<?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/2026-06-13/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:48:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/an-irish-catholic-may-be-defined-in-the-future-as-the-son-or-daughter-of-someone-from-manila-or-lagos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/an-irish-catholic-may-be-defined-in-the-future-as-the-son-or-daughter-of-someone-from-manila-or-lagos/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan McSweeney ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: A recent report found that 18 per cent of the Republic’s Catholics were born elsewhere. Far from their threatening the old culture, as xenophobes so often suggest, they are keeping it alive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KOU2ZMH7Q3HF26KXSG3E656L64.jpg?auth=1ad64780147127a22e128ab13da607f9db3d410ea477deac383a392275df3a13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. Immigration has been a significant factor in boosting church attendance in Ireland at a time of overall decline. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qatar get their timing just right to secure historic first World Cup point against Switzerland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/qatar-get-their-timing-just-right-to-secure-historic-first-world-cup-point-against-switzerland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/qatar-get-their-timing-just-right-to-secure-historic-first-world-cup-point-against-switzerland/</guid><description><![CDATA[Boualem Khoukhi’s header in stoppage time at Levi’s Stadium secures a draw for Qatar]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:32:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VBMXEB2KHRC4FKYNXRUU7X6EUI.jpg?auth=0f9f49b08c6f81c8f42dbe9c4128dd45c1884b406a6f936c1764110d878a3c41&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Boualem Khoukhi (right) celebrates with his Qatar team-mates after scoring a late equaliser in the World Cup Group B game against Switzerland at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Photograph: Fran Santiago/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fran Santiago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-Ireland SFC: Meath beat Derry in thriller; wins for Cork, Kerry and Monaghan - as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/all-ireland-sfc-live-updates-donegal-play-cork-monaghan-face-roscommon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/all-ireland-sfc-live-updates-donegal-play-cork-monaghan-face-roscommon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork stun Donegal after being seven points down, while Monaghan hammer Roscommon in Clones to knock them out of the championship]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:25:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5WJTUDTFRTHYCU5KWFYFKA74LU.jpg?auth=3ffe2766187a31289a59fe122b5fc8f8397c3e364319dc9e6d50b8503162ffe1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meath's Cian McBride with Derry's Brendan Rogers and Ethan Doherty. Photograph: Lorcan Doherty/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lorcan Doherty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meath make air superiority count as they send Derry packing at Celtic Park ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/meath-make-air-superiority-count-as-they-send-derry-packing-at-celtic-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/meath-make-air-superiority-count-as-they-send-derry-packing-at-celtic-park/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Doherty at Celtic Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robbie Brennan’s side dominated Derry’s kick-out while James Conlon was impressive all over the park ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NFN5ECMRUX5RHOBTG6GLIHGCY.jpg?auth=3816c08dd546580d14bddae4eefa0dfd075e4db80aa5536e542e1a7d4f0143f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meath’s James Conlon scores a point during the All-Ireland SFC Round 2B game against Derry at Celtic Park. Photograph: Lorcan Doherty/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lorcan Doherty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry ‘off life support now’ says Jack O’Connor after 14-point victory over Kildare  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/kerry-off-life-support-now-says-jack-oconnor-after-14-point-victory-over-kildare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/kerry-off-life-support-now-says-jack-oconnor-after-14-point-victory-over-kildare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Keane at St Conleth’s Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kingdom score three goals in the final 16 minutes to run out comfortable winners  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:02:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TB7LKC426URHMNJJ3O6S7URQF4.jpg?auth=540f63864958279ba34dcba361d327bce74a3a10fb868618c6e15baee2d53aeb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's Gavin White celebrates scoring a late goal during the All-Ireland SFC Round 2B game against Kildare at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monaghan get their radar sorted in second half to roll Roscommon out of championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/monaghan-get-their-radar-sorted-in-second-half-to-roll-roscommon-out-of-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/monaghan-get-their-radar-sorted-in-second-half-to-roll-roscommon-out-of-championship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Shalvey at St Tiernach's Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jack McCarron and Conor McCarthy come good in the second half with key scores in Clones]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:56:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AQFY6HKCD5SKNIE33O7TKGB3BE.jpg?auth=ecb7ae529fde1cb496139d09ca73a642a4ba150f158298a8947fd683dcb3a94c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Monaghan's Stephen Mooney celebrates his goal during the All-Ireland SFC Round 2B game against Roscommon at St Tiernachs Park in Clones. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tailteann Cup round-up: Fermanagh, Down, Offaly and Wicklow book semi-final spots]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/tailteann-cup-round-up-fermanagh-down-offaly-and-wicklow-book-semi-final-spots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/tailteann-cup-round-up-fermanagh-down-offaly-and-wicklow-book-semi-final-spots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Favourites Down were convincing in a 2-23 to 0-6 win over Laois; Wicklow pull off comeback win over Antrim in Belfast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:21:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUZ4WKBOG6XAHUYI45LOBI24PM.jpg?auth=f213d6b6e4bbbcc11c732313cd3929296eb25866be69c16fdf90e7f3e05c9699&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryan Magill scores Down's first goal of the Tailteann Cup quarter-final against Laois at O'Moore Park. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s grandfather’s heroics during the Civil War]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/06/13/canadian-prime-minister-mark-carneys-grandfathers-heroics-during-the-civil-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/06/13/canadian-prime-minister-mark-carneys-grandfathers-heroics-during-the-civil-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert Carney held off a mob of anti-Treaty demonstrators who tried to storm a guard station in Co Wicklow]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VSYF4O3RCZB5FCKE5D7WCUUX3M.jpeg?auth=97f1d3b6f73761667a1837ddd05f093aa4f000f2bd1ef9113096a3fef233cba9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An early photograph of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney's grandfather Robert Carney after he joined the Civic Guard]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amano De Londra Miura: Being Japanese-Irish is possibly the least interesting thing about me]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/amano-de-londra-miura-i-was-one-of-that-first-generation-of-widespread-gaelscoiliocht/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/amano-de-londra-miura-i-was-one-of-that-first-generation-of-widespread-gaelscoiliocht/</guid><description><![CDATA[Amano De Londra Miura, who has roots in Kerry and Japan, blends sean-nós with contemporary music and spoken word]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MY34ERABQFBPJM54IKM2XMEH6I.JPG?auth=8eea02838927b600e722b1541f48c4a9fbcc37d47650da00ec565974b18a08d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sean-nós singer Amano De Londra Miura with her shruti box, a musical instrument originating from India. