<?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/2026-05-12/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:18:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Jaguar names its make-or-break electric super saloon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/13/jaguar-names-its-make-or-break-electric-super-saloon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/13/jaguar-names-its-make-or-break-electric-super-saloon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Type 01 will spearhead Jag’s reinvention as an exclusive, all-electric brand. But is the wider world ready for it?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KJCLQ4YCPFCRJM7AJWXLCOLRPA.jpg?auth=10b57d2f0018d9aea180b098abf5e170f9e507e260737a4000b036f9a82c16c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jaguar’s new electric ‘GT’ four-door super saloon will be known as the Type 01]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s newest official bathing area off limits to swimmers this summer over water pollution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/dun-laoghaire-baths-off-limits-to-swimmers-over-water-pollution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/13/dun-laoghaire-baths-off-limits-to-swimmers-over-water-pollution/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State’s newest official bathing area was only formally designated in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SN2EUFXSBVEHNH2EUGRKX4FLNQ.jpg?auth=7233a2631edd25cb5e3f557f21bfc9c408cfa9c61740228daee6f49fd9fd3d01&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The popular swimming spot in Dún Laoghaire was the only one of 153 sites to fail to meet minimum standards. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[National strategy could reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes by 80%, medics say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/13/national-strategy-could-reduce-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes-by-80-medics-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/13/national-strategy-could-reduce-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes-by-80-medics-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heart specialists to call on politicians to develop a network of national cardiovascular risk prevention clinics to serve as an early-warning system]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73PIHHA7V5GHBPWANWVRBJHF6E.jpg?auth=2a181165bbbb0bd5405347f4de639e92873658b8bcc15c848989b9f2c7de924e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can cause restricted blood flow through arteries and lead to heart attacks and strokes. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">skynesher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shea Charles scores extra-time winner as Southampton beat Middlesbrough in playoff semi-final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/shea-charles-scores-extra-time-winner-as-southampton-beat-middlesbrough-in-playoff-semi-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/shea-charles-scores-extra-time-winner-as-southampton-beat-middlesbrough-in-playoff-semi-final/</guid><description><![CDATA[Saints to play Hull at Wembley for Premier League place]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:04:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I24S5YZ63IRMPVPA75URC5PFZE.jpg?auth=fc4bc4bc32430cbb64d5623cb644b610dd20e4c6a5b2dd372289569c1055aa84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shea Charles of Southampton celebrates scoring his team's second goal with team-mates. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Warren Little</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel through to Eurovision final after shouts of ‘stop the genocide’ during song]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/12/israel-qualifies-for-eurovision-final-after-chants-of-stop-stop-the-genocide-during-song/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/12/israel-qualifies-for-eurovision-final-after-chants-of-stop-stop-the-genocide-during-song/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Noam Bettan will compete on Saturday night in the boycott-hit 70th year of the song contest, held in Vienna]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:47:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NHAW37CJKCZVSNGNWENV7HLR7I.jpg?auth=51f4f691ce76b27dc7c8a3368b681daa58fead7baf144b2419f6758179f93979&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israel's Noam Bettan (left) celebrates with fans after qualifying from Tuesday night's Eurovision Song Contest semi-final at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tobias Schwarz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great teams must overcome referee decisions which are ‘flip of a coin’, says Guardiola]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/great-teams-must-overcome-referee-decisions-which-are-flip-of-a-coin-says-guardiola/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/great-teams-must-overcome-referee-decisions-which-are-flip-of-a-coin-says-guardiola/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Jackson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Manchester City manager says the only thing a team can do is control their performance]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TC53D22SPXNIFFLFNUCMH2EFCA.jpg?auth=eca958e9788beefabd14d6f64a31fc0d2828c219dfc375286c5edd2bd452b16e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naomi Baker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court hears 3D printed guns are becoming ‘more prevalent’ as man jailed for four years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/court-hears-3d-printed-guns-are-becoming-more-prevalent-as-man-jailed-for-four-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/court-hears-3d-printed-guns-are-becoming-more-prevalent-as-man-jailed-for-four-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Comment made during sentence hearing of Craig McKeever for possession of .22-calibre printed gun with ammunition]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKWD3LQF55DBLAVM4WL2XWLNU4.jpeg?auth=ffac5c8974e876a4cbb199ad00e5542a6c75ea19accd50ae5973e5c7e441105e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[File photograph of a 3D printed gun]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supermarket chicken products withdrawn over salmonella fears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/12/supermarket-chicken-products-withdrawn-over-salmonella-fears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/12/supermarket-chicken-products-withdrawn-over-salmonella-fears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Warning issued over products now past sell-by date which may remain in freezers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:10:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FFBJ5QWLAD4VTDVPMQQA2FM72Q.jpg?auth=3bab773f907604c754cc5caa87f17111805834ec1ada2235872cc380ddbffc6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A culture of salmonella bacteria on an organic surface. File photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PGA Championship 2026: Tee times, what TV channel is it on, weather, players to watch ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/11/pga-championship-2026-tee-times-what-tv-channel-is-it-on-weather-players-to-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/11/pga-championship-2026-tee-times-what-tv-channel-is-it-on-weather-players-to-watch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about Arominink Golf Club and the second Major of the year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:07:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6YBT7MAM5BQ7K3LAS3JPLTSF4.jpg?auth=d2729f4784fe9f0dabbcc779a9fc133b5295695772917537d16a332b523f9561&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia will host just its second Major with this week's US PGA Championship. Photograph: Hunter Martin/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hunter Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy curtails practice round after three holes due to minor toe injury]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/rory-mcilroy-curtails-practice-round-after-three-holes-due-to-minor-toe-injury/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/rory-mcilroy-curtails-practice-round-after-three-holes-due-to-minor-toe-injury/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Masters champion looking at ease in his own skin as he eyes up third Wanamaker trophy at Aronimink]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VDPNH6HVN63XTW376IUPG77E2I.jpg?auth=6653353ed4e57690eb60072c2a6667ed6af4191dd87f7b799eeb14e3af265d5c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy speaks to the media on Tuesday before the US PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jamie Squire</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council’s Oliver Bond plans would have cost up to €700,000 per flat, housing committee told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/12/councils-oliver-bond-plans-would-have-cost-up-to-700000-per-flat-housing-committee-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/05/12/councils-oliver-bond-plans-would-have-cost-up-to-700000-per-flat-housing-committee-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regeneration funds of €20 million still available for complex, senior civil servant tells TDs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:46:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BMI2TJPAYZD7RKSLRXOPARJBVU.JPG?auth=c1b5395855f084d040110c7e0ea208231965e1d9463813296191c363f5a36b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The department has not refused regeneration funding for Oliver Bond House, according to the assistant secretary of the Department of Housing. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on 100  years of Fianna Fáil: party of power  and pragmatism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/12/the-irish-times-view-on-100-years-of-fianna-fail-party-of-power-and-pragmatism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/12/the-irish-times-view-on-100-years-of-fianna-fail-party-of-power-and-pragmatism/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leadership has always been central to the party’s sense of who it is]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DGQRUXXFZXE7FR25MFVE4LA444.jpg?auth=fbf493a5427fcacbcfd5348b570497f91702ded50638cb4b7ee2b6996e9ecbaf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eamon de Valera (right) with Frank Aiken in circa 1955. Aiken had been chief-of-staff of the IRA at the time of the foundation of Fianna Fáil in 1926. Photograph: Sean Sexton/Getty Images.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Good things are coming’: Shane Lowry looks to PGA Championship after Masters disaster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/good-things-are-coming-shane-lowry-looks-to-pga-championship-after-masters-disaster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/good-things-are-coming-shane-lowry-looks-to-pga-championship-after-masters-disaster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lessons learned as golfer works to rediscover form at Aronimink after Augusta freefall]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:20:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JTMKS3R5G4HSR4ZA3HQMTMKJLM.jpg?auth=24decc45d513f0bce0baa3720690fb7c959e52140156eb3b8d8639a97f249ab0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shane Lowry plays in a practice round at Aronimink Golf Club on Tuesday before the PGA Championship. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on housebuilding: inflation posing a challenge ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/12/the-irish-times-view-on-housebuilding-inflation-posing-a-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/12/the-irish-times-view-on-housebuilding-inflation-posing-a-challenge/</guid><description><![CDATA[Input costs are increasing at the fastest rate since just after the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZUCQNT5DW7OEUD5BITEG62HAA.jpg?auth=bb4540fe8ad07a9b2867246445f22136d68928ed835629d73ed85ad98aaac8f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New figures show a slowdown in housebuilding in April due to higher costs and uncertainty caused by the conflict in the Gulf.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connacht expect ‘huge battle’ against Edinburgh in final-round URC match]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/connacht-expect-huge-battle-against-edinburgh-in-final-round-urc-match/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/connacht-expect-huge-battle-against-edinburgh-in-final-round-urc-match/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linley MacKenzie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Edinburgh’s ‘motivation will be huge to finish the season on a high’, says Connacht’s Cullie Tucker]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:07:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NY2I4XELX3XFH6BWE4GV63ZTEE.jpg?auth=dc44d2482dd5d3bb47ac256c544512060be41876ad3b42654a8d8957ea02b3aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht forwards celebrate with Cullie Tucker after win against Munster. Photograph: INPHO/James Crombie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer set for showdown with leadership rival Wes Streeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/starmer-set-for-showdown-with-leadership-rival-wes-streeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/starmer-set-for-showdown-with-leadership-rival-wes-streeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Embattled UK prime minister set for talks with one of the main contenders for his job after a day of drama at Westminster]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MZWSOZVCRV2CVKJF4COTFQYLEQ.jpg?auth=75b85819aab9e4207d8aca72d29a275350b25542c791ebefc138d27f6be19b19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Labour MPs began calling for Keir Starmer to go following the party’s hammering in elections across Britain last week. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Streeting ally Zubir Ahmed fourth minister to resign amid calls for Keir Starmer’s exit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-live-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-live-updates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson, Ronan O'Flaherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ministers Jess Phillips and Miatta Fahnbulleh resign, while Starmer loyalists pledge their support ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ANGTSPHME4PURSUJ5KFNO6T35A.jpg?auth=f51583298d4f3809a4827de3a01855d077d0f23d1a08cc7b57e7eaae06cf744f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets construction apprentices during a visit to London South Bank Technical College. Photograph: Toby Melville/ Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Toby Melville</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape survivors call for automatic protection order from offenders after prison release]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/rape-survivors-call-for-automatic-protection-order-from-offenders-after-prison-release/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/rape-survivors-call-for-automatic-protection-order-from-offenders-after-prison-release/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposed law would see protection orders issued at time of sentence hearings directed at offenders after they are released]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:48:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JCCQDYHILCV27NHY2DUQPEMJMA.jpg?auth=5a713174be8ea25f554070d9de1d06e283cb99be59bafac57d5aa99a5fe564f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leona O’Callaghan said without a protection order against her abuser, 'I dread the day he is released'. Photograph: Laura Hutton/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real Madrid: Iker Casillas opposes José Mourinho return as Florentino Perez rounds on critics]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/jose-mourinho-rumours-continue-as-real-madrid-president-calls-press-conference/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/jose-mourinho-rumours-continue-as-real-madrid-president-calls-press-conference/</guid><description><![CDATA[Florentino Perez said to be main driver in bringing Mourinho back to Bernabeu, who coached club from 2010 to 2013]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:32:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQP3MQBQZR7VRQ2AF2EVL2E7DY.jpg?auth=7631727d63224ff4a95b07bd5b3f706ea6f17958fb8f19a5dc34f998b84f6ab0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Benfica manager Jose Mourinho. Photograph: Egerton/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McInnes stands firm in belief Hearts can end Celtic dominance with historic title]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/mcinnes-stands-firm-in-belief-hearts-can-end-celtic-dominance-with-historic-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/mcinnes-stands-firm-in-belief-hearts-can-end-celtic-dominance-with-historic-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewan Murray]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defeat for the champions at Motherwell and a win for the leaders at home to Falkirk will crown them champions for the first time since 1960]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:29:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UA6XNU2D6ZESHLDDNRWPWAJAHU.jpg?auth=57a57a7cbe75a1a4c7d73638cfda85bbed7e4f3bb0212ec93019502772e8cda4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Derek McInnes has led Hearts to within two matches of an extraordinary Scottish Premiership title triumph. Photograph: Craig Foy/SNS Group via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Foy - SNS Group</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK bond yields hit 1998 levels as political crisis deepens]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/uk-bond-yields-hit-1998-levels-as-political-crisis-deepens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/uk-bond-yields-hit-1998-levels-as-political-crisis-deepens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global Shares indexes fall as US inflation climbs and oil gains for third straight day]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:16:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BKTHKK5UEUKI4VJTSIWCN6OPYM.jpg?auth=1428f6bf32ec916e3e3dbb100ded5beeec0dc5c7d08d0f2c1d2880d0f724dcaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulled back from record highs on Tuesday, ‌with technology stocks leading declines. Photograph: Angela Weiss/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angela Weiss</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keir Starmer’s Waterloo meeting ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/keir-starmers-waterloo-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/keir-starmers-waterloo-meeting/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does he feel like he wins when he loses?