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                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jason Henry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway achieved ‘number one’ target with Leinster win over Dublin, says Donoghue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/galway-achieved-number-one-target-with-leinster-win-over-dublin-says-donoghue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/galway-achieved-number-one-target-with-leinster-win-over-dublin-says-donoghue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin manager Niall Ó Ceallachain admitted the manner of the loss was a setback to the group]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:02:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BEVJN5MVMPATPWD2YGZC3W4654.jpg?auth=56a40a99cdb09e027ee2b2e85fda43efa04e83b0946c961c395f275c1a3078e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway's Conor Whelan with manager Micheál Donoghue. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precise Galway defeat Dublin to win Leinster hurling title ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/precise-galway-defeat-dublin-to-win-leinster-hurling-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/precise-galway-defeat-dublin-to-win-leinster-hurling-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Tribesmen efficiently defused all of their opponents’ most threatening devices]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:50:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R4SPM7KCXDBPZBXIBQH3R3JJWQ.jpg?auth=987fdc1f94cc6d7016bf8cde69e7d6f668ec2f92d11d86b73c4bbdbf88eb500e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway's Darren Morrissey pictured as he lifts the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship cup. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach warns Rotunda board to ‘reflect’ on public contracts decision]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/health-minister-will-not-meet-rotunda-board-until-it-accepts-government-policy-on-consultants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/health-minister-will-not-meet-rotunda-board-until-it-accepts-government-policy-on-consultants/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne, Jack White, Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:36:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FFUNIEXWLVZBOHKDU6LC45EC7M.JPG?auth=a675be5d25baf680cbb80771d05f13a1e864dbb0c0d3f2ae71661b27a5983623&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is holding firm on demands that the Rotunda hospital adhere to public-only consultant contracts. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tailteann Cup: Down get campaign back on track with win at Longford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/tailteann-cup-down-get-campaign-back-on-track-with-win-at-longford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/tailteann-cup-down-get-campaign-back-on-track-with-win-at-longford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wicklow, Sligo and Wexford notch wins, while Fermanagh beat New York in the preliminary quarter-final]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YEIKITVD5FFIJDMNDMS4PM4W3I.jpg?auth=5d9aa011871bbd480313c932a983e6a0e43985d6057e4318284c5feb880a9ba1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Brooks of Down scored a goal against Longford. Photograph: Natasha Barton/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Natasha Barton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leo Cullen pleased with how Leinster stood up to Stormers’ physicality in victory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/leo-cullen-pleased-with-how-leinster-stood-up-to-stormers-physicality-in-victory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/leo-cullen-pleased-with-how-leinster-stood-up-to-stormers-physicality-in-victory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andrew Porter is an injury concern for the final in two weeks against Bulls]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:12:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UF6LGLWSIHDOMHF3VJDICPHJGE.jpg?auth=1c1a5a6f6b1173a1a40160775f4c5ae65bcdb61104029742be6ff50bf0ec0122&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Alex Usanov is tackled by Ruhan Nel of DHL Stormers. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls seal URC final place with comeback win over Glasgow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/bulls-seal-urc-final-place-with-comeback-win-over-glasgow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/bulls-seal-urc-final-place-with-comeback-win-over-glasgow/</guid><description><![CDATA[South African side’s power at ‌set-pieces ‌saw ​them grind down their opponents to earn revenge for an upset ⁠loss in ​2024 final]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:53:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UMKNW22OJ56NPYUL6A6GCM4WRE.jpg?auth=633704926fa019ae9c27e82546faa5b08eabdcb17bd0d3c4fcf813cccf777a1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vodacom Bulls' Francois Klopper celebrates after scoring his sides third try of the match against Glasgow. Photograph: Ewan Bootman/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ewan Bootman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian McNally, wrongfully convicted for Sallins train robbery, dies aged 83]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/brian-mcnally-wrongfully-convicted-for-sallins-train-robbery-dies-aged-83/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/brian-mcnally-wrongfully-convicted-for-sallins-train-robbery-dies-aged-83/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[McNally was commended for his ‘long fight for justice and truth’, having unsuccessfully campaigned for a public inquiry and State apology]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:48:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOZPYQPWP5ATVGS5EXBIB5K7AA.jpg?auth=358f540b563454f49ab793f6f40de209aabe421e2437c566e722d59d83d63c67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Osgur Breatnach and Nicky Kelly, two of the men who were  convicted following the Sallins train robbery in 1976. File photograph: Maxwells
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOHN MCELROY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogged Leinster hold off brave Stormers to make URC final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/dogged-leinster-hold-off-brave-stormers-to-make-urc-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/dogged-leinster-hold-off-brave-stormers-to-make-urc-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jamison Gibson-Park stars as Irish province have to grind out victory against the South Africa side]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:48:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QNCUPCJXQOUQ2AQVBTTH4ME3PI.jpg?auth=c2440d5e2a468168b52c18750cc476bbdbc06e6f9c0b9e14ba4b5b2922bbb97a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Jamison Gibson-Park celebrates scoring a try with team-mates Jack Conan and Thomas Clarkson. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster SFC hurling final: Galway too strong for Dublin with emphatic 14-point win – as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/leinster-sfc-hurling-final-live-updates-follow-the-action-as-dublin-play-galway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/leinster-sfc-hurling-final-live-updates-follow-the-action-as-dublin-play-galway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Dubs are looking for their first title in 13 years at Croke Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:10:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLB2IGE6KNFPDEHI2OEDUH2SO4.jpg?auth=c6e8bb7195e1cbb269cab6347835228bf758278c2e78737df4092fd276f6e37e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway’s Darragh Neary celebrates scoring goal against Dublin. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laois take advantage of wasteful Carlow as they win Joe McDonagh Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/laois-take-advantage-of-wasteful-carlow-as-they-win-joe-mcdonagh-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/laois-take-advantage-of-wasteful-carlow-as-they-win-joe-mcdonagh-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Keane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carlow blasted 22 wides and wasted several decent goal chances]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:01:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W4PTPEQC33IYTXXCEWVBLL5QFQ.jpg?auth=0eaacba6c446f1ba0d3fb54c4689348405b874f68f4074ad2c901473e69fd29b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Laois' David Dooley pictured as he lifts the Joe McDonagh Cup. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Day delivers jockey Ronan Whelan the ultimate Derby present ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/06/christmas-day-delivers-jockey-ronan-whelan-the-ultimate-derby-present/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/06/christmas-day-delivers-jockey-ronan-whelan-the-ultimate-derby-present/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aidan O’Brien lands 12th Epsom Derby despite long-time favourite Benvenuto Cellini blowing race at the start]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:09:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KRTBWNAMEUVIA4QC3BAQVWIUCQ.jpg?auth=c5a57e75f6ebcfc52eaeadfbeda957b5003bcbca88f98e511b3e97cb3854d8e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christmas Day ridden by Ronan Whelan on their way to winning the Epsom Derby. Photograph: Mike Egerton for The Jockey Club/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton for The Jockey Club</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prominent MP tells Dublin event UK Labour Party faces ‘chaos’ if Andy Burnham fails to win byelection]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/06/prominent-mp-tells-dublin-event-uk-labour-party-faces-chaos-if-andy-burnham-fails-to-win-byelection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/06/prominent-mp-tells-dublin-event-uk-labour-party-faces-chaos-if-andy-burnham-fails-to-win-byelection/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John McDonnell says Keir Starmer has lost public confidence and no other candidate has the support to replace him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:02:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JZHVADXG55B4FBUZTFKZQBWV7I.JPG?auth=9d6b4b8ceda7823687ec970d1c3ea51bc8f52d78f9605ea2b23b4bf4187bf861&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British Labour Party MP John McDonnell onstage at the Robert Tressell Festival in the RDS on Saturday, where he was interviewed by Labour TD Marie Sherlock. Photograph: Paula Geraghty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">© Paula