63737eca693687735&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gorse fires overnight on the Blackstairs Mountains. Photograph: Carlow Fire and Rescue]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo is the religious leader non-believers needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/pope-leo-is-the-religious-leader-non-believers-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/pope-leo-is-the-religious-leader-non-believers-needed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His opposition to Donald Trump and the war on Iran is only a part of what makes Leo a unique and important figure in our time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YN5FSWASMKDMOZI7DJ2LGSI7E4.jpg?auth=14675a776722513f60978ea8466ad965ce6a7268767ca804fba7cf4be1fad55e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the level of global leadership, Pope Leo XIV seems to be the only figure thinking and speaking from a place of moral seriousness about our current impasse. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alberto Pizzoli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adi Roche: My nightmare is that the next Chernobyl event occurs at Chernobyl itself]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/adi-roche-my-worst-nightmare-is-that-the-next-chornobyl-could-be-chornobyl-itself/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/adi-roche-my-worst-nightmare-is-that-the-next-chornobyl-could-be-chornobyl-itself/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adi Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There may be a view that the nuclear disaster is an event from long ago and no longer poses a threat, but the reality is very different ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R4D4OHQYNFCKTIEPWDGY5IMVFQ.jpg?auth=65c5b7b8edce13370de8df29f42b0bf8dff8464e111a74753b93c2b5b66a6085&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The deserted Chernobyl zone at Pripyat, Ukraine. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anton Petrus</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s population is told it has never been richer, yet it has never felt poorer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/sinead-osullivan-irelands-population-is-told-it-has-never-been-richer-yet-it-has-never-felt-poorer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/sinead-osullivan-irelands-population-is-told-it-has-never-been-richer-yet-it-has-never-felt-poorer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The State takes in €126bn a year and cannot create a civil protection agency, a gas storage facility or a train to Donegal]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7I7HGE5S4PGO7EZSF5BHOKV2L4.jpg?auth=977d48ee8090e968d6f52cb49d82ab6c5cc96190ac56d5255f55c0e6cde5a56e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Grass-fed beef and dairy produced in a temperate Atlantic climate and on land that has supported pastoral farming for 4,000 years is the textbook case of comparative advantage. Photograph: James Horan/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department of Education to receive €646m to fill budget hole ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/04/25/department-of-education-to-receive-646-million-to-fill-budget-hole/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/04/25/department-of-education-to-receive-646-million-to-fill-budget-hole/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne, Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Other departments to contribute €446m while €200m drawn from contingency fund]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q4DFEI7TK5E6XCCZPO2CURC4XQ.JPG?auth=4929991a4b481777bdd01077d383d08f353b579884d6217041b9c0856f96f794&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton. 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[Malachy Clerkin: So, are we going to keep submitting to misogynistic abuse?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/malachy-clerkin-so-are-we-going-to-keep-submitting-to-misogynistic-abuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/malachy-clerkin-so-are-we-going-to-keep-submitting-to-misogynistic-abuse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This week it was the turn of Karren Brady and Vogue Williams to find themselves in the crosshairs of online misogynists]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQ6JVEO5EJ3XIIKVWBHROQEZVE.jpg?auth=96d3e6bc826d989787ae2149c56bcb0e9c51a7a636292f79cc1a54d34a781bec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Karren Brady announced this week she was stepping down as vice-chair of West Ham after 16 years at the Premier League club. The announcement was followed by predictable abuse. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Glyn Kirk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Irish troops confronted protesting citizens ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/when-irish-troops-confronted-protesting-citizens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/when-irish-troops-confronted-protesting-citizens/</guid><description><![CDATA[And also when they didn’t]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[The death of the ‘real Ginger Man’, Gainor Crist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/the-death-of-the-real-ginger-man-gainor-crist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/the-death-of-the-real-ginger-man-gainor-crist/</guid><description><![CDATA[JP Donleavy always maintained that there was no proof Crist died in Tenerife]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[Claims that solar developments could undermine national food security stretch credulity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/claims-that-solar-developments-could-undermine-national-food-security-stretch-credulity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/claims-that-solar-developments-could-undermine-national-food-security-stretch-credulity/</guid><description><![CDATA[Golf