<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news-index/2026-06-12/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:06 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Reykjavik murder trial hears details of Dublin-based family’s collective suicide plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/reykjavik-murder-trial-hears-details-of-familys-collective-suicide-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/reykjavik-murder-trial-hears-details-of-familys-collective-suicide-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen McHugh in Reykjavik]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ming Ting Mancel, with an address in Leopardstown, Dublin 18, charged with murder of her daughter Catherine]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:56:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7XRN5S6IDZB3LBX2EKJWFDPONE.jpg?auth=f7e1f79fbf2a5ba6e08b4bc45cbc1b73dd1cd14f2f4439b00c0868a7e88481ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ming Ting Mancel in court in Reykjavik. The French woman lived in Dublin with her family for almost 10 years before their deaths in Iceland. Photograph: Karen McHugh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyle Larin rescues point for Canada against Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/cyle-larin-rescues-point-for-canada-against-bosnia-and-herzegovina/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/cyle-larin-rescues-point-for-canada-against-bosnia-and-herzegovina/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Fisher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Substitute claws goal back for co-hosts after Jovo Lukic opener]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:36:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6BSKMBTZXWDRYGJBPPJHD6K3A.jpg?auth=00f5b64f32607a611ce771c0b6874391627e60fa6bbaf25f7cd4d5ed7ea7ded6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cyle Larin celebrates scoring an equaliser for Canada. Photograph: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cole Burston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste of Dublin 2026 kicks off: ‘We come every single year, we absolutely love it’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/12/taste-of-dublin-2026-kicks-off-we-come-every-single-year-we-absolutely-love-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/12/taste-of-dublin-2026-kicks-off-we-come-every-single-year-we-absolutely-love-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of Ireland’s longest-running food festivals is back in Dublin this weekend, and off to a sunny start]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:23:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBOLU5ESXVBEXEP727BRXU4WV4.JPG?auth=2c9e467627b406f7d0b4f11e444c2967e108ed5e7accc5317aa1c62a8ade9f4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The King Sitric truck at the Taste of Dublin 2026 in Merrion Square. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Pat’s get title tilt back on track with win over Drogheda]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/st-pats-get-title-tilt-back-on-track-with-win-over-drogheda/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/st-pats-get-title-tilt-back-on-track-with-win-over-drogheda/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kian Leavy caps special week with opening goal at Richmond]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:17:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FYNSQS6CXPIKWL7SWSZ2B5ULD4.jpg?auth=f622cb1045d81aa28e1b5381c998648f574a212cc048753b5e76ebab6176622d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kian Leavy scores the opening goal for St Patrick's Athletic. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birmingham Six campaigner knighted in British honours list]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/birmingham-six-campaigner-knighted-in-british-honours-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/birmingham-six-campaigner-knighted-in-british-honours-list/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chris Mullin, MP, journalist and novelist, covered compelling wrongful-conviction case in the 1980s]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6B443QAWKMGQTGDW44OVCS3C6M.jpg?auth=2b09c1f810648f5e6ce4a876ecc3c176a53f6555987ecd913446eb20fed271e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chris Mullin campaigned on behalf of the Birmingham Six for many years. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital waiting lists reach more than a million patients for the first time ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/12/hospital-waiting-lists-reach-more-than-a-million-patients-for-the-first-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/12/hospital-waiting-lists-reach-more-than-a-million-patients-for-the-first-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Consultants warn of ‘severe knock-on consequences’ for those denied vital procedures]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:04:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRYXKT3F4VAFDBF46TGXMPTIMQ.jpg?auth=a90d1d2c4b85e65ba24dd79aabb95bfdcdadc048f259433e04cf69965096fc83&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show 1,080,600 patients were on the public hospital waiting list at the end of May, a rise of 10,000 on the previous month. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">gorodenkoff</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Belfast violence: bad actors prey on social divisions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/12/the-irish-times-view-on-belfast-violence-bad-actors-prey-on-social-divisions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/12/the-irish-times-view-on-belfast-violence-bad-actors-prey-on-social-divisions/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mainstream politicians and powerful platform owners competed and collaborated to dominate the radical right agenda]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VMYFFHHPDD33EH6CAK6AJSMV7M.jpg?auth=694212f471fe247be11b654aa1b397b8498032cd2ede43a08f916049e2e4e10b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Water canons spray water as fires burn near police vans while protests take place near the Chimney Corner Hotel, which allegedly may be a hotel housing migrants, following a night of anti-immigrant riots on June 10, 2026 in Mallusk, Glengormley, Northern Ireland. Overnight protests in Belfast turned violent in reaction to a knife attack that took place on Monday night, which left a male victim in his 40's with serious injuries. Homes and vehicles were torched following the Home Office's confirmation that the suspected knifeman is a 30-year-old asylum seeker from Sudan, who was in the UK on leave to remain. Far-right influencers have been accused of stoking the violence. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confirmation of neutral venue for Ireland-Israel match prompts criticism from Opposition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/confirmation-of-neutral-venue-for-ireland-israel-match-prompts-criticism-from-opposition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/confirmation-of-neutral-venue-for-ireland-israel-match-prompts-criticism-from-opposition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sinn Féin, Labour and Green Party say games should be stopped over Israel’s treatment of Palestinians]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:19:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RSPOA6GE7VYWSNTXDW2D4WKDDI.jpg?auth=b4506c2868f6bd069e584f241e2c8096a9e9c73f768c1e1a3fd49cfd27c48389&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Culture and Sport Patrick O’Donovan said it has been a 'very difficult time' for the FAI and its decision was 'pragmatic'. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth refused special chairs for classroom due to attendance at fee-paying school, High Court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/youth-refused-special-chairs-for-classroom-due-to-attendance-at-fee-paying-school-high-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/youth-refused-special-chairs-for-classroom-due-to-attendance-at-fee-paying-school-high-court-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Teenager’s mother brings judicial review proceedings against Minister and State]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:18:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The plaintiff has sued through his mother. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Mark Carney:  setting  an example ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/12/the-irish-times-view-on-mark-carney-setting-an-example/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/12/the-irish-times-view-on-mark-carney-setting-an-example/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former central banker has emerged as political leader of real substance]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKPHV4ZVYCSXSLXEII2CMQ4EEI.jpg?auth=a483a94f676237910ef64dde1f8a3d54d8e89a252661bc981278b9859053d28d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Economic Club in New York on May 28, 2026. (Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angela Weiss</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-Iran agree deal to extend ceasefire, says Pakistan’s prime minister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/12/iran-says-no-final-decision-yet-on-deal-trump-claims-will-end-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/12/iran-says-no-final-decision-yet-on-deal-trump-claims-will-end-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Politi and Abigail Hauslohner in Washington and Andrew England in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shehbaz Sharif’s comments come after Trump accuses Tehran of misrepresenting pact’s details]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IC34IIOPFAHZBIK7GZTAVTLNWE.jpg?auth=3be71bd653e746492ba83cbd775d698b70df655da5fc9ab5c4d477ee4862de32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Israeli air strike targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Friday. Photograph: Abbas Fakih/AFP via Getty Images
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abbas Fakih</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Partey out of Ghana’s World Cup opener after visa application to Canada refused]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/thomas-partey-out-of-ghanas-world-cup-opener-after-visa-application-to-canada-refused/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/thomas-partey-out-of-ghanas-world-cup-opener-after-visa-application-to-canada-refused/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Aarons, Leyland Cecco]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former Arsenal midfielder entered the US with the Ghana squad on June 4th]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:47:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JL74RB22WIE2Z5KGN5EZHIGLAY.jpg?auth=e22327aba5624afb5fb8e8b9966f2a102d0405dc9793ca52cf995c545d7789b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thomas Partey is set to miss Ghana's opening game against Panama on Wednesday. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Potts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bord Bia review finds chairman gives ‘clear leadership’ in wake of Brazil beef protests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/bord-bia-review-finds-chairman-gives-clear-leadership-in-wake-of-brazil-beef-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/bord-bia-review-finds-chairman-gives-clear-leadership-in-wake-of-brazil-beef-protests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[IFA had called on Larry Murrin to resign over imports at his company, Dawn Farms]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:37:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXONSII4HIVC4TLOMUTTNJIFNE.jpg?auth=86d1215581af8f0eab777c6e96a7b329047adb669d9a2c73eda009226c307a2a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bord Bia chairman Larry Murrin appearing before the Oireachtas agriculture committee in February. Photograph: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire 

NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Oireachtas TV</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wanted in Germany over alleged kidnapping arrested in Cork massage parlour, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-wanted-in-germany-over-alleged-kidnapping-arrested-in-cork-massage-parlour-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-wanted-in-germany-over-alleged-kidnapping-arrested-in-cork-massage-parlour-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Khalid Kurshid (57), a German-Pakistani national, is remanded in custody after gardaí say his daughter is ‘high-risk missing person’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:27:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKIA3TQAIRECTIWQUL5NIUL3VE.jpg?auth=ded2862d126a7d6865850aa2018b632637d04201d52c9f8cfd1ec0d3a776c22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Khalid Kurshid is wanted in Germany in connection with alleged ‘kidnapping, illegal restraint or hostage-taking’, the High Court heard]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">w-ings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classroom to College: A tough Leaving Cert week as core subjects finish]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/classroom-to-college-a-tough-leaving-cert-week-as-core-subjects-finish/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/classroom-to-college-a-tough-leaving-cert-week-as-core-subjects-finish/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Higher level papers in both French and history were particularly tricky]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:24:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H65O2PK2WNG2RPFJAEX2G6JGRI.png?auth=8c8d538c8afdcb24ecf9d1b551fdac1ee1f7ca91ef839791963f92c7234e06fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Classroom to college widget letterbox wide]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confused by the new format for the All-Ireland football championship? Here’s how it works]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/05/all-ireland-football-championship-a-complete-guide-to-the-sam-maguire-and-tailteann-cup-competitions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/05/05/all-ireland-football-championship-a-complete-guide-to-the-sam-maguire-and-tailteann-cup-competitions/</guid><description><![CDATA[This will be the sixth format change in nine years, but it’s not as complicated as it seems]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:13:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3NMMOLDQMJDX7FWEXEJMTABV5Y.jpg?auth=8a9f78fd110f4ecffa188cc5df10c97921fcb4ee3b33cfd7aff6936189fb31a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sixteen counties are in the running for the Sam Maguire Cup as part of the All-Ireland series. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[France followed to World Cup by home politics after Kylian Mbappé’s swipe at far right]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/france-followed-to-world-cup-by-home-politics-after-kylian-mbappes-swipe-at-far-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/france-followed-to-world-cup-by-home-politics-after-kylian-mbappes-swipe-at-far-right/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raphaël Jucobin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michel Platini among former players to accuse captain of creating distraction as Didier Deschamps defends captain’s right to speak]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:01:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S7ZIETBFIVDDXR2TQ3BLRGPNLM.jpg?auth=15765ef597d75fc55686769afd6ba6cc95d4cfc5a4b0d45bd72e7c2f847ae1fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[France's forward Kylian Mbappé and France's head coach Didier Deschamps. Photograph: Thomas Padilla/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thomas Padilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturation point: Shane Hegarty on attending gigs during an Irish summer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/12/saturation-point-shane-hegarty-on-attending-gigs-during-an-irish-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/12/saturation-point-shane-hegarty-on-attending-gigs-during-an-irish-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Hegarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You imagine sunglasses, shorts and a sunset to rival the pyrotechnics on stage]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RL22SPDFDJB4NHGHOTQWCI5G3I.jpg?auth=7f6fa61f625a7eccbb443eb4cdf8680237488339ba6cad253825eb157aca012a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Festival-goers arrive at Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Photographer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX is now a public company worth nearly $2tn. What happens next?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/spacex-is-now-a-public-company-worth-nearly-2tn-what-happens-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/spacex-is-now-a-public-company-worth-nearly-2tn-what-happens-next/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Investing in SpaceX isn’t a bet on the company’s fundamentals, it’s a bet on Elon Musk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:54:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GEMXXVGJVMWB5YMTKJWLX3JC3M.jpg?auth=a4c6f4060534dcd2219f3e2de902d021fdde51faf44d100756616c62060c9426&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SpaceX is the world's biggest IPO to date. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Nagle</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I tried the new Italian sandwich shop in Dublin that has crowds queuing’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/06/12/ive-been-waiting-months-for-this-conor-pope-samples-the-sell-out-sandwiches-from-morso/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/06/12/ive-been-waiting-months-for-this-conor-pope-samples-the-sell-out-sandwiches-from-morso/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Italian sandwich shop on Dublin’s Drury Street has crowds queuing for its delicious everything-from-scratch creations]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DDEC7Y3A4NDKDNQPZFUL63PS34.jpeg?auth=be14ed5b3e4b8b4ebd3ef4e6a5ebfcf6e59fec6650b182dab8c102b2e6116405&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciaran McGonagle of Morso, the former Mani pizza spot on Drury Street. Photo: Conor Pope]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European shares rally on Middle East peace hopes and SpaceX IPO]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/european-shares-rally-on-middle-east-peace-hopes-and-spacex-ipo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/european-shares-rally-on-middle-east-peace-hopes-and-spacex-ipo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Travel stocks and financials among those to fare best as mood improves across all markets though not for Big Oil]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:45:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V4KDPT2IWZ7NQ3WPRVEDL53H6M.jpg?auth=e766b5a8b0c3c21354bb723a44e9f2dd52b80cd93f3d4b6340a94e0654207bc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bret Johnsen (centre), SpaceX chief financial officer, and Gwynne Shotwell (center right), SpaceX oresident and chief operating officer, celebrate with SpaceX employees as they ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite to celebrate the launch of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) in New York. Photograph: Timothy Clary / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Timothy A. Clary</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert art: State Examinations Commission listens to criticism of last year’s paper]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/leaving-cert-art-state-examinations-commission-listens-to-criticism-of-last-years-paper/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/leaving-cert-art-state-examinations-commission-listens-to-criticism-of-last-years-paper/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter McGuire]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘This paper gave students a lot of opportunities to show their knowledge of the subject’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:42:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2WCSL4PGNICJFOGA7IAOJIVGZE.jpg?auth=4d14bab84be25a6d63d90fa62278fd924e98657ef04d65e24cc620cf0254137d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Leaving Cert art paper provided options for students to wax lyrical
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leah Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury told of ‘chaos’ at Parnell Square and woman screaming ‘the kid is dead’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/jury-told-of-chaos-at-parnell-square-and-woman-screaming-the-kid-is-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/jury-told-of-chaos-at-parnell-square-and-woman-screaming-the-kid-is-dead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some tried to hit man on the ground ‘covered in blood’, others said to stop and wait for the police, Riad Bouchaker trial told ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:27:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/376M6LU3H6V6DRMOANZ3TYPHRQ.jpg?auth=dd7ee26162675a9b32ab1d17973216ce3ef6f2eec8b781c080361629f5e842c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Riad Bouchaker, at a trial in the Central Criminal Court, has denied eight offences connected to an incident at Dublin's Parnell Square in November 2023. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos




]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GARETH CHANEY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert German: The fairest paper so far this year ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/leaving-cert-german-the-fairest-paper-so-far-this-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/leaving-cert-german-the-fairest-paper-so-far-this-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter McGuire]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teachers report accessible questions, familiar vocabulary and manageable grammar]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:24:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/47HYO4K3HULBTSA7NA2JFWRBFQ.jpg?auth=e8c8e63f35d73e7c3aafdd5d1805fec984147ab7f2ee8efba2ece9ca2a2f7db7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RollingNews.ie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accountant who says employer ‘laughed’ when she asked about redundancy package wins €25,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/12/accountant-who-says-employer-laughed-when-she-asked-about-redundancy-package-wins-25000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/12/accountant-who-says-employer-laughed-when-she-asked-about-redundancy-package-wins-25000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arcades business was profitable when she was let go, accountant tells WRC as managing director says it was facing ‘extreme financial difficulties’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:24:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZRGVWTTYBVCYDFBM33UJIWRCY4.jpg?auth=02a66ecc48c3da2b1ab82ba12622315e62ec0e82440c6dc63c431b966618ebe8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arcade business financial controller, who says employer ‘laughed’ when she asked about redundancy package, wins €25,000. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Imgorthand</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pierre Gasly reinstated to Monaco podium after F1 officials admit timekeeping blunder]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/pierre-gasly-reinstated-to-monaco-podium-after-f1-officials-admit-timekeeping-blunder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/pierre-gasly-reinstated-to-monaco-podium-after-f1-officials-admit-timekeeping-blunder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke McLaughlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Frenchman was demoted to seventh for pit lane speeding]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:15:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQKEBOFPINVPPY46F3L6EYEO7Y.jpg?auth=6360ebefab22359519aa394fd32c079f34ad1d3e0f2c9ea3b52560ff38c01a6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alpine's Pierre Gasly speaks to the media ahead of this weekend's Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clive Rose</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin: Where will Damien Duff’s streak of madness fit into Brentford’s xG models?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/malachy-clerkin-where-will-damien-duffs-streak-of-madness-fit-into-brentfords-xg-models/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/malachy-clerkin-where-will-damien-duffs-streak-of-madness-fit-into-brentfords-xg-models/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The force of his personality seems to be at odds with the Premier League club’s fabled data analytics approach]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:05:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3BBFVOPWHNDHF6QWAX24K4MWA.jpg?auth=ffefcff6c227108ba22ff6cc7f8ab4920e155333fac8b30df2ec718ea0cd1162&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shelbourne head coach Damien Duff after receiving a yellow card during a Premier Division match against St Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park in 2025. Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Clohessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse’s registration cancelled by High Court after misconduct finding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/nurses-registration-cancelled-by-high-court-after-misconduct-finding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/nurses-registration-cancelled-by-high-court-after-misconduct-finding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Allegations related to care given by Prisca Ngozi Umeob at Mater Private hospital in July and August 2021]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ERLUHH5UZBJ5HNQXRTTNCTM6A.jpg?auth=33a02c8f09d28b7eed88f2948224a50a06e9037f771100d70c370a98edef73f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Confirming the cancellation of the nurse’s registration, High Court president Judge David Barniville noted that a Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland fitness-to-practise committee, following an inquiry, had stated that cancellation was the appropriate and proportionate sanction. Photograph: Nigel Stripe/Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nigel Stripe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX goes public]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire-as-spacex-goes-public/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire-as-spacex-goes-public/</guid><description><![CDATA[Shares jump as much as 25% over IPO price on first day of trading after attracting orders for more than three times the amount on offer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZH4VLZPEWIJ7MRVKKDME7CFRNY.jpg?auth=68f1465bb9fb9fdd7af2c099933e841c8a82a5d22b76029ef7e08fff1e663305&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elon Musk speaks via video before the ringing of opening bell for SpaceX's debut on the Nasdaq Exchange. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Spencer Platt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish man killed in Limerick crash was on his way to carry out contract killing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/swedish-man-killed-in-limerick-crash-was-on-his-way-to-carry-out-contract-killing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/swedish-man-killed-in-limerick-crash-was-on-his-way-to-carry-out-contract-killing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí also believe they know the identity of his accomplice, with staff at ports and airports on alert]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:43:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNLJWMEVANDF5KZ7GPSZC4ZP6E.jpg?auth=780fde5e20dae17ad2099b4f5d0f8116432f72f424686e8fcf8bc8a6aec7a6ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is understood Swedish police have gathered intelligence confirming the crash victim was in Ireland to carry out a gun murder, having been hired by Irish criminals. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Currency media group continues growth path]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/currency-media-group-continues-growth-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/currency-media-group-continues-growth-path/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company behind website logged shareholder funds of €1,116,053 for the financial year, up from €790,602 12 months earlier]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:42:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CWH2YE5QK73IMHGOEO3YECNOU.jpg?auth=27c6e371b0b212c80228ce09a75911ad520003c52c0ab58619b837d1f3f32199&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company was founded by former Business Post editor Ian Kehoe and financial journalist Tom Lyons.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish households saved €6.6bn in the first quarter of 2026]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/12/irish-households-saved-66bn-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/12/irish-households-saved-66bn-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bridging the gap between saving and wealth-building remains challenge for Irish homes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:29:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GQH6DV5M6VE4BPIBUCKZ6G5MB4.jpg?auth=df9aa17094042fbb62a2ec0cbc6dfbb09b072f67212281bda8600d106c31b75c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish households saved €6.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026, according to new CSO data.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Milan Markovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK healthcare assistant pleads guilty to smuggling woman on ‘lookalike’ passport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/uk-healthcare-assistant-pleads-guilty-to-smuggling-woman-on-lookalike-passport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/uk-healthcare-assistant-pleads-guilty-to-smuggling-woman-on-lookalike-passport/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Muna Mohamed Sharif’s phone contained discussion of fee with document’s lawful owner]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:19:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NBHVLG53UNGYZFGKTRRJQLZASM.jpg?auth=7e184989ee6a3b15e29f9c8e1ef6d1ab8b3fcd09fc4079348fc01ad554239098&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge issued an order sending the woman forward for sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. 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Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abir Sultan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly strike gold at European Championships]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/06/12/katie-george-dunlevy-and-linda-kelly-strike-gold-at-european-championships/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/06/12/katie-george-dunlevy-and-linda-kelly-strike-gold-at-european-championships/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sinead Greenan and Alice Sharpe fourth in WB time trial in Maniago, Italy]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:57:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VV4XHBPU2BEZ3GGWFWA6CXJXQU.png?auth=a8a1ab016d47b366778352092bdf529abf32f364df07a7614dcf1f5809f04639&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly during the WB time trial at the European Championships in Italy. Photograph: Cycling Ireland]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB ready to hike rates again next month if necessary, top official says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/ecb-ready-to-hike-rates-again-next-month-if-necessary-top-official-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/ecb-ready-to-hike-rates-again-next-month-if-necessary-top-official-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Weber]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel says ECB ready to respond further to inflation fears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4BU3V7IRNRELC7OGRCUCZTJEY.jpg?auth=596973f8d77facbafa6eb3aaf506127634ab7faf030d1b071de60b2bf4d38653&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[“We are keeping all our options open and are ready to respond once again, should we have to," Joachim Nagel said. 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Photograph: Evan Treacy/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pope battled with Bad Bunny for the attention of Spain’s youth. Ultimately, Leo won]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/12/how-pope-leo-won-over-spains-young-and-drew-more-fans-than-bad-bunny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/12/how-pope-leo-won-over-spains-young-and-drew-more-fans-than-bad-bunny/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pontiff calls for ‘truth, justice and reparation’ for sexual abuse victims]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HZPL4EHCKKEZNVEA2IKMLNEAJE.jpg?auth=72f502fa283375d470e93fd13ba7dc9539f19fe262132974d5ad0b973dc782db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV greets migrants at the "Las Raices" (The Roots) centre in San Cristobal de la Laguna on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stefano Rellandini</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Cup begins: a nervous referee; a fundamental change to games and Irish regret]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/america-2026/the-world-cup-begins-gavin-cooney-malachy-clerkin-and-paul-howard-review-the-opening-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/america-2026/the-world-cup-begins-gavin-cooney-malachy-clerkin-and-paul-howard-review-the-opening-games/</guid><description><![CDATA[America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:31:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VKCD6H7ZAJP2PK3JLYFEAPHKEQ.jpg?auth=3105373a579f28128b494db72bbbc0318f2d48a402d11313252d326096a87e7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mexico's Julian Quinones celebrates scoring the opening goal during the FIFA World Cup Group A match at the Mexico City Stadium.
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Potts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike action by heart surgery theatre staff suspended to allow for new talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/12/strike-action-by-heart-surgery-theatre-staff-suspended-to-allow-for-new-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/12/strike-action-by-heart-surgery-theatre-staff-suspended-to-allow-for-new-talks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fourteen operations, including two in Crumlin Children’s Hospital, postponed due to action]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4FKVRU56FZE3TOYOX3P5DRZFIQ.jpg?auth=aa96a649dd8fcf9d73edc05807684f89f5b1601f5885cdcf600649b200765a12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[About 25 perfusionists staged a one-day strike on Tuesday and were due to strike for two days next week. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackrock mourns the loss of larger-than-life Michael ‘Bomber’ Browne]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/blackrock-mourns-the-loss-of-larger-than-life-michael-bomber-browne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/blackrock-mourns-the-loss-of-larger-than-life-michael-bomber-browne/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Blackrock player, coach and president was a devoted rugby enthusiast throughout his life]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:07:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUJ7FMLPPBAJJCSP6TXBOABNJY.jpg?auth=c8002b5fad6a3ac9496d65985177a6966a1538d928fd648857ee9d600a096837&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Originally from Galway, Browne moved to Dublin to practise as a GP, joining Blackrock College RFC. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney: FAI doesn’t want to find out what repercussions of boycotting Israel game would be]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/government-apathy-towards-israel-soccer-row-leaves-fai-unwilling-to-take-stand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/government-apathy-towards-israel-soccer-row-leaves-fai-unwilling-to-take-stand/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is authorities don’t want to pay the price for a principled stand]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:01:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WOTGACXDLZGMNJVP5LWWW2GJLA.jpg?auth=6e73ca4f225ffc213dd9ef593634eef8200918419e6ca1849ba819652ce0cace&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tennis balls thrown on the pitch during last month's international friendly between the Republic of Ireland and Qatar at the Aviva Stadium in protest of Ireland's upcoming Nations League match against Israel. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist (30s) dies in crash in Co Tipperary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/man-30s-dies-following-crash-in-co-tipperary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/man-30s-dies-following-crash-in-co-tipperary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Incident brings number of deaths on Irish roads this year to 78]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHMTYZZN5FFZ7JCQ2Z54ER26AE.jpg?auth=c0bb1ba48fef1f3234730e37b658ecfcf3e4a0fd05082eef8bcbc263819cc5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The road is closed and local diversions are in place while gardaí investigate the scene. Photograph: Colin Keegan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, is brilliantly catchy and beautifully bittersweet ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/12/olivia-rodrigos-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-is-brilliantly-catchy-and-beautifully-bittersweet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/12/olivia-rodrigos-new-album-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-is-brilliantly-catchy-and-beautifully-bittersweet/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Olivia Rodrigo’s third LP vindicates her willingness to take inspiration from alternative pop’s most woebegone weirdos and wunderkinds]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:17:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AH5HZQBTSE5R7J2YXY4H7YS76U.jpg?auth=0182f0eaa4c9c8f6cd732f60ede2e9927d038bbd1b700d4773ed9a840366da25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
                        The singer Olivia Rodrigo, in the New York Times studio on May 14, 2026. In conversation with Popcast’s Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, Rodrigo discussed the many ways her creative process intersects with the extracurricular noise of pop superstardom. (Caroline Tompkins/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Caroline Tompkins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keith Rossiter steps down as Wexford hurling manager after three years ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/12/keith-rossiter-steps-down-as-wexford-hurling-manager-after-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/12/keith-rossiter-steps-down-as-wexford-hurling-manager-after-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Wexford captain decides not to seek a fourth season in charge of county’s senior hurlers]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:54:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SMYC4UWNDZEANG2GBKF4MSQFMI.jpg?auth=c3f868395ed382f677f2cd2f5b9da95faa763930c4d6cd33887fe52fcc8c9356&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[2026 Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 3, Chadwicks Wexford Park, Wexford 9/5/2026
Wexford vs Dublin
Wexford manager Keith Rossiter
Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Lawlor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man and woman in court over disorder following Belfast knife attack ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-and-woman-in-court-over-disorder-following-belfast-knife-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-and-woman-in-court-over-disorder-following-belfast-knife-attack/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man’s defence solicitor concedes there is a ‘degree of irony’ in his client being ‘anywhere near’ demonstrations]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:46:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2ZMYKCIR6C4DILNNGTCV3A53BE.jpg?auth=2c1095526993c1939ef2b5004ad1685bd30f8354f8f4bc9011f29d2764f34e60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Armored PSNI vehicles at the scene of disorder earlier this week after a stabbing incident in north Belfast in Monday]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Vaughan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keir Starmer insists he will not walk away after defence resignations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/12/keir-starmer-insists-he-will-not-walk-away-after-defence-resignations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/12/keir-starmer-insists-he-will-not-walk-away-after-defence-resignations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hughes, Christopher McKeon and David Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[British prime minister admits he has ‘got to turn things around’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:38:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UDS5SSO4VJLQROXLMPZFDLZPQQ.jpg?auth=3043ff112bed605e13d5a0076250c56c745e7c4f3a33cbb577f5efab04347f77&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British prime minister Keir Starmer admitted he has “got to turn things around” if he is going to remain in post. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Neil Hall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need to draw up a ‘life list’ of your money and legal affairs? This is how you do it ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/12/need-to-draw-up-a-life-list-of-your-money-and-legal-affairs-this-is-how-you-do-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/12/need-to-draw-up-a-life-list-of-your-money-and-legal-affairs-this-is-how-you-do-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olive Keogh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On the Money: Advance planning is not just for older people – it can spare families stress, confusion and bureaucracy when illness or accident intervenes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:28:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFA7AMACVNEZHPJ3IHRDX7ZHTM.jpg?auth=3372dd422b4cb100bdf9ef7516640fd7470ca7ce1bf31a9c3d4c9fda5c32b376&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A simple life list could save your family months of stress. Photograph: 
Pornpak Khunatorn/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pornpak Khunatorn</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BYD aims to outsell Toyota by 2031 to become world’s biggest car maker]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/12/byd-says-it-wants-to-out-sell-toyota-by-2031/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/12/byd-says-it-wants-to-out-sell-toyota-by-2031/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chinese brand looks for massive expansion but it is struggling at home]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:02:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R32YEFXZI5BKVHLWFFB3ZRTSRM.jpg?auth=cac7c7ff4c2180c6d61b2630bf6d4e4a0dafb70a9043cfcdccf94a2774f32f33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BYD's ambition to become the world's number-one car maker in terms of scale in five years would require it to more than double its current annual sales of about 4.5 million.  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Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">HieronymusUkkel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson denies meeting with accuser was to ‘nip in the bud’ abuse allegations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/jeffrey-donaldson-denies-he-met-christian-minister-to-nip-in-the-bud-abuse-allegations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/jeffrey-donaldson-denies-he-met-christian-minister-to-nip-in-the-bud-abuse-allegations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former DUP leader tells court Christian minister was ‘mistaken in his recollection’ of 1990s meeting]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:58:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VYKDDN73FBQ4PH6XYZO3JEP4XI.jpg?auth=288e63da4c3014ba92a5e004f1f5835f17ff6696b47ac6d58388553d1ddc9aa2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at Newry courthouse on Friday. He denies charges relating to the sexual abuse of two women when they were children on dates between 1985 and 2008. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions come to fore over drive towards single-tier healthcare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/tensions-come-to-fore-over-drive-towards-single-tier-healthcare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/tensions-come-to-fore-over-drive-towards-single-tier-healthcare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Meanwhile, political focus on controversial Ireland-Israel matches as, elsewhere, the World Cup kicks off]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:57:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6MOGLRQ27RB5XDBRBUJZGANBMA.jpg?auth=2e86d58e3895823f46052b34d6288a476f7717f8e35bce94cca539dccf0e946f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A claim was made in the Dáil this week that hospital consultants were prioritising private patients over those on public lists. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mihailomilovanovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda administrative staff set to ballot on industrial action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/garda-administrative-staff-set-to-ballot-on-industrial-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/garda-administrative-staff-set-to-ballot-on-industrial-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dispute centres on access to internal promotions for staff, who are not members of the force itself]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:27:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQAN7RE2SZCEPMODBSE2YKI2VE.jpg?auth=cf9268d49938eec45abdef3bfa60594012ed1c9550746d58bbc494b9f633e358&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Union says it has repeatedly sought to engage with An Garda Síochána on the issue]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A smashing runner and the nicest guy’: Irish Olympian Gerry O’Reilly dies aged 61]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/12/a-smashing-runner-and-the-nicest-guy-irish-olympian-gerry-oreilly-dies-aged-61/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/12/a-smashing-runner-and-the-nicest-guy-irish-olympian-gerry-oreilly-dies-aged-61/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meath runner competed at the 1988 Games in Seoul and won the Irish 1,500m title a year later]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:24:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A5LR7H65L5D7BNKMYJL77M4BLQ.jpg?auth=b7642d005f554495133a3615dec393ba5710a065efb72a3f0e7dc9d8d12c7191&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gerry O'Reilly took up a role at the Vanguard Group where he became principal portfolio manager of one of the world’s largest mutual funds.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSNI reports ‘calmer’ night in North after disorder following knife attack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/psni-reports-calmer-night-in-north-after-disorder-following-knife-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/psni-reports-calmer-night-in-north-after-disorder-following-knife-attack/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anti-racism events organised in response to unrest, which began after Belfast stabbing]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:17:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C6AEDZWXCXZEIXPFJTXMSSN4E4.jpg?auth=a39a85cf4103cc5ad1dcb8de5ccb6b28ad52c482969db3271e32048716de54cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Doors of houses in east Belfast are replaced on Thursday after two nights of violence in which the homes of foreign nationals were targeted. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Faith</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deaf woman alleging rape was questioned over 3½ months in State’s longest criminal trial]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/deaf-woman-alleging-rape-was-questioned-over-3-months-in-states-longest-criminal-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/deaf-woman-alleging-rape-was-questioned-over-3-months-in-states-longest-criminal-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes, Eimear Dodd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jury found four of seven men guilty of sexually abusing their vulnerable relative]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:02:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NBHVLG53UNGYZFGKTRRJQLZASM.jpg?auth=7e184989ee6a3b15e29f9c8e1ef6d1ab8b3fcd09fc4079348fc01ad554239098&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the centre of the case at the Criminal Courts of Justice was a woman (30s) who alleged she had been sexually abused from childhood by her three uncles and four brothers. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damien Duff joins Brentford coaching staff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/damien-duff-joins-brentford-coaching-staff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/damien-duff-joins-brentford-coaching-staff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Republic of Ireland winger will work alongside Keith Andrews as first-team assistant coach]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:33:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2CTVBQMORJFQHIVVC3B6GWJSRE.jpg?auth=f9905c5a44be568620e39a0f1a95e86d9fdd7e19c8daf5e37bf09aeeec92a862&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Republic of Ireland and Chelsea winger Damien Duff has joined Brentford as first-team assistant coach. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon’s displaced people: War, poverty and rising tensions on Beirut’s Corniche]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/12/lebanons-displaced-people-war-poverty-and-rising-tensions-on-beiruts-corniche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/12/lebanons-displaced-people-war-poverty-and-rising-tensions-on-beiruts-corniche/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Hayden]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An elderly poet is among thousands enduring displacement and hardship as conflict in southern Lebanon drags on with no end in sight]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:32:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G6GPSYBWFNBHLMTCCTWD3O433A.jpg?auth=e0377728449fcc44e5fad5f13e1b4792a122b8bd372c8cf7865cc810d5399d98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hussein Hijazi lives alone in this tent in Ramlet al Baida, Beirut. Photograph: Sally Hayden]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A distinct absence of joy’: The World Cup’s return to the US has been overshadowed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/a-distinct-absence-of-joy-usa-marked-by-dread-before-teams-world-cup-kick-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/a-distinct-absence-of-joy-usa-marked-by-dread-before-teams-world-cup-kick-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With the tournament at risk of being overshadowed by politics and pricing, American players have tried to shift the focus to their football in advance of their game against Paraguay]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:13:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3XL4JDTZBFLFIJAOFKDVHZ65E.jpg?auth=85b1682908a6576ef844520a62a0e7a26863b4fcd96658d6b56f3113022e90d3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino during a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday to preview his team's opening World Cup match, against Paraguay. Photograph: Stu Forster/Stu Forster/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Livesey - FIFA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Williams: It’s truly sad a mob of Irish fans simply want to drag Leinster down]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/matt-williams-mindless-hatred-of-leinster-will-hurt-irish-rugby-in-the-long-run/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/matt-williams-mindless-hatred-of-leinster-will-hurt-irish-rugby-in-the-long-run/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Williams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Other Ireland rugby provinces should focus on getting their acts together instead of dragging down the best in the country]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BMAPK5R4NBEYZP7UJW6GVWHNRM.jpg?auth=bcfcf1ba82758c37a372b91ba97b13d05278694a8afef12edef121e88bd8f3c6&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 catches teammate James Ryan as he falls down from a lineout during last Saturday's URC semi-final against Stormers at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Hockney: Single-minded star of contemporary art defied establishment derision]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/12/british-contemporary-artist-david-hockney-dies-aged-88/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/12/british-contemporary-artist-david-hockney-dies-aged-88/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:57:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D5HNLGFXDZXUAXC5TBM4E23EXU.jpg?auth=267370060d35f202420a330dd1abd35d4c7a5f99426bebabf3a36b01c13c38d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Hockney in Los Angeles in 2017. Photograph: Nathanael Turner/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nathanael Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flutter to delist from London Stock Exchange two years after leaving Dublin for New York]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/flutter-to-delist-from-london-stock-exchange/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/flutter-to-delist-from-london-stock-exchange/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paddy Power and Betfair parent makes decision after analysis of the level of trading activity in its shares on the LSE and the cost of listing]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:52:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2WXKB4MH2476N44WUW4OOUVWM.jpg?auth=8a47fbbf0707f8c0c98a6ca336c010d3adc3f03de9e191f994664c50891edb48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy Power parent, Flutter Entertainment, says it will delist from the London Stock Exchange later this summer. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Crowhurst</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland to play ‘home’ match against Israel at neutral venue behind closed doors]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/ireland-to-play-home-nations-league-game-against-israel-at-neutral-venue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/ireland-to-play-home-nations-league-game-against-israel-at-neutral-venue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[October game will be played overseas and behind closed doors]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:38:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XMAHXYO2PVG2HLA6KSQ7WJSLX4.jpg?auth=e820d59aac245479c5ebdeb845a05e3e02322ebd5ff2ceed895a9b5e3461a05b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Security staff remove tennis balls that were thrown onto the pitch as part of a protest during the Ireland v Qatar game. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win a luxurious two-night stay at The College Green Hotel Dublin.]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/06/12/win-a-luxurious-two-night-stay-at-the-college-green-hotel-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/06/12/win-a-luxurious-two-night-stay-at-the-college-green-hotel-dublin/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has teamed up with The College Green Hotel Dublin to give one lucky reader the chance to win a two-night stay at the iconic College Green Hotel in the heart of Dublin.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:19:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPGVPLCBDFDU5AVHII4CQ7JW5E.png?auth=763de65c9eecb6e61f2b9400dcbe2c4e0b90069b622d59f6fbaa6b9e00a83926&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SFTW_week24]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win your family summer staycation to Kaleidoscope presented by Glenveagh, Ireland’s largest summer family festival.]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/06/12/win-your-family-summer-staycation-to-kaleidoscope-presented-by-glenveagh-irelands-largest-summer-family-festival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/06/12/win-your-family-summer-staycation-to-kaleidoscope-presented-by-glenveagh-irelands-largest-summer-family-festival/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times has teamed up with Kaleidoscope to give five lucky readers the chance to win a Family Weekend Pass for two adults and two children.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:19:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LDUD3IITBVDRNNZQ7TJWAYDAPM.png?auth=27f6301c17b815ab63c1a1c24440319d940a3522b44dcdcd3afa2d37279b167d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[SFTW_week24]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for Ireland’s Greenest Places begins, with two new judges on board]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/12/the-search-for-irelands-greenest-places-returns-with-2-new-judges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/12/the-search-for-irelands-greenest-places-returns-with-2-new-judges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Following the success of last year’s competition, we are once again asking readers to nominate the places across Ireland that deserve to be recognised]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3ZYFUA52JF6JMOGSTFMVBVWWI.jpg?auth=144cf397024caf98b0a23a047235ec457a8104b3549d2e9c7a4c182f5134babf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Greenest Places: Sustainability consultant and Green Gal creator Shannen Healy and environmental consultant, author and radio presenter Éanna Ní Lamhna are among the panel of judges this year. Photograph: Julien Behal]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Met Éireann forecasts return of milder weather with temperatures reaching 22 degrees]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/12/brighter-days-ahead-says-met-eireann-with-sunny-spells-on-mostly-dry-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/12/brighter-days-ahead-says-met-eireann-with-sunny-spells-on-mostly-dry-weekend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Weather expected to bring hazy sunny spells on Sunday, with highest temperatures of 17 to 22 degrees expected]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:03:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GV2XILVZAVFONDGZ3TWAA275CA?auth=c4c60d08f4a8812b623fc3545aee9e3d240df9c8746ac076e8a11b97908efbc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Met Éireann expects this weekend to bring dry and brighter weather with sunny spells and some drizzle. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retailer accused of possessing ‘very realistic’ imitation firearms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/retailer-accused-of-possessing-very-realistic-imitation-firearms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/retailer-accused-of-possessing-very-realistic-imitation-firearms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ali Raza (29), owner of Fone Geek shop in Edenderry, Co Offaly, charged with holding eight imitation firearms]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7L5TE5JKDBZQCMAENU7UUV6XEM.jpg?auth=1e9d14802a91221011439371d4838ce6302052bc0ad73b93847c3c6237aff3c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The jury in Tullamore Circuit Court were allowed to handle the imitation firearms]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trinity graduate wins Women’s Prize for Fiction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/12/trinity-graduate-wins-womens-prize-for-fiction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/12/trinity-graduate-wins-womens-prize-for-fiction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:54:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QVLHRYEVQM6PZOYCWK6OATGLUE.jpg?auth=03213ffe729eac1ee1be9e7a1b6fbc91c1ff44e0d0be3f063c4e90967d9c02fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Virginia Evans, right, author of The Correspondent, and Lyse Doucet, author of The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan, winners of the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matt Crossick Media Assignments</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí make arrest after man dies following incident at Leitrim house]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/gardai-investigate-after-man-dies-following-incident-at-leitrim-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/12/gardai-investigate-after-man-dies-following-incident-at-leitrim-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man in his 30s was arrested at the scene in Arderry 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:49:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APL6RLTZRNCJZMSLBLKMOBXH6E.JPG?auth=08e97943c925b946db6125a23612480684f3181ed5b18ed565179bed9dee2914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The man was pronounced dead at the scene at a property in Arderry, Co Leitrim.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna Llewellyn wins Caterpillar Poetry Prize]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/12/anna-llewellyn-wins-caterpillar-poetry-prize/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/12/anna-llewellyn-wins-caterpillar-poetry-prize/</guid><description><![CDATA[A man teaching the birds to sing captivated this year’s judge ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:39:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R5AK5GPWYVARVEFXFOHHKTPAOM.jpg?auth=c2d366a0974610381dadcc78d7f6aeba9642418c73389f1711888a70147dd504&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anna Llewellyn]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shakira in yellow wows crowds at World Cup  opening ceremony]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/12/shakira-and-burna-boy-perform-before-world-cup-opening-match/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/12/shakira-and-burna-boy-perform-before-world-cup-opening-match/</guid><description><![CDATA[Singers’ performance was among the celebrations to mark the start of the eagerly anticipated World Cup in Mexico]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:36:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJV73PBI55DPNJXHCUXQ6XSBQI.jpg?auth=80be2c4a0f77eb4d4e38cc42bf3cd616135f621f1e2a23b46fc19cd36cfca917&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shakira was joined by Burna Boy and a host of back-up dancers. Photo: Carl Recine/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 90% of asylum seekers may have crossed Border from North, data shows]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/up-to-90-of-asylum-seekers-may-have-crossed-border-from-north-data-shows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/up-to-90-of-asylum-seekers-may-have-crossed-border-from-north-data-shows/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa O’Carroll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UK Home Office reveals it apprehended more than 900 ‘immigration offenders’ abusing the open Border in the past year]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:33:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDBSIEFKD7PCSMGXISD4ASWO44.jpg?auth=e631aad039dd9c5b64f246ff061a40171fe38b9aef52caccacb0afea1eff23a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Traffic on the main Belfast-Dublin road outside Newry. The Common Travel Area between State and UK has come under renewed scrutiny since Monday's Belfast knife attack. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, the city created by an Irish vagabond visionary, licks its wounds in 2026 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/12/los-angeles-the-city-created-by-an-irish-vagabond-visionary-licks-its-wounds-in-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/12/los-angeles-the-city-created-by-an-irish-vagabond-visionary-licks-its-wounds-in-2026/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With Hollywood’s star at risk of losing its lustre, and homelessness spreading, a huge city strives to get its story straight ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:19:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YS5Y5KMPVBAARI6OUDJGMGIPIA.jpg?auth=d33e4df45eaf8b1ab49d040c37333aa4bf5f05fcd9e1b61073af777296301228&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People on a pavement on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, a city that has taken a bashing in recent years. Photograph: Nick Ut/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Ut</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man attacked neighbour after wrongly believing sex offender was inside house]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-attacked-neighbour-after-wrongly-believing-sex-offender-was-inside-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/12/man-attacked-neighbour-after-wrongly-believing-sex-offender-was-inside-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan Brennan, Claire Henry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In a victim impact statement, the woman stated that this was a terrifying experience. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thailand’s princess Bajrakitiyabha dies aged 47 after years in a coma]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/12/thailands-princess-bajrakitiyabha-dies-aged-47-after-years-in-a-coma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/12/thailands-princess-bajrakitiyabha-dies-aged-47-after-years-in-a-coma/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eldest child of Thailand’s king was considered by many analysts to be a well-suited heir to the throne]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:50:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y5BUADWEHVDTR75L7TZ4GMYFPU.jpg?auth=41aec204a886762966ec36065e8fcf5d68e33515a44de4c2f45f0767c26ac828&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A mourner weeps while holding a photo of Thai princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol in front of Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lillian Suwanrumpha</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2026, Day 1: I stayed up all night so you didn’t have to]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/dream-start-for-mexico-against-sleepy-south-africa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/dream-start-for-mexico-against-sleepy-south-africa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Opening ceremony was actually quite enjoyable, though Gianni Infantino might not have liked the boos]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:37:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4ONVPO5T5EXR7D7LNZ6M2HZ7VY.jpg?auth=9713a0edcf31df5c396b0898fe2068d92af0efb6b58b225bc9c9472cddc1af78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mexican fans celebrate their 2-0 victory over South Africa in the opening game of the World Cup. Photograph: Carlos Moreno/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carlos Moreno</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lights, camera, cage match: White House lawn’s ‘claw’ is ready for Trump’s 80th birthday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/12/lights-camera-cage-match-white-house-lawns-claw-is-ready-for-trumps-80th-birthday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/12/lights-camera-cage-match-white-house-lawns-claw-is-ready-for-trumps-80th-birthday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn McCreesh in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The towering claw will be the site of an Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match on Sunday, which is President Trump’s 80th birthday]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:27:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F6WSNX5J3P3G3PKVDMG7ZZE4KA.jpg?auth=67196400ca01d0b92f2cf98c230a8e71fb2dec4f31669f610528235296ddc302&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The UFC octagon cage, set up outside the White House in Washington. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Haiyun Jiang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks rally and oil hits two-month low on Gulf breakthrough hopes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/stocks-rally-and-oil-hits-two-month-low-on-gulf-breakthrough-hopes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/12/stocks-rally-and-oil-hits-two-month-low-on-gulf-breakthrough-hopes/</guid><description><![CDATA[All eyes are on the hotly awaited market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has made history with the biggest-ever initial public offering]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:54:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HO3CH2UL5M357PWCOQRKUJY65M.jpg?auth=c904042f91489dffc7a6100d1b45c65bafcd8ddadc36475da8a6609a148b03b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
                        President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Trump began the event by referring to his own announcement of an agreement on a framework of an Iran deal, which has not been confirmed by Iran. He said that the stock market “likes the deal”and that there would be a “signing” quickly. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[First interest rate hike in three years and how Intel came back from the brink]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/first-interest-rate-hike-in-three-years-and-how-intel-came-back-from-the-brink/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/first-interest-rate-hike-in-three-years-and-how-intel-came-back-from-the-brink/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:45:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W7ZPVNGPTZPPI3RLP7DD4XAJBQ.jpg?auth=b07c86c87c9f61a9fa2c2fe3225f0b3988a529c53720255eec0cf2b4010eff8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde annouced a first rate hike since 2023 on Thursday. Photograph: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kirill Kudryavtsev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside court as Jeffrey Donaldson takes the stand]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/inside-court-as-jeffrey-donaldson-takes-the-stand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/inside-court-as-jeffrey-donaldson-takes-the-stand/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: ‘It just didn’t happen’ he tells court of sex abuse allegations]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:36:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FFSNJYYHLUC5FNO7DLPO7VJAGE.jpg?auth=2760dd4d8bea325518f2fccc1a69d996ef3f062702ae660ff4913cbef9f8b909&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson arrives at Newry Crown Court to take the stand in his trial on charges of historical child sex abuse. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belfast riots make it harder for mixed-race Irish to be hopeful]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/belfast-riots-make-it-harder-for-mixed-race-irish-to-be-hopeful/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/belfast-riots-make-it-harder-for-mixed-race-irish-to-be-hopeful/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dark times for those who believe in a society that respects the dignity and humanity of all people]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Even though it isn’t related to my degree, I have never felt like it was a waste of time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/even-though-it-isnt-related-to-my-degree-i-have-never-felt-like-it-was-a-waste-of-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/12/even-though-it-isnt-related-to-my-degree-i-have-never-felt-like-it-was-a-waste-of-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arlene Harris]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Graduates are turning to volunteering and unpaid internships to gain experience, but some question whether the sacrifice is worth it]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZRZUNLPR5ZGPVP3AH3JT2QXMZU.jpg?auth=fecdc13779eb129b349628f5c5072c3a9e8473d7e08f9d9db143a9355716c30e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán O’Leary says his career path has taken a new direction after his experience of volunteering]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s refusal to say sorry to men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shameful]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/justine-mccarthy-shameful-the-state-wont-say-sorry-to-the-men-convicted-of-the-sallins-train-robbery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/justine-mccarthy-shameful-the-state-wont-say-sorry-to-the-men-convicted-of-the-sallins-train-robbery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The men wrongfully convicted have suffered physical and psychological consequences from the injustice done to them]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIDTK4VVFNBPXIEZY7UU6JM6MA.jpg?auth=1083d2b8ac65aaaf83817c8f9a4ead80e0baca8072a06d0ffde6cca5f63564db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether married or not, women carry more than their fair share of the family burden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/whether-married-or-not-women-carry-more-than-their-fair-share-of-the-family-burden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/whether-married-or-not-women-carry-more-than-their-fair-share-of-the-family-burden/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two separate issues are being muddied]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[Land rezoning not as clear-cut as it might appear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/land-rezoning-not-as-clear-cut-as-it-might-appear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/land-rezoning-not-as-clear-cut-as-it-might-appear/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps some places are valuable precisely because they remain undeveloped ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[Ireland, Israel and boycotts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/ireland-israel-and-boycotts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/ireland-israel-and-boycotts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide to describe Nazi Germany’s attempt to wipe out entire racial groups]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[Sonia O’Sullivan: Revisiting the Bislett Games shines a light on the new generation of star athletes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/12/sonia-osullivan-revisiting-the-bislett-games-shines-a-light-on-the-new-generation-of-star-athletes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/12/sonia-osullivan-revisiting-the-bislett-games-shines-a-light-on-the-new-generation-of-star-athletes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thirty-three years on from my first outing at the Oslo meet, there’s still a mystical aura about the place]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWS5WJ2KVNDDHPKBBX2IJYQJME.jpg?auth=1bc7240ff4b65bb331516721be507dafae5b11b7d8d92652edfe215f145939d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A statue of Norwegian endurance runner Grete Waitz outside Bislett Stadium, the venue of the Bislett Games, in Oslo. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maja Hitij</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ardale strikes deal to sell Wicklow site guiding at €22.5m to Cairn Homes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ardale-strikes-deal-to-sell-wicklow-site-guiding-at-225m-to-cairn-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ardale-strikes-deal-to-sell-wicklow-site-guiding-at-225m-to-cairn-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ardale boss Emma Maye plans to reinvest proceeds into UK ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VJFZKBTVIBBJRFM76LHBIMORQQ.jpeg?auth=2be64cfa80e0d5a4e40b2b0f4d0935af5286fdf6a4bc1f30cc24f9b21fb7aa8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emma Maye, chief executive of Ardale, said it plans to buy two UK sites with proceeds from the Wicklow land sale. Photograph Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private healthcare and public hospitals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/private-healthcare-and-public-hospitals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/private-healthcare-and-public-hospitals/</guid><description><![CDATA[We need a single national health fund if we want to create a health system based on need not income]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jump racing open to criticism if ground conditions allowed to get too fast ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/12/jump-racing-open-to-criticism-if-ground-conditions-allowed-to-get-too-fast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/12/jump-racing-open-to-criticism-if-ground-conditions-allowed-to-get-too-fast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Perfect watering balance is impossible, but erring on the side of too much is prudent]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FOGP5RUMKJHGHLEO72LLAUTLCI.jpg?auth=8c833658eef8ab47fff74004c796da65812ea839650a49cabbb2a69d007a0628&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Global warming is adding another layer of complexity to racing's fierce debate – to water, or not to water. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in the slow lane]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/life-in-the-slow-lane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/life-in-the-slow-lane/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it me or them?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[Off-colour Shelbourne plan to turn over new leaf in derby against Shamrock Rovers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/off-colour-shelbourne-plan-to-turn-over-new-leaf-in-derby-against-shamrock-rovers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/off-colour-shelbourne-plan-to-turn-over-new-leaf-in-derby-against-shamrock-rovers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joey O’Brien’s men aiming to eat into 14-point gap separating them and the champions]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBNEOCL4VNHSNMWECBL6RRKQ6Q.jpg?auth=8f6f56a3e3d875a7f2bd2c5e31352348d29d01cf04248c08dbd813028e98bbf4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shelbourne manager Joey O'Brien applauds the fans after his team's home win against Waterford last month. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we really want to stop Intel trading with its sister plant in Israel?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/stephen-collins-do-we-really-want-to-stop-intel-trading-with-its-sister-plant-in-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/stephen-collins-do-we-really-want-to-stop-intel-trading-with-its-sister-plant-in-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Collins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland's Government doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring the real world consequences of its actions]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QWZEPQPVZXOZOUEVA7VHPB3HO4.jpg?auth=2019a6611067c46741e35c1e57982b575dfac6aa77b4ba4a7cc7a3b2977e7a12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[When the Taoiseach asked if they wanted to ban Intel from trading with its sister company in Israel, Richard Boyd Barrett and others on the Opposition benches chorused ‘yes’. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consultants and private work, our oil reserves and Intel’s dramatic turnaround ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/consultants-and-private-work-our-oil-reserves-and-intels-dramatic-turnaround/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/consultants-and-private-work-our-oil-reserves-and-intels-dramatic-turnaround/</guid><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPBJPNWSNWYLXLW5HETUTKBGII.jpg?auth=5f4afe6947d9139fcbcc4f27ca948d57b8d3e4a2a8eed762d3ba505726b5fb90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The HSE's ban on offering private care in new public surgical hubs is being challenged. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lynne Cameron</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One unlikely win taught Katie Taylor to believe anything is possible ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/06/12/one-unlikely-win-taught-katie-taylor-to-believe-anything-is-possible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/06/12/one-unlikely-win-taught-katie-taylor-to-believe-anything-is-possible/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny Watterson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chasing seemingly unattainable goals and achieving them has become one of the enduring themes of her boxing life]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V6UTQXX3MVF2JLPVAPXBNNN5ZU?auth=edbac843245a503b1942781711bb0f06b2b0b3848cea8419e61ba71f8d5c8a67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katie Taylor has always been about changing landscapes, chasing things down. It’s in her DNA. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New asylum contract for minors agreed as EU migration rules come into effect]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/new-asylum-contract-for-minors-agreed-as-eu-migration-rules-come-into-effect/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/new-asylum-contract-for-minors-agreed-as-eu-migration-rules-come-into-effect/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Representative to be at port of entry within one hour of unaccompanied children being reported]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/47Y5UDDWNBC75OBNQ3SWRLH4L4.jpg?auth=e53a2670fac7ca58366f5cfb14ac3cc0a03fcd82f10103ce3b6a6f0c2883d610&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The EU migration pact comes in on Friday via the International Protection Act 2026. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SewcreamStudio</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-colour Shelbourne plan to turn over new leaf in derby against Shamrock Rovers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/off-colour-shelbourne-plan-to-turn-over-new-leaf-in-derby-against-shamrock-rovers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/12/off-colour-shelbourne-plan-to-turn-over-new-leaf-in-derby-against-shamrock-rovers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joey O’Brien’s men aiming to eat into 14-point gap separating them and the champions]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBNEOCL4VNHSNMWECBL6RRKQ6Q.jpg?auth=8f6f56a3e3d875a7f2bd2c5e31352348d29d01cf04248c08dbd813028e98bbf4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shelbourne manager Joey O'Brien applauds the fans after his team's home win against Waterford last month. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/12/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/12/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 11th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EAZSQJGYBBECBJM5AQ57WANZIE.jpeg?auth=2617250cb0c6845c27017a5cda9f00d5bc42c4a3ee2638d1cec5fdca698bba32&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[Handré Pollard: ‘Jamison Gibson-Park’s kicking off nine is probably the best in the world’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/handre-pollard-jamison-gibson-parks-kicking-off-nine-is-probably-the-best-in-the-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/12/handre-pollard-jamison-gibson-parks-kicking-off-nine-is-probably-the-best-in-the-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Bulls outhalf hopes for a ‘great spectacle’ in the URC Grand Final against Leinster at Croke Park]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B45KDSKAKBCSDMRVISNP2PW45I.jpg?auth=50fd17ffa9f64f29bb8b1039edc04fb472fff2221c55db0d83df4f53cf851405&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Handré Pollard will be wearing the 10 jersey with the Bulls in the URC Grand Final. Photograph: Ewan Bootman/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ewan Bootman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Neutral venue’ will not placate the three in four fans opposed to Ireland playing Israel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/diarmaid-ferriter-neutral-venue-wont-placate-the-three-in-four-fans-opposed-to-ireland-playing-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/12/diarmaid-ferriter-neutral-venue-wont-placate-the-three-in-four-fans-opposed-to-ireland-playing-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland v Israel shows the notion that sport and politics do not mix is risible]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOJSJFG5OBFHREJSKZYT42NE6I.jpg?auth=c39636f962231444962ad68e2df83590bd8f2127e47af87a4c5247ea124706ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westmeath meeting ambition with effort in drive for place at the top table]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/westmeath-meeting-ambition-with-effort-in-drive-for-place-at-the-top-table/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/12/westmeath-meeting-ambition-with-effort-in-drive-for-place-at-the-top-table/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Captain Ronan Wallace says gruelling preseason work behind Westmeath’s newfound endurance]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BBT6F7UMO5EWHEI43ATI3UFMPI.jpg?auth=c10595c20ba0e1be1903110810b3af0db562f86da117593f8ce52ef1f93ba6b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Focus on fitness during preseason has stood to Westmeath, with their last three games going to extra-time. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you, James Lowe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/thank-you-james-lowe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/thank-you-james-lowe/</guid><description><![CDATA[He enriched our lives with his passion, honesty and sheer commitment]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[Higher-income Irish households benefit twice as much from fuel supports, ESRI finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/higher-income-households-benefit-twice-as-much-from-governments-energy-packages-esri-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/higher-income-households-benefit-twice-as-much-from-governments-energy-packages-esri-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Measures reduce immediate cost increases by about half, but do not fully offset regressive nature of energy inflation, report says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23FMZGYK7FFUDDRSZPOXDSJ3WM.JPG?auth=7cea6a3b40ff29d596d238b2a1218bc8432a05f94e1f313312db2fdc949cdd7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There have been ‘substantial price increases’ at fuel forecourts around Ireland, the report says. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie Taylor at Croke Park – what fitting family entertainment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/taylor-made-entertainment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/taylor-made-entertainment/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fans could even hit the colosseum afterwards]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 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[GAA to collaborate with UCC for 2029 Atlas project]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/12/gaa-to-collaborate-with-ucc-for-2029-atlas-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/12/gaa-to-collaborate-with-ucc-for-2029-atlas-project/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Association calls on clubs to submit items to detail the GAA’s ‘scale, reach and cultural significance’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FKF45IKZURCTJIDLTQTFI2VIDQ.jpg?auth=e2f01c5560f6e1bf316a8010ff394269bb2a5b7f298790e0b1035aedcb0f26c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The release of the Atlas of the GAA will coincide with the association's 145th anniversary. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, a cat above]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/11/clearly-a-cat-above/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/11/clearly-a-cat-above/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dogs have owners. Cats have staff]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brown bins are not complicated]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/11/brown-bins-are-not-complicated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/11/brown-bins-are-not-complicated/</guid><description><![CDATA[The problem is easily solved]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idyllic escapes: Make every day a holiday at these countryside homes to buy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/12/escape-to-nature-make-every-day-off-a-holiday-at-these-countryside-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/12/escape-to-nature-make-every-day-off-a-holiday-at-these-countryside-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now on the market: a two-bed overlooking Toe Head Bay in west Cork, a cabin on Lough Derg, a crannóg in the Gaeltacht and more]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HW6GOQBDGFEAXAFUAMQTH3QQSA.JPG?auth=6df1adf543cc32a4da38f976a5eee0d3fff63e183b3081b03141a13c3699951e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fisherman's Lodge, Moynoe, Scarriff, Co Clare]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Intel’s remarkable comeback means for Ireland Inc, and for Leixlip]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ireland-inc-looks-on-the-brightside-as-intel-turnaround-gathers-pace/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/ireland-inc-looks-on-the-brightside-as-intel-turnaround-gathers-pace/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Long a touchstone for US investment in Ireland, Intel appears to be recovering from recent troubles]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4SVIJM455V24MUUNH3SV3SNMM.jpg?auth=17bb3aacbdce1f1442a2ae17073b8eb258300182405a448ea4ed6893321e3d51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Intel appears to be bouncing back after years of struggle. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘big bang’ reversal of Brexit is unrealistic and unnecessary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/a-big-bang-reversal-of-brexit-is-both-unrealistic-and-unnecessary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/12/a-big-bang-reversal-of-brexit-is-both-unrealistic-and-unnecessary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wolf]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Switzerland provides an alternative model for the UK]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YP3OAL2QAFHP72OSZRRSXEV34Q.jpg?auth=e5b23f2fd5c6bb16eea4b75032d093fd5c999b9ed834235472ca87e0d73277f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The European Union and United Kingdom cannot go back to where they were before June, 2016. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Ireland’s oil supply stable? It’s a question of time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/is-irelands-oil-supply-stable-its-a-question-of-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/12/is-irelands-oil-supply-stable-its-a-question-of-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the US-Iran ceasefire appears to crumble, pressure will increase on Ireland’s national reserve]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M427752FYZGDXDY5OL5UC3EPPM.png?auth=21c94e30567f649a5b8ce122a781f8d5580eb44abdd621237deba15666c04c3e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Twelve of the 26 oil-storage facilities in the Republic of Ireland. Photographs: 2026 Planet Labs PBC]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina complained to EU about ‘lack of access to public funds’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/aughinish-alumina-complained-to-eu-about-lack-of-access-to-public-funds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/12/aughinish-alumina-complained-to-eu-about-lack-of-access-to-public-funds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Co Limerick plant told European Commission officials last year half of its alumina was exported to Russia, minutes show]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AHPM7WDUJ5A35ETZJWWDDZTPPQ.JPG?auth=a5dba1e58b151f203d151aea9ba7dc6cfa1e564bebfe90eb1685f0a1e953fe02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Aughinish Alumina aluminium oxide refinery in Co Limerick. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Emma Maye: ‘We’re finding Ireland a bit difficult. England just seems easier to work in’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/were-finding-ireland-a-little-bit-difficult-england-just-seems-to-be-much-easier-to-work-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/12/were-finding-ireland-a-little-bit-difficult-england-just-seems-to-be-much-easier-to-work-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ardale and Stow CEO Emma Maye on running multiple businesses as well as life as the daughter of a high profile developer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SUAYFFSVVFEM5GGV2TLY7Q27LU.jpeg?auth=0cfa218d45908dc4a51e6c1dcaa3e28478a1ee4c740e18397b6b50feac5beef0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emma Maye is chief executive of Ardale and Stow. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best skin tints for summer 2026]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/06/12/the-best-skin-tints-for-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/06/12/the-best-skin-tints-for-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone  Gannon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A fresher, more natural-looking alternative to foundation, skin tints come into their own during the warmer months]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYEPSUCKNREUHC3VCKGQZVD6MI.jpg?auth=f7029c644e6d6d230387880c92784078b1db80ce70aa57cd5aa7bec054d0153c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sculpted by Aimee HydraTint Tinted Moisturising Serum; EltaMD UV Clear SPF46 Tinted; Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint; and Merit The Uniform Tinted Mineral Sunscreen SPF50]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/12/church-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/12/church-services/</guid><description><![CDATA[Week beginning Saturday, June 13th, 202]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN7OZZ6E2NGO5KX2KLF2SIQGJU.png?auth=d4b9e121d137a9aeef92fc18438df403b5c177f6a3855de62a93ccfae6ccb05d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Church Services]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Séamas O’Reilly: ‘Would you rather have no stomach or no bum?’ my son asks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/12/seamas-oreilly-would-you-rather-have-no-stomach-or-no-bum-my-son-asks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/12/seamas-oreilly-would-you-rather-have-no-stomach-or-no-bum-my-son-asks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My seven-year-old son hammers me with all sorts of quandaries, queries and conundrums, from dawn to dusk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWWEK4HJTBBGZLGSL7C46WAVRM.jpg?auth=91a56e9412451d4e38cfdf6e9a7d66793f3e3f1ce2db987945830bc43f93f6f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly: 'Having been off school for mid-term, my seven-year-old son has had unfettered access to my earholes for an entire week'. Photograph: Steve Ryan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Ryan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He had one dream’: The Mayo De La Salle brother who built a top Asian art college]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/12/he-had-one-remaining-dream-the-mayo-de-la-salle-brother-who-built-a-leading-asian-art-college/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/06/12/he-had-one-remaining-dream-the-mayo-de-la-salle-brother-who-built-a-leading-asian-art-college/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Singapore's Lasalle College of the Arts started as a school with 27 students is now one of the leading art colleges in southeast Asia]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YN4CIFZUFNHLXFCF3ACHRSRNTI.jpeg?auth=efc5118472ca603150d97450c13beb404693c7024f6f3cc3a1cdd2f89e5bb079&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Br Joseph McNally at Mountbatten Campus in 1993, with Casper, a visiting artist from Zimbabwe]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get your grill on: how to barbecue for a crowd without the stress ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/12/expert-advice-how-to-barbecue-for-a-crowd-without-the-stress/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/12/expert-advice-how-to-barbecue-for-a-crowd-without-the-stress/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Úna McCaffrey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When it’s warm and sunny, cooking outside can make for a relaxed and joyful gathering]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:29:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJQMSFY4YRHUZA5LIE2XFM5QLY.jpg?auth=d6f5e42bc4b9fc5d5621a390711d9c768a9efe63d1f3a2c256584fb81dae5ef6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barbecue season is upon us – and you don't need to be a culinary master to serve up great food.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ivanko_Brnjakovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lesser-known grapes from M&S that deliver big on flavour ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/12/pour-the-wine-two-unusual-grapes-from-ms-for-easy-drinking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/12/pour-the-wine-two-unusual-grapes-from-ms-for-easy-drinking/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wines for the Weekend: This Bulgarian white would work well with salads while the Italian red would match with charcuterie]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7ZUAK4FSVCFLPYXR4DYMEEMZI.jpg?auth=1847bd47c2c8265600dc831d5418a332310bbaa8d7c5b8cace579288aa5015ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Marks & Spencer Found range concentrates on lesser-known grape varieties.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Elvis Costello, Elizabeth Strout and surging audiences, Brendan O’Connor is riding high]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/12/with-elvis-costello-elizabeth-strout-and-surging-audiences-brendan-oconnor-is-riding-high/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/12/with-elvis-costello-elizabeth-strout-and-surging-audiences-brendan-oconnor-is-riding-high/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mick Heaney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 host shows his interview skills, while Pirate Predator recounts the horrific crimes of paedophile Eamon Cooke]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YSVR7HKBXNFZXP7BVTAERHUUSY.jpg?auth=737aa146c686d32284dc0d14d9b8bc47b655a70c1268de4c13715e8b42043a25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brendan O’Connor had an engrossing conversation with Elvis Costello on RTÉ Radio 1. Photograph: Tony Kinlan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tony Kinlan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sligo pleasure dome: A lighthouse-inspired penthouse by the sea in Enniscrone ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/2026/06/12/lighthouse-inspired-penthouse-beside-the-seaside-in-enniscrone-co-sligo-for-895000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/2026/06/12/lighthouse-inspired-penthouse-beside-the-seaside-in-enniscrone-co-sligo-for-895000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The central dome in this Sligo development has been designed as a modern-day lighthouse]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJQIACDT7RG5VC5YHBAYZAEXY4.jpg?auth=3e5fbf0a49b26b94b03b7f98e0f08b9135ff740d29cb5e9c3713f2cec1c4f2ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The property's position on the seafront is likely to appeal holiday-home buyers and investors.  ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will €1.2m buy in South Africa, France, Spain, Italy and Co Limerick? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/12/what-will-12m-buy-in-south-africa-france-spain-italy-and-co-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/12/what-will-12m-buy-in-south-africa-france-spain-italy-and-co-limerick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A fine house close to Adare, a sprawling villa in a South African conservancy, a 13th-century chateau and more]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SMZK5UBUT5DNPOXG5EHTHI5I6A.JPG?auth=e8680a0b76dbabd388b969a16703d373e4f01ef8e61debb2fd2c17205508ed73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fanningstown, Patrickswell, Co Limerick]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Don Moloney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The next era of work is much more human than we think’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/12/the-next-era-of-work-is-much-more-human-than-we-think/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/12/the-next-era-of-work-is-much-more-human-than-we-think/</guid><description><![CDATA[As technology transforms the workplace at speed, Deloitte’s Gary Notley believes the biggest opportunity lies in doubling down on human capability]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2QKOYNVE45ETTIYK5GWUDFDBY4.jpg?auth=eaa7c967c77794be30f5ebfa234497b7debf3f785c2caaf1428876ed1bfeaf69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gary Notley, partner in Deloitte Ireland’s human capital business. Photograph: Mark Henderson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Henderson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does expensive coffee taste better? A consumer expert explains the science]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/12/does-expensive-coffee-taste-better-a-consumer-expert-explains-the-science/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/12/does-expensive-coffee-taste-better-a-consumer-expert-explains-the-science/</guid><description><![CDATA[Consumer behaviourist Richard Shotton tells Dentsu’s Dave Winterlich why brands should look to the lab before heading into the field]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IIUQFIVAFJBHDKLOQWKQPCURW4.jpg?auth=e17a5e786ad8da293c1645f2cedacdecd8ebd9e3fefdc66a937a04a44a258169&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Consumer purchase decisions can be affected by perception of quality based on higher prices. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RealPeopleGroup</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smart two-bed apartment in former embassy building on Merrion Road  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/09/smart-two-bed-apartment-in-former-embassy-building-on-merrion-road/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/09/smart-two-bed-apartment-in-former-embassy-building-on-merrion-road/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ballsbridge ground-floor apartment with garden terrace has been meticulously renovated]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YEMCHTVJGBDRXIOL4OZAZKGROU.JPG?auth=efa4061d9fea445ef21b5c948a0080d3538ace79065f442aec1dd51381f15d67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3 Malton, 31-33 Merrion Road, Dublin 4]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is James Lowe leaving Leinster?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/why-is-james-lowe-leaving-leinster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/why-is-james-lowe-leaving-leinster/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ULWQXNCTHX3L27ALRG2MFCTBLQ.jpg?auth=b5f6664d7df29bb5f1dfe4e514471c8b232b3df90b73541617e2cc59c618187f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James Lowe celebrates after scoring a try to make him Leinster's record try scorer. Photograph: Ben Brady/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harris PR launches dedicated corporate communications division amid rising demand for strategic counsel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/12/harris-pr-launches-dedicated-corporate-communications-division-amid-rising-demand-for-strategic-counsel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/12/harris-pr-launches-dedicated-corporate-communications-division-amid-rising-demand-for-strategic-counsel/</guid><description><![CDATA[The investment builds on more than 16 years delivering successful, strategic corporate communications for consumer clients ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TT7ZEEYKUR6N4B45KBV7IJYONI.jpg?auth=5f509eb899b2e7c8d1064fbee5c3f9b56757c4c4396da9a353e4ee31ec0252d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Front row: Harris PR deputy managing director Niamh McCarrick and Sonia Harris Pope, founder and managing director. 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]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OPDHISS2JGVZCZYCJCVYNGJ3Q.jpg?auth=05f28e3fddc2421bbb7c605a03bcb700a9b28f8776b8c979a2793ec18900217a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The number of existing homeowners drawing down loans fell for the third year in a row. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BrianAJackson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Movie Quiz: Which Toy Story do we reach next week?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/12/the-movie-quiz-which-toy-story-do-we-reach-next-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/06/12/the-movie-quiz-which-toy-story-do-we-reach-next-week/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: What is, at time of quizzing, the highest grossing film of 2026?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BM6ZDN4GZBBA5HTIIAGH6LGBOA.jpg?auth=135e59fb08231dd29fa2bf010ddf853f504ea19434afe7302ae18cd191ca3521&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tom Hanks and Toy Story's "Woody". Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Cattermole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest sci-fi: Future lifeforms, ‘Indiana Jones’ in space and a woman’s reluctance to save mankind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/12/scifi-future-lifeforms-indiana-jones-in-space-and-a-womans-reluctance-to-save-mankind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/12/scifi-future-lifeforms-indiana-jones-in-space-and-a-womans-reluctance-to-save-mankind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan Burke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Novels from Portia Elan, Brandon Sanderson, Susan Ertz, Mahmud El Sayed and a collection edited by Ronald A Geobey]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y5Z5J2I7DRHGVPHH6VOX4YXQNQ.jpg?auth=fce3a1b8e2d89355e4086ce8f79a2d67affb873a69556892188692558894e484&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Portia Elan's impressive debut immediately establishes her as a vital new voice. Photograph: Clayton J Mitchell]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>