Geraghty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager arrested in connection with Qayyum Balogun investigation released]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/05/third-arrest-made-in-investigation-of-killing-of-quayyum-balogun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/05/third-arrest-made-in-investigation-of-killing-of-quayyum-balogun/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teenage male was arrested on Friday and is being detained at a Garda station in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CBUJVA3SVGLRAMEBY2BWDK42Q.jpeg?auth=ac76d81866326f7a1da6d0d5e6b74132c484ddb0c1aba3db69b06a05a95375ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Qayyum Balogun was stabbed to death in Dublin city on Monday]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antonelli snatches pole at F1’s Monaco GP after edging out Verstappen ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/06/antonelli-snatches-pole-at-f1s-monaco-gp-after-edging-out-verstappen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/06/antonelli-snatches-pole-at-f1s-monaco-gp-after-edging-out-verstappen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mercedes driver goes just 0.043 quicker than Red Bull rival]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:10:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MI34QX6DKISYR4IC3DZPZ4QBJQ.jpg?auth=4cba6240c4aef680db352d9316253b3a6ae63aa3d9fb0426f3cb205583a96525&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pole position qualifier Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team celebrates in Monaco. Photograph: Steven Tee/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steven Tee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirra Andreeva wins French Open to deny Maja Chwalinska fairytale ending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/06/06/mirra-andreeva-wins-french-open-to-deny-maja-chwalinska-fairytale-ending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/06/06/mirra-andreeva-wins-french-open-to-deny-maja-chwalinska-fairytale-ending/</guid><description><![CDATA[Russian teenager’s straight sets victory makes her youngest champion in Paris since 1992]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:21:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKVDX25MGI5OV3XZDAFA2APEJA.jpg?auth=f74fff9f747c370479f7e04a7bf8dd5ed655cbd592b4f8b531fb0d19fdc37bf0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russia's Mirra Andreeva celebrates after winning her women's final singles match against Poland's Maja Chwalinska. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thomas Samson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s our job to create magic’ – Circus ringmistress Marion Fossett dies aged 71]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/its-our-job-to-create-magic-circus-ringmistress-marion-fossett-dies-aged-71/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/its-our-job-to-create-magic-circus-ringmistress-marion-fossett-dies-aged-71/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Niece pays tribute, saying it will be hard to imagine the show without her both in the circus ring and out]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LUKY6DSCR5NSDIHE4MHSSLZBIQ.jpg?auth=1b1ee9059faa00083a226ecda21532202c533ef2320386724431fac66aa1a3e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marion Fossett outside the Fossett's Circus big tent in Dublin in 2013. Photograph: Frank Miller ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Racially motivated arson’ suspected at former gospel hall in Belfast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/06/racially-motivated-arson-suspected-at-former-belfast-gospel-hall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/06/racially-motivated-arson-suspected-at-former-belfast-gospel-hall/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Police say building that had been bought by ‘legitimate businesspeople’ was deliberately set on fire]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:43:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFVRZJMASVBWZOW2COZQVYAYYU.jpg?auth=c43dbeaac88ca866f779decb76046354886680956feaed922eaaf3e12c126f19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The PSNI is investigating a fire at an old gospel hall on the Shankill Road in Belfast. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PETER MUHLY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby given blood transfusion despite mother’s objections on religious grounds after court ruling]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/baby-given-blood-transfusion-despite-mothers-objections-on-religious-grounds-after-court-ruling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/baby-given-blood-transfusion-despite-mothers-objections-on-religious-grounds-after-court-ruling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears religious views should receive ‘utmost respect’ but not prevent life-saving treatment]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HMUHRFUC7ZB5JIPJYNLDF6RNYU.JPG?auth=52fbef096d59db631b44afa5851ffee4e1ad9c16b3d8499ce121df32cac15029&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High Court judge noted that since the blood transfusion had taken place the baby was 'recovering well'. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBA finals: New York Knicks within two wins of elusive title after holding off Spurs in Game 2]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/06/nba-finals-new-york-knicks-within-two-wins-of-elusive-title-after-holding-off-spurs-in-game-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/06/nba-finals-new-york-knicks-within-two-wins-of-elusive-title-after-holding-off-spurs-in-game-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs face uphill battle after home-court sweep]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:22:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKIIREMMK26NGKBZNIGY32LHYM.jpg?auth=a7b94a78edec168816ae34ef05e7b5ec0324a7ad9e7096057fee2fc94bb22f1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks compete. Photograph: Ronald Cortes/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronald Cortes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eating at Dublin’s first Popeyes: The man at the top of the queue tells me he’s been there for 26 hours]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/06/what-possesses-a-man-to-queue-26-hours-for-a-chicken-sandwich-popeyes-comes-to-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/06/what-possesses-a-man-to-queue-26-hours-for-a-chicken-sandwich-popeyes-comes-to-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Third person in Blanchardstown queue to win ‘chicken for life’ admits he’s never tried the famed US offering]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2HYOGXVQJJFBBLLZ25AM5U3WV4.JPG?auth=c1f7c251b3a058e04ac327fef040aec5ea5306ad1172f61fd0d64ba00b67bbd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People queued for over 24 hours for the opening of Popeyes in Blanchardstown. Picture: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rotunda Hospital’s clash with Coalition over private maternity care deepens ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/rotunda-hospitals-clash-with-coalition-over-private-maternity-care-deepens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/rotunda-hospitals-clash-with-coalition-over-private-maternity-care-deepens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hospital refuses to back down on decision allowing public-only consultants to offer private care on-site ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:52:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WM23RZZQPC4WTJKHFPTNO5B7W4.JPG?auth=929186348b0da27d053fa78ce12a1e7cfe7c0d479b2061ce2d585de62257153e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Rotunda has been given until Monday to share a detailed audit with the Health Service Executive of the private work carried out by public-only consultants at the hospital. Photograph: Collins 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World is crying for peace, says Pope Leo in Spain as he urges leaders to temper divisions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/06/world-is-crying-for-peace-says-pope-leo-in-spain-as-he-urges-leaders-to-temper-divisions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/06/world-is-crying-for-peace-says-pope-leo-in-spain-as-he-urges-leaders-to-temper-divisions/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leo XVI will become the first pope to address the Spanish parliament]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:38:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PLQWPETXBZGHZML3Z2U7KRKGPQ?auth=3415c7933df588e2d7e0b72abe971615765b10d30c5947165a060e993eefa489&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The world was crying 'from its ‌depths ‌for ​peace', Pope Leo said. Photo: Oscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Oscar Del Pozo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The child’s version of Culture Night’: Over 1,000 events under way for Cruinniú na nÓg]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/the-childs-version-of-culture-night-over-1000-events-under-way-for-cruinniu-na-nog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/the-childs-version-of-culture-night-over-1000-events-under-way-for-cruinniu-na-nog/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Annual children’s creativity event launched in 2018 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:10:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVPTZQ73WNCSFPC3WULJYGWSQ4.jpg?auth=191e4eb382cccd80ce485bdc628c02af224700a91f38ec141168a5307d859e49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aisling Clancy, engagement and participation manager at The Ark, says the project is 'a really fun day for everyone']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg after Putin refuses talks with Zelenskiy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/06/ukrainian-drones-target-st-petersburg-after-putin-refuses-talks-with-zelenskiy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/06/ukrainian-drones-target-st-petersburg-after-putin-refuses-talks-with-zelenskiy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leningrad governor Alexander Drozdenko says drone attack on region unprecedented ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:53:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q76NMEJJA2BBYQZQVVP2BX52X4.jpg?auth=05e90267ff43defc3c9209d86fe175fe78eb9ec319a919d6bffd986b09aeea55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin delivering a speech during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum which was disrupted by Ukrainian drones. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olga Maltseva</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lure of Canada: ‘There’s such a sense of possibility’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/06/the-lure-of-canada-theres-such-a-sense-of-possibility/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/06/the-lure-of-canada-theres-such-a-sense-of-possibility/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Genevieve Carbery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The country is a steady option for Irish seeking opportunity, adventure, career growth and a balanced lifestyle]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRHIKJM2BZEZPHTCIC56CX6UXI.jpg?auth=e5262416113c3dffc265f931dcf9edf765cf8bd84af5046d79d6a3aae27a6978&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abroad: Irish in Canada graphic: Illustration Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dua Lipa and Callum Turner wedding divides Palermo: ‘I could understand if it was for the pope’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/dua-lipa-and-callum-turner-wedding-divides-palermo-i-could-understand-if-it-was-for-the-pope/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/dua-lipa-and-callum-turner-wedding-divides-palermo-i-could-understand-if-it-was-for-the-pope/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Giuffrida in Palermo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mood on the ground in Palermo is somewhat ambivalent towards newlyweds’ celebrations in Sicily]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B3WTTNSPHRFZ7D6WCNNYNGRIRY.png?auth=25e19debb48bb37debb504a9a8ba5e464aca11d62ab805ee6b37e537fd06b520&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are celebrating their wedding in the Sicilian capital. Graphic: Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two caravans parked on the Curragh are attracting others to the area, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/two-caravans-parked-on-the-curragh-are-attracting-others-to-the-area-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/two-caravans-parked-on-the-curragh-are-attracting-others-to-the-area-court-told/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘Waves of trespassers’ have been arriving on the land since earlier this year, barrister for Minister for Defence says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QJYHP7PNTVGUVAMRYQVMNMUTXU.JPG?auth=8a1690ae4ee68259c12072147ff5f8f0172812b26c255ee08e579662ce5f84e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caravans parked on the Curragh plains near the Defence Forces camp in April. Photograph: Alan Betson
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family of man killed by car on motorway after being ejected from bus settles High Court action ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/family-of-man-killed-by-car-after-being-ejected-from-bus-settles-high-court-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/family-of-man-killed-by-car-after-being-ejected-from-bus-settles-high-court-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Verdict of accidental death was returned in the case]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/REC7Z322W5ABXAMN7H54CCSLE4.jpg?auth=596c7018f7f5a97b27ea210654ae23d787a479f069e03a2b2d4cf4d0f890519f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stephen O'Driscoll was killed by a passing car on the M9 in Co Kildare in December 2019. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third fatal Australia shark attack in three weeks as man killed in waters off west coast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/06/06/third-fatal-australia-shark-attack-in-three-weeks-kills-man-off-west-coast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/06/06/third-fatal-australia-shark-attack-in-three-weeks-kills-man-off-west-coast/</guid><description><![CDATA[35-year-old man attacked while spearfishing with family ​off Western Australia’s south coast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:45:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/42YFKMKLZIF5BJXPSA5DEMHCO4.jpg?auth=87805abe5257b2a1fd4cb6ddde8b53524fd7a1b740dd299b925fa9d8f79cf554&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The department of primary industries warned people to adhere to any beach closures advised by local park rangers in the aftermath of the latest shark attack in western Australia on Saturday. File photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Chan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/06/us-threatens-to-reconsider-role-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-amid-rift-with-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/06/us-threatens-to-reconsider-role-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina-amid-rift-with-europe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julian Borger]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It comes after European states refused to back the US preferred candidate for new High Representative for the international community]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:41:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2VLY5ZEC3KSBX2MDWNOXJS42IQ.jpg?auth=c13b82ef9cce1a28864a08751d9254b00c4c8d4516b1f6a0e122700ed4c1bc8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bosnia's outgoing High Representative, Christian Schmidt, resigned in May in what he described as a surprise departure citing 'huge and unexpected' pressure from Washington. Photograph: Elvis Barukcic/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Elvis Barukcic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/06/kuwait-and-bahrain-targeted-by-iran-after-exchange-of-fire-with-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/06/kuwait-and-bahrain-targeted-by-iran-after-exchange-of-fire-with-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[Iran says it targeted ‘enemy bases’ in Gulf following US strikes on Sirik and Qeshm Island]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:32:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YWIV5RLSSC3JAUSEVTLIFD2KBU.jpg?auth=498bf7495d0f254a547b4af90e2e86e3aebc288084bc9878a262ade6d0a585d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vessels sail in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. The US military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the strait early on Saturday. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Amirhossein Khorgooei</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifa will allow plastic water bottles at World Cup after backlash to ban]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/fifa-will-allow-plastic-water-bottles-at-world-cup-after-backlash-to-ban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/fifa-will-allow-plastic-water-bottles-at-world-cup-after-backlash-to-ban/</guid><description><![CDATA[World Cup chief operating officer says hard-sided resealable water containers could pose ‘safety and security risk’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:21:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6SY3OWAE5REXHL4Q7JMINHRQXY.jpg?auth=51a37c1ec1dbe77ae5f466d68c9ef47ca302b9e73d8b07ddf7bae7ea51bd6d18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[World Cup ticket holders had previously been permitted an empty, transparent and reusable bottle up to one litre, however this policy was changed. Photograph: Chris Cole/ALLSPORT]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Cole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland secure draw against Canada with Ogbene goal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/ireland-secures-draw-against-canada-with-ogbene-goal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/ireland-secures-draw-against-canada-with-ogbene-goal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Callaghan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Two different halves,’ says Heimir Hallgrimsson after match in Montreal]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:37:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4HVA3OASNNEBDGX7REAVB45O5Y.jpg?auth=48b84d834ccd5b24b72c7a51eb2e722e47bc7b15d7d960bf52e68e0114516ef7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chiedozie Ogbene of the Republic of Ireland celebrates his goal with teammates in the second half against Canada during the international friendly match in Montreal. Photograph: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Minas Panagiotakis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland is caught in a data centre trap and there’s no easy way out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/cliff-taylor-ireland-is-caught-in-a-data-centre-trap-and-theres-no-easy-way-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/cliff-taylor-ireland-is-caught-in-a-data-centre-trap-and-theres-no-easy-way-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the culture wars over data centres, there is no space for the middle ground. But a realistic examination of the benefits and costs is what we need]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H6HXEZ7N65OEDEA557JRSTYV54.jpg?auth=92d1eb445f7983b21640c67d7339ad47ef655bf858c1343cfe89bd44c0ac56b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Opponents say they drive up costs to consumers. The pro-business lobby says they're an essential part of 'Ireland Inc's' offering. 