courses, which also take land out of food production, are rarely framed as a threat to national food security]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[Fossil fuels and climate change impact women’s rights]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/fossil-fuels-and-climate-change-impact-womens-rights/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/fossil-fuels-and-climate-change-impact-womens-rights/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only a structural shift to clean energy can deliver real security]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[Split opinions on Sitka spruce’s biodiversity value]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/split-opinions-on-sitka-spruces-biodiversity-value/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/split-opinions-on-sitka-spruces-biodiversity-value/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are such plantations ‘alive to all forms of native flora and fauna’ or do they ‘limit biodersity almost completely’? ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[Buyers pay €110,000 premium for energy-efficient homes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/buyers-pay-110000-premium-for-energy-efficient-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/buyers-pay-110000-premium-for-energy-efficient-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report from Dublin-based valuation company Geowox suggest buyers are paying hefty premium for more energy-efficient homes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SOVSXTZV7VBIBC6N6LCX37OP6Y.jpg?auth=dd3bf03cc3ac9a9e9ed6169fbcc88b849e6d8156547738df197b9cc66a0043a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Homes with better building energy ratings are commanding higher prices, according to a report by Geowox. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">StefaNikolic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin city regeneration body takes shape but questions over funding remain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/dublin-city-regeneration-body-takes-shape-but-questions-over-funding-remain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/dublin-city-regeneration-body-takes-shape-but-questions-over-funding-remain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High-profile appointment of Robert Watt needs to be matched by substantial funding ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZB6YEIE7BFBZRD7O3XICU5AU5A.jpg?auth=2fc7863a87922b10dedc6c9437fbbc774f9b7fa09f34fcf6939ff3cbf8b77a42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Dublin City Regeneration Authority will be charged with improving the aera around O'Connell Street in the capital. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">espiegle</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cargo bikes negotiate dangerous roads]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/cargo-bikes-negotiate-dangerous-roads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/cargo-bikes-negotiate-dangerous-roads/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can only admire the bravery and foolhardiness]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 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[‘There’s nothing wrong with Bray, Ross,’ the old man says. Literally. Word for word]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/theres-nothing-wrong-with-bray-ross-the-old-man-says-literally-word-for-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/theres-nothing-wrong-with-bray-ross-the-old-man-says-literally-word-for-word/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘That’s not what you said on September 4th, 2001,’ I remind him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RB76YXBV7RD75LHKRBCW4GZDEY.jpg?auth=b10bb719c4b518a3667eb0cc760f16a4c7eed2533559b64a39cae0ca764eb47b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charles O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Court rebuke erodes central bank authority as its powers grow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/high-court-rebuke-erodes-central-banks-authority-as-its-powers-grow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/high-court-rebuke-erodes-central-banks-authority-as-its-powers-grow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many in the financial industry would argue that the pendulum has swung too hard towards the regulator]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKZ3YQKB7RHOZAQ6EK4LNFU4BE.jpg?auth=db8bdb213d50e1cbceb5abe1361553476399ea68eb5cee7e6949a9afd4c292c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Ireland has suffered a reversal with the court ruling. Photograph: Alan Betson 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: Getting a tattoo was my friend’s idea. I’m calling it my ‘mild-life’ crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/roisin-ingle-getting-a-tattoo-was-my-friends-idea-im-calling-it-my-mild-life-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/roisin-ingle-getting-a-tattoo-was-my-friends-idea-im-calling-it-my-mild-life-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: It’s no big deal, only a bit of ink on skin, but also it’s permanent, so it’s sort of a big deal]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZ4P4WBGGZF5BMMAX46Q4Q5W6E.JPG?auth=d491b3d855e6ad91a5bfbb31d3968c40f7b7a03e10716386666a8f6d8d0e9a02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: 'People might judge us when they spot them but also it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks.' Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cian Healy: How coaching with Clontarf fills the void of retirement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/cian-healy-how-coaching-with-clontarf-fills-his-retirement-void/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/cian-healy-how-coaching-with-clontarf-fills-his-retirement-void/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Ireland and Leinster prop on his coaching style and influencing the next generation of props]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBKNCCIOB5CSZHNG3LR2PWW7WA.jpg?auth=39427897991b9b31949d115a7514b359d951a6c5829a442d2fe1e3ea2e9b4853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cian Healy, who coaches with AIL side Clontarf. Photograph: Darren Stewart/Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captain, leader, legend: Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva is the man for a plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/captain-leader-legend-manchester-citys-bernardo-silva-is-the-man-for-a-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/04/25/captain-leader-legend-manchester-citys-bernardo-silva-is-the-man-for-a-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Walker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How Chelsea could do with a player of such stature]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VN22GQPSCJQB7RKVQ725XRPVXA.jpg?auth=3c5092cc0dae4505af66dccd483de1efaa1c5bc3c4b26122ae6d82a5da0aaa1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bernardo Silva is chasing a seventh Premier League title with Manchester City. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/25/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/25/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 25th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D4IYPR4OCREV7I26YQUFOVUGHI.jpg?auth=2ae76eb24183663230690d2491055d07ce3e034c30fc41514193c23dbfdd376a&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[Kilkenny under scrutiny after Galway rout but former players urge patience]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/kilkenny-under-scrutiny-after-galway-rout-but-former-players-urge-patience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/kilkenny-under-scrutiny-after-galway-rout-but-former-players-urge-patience/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heavy defeats to Galway raise questions about Derek Lyng’s side ahead of Wexford clash]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/53HYO23V4IUQ7DYYXC5BZKWURU.jpg?auth=69d990286249d79b2f0461ad5c58551eb2da397bbf3ed675e9f2e13de7d796eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jordan Molloy with Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng. 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[Could the US go downhill for good following Trump’s war on Iran?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/could-the-us-go-downhill-for-good-following-trumps-war-on-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/25/could-the-us-go-downhill-for-good-following-trumps-war-on-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LSQNERZWMN2YHTWC5NS3EQMBVM.jpg?auth=eb1c73f7633e99f62dd370f9622052335ac68d2bbb600b06e4f96fe7f637ea72&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British prime minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with US president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington in February 2025. Suez changed the global view of Britain for good, but the Iran crisis could precipitate a similar situation for the US. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Haiyun Jiang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is this growth coming from my electric socket in Dublin?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/04/25/what-is-this-growth-coming-from-my-electric-socket-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/04/25/what-is-this-growth-coming-from-my-electric-socket-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F34GBX4CIBFRZJBMOWGKXF6JAY.jpg?auth=d650e2509e986cb074f1f8a587dd36d66852a74c7db83c693d134285260cdf0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peziza, a cup fungus, grows on water-saturated substrates, and its presence is a warning sign of extremely damp conditions. Photograph: Mike McNamee]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise of ‘new Catholics’ hardens battle lines between US and the Vatican]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/rise-of-new-catholics-hardens-battle-lines-between-us-and-the-vatican/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/rise-of-new-catholics-hardens-battle-lines-between-us-and-the-vatican/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[JD Vance’s recent comments reflect a growing movement of conservative believers promoting a more traditionalist, ethnocentric path]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIT2E2SWQVBATHHZAFRU4GRAH4.jpg?auth=0f50fbda359f72797e6475d2c64514d1ad8f6b36c146300ecf54ed6c38020a02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There are signs that the ideological chasm between US conservative Catholicism and the papacy will not be bridged under the first American pope. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desmond Morris obituary: Author of bestselling book The Naked Ape and prominent zoologist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/04/25/desmond-morris-obituary-author-of-bestselling-book-the-naked-ape-and-prominent-zoologist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/04/25/desmond-morris-obituary-author-of-bestselling-book-the-naked-ape-and-prominent-zoologist/</guid><description><![CDATA[A find in the family attic in Wiltshire was the catalyst for a lifetime devoted to inquiry, in science, art and writing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7MFXPD5XMBLRNOQSEGL63FTNTE.jpg?auth=8e7c87351f8630cb522df921b34636ffd25604298b9fa62a654ff39c78a5b4c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Desmond Morris:a zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leslie MacWeeney Dobbs obituary: Irish-born artist who immersed herself in community art projects in the US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/04/25/leslie-macweeney-dobbs-obituary-irish-born-artist-who-immersed-herself-in-community-art-projects-in-the-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/04/25/leslie-macweeney-dobbs-obituary-irish-born-artist-who-immersed-herself-in-community-art-projects-in-the-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[She began her career as an art educator in Dublin, founding a Montessori-style kindergarten while also teaching in secondary schools]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TIMWNQGR2RCSZIGY7KBUPTSB74.jpg?auth=dcfc46d7221f74927a35fb704ca71c8d0afd149ca0a07f0626e10aec2ae78348&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leslie MacWeeney Dobbs: An artist and community activist her work was exhibited in Ireland, mainland Europe  and the US.