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Sherlock’s long-range precision helps Cork pull off shock win over Donegal ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/steven-sherlocks-long-range-precision-helps-cork-pull-off-shock-win-over-donegal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/steven-sherlocks-long-range-precision-helps-cork-pull-off-shock-win-over-donegal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris McNulty at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork forward kicks four two-pointers as Rebels roar home to victory in Ballybofey ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRGEGT5FXDZCWBDADJS5AABWFM.jpg?auth=5d5a2b69f6ba4160aa8d02892931ae4bc2130392117ec6dd8a6ca09d1f151a5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's Tommy Walsh celebrates with Ian Maguire after the win over Donegal at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Pale day two sees music fans relax in ‘blessed’ weather]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/13/beyond-the-pale-day-two-sees-music-fans-relax-in-blessed-weather/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/13/beyond-the-pale-day-two-sees-music-fans-relax-in-blessed-weather/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 12,000 gather at Glendalough estate in Co Wicklow for first Irish camping festival of the summer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:58:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OEALX44CSRFYLLZAGVYVJSPHCM.jpg?auth=15c9224a4a1e2d2ce1d9ab089ef596ff320f31c7da59e3d0da0ae17220b9a1b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zimbabwean-Irish step dancer Tura Arutura at Beyond the Pale. Photograph: Niamh Browne]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Russell bounces back in style to claim pole at Barcelona Grand Prix]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/george-russell-bounces-back-in-style-to-claim-pole-at-barcelona-grand-prix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/george-russell-bounces-back-in-style-to-claim-pole-at-barcelona-grand-prix/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke McLaughlin at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc suffered a heavy high-speed crash that knocked him out of contention]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:17:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CGJ3GJJ4OEVMCQULXDFQ4MO7CQ.jpg?auth=0556611cc35102668b4f3dce81a8a13174c785fb8601c7a88887324006c167f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mercedes driver George Russell takes part in the qualifying session at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Josep Lago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Carney pays tribute to John De Chastelain in Dublin lecture]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/mark-carney-pays-tribute-to-john-de-chastelain-in-dublin-lecture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/mark-carney-pays-tribute-to-john-de-chastelain-in-dublin-lecture/</guid><description><![CDATA[Canadian general ‘helped forge’ Northern Ireland peace process, prime minister says
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:14:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K42QE6ULAO5TJTIKG52QJ35HQU.jpg?auth=c47f806600cb367cf524d827a206ed24dcfd0b139c710008f97105b606987010&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 speaking  at the inaugural De Chastelain Public Lecture at Trinity College Dublin as part of his visit to Ireland. Photograph: Conor O Mearain/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conor O Mearain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris Dunne hat-trick helps goal-hungry Tipperary down Cork and book spot in minor hurling final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/chris-dunne-hat-trick-helps-goal-hungry-tipperary-down-cork-and-book-spot-in-minor-hurling-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/chris-dunne-hat-trick-helps-goal-hungry-tipperary-down-cork-and-book-spot-in-minor-hurling-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tipperary will face Limerick in the All-Ireland final in a fortnight’s time after they proved too strong for Galway]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:45:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VWNASPB4GICOX2SGXMHRRYYNI.jpg?auth=62e91ed8ef259711fbe971e3bf6254ca744fdbe296cbef03c5eb962b1c071fe1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chris Dunne of Tipperary blocks the clearance of Cork's Marley Walsh to go on and score Tipperary's second goal of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland MHC semi-final at the TUS Gaelic Grounds. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic suspends latest AI models after US blocks access to foreigners ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/anthropic-suspends-latest-ai-models-after-us-blocks-access-to-foreigners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/anthropic-suspends-latest-ai-models-after-us-blocks-access-to-foreigners/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trump administration issued directive to company due to national security concerns]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:35:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EDKL6CM3OARZR52TR7ELJY4PPM.jpg?auth=0baa6a75b4cbb116fce605f16625f8b3a637e91c815429f1f71db1b6f231f204&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dario Amodei, the co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic: the company has withdrawn access to two of its most powerful AI models. Photograph: Karsten Moran/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Karsten Moran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian prime minister has ‘every confidence’ in Irish investigation into alumina exports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/canadian-prime-minister-has-every-confidence-in-irish-investigation-into-alumina-exports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/canadian-prime-minister-has-every-confidence-in-irish-investigation-into-alumina-exports/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carney and Martin welcome opportunity to ‘strengthen the bilateral relationship between Ireland and Canada’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:24:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z5RG74FROCGQ4DPOV56L7WT5J4.jpg?auth=a6f9437f0676cf45dc0d2bb0ed6d104786cb56bccc2d3325edd299eab2b6d40a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin  greets Canadian prime minister Mark Carney as he arrives for a visit to Government Buildings in Dublin. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáin/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conor O Mearain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of people attend anti-racism demonstration in Belfast ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/thousands-of-people-attend-anti-racism-demonstration-in-belfast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/thousands-of-people-attend-anti-racism-demonstration-in-belfast/</guid><description><![CDATA[PSNI says number of arrests over disorder in Northern Ireland that followed knife attack reaches 23]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:02:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YGMDIUA4T3RDVXLXEYXP5F5OP4.jpg?auth=3d6e5b211705814a6b8eeee3dde497a621be02e812e0d1bdb60f1dc82aca3bf9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People attend an anti-racism rally outside Belfast City Hall in Belfast on Saturday. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Morrison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Kenneally’s actions were ‘horrific’ but ‘no evidence’ of FF cover-up, Taoiseach says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/bill-kenneallys-actions-were-horrific-but-no-evidence-of-ff-cover-up-taoiseach-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/bill-kenneallys-actions-were-horrific-but-no-evidence-of-ff-cover-up-taoiseach-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report ‘does not implicate the Fianna Fáil party at all as an organisation’, says Micheál Martin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:52:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R5FICYFALJA4LO7PS7I7GBSZ7I.jpg?auth=f20b22cebef2870a065fa0e198c6d2e4e7ae2fc69f5106848a25128690d2419f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bill Kenneally being brought by gardaí from the commission of investigation hearings in Dublin in March 2024. