<?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/2026-05-20/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 01:55:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Credit unions, IRFU and An Post named Ireland’s most reputable organisations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/21/credit-unions-irfu-and-an-post-named-irelands-most-reputable-organisations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/21/credit-unions-irfu-and-an-post-named-irelands-most-reputable-organisations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reputations Agency’s annual ranking measures ‘emotional bond’ between public and organisations]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HWKL47IX4Z5ES3LNAH2FJI3S7U.jpg?auth=931fa653fa6c985b5e487fe01ea16671f8aaa32e416be53be6278595edf24588&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Caelan Doris (centre) lifts the Triple Crown trophy with team-mates at the Aviva Stadium in March. Photograph: Brian Lawless]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Footage of some of Noah Donohoe’s last-known movements show to inquest jury]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/footage-of-some-of-noah-donohoes-last-known-movements-show-to-inquest-jury/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/footage-of-some-of-noah-donohoes-last-known-movements-show-to-inquest-jury/</guid><description><![CDATA[Clips show boy (14) cycling through Belfast city centre shortly before his disappearance in June 2020]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:51:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XAUPZ3BBUCGKQEDMX7UHELCH4Q.jpg?auth=0dde9216f3f98ae67159bfbe3bf96c85c2c4d0b70a86c817d97443024965c008&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noah Donohoe (14) was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast six days after he went missing. Photograph: PSNI/PA]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for witnesses after Spanish woman (23) hit and killed by car in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/gardai-appeal-for-witnesses-after-spanish-woman-23-hit-and-killed-by-car-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/gardai-appeal-for-witnesses-after-spanish-woman-23-hit-and-killed-by-car-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Belén Arana Núñez was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident on N11 Bray Road in Loughlinstown]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:39:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EO6QM5NKXNABNKNTK4U6MDNQWA.jpg?auth=0287e2ad30e4621672cd441d879680458eb45073b058d9972a58a17937088c14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Belén Arana Núñez had been working with a language immersion camp for teenagers coming to Ireland to learn English.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aston Villa demolish Freiburg to claim Europa League glory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/aston-villa-demolish-freiburg-to-claim-europa-league-glory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/aston-villa-demolish-freiburg-to-claim-europa-league-glory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Fisher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unai Emery’s side take 3-0 in Istanbul]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:16:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6N5Q34NP34GQ2BF6V3MOLB7CSM.jpg?auth=1114c26e653263f752dca0f773d4ee86e39eae63339f9f2402fb301ed1eb77fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aston Villa's Amadou Onana celebrates with team-mates after beating Freiburg in the Europa League final at Besiktas Park in Istanbul. Photograph: Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yasin Akgul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southampton ‘spygate’ appeal dismissed as EFL confirms Middlesbrough v Hull playoff final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/southampton-spygate-appeal-dismissed-as-efl-confirms-middlesbrough-v-hull-playoff-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/southampton-spygate-appeal-dismissed-as-efl-confirms-middlesbrough-v-hull-playoff-final/</guid><description><![CDATA[Saints chief executive Phil Parsons called penalty ‘manifestly disproportionate’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YJHYU4O7V7BO2WXXK6QFDYVD2A.jpg?auth=d3b853d775efe0cdcd13e5e545d8e6f1c65e00a419486bdb1c8102f05eeda530&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Independent commission's penalty upheld despite Southampton's appeal. Photograph: Peter Tarry/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Tarry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Ciara Mageean and Michael Darragh MacAuley confront fears of life and death]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/uncharted-with-ray-goggins-review-ciara-mageean-and-michael-darragh-macauley-confront-fears-of-life-and-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/uncharted-with-ray-goggins-review-ciara-mageean-and-michael-darragh-macauley-confront-fears-of-life-and-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European champion and All-Ireland winner discuss health concerns during six-day, 250km journey across Costa Rica]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X73J3NAR35ARNBMIONDTGUKFJE.jpg?auth=c76976ca7bb45868019e62b31daf97da49b0519999923fe66e445f96989289ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Darragh MacAuley, Ciara Mageean and Ray Goggins during the filming of Uncharted in Costa Rica.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blistering finish earns Galway Leinster Under-20 title over Kilkenny]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/blistering-finish-earns-galway-leinster-under-20-title-over-kilkenny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/blistering-finish-earns-galway-leinster-under-20-title-over-kilkenny/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Keane at O'Moore Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gavin Keary’s side to meet Munster champions Clare in All-Ireland decider]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y6UMDYPIVF4RYUIRRZ7XHUO7ZM.jpg?auth=9c1170d7a57a3deca5249eb43e2b0afd0f5a36fc7edc1d7c2d64ba5cb4926255&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Shaughnessy celebrates scoring Galway's opening goal against Kilkenny during the Leinster Under-20 Hurling final at O'Moore Park. Photograph: Stephen Heaney/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Heaney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharlene Mawdsley runs lifetime best for 400m victory in Savona]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/05/20/sharlene-mawdsley-runs-lifetime-best-for-400m-victory-in-savona/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/05/20/sharlene-mawdsley-runs-lifetime-best-for-400m-victory-in-savona/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tipperary sprinter improves 400m best to 50.52]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:07:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LVDOLXRHMDDA46UCZCPMAN3AYI.jpg?auth=ec49244a381e2084504aaab894001436b47cd68f51bba1d00229e5b58b819737&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sharlene Mawdsley saw off USA's Talitha Diggs and Italy's Eloisa Coiro to win at the Savona International Meeting in Italy. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ ex-DG Dee Forbes decided Derek Mooney would be classified as producer, committee told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/rte-ex-dg-dee-forbes-decided-derek-mooney-would-be-classified-as-producer-committee-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/rte-ex-dg-dee-forbes-decided-derek-mooney-would-be-classified-as-producer-committee-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oliver Callan’s production company receives fee separate from his fees as presenter, committee hears]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DDIJRBJ72TE2C6UY3AWLMSUO6U.jpg?auth=8cfad5adb8ef1319789a9c0177959eb4b07e8f48dbc3d6aec5c1937cff70de6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst arrives at Leinster House on Wednesday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two teens charged over assault of man in Blanchardstown who later died from injuries ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/two-teens-charged-over-assault-of-man-in-blanchardstown-who-later-died-from-injuries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/two-teens-charged-over-assault-of-man-in-blanchardstown-who-later-died-from-injuries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh O’Donoghue]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alexander Coughlan (30s) died on Wednesday ‘as a result of his injuries’ following the attack in Co Dublin on Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:58:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NO7F5R43HKKORKZMTRBJF4Y3RQ.JPG?auth=b48a143d0da9477cda81f78504cfd57531442e8dc5c8804d5f71930c9903cc1d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A member of An Garda Síochána near the scene of the incident in Blanchardstown on Monday. Photograph: Collins Photos
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Disgusting behaviour’: Taoiseach condemns Israeli minister who taunts detained Gaza flotilla activists]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/sister-of-gaza-flotilla-activist-says-family-heard-israeli-navy-fire-shots-on-live-stream/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/sister-of-gaza-flotilla-activist-says-family-heard-israeli-navy-fire-shots-on-live-stream/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee, Mark Weiss, Dara Bradley, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish activist is restrained by soldiers and pushed to the ground in video circulated by Itamar Ben-Gvir]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:57:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TK64CNVRQFC7JO5ZVFT2SLMP3Y.jpg?auth=5774babf2c2540f3d3941c34bc01860d1ea5ab5f96ccebddc31d549f031ac94f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Footage from Ashdod, Israel shows Israel's minister of national security mocking detained activists who were aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Video: Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Cuban president Raul Castro indicted by US as Washington pushes for regime change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/05/20/former-cuban-president-raul-castro-indicted-by-us-as-washington-pushes-for-regime-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/05/20/former-cuban-president-raul-castro-indicted-by-us-as-washington-pushes-for-regime-change/</guid><description><![CDATA[Brother of revolutionary leader Fidel charged with murder, Trump says US is ‘freeing up’ Caribbean island nation]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:34:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVGQBMRQ4255H633NLEQFD5SKE.jpg?auth=7da68ad59e56c7ed3447e74753e8ed708900f9f86154caaf009d234a55f495dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The charges against Raúl Castro (94) are ​expected to be based on a 1996 incident in which Cuban jets shot down planes operated by a group of Cuban exiles. Photograph: Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Friday’s byelelections: a chance to test the political temperature]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/20/the-irish-times-view-on-fridays-byelelections-a-chance-to-test-the-political-temperature/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/20/the-irish-times-view-on-fridays-byelelections-a-chance-to-test-the-political-temperature/</guid><description><![CDATA[This could be the last opportunity voters have to express a view at the ballot box until 2029]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WL3DRX3QZLV5K5I6FTPXXRRHJ4.JPG?auth=8224e64ff0aae51f5567a01a1fef8c53fee480377c9cd9295d93d8cf440817b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Byelections will take place in Dublin Central and Galway West on May 22nd. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspended garda, convicted of assaulting former spouse, granted High Court stay on his dismissal due at midnight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/suspended-garda-convicted-of-assaulting-former-spouse-granted-high-court-stay-on-his-dismissal-due-at-midnight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/suspended-garda-convicted-of-assaulting-former-spouse-granted-high-court-stay-on-his-dismissal-due-at-midnight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears that process enacting Trevor Bolger’s dismissal was ‘unlawful and unsustainable’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:28:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYV7FJ6IQI4SAI2OPDTXTR6X3U.jpg?auth=7816c897031ac27e23451cbbbd344d31b2d2a7e188d8c0e849879c10bd270899&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Det Gda Trevor Bolger is taking his case against the commissioner of An Garda Síochána. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowen Baker leads Rás Tailteann after British quartet stuns chasing peloton]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/05/20/rowen-baker-leads-ras-tailteann-after-british-quartet-stuns-chasing-peloton/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/05/20/rowen-baker-leads-ras-tailteann-after-british-quartet-stuns-chasing-peloton/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Stokes in Kilmallock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Odhrán Doogan seventh overall and best of the Irish after 161.1km opening stage]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:27:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KAUBCN665NADDHUXJQY6A36MQM.JPG?auth=e21672e349979106639e5b54aab7375bfcc663614f23546facd407abd30f7193&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rowen Barker from The Isle of Man team wins the opening stage of the 2026 Rás Tailteann. Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lorraine O'Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the US Republican primaries: Trump tightens his grip ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/20/the-irish-times-view-on-the-us-republican-primaries-trump-tightens-his-grip/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/20/the-irish-times-view-on-the-us-republican-primaries-trump-tightens-his-grip/</guid><description><![CDATA[The US president is moving to copperfasten his absolute control of the party]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3OJG4AQQA7BDXAFG4PBWN2KU5U.jpg?auth=4f4c6b70475eea43f155d46654de1a17637da8410028f41289998fa738cfde10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ Thomas Massie gives his concession speech in Hebron, Kentuck, after the most expensive US House Primary in US history against Trump-endorsed candidate Ed Gallrein. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jon Cherry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach called ‘slíbhín’ for defence of changes to rental system amid record rent hikes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/taoiseach-called-a-sleeveen-for-his-defence-changes-to-rental-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/taoiseach-called-a-sleeveen-for-his-defence-changes-to-rental-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran, Harry McGee, Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin accuses Mary Lou McDonald of ‘empty rhetoric, no solutions’ during testy exchanges and heckling in Dáil]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:25:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YIWPRODBHYVKZZIWJXJOUGKSLA.jpg?auth=b031cbf89ae1e71fd179efddb9fe644780061fb93f1f554a27b184e8739f9250&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused Taoiseach Micheál Martin of having 'chosen deliberately to side with corporate landlords and with vulture funds'. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin cafe manager wins WRC case over boss’s ‘Sofía Vergara’ remarks ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/dublin-cafe-manager-wins-wrc-case-over-bosss-sofia-vergara-remarks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/dublin-cafe-manager-wins-wrc-case-over-bosss-sofia-vergara-remarks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Worker argued  new owner was ‘making life uncomfortable’ as staff felt they were ‘being monitored’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:11:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z66J3YC5XUL3ZRR4T4VJDQC3ZU.jpg?auth=7bbfa545048de06ec977c904b729378f0173cbd6e0ad6dec907e92f8b99839eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Complaints were taken to the Workplace Relations Commission by the former manager of The Cake Café in Pleasants Place, Dublin 8. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terenure College, Carmelites criticised for hearing date objection in John McClean abuse action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/terenure-college-carmelites-criticised-for-hearing-date-objection-in-john-mcclean-abuse-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/terenure-college-carmelites-criticised-for-hearing-date-objection-in-john-mcclean-abuse-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for religious order and school say they are entitled to interrogate certain financial claims advanced by victims]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6RRADUUGFR74S55R6JQAQJKXVQ.jpg?auth=75d6de18e92b4caf4d1296129f6ddb2fe20ef28c6d83d7a756c16d2394b5409e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McClean is currently incarcerated. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts.</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley: Arsenal’s Premier League win has made me glad to be a Gooner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/gerry-thornley-arsenals-premier-league-win-has-made-me-glad-to-be-a-gooner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/gerry-thornley-arsenals-premier-league-win-has-made-me-glad-to-be-a-gooner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How is it that a bunch of men whom we will most likely never meet can provoke such unbridled joy?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:06:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KUNQWLGNLOCBIGLYXFDQP5XK6M.jpg?auth=8b6f9bc0b3b49ad812376db157ff20f5bd47d9b76698522589bfbcab398317f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arsenal fans celebrate their team winning the Premier League, outside the Emirates Stadium in London on Tuesday. 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[Man jailed for 11 years after kicking to death ‘inoffensive man’ he met in pub ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/man-jailed-for-11-years-after-kicking-to-death-inoffensive-man-he-met-in-pub/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/man-jailed-for-11-years-after-kicking-to-death-inoffensive-man-he-met-in-pub/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí found Aaron Wolfe (32) in a highly intoxicated state, stripped to the waist, with his hands covered in blood]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJMSZWOKRVFGXP7NH7PUMGPN7E.JPG?auth=a31538fbe30ca66d93cebbab8337807f1c4530a0330ca3dbae6249870c3535e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Florrie O’Sullivan, who was originally from Adrigole in West Cork, had been living for many years in a flat in Cork city centre and more recently in Carrigaline in Co Cork. Photograph: rip.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We must see action’: Resolution of Oliver Bond flats regeneration impasse expected in coming weeks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/20/we-must-see-action-resolution-of-oliver-bond-flats-regeneration-impasse-expected-in-coming-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/20/we-must-see-action-resolution-of-oliver-bond-flats-regeneration-impasse-expected-in-coming-weeks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly, Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Housing James Browne says conditions in inner city complex ‘absolutely atrocious, totally unacceptable’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:01 +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[Council and department officials, local politicians, former chief justice Frank Clarke and local gardaí attended the meeting with the Minister for 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[Devil in the detail: Frank McNally on the diabolical reputation of St Dunstan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/20/devil-in-the-detail-frank-mcnally-on-the-diabolical-reputation-of-st-dunstan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/20/devil-in-the-detail-frank-mcnally-on-the-diabolical-reputation-of-st-dunstan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 10th century holy man’s demonic pact is blamed for the occasional frost around his feast day]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXI3LZYP6ZHB7PHWKH62MXD5YQ.jpeg?auth=db6a7823b966597e543584fa10f34e2e083612ccad34aaa267164851ab1e563c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Dunstan (bottom right) praying at the feet of Jesus. Possibly a self-portrait]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trinity student wins 2026 Mary Mulvihill Award for science media]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/05/20/trinity-student-wins-2026-mary-mulvihill-award-for-science-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/05/20/trinity-student-wins-2026-mary-mulvihill-award-for-science-media/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cian Morgan from Dublin wins top prize for his essay on this year’s theme of time]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/URKK25K34IAHR23Q7UCLWZHYKQ.jpg?auth=02152b1fbb32d202b5aace659e225deb1eb8b5c9dff75159054ca01e6f89aeff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Students from nine third-level institutions entered the Mary Mulvihill Award for science media competition, held in honour of late scientist and author Mary Mulvihill (pictured). Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beijing’s split-screen diplomacy underscores shifting global alignments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/05/20/beijings-split-screen-diplomacy-underscores-shifting-global-alignments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/05/20/beijings-split-screen-diplomacy-underscores-shifting-global-alignments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The protocol on Trump and Putin’s visits to China was almost identical – but the tone and the body language were strikingly different]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:52:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRMTTREQVJFQBLSUWAZDQB46LQ.jpg?auth=3abd0ace2fe5b1a6ad3c2f722326e823c47f739ddab74fecef1382fae521dec2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[China's president Xi Jinping hosted Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump a week apart. Photographs: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German prosecutors claim Irish man part of ‘sabotage squad’ that broke into Israeli arms subsidiary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/german-prosecutors-claim-irish-man-part-of-sabotage-squad-that-broke-into-israeli-arms-subsidiary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/german-prosecutors-claim-irish-man-part-of-sabotage-squad-that-broke-into-israeli-arms-subsidiary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of spraying anti-Semitic slogans and symbols glorifying Hamas]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:45:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D35D4PI5YNB4HIL27CDTMERCSU.jpg?auth=b4c1e1d7c25bbbdda9b1b45069ef57e8e443c2eb944ea53a35df20b344b13eca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Federal prosecutor have accused Daniel Tatlow-Devally and four others of 'anarchist' attacks on a German subsidiary of Elbit Systems to counter a 'claimed genocide'. Photograph: Tatlow-Devally family]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mismatches over after Uefa revamps qualifying for major tournaments ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/mismatches-over-after-uefa-revamps-qualifying-for-major-tournaments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/mismatches-over-after-uefa-revamps-qualifying-for-major-tournaments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New format will be similar to the Swiss system introduced in European club competitions ‘ensuring a fair qualification chance for all teams’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:26:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YNDFG7KIB6C54IZJWOLET77SHI.jpg?auth=7b0e06c43ec4e1338edde4cbf69e3a0ea62124faed62da39ff94abac3d972fc0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Catherine Connolly visits her alma mater in Leeds for first time since graduating]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/president-catherine-connolly-visits-her-alma-mater-in-leeds-for-first-time-since-graduating/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/president-catherine-connolly-visits-her-alma-mater-in-leeds-for-first-time-since-graduating/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Connolly also visited Leeds Irish Centre which has long roots stretching back to waves of emigration in the 1830s]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:07:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NLT4VZP4XNELXLTX3I7NZF3HEM.JPG?auth=5de0f8549a900d6e3e379c1e9355c7bcf2055ff221c8187c7168e8cd477458ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Catherine Connolly arrives at the Leeds Irish Centre during her first official visit to Britain]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says talks with Iran in ‘final stages’ but warns of further attacks if no deal agreed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/chinese-tankers-exit-strait-of-hormuz-as-trump-and-vance-hint-at-progress-on-iran-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/chinese-tankers-exit-strait-of-hormuz-as-trump-and-vance-hint-at-progress-on-iran-deal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tehran accuses US president of planning to restart war, threatens to retaliate for any strikes with attacks beyond Middle East]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:55:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BEI3JENRPYOZSYZJU2MUZJBIGA.jpg?auth=f2b9462415e83ba5d5d8539ded28b7aa73b343aebd3b17fe58176e1f5facc2b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump: 'We’ll see what happens. Either have a deal or we’re going to do some things that are a little bit nasty.' Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chip Somodevilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oliver Callan receives second payment for production of RTÉ satirical show, Bakhurst says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/live-byelection-campaign-dublin-central-galway-west/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/live-byelection-campaign-dublin-central-galway-west/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Regrettable’ broadcaster’s attempt to be more open has been categorised as a scandal, says director general]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:47:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GAKB2NJIHZBIFHT7VG4F6J2OXY.JPG?auth=54f33ca83c4666b8a7680cd97cda7295215f6e467c76ef500458816bee78e167&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kevin Bakhurst, director general, and Terence O’Rourke, chairman of RTÉ speaking to media at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport after a meeting with Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Culture regarding declarations of RTÉ staff pay. 