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:01 +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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/05/12/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/05/12/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[May 13th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKY4SPKYVFDSDM6MNFURJ55NGA.jpg?auth=d35de59327e58d1569f59cf02fd6f2c71d806d3cdbbd4ddc0753908e1c65e8ab&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[Suspended sentence – Frank McNally on English revisionism and 1916 executions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/12/suspended-sentence-frank-mcnally-on-english-revisionism-and-1916-executions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/12/suspended-sentence-frank-mcnally-on-english-revisionism-and-1916-executions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If any Methuen editors are reading, there are two problems with your footnote]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4TCCKBL25635WVJGI4OM4O7RXA.jpg?auth=735dd736c86acaaea8fc322914dbeaf2bea604e4fc34cd0a5084ebf651ceccc4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Roger Casement: his death was rewritten in a poem by WB Yeats because the truth would have interfered with a rhyming scheme]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court reserves judgment in appeal over conviction of Regency getaway driver]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/supreme-court-reserves-judgment-in-appeal-over-conviction-of-regency-getaway-driver/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/supreme-court-reserves-judgment-in-appeal-over-conviction-of-regency-getaway-driver/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Case centres on Jason Bonney’s claims about treatment of evidence contradicting defence witness alibis]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTN73GL5Y5EDRNOUP3DSJP4Y4I.jpg?auth=c6070da09635f2617ab476edc175f5477931ccfe8034c70aa651ebc72057a905&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jason Bonney is serving an eight-and-a-half year sentence for facilitating the Hutch criminal organisation in carrying out the murder of David Byrne. Photograph: Padraig O'Reilly]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Áras Pobail Ráth Chairn 1993, don chéad Cabaret le Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí. Ba bhreá liom an oíche sin a shú isteach arís agus greim a choinneáil air i mo chroí.” ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/aras-pobail-rath-chairn-1993-don-chead-cabaret-le-ronan-mac-aodha-bhui-ba-bhrea-liom-an-oiche-sin-a-shu-isteach-aris-agus-greim-a-choinneail-air-i-mo-chroi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/aras-pobail-rath-chairn-1993-don-chead-cabaret-le-ronan-mac-aodha-bhui-ba-bhrea-liom-an-oiche-sin-a-shu-isteach-aris-agus-greim-a-choinneail-air-i-mo-chroi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is craoltóir í Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh atá ina láithreoir ar Nationwide ar RTÉ. Tá sí ina feachtasóir ar son na Gaeilge le fada an lá. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JYTBLQKAQ5ELJKBSM2XJWOI4GU.jfif?auth=00febbd40fa471e2a1c0f16a13ad27d69ecda24427ad8edf98865e3ca88b3a28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government flags ‘difficulties’ with Social Democrats’ abortion reforms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/government-flags-difficulties-with-social-democrats-abortion-reforms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/government-flags-difficulties-with-social-democrats-abortion-reforms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cillian Sherlock, Press Association]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Holly Cairns said the Bill would provide clarity on terminations for medical reasons, including fatal foetal abnormalities]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:56:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R7F55IWYNVC7XKV2EU4B64PSB4.JPG?auth=a23ea43686501bc524129d3d2f4e7d9676d8673f7d6e4e9b19796f93ea1332a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Dáil is to debate a Bill from Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns on Wednesday 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[Finance firm will ‘robustly’ defend claims it tried to force one of its advisers to resign]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/finance-firm-will-robustly-defend-claims-it-tried-to-force-one-of-its-advisers-to-resign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/finance-firm-will-robustly-defend-claims-it-tried-to-force-one-of-its-advisers-to-resign/</guid><description><![CDATA[Case adjourned until June]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BCZA75734ZIKREYA4FGYL7V52Q.jpg?auth=bed2638eb8b2de50af02f962d9e8eee10b07b74e71d3069f08e79a7e46d74311&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A barrister for Mentor Financial Services said the company will robustly defend the case. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer’s stubborn stand: Boris Johnson’s ghost looms large as Labour turn the screw]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/starmers-stubborn-stand-as-labour-turns-the-screw-boris-johnsons-ghost-looms-large/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/starmers-stubborn-stand-as-labour-turns-the-screw-boris-johnsons-ghost-looms-large/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Besieged UK prime minister finds himself exactly where Tory leader was four years ago]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/575K6GJHDNZCDIOPLMOUMNIQGA.jpg?auth=c9457bb05e138044eb157f968f2cec2f5600c7a7c5a38c43ce6c1547c4def26b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Keir Starmer, giving what was billed a make-or-break speech in London on Monday. Photograph: James Manning/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Manning</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver who tested positive for cannabis knocked down child (3) at pedestrian crossing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/driver-who-tested-positive-for-cannabis-knocked-down-child-3-at-pedestrian-crossing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/driver-who-tested-positive-for-cannabis-knocked-down-child-3-at-pedestrian-crossing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charlene Lawlor (33) initially blamed mother but later admitted culpability]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AOTZE5JUKJB2KPRDS7QTDYNZKI.jpg?auth=daf0721bc6b9cfb72c0339480a794553c7738f36345ae1d126bdd3dc0d17f36a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlene Lawlor (33) was found to have 21.3ng/ml of cannabis in her system. Photograph: Collins Court]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who could replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/who-could-replace-keir-starmer-as-uk-prime-minister/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/who-could-replace-keir-starmer-as-uk-prime-minister/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If a leadership battle gets under way, these Labour politicians may be the key runners and riders]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YG5NBHMQ5WZ7NH2GPXPQ64LSUA.jpg?auth=dbbbd31b0183d8e3c8313eb36bcff113bde134f4b7b2ad50f7816a319f1dbcd2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People take photographs of a betting company's odds on contenders to be the next leader of the UK Labour party. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brook Mitchell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Heslin back training for Westmeath ahead of Leinster final against Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/12/john-heslin-back-training-for-westmeath-ahead-of-leinster-final-against-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/12/john-heslin-back-training-for-westmeath-ahead-of-leinster-final-against-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Forward, who has been working as an analyst for GAA+, had retired in January 2025]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:29:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R7GLPYWXCK72LIHWDP5LYV6ZIU.jpg?auth=e5ad6ef8fa932bb1c00946a97b6b151b42d9d1a740ddd9cc12ea2cb609011703&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Westmeath’s John Heslin reacts at the final whistle. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hormuz deadlock pushes oil prices higher as hopes for peace deal dwindle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/12/hormuz-deadlock-pushes-oil-prices-higher-as-hopes-for-peace-deal-dwindle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/12/hormuz-deadlock-pushes-oil-prices-higher-as-hopes-for-peace-deal-dwindle/</guid><description><![CDATA[Iran signals continued resolve in face of US pressure]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O2NSHFHUAXPD2P75UT5CE5TXAE.jpg?auth=a50d9cc5c5e4488c7b66d42aeaf355c0969161ba287e569f9e4059a436d4d4da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First responders gather at the scene of an Israeli bombardment that hit their ambulances in the village of Arnoun in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch hospital quarantines 12 after breach of hantavirus protocol]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/dutch-hospital-quarantines-12-over-breach-of-hantavirus-protocol/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/dutch-hospital-quarantines-12-over-breach-of-hantavirus-protocol/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Van Campenhout, Victoria Waldersee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[World Health Organisation increases its tally of confirmed cases linked to cruise ship to nine]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOA7EKEO7QGDKU426C5QQ3AYNA.jpg?auth=a809cb85c1842bc25c9af0cc79b74e46ed1d7e762075b97fd3e2403eadf8a9b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dutch evacuees of the MV Hondius, the focus of a hantavirus outbreak, after landing at Eindhoven in the Netherlands earlier this week. Photograph: Rob Engelaar ANP/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rob Engelaar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish man in late 30s dies in Ibiza after fall from cliff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/irishman-in-late-30s-dies-in-ibiza-after-fall-from-cliff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/irishman-in-late-30s-dies-in-ibiza-after-fall-from-cliff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Natalia Penza]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spanish authorities confirm investigation after incident at Calo de s’Illa in the north of the island]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EO64DZJWKFFRZOMSBUWUJLYNNM.png?auth=432bf57fa836526e85abab8ee6c01450abdbeea03899ad4f1f9de4e8f7af3a7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Calo de s'Illa is a quiet cove surrounded by rugged countryside on the island of Ibiza. Photograph: Google Streetview]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhasidat Adeleke delays her return to Diamond League action ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/05/12/rhasidat-adeleke-delays-her-return-to-diamond-league-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/05/12/rhasidat-adeleke-delays-her-return-to-diamond-league-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish sprinter is not expected to compete in Europe until after the Eugene Diamond League on July 4th]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:06:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AQFTUGEGSVVJQ2K2V343KXKNTY.jpg?auth=6c12adfa637d8d19b042d89759c2bab7dba5504561a47f5ee6572982057f0959&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rhasidat Adeleke's last Diamond League appearance came last July in London, where she finished seventh in the 200m. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millenic Alli and Adam Idah score as Ireland beat Murcia B in warm-up game]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/millenic-alli-and-adam-idah-score-as-ireland-beat-murcia-b-in-warm-up-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/millenic-alli-and-adam-idah-score-as-ireland-beat-murcia-b-in-warm-up-game/</guid><description><![CDATA[Highly-rated prospect Rory Finneran started the game, which served as a warm-up for friendly against Grenada]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HLZFWPPNIM2HQMDHU4SKQPQOBM.jpg?auth=0675660a3347fb7132e344a04ee305d06afcaa60f4fd9396af24799614bc0548&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland's Adam Idah. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striking ambulance unions urged to re-enter talks as patient safety ‘clearly at risk’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/striking-ambulance-unions-urged-to-re-enter-talks-as-patient-safety-clearly-at-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/striking-ambulance-unions-urged-to-re-enter-talks-as-patient-safety-clearly-at-risk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone, Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HSE says 24-hour stoppage on Tuesday had a ‘significant impact’ on services and waiting times]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:43:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M734JPFFJZAEVDN4CYTLTVEVGY.JPG?auth=ebed58ff0d10af18e46236508f15bba28b4b897ccb23e1590fa8cde957dd223c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Parked ambulances in Dublin as more than 2,000 frontline workers took part in a one-day strike across the country in a dispute over pay. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times 