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Roscommon enigma: ‘Give us no chance and we could upset the odds. Give us every chance and we might let you down’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/the-roscommon-enigma-give-us-no-chance-and-we-could-upset-the-odds-give-us-every-chance-and-we-might-let-you-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/the-roscommon-enigma-give-us-no-chance-and-we-could-upset-the-odds-give-us-every-chance-and-we-might-let-you-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rossies often punch above their weight yet are without a win in Croke Park since 1980]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5FXSPEO7R5EHNKTWRIUHDSXK2I.jpg?auth=55a7d8cc775953e641026cac2c3e77da1983a28acc8a45169a40295ff4f905e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donie Smith: 'We’ve always had that thing of being comfortable as underdogs and being terrible favourites'. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conor McManus: Armagh’s ferocity and Donegal’s depth shape the Ulster championship picture]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/conor-mcmanus-armaghs-ferocity-and-donegals-depth-shape-the-ulster-championship-picture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/conor-mcmanus-armaghs-ferocity-and-donegals-depth-shape-the-ulster-championship-picture/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A bad beating in the league final would have been a real setback for Donegal but Kerry can use it as a reset]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LDHEWKG5CJH7XM2IR6FQWN7RAM.jpg?auth=e8c0ad4da6262f33fd2fdd88debbaec96c63215dc6d1d2716f6d8477a6dbaf3b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Allianz Football League Division 1, Athletic Grounds, Armagh 22/3/2026. Kerry's Tom O’Sullivan with Ben Crealey and Tomás McCormack of Armagh. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend’s Gaelic football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Mayo v Roscommon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/weekends-gaelic-football-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-mayo-v-roscommon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/weekends-gaelic-football-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-mayo-v-roscommon/</guid><description><![CDATA[Kerry likely too strong for Clare, Armagh struck by injuries]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TYOFYRZSXCXGMAP3VWNXZVL2JM.jpg?auth=58ff46993e5cb42a473edb236eae937cb9e779d8e712531e6de9518ac4137c9d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo will host Roscommon in Castlebar in the Connacht semi-final on Sunday. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Paton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim Cook’s Apple: extraordinary gains and a stretched valuation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/25/tim-cooks-apple-extraordinary-gains-and-a-stretched-valuation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/25/tim-cooks-apple-extraordinary-gains-and-a-stretched-valuation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Apple’s product machine still hums along nicely, but critics note the absence of anything transformative in recent years ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBLM5TXAZB6GWPW7A2WECYRFEU.jpg?auth=fcedc3ee7c651aee474a2f8b5e56a7edcfa4374a7afb7de0eac2f91b157a7381&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Revenues at have more than quadrupled in Tim Cook's time as chief executive, profits have done even better and the stock has risen almost 20-fold. Photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Wilson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster likely to remain the IRFU’s problem child no matter how they behave on the pitch ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/munster-likely-to-remain-the-irfus-problem-child-no-matter-how-they-behave-on-the-pitch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/25/munster-likely-to-remain-the-irfus-problem-child-no-matter-how-they-behave-on-the-pitch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even if they finish the season strongly and reach the Champions Cup, a reboot is needed after years of mismanagement at the province]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQRZIU3HKVDFLF6LRNSP76HVBA.jpg?auth=a2e16284146e91b84276068a87c491ab44d7652f2c5104e9d73fba3ab4098255&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster Rugby has been in a state of almost constant crisis in recent months. Photograph: Tom Honan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madonna, the highest-grossing female artist of all time, is back in the news. Here is why]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/madonna-the-highest-grossing-female-artist-of-all-time-is-back-in-the-news-here-is-why/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/madonna-the-highest-grossing-female-artist-of-all-time-is-back-in-the-news-here-is-why/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, is the sequel to her hit 2005 album, and the veteran is proving to be as wily as ever]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DZXJGW6BEZATVFJYUE6XBUHRVE.jpg?auth=8defa1ecb549da2415c46cf968368f0aae7e40301e38acbf86ed2c77bd539e26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Madonna: getting into the groove. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PABLO PORCIUNCULA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax evasion, AI use and an Irish sprinter’s bikini photos: Specsavers ‘war’ reaches the High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/claims-of-tax-evasion-and-wrongful-use-of-athletes-bikini-photos-in-toxic-specsavers-row/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/25/claims-of-tax-evasion-and-wrongful-use-of-athletes-bikini-photos-in-toxic-specsavers-row/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge urges halt to ‘toxic’ dispute between Ennis branch manager and Guernsey-based optician chain]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUZOESDQW5E7HPQBP23O5LGLC4.jpg?auth=36146342b385d233aa6a2896527ee6e0f9ee9b75d3099a32ec4d1aede97058ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sean Power is a director and co-owner of the Ennis Specsavers store. Photograph: Eamon Ward]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Copyright : Eamon Ward</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weekend’s hurling fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Cork v Limerick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/weekends-hurling-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-cork-v-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/25/weekends-hurling-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-cork-v-limerick/</guid><description><![CDATA[Galway need to shake off flaky tag, Tipperary and Waterford both looking to bounce back]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L2PZUT5MFBCB7P3BRTZUNXJJDU.jpg?auth=658a53f1be2881864d0bc832131c5a5c6d26aa030440a3082a4a3cf720f62350&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork host Limerick in the second round of the Munster championship on Sunday, just three weeks on from their meeting in the National Hurling League final. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Independent Ireland grow on back of fuel price protests?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/could-independent-ireland-grow-on-back-of-fuel-price-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/could-independent-ireland-grow-on-back-of-fuel-price-protests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party with four TDs, an MEP and 24 councillors draws support from conservative, traditionalist and right-leaning voters, polling indicates]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PICOXXEHDQHCU7TLPJWS4YCQFU.JPG?auth=46970bc8f1b2d9e8f66007b5703e73a5c7acb600f2d779c755edf55e4a873867&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins said Ireland had been 'brilliant' at caring for people, 'but we have to now see after our own people'. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s ard fheis to see Kneecap workshop - and what’s with new Dáil seating plan?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/miriam-lord-sinn-feins-ard-fheis-to-see-kneecap-workshop-and-whats-with-new-dail-seating-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/miriam-lord-sinn-feins-ard-fheis-to-see-kneecap-workshop-and-whats-with-new-dail-seating-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A three-hour short programme sharpened Shinner appetites for Saturday’s packed agenda]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q5FBBLSUOGEHWTQBZA35VKEKYA.jpg?auth=52071a27d5e7d6fd9323ddd2b6ab5b6799a81e35d5b4732bb37c1402e516548a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Party vice-president Michelle O’Neill delivered her keynote address at the start of proceedings on Friday evening. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sexual corruption identified in gardaí and education services, survey finds ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/25/sexual-corruption-identified-in-gardai-and-education-services-survey-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/04/25/sexual-corruption-identified-in-gardai-and-education-services-survey-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DCU Anti-corruption Research Centre examines issue of sex acts requested in exchange for public services]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UFPOEVPOXFGPDESLZ3MG4HLTNU.jpg?auth=a74b2973027ca52ca4471b6985e14522597dbca402bf86034b2ad12f90b3eb7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The study found 6.2 per cent of respondents said they or someone they knew had been asked for sexual acts during interactions with the Garda. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Barnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sally Rooney: Fragility of global fuel systems strengthens the case for rationing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/sally-rooney-fragility-of-global-fuel-systems-strengthens-the-case-for-rationing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/25/sally-rooney-fragility-of-global-fuel-systems-strengthens-the-case-for-rationing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Rooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We cannot increase the amount of oil and gas available, but we can decide how to fairly distribute the supply]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJVLHBAR2PWUMOVTRQMTJGKJD4.jpg?auth=f35b2d52559ed8311b61123f282905145b39bd74a36fe06946abcfd2c40bc0af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranians in Tehran walk past a mural based on US-Israeli attacks on the country. The conflict in Iran has constrained global oil supplies and driven prices up. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/European Pressphoto Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abedin Taherkenareh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI boom threatens to cause ‘significant upheaval’ for Irish tech jobs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/domestic-jobs-market-facing-artificial-intelligence-upheaval-says-taoiseach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/25/domestic-jobs-market-facing-artificial-intelligence-upheaval-says-taoiseach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin’s comments come as Meta cuts 10% of global staff, about 8,000 workers ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CNYZLETBDYIJORVTY22T5XRE3Q.jpg?auth=afa1dd48d3466503814d5bcdf8e78ba6fd95b0ee7fca66e19a47ebb136fa36d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is unclear how many of Meta’s 1,800 workers in the Dublin offices will be affected by the lay-offs. Photograph: Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Paul Morris</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s a pretty substantial disaster’: More flight cancellations likely as fuel crisis bites]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/04/25/its-going-to-be-a-very-tough-time-more-flight-cancellations-likely-as-fuel-crisis-bites/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/04/25/its-going-to-be-a-very-tough-time-more-flight-cancellations-likely-as-fuel-crisis-bites/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As one aviation entrepreneur says Irish airlines ‘will be hurt’ by the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, another sector analyst believes suggestions of existential threat are overkill]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MG3OGOR3L7JPKOH7WI4ZZQ2YXI.jpg?auth=65d4d02d9859d78b3faf5fa9db27f67ad4e4dafccbd1d1fb54e2834cb6cc72c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['US airlines are more exposed than Aer Lingus and Ryanair,' says Davy analyst Stephen Furlong. Photograph: ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Hoslet</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corpses are everywhere in Irish literature]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/25/corpses-are-everywhere-in-irish-literature/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/25/corpses-are-everywhere-in-irish-literature/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Cusack, Bridget English and Matthew Reznicek]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This proliferation of dead bodies in Irish writing is more than a sign of a morbid fascination: it is an effort to make sense of Irish life ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:39:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ULN4MUPVZC4DLZEW5Z6QUON44.jpg?auth=cce27c65052d9d653cd74d9beddea78c2153ce20e78d60b929ff7c78bd46b694&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The funeral of the Shah or Pat McManus, who appears in That They May Face the Rising Sun as the local garage owner and businessman who earned his moniker during the petrol crisis of the 1970s]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call on Government to use existing legislation to prevent widespread psychiatric harm ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/we-call-on-government-to-use-existing-legislation-to-prevent-widespread-psychiatric-harm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/we-call-on-government-to-use-existing-legislation-to-prevent-widespread-psychiatric-harm/</guid><description><![CDATA[Semi-synthetic cannabinoids being sold in vapes risk triggering psychotic illnesses]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent Ireland are very pleased with themselves]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/independent-ireland-are-very-pleased-with-themselves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/04/25/independent-ireland-are-very-pleased-with-themselves/</guid><description><![CDATA[In recent weeks we have seen the rise of a Eurosceptic, flag-waving, populist, socially conservative, ‘grassroots’ political organisation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kneecap: ‘These topics have been out of bounds for many years’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/25/moglai-bap-of-kneecap-what-some-people-consider-a-protest-my-family-would-probably-consider-a-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/25/moglai-bap-of-kneecap-what-some-people-consider-a-protest-my-family-would-probably-consider-a-party/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The controversial group have had a year of a kind that few artists will ever experience. They’re determined to stand their ground as they release their album Fenian]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O2LDUMVQTJFCFGMIVDUBQ5YHDI.jpg?auth=2c7c3e998f746991a50f1f77b58af8b7ce6d0d76df6dcaaa79fa5ca1c8362ab9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kneecap: DJ Próvaí, Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara. Photograph: Max Miechowski/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MAX MIECHOWSKI</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best plants for Irish seaside gardens]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/04/25/the-best-plants-for-irish-seaside-gardens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/04/25/the-best-plants-for-irish-seaside-gardens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some Irish seaside gardens enjoy a sheltered microclimate, while others must cope with exposure to destructive salty gales]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3BTHORMEFHAVLU2HQUJZ2EFYQ.jpg?auth=fa473e66ee21ee26103a41e8c73e72b59894f7baf958e5c8990f00d94f5dfea7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kells Bay Gardens: Mild temperatures combined with high humidity and rainfall have created a microclimate akin to that of a temperate rainforest]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Working with Oasis? It’s tricky to talk about’: Richard Fearless of Death in Vegas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/25/working-with-oasis-its-tricky-to-talk-about-richard-fearless-of-death-in-vegas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/25/working-with-oasis-its-tricky-to-talk-about-richard-fearless-of-death-in-vegas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The