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[‘Waste of space’: What we learned about RTÉ from today’s Oireachtas committee hearing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/waste-of-space-what-we-learned-about-rte-from-todays-oireachtas-committee-hearing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/waste-of-space-what-we-learned-about-rte-from-todays-oireachtas-committee-hearing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From criticisms of the top 10 earners lists to Dancing with the Stars and Callan’s Kicks, Bakhurst and the broadcaster were grilled]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/THBN6LQK23RLIQQZJSRQ7LF6ZE.JPG?auth=c5d8a25eca266c86c5b39163648a3fb94f062c4e7ed08fd08f7f351c2162634c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injunction to stop shopping centre car park spaces being converted to taxi rank refused ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/injunction-to-stop-shopping-centre-car-park-spaces-being-converted-to-taxi-rank-refused/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/injunction-to-stop-shopping-centre-car-park-spaces-being-converted-to-taxi-rank-refused/</guid><description><![CDATA[Judge determines damages will be adequate remedy if the plaintiff in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre case succeeds]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:40:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J6QAJ4WZGH6ZEDWAB6AABUN5MA.jpg?auth=52fdda378700372305021895e9b7bdaaa88ea047b6eed864fea57c9751afc05e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dispute concerns parking around the Leisureplex at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. Photograph: Google Street View]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks rise as crude prices fall and traders await Nvidia results]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/stocks-rise-as-crude-prices-fall-and-traders-await-nvidia-results/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/stocks-rise-as-crude-prices-fall-and-traders-await-nvidia-results/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chipmaker’s quarterly earnings are seen as a crucial test of AI demand]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:38:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DV5B4TECMUOB42SQUCJOI5R5TM.jpg?auth=44b02a9ad82c99a35ede1577b3fe241a60fbac86a17ced6c845623a9122b9e37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nvidia rose 2 per cent on Wednesday in advance of its first quarter earnings report, which investors see as a crucial test of AI demand. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ritchie B Tongo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limerick driver who was ‘steaming drunk’ when he killed motorist jailed for seven years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/limerick-driver-who-was-steaming-drunk-when-he-killed-motorist-jailed-for-seven-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/limerick-driver-who-was-steaming-drunk-when-he-killed-motorist-jailed-for-seven-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘I’ll appeal that, that’s a f*cking disgrace’, Niall O’Halloran (57) shouted in court after sentence was read out]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:32:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SIPG2DCAZFDNXF2XTL267PUSHE.jpg?auth=3503cfdbaf66730b0d0147e6cc6386efb3e82f78948b69a4178e1187138d2f16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall O’Halloran denied all charges but was found guilty by a jury after a nine-day trial last March. Photograph: Brendan Gleeson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inmate with medical emergency died in cell after key could not be found for 14 minutes, report finds ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/inmate-with-medical-emergency-died-in-cell-after-key-could-not-be-found-for-14-minutes-report-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/inmate-with-medical-emergency-died-in-cell-after-key-could-not-be-found-for-14-minutes-report-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh Mc Donagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Delay at Midlands Prison occurred during staff crossover, leaving 297 prisoners completely inaccessible in event of emergency]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:13:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JRP6YRDECVGNJKWZ34PDFFAHX4.jpg?auth=281bb360c7c89e3d29d149533903ff238ac7a889f0f47e239090cc364f260f81&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An investigation into a death at the Midlands Prison in August 2021 exposed a chaotic 14-minute delay in retrieving keys to a man’s cell as he suffered a medical emergency. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles O'Rear</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI will not replace accountants, Chartered Accountants Ireland says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/ai-will-not-replace-accountants-chartered-accountants-ireland-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/ai-will-not-replace-accountants-chartered-accountants-ireland-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Profession must take leading role in ensuring that AI is deployed responsibly, controls are robust and outputs can be trusted]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:08:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBIOKA54J5HMVMQ6MEUFSFYAAI.jpg?auth=44dc00a0e981c95b3150ad755cb623c2d1c3649eeea1442bccfc397a6aec833d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosemary Keogh: 'There is a common belief that AI will replace accountants, but the evidence simply doesn’t support that'. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill














]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘She was always there to guide and help’: Active retirement champion Phyl McDonald dies aged 102]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/she-was-always-there-to-guide-and-help-active-retirement-champion-phyl-mcdonald-dies-aged-102/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/she-was-always-there-to-guide-and-help-active-retirement-champion-phyl-mcdonald-dies-aged-102/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Great person’ and ‘great leader’ first joined Active Retirement Association in 1978]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LBPMKJME5RKDTL5GXY2W4SCM2U.jpg?auth=d54384050aa5ebadd81a3450a91dd8c836d7291448e86f3b96559e4de668a626&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Phyl McDonald pictured in 2018 at a Dún Laoghaire Active Retirement event. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eir sees profits dip 45% in first quarter as cost of finance doubles]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/eir-sees-profits-dip-45-in-first-quarter-as-cost-of-finance-doubles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/eir-sees-profits-dip-45-in-first-quarter-as-cost-of-finance-doubles/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Group incurred €1m exceptional charge for restructuring programme in respect of departing staff]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:53:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSUZQI7PRROYLAQJ56TPBXT5ZQ.jpg?auth=90d67c99335ef2b72722339ebccf913ecad97ae45c3bb1c5f02a093bc9c51b75&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eir's operating profit was up from €55 million to €66 million, but finance costs doubled from €23 million to €46 million.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Finally the victims will get justice’: Ex-teacher who abused 19 boys to be sentenced]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/finally-the-victims-will-get-justice-ex-teacher-who-abused-19-boys-to-be-sentenced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/finally-the-victims-will-get-justice-ex-teacher-who-abused-19-boys-to-be-sentenced/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris McNulty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Abuse by Patrick Sharkey spanned dates between 1970 and 1995 with 59 offences in relation to just one victim]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:46:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGAGWQFEPJEUXIYLWLFJLWMWUQ.jpg?auth=1e066bc4bb1188859c8a3edc57afdb180ef6d2aa499249027f9e69e01094bbc6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Sharkey at Letterkenny Circuit Court. Photograph: North West Newspix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">North West Newspix</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 1,000 calls made to Samaritans every day last year  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/almost-1000-calls-made-to-samaritans-every-day-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/almost-1000-calls-made-to-samaritans-every-day-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Service user says as long as charity is there, he doesn’t need to ‘be alone with my thoughts when I can’t be alone with my thoughts’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:39:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSKT6UQMWBC4JFJQ4LKKX4TNUI.jpg?auth=c24bf32d00ed35c3d36ea530dcc5a6a029ac98aa0d893bfd321d276f349a23ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Samaritans Ireland offers emotional support around the clock to anyone who is in distress, lonely, struggling to cope or feeling suicidal. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">baona</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (30s) dies in hospital following assault in Blanchardstown ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/man-30s-dies-in-hospital-following-assault-in-blanchardstown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/man-30s-dies-in-hospital-following-assault-in-blanchardstown/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two teenagers to appear in court later today ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ANCEL5JDT4PQUIZBIZBZ7N5K2E.JPG?auth=40fd1d53767dc3f6ddf335c9956f8bde8432a753878dd9d9cec28460559ff7ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda pictured in Blanchardstown on Monday afternoon. Photogrpah: Collins Photos
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk’s Irish X unit pays €680m dividend last year despite huge losses  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/elon-musks-irish-x-unit-pays-680m-dividend-last-year-despite-huge-losses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/elon-musks-irish-x-unit-pays-680m-dividend-last-year-despite-huge-losses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish arm of X company records pre-tax loss of €240m in 2024 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:32:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKDSK6FSWBAPVKWVYE72GSODXY.jpg?auth=b6ecc905d3f410841edf251e0688cfdd1521de3ff1c53ad24c4c3c6c6dc6a112&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[X's Irish unit recorded a pre-tax loss of €240 million in 2024. Photo Anna Barclay/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Barclay</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority of people support Irish language, all-island survey finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/20/majority-of-people-support-irish-language-all-island-survey-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/05/20/majority-of-people-support-irish-language-all-island-survey-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ó Caollaí]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Language Attitudes research is the longest running of its kind on attitudes towards the language]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPN6FJZ3ZZCBPIJ26YA2EBDHQU.jpeg?auth=721123333e20ece4a90c92373518ba115484259ea770c404cbf99abd1c3e8113&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Left to right: Seán Ó Coinn, Príomhfheidhmeannach, Foras na Gaeilge, Minister for the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary TD and Prof Regina Uí Chollatáin, Cathaoirleach of Foras na Gaeilge. Photograph: Maxwells]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MAXWELLS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nama earned €78m profit last year ahead of likely winding up ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/nama-earned-78m-profit-last-year-ahead-of-likely-winding-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/nama-earned-78m-profit-last-year-ahead-of-likely-winding-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Politicians weigh bill to wind up agency as it publishes final annual report]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:55:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZ636UFAXRGC7FAGIJHS5SFESQ.JPG?auth=bbef05cb08c91925286d9dbbcf0c28ee3b8fbb5473894b0a06c5805d7c5db9e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nama's work is "substantially complete" says chief executive, Brendan McDonagh. 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[Rents and evictions soar as house price inflation slows]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/rents-and-evictions-soar-as-house-price-inflation-slows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/rents-and-evictions-soar-as-house-price-inflation-slows/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:51:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y4GFNJGAYROCTPHEMSHJJPFTIM.jpg?auth=71ed062337fd1345ec0cf6afbfdfe80747343e41fb9b0c90c46a4ad80fb87fc5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rents rose by 4.4 per cent in Q.1, the highest quarterly increase since 2022. Photographer: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aidan Crawley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigation into complaints against ex-garda Paul Moody faced delays, ombudsman says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/20/investigation-into-complaints-against-ex-garda-paul-moody-faced-delays-ombudsman-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/20/investigation-into-complaints-against-ex-garda-paul-moody-faced-delays-ombudsman-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Moody has been convicted and jailed in connection with coercive behaviour towards two women]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:34:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BNCKRLWCCUI2XKPSHKSQZXOHEU.jpg?auth=2eee6e646db11fa9738e19fbde27a38599242bdff55b5c237e574018820cd382&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Moody arriving at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his sentence hearing in 2022. Photograph: Collins Courts