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[All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/chris-fitzpatrick-rotunda-hospital-dublin-pregnant-women-hse-department-health-jennifer-carroll-macneill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/chris-fitzpatrick-rotunda-hospital-dublin-pregnant-women-hse-department-health-jennifer-carroll-macneill/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YGMUPW7URF7D57C2OTMLYJCPFQ.jpg?auth=822e219f5a64bb33a2d3e86ea6154ff362fcdab38d3c60181803a434648e6bb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newborn babies at the neonatal unit at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. File image. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert: ‘It requires a lot of mental energy to sit a full exam paper’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/06/leaving-cert-it-requires-a-lot-of-mental-energy-to-sit-a-full-exam-paper/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/06/leaving-cert-it-requires-a-lot-of-mental-energy-to-sit-a-full-exam-paper/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kat Ruane (18) has ADHD and dyspraxia, and finds it hard to manage the timings of exams]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7QJGYCW2FF4ZGDZBSUU3TRSVE.jpeg?auth=2b64bec4b00397043d852b864207294b7bc7084159d3a528613ff0154f4937b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kat Ruane.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here in Trump’s US the staggering expense of daily life casts a shadow over the World Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/giddy-optimism-despair-geopolitics-trump-and-a-football-feast-welcome-to-the-world-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/giddy-optimism-despair-geopolitics-trump-and-a-football-feast-welcome-to-the-world-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A record 48 teams will play across US, Canada and Mexico for sport’s most prestigious prize]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4GGYORC4BHUY7PSTVPXTWYQOTY.jpg?auth=00bb5e4e9f01779389f991b4bf7152ff5b70c2b5666fea154658b3bf6f9af88b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[General view of the Boston Stadium with a FIFA logo on the base of the lighthouse and the bronze statue of NFL legend Tom Brady in the courtyard, Foxborough, Massachusetts. Photograph: Greg M Cooper/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Greg M Cooper</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin Airport passenger cap may be axed within weeks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/dublin-airport-passenger-cap-may-be-axed-within-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/dublin-airport-passenger-cap-may-be-axed-within-weeks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien set to bring legislation to Cabinet]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FJNFHUFD7UWDRDOCG6LDN5X6X4.JPG?auth=c4161e05d3e04a2ea81390401b3f4ffb62807d1023ee6f80b32e1d1d2bcd2339&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien will bring a bill end the Dublin Airport passenger cap to Cabinet in days, according to a Government source. 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[When location selling points miss the mark]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/when-location-selling-points-miss-the-mark/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/when-location-selling-points-miss-the-mark/</guid><description><![CDATA[A reader recalls another memorable property advertisement]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Emer McLysaght is right about public transport debacle after CMAT concert]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/emer-mclysaght-is-right-about-public-transport-debacle-after-cmat-concert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/emer-mclysaght-is-right-about-public-transport-debacle-after-cmat-concert/</guid><description><![CDATA[Without proper transport planning, venues such as St Anne’s Park are unsuitable and potentially dangerous for large public gatherings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/06/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/06/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 6th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ECBWMTGQNJBK3N6LRRYR5WSMRY.jpg?auth=f1effc3cdab47cba384ead9092847f37377cfd7930912b8f3ee65fb10e113285&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christophe Soumillon waiting to pounce in Epsom Derby if Ryan Moore picks wrong again]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/06/christophe-soumillon-waiting-to-pounce-in-epsom-derby-if-ryan-moore-picks-wrong-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/06/christophe-soumillon-waiting-to-pounce-in-epsom-derby-if-ryan-moore-picks-wrong-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aidan O’Brien targeting 12th ‘Blue Riband’ victory with four runners while his son Joseph runs James J Braddock]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G7Q7DXYAUBBE5LD2C5SJ3G3PIU.jpg?auth=1c59f893967223a4a89f1824b2d0ad8546d0d9962cde2e21303d275f7e94e6ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christophe Soumillon on Benvenuto Cellini comes home to win KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown in 2025. Photograph: Tom Maher/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie Taylor sees her dream to fight in Croke Park come back to life: ‘I have goosebumps’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/06/06/katie-taylor-sees-her-dream-to-fight-in-croke-park-come-back-to-life-i-have-goosebumps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/06/06/katie-taylor-sees-her-dream-to-fight-in-croke-park-come-back-to-life-i-have-goosebumps/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After four years trying to will a Croker homecoming into existence, Taylor will fight Flora Pili in the venue on September 5th]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4NGLQC2CPZDENBRBA26FBZ5HLE.JPG?auth=ac7359306ca7272af4501544b0cdb4e814568e0e85bcd7d947b25ce7f93a1f91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katie Taylor in Croke Park on Friday for the announcement of her farewell bout against France’s undefeated Flora Pili. 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[Weekend’s GAA fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including provincial hurling finals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/weekends-gaa-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-provincial-hurling-finals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/weekends-gaa-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-provincial-hurling-finals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork and Limerick resume their ongoing rivalry while Dublin and Galway compete for Leinster’s vacant title ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V5KEQQ7LSVC25KTZX4ZUGBJJEU.jpg?auth=5db53570c4f7c5f906d80c7c48a612105247b7218036de84aed054b1d541b560&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin’s Conor Burke and Galway’s Darren Morrissey. Photograph: Evan Logan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Evan Logan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering Fergus Slattery: a decent man who showed compassion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/remembering-fergus-slattery-a-decent-man-who-showed-compassion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/remembering-fergus-slattery-a-decent-man-who-showed-compassion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former Ireland captain and rugby great died on Wednesday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Ireland’s range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/07/michael-mcaleer-irelands-range-anxiety-denmark-has-a-similar-population-but-50000-more-ev-chargers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/07/michael-mcaleer-irelands-range-anxiety-denmark-has-a-similar-population-but-50000-more-ev-chargers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McAleer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Average build time for an EV charging point on an Irish site ‘is typically taking between two and three years’, says Tesla]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QXVKHRR6YID3YRCM6UIZUH6ZM4.jpg?auth=af464c59b8b892ffebe12703c963d218a657c6609583c4cb11f3d3fd3b5cbb98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Surveys show price is still the biggest barrier to moving from diesel or petrol to electric, but access to local charging remains a big deterrent, particularly for rural motorists. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Leaving Cert: Students do best when they can choose subjects that best suit them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/thoughts-on-the-leaving-cert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/thoughts-on-the-leaving-cert/</guid><description><![CDATA[A broad education is important, especially in the early years, but by senior cycle many students are ready to build on their strengths]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Hard decisions, not more ministers, are needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/hard-decisions-not-more-ministers-are-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/hard-decisions-not-more-ministers-are-needed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reader argues Cabinet restructuring, not constitutional change, is the answer to strengthening maritime governance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Could incentives such as discounted summer camps help to reverse decline in birth rates? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/07/opinion-could-incentives-like-discounted-summer-camps-help-to-reverse-the-decline-in-birth-rates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/07/opinion-could-incentives-like-discounted-summer-camps-help-to-reverse-the-decline-in-birth-rates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Breda O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We talk a lot about the economic cost, but the human heartache caused by involuntary childlessness is incalculable]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFU36OAESGS7E6J5G54T2QVMBQ.jpg?auth=0e5924fba28cce76259310e33918922188b2d3edcb47d77ab716f6f5afff6996&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Italian Alto Adige-South Tyrol area offers parents discounted nursery schools, baby products, groceries, energy bills and summer camps, along with an extra €200 a month on top of national child benefit. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sean Gallup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s not right’: John O’Shea makes strong statement on Ireland v Israel matches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/john-oshea-says-ireland-team-will-be-100-behind-seamus-coleman-on-israel-matches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/john-oshea-says-ireland-team-will-be-100-behind-seamus-coleman-on-israel-matches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Callaghan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland assistant manager calls war in Gaza ‘harrowing’ as public pressure mounts to boycott fixtures]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5BV7RNHMFZGBFBANH3R7OVTB3I.jpg?auth=08608f7c6f44e404034e9a1ad99a29b1aa08e26494ac80b46a77d5b78c0a2f3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland assistant manager John O’Shea at the international friendly between Ireland and Qatar in the Aviva Stadium on May 28th. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solution to end Ukraine war should unite global and regional agendas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/solution-to-end-ukraine-war-should-unite-global-and-regional-agendas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/solution-to-end-ukraine-war-should-unite-global-and-regional-agendas/</guid><description><![CDATA[Global perspective even more urgent today than during the Cold War]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Nicky English: Limerick and Cork still standard-bearers as provincial finals take centre stage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/nicky-english-limerick-and-cork-still-standard-bearers-as-provincial-finals-take-centre-stage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/nicky-english-limerick-and-cork-still-standard-bearers-as-provincial-finals-take-centre-stage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicky English]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Munster rivals renew their rivalry while Dublin and Galway contest a Leinster final of rare significance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6ESI7C46HFCKVB3BWLQUVI362M.jpg?auth=fcc55311fd1e6bad493fe64eddefebec1c1085c083e2bdc6e37f8c36369e6d04&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cian Lynch of Limerick. Nicky English says Limerick and Cork have been the most impressive teams in the hurling championship so far. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like smoking, private maternity care is a choice comparable in cost to a family holiday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/private-maternity-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/06/private-maternity-care/</guid><description><![CDATA[Assertion that Ireland’s two-tiered model of healthcare casts us as an outlier requires some evidence]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 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[Singer-songwriter Loah: ‘I like praying. It puts you in a humble state, open to the goodness of people’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/loah-i-like-praying-it-puts-you-in-a-humble-state-open-to-the-goodness-of-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/loah-i-like-praying-it-puts-you-in-a-humble-state-open-to-the-goodness-of-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Loah releases her debut album, the singer-songwriter talks about her multifaceted career, making rural west Cork her home and embracing her faith ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CM2H3YDRHNDK7ORSG4BYO6ZQE4.JPG?auth=a67de63606ce14db4d1eb23b5bafe27b9761963f91e60f9a6b961727f4dc4d2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Loah has made a home in west Cork and will launch her debut album there in Connolly's of Leap. Photograph: Clare Keogh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">© Clare Keogh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Guinness Choir celebrates 75th anniversary ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/06/guinness-choir-celebrates-75th-anniversary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/06/guinness-choir-celebrates-75th-anniversary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Independent Dublin-based choir brings poet Paula Meehan’s words to life in St Patrick’s Cathedral]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/STLRXLD6RZAIZLN6PAHSUFAFLY.JPG?auth=08e79afcb0f9bf2fda94f7cb02d282a3cbf6f3dd3bb3f464288bd89e3ff6c830&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Guinness Choir rehearses at the cathedral with musical director Ciarán Kelly. All photographs: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primark spin-off plan looks threadbare without proper online retail strategy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/primark-spin-off-plan-looks-threadbare-without-proper-online-retail-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/primark-spin-off-plan-looks-threadbare-without-proper-online-retail-strategy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Discount chain to face tough competition in UK from rival with strong internet presence]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IQTTVAMCVVASPAEKPJAU4RLTZU.jpg?auth=2af1fb3160061669fc57f80105236ca88de1b78b4a12f554d34063832f0bbb38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eoin Tonge, the CEO of Primark, at the company's Penneys store in Mary Street, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents facing eviction from retirement village given 11th-hour extension]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/06/residents-facing-eviction-from-retirement-village-given-11th-hour-extension/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/06/residents-facing-eviction-from-retirement-village-given-11th-hour-extension/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sorcha Crowley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Speculation that move by landlord follows change to rental laws that guarantee minimum six-year tenancies  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GCSFD5NOUVHP3NODVGOSPCF67Y.jpg?auth=09e307ec92dd55fd740ab3e1a53ca133f2592a06caa28cf49cf83216d174c308&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elizabeth and Frank Stewart in their Co Sligo home. Photograph: Brian Farrell/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster face Stormers test as scrutiny lingers after European disappointment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/leinster-face-stormers-test-as-scrutiny-lingers-after-european-disappointment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/06/leinster-face-stormers-test-as-scrutiny-lingers-after-european-disappointment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leo Cullen’s side seek to build on Lions victory as South Africans arrive with upset ambitions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H5RIKHD7DZBPXFIRUL7LIOW72Y.jpg?auth=4aeaa16b73382370254465ddf322667b1c3279a4197f2e94bd566e13a7b2b869&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alex Usanov, Andrew Porter and Andrew Sparrow at Leinster Rugby training. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From brain to drain: How was €50m wasted on a planned IT system for Ireland’s rail network?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/from-brain-to-drain-how-was-50m-wasted-on-a-planned-it-system-for-irelands-rail-network/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/from-brain-to-drain-how-was-50m-wasted-on-a-planned-it-system-for-irelands-rail-network/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oireachtas committees to begin investigations into cost overruns on project once called the ‘brain of the railway’ by a Government Minister]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZY5FYEBBRAJRIDRNDS6JO26WY.jpg?auth=ee9ce6d2ca4526668f1826308fea216e3b6f98eb7fa0fe2601a73157d434be04&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Described by Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien as the ‘brain of the railway network’, the traffic management system was to integrate signalling, communications and operational systems. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne: The true and wonderful weirdness of Dubliners always surfaces]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/patrick-freyne-the-true-and-wonderful-weirdness-of-dubliners-always-surfaces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/patrick-freyne-the-true-and-wonderful-weirdness-of-dubliners-always-surfaces/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My favourite form of reporting is not the celebrity interview or political profile; it’s approaching ‘people’ in ‘places’ and asking them questions about ‘stuff’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KSSZHE3K4ZDXTFXL4PC5L23734.JPG?auth=3b8980c71792785885ae3087d20c7507fff452bd7a3f36de34ddcf21917475d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne: 'Real people aren’t very realistic at all, and they feel no responsibility whatsoever to be plausible or to ring true.' Photograp]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballymore granted permission to build 159 homes at former Bray golf club]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/ballymore-granted-permission-to-build-159-new-homes-at-former-bray-golf-club/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/ballymore-granted-permission-to-build-159-new-homes-at-former-bray-golf-club/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘This is beautiful Bray not Benidorm,’ states appeal rejected by An Coimisiún Pleanála]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3JKZW6775REPBC5UAG6RPSLFA4.png?auth=2dbf802e13e84f5d9c8c0ebba0b40ebda9eaec5a68ef8986729e45ad47a3599b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A digital impression of the proposed development at the former Bray golf club. Photograph: Howell Architects]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain was a saviour for Irish migrants. One of those sons will captain England next week ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/the-old-enemy-britain-became-a-sort-of-saviour-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-irish-migrants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/06/the-old-enemy-britain-became-a-sort-of-saviour-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-irish-migrants/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The story of the 1926 census is a snapshot of a society in the middle of demographic trauma]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYGKOGP3VFGVXBQLKTQST73MV4.jpg?auth=67b8bdc2a81baaf4db0fbff09c4036f1f71241b7277e7179176cff39fde63791&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3D illustrated country flags, designed and rendered in Cinema 4D]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">themotioncloud</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scrapped €50m Irish Rail IT project could lead to extra costs of up to €800,000 a month]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/scrapped-50m-irish-rail-it-project-could-lead-to-extra-costs-of-up-to-800000-a-month/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/06/scrapped-50m-irish-rail-it-project-could-lead-to-extra-costs-of-up-to-800000-a-month/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Initial testing has ‘revealed problems’ with latest software delivered by contractor]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JKH7NBESUZAUBJYIPUY72OJV64.jpeg?auth=7db6d0c767a264b116e0213691c3df953967aa041711991477ea4a052905a285&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Any delays to introduction next year of train signalling system in Cork could lead to more taxpayers' money being needed. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dennis Locorriere: Dr Hook lead vocalist who sang band’s breakthrough hit Sylvia’s Mother]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/06/dennis-locorriere-dr-hook-lead-vocalist-who-sang-bands-breakthrough-hit-sylvias-mother/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/06/dennis-locorriere-dr-hook-lead-vocalist-who-sang-bands-breakthrough-hit-sylvias-mother/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Crystal Gayle and Jerry Lee Lewis among artists who recorded New Jersey native’s songs]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BG5PB347PJEN3MQBRWOFNWAE6I.jpg?auth=afa74960e5c8463ce364751805aae87748e66e605fc271668469738882c0fee9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dennis Locorriere of Dr Hook performs at Punchestown Music Festival in Co Kildare in 2017. Photograph: Debbie Hickey/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Debbie Hickey</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/jeffrey-donaldson-watches-from-the-dock-as-two-alleged-victims-address-sex-abuse-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/06/jeffrey-donaldson-watches-from-the-dock-as-two-alleged-victims-address-sex-abuse-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements, Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EFYWVZULUBBM5MD4KWGC4B6QLM?auth=b4fbd66ce5d40244aa785dc4b295607e7168c414c9c4d7cbc6636d13c91a9473&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson arriving at Newry crown court on Friday. Photograph: Damien Eagers/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Damien Eagers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents taking ‘fake sick days’ as creches close at short notice ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/06/parents-taking-fake-sick-days-as-creches-close-at-short-notice-due-to-staffing-issues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/06/parents-taking-fake-sick-days-as-creches-close-at-short-notice-due-to-staffing-issues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Creches can’t recruit staff amid ‘perpetual circus’ in childcare sector, says Tigers Childcare chief executive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZQN4I533BVFPFLE5C5GASKH5X4.jpg?auth=bd5a084caf86b2c77e439879f9ad434ac3750d4f2cf7a77c3981ea2961e330b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Karen Clince, chief executive of Tigers Childcare: 'We’re not running at full capacity as a business because we can’t hire.' Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Time</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Years later, one comment is still that little pebble in the shoe of Dublin hurling ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/the-snooty-old-myth-of-manufactured-hurlers-they-were-only-saying-it-to-put-dublin-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/06/the-snooty-old-myth-of-manufactured-hurlers-they-were-only-saying-it-to-put-dublin-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When Anthony Daly’s side lost to Tipperary in 2014, some traditional hurling voices weren’t long putting the boot in]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UZZWEL6QDFHNJE64ORETRFX4EA.jpg?auth=5e2c74af949541b4cd4f7c52219cb41328f80a4dc4c8ca5b8eb745164ceec540&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin's Paul Schutte, Paul Ryan and Eamon Dillon celebrate their side's victory over Galway in the 2013 Leinster hurling final. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump too tired to have a go at ‘Sleepy Joe’  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/06/donald-trump-too-tired-to-have-a-go-at-sleepy-joe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/06/donald-trump-too-tired-to-have-a-go-at-sleepy-joe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[President’s mental and physical health under hawkish scrutiny as ‘third-term’ talk abates]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X2LAYHZFFATLNA4Y7JXONCYSRQ.jpg?auth=475adabfc34660f79f6a75458b3907908188fd59aec51586a03808114d1672f6&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 holds a display about the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool renovations in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Samuel Corum</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Free births’ in Ireland: Within three hours Naomi (38) died, leaving behind four kids ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/free-births-in-ireland-concern-grows-for-women-choosing-births-without-medical-help/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/free-births-in-ireland-concern-grows-for-women-choosing-births-without-medical-help/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DD25R4REAVCTDNDDWRKNJG7EBM.jpg?auth=997d005b588ba6617e97da5d2854a56048bd400fed284278574cf7aea0a0f430&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A 'free birth' is entirely different from a HSE home birth, where strict guidelines have to be met. Illustration: Malte Mueller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Malte Mueller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vidabay E-ink Snap review: bringing memories to life in colour ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/04/vidabay-e-ink-snap-review-bringing-memories-to-life-in-colour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/04/vidabay-e-ink-snap-review-bringing-memories-to-life-in-colour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finicky transfer process and error messages in Chinese might frustrate as much as engage users, especially those on Android]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L5SMZYUMLJD6RIMP4BX3B74YXA.jpg?auth=89f86ff78b5ca2f2fa7031151a80fab65f359c70a22076f5448d55214e7900c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vidabay E-ink Snap: easy to use and to transfer images over your phone’s NFC chip, in theory at least.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auditing watchdog opened four investigations into potential legal breaches last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/auditing-watchdog-opened-four-investigations-into-potential-legal-breaches-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/auditing-watchdog-opened-four-investigations-into-potential-legal-breaches-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If Iaasa finds against a firm following an investigation it can impose a fine ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CUYCHTPTSNE7LLYX5KAYH6QPKA.jpg?auth=5e1c1b639d14162720f861a3310d5b25ea114270589445b69c1f1322635a7792&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iaasa has imposed eight fines on individuals since it assumed direct responsibility in 2016 for inspecting audits of so-called public interest entities. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Poike</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction of short seller Andrew Left is not ‘a sad day for free speech’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/06/conviction-of-short-seller-andrew-left-is-not-a-sad-day-for-free-speech/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/06/conviction-of-short-seller-andrew-left-is-not-a-sad-day-for-free-speech/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Conventional long investing is obviously a good thing, but pumping and dumping stocks isn’t, nor are ‘short and distort’ schemes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U2LA6W44DFX55JHK3LICRYB5HE.jpg?auth=3b94f8ad7a644061e99874987f6c0e6830d3455793a7dc5f0c37dfb05e154f62&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Complaints about 'free speech' and the value of short selling miss the point. Photograph: Adam Gray/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Gray</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ’s familiar faces stuck on the sidelines again for World Cup’s footballing feast ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/gary-lineker-turns-up-the-heat-as-tv-pundits-jostle-for-prime-position-in-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/gary-lineker-turns-up-the-heat-as-tv-pundits-jostle-for-prime-position-in-us/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RTÉ’s familiar faces stuck on the sidelines again for World Cup’s footballing feast ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UVBJEGMPYFD7DEINB6POEZQERM.jpg?auth=0682006b6a29db1cace7c48572890bfb6b939d694361611590ad798b84211a1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marie Crowe and Jacqui Hurley will be in Donnybrook for the World Cup coverage. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising number of ‘free births’ raises alarm among midwives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/rising-number-of-free-births-raises-alarm-among-midwives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/06/rising-number-of-free-births-raises-alarm-among-midwives/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lack of medical supervision can put women and babies at risk of life-threatening complications, new policy paper states]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VASZDEOUTRE3ZGLKTBABIZQ2E4.jpeg?auth=f24e0855d38febb04d4af8cb093c00a71a4e84a478d8f8410b4146814c870347&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Naomi James, a mother of four, died in 2024 after giving birth at her home in Drogheda, Co Louth. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Cup is a deathless carnival of garbage, a dictators’ masquerade ball. Can’t wait for it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/the-world-cup-is-a-deathless-carnival-of-garbage-a-dictators-masquerade-ball-cant-wait-for-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/06/the-world-cup-is-a-deathless-carnival-of-garbage-a-dictators-masquerade-ball-cant-wait-for-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fifa’s spivs and charlatans know that no matter what they do to the tournament, they’ll always be able to weaponise our addiction to it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IP6VKU7W7NAWDAQTUJM5SGFLUE.jpg?auth=e77d3c5cc3c86bf8a8778fe149175791a390046b54df7a660e37ffbc47d4525c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A football fan paints a wall mural ahead of the 2026 World Cup, along a street in Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RIZWAN TABASSUM</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving to Canada: Here is what Irish people need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/06/moving-to-canada-here-is-what-irish-people-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/06/moving-to-canada-here-is-what-irish-people-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Genevieve Carbery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Vancouver to Toronto, holiday visas to networking - and the pitfalls of Irish people slagging off work colleagues ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRHIKJM2BZEZPHTCIC56CX6UXI.jpg?auth=e5262416113c3dffc265f931dcf9edf765cf8bd84af5046d79d6a3aae27a6978&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish in Canada: Some 5,000 people move to the North American country annually, many on working holiday visas. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[While some US companies pay more Irish tax than at home, reverse is true for CRH and Smurfit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/while-some-us-companies-pay-more-irish-tax-than-at-home-reverse-is-true-for-crh-and-smurfit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/06/while-some-us-companies-pay-more-irish-tax-than-at-home-reverse-is-true-for-crh-and-smurfit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Data filed with the SEC lift lid on how much US companies pay to exchequer here and how much Irish behemoths are paying to American authorities ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDDDDDWCCZEERL6SRRCSJPSR5M.jpg?auth=758d705644c1285152629d1706b58f2499d80d3dca15da1513067217bf0173fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Now listed on the New York Stock Exchange, recent filings show that CRH’s Irish tax bill in 2025 was $104m. Photograph: NYSE 