musician on turning his back on the charts to follow his muse, summers in Donegal and why producing big bands was not for him ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VAGLNUZ5SFCR7CAVPMMIFPRHH4.jpg?auth=e615565011ad5f5c1718f0e24f363f7e2e495bfd4bec80a211c3c8aa029a52fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Death in Vegas: Richard Fearless. Photograph: Zak Watson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[You wait ages to see your 1990s music heroines live, then two play Dublin at once]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/25/you-wait-ages-to-see-your-1990s-music-heroines-live-then-two-play-dublin-at-once/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/25/you-wait-ages-to-see-your-1990s-music-heroines-live-then-two-play-dublin-at-once/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sleeper at Opium and Miki Berenyi Trio at the Grand Social proved the potency of seeing long-loved artists for the first time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UIGODGGEJBGDXIOKS4GGV36IRE.jpg?auth=e7562ccc52a9b76f85894ce94142e2c35910a830c5ae245f9ec5235d2def943d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sleeper: Louise Wener. Photograph: Mark Holloway/Redferns via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Holloway</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you like crisp and bone-dry whites? Try this old-timer Greek grape]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/25/do-you-like-crisp-and-bone-dry-whites-try-this-old-timer-greek-grape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/25/do-you-like-crisp-and-bone-dry-whites-try-this-old-timer-greek-grape/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Assyrtiko used to be found exclusively on Santorini, but its roots are expanding]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOWX3X5MYJA5NPZS7Q4KS7DWIQ.jpg?auth=05de003df2adf56ec5da0fa0a3076f53529b98d661bd180e3a48866e545f79f3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lovers of riesling are sure to appreciate these four assyrtikos. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asparagus season has arrived – here’s how to make the most of it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/04/25/asparagus-season-has-arrived-heres-how-to-make-the-most-of-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/04/25/asparagus-season-has-arrived-heres-how-to-make-the-most-of-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There’s an easy tip for blanching your spears that will make all the difference]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIDUYJOHMVGP7MVNZBHEHXZSUI.jpg?auth=5e74f0aca79dc2d0d9c9becb17a3ddbc08ab38bee1597310a143fc6c3fc2a300&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's asparagus and lemon linguine with peas and chervil – a great way to showcase this seasonal treasure. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danish design classics from Saarinen and Jacobsen at deVeres]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/04/25/danish-design-classics-from-saarinen-and-jacobsen-at-deveres/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/04/25/danish-design-classics-from-saarinen-and-jacobsen-at-deveres/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And for cocktails a la Carrie Bradshaw, fans should check out the LA sale of items from And Just Like That]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7CIBLNCPJDKHPMHYVNY6BNSGQ.jpg?auth=81a8641cd2d8ec41ac730f90b73729fc94c9a4fd5dcb918b78da2accc9a01542&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Eero Saarinen Tulip table (€2,000-€4,000) in deVeres' Art and Design auction]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for asparagus and lemon linguine with peas and chervil]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/04/25/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-asparagus-and-lemon-linguine-with-peas-and-chervil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/04/25/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-asparagus-and-lemon-linguine-with-peas-and-chervil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Adding sugar and sea salt to your boiling water will greatly enhance the result]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIDUYJOHMVGP7MVNZBHEHXZSUI.jpg?auth=5e74f0aca79dc2d0d9c9becb17a3ddbc08ab38bee1597310a143fc6c3fc2a300&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's asparagus and lemon linguine with peas and chervil. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for glazed asparagus with poached egg and sauce vierge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/04/25/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-glazed-asparagus-with-poached-egg-and-sauce-vierge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/04/25/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-glazed-asparagus-with-poached-egg-and-sauce-vierge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember to discard the bottom third of the asparagus spears – this is often too woody]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVYLGYQ2BNGXJB37W73ACG7MTI.jpg?auth=56d34b01b47d73e09534da16816d8677ac79bc0cbcebdc6615be0c0da07405da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's glazed asparagus with poached egg and sauce vierge. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Plot to Die for by Ardal O’Hanlon: Smart and funny]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/a-plot-to-die-for-by-ardal-ohanlon-smart-and-funny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/a-plot-to-die-for-by-ardal-ohanlon-smart-and-funny/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edel Coffey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O’Hanlon bolsters obligatory cosy crime genre tropes with self-deprecating knowingness and playful inventiveness]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D5QX44X26BKWFJ4OCVD2P5CFFE.jpg?auth=e5d6493696ccad52d6796edfdd3f87bb3d977f37eeab8624a4b64dc939145643&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ardal O'Hanlon. Photograph: Alan Betson