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">COLLINS PHOTO AGENCY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CarTrawler acquired by travel giant Expedia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/cartrawler-acquired-by-us-travel-group-expedia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/cartrawler-acquired-by-us-travel-group-expedia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish tech firm founded by two brothers in 2004 out of the family business]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OSN3TYIFDBKD7D64G4JPNGWMHY.jpg?auth=32768e6af3257dc7f3888f5668915f7556f6321dcc6fb6b35959e6efd8a2b0f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CarTrawler makes software that is used by airlines and travel agents to link to car hire options. Photograph: Cyril Byrne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cyril Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re going to have to put in a big defensive effort’: Adam Coleman relishing Leinster test ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/were-going-to-have-to-put-in-a-big-defensive-effort-adam-coleman-relishing-leinster-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/were-going-to-have-to-put-in-a-big-defensive-effort-adam-coleman-relishing-leinster-test/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bordeaux-Bègles secondrow ready for tough challenge in a decider where ‘small moments matter’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJPODDULJFDPFI7O23WCYECDZM.jpg?auth=ab799f12ef9108a2b751f2b6bdef5f1d745671d48ab5a1e113cdac0cacf16a38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bordeaux-Bègles' Adam Coleman said the pain of losing can be a good teacher. Photograph: Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ROMAIN PERROCHEAU</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies ahead for Meta in Ireland? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/what-lies-ahead-for-meta-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/what-lies-ahead-for-meta-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The tech giant will have cut close to half its Dublin numbers after latest round of job losses. So where does it end?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z7DTNDVR2VGW5PTD2EZJ5DK5KM.jpg?auth=4d88b3da2ab39b23782e6c25781fbc100efcfc5f3a43ff21cd2610fef3faeaa6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meta has not officially confirmed the number of jobs that will go but sources say the figure could be as high as 350. Illustration: Paul Scott/ The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heir to Pep Guardiola was hiding in plain sight at Stamford Bridge all along]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/the-heir-to-pep-guardiola-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-at-stamford-bridge-all-along/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/the-heir-to-pep-guardiola-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-at-stamford-bridge-all-along/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Steinberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Enzo Maresca spoke to Manchester City twice while he was disaffected manager at Chelsea]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:58:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ELK4YAWJMZCMLI54XE55MGJ4EM.jpg?auth=16b20c9307315a2626346fc80e41019fdee81a502f82b3e9ca30270aaf7eaa50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Enzo Maresca, then Chelsea manager, talks to Pep Guardiola after Manchester City won a preseason friendly 4-2 in Columbus, Ohio, in 2024. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Darren Walsh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (24) who filmed himself drinking at wheel is jailed over 195km/h crash that maimed brother]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/man-24-who-filmed-himself-drinking-at-wheel-is-jailed-over-195kmh-crash-that-maimed-brother/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/man-24-who-filmed-himself-drinking-at-wheel-is-jailed-over-195kmh-crash-that-maimed-brother/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gerard Duffy McAndrew posted video clip of drink-driving with the words: ‘Beer, steer and go’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:57:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DIQDL4EK4BGQZNKLY5YRH5LR6I.JPG?auth=1eb08ccda2dedfabe26542eca9a38882bd713f4fe12766456c176c3838ee7cfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gerard Duffy McAndrew (24) at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, where he admitted dangerous driving causing serious injury to his brother. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four new train stations planned in Meath under proposed Navan-Dublin rail line]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/05/20/four-new-train-stations-planned-in-meath-under-proposed-navan-dublin-rail-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/05/20/four-new-train-stations-planned-in-meath-under-proposed-navan-dublin-rail-line/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Journey from Navan to Dublin expected to take no more than 60 minutes under latest plans]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:55:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2ZWSCMIDNFBXKXPFVOIOFHNNM.jpeg?auth=423e4d90671b571510ff2afbb794f41e32178aee6fd5f82c1afb61e1cb86ce16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The route will consist of 34km electrified rail line. Photograph: Irish Rail]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arsenal to reward Mikel Arteta with huge pay rise and put Kroupi among transfer targets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/arsenal-to-reward-mikel-arteta-with-huge-pay-rise-and-put-kroupi-among-transfer-targets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/arsenal-to-reward-mikel-arteta-with-huge-pay-rise-and-put-kroupi-among-transfer-targets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Aarons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funds in place to make one marquee signing]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:35:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WBLUPKNVZNDTDF4ORQJRK2OH3E.jpg?auth=bb216eed5f1873a5e98668d0bc2a5dc296596cd5bbb1b221094025dc3cac3cad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arsenal bridged a 22-year gap in claiming the Premier League title on Tuesday night after Manchester City's draw at Bournemouth. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Setterfield</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich may turn ICC threat to political advantage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/far-right-israeli-minister-bezalel-smotrich-may-turn-icc-threat-to-political-advantage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/far-right-israeli-minister-bezalel-smotrich-may-turn-icc-threat-to-political-advantage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israel’s finance minister has done more than any other politician to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:34:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQJP6O6OOZD5LCV3TE3CZ3QQCA.jpg?auth=96115ec90495f3d9c3d1db87611470bf2c9b36798c56b45e2501e0a64b1ff372&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich leaves at the end of the resettlement ceremony of Sa-Nur, south of Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in April. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MARCO LONGARI</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survey showing low morale in health sector should ‘serve as a wake-up call’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/survey-showing-low-morale-in-health-sector-should-serve-as-a-wake-up-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/survey-showing-low-morale-in-health-sector-should-serve-as-a-wake-up-call/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oireachtas committee hears criticism of health service management for focus on narrow issues and cost containment measures]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:18:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WE5NZTVO6ZOIWL7X2HYJSG2PVM.jpg?auth=e214de25cdfdff2b0e17cc5d60f04a31d46ad604487774d986dadb1f4ebb2972&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Oireachtas health committee heard it was not just doctors experiencing low morale, with job dissatisfaction said to be widespread across the health sector. Photograph: PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff Moore</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Immigration not a big issue on the doors’: Galway West win for Noel Thomas would be a fresh blow to FF]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/immigration-not-a-big-issue-on-the-doors-galway-west-win-for-noel-thomas-would-be-a-fresh-blow-to-ff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/immigration-not-a-big-issue-on-the-doors-galway-west-win-for-noel-thomas-would-be-a-fresh-blow-to-ff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Independent Ireland candidate says many people believe  Government ‘completely disconnected from the ordinary person’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:01:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4H3SICMIOZBXDDEDATFSOP72JY.JPG?auth=6b7d6a66e1ec99edaa94057098b7676beba832c3f09573a5653d8437cab7d07c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noel Thomas of  Independent Ireland  canvassing with  party leader  Michael Collins in Galway in April. 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[How a secret US plan to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader quickly fell apart]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/how-a-secret-us-plan-to-install-ahmadinejad-as-irans-leader-quickly-fell-apart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/05/20/how-a-secret-us-plan-to-install-ahmadinejad-as-irans-leader-quickly-fell-apart/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Mazzetti, Julian E Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi, Ronen Bergman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Israeli strike was designed to free the former Iranian president from house arrest. It injured him instead]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AYFA2OERHLUSIEPUEPS52P5X3I.jpg?auth=95d9325e99bcebdbbd14931f93236cab776364e988fdf541cf553de4b79f1384&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was known for his hardline, anti-Israel and anti-American views. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Arash Khamooshi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU negotiators strengthen ability to suspend EU-US tariff deal if Trump reneges on agreement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/05/20/eu-negotiators-strengthen-ability-to-suspend-eu-us-tariff-deal-if-trump-reneges-of-agreement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/05/20/eu-negotiators-strengthen-ability-to-suspend-eu-us-tariff-deal-if-trump-reneges-of-agreement/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European Parliament had insisted on extra safeguards as price of ratifying its side of US tariff pact and include 2029 ‘sunset clause’ 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:30:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFPAHIDGIZQEG3FDSKD6MK632A.jpg?auth=41c72903138329870e06f348fa8c99d541b53ac7ad297c5686d961b81b5b78a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EU negotiators have given themselves stronger powers to suspend the EU-US tariff deal if President Donald Trump reneges of the agreement. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Brandon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleanor Donaldson unfit to stand trial in Jeffrey Donaldson case, judge rules]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/eleanor-donaldson-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-aiding-and-abetting-in-connection-with-jeffrey-donaldson-sex-abuse-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/eleanor-donaldson-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-aiding-and-abetting-in-connection-with-jeffrey-donaldson-sex-abuse-charges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former DUP leader was arrested and charged with sex offences in March 2024]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:19:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NKSOWF6J575NJQ77WBLXMYFZY.jpg?auth=a2a55e97d90f02a47f6721ac30ec46525ef63993cdc1f04d7882ad113c6bf84c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eleanor Donaldson at Newry Crown Court in February. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All cars should have inbuilt breathalysers to combat drink-driving, Oireachtas committee told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/all-cars-should-have-inbuilt-breathalysers-to-combat-drink-driving-oireachtas-committee-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/all-cars-should-have-inbuilt-breathalysers-to-combat-drink-driving-oireachtas-committee-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One in 15 cars on Irish roads not insured, adding to the costs for law-abiding drivers, says Mibi]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:01:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4LVO7JKO35E5XP7NYG7MR6B3HA.jpg?auth=90b9522218e61088f93fa05a79e3368d2b17ecedd00a241b1288e36b1d9f87c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alcohol ignition interlocks, which would stop drivers from starting their cars if alcohol is detected in their system, should be mandatory for repeat offenders, according to Prof Denis Cusack. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BanksPhotos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel agency ordered to pay worker more than €40,000 over lost job]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/travel-firm-ordered-to-pay-worker-40000-over-lost-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/travel-firm-ordered-to-pay-worker-40000-over-lost-job/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company unfairly made her redundant, then cost her another job, Workplace Relations Commission hears]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:59:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/POI535ALODNKSQ5CGPJ6D3EDZU.jpg?auth=de07da78d2d004ee9fa7934bc73690cc68f30b2454365c175c968aff4dc94012&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shulammite Awotundun was let go from her job as a travel consultant on Christmas Eve 2024, the WRC heard. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doja Cat’s Dublin show feels as if it could go off the rails – but the star stays in complete control]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/20/doja-cats-dublin-show-feels-as-if-it-could-go-off-the-rails-but-the-star-stays-in-complete-control/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/20/doja-cats-dublin-show-feels-as-if-it-could-go-off-the-rails-but-the-star-stays-in-complete-control/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Doja Cat proves herself a magnetic performer, dancing almost nonstop in Dublin’s 3Arena]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XTETN4E3QFAPZMSMR6GUT4BUQM.jpg?auth=86e17da195c52b57be94b236d283df24c008e4b920db86238b0e0366d892544d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Magnetic performer: Doja Cat onstage earlier this year. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jemal Countess</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian countries tighten borders as health authorities work to contain Ebola outbreak  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/20/asian-countries-tighten-borders-as-health-authorities-work-to-contain-ebola-outbreak/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/20/asian-countries-tighten-borders-as-health-authorities-work-to-contain-ebola-outbreak/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Kresge, Fabienne Kinzelmann and Janice Kew]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Outbreak linked to 139 deaths probably started months ago and spread undetected, say officials]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:42:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BHOP5EVOD7UFGZ2P5NNIQVXWTI.jpg?auth=000782ce07adb2bd0528ae0589a8bd00c42cd0650e6d6995abae66f89fee868a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People arrive at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. Governments in Asia are tightening screening in a bid to contain the Ebola outbreak in central Africa. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Made Nagi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/20/up-to-200-staff-at-disability-service-provider-may-have-been-affected-by-recruiter-data-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/05/20/up-to-200-staff-at-disability-service-provider-may-have-been-affected-by-recruiter-data-breach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:34:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ANY2COZ6XFDLJLEGAF2HD6LJ34.jpg?auth=c774ac4f12622e916956e25c01f210807a463beb6707b2d25aa1782da31acab8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stewarts Care did not comment on the number of serving and former staff who may have been affected by the data breach. It is understood that it could be about 200. Stock photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Courtney Hale</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you working for a Big Tech firm in Ireland? Have your say on how AI is impacting jobs ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/05/20/are-you-working-for-a-big-tech-firm-in-ireland-have-your-say-on-how-ai-is-impacting-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/05/20/are-you-working-for-a-big-tech-firm-in-ireland-have-your-say-on-how-ai-is-impacting-jobs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Big Tech firms such as Meta and Amazon are using AI tools to automate tasks and reduce headcount ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:25:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23L7MH3S6JFVJFKFQMKIQQZEQ4.jpg?auth=62b904fd52e75624d9c0c0c7d149d82360d2a1db8041ea85aa6a38edf91463b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Image only for use in reader callouts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta to lay off 350 staff from its Irish offices]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/metas-irish-workers-await-news-of-job-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/metas-irish-workers-await-news-of-job-cuts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish-based staff at parent of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to lose jobs as part of global restructuring ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:42:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LVOSVJ2YES6RMLPFBCXKU5TQBM.jpg?auth=8fabfef73020348a5ed9fc6fc2fb68ce85411e61c6f76ac00b2f5b484ab92569&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meta is cutting thousands of jobs worldwide. Photograph: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Benjamin Fanjoy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Jinping and Putin warn against return to ‘law of the jungle’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/05/20/xi-calls-for-comprehensive-middle-east-ceasefire-and-more-just-global-rules-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/05/20/xi-calls-for-comprehensive-middle-east-ceasefire-and-more-just-global-rules-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russian and Chinese presidents meet in Beijing and say western powers can no longer dominate global affairs in spirit of the colonial era]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:34:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P7NEGTBLSVFD3AOJWN7GPJL3UY?auth=46756da3d1def2387d2a956653c7bbf7ca85dd6b1642986ab1017b89a1a1fa0c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[China's president Xi Jinping and Russia's president Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photograph: Alexander Kazakov/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alexander Kazakov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not possible to determine’ if single shingles vaccine lowers risk of dementia, says Hiqa]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/hiqa-says-evidence-unclear-on-whether-shingles-vaccine-lowers-dementia-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/05/20/hiqa-says-evidence-unclear-on-whether-shingles-vaccine-lowers-dementia-risk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Watchdog examines studies amid calls for wider vaccine access]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SYJ6XQCUXDQVR7RQFBZ2RIPWII.jpg?auth=280e89c059b28ff838ef35fd317714d80a96beff34519fee5acae4cc382448e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hiqa review finds no proof shingles vaccination directly lowers dementia risk. Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (20s) dies in Co Carlow crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/man-20s-dies-in-co-carlow-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/man-20s-dies-in-co-carlow-crash/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appealing for witnesses to fatal incident between Borris and Goresbridge on Wednesday morning]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:21:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4BM3H7Y5VVFTZDJH5PY3JYX26Q.JPG?auth=6d9e8ac9d5eda0bccff4703e07033fed73b52daaefd9049eb1f8b2b713937bb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The scene of the fatal crash in Co Carlow is closed for a technical examination]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge refuses to reconstitute will linked to €1.5m estate after it was lost when solicitors office burgled]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/judge-refuses-to-reconstitute-will-linked-to-15m-estate-lost-in-burglary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/judge-refuses-to-reconstitute-will-linked-to-15m-estate-lost-in-burglary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man’s sons get liberty to administer estate after parents’ wills were lost after burglary of solicitor’s office]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z2OZNR7TQVC5JAZTDFQ3NUBZYI.jpg?auth=ca82f67128304d85e139dcc4496518e1a357b134dd4b7a2c0c6dab9aeb9ddf82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In the High Court, judge Siobhán Stack was told the estate is worth about €1.5 million. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother who captained Irish boxing team stabbed cousin 12 times in ‘savage’ knife attack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/mother-who-captained-irish-boxing-team-stabbed-cousin-12-times-in-savage-knife-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/mother-who-captained-irish-boxing-team-stabbed-cousin-12-times-in-savage-knife-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Victim underwent emergency surgery, plastic surgery, blood transfusions and is permanently injured, court hears]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X7XI3MQE4FDSPNVGVU56ETXYG4.JPG?auth=6a8c831a7066cbace4a0d09bfd0f0e4c94d8eab2df2d82ff013c3694b089262b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary Nevin (25) pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to stabbing a female cousin 12 times, causing 'catastrophic injuries'. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Hora and Arsenal both on top of the world ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/ohora-and-arsenal-both-on-top-of-the-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/ohora-and-arsenal-both-on-top-of-the-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Darragh Ó Sé’s All-Ireland contenders; Gibson-Park and Harry Byrne key to Leinster’s hopes]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:34:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2KTTEWJAC5DVNCR3SHZLS3ODZ4.jpeg?auth=6a1e6125a52964ae45a788533910bb6b532868d56010654c7fea3716b12a4310&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora and his team during their Everest expedition. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Tin Castle paints a touching, confounding portrait of an Irish Traveller family]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/cannes-first-look-review-a-touching-confounding-portrait-of-an-irish-traveller-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/cannes-first-look-review-a-touching-confounding-portrait-of-an-irish-traveller-family/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alexander Murphy’s documentary about Pa’ and Lisa O’Reilly and their 10 children has a sense that we’re drifting towards an inevitable closure]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:29:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SUN7X7IAJVA4HNMIMUH2PROMU4.jpg?auth=165321b8d5fdd10fe2c267eab0f4072708284b0fa2f63ff84c1c838b375738a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Silk Road Cafe owner Ibrahim Phelan said the consequence of a six-month closure is the 'demise' of his business.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jack Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ prepares for another Oireachtas committee grilling]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/rte-prepares-for-another-oireachtas-committee-grilling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/rte-prepares-for-another-oireachtas-committee-grilling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Expect more fireworks today when Kevin Bakhurst and friends face the music over the latest staff pay controversy]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:34:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H5RL3OAM6JDIFNIPCKPA2NU4XE.JPG?auth=5d9ab95e759c3ebf36e157a4567592ad646eb65137086db249ac6137090fb1a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst will appear before the Oireachtas media committee on Wednesday. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIB, Bank of Ireland join consortium of European banks developing euro-backed stablecoin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/aib-joins-consortium-of-european-banks-developing-euro-backed-stablecoin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/aib-joins-consortium-of-european-banks-developing-euro-backed-stablecoin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stablecoins are digital assets that are pegged to the value of currencies and other traditional assets]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XJSQ7RADENGG5BLOYESYDBK2UA.jpg?auth=2af82e9960ab3a81e4a54119e9e6150fcf278c24cecbb0245bf036f55cfbf390&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Geraldine Casey, managing director of retail banking at AIB: 'This is a practical step for AIB to learn, innovate, test and collaborate with other leading European banks, to help shape how new forms of digital money.' Photograph: Brid Ni Luasaigh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brid Ni Luasaigh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volvo EX60 first drive: The Swedes take the fight to the Germans]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/20/volvo-ex60-first-drive-the-swedes-take-the-fight-to-the-germans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/05/20/volvo-ex60-first-drive-the-swedes-take-the-fight-to-the-germans/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McAleer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With long range, impressive tech and a sharp chassis, Volvo’s latest electric SUV is no polite Nordic observer]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DK7VEOY2SFHABMVXAVVU6RNLNY.jpg?auth=1ed719524e6a0aed5bd59bb00d0313a5e65c3fa56830f919f7ae13bacfc1ac58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New Volvo EX60]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction for Dublin rioter who set Garda car alight upheld by Court of Appeal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/conviction-for-dublin-rioter-who-set-garda-car-alight-upheld-by-court-of-appeal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/20/conviction-for-dublin-rioter-who-set-garda-car-alight-upheld-by-court-of-appeal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man argued there was a risk he was ‘being made an example of’ by the sentencing judge]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YF7RBR5KCZCYPLCMPBAIL2ISII.JPG?auth=7bd279b6d2fa8259acdd6f404e88df85cd6c824f85d649d904a938622d243662&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Declan Donaghey (30) of Williams Place, Dorset Street, was given a six-and-a-half-year jail term for his role in the Dublin riots last year. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have your say: What are the hidden costs of raising teenagers?