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says he will discuss Taiwan arms sales and jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai with Xi]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/12/trump-says-he-will-discuss-taiwan-arms-sales-and-jailed-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-with-xi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/12/trump-says-he-will-discuss-taiwan-arms-sales-and-jailed-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-with-xi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nandita Bose, Kanishka Singh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president repeated his doubt that tension over the island would erupt during his second term]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:42:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HB6YNYISGHMP2FMTRPUAGV2FOE.jpg?auth=3a94a8cf646b40fb2d6850f3dc973cdf5f9f6aa36dffbd33dd941028a7fdff2a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ A young girl climbs to look through a gap of the closed doors of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China. The popular historic site will be closed for the next three days in preparation for a tour by US president Donald Trump. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin Frayer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objection puts brakes on plan for 562 apartments on former Jesuit site in Milltown  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/objection-puts-brakes-on-plan-for-562-apartments-on-former-jesuit-site-in-milltown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/objection-puts-brakes-on-plan-for-562-apartments-on-former-jesuit-site-in-milltown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents association on Ranelagh street behind site lodge appeal with An Coimisiún Pleanala over €356m scheme ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:34:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PDG4RACFNBBUVC7EKGAVVJP5KU.jpg?auth=fddf686cd51ec5209aba5b801acf53091addcacd7d5b404ab0d655a21c034455&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Plans for a 562 apartment scheme on former Jesuit lands at the corner of Sandford Rd and Milltown Rd, Dublin 6 have been stalled by an appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Military-industrial complex’ contributing to climate change, says President ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/military-industrial-complex-contributing-to-climate-change-says-president/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/military-industrial-complex-contributing-to-climate-change-says-president/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Shauna Corr]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Deafening silence’ around issue ‘must be called out’, says Catherine Connolly]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:22:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TWVLPUIZJQBSZMRFDR76L34HL4.jpg?auth=6441c6b7e26973acf8ab60068fde2a5773f8fae72be50aeabe27c94f86695bdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Catherine Connolly spoke at the Dublin City University climate conference on Tuesday. Photograph: Niall Carson/ PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New plans lodged for Killiney site following objections by U2 members’ wives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/new-plans-lodged-for-killiney-site-following-objections-by-u2-members-wives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/new-plans-lodged-for-killiney-site-following-objections-by-u2-members-wives/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Coimisiún Pleanála had upheld refusal for four ‘very large’ houses after Ali Hewson and others lodged objections]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:17:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3ZUYIMKBJNILO5J3BLPUN5EIAU.jpg?auth=cbc55f61c0a111ecc21878ad7f1a9c568f3e4905fa94fc397d4933bd4b6d4580&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Montebello, Killiney Hill Road, Co Dublin. Plans have been lodged for an apartment complex on the site]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaigners highlight gulf between numbers of boys and girls cycling to school]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/campaigners-highlight-gulf-between-numbers-of-boys-and-girls-cycling-to-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/campaigners-highlight-gulf-between-numbers-of-boys-and-girls-cycling-to-school/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Research commissioned by insurer finds that only 3% of  Irish population cycles daily]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TONIZGFVBVDAFPVMIZLPOYBGT4.JPG?auth=4d6a30fbce069ce2525a37ce3988cb671bf6de9f9601ceda939cdd77017ba1d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Oireachtas All-Party Cycling Group, together with the Irish Cycling Campaign, at a cycle from the front gates of Leinster House today to mark National Bike Week. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DONT USE Ronan O’F child UK live blog]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/corrections-clarifications/2026/05/12/ronan-of-child-uk-live-blog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/corrections-clarifications/2026/05/12/ronan-of-child-uk-live-blog/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ronan O’F child UK live blog]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster head coach Clayton McMillan welcomes independent review into province’s governance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/munster-head-coach-clayton-mcmillan-welcomes-independent-review-into-provinces-governance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/munster-head-coach-clayton-mcmillan-welcomes-independent-review-into-provinces-governance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move follows mutual agreement between Munster and Roger Randle not to take up position of attack coach with province]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:05:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L2NX6AWFAKVUDGHGSOPIFLS4EI.jpg?auth=ae462ccfb490aa782bdd4c9ab6264788629963a891d3c00dee1a4189db51f1d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster head coach Clayton McMillan during a training session at UL on Tuesday. 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[Michelin-starred Restaurant Chestnut in Ballydehob to close in the autumn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/05/12/michelin-starred-restaurant-chestnut-in-ballydehob-to-close-in-the-autumn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/05/12/michelin-starred-restaurant-chestnut-in-ballydehob-to-close-in-the-autumn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The restaurant’s last service will take place on October 30th ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:59:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PDIKPJTYGNDJLAFZRJCWXQC57I.jpg?auth=c431cdfce5d1bdad27e5ecf6b00324ed2981300abca521022b782a0b0a830696&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elaine Fleming and Rob Krawczyk of Restaurant Chestnut. Photograph: Kate Bean]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kate Bean Photography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost of war in Iran has climbed to $29bn, says Pentagon ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/12/live-us-iran-news-updates-war-middle-east-latest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/12/live-us-iran-news-updates-war-middle-east-latest/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president says while the ceasefire remains in place it is ‘unbelievably weak’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KKF5ASICWE6AUT4ZMYUFSDGSQE.jpg?auth=8cef81119efe75f18801c99f50d11902438a62a9851a09374e5e26ca673eaba8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A billboard in Tehran shows a photo the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the beginning of the war. Countries are bracing for ongoing high energy costs as hopes fade for a swift end to the war. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arash Khamooshi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacked pilot’s lawyer calls Aer Lingus executive ‘barefaced liar’ at WRC]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/sacked-pilots-lawyer-calls-aer-lingus-executive-barefaced-liar-at-wrc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/sacked-pilots-lawyer-calls-aer-lingus-executive-barefaced-liar-at-wrc/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Employees says he was penalised for making protected disclosures over ‘toxic fumes’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:38:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HQAWNYWGKOZVDW2DHSKY4EWLVM.jpg?auth=efc406f7672ace1ce8ea5eaa3de3ae7c0486d4eda5866459a84090a69a7c1774&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A senior executive at Aer Lingus has denied giving false evidence to an employment tribunal and said he rejects the assertion made by a sacked pilot’s lawyer that he is a “bare-faced liar”. Photographed: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drunk driver who killed cyclist while her two children were in car jailed for four years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/drunk-driver-who-killed-cyclist-while-her-two-children-were-in-car-jailed-for-four-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/drunk-driver-who-killed-cyclist-while-her-two-children-were-in-car-jailed-for-four-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saoirse Lillis McMahon had ‘cocktail’ of drugs in her system and an open bottle of wine in passenger seat]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HSNHGDKDOJEQ3KB673U5G5W4WE.jpg?auth=9f5c713f3d05b8972e9a1c97950aa462799980a9f292a8fdec23eab1a9d79a78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Saoirse Lillis McMahon at Ennis Court. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Copyright : Eamon Ward</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael O’Neill to stay on as Northern Ireland manager after turning down Blackburn job]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/michael-oneill-to-stay-on-as-northern-ireland-manager-after-turning-down-blackburn-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/michael-oneill-to-stay-on-as-northern-ireland-manager-after-turning-down-blackburn-job/</guid><description><![CDATA[Manager had juggled two roles since February, but will stay on with contract running until 2028]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L37IIOEE3JZAQRB5O5S5K4AQGE.jpg?auth=75b33d84b1462b05bc5e55635fbb3c746c89d9c89d91ed459314db8a507cdd41&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Wire.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Whitley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now seems a good time to remind you – CAO points are not the be-all and end-all]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/12/now-seems-a-good-time-to-remind-you-cao-points-are-not-the-be-all-and-end-all/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/12/now-seems-a-good-time-to-remind-you-cao-points-are-not-the-be-all-and-end-all/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Damian Cullen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Classroom to College: Whatever comes next for a Leaving Cert student, money-wise it can be big strain]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:54:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H65O2PK2WNG2RPFJAEX2G6JGRI.png?auth=8c8d538c8afdcb24ecf9d1b551fdac1ee1f7ca91ef839791963f92c7234e06fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Classroom to college widget letterbox wide]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Google employee fails in claim of racial discrimination in loss of job]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/former-google-employee-fails-in-claim-of-racial-discrimination-in-loss-of-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/former-google-employee-fails-in-claim-of-racial-discrimination-in-loss-of-job/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workplace Relations Commission finds claimant failed to put forward evidence of discrimination to require rebuttal from former employer ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:44:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HMIP7LYUOOCH2O3UHBQEHATUUE.jpg?auth=edf1867a710291adfac3e41598b8d0a378b82217168a67857431d77957848053&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A former Google employee who claimed he lost his jobs because of racial discrimination has failed in an equality claim. Photograph: Paul McErlane/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We didn’t get any justice’: Driver who killed bride-to-be is jailed for five years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/we-didnt-get-any-justice-driver-who-killed-bride-to-be-is-jailed-for-five-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/we-didnt-get-any-justice-driver-who-killed-bride-to-be-is-jailed-for-five-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Maguire]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Laura Connolly (35) was killed after she lay down in the middle of a road in her hometown of Lifford, Co Donegal ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:30:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5RLKBAZCZZFYJE4VNKHCGNAHDE.jpg?auth=8d8b981ed66871293fcae60f78d3d5e7d2b33b547d8e483d3bf8d22327127965&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Laura Connolly (35) was killed by a car driven by Sean Connaghton]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake Paul says broken jaw from Anthony Joshua fight may have ended boxing career]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/05/12/jake-paul-says-broken-jaw-from-anthony-joshua-fight-may-have-ended-boxing-career/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/05/12/jake-paul-says-broken-jaw-from-anthony-joshua-fight-may-have-ended-boxing-career/</guid><description><![CDATA[Injuries from his bout are still being monitored by doctors after the former world champion stopped Paul in December fight]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HARM4WVZ4SUL43STXCUG3I7ZQA.jpg?auth=d07cf5e38e6e4f02c20b41dd44fd2c2d3078858cf4239441f16589894bb1bff1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul during their heavyweight bout at the Kaseya Center, Miami. Photograph: JC Ruiz/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JC Ruiz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volvo told me not to fully charge my new EV due to fault – what now?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/12/volvo-told-me-not-to-fully-charge-my-new-ev-due-to-fault-what-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/12/volvo-told-me-not-to-fully-charge-my-new-ev-due-to-fault-what-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McAleer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Motors help desk: Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues you have with your current car]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YV6KVODZKJFA3O6H3PSVULOIKY.JPG?auth=8dc23f160c5f5722f769c2926b35139599893b6ec189baf20c17033593bc64bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Volvo EX30: 'Volvo faces a significant challenge to its reputation on the back of this recall. Yet it is far from the only car firm to face recalls over batteries and potential fire risks.' ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVID SHEPHERD</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy whose thumb was crushed in bollard accident settles action for €40,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/boy-whose-thumb-was-crushed-in-bollard-accident-settles-action-for-40000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/boy-whose-thumb-was-crushed-in-bollard-accident-settles-action-for-40000/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sebastian Ganly was four years old when incident occurred at GAA’s Sport Ireland Campus site]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D4EB5RILQVLW3MHH5PQ3TCUGFY.jpg?auth=861d233964ce9320bf547581d180ca6572b996847a1e3e5d4e2d0339af134c97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown Co Dublin, part of Sport Campus Ireland. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future days off considered for Irish football playoffs at Oireachtas committee]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/future-days-off-considered-for-irish-football-playoffs-at-oireachtas-committee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/future-days-off-considered-for-irish-football-playoffs-at-oireachtas-committee/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One-off public holiday ‘redundant’ due to Czech Republic defeat – but TDs say it’s ‘a very good idea’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFQZ4WSY7QB5DDZNZPJK526TTA.jpg?auth=767006b78dc31513d4daa395a9218a0329c469a501b59cf0bfa7ea9523bfc5fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland fans at the World Cup playoff against the Czech Republic in Prague in March. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze banned for 11 years for role in doping scandal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/ex-georgia-captain-merab-sharikadze-banned-for-11-years-for-role-in-doping-scandal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/ex-georgia-captain-merab-sharikadze-banned-for-11-years-for-role-in-doping-scandal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hooker Giorgi Chkoidze banned for six years after joint investigation by WADA and World Rugby]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:33:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5NXLKF5FU54DCXEAJUKYPOGZ6M.jpg?auth=57ef2e62b9a0d2fdd6ad8a75a6d04a58f0ab359fdb9a316fc2d537bd26c00552&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Georgia's centre Merab Sharikadze during the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Loic Venance</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambulance strike under way as group warns move poses ‘significant risk’ to lives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/ambulance-strike-to-begin-at-8am-as-advocacy-group-warns-patients-not-to-used-as-pawns-in-dispute/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/ambulance-strike-to-begin-at-8am-as-advocacy-group-warns-patients-not-to-used-as-pawns-in-dispute/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone, Órla  Ryan, Marie O’Halloran, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:33:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NHNRJJQJZJDJDB2A3E37SWI2FM.JPG?auth=eaf0fad0c661dfdd642dd64716e7e9bd60cb9c1e4c420ae2318404bc32447f4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 2,000 workers at the National Ambulance Service have gone on a one-day strike across the country in a dispute over pay. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times 