Photo Credit: NYSE]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Allie Joseph</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: We filled a skip with all the things Sorcha decided she can live without, until she changed her mind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-we-filled-a-skip-with-all-the-things-sorcha-decided-she-can-live-without-until-she-changed-her-mind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-we-filled-a-skip-with-all-the-things-sorcha-decided-she-can-live-without-until-she-changed-her-mind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorcha had this distant look and was talking at twice her normal speed, like the time she storted on suppositories to try to fit into her old debs dress ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4BC4Z5EQFDCVDNFECRCCODS54.jpg?auth=221d8676737a54f4e83a76baa2729fc379c129cad72bb74e47134dd1bd534c0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Yeah, no, once she saw the big, empty skip, she ended up getting totally carried away with the idea of filling it.'  Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tinderbox Britain: violence over Henry Nowak case stirs fears of another summer of disorder]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/06/tinderbox-britain-violence-over-henry-nowak-case-stirs-fears-of-another-summer-of-disorder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/06/tinderbox-britain-violence-over-henry-nowak-case-stirs-fears-of-another-summer-of-disorder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two years after Britain was consumed by riots led by white nationalists, authorities are trying to prevent a repeat]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVL57KVWRBMEWBVQAS6C4ITR2A.jpg?auth=780789eaca75721d56f6f4aee82b5e90367ce1074bc2c8f340ba615a7f186d6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters confront riot police near the location where Henry Nowak died in Southampton, England. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Finnbarr Webster</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer reading hitlist: New novels, classics and nonfiction books recommended by writers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/summer-reading-hitlist-new-novels-classics-and-nonfiction-books-recommended-by-writers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/summer-reading-hitlist-new-novels-classics-and-nonfiction-books-recommended-by-writers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gripping thrillers, sport memoirs and the best recent fiction to pack in your holiday suitcase]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:29:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LOWMMIXCZVCF3J7DJXHKNYPPBM.jpg?auth=a91c450b87278e9bc31fe04255bb6e8a4154c6a9f874d9cf91fa979e126160dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Left column: Doireann Ní Ghríofa; Douglas Stuart; Lea Korsgaard; Djamel White. Centre column: Sally Hayden; Solvej Balle; Michael Chabon. Right cloumn: Caitríona Lally; Rebecca Solnit. Photographs: Brid O'Donovan/Bryan O'Brien/Judit Nilsson/Alan Betson/Desiree Adams]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to add oomph to your summer garden borders? Think flower ‘spires’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/06/how-to-add-oomph-to-your-summer-garden-borders-think-flower-spires/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/06/how-to-add-oomph-to-your-summer-garden-borders-think-flower-spires/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Delphiniums, lupins and foxgloves will add height, scale and drama to any planting scheme]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LLHVKSYOARCYVK4HIN3PWZNXIM.jpg?auth=2049317d73112f8fe8687a14015050799b8c12130722157033e4ea73395791ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Delphinium flowers. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">brytta</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthbound: Clare Langan’s film installation gives us a future beyond the end of the world]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/06/earthbound-clare-langans-film-installation-gives-us-a-future-beyond-the-end-of-the-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/06/earthbound-clare-langans-film-installation-gives-us-a-future-beyond-the-end-of-the-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Artist’s work shows humanity’s hope and beauty at ‘an emotional, poignant moment’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X2SE26UFRNBD7CXOTLAGHQKAGY.jpg?auth=cdf501323c62acc3e8f02fb76d568ccbc7598045d2933e22d74fa529c5abfb88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Earthbound: Bird Ice Fossil 2, by Clare Langan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evanna Lynch: ‘With another set of parents, in another time, I would have been dismissed as mad’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/06/06/evanna-lynch-with-another-set-of-parents-in-another-time-i-would-have-been-dismissed-as-mad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/06/06/evanna-lynch-with-another-set-of-parents-in-another-time-i-would-have-been-dismissed-as-mad/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris McCormack]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The actor saw in herself a poignant parallel with Lucia Joyce. Despondent after her film project about the dancer came to a halt, she has been lured back to performance for Cork Midsummer Festival]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BLULOJZW7NEB7DX5BWDW4GOF3U.jpg?auth=7123b0afb60c3e164461b18301b0c5e03566e9c154f06fb26bf8adc63abdb78d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pool (No Water): Evanna Lynch is performing the play in the swmming pool beneath the Metropole Hotel in Cork. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s summer - so time to start chilling your red wines]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/06/its-summer-so-time-to-start-chilling-your-red-wines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/06/its-summer-so-time-to-start-chilling-your-red-wines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why not try ice with your pinot noir? These four bottles will all work at cooler temperatures]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/474CXDG2PZHBHPNGEIE2XUTUAI.jpg?auth=6d12c834d1d2216f67391d6ac01376e7edcb08a95bf0ceb7bf6304b8b460acc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wine buyers say chilled red wine has become fashionable in continental Europe]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Byrne at St Anne’s Park in Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket info, how to get there and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/david-byrne-at-st-annes-park-in-dublin-stage-times-set-list-ticket-info-how-to-get-there-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/06/david-byrne-at-st-annes-park-in-dublin-stage-times-set-list-ticket-info-how-to-get-there-and-more/</guid><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about the former Talking Heads musician’s concert on Sunday, June 7th]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CRDVGFQMIRH5JO3LWIFUDMNJRM.jpg?auth=3bdca65a1855df16cef0863ab53c9abb5cd13f45e0b7b6e0f5dd13d26bb2c882&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Coming to St Anne’s Park in Dublin: David Byrne at this year’s Coachella festival. Photograph: Brianna Bryson/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brianna Bryson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvellous mackerel and beautiful broad beans – how to embrace the best of June produce]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/06/marvellous-mackerel-and-beautiful-broad-beans-how-to-embrace-the-best-of-june-produce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/06/marvellous-mackerel-and-beautiful-broad-beans-how-to-embrace-the-best-of-june-produce/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cooking at this time of year brings great joy, while eating is even better]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D3DOBR2JARE3THRBCMYVRZCOF4.jpg?auth=99e34523abae80584868e149994cee1c839490b38748a4b97f182fcbf4db2a56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Achieving a crispy skin on your mackerel will be simple when you follow my tip. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My teenage years: Some of it was fun. A lot of it was traumatic. A good bit of it was illegal ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/06/i-spent-a-lot-of-my-teenage-years-doing-things-i-didnt-want-my-mum-to-know-about/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/06/i-spent-a-lot-of-my-teenage-years-doing-things-i-didnt-want-my-mum-to-know-about/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One minute we were drinking flagons of cider in a field, the next we’re wondering what our own children are up to]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7BLA2DCZJC4TN44R56CKGE6M4.JPG?auth=0406a9cd885969dede8c59a244cf012d634e8a8edebbcb5c9a84c40c98f3b386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: My children are out on adventures all the time – lately they seem to be mostly living their best lives on Portmarnock strand – but they have nothing to hide.  Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Richly observed’: Eamon Carr photographs from Horslips 1970s US tour on show and for sale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/06/06/richly-observed-eamon-carr-photographs-from-horslips-1970s-us-tour-on-show-and-for-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/06/06/richly-observed-eamon-carr-photographs-from-horslips-1970s-us-tour-on-show-and-for-sale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Lavery painting discovered in Belfast convent among artworks to go under hammer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QTW2LGUD6VCAXBYBVKRVXR6JHQ.jpg?auth=b70377c89e2d4f23342b904b2afa2344438e5d99bfbafd737365e2e2c4a1cd80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eamon Carr: Self Portrait Wearing Peter Tosh’s Headgear, March 1979 (€650) in his photography exhibition Visions of America 1978-1979 at the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land review: Breathtaking epic marks Maggie O’Farrell as a daring chronicler of 19th century Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/land-review-breathtaking-epic-marks-maggie-ofarrell-as-a-daring-chronicler-of-19th-century-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/land-review-breathtaking-epic-marks-maggie-ofarrell-as-a-daring-chronicler-of-19th-century-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cóilín Parsons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hamnet author’s 10th novel urgently and passionately maps historical change driven by famine, emigration, language loss, secularisation and much more]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJW5DLELOZCFHHAELPEZNL3OTY.JPG?auth=e49d0c0e157973058268b2bc5910d4653486086642dee11134a2ca78f090bf9e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maggie O'Farrell: Land is both a novel about past change and a meditation for our own time on the meaning of living through and beyond a pandemic. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for lamb chops with broad beans and new potatoes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/06/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-lamb-chops-with-broad-beans-and-new-potatoes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/06/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-lamb-chops-with-broad-beans-and-new-potatoes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you’re worried about the lamb being cooked, just check with a temperature probe]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S3ID3ZTGVNASXG2PH4DEQI2UDU.jpg?auth=141c28b2c221ac31ba95891f5f1705c0a8f42fbb307fbceee3915f2dc0600ef6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's lamb chops with broad beans and new potatoes. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for crispy-skin mackerel with gooseberries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/06/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-crispy-skin-mackerel-with-gooseberries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/06/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-crispy-skin-mackerel-with-gooseberries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keeping the skin crisp on the fish will be easy when you follow my tip]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D3DOBR2JARE3THRBCMYVRZCOF4.jpg?auth=99e34523abae80584868e149994cee1c839490b38748a4b97f182fcbf4db2a56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's crispy-skin mackerel with gooseberries. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dooneen: In Keith Ridgway’s retrofuturistic Dublin, the housing crisis plays out with deadly consequences]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/dooneen-in-keith-ridgways-retrofuturistic-dublin-the-housing-crisis-plays-out-with-deadly-consequences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/dooneen-in-keith-ridgways-retrofuturistic-dublin-the-housing-crisis-plays-out-with-deadly-consequences/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Cronin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Compelling novel about hope, dereliction and the unmercifulness of privilege is set in a city that is both recognisable and weirdly unfamiliar ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BUK7VBFOIBCMVGS2ZPFSY6EKAE.jpg?auth=6b81d65666cb72312327197ed8cc7882895cdfbc5d7e6c8698122209a829051f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Keith Ridgway, whose latest novel is Dooneen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debut novelist Jessamine O’Connor: ‘Trying fiction was really refreshing. I have been doing poetry for 20 years’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/debut-novelist-jessamine-oconnor-trying-fiction-was-really-refreshing-i-have-been-doing-poetry-for-20-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/debut-novelist-jessamine-oconnor-trying-fiction-was-really-refreshing-i-have-been-doing-poetry-for-20-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The writer on her housing-crisis novel Somewhere, her collaborative work, and playing Countdown in the pub]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7XHLOWSONHFDCK6JWKHSL7ERM.jpg?auth=755d78ee20b50a339b3d366a16588f66b0fcaa3786be31c4330a99a72be5e763&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jessamine O’Connor]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: Love Lane; On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing; Ghost-Eye]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/books-in-brief-love-lane-on-memoir-an-a-z-of-life-writing-ghost-eye/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/books-in-brief-love-lane-on-memoir-an-a-z-of-life-writing-ghost-eye/</guid><description><![CDATA[Moving meditation on belonging, loneliness; valuable details on life writing; expansive novel from one of India’s finest authors]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7ET67VBVWFDZLNFJJAUAXXTDG4.jpg?auth=fde35a8bdbdbb6b8736cdebe8b4c3b80f03bfa1dacc749c1300bb2c366dfd3fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Gale explores what it means to return home after decades of emotional exile in his latest work, Love Lane. Photograph: Steve Tanner]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[First of December of Karen Jennings: A quietly devastating novel about slavery’s undoing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/first-of-december-of-karen-jennings-a-quietly-devastating-novel-about-slaverys-undoing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/first-of-december-of-karen-jennings-a-quietly-devastating-novel-about-slaverys-undoing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Molara Wood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This South African-set book focuses on three people in the run-up to emancipation day]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6AE3RCXPEMLUEMQ5QVXD4ORHM.jpg?auth=7b9a0305e8912e4d038381d377b4aa3f5e0a72ca5f62e63ee2ec6f6c4f070e56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Karen Jennings]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran and the Revolution by Homa Katouzian: A missed opportunity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/iran-and-the-revolution-by-homa-katouzian-a-missed-opportunity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/iran-and-the-revolution-by-homa-katouzian-a-missed-opportunity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert McNamara]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Structural weaknesses undermine a book that was unfortunately outdated before it was even published]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3UR3QMQUWMIYZXPWJJ7JIPSRYM.jpg?auth=d7c5f7eab06f38f1b245916f2a258dfe9c8a52ae808a1cc905a02b15579a0da6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A ceremony in honour of Ayatollah Khomeini in south Tehran in February. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Majid Saeedi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Oracle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/poem-of-the-week-oracle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/06/poem-of-the-week-oracle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C6ZEZSRIRBBVXGD4NUDZJ5DH5A.jpeg?auth=0e8f265367ccdd4a60a5a5d934931cc46f0480d824cb6f588899b59fb7e69b33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan's debut collection is The Salt of Something New. Photograph: Conor McCabe]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pic credit Conor McCabe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stefan Al’s spirited account of what humans have got right and wrong when making homes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/stefan-als-spirited-account-of-what-humans-have-got-right-and-wrong-when-making-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/stefan-als-spirited-account-of-what-humans-have-got-right-and-wrong-when-making-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Horan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home by Stefan Al ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TQPY47FIJBAMDC76DIDHFRBH2Q.jpg?auth=51f29e32a4f9996325bc717196adc71ccca5e4f2338359dafe97ff72e6c90838&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stefan Al's latest book offers a vibrant rendering of human living spaces through the ages. Photograph: Ryan Lash/TED]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Lash / TED</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise balances the goofs and the genius]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/caroline-aherne-rebel-in-disguise-balances-the-goofs-and-the-genius/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/caroline-aherne-rebel-in-disguise-balances-the-goofs-and-the-genius/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[NJ McGarrigle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Scott’s focus on her work has good intentions, but also sees a missed opportunity]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LR5QKMZUSBFUOPGSIHBBMWI24Q.jpg?auth=1c59cf5affd9f8183a64e191d0c837bb5f6efa1ab6b90ad272d2823053816b75&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caroline Aherne: created a string of memorable characters including Denise in The Royle Family and chat-show host Mrs Merton. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Am I, a Deer? by Polly Barton: A resonant take on the distance between reality and illusion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/what-am-i-a-deer-by-polly-barton-a-resonant-take-on-the-distance-between-reality-and-illusion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/what-am-i-a-deer-by-polly-barton-a-resonant-take-on-the-distance-between-reality-and-illusion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm McKenna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Barton’s debut novel is a surprisingly hopeful existentialist text grounded in modern anxieties]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HV3PXXR72RERTNRHTCA2SOZIDA.jpg?auth=7973a76b8ba9d601b4dc6bf52a9cc11a079e83600995fdac35c2ee2cc485937e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Polly Barton, author of What Am I, a Deer?]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rough Edges by Natasha Carthew: Irish echoes in Cornish writer’s account of Britain’s coast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/rough-edges-by-natasha-carthew-irish-echoes-in-cornish-writers-account-of-britains-coast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/06/rough-edges-by-natasha-carthew-irish-echoes-in-cornish-writers-account-of-britains-coast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Allen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carthew writes about her native place in context of a society that relegates communities to generationally diminished opportunity]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKPEXODUKVCKFBHSVS5KVVSUWU.jpg?auth=bbd47c446985fb3ceda9ce0a21b5a0964ec6c296dae5bfda0702ce42f5d06b1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Natasha Carthew grew up in Cornwall and has since moved to Ireland]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>