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/20/have-your-say-what-are-the-hidden-costs-of-raising-teenagers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/20/have-your-say-what-are-the-hidden-costs-of-raising-teenagers/</guid><description><![CDATA[We want to hear from readers about the unexpected financial challenges that come with raising teens]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JXZUXRZGRITEAETTHMHNA66XPM.jpg?auth=0b7b01f1517199dd27f90d15088625d4fc50de367f927f5cd3a6c0e47e7aad6b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What expenses surprised you the most when it came to your teens? You can let us know your thoughts on the financial challenges this stage presents. Photo: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dodgy boxes; more flotilla boats set for Gaza intercepted; What happened to Yves Sakilas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/dodgy-boxes-more-flotilla-boats-set-for-gaza-intercepted-what-happened-to-yves-sakilas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/dodgy-boxes-more-flotilla-boats-set-for-gaza-intercepted-what-happened-to-yves-sakilas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition brings a selection of stories from The Irish Times Monday to Friday ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:47:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4D3V3VNXEJDPNDARXWYOKX6ENU.jpg?auth=445f1fdee0fbf269469c183e0d77667426c24b81cd3c3e9e5c0455660df2914a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[01/09/2023. STOCKStock shot of a person using a Nvidia Shield Android TV streaming device amid a crack down on 'dodgy boxes' in IrelandPhotograph : Laura Hutton / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Hutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pádraig O’Hora and Irish team reach the summit of Everest]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/padraig-ohora-and-irish-team-reach-the-summit-of-everest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/05/20/padraig-ohora-and-irish-team-reach-the-summit-of-everest/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three-man team summits the world’s highest mountain in Nepal early on Wednesday morning after 47-day expedition]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:39:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2KTTEWJAC5DVNCR3SHZLS3ODZ4.jpeg?auth=6a1e6125a52964ae45a788533910bb6b532868d56010654c7fea3716b12a4310&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A three-man Irish team including Pádraig O’Hora has reached the summit of Everest]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Republican critic Thomas Massie ousted in most expensive House primary ever]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/20/trump-republican-critic-ousted-in-most-expensive-house-primary-ever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/05/20/trump-republican-critic-ousted-in-most-expensive-house-primary-ever/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Rogers in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kentucky congressman clashed with US president over war with Iran and Epstein files]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:27:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/45JQ73E7D2MGTOTC55SSFRK7DY.jpg?auth=38ad3603846e3b57beea9caffa80e78288ff493ae6d4e01319c39dc79669d2fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ed Gallrein, who was backed by Donald Trump and some of his billionaire donors. Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jon Cherry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU paves way to finalise US trade deal and avoid Trump tariff hike]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/eu-paves-way-to-finalise-us-trade-deal-and-avoid-trump-tariff-hike/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/eu-paves-way-to-finalise-us-trade-deal-and-avoid-trump-tariff-hike/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president threatened ‘much higher tariffs’ if EU duty cuts not implemented by July 4th]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:15:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Q3JGBITOGKYXCC7XN7K5JUNWU.jpg?auth=ae383f0d40c0dc73dcdfbefa83653a11bff8dbcd49881ed07cb83e69fbca7f41&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump meeting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland, last July, where the trade deal was agreed. Photograph: Tierney L Cross/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A charity made me redundant and hired someone else. Does this sound right?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/05/20/charity-made-me-redundant-and-hired-someone-else-does-this-sound-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/05/20/charity-made-me-redundant-and-hired-someone-else-does-this-sound-right/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Work Q&A: The new hire has a different title, but it’s the same role with some additional responsibilities]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D3DOYI5VQVF3NHHU3IFZRCHSXQ.jpg?auth=946acf590e589eda9c3016af6a7bb8e7149c6d3c7c15179ae410db0f56874ae0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[‘There was no option for me to stay and it moved really fast’]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why videos of Yves Sakila’s last moments on Dublin street are key to Garda investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-videos-of-yves-sakilas-last-moments-on-dublin-street-are-key-to-garda-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-videos-of-yves-sakilas-last-moments-on-dublin-street-are-key-to-garda-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Sakila (35) was held down by group including security guards as bystanders filmed]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RRPJKR4ORRHW5JLA3LI7CKFK7A.png?auth=cdfcff2d3ba049407c86d37d53a323ca7db4f07f70f49a34cdc4352d7170d1bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Yves Sakila died on Friday after he was restrained by security guards on Dublin's Henry Street]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola outbreak in DRC made worse by impact of conflicts in region]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/20/ebola-outbreak-in-drc-made-worse-by-impact-of-conflicts-in-region/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/05/20/ebola-outbreak-in-drc-made-worse-by-impact-of-conflicts-in-region/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed conflicts are driven by an international scramble for mineral wealth]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:39:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGCZRRLBN42FL7I7GOJP6LCRN4.jpg?auth=53876b676a2feacaacd6f543be491946b1bde418b135667b2f073b09141ccb6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A border officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the DRC checks a traveller's temperature. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Badru Katumba</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grim rental market report and Aer Lingus weighs flight cuts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/a-grim-rental-market-report-and-aer-lingus-weighs-flight-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/a-grim-rental-market-report-and-aer-lingus-weighs-flight-cuts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:36:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J2PBM57KJFBUTKBV3ESYVYIYPE.jpg?auth=78b6de3da9c865895b1890b299c49112e2ee97f3e56d5b78fea1604b21085295&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rents surged 4.4 per cent between December and March, according to Daft.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">payphoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘An older man was chatting up my date, I’m humiliated and reluctant to let it go’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/05/20/my-date-spent-the-whole-time-talking-to-an-older-man-sitting-behind-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/05/20/my-date-spent-the-whole-time-talking-to-an-older-man-sitting-behind-us/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trish Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tell Me About It: I actually thought we were in a relationship and I am reluctant to let it go]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/32RTMUXBE5FIDDMEWCLSAFAE64.jpg?auth=83e5e717ee2f5a705888c4ad3ef0ea01f3cda9407d7bfff45625b26f7a39b9b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['The two of them completely focused on each other and ignored the game.' Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">vm</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘An amazing opportunity’: Science student’s journey from failing chemistry to TU Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/20/an-amazing-opportunity-science-students-journey-from-failing-chemistry-to-tu-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/20/an-amazing-opportunity-science-students-journey-from-failing-chemistry-to-tu-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arlene Harris]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High costs put tutoring out of reach for many students but jumpAgrade, a free tuition service, is changing that for some]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZQN7EJ2UHNCPPCQYWSJNIKM4L4.jpg?auth=2bc269de5d3855d3fb02527e5220390a7ad15c60c6040b93109af226b88133c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aiden Stack: 'I had someone working with me who believed I could do better, and that inspired me to think the same']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darragh Ó Sé: The four teams in contention to win Sam Maguire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/darragh-o-se-the-four-teams-in-contention-to-win-sam-maguire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/darragh-o-se-the-four-teams-in-contention-to-win-sam-maguire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh Ó Sé]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Race to be All-Ireland champions begins in earnest this weekend and injuries will have a big say on who comes out on top]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y3VVXXHGP5HWHJR7GUU2KSIHUU.jpg?auth=888d0a707862a4a01d32b5fa4506e11895b3173980a48e0413a4443795cf8622&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry’s Armin Heinrcih and Michael Langan of Donegal in action in Croke Park. Photograph: INPHO/James Crombie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Moran: The Westmeath purple patch that left Dublin marooned]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/sean-moran-the-westmeath-purple-patch-that-left-dublin-marooned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/sean-moran-the-westmeath-purple-patch-that-left-dublin-marooned/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mark McHugh becomes the latest missionary from the western seaboard to strike silver]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUBDCWHU3FCP7GLVUSHAWB6Q7Q.jpg?auth=19efe2ea29d1233dd03a5b5346ef73166629347979ddceceb0f3c282f1fb42de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Westmeath’s Adam Treanor, Ray Connellan and Robbie Forde celebrate after beating Dublin in the Leinster final at Croke Park on Sunday. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grave concern over divisive political rhetoric]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/grave-concern-over-divisive-political-rhetoric/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/grave-concern-over-divisive-political-rhetoric/</guid><description><![CDATA[Government parties are trying to occupy two positions simultaneously]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[More than 700,000 carbon credits purchased by State cancelled last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/20/more-than-700000-carbon-credits-purchased-by-state-cancelled-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/05/20/more-than-700000-carbon-credits-purchased-by-state-cancelled-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PAC]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3WZJSOLBXRE4BLS23VFEWU7DO4.jpg?auth=64e55e62318acd6a401e44941d7f943f5e2ccf8beccf757e86ae5b645a1939e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PAC chairman John Brady of Sinn Féin said the State had spent well over €100 million on carbon credits since 2007 to meet emissions targets under the Kyoto protocol. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sharply_done</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI cannot produce key element unique to humans]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/ai-cannot-produce-key-element-unique-to-humans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/ai-cannot-produce-key-element-unique-to-humans/</guid><description><![CDATA[All hope is not lost]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[New midwest hospital in Limerick sees dismay in Clare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/new-midwest-hospital-in-limerick-sees-dismay-in-clare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/new-midwest-hospital-in-limerick-sees-dismay-in-clare/</guid><description><![CDATA[Main concern was not for the general public]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Number of homes available to rent in Dublin down almost a quarter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/number-of-homes-available-to-rent-in-dublin-down-almost-a-quarter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/number-of-homes-available-to-rent-in-dublin-down-almost-a-quarter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Marked difference in availability of rental properties in the capital and the rest of the country]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4LX4PWUXYXTT5Q7UN5UKDIEKYM.jpg?auth=c360d0fa05442df5b8d22fb440e0e0cbb95b6c5086f39c4deb629788dcbafadd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There were 1,187 homes actively for rent in Dublin on May 1st, which was down 23 per cent on the same date a year previously]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel’s Eurovision votes suggests boycotts missed public opinion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/israels-eurovision-votes-suggests-boycotts-missed-public-opinion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/israels-eurovision-votes-suggests-boycotts-missed-public-opinion/</guid><description><![CDATA[European Broadcasting Union should seek to draw a line under the tantrum]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Judicial reviews and access to law]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/judicial-reviews-and-access-to-law/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/judicial-reviews-and-access-to-law/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is a glaring flaw in our democratic model that the pursuit of justice is always available to the privileged and a great risk to the majority]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignoring Irish greenhouse gas emissions is morally bankrupt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/ignoring-irish-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-morally-bankrupt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/ignoring-irish-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-morally-bankrupt/</guid><description><![CDATA[A recipe for planetary disaster]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Trump accuses his opponents