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s T20 World Cup: Ireland go down to opening defeat to Scotland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/womens-t20-world-cup-ireland-go-down-to-opening-defeat-to-scotland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/womens-t20-world-cup-ireland-go-down-to-opening-defeat-to-scotland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raf Nicholson at Emirates Old Trafford]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bryce sisters put on 106 for the third wicket as Scotland scored 161 in their 20 overs ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XQPM6SJHLM3A477QZ5HIINVI3Q.jpg?auth=0b77c2c4787b5e777058ef7faed96541f0e246e736a3fa839c5a0338d62f0083&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Orla Prendergast is run out by Scotland wicketkeeper Darcey Carter during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup match at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Photograph: Nigel French/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nigel French</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aga Khan’s daughter reveals Shergar was killed ‘in an awful way’ by IRA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/aga-khans-daughter-reveals-shergar-was-killed-in-an-awful-way-by-ira/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/aga-khans-daughter-reveals-shergar-was-killed-in-an-awful-way-by-ira/</guid><description><![CDATA[Princess says her father refused to pay £2m ransom as money would be used to fund terrorism]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:34:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CYSERXG7GZV2Y6KGNDITLG6DDE.jpg?auth=45f4bf83ba52697b0f2809c1e317fb7f2666990350c46eccfd8537a3742bf162&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Walter Swinburn on Shergar in the unsaddling enclosure after The Derby in 1981.  Photo: Adrian  Murrell/Allsport]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingfishr at Malahide Castle: Stage times, set list, ticket information, how to get there and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/13/kingfishr-at-malahide-castle-stage-times-set-list-ticket-information-how-to-get-there-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/13/kingfishr-at-malahide-castle-stage-times-set-list-ticket-information-how-to-get-there-and-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor, Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about the band’s concert at the north Co Dublin venue on Saturday, June 13th]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B6A6KTTCVZH4ZHU6LXSET7VCKE.JPG?auth=35c6737a1eec65076cafb5113a80206496a8ce6b05e1992ef594f568dfa2b986&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kingfishr: the indie folk group play at Malahide Castle on Saturday, June 13th. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[HouseWork review: A love letter and an elegy for the 1990s and a future Ireland that never quite arrived]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/06/13/housework-review-a-love-letter-and-an-elegy-for-the-1990s-and-a-future-ireland-that-never-quite-arrived/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/06/13/housework-review-a-love-letter-and-an-elegy-for-the-1990s-and-a-future-ireland-that-never-quite-arrived/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork Midsummer Festival 2026: Áine Ní Laoghaire’s one-woman show portrays the shifting role of women through their rise in house music]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:07:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDAMVEVAONH5DIVQ2IICLRTGI4.jpg?auth=849c241afee88694257f4b6983ae818a58a8acf8576f802016874f3943944387&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[HouseWork: Áine Ní Laoghaire in her one-woman show. Photograph: George Hooker]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers begin removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/13/workers-begin-removing-trumps-name-from-the-kennedy-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/13/workers-begin-removing-trumps-name-from-the-kennedy-center/</guid><description><![CDATA[Move comes hours after a court-ordered deadline to remove president’s name from performing arts venue in Washington]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:37:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CFBFANLDJRBYLJMSW2QR3XMTMA.jpg?auth=838edef13eff1db0ff5b5837511d682805800efa1a9e303462ae57b61c8e8c83&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Kennedy Center asked a judge to extend the deadline for taking down Donald Trump's name. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rahmat Gul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grafton chief bets on ‘PIIGS’ boom as northern European markets stall]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/13/grafton-chief-bets-on-piigs-boom-as-northern-european-markets-stall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/13/grafton-chief-bets-on-piigs-boom-as-northern-european-markets-stall/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland has replaced Britain as Grafton’s main earning market in recent years and group has high hopes for Iberian air conditioning investments
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:42:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q2TD7MFQR5BOJEHNNIZ7JZJYEY.jpg?auth=9a83f387d0368dbc77ebde7d20925dfe02e60f0e297e1ed86e15f8c1240f3fab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eric Born, chief executive of Grafton Group, represented Switzerland in judo at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/06/13/woman-in-critical-condition-after-shark-attack-at-sydneys-coogee-beach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/06/13/woman-in-critical-condition-after-shark-attack-at-sydneys-coogee-beach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Multiple ambulance crews treated the woman on the beach for arm and leg injuries]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:53:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/42YFKMKLZIF5BJXPSA5DEMHCO4.jpg?auth=87805abe5257b2a1fd4cb6ddde8b53524fd7a1b740dd299b925fa9d8f79cf554&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman is in a critical condition after being bitten by a shark at Coogee beach. Photograph: George Chan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Chan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2026, Day 2: The Yanks have entered the chat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/world-cup-2026-day-2-the-yanks-have-entered-the-chat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/world-cup-2026-day-2-the-yanks-have-entered-the-chat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Katy Perry, Ted Lasso, Tom Cruise – it wouldn’t be the USA without a galaxy of star power as the hosts open their account in LA]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:01:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AQOBBCWVFFXP6CYIIPVU5E4ZNI.jpg?auth=49c90cea2c9427e5a008b8357236ff968b083fcbe420fbd7a15fd1283797da13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Giovanni Reyna of USA celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal against Paraguay in their World Cup opener]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Torres</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Europeans won the lottery of life. But this is changing, culturally and economically]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/13/western-europeans-won-the-lottery-of-life-but-this-is-changing-culturally-and-economically/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/13/western-europeans-won-the-lottery-of-life-but-this-is-changing-culturally-and-economically/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Europe, one of the most impressive cultural enterprises of the past few hundred years, is at a crossroads]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AXSFVHULUJCVRMX5AFCBKLZRZQ.jpg?auth=c271d23987194aaf16ded80e66c269ca936588995df941237bafe25832c4a323&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Grand Place in Brussels, where the sense of being on the border of two great civilisations is impossible to escape. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrey Danilovich</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect start for USA as they outplay Paraguay while Trump prepares for UFC extravaganza ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/world-cup-2026-usa-outplay-paraguay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/world-cup-2026-usa-outplay-paraguay/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump stays away from Fifa World Cup  game in Inglewood, California, where irresistible hosts show off a free-spirited approach]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:23:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X532CJ2AGEPKA6IYNIENDJFVBM.jpg?auth=fbb66ae8b420d7681721cc1cb1e688396836a2f82b327ba9279faaad245ab50d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christian Pulisic (right) of USA and teammates celebrate after going 1-0 up due to an own goal by Paraguay during the Fifa World Cup 2026 group stage match in Los Angeles. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Torres</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brexit Britain now: Patrick Freyne revisits Leave voter heartlands 10 years on]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/brexit-britain-now-patrick-freyne-revisits-leave-voter-heartlands-10-years-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/brexit-britain-now-patrick-freyne-revisits-leave-voter-heartlands-10-years-on/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A decade after the UK decided to leave the EU, many in Britain regret the outcome – but not the vote]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UG7PHB6MIFGYBE5ZNDZJFDUDYQ.jpg?auth=facab877b4188d11dda076eb90ca722932459e2c47f780e06acd5ef37678514c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brexit, Dover cliffs - Patrick Freyne piece. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’m not giving that kid the money. Not a focking chance’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-im-not-giving-that-kid-the-money-not-a-focking-chance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-im-not-giving-that-kid-the-money-not-a-focking-chance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We’re at Lauren’s barbecue when she ambushes me for the money I said I’d put aside for Ross jnr when he turned 18]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQNVTB5XERGYDKFDS2WNFLX264.jpg?auth=806eda76cde02f5f636af84b99e88e4040cb473cd51f07dada4e46325925b33f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watching the Czechs play South Korea, I couldn’t help but think it should have been us]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/ken-early-hugo-broos-has-patronised-south-africa-fans-before-but-this-was-a-new-low/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/13/ken-early-hugo-broos-has-patronised-south-africa-fans-before-but-this-was-a-new-low/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In some luckier parallel universe, the Republic of Ireland were lining out in Zapopan]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVCUQ4CJZ66TI6IHGBOHBIJDEE.jpg?auth=e87b6126b837cc28bb691bb22020f1bc660a23296975a11e9371d970803ab0b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[South Korea's Oh Hyeon-gyu challenges the Czech Republic's Robin Hranac during the Group A match in Zapopan. Photograph: Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ulises Ruiz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish contract killer  died in Limerick car crash with loaded pistol at his feet]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/swedish-contract-killer-died-in-limerick-car-crash-en-route-to-commit-murder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/swedish-contract-killer-died-in-limerick-car-crash-en-route-to-commit-murder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Armed man wearing balaclava when collision occurred, but accomplice managed to flee scene]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W34GPUJU2JA4HCMA4ZIDGXSSDU.jpg?auth=128d870f9f58f508a5e428db508db36e7f5ec9ac0dd09c1d4df0cd9e45ecb170&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are seeking information about the movements of the Seat car in which the Swedish hitman died. Image: Garda Press Office]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where do parties stand on Aughinish Alumina and links to Russian military supply chain?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/where-do-parties-stand-on-aughinish-alumina-and-links-to-russian-military-supply-chain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/where-do-parties-stand-on-aughinish-alumina-and-links-to-russian-military-supply-chain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three months on from revelations and there is no clear response to deeply uncomfortable situation around Co Limerick plant]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5V7VQJOKGJFJVDWSAJK6NCEVK4.JPG?auth=4362238fe4a516bdce2bb21d67030fa05e4bac9161134e4a5cef4c1447868bec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The refinery in Co Limerick is located close to the Shannon-estuary towns of Foynes and Askeaton and is owned by Rusal. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland has had an unaccountable cabinet-within-a-cabinet government since 2011]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/ireland-has-had-an-unaccountable-cabinet-within-a-cabinet-government-since-2011/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/ireland-has-had-an-unaccountable-cabinet-within-a-cabinet-government-since-2011/</guid><description><![CDATA[Outrageously, the Government refuses to answer questions on these meetings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[A new approach to Irish-language exemptions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/a-new-approach-to-irish-language-exemptions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/a-new-approach-to-irish-language-exemptions/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why not acknowledge that many exemptions are being granted to students newly arrived in Ireland, and provide an alternative qualification?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Lucan infrastructure under too much strain for another development]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/lucan-infrastructure-under-too-much-strain-for-another-development/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/lucan-infrastructure-under-too-much-strain-for-another-development/</guid><description><![CDATA[Area has already played its part in housing people]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Hedgerow biodiversity is under threat from Ireland’s heavy-handed policy approach]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/hedgerow-biodiversity-is-under-threat-from-irelands-heavy-handed-policy-approach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/hedgerow-biodiversity-is-under-threat-from-irelands-heavy-handed-policy-approach/</guid><description><![CDATA[Current practices and policies are having a profoundly negative impact]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/13/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/13/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 13th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F4QQ75NS5NBYFFJ5Y2EKV6GTRQ.jpg?auth=a77657900497b7f253e37d9b49aca2b0a935ded3dfb838c3dd489aa678044721&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[Europe must end its juvenile taboo against talking to Russia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/europe-must-end-its-juvenile-taboo-against-talking-to-russia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/europe-must-end-its-juvenile-taboo-against-talking-to-russia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gillespie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worldview: Preparing to bring Russia back in from the cold does not mean capitulating to Putin’s interests]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UH7I55FDKAR7C4YW4LGB6DJM5M.jpg?auth=a85f108b69c113e2baf76ced29f6a38b5c905698da2fce90b64fa9e807065f2b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ukrainians attend an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv, Ukraine this week. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sergey Dolzhenko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher once warned me I’d end up a drifter. Turns out it’s a white-knuckle ride]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/a-teacher-once-warned-me-id-end-up-a-drifter-i-never-knew-it-would-be-a-white-knuckle-ride/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/a-teacher-once-warned-me-id-end-up-a-drifter-i-never-knew-it-would-be-a-white-knuckle-ride/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gordon Manning sat behind the wheel to try and contend with the high-speed sport made famous by The Fast and the Furious]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBIUYORLXRBLTGTLCUY7QYORLY.jpg?auth=d5bf071b8915350e2d85c974bb8c17fc9654dab652abaa3a039c50179fa2f398&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Shanahan and Piotr Wiecek in action during the Drift Masters European Championship in Madrid in May. Photograph: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[KPMG the latest firm to be caught out using AI]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/kpmg-the-latest-firm-to-be-caught-out-using-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/kpmg-the-latest-firm-to-be-caught-out-using-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top consultancy apparently used artificial intelligence to source parts of a report extolling virtues of AI]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NFYZBLKZ5AUVL5NRX3DUCBEJE.jpg?auth=b71e66b02d466d54542b995c73460112666055f5ddff82d5d921ff221f4b5484&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[KPMG has pulled a report that appeared to include numerous AI hallucinations. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JHVEPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rioting in Belfast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/rioting-in-belfast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/rioting-in-belfast/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘The more things change, the more they remain the same’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Martyn Turner’s cartoon on anti-immigration protesters hit the nail on the head]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/martyn-turners-cartoon-on-anti-immigration-protesters-hit-the-nail-on-the-head/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/martyn-turners-cartoon-on-anti-immigration-protesters-hit-the-nail-on-the-head/</guid><description><![CDATA[Supreme irony, so to speak]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Donegal v Cork]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/weekends-football-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-donegal-v-cork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/weekends-football-fixtures-throw-in-times-and-tv-details-including-donegal-v-cork/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning, Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Football championship moves into knock-out territory]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAFQA2URPRBPVCPRG6GACALNKY.jpg?auth=979574465de73d898f32b789e56055df47e111bf400173d4ef13b8583a0f93b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donegal host Cork in Ballybofey on Saturday. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I am terrified about the winter coming’: One in seven now behind on electricity bills]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/i-am-terrified-about-the-winter-coming-one-in-seven-now-behind-on-electricity-bills/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/i-am-terrified-about-the-winter-coming-one-in-seven-now-behind-on-electricity-bills/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Almost 319,000 homes in arrears with electricity bills by the end of March, says energy regulator]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLGBDP3Z3JHMXBE7GG7F72VYXQ.JPG?auth=5f523148975220cd3b09e969fa78c2d1c806fddcce78426ddd3654d618d720a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ESRI data note measures intended to help households with energy costs benefit higher-income households almost twice as much as those on lower incomes. Photograph: Bryan O Brien 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times,Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fully fit Galway look well placed to topple trio of favourites in All-Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/fully-fit-galway-look-well-placed-to-topple-trio-of-favourites-in-all-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/fully-fit-galway-look-well-placed-to-topple-trio-of-favourites-in-all-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dubs living on borrowed time as Ger Brennan returns to sideline]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EDZEMHB23JGG7KGHLGN6OEQTU4.jpg?auth=181595ff27e8ad0ca6937f9d550397905bd7fbebb32fad2feec2a9445cbde527&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway’s Rob Finnerty scores against Roscommon in the Connacht final on May 10th, 2026. Photograph: James Crombie/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sport Ireland pursues workers for almost €300,000 in back taxes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/sport-ireland-pursues-workers-for-almost-300000-in-back-taxes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/sport-ireland-pursues-workers-for-almost-300000-in-back-taxes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unspecified number of workers at publicly funded body were reclassified as employees instead of self-employed contractors]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MQFEB3XADZIW7NJ37HMAHCDMAY.jpg?auth=2df732c5e21d56807d8eba019a3add854adbf5a2bcc8f428dc8dfa96e85c74bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sport Ireland paid out more than €625,000 in 2024 to meet tax and social insurance liabilities incurred in relation to the workers. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Crispin Rodwell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great blue awakening: Heffo, St Vincent’s and the decade of the Dubs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/the-great-blue-awakening-heffo-st-vincents-and-the-decade-of-the-dubs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/the-great-blue-awakening-heffo-st-vincents-and-the-decade-of-the-dubs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No club played a bigger role in Dublin’s 1970s resurgence than St Vincent’s]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W6JJAMZLM3O3XPULK4RXPLZQPU.jpg?auth=937223446dc4c2ca6cc120e952b06c959edde80009d3d783703ddf96626d8d58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin’s Robbie Kelleher (4) and Brian Mullins (8) look on as the ball flies towards a cluster of bodies including Sean Walsh and Eoin 'Bomber' Liston of Kerry, and Dublin’s Sean Doherty, Kevin Moran and Tommy Drumm during the 1976 All-Ireland SFC final at Croke Park. Photograph: Connolly Collection/Sportsfile]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Deegan, Soroka and Deeny strengthened their case for bigger roles at Leinster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/13/how-deegan-soroka-and-deeny-strengthened-their-case-for-bigger-roles-at-leinster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/13/how-deegan-soroka-and-deeny-strengthened-their-case-for-bigger-roles-at-leinster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Consistency, resilience and versatility have helped each enhance their standing within the squad]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ON3CLRVCHVDVTHT7RCEWWTVV2Q.jpg?auth=0c1582119f6b135515d4240388477d5b486d05781dee086ac2d63dee3fff12f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's James Lowe and Max Deegan come into contact. Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Dan Clohessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just one third of new homes go on sale on open market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/private-buyers-squeezed-out-as-state-and-investors-take-growing-share-of-new-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/private-buyers-squeezed-out-as-state-and-investors-take-growing-share-of-new-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Private buyers squeezed out as State and investors take growing share of new homes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJVCIBUF3NCFLG7GLBHWYSUEN4.jpg?auth=18d63591232d70203d9924ae11ebb6996b707aca85a7846ee3c51bd7f38f433f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sherry FitzGerald research has shown a long-term decline in the proportion of homes coming to the private market. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian Dyball</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A visual timeline of how foreign agitators helped spark racist riots in Belfast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/the-x-factor-how-foreign-agitators-helped-spark-racist-riots-across-the-north/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/the-x-factor-how-foreign-agitators-helped-spark-racist-riots-across-the-north/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham, Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5TMWUD4WSVJ2MWVWHMA6AIHKPA.jpg?auth=fba56b79427f1fbaa8af2ee5ddb50f1b96adb66faae4d57232ec92932ad123dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fires burn around police vehicles as protesters (behind) stand off with police in Glengormley, north of Belfast, on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Faith</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurance companies the big winners from increased public care]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/insurance-companies-the-big-winners-from-increased-public-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/insurance-companies-the-big-winners-from-increased-public-care/</guid><description><![CDATA[How much money is needed to replace income generated from private patients in public hospitals?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Argentina’s AI chief executives are a scary thought. But will we notice any difference?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/mark-oconnell-argentinas-ai-chief-executives-are-a-scary-thought-but-will-we-notice-any-difference/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/14/mark-oconnell-argentinas-ai-chief-executives-are-a-scary-thought-but-will-we-notice-any-difference/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The idea of a world run by machines might seem far fetched, but only until you think about it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TLQ5XAGRY74JOXB4UEKJGSER4Y.jpg?auth=35a40f81315366e01f85d6859c00570357c6f67656ed94a495f081d825c48469&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Argentinian president Javier Milei. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rodrigo Abd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian tech group OpenText to create 400 jobs in Ireland over three years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/canadian-tech-group-opentext-to-create-400-jobs-in-ireland-over-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/canadian-tech-group-opentext-to-create-400-jobs-in-ireland-over-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business investing €105m to grow presence in Ireland as it expands its agentic AI and sovereign cloud capabilities in Europe ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BDYHJ3TYK5GV3D7MMJO4X66SZU.jpg?auth=57d7c3d985f8df2891abee5ebc580540859a18fb2039d04b1e29891759071992&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the announcement of 400 jobs at Opentext were: Anne Marie Tierney Le Roux, head of technology at IDA Ireland; Michael Lohan, chief executive of IDA Ireland; Taoiseach Micheál Martin; Tom Jenkins, Opentext chairman; and Shannon Bell, chief digital officer and chief information officer at OpenText. Photograph: Maxwells]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TONY MAXWELL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland v Israel: Government might find it easier to do the right thing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/government-and-israel-fixtures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/13/government-and-israel-fixtures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Minister’s Olympics excuse sounds like scraping the barrel for pretexts to justify inaction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[The AI bubble question: is Anthropic justified at $1tn?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/13/the-ai-bubble-question-is-anthropic-justified-at-1tn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/13/the-ai-bubble-question-is-anthropic-justified-at-1tn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AI giant’s revenue is more than doubling every quarter]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QQO44XIGYVBUT6JGCWMCR7NTU.jpg?auth=b9d7142cac4fd612377e6d869d087cd50a30dc595ddb6b0258bb7d5a1fddd045&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[On the face of it, a $1tn Anthropic IPO screams 'AI bubble'. Photograph Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicolas Tucat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamond Necklace bidding to give Aidan O’Brien seven classics in six weeks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/13/diamond-necklace-bidding-to-give-aidan-obrien-seven-classics-in-six-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/13/diamond-necklace-bidding-to-give-aidan-obrien-seven-classics-in-six-weeks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ryan Moore has a chance to complete career set of French, Irish and English Classics in €1m Prix de Diane ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YAARVVACMVHE5FAEF6M3HPWLGI.jpg?auth=f9405d829192454682af54f76e4525daf60c83e287d6db34285025a01cffb727&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wayne Lordan on Diamond Necklace wins The Grand Hotel Malahide Irish EBF Fillies Juvenile Race at the Curragh on August 9th, 2025. Photograph: 
Morgan Treacy/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘An everybody issue’: How drug-related intimidation affects all areas, urban and rural]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/an-everybody-issue-how-drug-related-intimidation-affects-all-areas-urban-and-rural/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/13/an-everybody-issue-how-drug-related-intimidation-affects-all-areas-urban-and-rural/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report reveals scale of the problem and highlights the help that is available]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OEV43OR7FBMZHEIL5WXF4QJHI.JPG?auth=6043c413a30278e8e6954678f0d66c8517e6e3c9a6f0875c6befe721fb6fa7f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Detective Inspector Paddy McGirl says drug-related intimidation DRI has become 'more prevalent' since 2021. Photograph: Shelley Corcoran for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Shelley Corcoran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish industrial gas giant faces criticism over energy spending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/irish-industrial-gas-giant-faces-criticism-over-energy-spending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/irish-industrial-gas-giant-faces-criticism-over-energy-spending/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BOC Gases spends €18m a-year on electricity in Ireland, says climate group]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNC2HUVNJ2FW2KSFPUK657IMJ4.jpg?auth=3b9ef054691773e8f7682e4652ec83ec40c129ab547f28664e88eb0d045cb307&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BOC Gases Ireland consumes enough electricity in a year to power all homes in Dubin for two months, according to Action Speaks Louder. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Guillaume Horcajuelo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear power may not be right for us now but energy debate still needs to be had]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/debating-nuclear-energy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/12/debating-nuclear-energy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Discourse on all aspects of Ireland’s precarious energy security should be allowed]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 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[Star gazing: Vote for your favourite celestial shot in DIAS astrophotography competition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/star-gazing-vote-for-your-favourite-celestial-shot-in-dias-astrophotography-competition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/star-gazing-vote-for-your-favourite-celestial-shot-in-dias-astrophotography-competition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Vote online for your favourite image as part of the Public Choice Award in the annual DIAS contest]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OR7XINAHW5HWVFB2RAQVBNCEOY.jpg?auth=3caeae42651836af6b98c579ccfa78a957021b8de372a2b73d38dca3360a0c92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Celestial Coast, shortlisted in the DIAS Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition. Photograph: Babu Mon Melethil Gopinathan, ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is this large and unusual-looking moth?