]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour leadership: Wes Streeting faces narrow road to party members’ favour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/labour-leadership-wes-streeting-faces-narrow-road-to-party-members-favour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/labour-leadership-wes-streeting-faces-narrow-road-to-party-members-favour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aletha Adu ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at disadvantage even with reduced membership under Starmer]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZIHRJHQ7GZKLQVXP6CKJL4Q5A.jpg?auth=c482e745f811e39cb388022fef3b077c1131a5fe48af62901000c7555c315543&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[UK health secretary Wes Streeting departs after a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, on Tuesday. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham seeks path to Westminster to launch Labour leadership challenge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/andy-burnham-seeks-path-to-westminster-to-launch-labour-leadership-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/12/andy-burnham-seeks-path-to-westminster-to-launch-labour-leadership-challenge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Halliday]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Manchester mayor is a potential challenger to Keir Starmer, but he needs to become an MP first]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:21:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6JY6U4IDRUDJNF7N4DQB5YLOQ.jpg?auth=aca0258cbb06c67c8467aa391d98fc31f2876309ceca0d503f13c4f3e70e4445&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is regarded as a potential replacement for Keir Starmer. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Jenkinson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stormont votes to formally close botched ‘cash for ash’ green energy scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/12/stormont-votes-to-formally-close-botched-cash-for-ash-green-energy-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/12/stormont-votes-to-formally-close-botched-cash-for-ash-green-energy-scheme/</guid><description><![CDATA[Design failure left applicants able to earn money by burning more wood pellets]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MCITK35QUI4TA6YTQEIOMAR6SM.jpg?auth=e45bf2ec30e5b00dc8f189012ffda33da2bf24382dbba0e868c47e0f5e35fd84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stormont has passed legislation to formally close Northern Ireland’s Renewable Heating Incentive scheme. Photograph: PA]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EasyJet founder’s group takes trademark court challenge in Irish court ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/easyjet-founders-group-in-critical-trademark-court-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/easyjet-founders-group-in-critical-trademark-court-challenge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defendants argue that court has no jurisdiction as they have not targeted Irish consumers with their services]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:09:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FZX2UCGDCM7RONBLRKGLRLSJLY.jpg?auth=4bc52a85c7f596d15f2dc72f384c85e2734f29088787c546411cb4c1c55d816c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou‘s Easygroup claims a fundraising website infringed its trademarks. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric vehicle sales rise again in April and are now 73% ahead of same time last year ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/electric-vehicle-sales-rise-in-april/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/electric-vehicle-sales-rise-in-april/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second-hand imports account for a fast-growing share of overall vehicles licensed in data that highlight decline of petrol and diesel]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:52:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DV6NRZWW35YQDHIH6EA7DNDJQA.jpg?auth=401df73127a650b0fec916026e77fcb901232e37ee1a82ab8e1952c89403f5eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Electric vehicles account for 23 per cent of all new cars licensed since start of year compared to 16 per cent last year. Photograph: John Walton/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/weve-been-left-behind-striking-national-ambulance-staff-call-on-hse-for-improved-pay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/weve-been-left-behind-striking-national-ambulance-staff-call-on-hse-for-improved-pay/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EMT says nurses are making same sorts of decisions as ambulance staff but paramedics are making them on the sides of roads]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:51:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GYJYLI3YYM5ATBMJQD7FQAP5DU.jpg?auth=30e208611259296ad8c720b2fc5682177d95219bb42dac2256115b4a77201a4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paramedics Aileen McClean (left) and Katie Loughran on the picket line outside Dundalk Ambulance Station. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rodent infestations and spider egg sacs among reasons for food closure orders in Dublin, Cork and Waterford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/rodent-infestations-and-spider-egg-sacs-in-food-storage-areas-among-reasons-for-food-closure-orders/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/rodent-infestations-and-spider-egg-sacs-in-food-storage-areas-among-reasons-for-food-closure-orders/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Five restaurants and food services were served with the orders last month]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:45:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRFONG6VVJIP5NK3YG6JBAVU6U.jpg?auth=d8dc14ad9c489809b2830bf2fc900ce8dd15659f4f8fe5be6a9caf9fd53f8aa5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reasons for closure included the discovery of rodent droppings in food preparation and storage areas. File photograph: Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southampton launch internal review into Middlesbrough spying allegations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/southampton-launch-internal-review-into-middlesbrough-spying-allegations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/12/southampton-launch-internal-review-into-middlesbrough-spying-allegations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Fisher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Boro believe they caught a member of Southampton’s backroom staff on their premises ahead of first leg of playoff]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:31:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DQE5QI2GFLBMNAZSVGI6SRN25Y.jpg?auth=136faaf35f9f7bf15e0e9a4e460cc854be505eb7645d597d3547995987282ae0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Southampton fans make light of the spying allegations made against their club during the first leg of their playoff semi-final with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ed Sykes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[State property registration authority looks to recoup overpayments to 266 workers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/state-property-registration-authority-looks-to-recoup-overpayments-to-266-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/state-property-registration-authority-looks-to-recoup-overpayments-to-266-workers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh McDonagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Debt collection firm is being sought to help recoup payments made over 26-year period]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/46ZD2RYOYNACRPFDYTXTBMOB2Y.jpg?auth=aa8a668ee6486cc057af661915598687f616469549db5ecbcc010b221e1ef296&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Registry of Deeds on Henrietta Street, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition urges clarity on whether levies will lead to broken spending promises]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/opposition-urges-clarity-on-whether-levies-will-see-departmental-spending-promises-shelved/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/opposition-urges-clarity-on-whether-levies-will-see-departmental-spending-promises-shelved/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones, Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parties also express support for striking ambulance workers, saying their apparent need to strike was ‘outrageous’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:59:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NQWE5Z7ULBOL3EWZ3BUHBGWZ2E.JPG?auth=badc64014d350038b8a7eda9fab63c2c27b64878f0db8e5c01418d258bd2592e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said there was a possibility the levies could 'represent cuts in public spending in 2026'. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTMA to raise €2bn in bond sale to leave most of full-year funding covered ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/ntma-to-raise-2bn-in-bond-sale-to-leave-most-of-full-year-funding-covered/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/ntma-to-raise-2bn-in-bond-sale-to-leave-most-of-full-year-funding-covered/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Agency entered this year facing €15 billion in debt maturities that needed to be refinanced]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:22:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KB22RIZBPJGHPHI6TBIXFGIRZM.jpg?auth=44c4d7540de2275c337c69662994f6fbd3e248b3719871ff22b3908859c859bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has hired banks and brokers to carry out a €2 billion bond sale, which would result in the organisation covering most of its full-year funding target. 
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times








]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruthless Roscommon attacked weak points in the Galway system]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/ruthless-roscommon-attacked-weak-points-in-the-galway-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/ruthless-roscommon-attacked-weak-points-in-the-galway-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[During a critical part of the Connacht final, Roscommon found a way to set the stage for a famous win ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:06:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2V6LFQQ65NBAFLTJE6SE4DDHEM.jpg?auth=31cc0cd9c4bbceeff65278ef293fa8b5f28c2133409706b17dd5f5e911338b54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caelim Keogh's refusal to give Shane Walsh space for a comfortable shot at a crucial time was key to Roscommon's win over Galway. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denza ramps up BYD’s premium ambitions in Europe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/12/denza-ramps-up-byds-premium-ambitions-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/12/denza-ramps-up-byds-premium-ambitions-in-europe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chinese luxury brand’s first Euro car will be an 870hp Porsche rival]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:03:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FTDS2J357NFPNFWS3CT37OEGOY.jpg?auth=53715be5b3df1a5d25f26a90d9c284c48fccefc8fddcf2ae5d9c40afe58944df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denza Z9]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ceist an athaontaithe i mbéal an phobail arís]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/ceist-an-athaontaithe-i-mbeal-an-phobail-aris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/ceist-an-athaontaithe-i-mbeal-an-phobail-aris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ursula Savage]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá ról ag pobalbhreitheanna san ullmhúchán agus sa phlé maidir le reifreann ar aontú na hÉireann]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4XV6L2VN254KR7NDXB4WNLR4PQ.jpg?auth=22507ab8868658a8451fe040007b7151511e00ebaa83940443a4fc344fc678a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Is faoi Státrúnaí Thuaisceart Éireann Hilary Benn a bheadh sé reifreann a ghairm ach níl aon chritéir leagtha amach chuige. Grianghraf: Lucy North/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lucy North</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cic sna cluichí cúige fós]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/cic-sna-cluichi-cuige-fos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/cic-sna-cluichi-cuige-fos/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Máire Ní Bhraonáin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seo spléachadh ar chuid de na torthaí gan choinne a bhí i gCraobhchomórtas peile na gcúigí go dtí seo]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UTQ43TOUS5BORFSD642JSEFB7Y.jpg?auth=ff1ac3704ea21882b638f3bf4b0877629f2230d684d639c5410a7bb662f2a775&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Turbitt (Ard Mhacha) in aghaidh Ryan McEvoy, Pierce Laverty agus Peter Fegan (An Dún) sa chluiche leathcheannais i gCraobh Peile Uladh, Páirc Naomh Tiarnach, Cluain Eois, Co. Muineachán.   Grianghraf: INPHO/Ben Brady.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cork’s Counting House complex to house new city library after €35m purchase]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/corks-counting-house-complex-to-house-new-city-library-after-35m-purchase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/corks-counting-house-complex-to-house-new-city-library-after-35m-purchase/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Beamish and Crawford site will replace existing Grand Parade library, which opened in 1930]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:52:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GZCMEQK6YBERHDAL6MYAAVR6IQ.JPG?auth=181aae18de9f9dcf5b3ec8551a8c42e51391e1f731c360a5a5d913e723d8087d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Counting House in Cork city, which has been purchased for use as a new city library. Photograph: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/Wikipedia]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen ‘doing well’ in secure care, but others at risk still cannot get spaces, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/teen-doing-well-in-secure-care-but-others-at-risk-still-cannot-get-spaces-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/teen-doing-well-in-secure-care-but-others-at-risk-still-cannot-get-spaces-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High Court hears ‘good news story’ amid ‘utter chaos’ of system]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:49:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XPO4JZCG3ZG55GNIPVJR4RPGJE.jpg?auth=2b282352e6425d8ee3f91bc7a87b7cd06bcd6524649da6ea39d878f1c0185a48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The High Court this week heard a teenager who experienced 'significant early adversity' is doing well after spending 12 days in special care. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nigel Stripe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bryson DeChambeau could give up golf for YouTube in his athletic prime. Is he right?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/bryson-dechambeau-could-give-up-golf-for-youtube-in-his-athletic-prime-is-he-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/bryson-dechambeau-could-give-up-golf-for-youtube-in-his-athletic-prime-is-he-right/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Timms]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The two-time major champion has mused about life as a full-time streamer. But sport should be more than just a platform to grow an athlete’s brand]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:41:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3UPVVJNNI5DOXCHFTGCL5NXGHU.jpg?auth=f76b1e1552c9738f5e3084f30a6d5c57e55b61334aca17c89d60752ddd88f5e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bryson DeChambeau has forged a lucrative career thanks to his social media channels. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maddie Meyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The BBC’s First Homosexual review: A poignant, revelatory look at an era when gay liberation remained a mirage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/05/12/the-bbcs-first-homosexual-review-a-poignant-revelatory-look-at-an-era-when-gay-liberation-remained-a-mirage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/05/12/the-bbcs-first-homosexual-review-a-poignant-revelatory-look-at-an-era-when-gay-liberation-remained-a-mirage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max McGuinness]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In Stephen M Hornby’s play, a young gay man tries to find his way in a hostile 1950s world as the broadcaster investigates ‘the homosexual condition’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOULVVETX5G25LMWBWKZMOA6Y4.jpg?auth=07ce7df3dfad2f67981c448b699b7b7573273022a127905938ad8157a332a24d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wilde Stages festival: Mitchell Wilson and Max Lohan in The BBC's First Homosexual. Photograph: Kelsea Knox]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sruth na Maoile arís]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/sruth-na-maoile-aris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/sruth-na-maoile-aris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Titley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá réimse leathan d’fhilí na Gàidhlig le fáil sa chuasach fiúntach ‘Sradagan san Iarmailt: Sparks in the Firmament’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SRX3NZP2IFDKZPKLR5LR24Q53E.jpg?auth=5ae04e7513db5fcf452fb65ac253a7b850173ba1cb1018903fe974f357d6f7f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marcas Mac an Tuairneir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beocht as an úr sna seanamhráin i gcónaí]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/beocht-as-an-ur-sna-seanamhrain-i-gconai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/beocht-as-an-ur-sna-seanamhrain-i-gconai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Nic Pháidín]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is in Albain a rugadh Diane Cannon ach tógadh í i Mín na Lárach i nDún na nGall ó bhí sí ina girseach. Labhair Michelle Nic Pháidín léi faoina gairm, faoin tóir atá ar na seanamhráin agus faoina halbam nua a eiseofar níos déanaí i mbliana.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QGGMWJOEAFCOXAC32GKOGZE7YY.jpg?auth=08d637059285c851383731d0c83cee9bd2f9541f1d31fb8e97bf141e4791c425&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diane Cannon i bhFánaid, Co. Dhún na nGall. Grianghraf: Joe Dunne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOE DUNNE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaiseadh fíona trí Ghaeilge i lár Bhaile Phib ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/blaiseadh-fiona-tri-ghaeilge-i-lar-bhaile-phib/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/blaiseadh-fiona-tri-ghaeilge-i-lar-bhaile-phib/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ní Dhonnaile]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thall is Abhus: Blaiseadh fíona; sos ar Inis Meáin, damhsa cuaille agus Spotsolas ar Ealaíontóir Éireannach]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I6N4CMBZHVEU7KSNRVK5NHM6XI.jpeg?auth=cac257a483ac2d7105aa529cfd5529e8512a9eb59a80d76ca577426b160331c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Blaiseadh fíona i mBaile Phib]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man breached safety order to attend court case of woman with large social media following]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/man-breached-safety-order-to-attend-court-case-of-woman-with-large-social-media-following/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/man-breached-safety-order-to-attend-court-case-of-woman-with-large-social-media-following/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eimear Dodd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 64-year-old encouraged others to fight with woman, who was his former partner]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VKDF5OJ6ZEAPBSI3GK3PCUDRM.jpg?auth=18b41a51b975ae12cf8d01cf5bb74fc24a8c71015242a2e24b7ed2d52bdf0994&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge said the incident must have been ‘deeply upsetting’ and distressing for the woman. Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The_Irish_Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas accuses Netflix of spying on children and designing platform to be addictive ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/texas-accuses-netflix-of-spying-on-children-in-new-lawsuit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/texas-accuses-netflix-of-spying-on-children-in-new-lawsuit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Streaming company has falsely represented that it did not collect or share user data, when it actually sold it, legal action claims ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:40:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RMWSG7I4YFHF3EHNL4EM7FN4QQ.jpg?auth=a88e79a22d5e2a4eb969726e3d2a34a444ec8632b687bc1d6a03a4fc846ba57e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Texas has sued Netflix, accusing the streaming company of spying on children and designing its platform to be addictive. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">wutwhanfoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nuremberg Women by Natalie Livingstone: Memory always a question of where we choose to look]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/12/the-nuremberg-women-by-natalie-livingstone-memory-always-a-question-of-where-we-choose-to-look/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/12/the-nuremberg-women-by-natalie-livingstone-memory-always-a-question-of-where-we-choose-to-look/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roe McDermott]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Work builds an archive against absence, showing how the story of Nuremberg has been shaped by the forgetting of women]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:38:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZTLLQM6MREEHA63EPCT4ODGUA.jpg?auth=f9857a29c66247641ee34a20e5d7bac04c2017cb9e1b43003728697d04d4068e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Defendants at the Nuremberg Nazi trials. From left, middle row: Hermann Goering (with arm outstetched), Rudolf Hess, Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel and Ernst Kaltenbrunner. In the back row: Karl Doenitz (with sunglasses), Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bettmann</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Traveller Family review: Quietly thoughtful insight into a proud community struggling with identity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/12/a-traveller-family-review-quietly-thoughtful-insight-into-a-proud-community-struggling-with-identity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/12/a-traveller-family-review-quietly-thoughtful-insight-into-a-proud-community-struggling-with-identity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: Alex Fegan’s documentary will hopefully go some way towards opening people’s eyes – it lets its subjects speak for themselves]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:25:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MV7262RRKVDZLKOJ4N2YBBXGLI.jpg?auth=fbbf7728b97b64b1ab1e0e39814c2cfe9f00e136f5600ee92cb4bdcb38fdf170&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Johnny Collins is an English student in UCD. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">alex fegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proof that beating the ‘shower from over the road’ still means something]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/proof-that-beating-the-shower-from-over-the-road-still-means-something/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/proof-that-beating-the-shower-from-over-the-road-still-means-something/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The provincial championships have plenty life left in them; Gerry Thornley looks ahead to final round of the URC]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:24:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4YDIMEHHGACZEZL6VIP5KNE6M4.jpg?auth=ff363d41b6a8b66b6db6a529f10d5f6e2c1fb9a75dcd8327409beffd4c4fec63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Roscommon fan celebrates after the county's Connacht final victory over Galway last Sunday. Photograph: James Lawlor/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eurovision 2026: From boycotts to media blackouts, this is now a spectacle under pressure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/12/eurovision-2026-from-boycotts-to-media-blackouts-this-is-now-a-spectacle-under-pressure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/12/eurovision-2026-from-boycotts-to-media-blackouts-this-is-now-a-spectacle-under-pressure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Oltermann]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is an unprecedented moment in the Eurovision Song Contest’s history, and this year’s competition could have long-term consequences]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:08:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NVJHNESUQNFJ5IWQCU4LVYRLYQ.jpg?auth=4824bfcdbc55abf2997b101a30ca8f86d57bc2c7ef0c2c81ff2a00af551cb968&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Georgian singers Giorgi Shiolashvili, Mariam Tatulashvili and Mariam Kikuashvili of Bzikebi during a dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TOBIAS SCHWARZ</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge warns park violence ‘all too common’ as teen admits ‘disgraceful’ robbery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/judge-warns-park-violence-all-too-common-as-teen-admits-disgraceful-robbery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/12/judge-warns-park-violence-all-too-common-as-teen-admits-disgraceful-robbery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teenage victim required six weeks of treatment and had his jaw wired following October 2024 incident]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JC35Z4FGGFE3PKH756VOSHZUF4.JPG?auth=d4bd40358082ccfac5aee86015e296fa2c4d8c329373fa91ffb24c5c3cc2056d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the Dublin Children’s Court, Judge Brendan Toale remarked that incidents of violence in parks and public places where people suffer relatively serious injuries were 'all too common'. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw IRISHTIMES</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fios fátha fothoghchán]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/fios-fatha-fothoghchan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/fios-fatha-fothoghchan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caithfear dul siar go dtí na seachtóidí nuair a bhí páirtithe rialtais ag buachan fothoghchán go héasca.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRJ3LOHATNA23FQ6T6QLF7MG5M.JPG?auth=7ca1688d35fcbc5b05034ac99f0c8f1ee9b1620905977f50785fe182eef3c2d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fothoghchán: Tá Cathair na Gaillimhe níos deacra a thuar. Grianghraf: Alan Betson
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children now ‘struggle to grasp basic concepts’: Teachers’ views on screen time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/parents-continue-to-stick-their-heads-in-the-sand-teachers-views-on-screen-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/parents-continue-to-stick-their-heads-in-the-sand-teachers-views-on-screen-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Smartphone use is ‘most concerning issue’ parents are ‘reluctant’ to confront, says principal]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:53:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/25VUSIAJFBFK5JQ2X46NKN5GQQ.jpg?auth=0f615527ca1b5717f38f66a5158f3910edfd083befe6ed0cef7f763de9045329&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Teachers describe pupils falling asleep in school after being awake 'until all hours' with 'unfettered access' to the internet. Photograph: Arsenii Palivoda/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arsenii Palivoda</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster squad line-up for Bilbao final not set in stone, says Jacques Nienaber]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/leinster-squad-line-up-for-bilbao-final-not-set-in-stone-says-jacques-nienaber/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/leinster-squad-line-up-for-bilbao-final-not-set-in-stone-says-jacques-nienaber/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daire Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Senior coach reckons places still up for grabs as Leo Cullen’s squad face Bordeaux in Champions Cup final]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:30:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MPRMWKWCQF5RTYVA6WJNFOFNSQ.jpg?auth=f4db8cd24d61715b26606e4097c1349f3ba60c61a00286485608e48bb842d56c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Senior Coach Jacques Nienaber at Leinster Rugby squad training in UCD on Monday. Photograph: Grace Halton/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Grace Halton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toradh a chuid oibre le cloisteáil ar albam álainn Rua Rí]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/toradh-a-chuid-oibre-le-cloisteail-in-albam-alainn-rua-ri/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/toradh-a-chuid-oibre-le-cloisteail-in-albam-alainn-rua-ri/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Ferrari]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sheol an ceoltóir óg as Corcaigh a albam Tell Your Mother I Saved Your Life ag tús na míosa. Labhair sé le Emma Ferrari.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EVUA2LN5UFBSZEEQQSLWSGFK4M.jpeg?auth=354cb1c9b3e37224252a45b09d24d24b21622900a1503796f6c7a69ecc07efa6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rua Rí]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keir Starmer fights for his political life]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/inside-politics-newsletter-keir-starmer-fianna-fail-dail-schedule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/inside-politics-newsletter-keir-starmer-fianna-fail-dail-schedule/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil marks centenary milestone amid byelection campaigns]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:57:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEDFMZPAXJYT2CZPNG4BUB4WKQ.jpg?auth=dad1d311d9dbece97ef4e2cbecef485f0301375533849bbb4c5b8a5039179462&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[UK prime minister Keir Starmer is under pressure after Labour’s dire performance in elections last week. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maja Smiejkowska</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Ceangal’ agus focail ghaolmhara]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/ceangal-agus-focail-ghaolmhara/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/ceangal-agus-focail-ghaolmhara/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dónall P Ó Baoill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is iomaí bealach leis an fhocal ceangal a úsáid nach rithfeadh leat ar an chéad amharc]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XV6PDDQW3RH7XKABGAGSQXHFKI.jpg?auth=9fd3583cb11accea95bde79a3845d679e9729d2570bed0f9422aae1502b2289a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cluinfidh tú daoine ag rá capall ceangalta. Grianghraf: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PeopleImages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Carlow garden centre left buyers millions out of pocket]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-a-carlow-garden-centre-left-buyers-millions-out-of-pocket/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-a-carlow-garden-centre-left-buyers-millions-out-of-pocket/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Carlow garden centre has gone into examinership leaving customers out of pocket]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 +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[Ongoing issues: Thomas and James Keogh of the Rathwood home and garden furniture business]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn Meats acquires German meat importer Alexander Eyckeler]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/dawn-meats-acquires-german-meat-importer-alexander-eyckeler/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/dawn-meats-acquires-german-meat-importer-alexander-eyckeler/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deal is part of Irish group’s ongoing integration with New Zealand’s Alliance Group after €133m acquisition of 65% stake in business]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 06:57:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GVV5535XD5AV7JGPJLSMMXLPLQ.JPG?auth=9c248de8665bc1134a96b0b0db1b397d43d1ea091387af873e1cae7592b61575&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall Browne, CEO of Dawn Meats.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is Putin now talking about the war in Ukraine ‘coming to an end’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/why-is-putin-now-talking-about-the-war-in-ukraine-coming-to-an-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/why-is-putin-now-talking-about-the-war-in-ukraine-coming-to-an-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Sabbagh, , ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Drone strikes, mounting casualties and a distracted US president means a slow-motion victory is in doubt]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 06:30:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NK26W5T44GQ66YLF3ZWMS5IHMA.jpg?auth=27b7bcb24d3382384b0cd8d5b579cd924e27a09d3f2d9e17c7d365295ebc5f1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested that the war in Ukraine may be “coming to an end” on Saturday. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maxim Shipenkov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil extends gain as Trump casts doubt over ceasefire with Iran ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/05/12/oil-extends-gain-as-trump-casts-doubt-over-ceasefire-with-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/05/12/oil-extends-gain-as-trump-casts-doubt-over-ceasefire-with-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yongchang Chin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president says truce on ‘massive life support’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:44:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HEAA5JSH3JKFRF27I2ITOCPO4Y.jpg?auth=838643509d09df3c8582785109e937ee8fe41e26ca904c1251f605ca12fccc7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Pasadena, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mario Tama</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scolding Macron strikes bum note for France reset with Africa]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/12/scolding-macron-strikes-bum-note-for-france-reset-with-africa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/12/scolding-macron-strikes-bum-note-for-france-reset-with-africa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French president sought move to partnership with African leaders at Kenya summit, but video clip of him admonishing audience for chatter goes viral]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:40:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPVPHRDTCG4BCH3VYAVF2MMHIY.jpg?auth=55d9123d56543948f021826fe9a79aa1fec70cd98f30d81557919c013cfe9155&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rwandan president Paul Kagame (left) and French president Emmanuel Macron arrive for the Africa Forward group photograph. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ludovic Marin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish creche group sale and Diageo’s frothy Kildare investment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/12/05/irish-creche-group-sale-and-diageos-frothy-kildare-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/12/05/irish-creche-group-sale-and-diageos-frothy-kildare-investment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:39:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5TL2VRF53WORCPYGD3C4ZWRB6A.jpg?auth=b502908912d05644027dabe1d18343514fc1acc28c7e08a9752f079c47f9b7c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Lewis, Diageo chief executive, at the official opening of Diageo's Littleconnells brewery in Kildare, where he said the company plans to continue to invest. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eamonn Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FedEx messing sees woman facing debt collectors]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/fedex-messing-sees-woman-facing-debt-collectors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/fedex-messing-sees-woman-facing-debt-collectors/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Protracted back and forth over charges for package is a stressful experience]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CRHTEA3LA6AONW4R3AI6XVLZ6U.jpg?auth=aa94f2f9b4f42ee143a39566514a175f7ef18a696b5e38d5a787a2e65890c647&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[FedEx parcel never arrived but charges were still due. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brandon Bell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[$7 gas and a doomsday plane flies overhead - yet war feels oddly distant in San Francisco]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/08/sevendollar-gas-and-a-doomsday-plane-overhead-signs-of-war-in-a-city-looking-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/08/sevendollar-gas-and-a-doomsday-plane-overhead-signs-of-war-in-a-city-looking-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Judge in San Francisco]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite surging oil prices, other issues occupy the mind of this city by the bay]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AE7X5HRREANLJP6LMMWJMH7UI.jpg?auth=ca14913042b34776ca6991f87875d554914c669ca12e9a7f2356cc7e9f2e5e13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Petrol prices have surged in the United States as a result of tensions in the Middle East. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambulance strike; guns ordered off the dark web; and falling overseas holiday bookings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/ambulance-strike-guns-ordered-off-the-dark-web-and-falling-overseas-holiday-bookings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/ambulance-strike-guns-ordered-off-the-dark-web-and-falling-overseas-holiday-bookings/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition podcast brings a selection of top stories from The Irish Times Monday to Friday ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBXKJG37RBGE3HV6UEGMM5F5AQ.jpg?auth=274ea416ac377b15d6cb4223f282c3244ee9b256050cc62fe0311ecc84e02942&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ambulances at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick Bolger</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a PLC course can forge your path in education after the Leaving Cert]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/12/how-a-plc-course-can-forge-your-path-in-education-after-the-leaving-cert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/12/how-a-plc-course-can-forge-your-path-in-education-after-the-leaving-cert/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Post Leaving Cert courses can act as a stepping stone to university and the world of work ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ALTXVRYBKBA6XB47YXN34PJA34.jpg?auth=8fbeab27782ed9b3cdc539aac6f720429e2fa485264c1ebb08ebb46db648dfbd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Post Leaving Certificate courses can help ground people after secondary school and give them a feel for a subject area they may want to pursue further. Illustration: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">rudall30</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to tell the GP I was seeing things but he ‘gave me eczema cream’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/05/12/woman-told-gp-she-was-seeing-things-but-was-sent-home-with-eczema-cream/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/05/12/woman-told-gp-she-was-seeing-things-but-was-sent-home-with-eczema-cream/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Wayman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Survey results suggest about half of children in Ireland live with a parent with poor mental health for at least part of childhood]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3AJJPUMRBVG7RDO3XX2NXQIMNU.jpg?auth=b9a7f0660bf0285bf6c76a1b80920f282bab646057d3bd33c345cb3f274c08c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Almost half of parents surveyed say they have had poor mental health at some point since having children, according to new research. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ljubaphoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coleen Nolan: ‘Everyone thought we were nuns ... and that we’d never even kissed a boy’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/2026/05/12/coleen-nolan-everyone-thought-we-were-nuns-and-that-wed-never-even-kissed-a-boy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/2026/05/12/coleen-nolan-everyone-thought-we-were-nuns-and-that-wed-never-even-kissed-a-boy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jen Hogan: On Conversations with Parents, Nolan discusses how her own experience growing up influenced her as a parent]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RHJ6YC5JORH6JJLWGLAAGTDPME.jpg?auth=9bdbbd1a7c6650e05c4a2dbf85e0060074280adea056f449b8ec2f20436102cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Coleen Nolan: 'My mum had six daughters, but never told any of us about periods.' Photograph: Grant Buchanan/Dave Benett/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dave Benett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primary and social healthcare expansion should be priority]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/primary-and-social-healthcare-expansion-should-be-priority/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/primary-and-social-healthcare-expansion-should-be-priority/</guid><description><![CDATA[People should access public health as close to home as possible]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 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[Call to ban early preflight alcohol doesn’t go far enough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/call-to-ban-early-preflight-alcohol-doesnt-go-far-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/call-to-ban-early-preflight-alcohol-doesnt-go-far-enough/</guid><description><![CDATA[Half measures are not the answer to this problem]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 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[Waterford fire response to dominate weekly Cabinet meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/waterford-fire-response-to-dominate-weekly-cabinet-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/waterford-fire-response-to-dominate-weekly-cabinet-meeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Agenda to include means of supporting 40 businesses affected by blaze]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LQ444E7XRFDJFIQ46RGEIYRPYU.jpg?auth=aa5966073b23d34afbc7bda730281efee6d7b0c384a69abce97f479f51404be7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The fire at the old Jute factory at Tycor in Waterford city. Photograph: Waterford City and County Council]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[An astonishing thing about men and women in sport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/an-astonishing-thing-about-men-and-women-in-sport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/an-astonishing-thing-about-men-and-women-in-sport/</guid><description><![CDATA[The difference can be enjoyable if you have a mind to appreciate it ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 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[Ireland’s nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/sadhbh-o-neill-irelands-nuclear-debate-generates-a-lot-of-hot-air-but-no-clean-energy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/sadhbh-o-neill-irelands-nuclear-debate-generates-a-lot-of-hot-air-but-no-clean-energy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadhbh O'Neill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QV45JHIGF34GROZW4XLMVKJ7PQ.jpg?auth=bcbd98597389558d92731da6c38eb3135808a346b2b2b7c5831f63677746950a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['There’s little serious analysis of the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy.' Photograph: Tomas Benedikovic/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tomas Benedikovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewed talk of nuclear power is a ‘distraction tactic’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/renewed-talk-of-nuclear-power-is-a-distraction-tactic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/renewed-talk-of-nuclear-power-is-a-distraction-tactic/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why are a number of centrist Irish politicians suddenly aligning their views on nuclear with the US and European far right? ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A message for Ross O’Carroll-Kelly on behalf of the people of Bray]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/a-message-for-ross-ocarroll-kelly-on-behalf-of-the-people-of-bray/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/a-message-for-ross-ocarroll-kelly-on-behalf-of-the-people-of-bray/</guid><description><![CDATA[We have no more desire to have his father living here than he has]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 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[Coimisiún na Meán rejects complaint over nudity shown on Sunday television]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/coimisiun-na-mean-rejects-complaint-over-nudity-shown-on-sunday-television/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/coimisiun-na-mean-rejects-complaint-over-nudity-shown-on-sunday-television/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RTÉ radio and television the most complained-about media platforms, regulator report finds]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AF6PNZ6BPRGSTOUVAMT6UR5IVQ.jpg?auth=a8a791fffac325c2cf121db37eff140d89593128af768190ceb5a1175611903f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The report highlights how RTÉ radio and television were the most complained about media platforms over a period between March 2023 and December 2025. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Vote 20 times’: How Israel has been working to influence Eurovision voting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/vote-20-times-how-israel-has-been-working-to-influence-eurovision-voting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/12/vote-20-times-how-israel-has-been-working-to-influence-eurovision-voting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mara Hvistendahl, Alex Marshall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Binyamin Netanyahu’s government has embraced the hugely popular song contest as a soft power tool]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TENECJOVKNCLVJX22NYHXGRIPI.jpg?auth=2439800931f7f7d40d0f228178eb9f34c5340f81b1dd28bf2cf9eeb78cb22920&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israel's Yuval Raphael at the Eurovision Song Contest opening ceremony in Basle, Switzerland, in May 2025. Photograph: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sebastian Reuter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital budget article could be one of most important published this year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/hospital-budget-article-could-be-one-of-most-important-published-this-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/hospital-budget-article-could-be-one-of-most-important-published-this-year/</guid><description><![CDATA[Soliciting politicians’ and construction industry’s responses might open up an interesting discussion ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s worth reflecting on what Reform UK’s success might mean for Northern Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/its-worth-reflecting-on-what-reform-uks-success-might-mean-for-northern-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/its-worth-reflecting-on-what-reform-uks-success-might-mean-for-northern-ireland/</guid><description><![CDATA[Politics across the United Kingdom looks increasingly fractured]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bike scheme for older people]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/a-bike-scheme-for-older-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/a-bike-scheme-for-older-people/</guid><description><![CDATA[I propose that an age cap of 100 be applied]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin to host Davos on tour event]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/dublin-to-host-davos-on-tour-event/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/dublin-to-host-davos-on-tour-event/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Occasion set for Dublin Castle to be addressed by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, with sources indicating Tánaiste Simon Harris also expected to attend ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSUVNY4EI4RB3H5Q7TWFYFY7IM.jpg?auth=a803851a65cf9670236af58476bae37513539231698dc77180a00450a4b49575&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are scheduled to attend the Davos event in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending on scheme to fix defects in Celtic-Tiger era apartments could be capped]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/apartment-remediation-scheme-costs-face-caps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/apartment-remediation-scheme-costs-face-caps/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caps on scheme would be ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CAE457YQSVBEZGSWY7PS77G7EA.jpg?auth=814a2d495a97633e647de2d793bf207d686475ce3fbe85b72d788b547dc70088&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Funding will be for retrospective works carried out to the standards in place at the time a building was originally constructed. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Hastings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Rochford: If Roscommon beat Tyrone, they’ll be All-Ireland contenders on merit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/12/stephen-rochford-if-roscommon-beat-tyrone-theyre-all-ireland-contenders-on-merit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/12/stephen-rochford-if-roscommon-beat-tyrone-theyre-all-ireland-contenders-on-merit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Rochford]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Connacht final win against Galway proved Mark Dowd’s team are in a very good place, but the element of surprise is now gone]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CRVPBSCCFQS7TYNKPFEMOXEMEU.jpg?auth=912c11d22a47bfb12d6ffa036a6fee82de02f39a02ba089e936d69d0b73d24be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Roscommon’s Darragh Heneghan celebrates with Diarmuid Murtagh as Galway goalkeeper Conor Flaherty displays his disappointment during Sunday's Connacht Senior Football Championship final at Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we get from a cattle fair in Macroom in 1992 to the possible next governor of California?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/fintan-otoole-career-of-would-be-california-governor-steve-hilton-traces-an-arc-from-macroom-to-maga/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/fintan-otoole-career-of-would-be-california-governor-steve-hilton-traces-an-arc-from-macroom-to-maga/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Steve Hilton recognised early that oligarchic fascism could be dressed up as anti-elitism. And the signs were there at a Macroom cattle fair in 1992]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y42XGSQEVC77VB3HCQFRAD236U.jpg?auth=f4a68957988a9bdac529b4bf3bbc98f9efdc29a7325da4691e40c1057a52b3af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Steve Hilton, Republican candidate in the 2026 California gubernatorial election, at a campaign debate last month. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick T. Fallon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s not Paschal’s seat’: Left-wing candidates on trail in Dublin Central byelection ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/its-not-paschals-seat-left-wing-candidates-on-trail-in-dublin-central-byelection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/its-not-paschals-seat-left-wing-candidates-on-trail-in-dublin-central-byelection/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Janet Horner (Green Party), Ruth O’Dea (Labour) and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin (PBP) among those seeking to fill seat vacated by former FG minister]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJESFFB7VNFCZFXIAYQZHBBOOY.jpg?auth=33ed99b5f4bc25b48d536cab282c51793dcd114a70529802d6c370ba94737765&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Janet Horner, Green Party candidate for the Dublin Central byelection with Paul Jenkins, and dog Rebel, in the North Strand, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigel Farage’s success gives Ireland an urgent deadline]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/nigel-farages-success-makes-irelands-failure-to-plan-for-the-future-irresponsible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/12/nigel-farages-success-makes-irelands-failure-to-plan-for-the-future-irresponsible/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew O'Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At what point are citizens in the North entitled to say they do not want to live in a country run by Farage?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKRV5EUEXHDFUONTSP22ZVJFDY.jpg?auth=c42b54debb3f51b91c6b1189d364a8e41ff6f41e082750bfb0808ba76b6aad44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, 'a man who cares so deeply about sensitive questions in Northern Ireland that he performed an 'Up the Ra' salutation in a Cameo video for a small fee'. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jordan Pettitt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley: Repeating top-eight URC feat would be an even bigger outcome for Irish game]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/gerry-thornley-repeating-top-eight-urc-feat-would-be-an-even-bigger-outcome-for-irish-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/gerry-thornley-repeating-top-eight-urc-feat-would-be-an-even-bigger-outcome-for-irish-game/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three of last season’s top eight will not reach the playoffs - all of which makes for a very fluid and competitive league]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T7Z3LPM7MZGLBIHAPBKTCSQFUY.jpg?auth=b052e670e83cd570f01774646fc1cf44fbc2d4e5d99f753f2b0d49b1ccc6eeb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht's Sam Illo and head coach Stuart Lancaster celebrate after beating DHL Stormers 33-24 in the BKT United Rugby Championship, DHL Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, in April. Photograph: Steve Haag Sports/EJ Langer/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/EJ Langer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chambers tries to play bad cop on spending while corporate tax receipts flow in]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/chambers-tries-to-play-bad-cop-on-spending-while-corporate-tax-receipts-flow-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/chambers-tries-to-play-bad-cop-on-spending-while-corporate-tax-receipts-flow-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spending last year came in €4bn beyond what the Government sanctioned in previous budget]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6UKHCMIZZBHARJVMPL7CXGZ3WU.JPG?auth=8d96c6bd7ce29f759b550d792223b23624d22fcbbd8d43ebbcedcadb1bec1220&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s women ready to push on in final Six Nations tie against Scotland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/irelands-women-ready-to-push-on-in-final-six-nations-tie-against-scotland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/12/irelands-women-ready-to-push-on-in-final-six-nations-tie-against-scotland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Objective is to consolidate third place in standings behind England and France]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4T5G27ZBIHEBRNRN7SCFZ4Y5ZY.jpg?auth=210060965a071e8046f6a5013e659397b2f24c29ace05d49b1b6e2b3fa580a54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland captain Erin King: 'The last time we beat them was when we qualified for the World Cup.' Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In defence of bicycle sheds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/in-defence-of-bicycle-sheds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/in-defence-of-bicycle-sheds/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well done to University Hospital Kerry and the HSE]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A toe injury and ‘a left miss’: where Rory McIlroy stands ahead of PGA Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/rory-mcilroy-confident-swing-fix-can-spark-us-pga-challenge-after-truist-finish/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/05/12/rory-mcilroy-confident-swing-fix-can-spark-us-pga-challenge-after-truist-finish/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Masters champion insists toe injury is minor as he returns to Florida before season’s second Major]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RPU4CIDLC5BHVHQUYVNH6I73JU.jpg?auth=2a132267ec26dbcbfd5e367c1e5b54e22c9f53a781dc41ab50ecedf9744ae65b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy during the final round of the Truist Championship 2026 at Quail Hollow Country Club on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photograph: Eston Parker/ISI Photos via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eston Parker/ISI Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of RTÉ’s scandal may lie in the past but its future is equally murky]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/the-roots-of-rtes-scandal-may-lie-in-the-past-but-its-future-is-equally-murky/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/05/12/the-roots-of-rtes-scandal-may-lie-in-the-past-but-its-future-is-equally-murky/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Linehan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shane Ross’s new book about RTÉ fails to push questions about the broadcaster’s funding to their conclusion]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X4MRHI4MNREIXMH6RHBIBQWRTA.jpg?auth=8a8089c4828d193cdfa1db0890c0fdb56c8c47652a87621e4e79803515fad1e2&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[Common reason for disregarding Sweden’s Covid outcomes does not bear much scrutiny]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/common-reason-for-disregarding-swedens-covid-outcomes-does-not-bear-much-scrutiny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/12/common-reason-for-disregarding-swedens-covid-outcomes-does-not-bear-much-scrutiny/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Swedes are not some obscure Amazonian tribe whose habits are alien to us]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 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[Half of workers say they are expected to use new technology without adequate training]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/half-of-workers-say-they-are-expected-to-use-new-technology-without-adequate-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/half-of-workers-say-they-are-expected-to-use-new-technology-without-adequate-training/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But employees are adopting artificial intelligence faster than their organisations are, survey says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YUAG4JUUVZGGVHCPGT5OIUB2X4.jpg?auth=2b32444ec0fea77cef41895508e8f1d20b530a4ab64f874d86a9326dcb35cdcd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Use of AI tools without the approval or monitoring of the company’s IT team is persisting. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thai Liang Lim</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Like something from a movie’: Meet the Irish teen set to make his American football debut in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/like-something-from-a-movie-the-irish-teen-making-his-american-football-debut-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/12/like-something-from-a-movie-the-irish-teen-making-his-american-football-debut-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Adam McCann-Gibbs from Newry will play his first college football game for the University of North Carolina’s Tar Heels at the Aviva Stadium]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/URCZGUDXUBFR3GUGHUFDOQ5TPE.jpg?auth=bda5669a2a90d25dd34e0693ef73e3ce8197ab9b7b1db8e9177b63c80ffba9c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Adam McCann-Gibbs at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The Co Down teenager will play for the University of North Carolina at this year’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Piaras Ó Mídheach / SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No one likes us, we don’t care’: Defiant tone in Israel as  Eurovision approaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/12/war-in-gaza-is-over-but-absurdly-hatred-of-israel-has-grown-israeli-eurovision-director/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/12/war-in-gaza-is-over-but-absurdly-hatred-of-israel-has-grown-israeli-eurovision-director/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israelis have been urged to get their relatives and friends in Europe to vote for their contestant Noam Bettan]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VQ37PBNIQE4UHUDPS7KWMGMMY.jpg?auth=cb246b761fef859a332ec8b67f43bbfa3fe3f11f7ffb2f90285a937814d884b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noam Bettan is representing Israel at Eurovision with the song Michelle. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Georg Hochmuth</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Bank to reflect on scathing High Court judgment in investigations overhaul ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/central-bank-to-reflect-on-scathing-high-court-judgment-in-investigations-overhaul/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/central-bank-to-reflect-on-scathing-high-court-judgment-in-investigations-overhaul/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Institution to draft new guidelines on prohibition notices]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBZ65WVY55H27BJ7MVYPMU5CNI.JPG?auth=a57abdac8a1378615c0825f955ffc9a3cdb89439e90005cb39a08be018a33422&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 on North Wall Quay. 