of treason. But it’s clear who the real traitor is]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/michael-mcdowell-trump-accuses-his-opponents-of-treason-but-its-clear-who-the-real-traitor-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/michael-mcdowell-trump-accuses-his-opponents-of-treason-but-its-clear-who-the-real-traitor-is/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With plunging approval ratings, escalating inflation and rising unemployment, Trump has let down middle America]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HIKVMTIXK6F4X5XKNJVDQI7N6I.jpg?auth=e5e8cdeafc37375d662890ebb79ee4db16c7368b99edd5e2dd578e5fcaf7ebc5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump and president Xi Jinping of China review members of the Chinese military outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here are 20 things I have learned in 20 years of writing An Irish Diary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/19/it-beats-working-frank-mcnally-on-20-years-of-writing-a-column/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/05/19/it-beats-working-frank-mcnally-on-20-years-of-writing-a-column/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deadline fears, the law of typos and becoming a master diarist are just some]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T3AZALEV3NDCBCKFSUT424FQJQ.jpg?auth=ad1f5355b293ecc4e095c4d16014de4ddde4a456ef4ed9f1b5623ee905e98f0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Frank McNally at work, by the Cuban artist Brady Izquierdo]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster’s chances of Champions Cup success lie largely with two players]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/gordon-darcy-harry-byrne-and-le-petit-general-hold-leinsters-keys-to-victory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/gordon-darcy-harry-byrne-and-le-petit-general-hold-leinsters-keys-to-victory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon D'Arcy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leo Cullen’s team can gain more from past disappointments than they perhaps even realise]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B4VAIY6I3NF5JOR2PN7DC5OWBQ.jpg?auth=10e84b541717e5a3117b6d0c4ac6b80c2cc3888cfda0cfa753f39356b1a5625f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The halfback partnership of Jamison Gibson-Park (right) and Harry Byrne has been fruitful and looks like it has more to offer. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From soccer town to rugby country, the rise of Bordeaux Bègles is no ordinary success story]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/from-soccer-town-to-rugby-country-the-rise-of-bordeaux-begles-is-no-ordinary-success-story/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/05/20/from-soccer-town-to-rugby-country-the-rise-of-bordeaux-begles-is-no-ordinary-success-story/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two clubs’ willingness to put egos aside and agree to a merger led to the Champions Cup behemoth of today]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VO2KYJ4RMBGQPBNNSS32GJYEEU.jpg?auth=8107048a754311ce9a3cf927d26bce320285292b6fd921885b3589f7f514c1b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bordeaux-Begles fans prior to their team's Champions Cup semi-final victory against Bath at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Metropole. Photograph: Gary Carr/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Gary Carr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long Pep Guardiola: nothing personal, but you won’t be missed as City boss]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/so-long-pep-guardiola-nothing-personal-but-you-wont-be-missed-as-city-manager/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/so-long-pep-guardiola-nothing-personal-but-you-wont-be-missed-as-city-manager/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Engine was powered by Abu Dhabi oil, but the Spanish coach created brilliant teams and an impressive club culture]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SPPDY4DBPTZBLLAYWRNGTDTEYY.jpg?auth=2f7b0b5721f1d47eed626d5af62165e681bfff6bcc2b7dbacf349ef5e1b33ddf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pep Guardiola is leaving after 10 years with a season remaining on his contract. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rents in Ireland surged by highest level on record after new control system started]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/rents-surge-by-record-44-in-quarter-as-new-tenancy-rules-kick-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/rents-surge-by-record-44-in-quarter-as-new-tenancy-rules-kick-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Average monthly rent nationwide for a two-bedroom apartment was €2,176 in the first quarter, Daft.ie report shows]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SDP6RVD4EFG7NG4C3N7WW773FA.jpg?auth=81b03207cf6b9443675662e7b5b1bd9a2b367023a83ff8d8751218ff060386d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The report from Daft.ie shows rents rose as much as they did over the whole of 2025 between December and March. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s hard to work up any outrage about yet another grubby payments controversy at RTÉ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/its-hard-to-work-up-any-outrage-about-yet-another-grubby-payments-controversy-at-rte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/its-hard-to-work-up-any-outrage-about-yet-another-grubby-payments-controversy-at-rte/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As lesser-known politicians prepare for their daytime TV glow-up at the Oireachtas committee hearing, licence-fee payers have other things to worry about]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KYDMUH3FFVGSNL6R6K44SGS6EA.jpg?auth=2ee850464845a472bea02c9b2f9bf1e8787d4243fffe85fde4c69c41e95501ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ broadcaster Derek Mooney: the latest controversy concerns the riveting issue of whether an employee is a producer or more of a presenter]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pico Lopes admits he’s in pinch-me territory as World Cup opener against Spain closes in]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/pico-lopes-admits-hes-in-pinch-me-territory-as-world-cup-opener-against-spain-closes-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/05/20/pico-lopes-admits-hes-in-pinch-me-territory-as-world-cup-opener-against-spain-closes-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul O'Hehir]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Up to 20 family members will travel across the US to support the Shamrock Rovers player in action for Cape Verde]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OUOFQN6M4VBLDFB6ZMAH5Z4L2I.jpg?auth=179f0003af64e667d421fa1e5647299af8a3637ebd4865b0652c00445fe2df47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pico Lopes in action for Cape Verde against Mauritania during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FRANCK FIFE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortress Parnell Park? Dublin’s record against Kilkenny says otherwise]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/fortress-parnell-park-dublins-record-against-kilkenny-says-otherwise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/20/fortress-parnell-park-dublins-record-against-kilkenny-says-otherwise/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sky Blues have never beaten the Cats in a championship game at the Donnycarney stadium]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DDWHZMWLQBAWPHRFYT4MDJWJPI.jpg?auth=15c7c22a784125fc83e439a5a0e18ced6202c8f88b8630620ea5361da5fc61c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Action from Dublin v Kilkenny in the 2018 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship round-one fixture at Parnell Park, Dublin. Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Donall Farmer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are lower fares from Ryanair really what we want?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/are-lower-fares-from-ryanair-really-what-we-want/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/are-lower-fares-from-ryanair-really-what-we-want/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do we really want capitalism at its finest?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/simon-harriss-brand-of-middle-class-populism-leads-to-bad-fiscal-decisions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/simon-harriss-brand-of-middle-class-populism-leads-to-bad-fiscal-decisions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEQTEJUYIJG2DD6YVPOCGSZLQ4.jpg?auth=beabbb82137a0e4836424b5c8dcb26467f9522648fffd173af464d18c79f005e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McManus]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/rte-plunged-into-crisis-again-its-like-the-world-cliff-diving-championships-in-montrose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/20/rte-plunged-into-crisis-again-its-like-the-world-cliff-diving-championships-in-montrose/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BQRTHGOKGZEMRBGGLSEX4OSIV4.jpg?auth=3727d6abbbaf6af6b71b6ecee24f7054c390eab4219465d30232704b0a018b75&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We finally know how much money shapes Irish elections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/liz-carolan-we-finally-know-how-much-is-being-spent-to-influence-our-vote-at-least-thats-the-theory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/20/liz-carolan-we-finally-know-how-much-is-being-spent-to-influence-our-vote-at-least-thats-the-theory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We now have the data to see who’s trying to buy our votes in real time through everything from posters to leaflets. If only it were easier to make sense of it]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BI77Z2GVEJD6XKJMXMX6MMWYCY.JPG?auth=e6e29bf184cf56d2f32bb3e7d1a7f5731b70cabbc92b6fd1439cb63281f6fb59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[We know in real time how much is being spent on posters and ads in these byelections – €225,000, as of last week. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another light bulb moment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/another-light-bulb-moment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/another-light-bulb-moment/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘You’d need a degree in bulbs nowadays’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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 possible explanation for an insurance palaver]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/a-possible-explanation-for-an-insurance-palaver/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/a-possible-explanation-for-an-insurance-palaver/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can quote this]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Aer Lingus may cut flights in cost review, pilots told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/aer-lingus-may-cut-flights-in-cost-review-pilots-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/aer-lingus-may-cut-flights-in-cost-review-pilots-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Airline could reduce schedule this winter and in summer 2027]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKN4JBZ6CJGHNB7KCCYCIGODQY.JPG?auth=d9bf823a23898d8258525cd0ca8c268a7d3a9787eb2056296f4aef44e389ad44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lynne Embleton, chief executive Aer Lingus, said a review of the airline's costs will be across the board. Photograph: Barry Cronin for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Barry Cronin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority of workers believe return to office mandates hit productivity, surveys show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/05/20/majority-of-workers-believe-return-to-office-mandates-hit-productivity-surveys-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/05/20/majority-of-workers-believe-return-to-office-mandates-hit-productivity-surveys-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Return to the office mandates have a disproportionate impact on female employees, the Morgan McKinlay report suggests]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZ42S7FDHFF6REWF64TXI2M6DA.jpg?auth=a75448762528e8cfbc93dfd19ec0cf4595e20c8277658ddd9da4f8d286f5073a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Just over 90 per cent of respondents believed hybrid working helped recruitment and retention with 88 per cent saying it had a positive impact in the wellbeing of existing employees. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">insta_photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In defence of pears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/in-defence-of-pears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/in-defence-of-pears/</guid><description><![CDATA[For years we collected pears, expecting them to ripen]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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[Weak Irish response to Israel and flotilla]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/weak-irish-response-to-israel-and-flotilla/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/05/20/weak-irish-response-to-israel-and-flotilla/</guid><description><![CDATA[By continuing to do nothing, Ireland is complicit]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 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 building vacant for more than six years to be used for homeless families]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/20/dublin-2-building-vacant-for-more-than-six-years-to-be-used-for-homeless-families/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/20/dublin-2-building-vacant-for-more-than-six-years-to-be-used-for-homeless-families/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Avalon House, a protected structure, was previously earmarked for largest Peter McVerry hostel]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P3LXFGNYBJNU5O6LAP663UZ5XM.jpg?auth=001c672346916bb31934cb0a99570a6674a29018a837f6153edb33363e557dbf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Avalon House on Aungier Street, Dublin 2, is to be converted into emergency accommodation for homeless families.