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/what-is-this-large-and-unusual-looking-moth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/what-is-this-large-and-unusual-looking-moth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YNJKFUTUEFD43NPHH4CCQE77HA.jpg?auth=73eabf915953b4657b0a93aa6739686199edd6facf929850bd8ad1ef3489699c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Poplar Hawkmoth. Photograph: Sanne Gielesen]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desmond Rea obituary: First chairman of the North’s policing board with a deep sense of public duty]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/13/desmond-rea-obituary-first-chairman-of-the-norths-policing-board-with-a-deep-sense-of-public-duty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/13/desmond-rea-obituary-first-chairman-of-the-norths-policing-board-with-a-deep-sense-of-public-duty/</guid><description><![CDATA[The economist helped oversee the fraught transition of the RUC into the PSNI]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVYYMSNVDCZPVLS4XFUPYV7YKY.jpg?auth=c023884ed40192f41a16c25136ef90cb1ad479a13d94b1ea0c13037f47d46bb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Desmond Rea]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fisheries officer says he was treated as ‘black sheep and leper’ after blowing whistle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/13/fisheries-officer-says-he-was-treated-as-black-sheep-and-leper-after-blowing-whistle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/13/fisheries-officer-says-he-was-treated-as-black-sheep-and-leper-after-blowing-whistle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Complaint made against Inland Fisheries Ireland assistant inspector within days of disclosure]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z66J3YC5XUL3ZRR4T4VJDQC3ZU.jpg?auth=7bbfa545048de06ec977c904b729378f0173cbd6e0ad6dec907e92f8b99839eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Workplace Relations Commission. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[British ambassador hosts birthday bash for King Charles as he turns, er, 77 and a half]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/british-ambassador-hosts-birthday-bash-for-king-charles-as-he-turns-er-77-and-a-half/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/13/british-ambassador-hosts-birthday-bash-for-king-charles-as-he-turns-er-77-and-a-half/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael McDowell, Rossa Fanning and Helen McEntee also had birthdays recently, though Helen tried to keep mum about it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TXSBVP7RZFHPZCG65QCC2GESO4.jpg?auth=6d2c2ce51f2822499fb7afd61bd1b200c3449958d74b6d400b947588af0bfe70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Britain's ambassador to Ireland Kara Owen and Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee at the king's birthday party at Glencairn House in Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish rugby has dropped a clanger with James Lowe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/13/irish-rugby-has-dropped-an-almighty-clanger-with-james-lowe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/13/irish-rugby-has-dropped-an-almighty-clanger-with-james-lowe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor  Murray ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decision to let player leave reveals a disconnect between the provinces and IRFU that could hurt Ireland’s World Cup hopes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MCCVNRNYO62QOBDNTNLSFGVUGU.jpg?auth=fbfad39284788f15d9c2cec96a4b15658798431ac1d63e8d76e4d4f4adfcd2ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's James Lowe leaves the field after becoming the team's all-time leading try scorer in the URC quarter-final against Lions at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Sheridan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents’ stress ‘through the roof’ as Meath creche closes rooms 200 times since October]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/13/parents-stress-through-the-roof-as-meath-creche-closes-rooms-200-times-since-october/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/13/parents-stress-through-the-roof-as-meath-creche-closes-rooms-200-times-since-october/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mother obliged to change jobs due to necessity to be at home so often to mind daughter]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C6XIBHQ7JZGR7HKYGBE5A5ZIWA.jpg?auth=a02a8a7679c136b37df323f3a889e0674832c7e4eca2676619520aebc184d782&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Parents have been refunded for the days in question. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lourdes  Balduque</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I saw grown men cry’: Charlie O’Leary, kitman in Jack Charlton era, recalls the highs of Irish soccer ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/i-saw-grown-men-cry-charlie-oleary-kitman-in-jack-charlton-era-recalls-the-highs-of-irish-soccer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/13/i-saw-grown-men-cry-charlie-oleary-kitman-in-jack-charlton-era-recalls-the-highs-of-irish-soccer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 102-year-old Dubliner is being honoured for his services to football at a presentation hosted by the city’s Lord Mayor]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UMNZYBPAEFCQRCHPMFJL6YDOQE.JPG?auth=a79cd39321e93aaf7cb90d1955f9cb7afdc8b26072767dbe9b3f58cf4b329a5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlie O'Leary: 'Irish football is my main concern. I never followed any English team – always Bohemians.' Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory Beggan: ‘Why are we only suddenly starting playing the football of our lives whenever we’re 10 or 11 down?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/goalkeeper-rory-beggans-evolution-continues-as-monaghan-fight-for-survival-against-roscommon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/13/goalkeeper-rory-beggans-evolution-continues-as-monaghan-fight-for-survival-against-roscommon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goalkeeper’s evolution continues as Monaghan fight for survival against Roscommon]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZKMWX52ZONEP3MCXGRBN6RQRDA.jpg?auth=b6031f68d0ee17af360219792af8b3a2aeb3a1c9ddf900566e1cc062125cbf8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Monaghan's Rory Beggan celebrates his free to seal Monaghan's win over Derry in the Ulster Championship semi-final this year. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I felt nobody had my back’: What the Rotunda row says about public v private maternity care]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/13/i-felt-nobody-had-my-back-what-the-rotunda-row-says-about-public-v-private-maternity-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/13/i-felt-nobody-had-my-back-what-the-rotunda-row-says-about-public-v-private-maternity-care/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mothers and medical professionals share their views as differences between public and private maternity care in the State are brought into sharp focus]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ITLLPB7EGRD2FAPPC7HKBY5B7M.jpg?auth=1743851223010d1a9491ecbbc89dd665d260df87f56bcf881fd1effce871b9e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital are calling on the Government to exclude maternity care from its plan to remove all private care from public hospitals. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">LSOphoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are Ireland’s Greenest Places 2026? Cast your vote here]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/where-is-irelands-greenest-place-2026-cast-your-vote-here/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/13/where-is-irelands-greenest-place-2026-cast-your-vote-here/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We are asking readers to nominate the places, projects and people they believe are Ireland’s greenest]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ODPSPCU5TRA5DJIGPLBXSEOFKQ.jpg?auth=ad87dc8233cc828e5fd48c1718299c2955232c36656d250e4c6c1bbfede6d54a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emily Tofan (6) and Éanna Ní Lamhna at the launch of Ireland's Greenest Places.