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dirty Dancing: The Inside Story of the Irish-Dancing Cheating Scandal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/dirty-dancing-the-inside-story-of-the-irish-dancing-cheating-scandal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/dirty-dancing-the-inside-story-of-the-irish-dancing-cheating-scandal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Book focuses on how reporter Ellen Coyne’s scoop grew legs and sent An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha into a near-existential crisis]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7XQEKMV26JHLNEUEP3EQTPURKA.jpg?auth=a5ca5e6e97eddd8af492f519240fca9b34090658ba2bf8f5f1d0fe65deb07598&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sadly, Ellen Coyne’s diligent and damning exposé suggests Irish dancing has well and truly lost its innocence. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sonja Filitz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Famesick by Lena Dunham: Health hazards of the Hollywood dream machine ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/famesick-by-lena-dunham-health-hazards-of-the-hollywood-dream-machine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/famesick-by-lena-dunham-health-hazards-of-the-hollywood-dream-machine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maija Makela]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New memoir from Girls creator has plenty of humour - as  well as sadness, betrayal and score-settling ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WCM3WUJOQFDITFYU4TPY4JS3DE.jpg?auth=631a63bb7cf49ceee422a073de58d07f9f50b3d9feb99dd3d9158e2d7a5fc87b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lena Dunham credit. Charlotte Hadden]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/the-long-death-of-adolf-hitler-an-investigative-history/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/the-long-death-of-adolf-hitler-an-investigative-history/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Farry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caroline Sharples delineates the political atmosphere of post-capitulation Germany and real fears Allies harboured about reawakening of Nazism]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZ3MKS3MDJG7VDPHB2RNONWERY.jpg?auth=500ade796e29250ae73467004ad72558061659673a5e3a371c8ef34bffd1724e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler with Nazi officials at a Luftwaffe demonstration in Zinst, Germany. Photograph: Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Library of Congress</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rosemary Hennigan: ‘Fiction gives us space to explore life in all its multifarious complexities’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/25/rosemary-hennigan-fiction-gives-us-space-to-explore-life-in-all-its-multifarious-complexities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/25/rosemary-hennigan-fiction-gives-us-space-to-explore-life-in-all-its-multifarious-complexities/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s new novel, The Hotel Guest, is set in the French Alps ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:02:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HIERD2UNCBD63IIAZM4PRRRB2A.jpeg?auth=9ff746c3c0d8aae80270eb81703a9573b4109ab72525165206cc72a0a6d4cfd5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosemary Hennigan: 'I’d actually love to write more about Trinity College but I’m trying to restrain myself']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the Water: Essays on Islands – An excellent collection]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/over-the-water-essays-on-islands-an-excellent-collection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/25/over-the-water-essays-on-islands-an-excellent-collection/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Hegarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Islands are receptacles of dreams and obsessions – yet we should be careful what we wish for]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WLRVXZALFFDBTJOGN3GDU2ALRU.jpg?auth=f44da22c662f72d71b9d84fd2746c022979d4cc06239bbd2e63273df28d7019c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The White Lotus series 3: Morgana O'Reilly, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul and Lalisa Manobal. Photograph: Sky/HBO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">HBO</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census – illuminating essays on our first count]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/18/the-story-of-us-independent-ireland-and-the-1926-census-illuminating-essays-on-our-first-count/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/18/the-story-of-us-independent-ireland-and-the-1926-census-illuminating-essays-on-our-first-count/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Kissane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Contributors note the 1926 census recorded an Ireland ‘in transition’, with emigration and poverty rife, yet the new State was finding its feet]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MNQOSG2PRBHJRPSZAARH6M2XFM.jpg?auth=d44e22bddda036c2876aac08c61dfa07e694bad79d8af2f69aee5ca6635b391d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A conservator at the National Archives of Ireland. 'To open the bound volumes … for the first time in 100 years ... was both humbling and special for all of us, writes director Orlaith McBride. Photograph: National Archives]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ros Kavanagh</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>