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of women seeking treatment for cocaine use increases almost seven-fold, figures show ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/number-of-women-seeking-treatment-for-cocaine-use-increases-almost-seven-fold-figures-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/20/number-of-women-seeking-treatment-for-cocaine-use-increases-almost-seven-fold-figures-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Health Research Board also reports growing treatment rates for new psychoactive substances and ketamine]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BZKOMOUUIJCMXLS4UU3LIUJKPE.jpg?auth=184918928410c6941a8f0b7ed4f4966ac4f03329a83c1d272ded6b50396a888b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Year-on-year demand for treatment for powder cocaine increased by 21 per cent in 2025 and for crack cocaine by 31 per cent. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">KatarzynaBialasiewicz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lost 15kg and didn’t use GLP-1s: no one believes me]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/20/i-lost-15kg-the-old-fashioned-way-and-no-one-believes-me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/20/i-lost-15kg-the-old-fashioned-way-and-no-one-believes-me/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Donoghue]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’ve been bigger my entire adult life and, yes, I am still ‘bigger’ but I’m not as big. And I’m happy]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XNPICUV3C5ADHMWP5WQTB3ITBA.jpg?auth=439214276794ad05557cb7ac2ca322e7a6449f560ab5386d1336277e692ead97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['My whole outlook on life, and who I am and what I can achieve, has changed substantially throughout the year.' Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Shutter2U</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff: If you’re not part of a WhatsApp group, you are a failure as a human being]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/20/sean-moncrieff-if-youre-not-part-of-a-whatsapp-group-you-are-a-failure-as-a-human-being/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/20/sean-moncrieff-if-youre-not-part-of-a-whatsapp-group-you-are-a-failure-as-a-human-being/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There are groups for family, friends, colleagues, other colleagues who want to bitch about the colleagues in the first group]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IF4YIOMFHFAKVHFHVEN7REJUSE.jpg?auth=2493570fbdbec1a43b0ebb7757ac8f9d463a0252c0ff4fa156ed6e7ae6ad6c4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff: 'We can laugh about how grimly insane the world seems to have become.' Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kylie Minogue’s Netflix documentary: Why Ireland was one of the most controversial moments of her career and 11 other things I learned]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/20/takeaways-from-netflixs-kylie-minogue-series-broken-hearts-a-terrified-nick-cave-and-the-irish-show-that-went-too-far/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/20/takeaways-from-netflixs-kylie-minogue-series-broken-hearts-a-terrified-nick-cave-and-the-irish-show-that-went-too-far/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: The Australian soap star-turned-global celebrity revisits her lifetime in the spotlight in a new three-part Netflix series]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LD53UBKT5EOBK4AKFLVJLYZBJA.jpg?auth=029144738e7d2216192f8b4380edf6eae884aa1058ce377449d39f10a2b84278&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kylie Minogue at the launch of her Netflix documentary series, Kylie. Photograph: John Phillips/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Phillips</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Period gem on Merrion Road with modern interior and romantic garden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/20/period-gem-on-merrion-road-with-modern-interior-and-romantic-garden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/20/period-gem-on-merrion-road-with-modern-interior-and-romantic-garden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stylish home is a few minutes’ walk from Sandymount Strand and Sydney Parade Dart station]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SZ6BR4VAGVB7XKG7BM4IRIHEJM.JPG?auth=8a63322bfde6d83c2fa48c2ae0d50e262acb51483fff53cf31b5b6976a42f0f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[270 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He gets a bit of enjoyment out of the power’: Is this man now Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/the-tightening-public-purse-strings-and-the-people-who-like-to-say-no/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/20/the-tightening-public-purse-strings-and-the-people-who-like-to-say-no/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Have new curbs on spending made top Department of Public Expenditure official David Moloney Ireland’s most powerful civil servant?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VKHTJKYWREQBN5EG6XLAR37JU.jpg?auth=6ad7037657e07184c701f61be73449f82e82d8c56f968d238d688b85af155ca4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Moloney, DPER secretary general: Before moving into the top job in DPER, overseeing spending in different parts of Government was his speciality. Illustration: Paul Scott/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Some Londoners give us strange looks’: Scottish blacksmith stops traffic at Chelsea Flower Show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/20/some-londoners-give-us-strange-looks-scottish-blacksmith-stops-traffic-at-chelsea-flower-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/20/some-londoners-give-us-strange-looks-scottish-blacksmith-stops-traffic-at-chelsea-flower-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Grand old Scottish tradition of capping things with traffic cones comes to London]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZQDWZHJGJ5F7RG3U5HJ3TGJZEU.jpeg?auth=c27db69080fc1bab974e9ab6e2842ef8d294e68da54716adc5f18bffc18548dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" 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]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XEWP2NBTOBACDNUPECUUOZR2AM.jpg?auth=c4033505dc498befcd494f65076e78d7649c4543df3e966a25e9f4669f8afbcb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[44 Henry Street, Dublin 1, has been occupied by Carrolls Irish Gifts since 1995]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land adjacent to M1 motorway with full planning for logistics unit guiding €5.75m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/land-adjacent-to-m1-motorway-with-full-planning-for-logistics-unit-guiding-575m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/land-adjacent-to-m1-motorway-with-full-planning-for-logistics-unit-guiding-575m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Land bank of 27 acres occupies high-profile position next to M1 Retail Park near Drogheda]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JYXSWPZIV5FVFBVLSWLVLJPKVM.jpg?auth=32fd8659f64f3353213d7c2f51bbc5dcd1a9ef3067278b87e148a322984f5225&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An aerial view of the M1 Logistics Park land in Drogheda, Co Louth]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newcastle Aerodrome lands on market with potential as drone-training centre and €16.2m price tag]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/newcastle-aerodrome-lands-on-market-with-potential-as-drone-base-and-162m-price-tag/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/newcastle-aerodrome-lands-on-market-with-potential-as-drone-base-and-162m-price-tag/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wicklow airfield is customs-approved entry and exit point for UK and has scope for development of drone centre of excellence]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:42:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJF3FOK2E5G2JOZOAJEEM4ID4I.jpg?auth=0160b5751f566659ef9315cbf97ce7f2cdeccca0daa7aa8c00023cb205642b18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newcastle Aerodrome in Co Wicklow is a coastal airfield extending to 57 hectares, with a 690m grass runway]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bespoke residential site in the Burnaby, Greystones, guiding at €1m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/bespoke-residential-site-in-the-burnaby-greystones-guiding-at-1m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/bespoke-residential-site-in-the-burnaby-greystones-guiding-at-1m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plot on St Vincent Road has outline planning permission for two high-end homes]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/67VX3UYBNFCQBA5IFL5OQHQDMM.jpg?auth=25cc231b611bd59751a16b149f328803b935fd68e82ffc61c4e9a2561431609f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An aerial view shows the location of the site on St Vincent Road in the the Burnaby, Greystones, Co Wicklow]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citywest headquarters logistics unit for sale or to let, seeking €25.6m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/citywest-headquarters-logistics-unit-for-sale-or-to-let-seeking-263m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/citywest-headquarters-logistics-unit-for-sale-or-to-let-seeking-263m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sandymark developing 98,576sq ft of LEED-Gold certified space suitable for a range of occupiers]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/64WHMHTQWFHMFKBK62S66LM65E.jpeg?auth=20ab53a23066dbb8dad0078e452f0fdb598690188780fc28828190a6b37dc481&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bianconi Avenue in Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boots joins the line-up at Scotch Hall Shopping Centre ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/boots-joins-the-line-up-at-scotch-hall-shopping-centre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/05/20/boots-joins-the-line-up-at-scotch-hall-shopping-centre/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pharmacy-led health and beauty giant’s arrival at Drogheda scheme follows opening of six-screen Omniplex cinema and JD Sports]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRH3EMILMVBCJH2PIGMDJK4R5E.jpg?auth=3d8f6244604162db14fe16d288749fecda68f69409bc4d707c6b71f007508f54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" 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height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Block B at the Nutley Building on Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 was occupied historically by AIG]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look inside: Modern marvel offers light and flexible living in Malahide]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/20/look-inside-modern-marvel-offers-light-and-flexible-living-in-malahide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/05/20/look-inside-modern-marvel-offers-light-and-flexible-living-in-malahide/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four-bed off Swords Road comes with planning permission for separate two-bed bungalow]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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criminality]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JTOCRDWREFDGTGT63HWHUSC4GU.jpg?auth=825aeed2e438b288cdc29981daf1818d1da776e66aa89f086845f02a23f55e8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘If you batch cook, he will batch-eat the whole lot in one sitting’: The real cost of raising teenagers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/20/the-real-cost-of-raising-teenagers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/20/the-real-cost-of-raising-teenagers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[School bills, sports and the subsequent medical costs, food and pocket money all mount up to put pressure on household finances]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ELFJDPMWHVG6ZDBP6YIE2W7E7A.jpg?auth=e1ce3db507277cce0fd0e5fb14f5e7f441bd697c065d769654bc921afe732635&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Teenage children are an expensive group when the cost of school, playing sports and a dripfeed of unexpected requests for money are taken into account. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">jacoblund</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Frail, dust-coated and desperate’: A soldier cradled the young man, drowning in a sea of concrete]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/friend-from-foe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/friend-from-foe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Líle-Grace Mullan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A story by Líle-Grace Mullan, age 15, Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLXABDTWIBB4RJHOU5HNNSU7ZM.jpg?auth=cb8433ef4b39f5598f62fccb44faa229066f6d1bb1a011a39a234554f1fbb840&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A boy reads a book in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, April 2025. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">EYAD BABA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medtronic sets up software unit at Galway campus with 85 new jobs ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/medtronic-sets-up-software-unit-at-galway-campus-with-85-new-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/20/medtronic-sets-up-software-unit-at-galway-campus-with-85-new-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Technology connects growing population of cardiac patients, who have device implants, with medical teams 24/7]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZRC6IM5ZJNDM5JZRJIM4DKJSBM.jpg?auth=ce3652de76afe4c2144c268005ca6af531e414f54480457281c82bdd2ca591d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Medtronic R&D engineering managers Fionnuala Mannion and Shane Cooney in Galway, where the group is establishing a European software development hub. 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Photograph: Joanna O'Malley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Music Quiz: Kingfishr’s song Killeagh is named after a village in which county?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/20/the-music-quiz-kingfishrs-song-killeagh-is-named-after-a-village-in-which-county/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/05/20/the-music-quiz-kingfishrs-song-killeagh-is-named-after-a-village-in-which-county/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: In Doja Cat’s 2025 song Aaahh Men!, which English actor does she namecheck?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JZXJ6Y5VS5GIVLUWVPTUZ4W73U.jpeg?auth=46c7bdcb44542388f75af9e25793460bf989f806551800b0bf397f5fd659498e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick trad/folk trio Kingfishr saw breakout success in 2025 thanks to their song Killeagh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of children’s books: ‘The words and pictures are not necessarily telling you the same thing’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/the-art-of-childrens-books-the-words-and-pictures-are-not-necessarily-telling-you-the-same-thing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/the-art-of-childrens-books-the-words-and-pictures-are-not-necessarily-telling-you-the-same-thing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Keating]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author Patricia Forde and illustrator Paddy Donnelly have formed a special collaboration on The Island of Bees]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AAW5RZPHLZHPHPDWWCG4LGASLE.jpg?auth=762e5ebe8818a88daf808c68b0e3c9f991b13c1947cb261ce11b48df0a1b10dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patricia Forde: 'The great thing about writing a picture book is that the illustrations always surprise you.']]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>