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[Why guidance on preparing for emergencies should be issued]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/09/why-guidance-on-preparing-for-emergencies-should-be-issued/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/09/why-guidance-on-preparing-for-emergencies-should-be-issued/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is an increased likelihood of extreme weather and electricity blackouts across Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s going nowhere’: Irish abroad complain of long waits for passports after UK rule change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/its-going-nowhere-irish-abroad-complain-of-long-waits-for-passports-after-uk-rule-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/its-going-nowhere-irish-abroad-complain-of-long-waits-for-passports-after-uk-rule-change/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since February, all Irish or UK citizens must have a valid UK or Irish passport when travelling to the UK, regardless of dual citizenship]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SDRNWQILQZHLVFDVM7JPS4W3UI.jpg?auth=57a529f896ff3d9444b68933196ced874be66f7f3628704cece9eb4b4dd74745&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Deborah Cunningham, originally from Co Cork and now living in Perth, applied for her daughter's first Irish passport in February]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Todhchaí’ seirbhísí Gaeilge sa spotsolas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/todhchai-seirbhisi-gaeilge-sa-spotsolas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/todhchai-seirbhisi-gaeilge-sa-spotsolas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Breathnach]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá sé d’aidhm ag clár fiontraíochta nua gnólachtaí Gaeilge a chur ar bun]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VZYZFLCSVRFQBWEQLV3XECO7BY.JPG?auth=f44111499de50637d96df7a7de22bf224092041575b527a4c81a8f5821076bdb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An tAire Gaeltachta Dara Calleary a sheolfaidh an clár fiontraíochta nua 'Todhchaí' sa Mhol Digiteach i mBaile Átha Cliath. Grianghraf: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tour operators record sharp decline in overseas holiday bookings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/holiday-operators-record-slump-in-bookings-despite-airfare-reductions-to-sun-spots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/12/holiday-operators-record-slump-in-bookings-despite-airfare-reductions-to-sun-spots/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Between April and May, July fares fell for 27 popular Mediterranean routes]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H7CZMPGFVVHMDGAXQBGNM5HWSA.jpg?auth=0588ffa5eb4a9322fd5a6b187af38b36e814ddf3e723f8e1e92be43e4f15ea42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Airlines have been stressing that jet-fuel supply is not an issue but there are fears the damage has already been done ahead of the summer holiday season. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michal Krakowiak</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Ireland needs to stop forcing parents to buy their children laptops for school]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/05/12/this-is-why-ireland-needs-to-stop-forcing-parents-to-buy-their-children-laptops-for-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/05/12/this-is-why-ireland-needs-to-stop-forcing-parents-to-buy-their-children-laptops-for-school/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney: Educational technology is now marketed aggressively to schools, which are treating individual laptops as an unquestioned educational good]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JGG5IEGWSP32MLO272IKECOABY.jpg?auth=dfca047be7057917051ddec9355a485c04063580b73391ee288847745adbf7c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The burden should be on the Department of Education and schools to show strong evidence that individual devices improve kids’ learning before parents are asked to spend hundreds of euro on them]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Birchall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diageo boss pledges further investment on the back of soaring black stuff sales ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/diageo-boss-promises-more-investment-on-the-back-of-soaring-sales-of-the-black-stuff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/diageo-boss-promises-more-investment-on-the-back-of-soaring-sales-of-the-black-stuff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taoiseach joins about 200 people at opening of Diageo’s new €300 million brewery in Littleconnell, Co Kildare]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3KNXJDNJ2FFXDAJ7FH6YVZRLZM.JPG?auth=dbb13c986b87430ac0298bc16e356af419367acbc774d3c54d48195e5fff1601&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin performs the official opening of Diageo’s Littleconnell Brewery in Co Kildare alongside brewer Caroline Judge and Diageo chief executive Dave Lewis. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegantly updated Kilmainham redbrick house for €695,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/elegantly-updated-kilmainham-redbrick-house-for-695000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/elegantly-updated-kilmainham-redbrick-house-for-695000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three-bed home in Dublin 8 features period charm and bright, modern interiors]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R4ADAQTBORGNBGFPJBSVG4WVMY.jpg?auth=724ef9426e16d0f9b4f3df113c51e86bd85b458aa970d5d92682158eb66f77de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[1 Almeida Terrace, Kilmainham, Dublin 8]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lift in my apartment building is broken and there’s no money to repair it. What can I do?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/the-lift-in-my-apartment-building-is-broken-and-theres-no-money-to-repair-it-what-can-i-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/the-lift-in-my-apartment-building-is-broken-and-theres-no-money-to-repair-it-what-can-i-do/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisling Keenan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Property Clinic: I pay into the sinking fund every year but there isn’t enough money to cover the required works]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MDBOTHXUZBF4BEIA57DDM37XNE.jpg?auth=ecc46bb38dd4b9f6c208e9018fb7c6a6fe2299a828760291889624ea98b919b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A sinking fund is used for long-term planned maintenance and refurbishment projects in  developments such as apartment blocks, including installation and/or replacement of lifts. Photograph:  Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fajrul Islam</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Carney tells Irish business leaders of Canada’s desire for closer trade links ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/canadian-pm-tells-irish-business-leaders-of-desire-for-closer-trade-links/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/canadian-pm-tells-irish-business-leaders-of-desire-for-closer-trade-links/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mark Carney met with some 150 Irish business leaders in Ottawa ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SV476Q6QGZA6ZOYBFSEILGZYZI.jpg?auth=1b8f18d5365fea40d71c163863d99fae732d991d9fe14bea297a6898c65b0f45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Canadian PM Mark Carney met with 150 Irish business leaders in Ottawa on Monday. They are in Canada as part of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year programme]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My father thought my grandfather died in the Holocaust. It was all a lie’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/05/12/my-father-thought-my-grandfather-died-in-the-holocaust-it-was-all-a-lie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/05/12/my-father-thought-my-grandfather-died-in-the-holocaust-it-was-all-a-lie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Director László Nemes’s traumatic family history has informed his twisty drama set in Budapest after the second World War]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFPYW7LN7BALPGUGCXH733IUKU.jpg?auth=8dbac7ced7ca05beb8acdc2f6f5200247c8001b71c05b1bb732673fcd4ac8e5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Orphan director László Nemes: 'People think I’m so very serious all the time.' Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Cattermole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re saving for a new house but is keeping our funds in bank deposit accounts foolish?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/were-saving-for-a-new-house-but-is-keeping-our-funds-in-bank-deposit-accounts-foolish/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/were-saving-for-a-new-house-but-is-keeping-our-funds-in-bank-deposit-accounts-foolish/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty around when the right house may come up and be secured can complicate the saving versus investing debate]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YR2HLYFSLZFWXOLBW6XLTUUQ2I.jpg?auth=aec824555feafbb59f2a83bc51553646d9cdde036356263c05da04d450305e22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tigers Childcare sells 34-creche business to UK group in deal that could be worth €75m-plus]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/tigers-childcare-sells-34-creche-business-to-uk-group-in-deal-that-could-be-worth-75m-plus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/tigers-childcare-sells-34-creche-business-to-uk-group-in-deal-that-could-be-worth-75m-plus/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Founder Karen Clince retains a reduced stake in fast-growing business and will remain in charge of the Irish operation]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FUVN5BQ6ANHXBCX7PN2AL5LZRU.jpg?auth=57264e17b943278d246bec5574fd297336b7e02232089457d58936c1e164cf20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Karen Clince (left), founder and chief executive of Tigers Childcare, with Clare Roberts, founder and chief executive of Kids Planet Day Nurseries. Photograph: Andres Poveda]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andres POVEDA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuno Energy is powering ahead thanks to a relentless focus on customer service]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/05/12/yuno-energy-is-powering-ahead-thanks-to-a-relentless-focus-on-customer-service/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/05/12/yuno-energy-is-powering-ahead-thanks-to-a-relentless-focus-on-customer-service/</guid><description><![CDATA[Award winning Yuno Energy is all about power - your power]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U22OXYOSQZA4ZCYR6DSTMH6ZQY.jpg?auth=6616f31252f4867565dbf731d6eeaaeac878494e0497e43c551f6a6b5e928905&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emmanuella Isede, CX specialist on Yuno Energy's complaints and escalations team]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">taller.stories</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will €425,000 buy by a lake in Longford or close to amenities in Dublin 12?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/what-will-425000-buy-by-a-lake-in-longford-or-close-to-amenities-in-dublin-12/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/12/what-will-425000-buy-by-a-lake-in-longford-or-close-to-amenities-in-dublin-12/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A detached five-bed overlooking Lough Ree and a two-bed terrace in Kimmage]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QKRN3DDTRBCHTDYDK26EB2KV7Y.jpg?auth=c7e2fb58fdf34da43aa7198b37190494dde9c14cf62c7f514dda5526642859c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Berry Lodge, Elfeet, Newtowncashel, Co Longford]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Pittsburgh should be your next long weekend escape]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/05/12/why-pittsburgh-should-be-your-next-long-weekend-escape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/05/12/why-pittsburgh-should-be-your-next-long-weekend-escape/</guid><description><![CDATA[This walkable US city is now only one flight away and offers up Warhol, jazz and baseball]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GFQFRJ67SFGT3OIRDEBKLIK5IQ.jpg?auth=944c0760f3211e6bbe5c54a431cbb67231efebc36a45b490c8f3477e80e2ae55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[North Shore Riverwalk, Pittsburgh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Succession in the sun: Inheritance tips for people who own property overseas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/succession-in-the-sun-inheritance-tips-for-people-who-own-property-overseas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/12/succession-in-the-sun-inheritance-tips-for-people-who-own-property-overseas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Reddan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People cannot presume that foreign countries will accept an Irish will, or that local laws will see property go to whom they intended]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EGOKFSFDIZENPJ5NALNJPJZ6UQ.jpg?auth=6ed768fd16d44c0a704d6365bb8f734f2295e67a0dd303f94fd780e603eeeee4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish people who own property assets abroad need to carefully consider their succession planning. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Antoni and Friends</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Connacht are proving a stark contrast to reeling Munster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/how-connacht-are-proving-a-stark-contrast-to-reeling-munster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/how-connacht-are-proving-a-stark-contrast-to-reeling-munster/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7UIQWFJH6JT5PJR3HWYQB7R3PQ.jpg?auth=7998731df886c948c758419cc71ef6e938fed6628ad22e37d2f03f90abf48d56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht's Sean Jansen celebrates with Bundee Aki during their win over Munster at the Dexcom Stadium. Photograph: James Crombie/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easpa foirne atá inniúil i nGaeilge “ar cheann de na coinstaicí is mó”]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/easpa-foirne-ata-inniuil-i-ngaeilge-ar-cheann-de-na-coinstaici-is-mo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/12/easpa-foirne-ata-inniuil-i-ngaeilge-ar-cheann-de-na-coinstaici-is-mo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ní Dhonnaile, Éanna Ó Caollaí]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Measca Scéalta: Tráchtaireacht an Choimisinéara Teanga; na mílte tiomsaithe ag ‘TumSú’ don Phalaistín; Conall Ó Máirtín ceaptha.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RO4EZFSOONEDPCHSS2JLNDDIHY.jpg?auth=a9c3be09d4497931eda0017ef7bc761b2616da791d0671df870599b102cff909&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seirbhísí Poiblí: Dúirt an Coimisinéir  go mbeidh éifeacht an Phlean Náisiúnta “ag brath go mór” ar “ailíniú” idir na seirbhísí poiblí a theastaíonn ó phobal na Gaeilge agus dóthain foirne atá inniúil i nGaeilge a bheith ar fáil chun na seirbhísí sin a chur ar fáil.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kinga Krzeminska</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Goodtime John, Molly O’Mahony, Mick Flannery, Tony St Ledger, Mac Giolla Ghunna ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/12/new-irish-albums-reviewed-and-rated-goodtime-john-molly-omahony-mick-flannery-tony-st-ledger-mac-giolla-ghunna/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/12/new-irish-albums-reviewed-and-rated-goodtime-john-molly-omahony-mick-flannery-tony-st-ledger-mac-giolla-ghunna/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[May 2026 releases include Good as Gold, Waiting on the World, The House Must Win and Man on a Bridge]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LD2LJ4XJ7BDJVOZNGPPKBA2ZSM.jpg?auth=6f044d434614aed0cd01f1de2c234c8151dfd4040b856f6dd5f60cb097f7b855&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New releases by Mick Flannery, Good Time John, Tony St Ledger, Mac Giolla Ghunna and Molly O'Mahony]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claire Fuller: I changed career in my 40s. You can make this big shift]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/12/claire-fuller-ive-always-read-spooky-stories-things-that-are-unsettling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/12/claire-fuller-ive-always-read-spooky-stories-things-that-are-unsettling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Donnelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The novelist on becoming a writer in her 40s, her interest in ‘feral children’ and new book Hunger and Thirst]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/26CCWTWV7BEAVL4DU24RZX52OU.jpg?auth=62936e6eca683d9051f6a495052327498b2037feb39081a3511c32609f894ca5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Novelist Claire Fuller. Photograph: Adrian Harvey]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[House building slows as Middle East conflict hits orders in Irish construction ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/house-building-slows-as-middle-east-conflict-hits-orders-in-irish-construction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/12/house-building-slows-as-middle-east-conflict-hits-orders-in-irish-construction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Building of new homes fell sharply in April, according to latest AIB survey]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R2X5ZXPVMVXJC3CV3HJ26BJV74.jpg?auth=e55bca3fb103edc1b90ae3ce67bc391f6c1944bafae5dcb2a4916a400c404085&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Last month's fuel protests disrupted construction in Ireland, a new report says. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>