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They’re rattled’: Is this the beginning of the end for the Kinahans?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/13/theyre-rattled-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-kinahans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/13/theyre-rattled-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-kinahans/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Consigliere Sean McGovern has been jailed for 24 years, Daniel Kinahan awaits extradition and his father and brother are in precarious positions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KLPR575NOBB7ZL352WIMMW7L64.jpg?auth=d11d2a796505e356b403fba46dce1d7a1d1ca97b6543111acce49dc170e51e31&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kinahan family patriarch Christy Kinahan snr; Daniel Kinahan, who was arrested in Dubai in April; and Sean McGovern, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison this week. Illustration: Irish Times Graphics]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Yesteryear and why is everyone talking about it?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/what-is-yesteryear-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/what-is-yesteryear-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosita Boland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This ‘tradwife’ novel by debut novelist Caro Claire Burke is jaw-droppingly good]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TPRNZDSN7VHR3HAFTCWNXPN7E4.jpg?auth=5b077790ef3d63b747104e18dd5d7209cd30c3da123ba275e86fe21db0645f54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caro Claire Burke at home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photograph: Matt Eich/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MATT EICH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the Irish college class of summer 2026: ‘Students don’t really miss the phone’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/meet-the-irish-college-class-of-summer-2026-students-dont-really-miss-the-phone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/13/meet-the-irish-college-class-of-summer-2026-students-dont-really-miss-the-phone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students in the Gaeltacht discuss pros and cons of attending Irish college]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MMBHFJFVRND5LKFTVV5K355DOY.JPG?auth=5d312cd956dd1be9d344a303be1a868c6528f70232d46226e801f039bc2c3bac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What are students and families hoping to get out of a two-week stay in the Gaeltacht? 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He’s one of the sharpest, funniest people I’ve ever been reacquainted with]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUD2LLFOHVBI5DJXTL3GVZJ6VU.jpg?auth=4e024dd50a1567503187decefc90643c455561432326b6dc986b3adcd6b1ca92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bono and Andy 'Guck' Rowen in Bad: The Song That Saved My Life. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">www.kipcarroll.com</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/13/leaving-cert-diarists-how-did-the-first-week-go-for-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/13/leaving-cert-diarists-how-did-the-first-week-go-for-them/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students found history and maths particularly challenging]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/57E22YKPNFE6DGVP6HTFGCZJGI.jpeg?auth=2a956321eaf270057b899175f877d84f839892a9f5e17d80730b11d101d0a415&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kayleigh Quinn is aiming for maximum points in the Leaving Certificate]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/13/kieran-connell-how-did-an-attack-in-a-nationalist-part-of-belfast-lead-to-rioting-in-loyalist-areas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/13/kieran-connell-how-did-an-attack-in-a-nationalist-part-of-belfast-lead-to-rioting-in-loyalist-areas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kieran Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s riots, but loyalists were at the centre of the disturbances]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UXS5DCI3T5NOERX2LMJWVT2G7U.jpg?auth=64501a529c9441ec62b842da6163ff1b875657a8e7dccaa5efc3f352f899d41b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Boarded-up houses off the Newtownards Road, in east Belfast, after two consecutive nights of violence following the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Faith</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obituary: Marion Fossett: Ringmistress with commanding presence within and outside Big Top]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/13/obituary-marion-fossett-ringmistress-with-commanding-presence-within-and-outside-big-top/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/13/obituary-marion-fossett-ringmistress-with-commanding-presence-within-and-outside-big-top/</guid><description><![CDATA[An accomplished singer, she was also a member of all-girl group Sheeba which represented Ireland at Eurovision]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LUKY6DSCR5NSDIHE4MHSSLZBIQ.jpg?auth=1b1ee9059faa00083a226ecda21532202c533ef2320386724431fac66aa1a3e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marion Fossett outside the Fossett's Circus big tent in Dublin in 2013. Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siobhán Rutledge named sportswoman of the month for May]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/siobhan-rutledge-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/13/siobhan-rutledge-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-may/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Loss of Meath jockey’s dad at an early age made her all the more determined to put racing at the centre of her life]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HAAXYFU5XNBD7ND424DFGXNOYU.jpeg?auth=c43abe01e8fd22733f7baca01a753b425986669b3759632502af80ad0aa6e320&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jockey Siobhán Rutledge reached the 95-winner mark in Fairyhouse in May]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss voters to decide whether to cap population at 10m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/13/swiss-voters-to-decide-whether-to-cap-population-at-10m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/13/swiss-voters-to-decide-whether-to-cap-population-at-10m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Framed as a ‘sustainability initiative’, supporters say a population cap will ease pressure on housing and healthcare. Critics warn it will undermine the economy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/32OFYFELDBBXVOQYTVAEJ5CWBU.jpg?auth=5a3f07e6ac4eca4411d25db6d78eaa8ecf9546da6ffd87f21570dc6ae03e1ea9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anti-immigration campaign posters ahead of Switzerland's referendum. Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sebastien Bozon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ciara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/13/ciara-mageean-i-probably-wont-make-my-40th-birthday-thats-rough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/06/13/ciara-mageean-i-probably-wont-make-my-40th-birthday-thats-rough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Co Down athlete and reigning European 1,500m champion was diagnosed with stage four cancer just over a year ago]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YOR4MEVS5VBBHGPDFF4WIIX33E.JPG?auth=aa51a71425075d1c28fa39e613d200a5f81aa0193b310e3c5a8a9f89f4268d14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciara Mageean. Photograph: Evanna Devine for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evanna Devine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dorothy Cross: ‘The beautiful is always bizarre ... It is never about trying to shock’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/13/dorothy-cross-the-beautiful-is-always-bizarre-it-is-never-about-trying-to-shock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/06/13/dorothy-cross-the-beautiful-is-always-bizarre-it-is-never-about-trying-to-shock/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosita Boland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The artist’s best-known work had a lasting impact. The cabinet of curiosities that is her studio offers an insight into the master behind it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IMXOS2GGVFHZXIRLHF6FCJ6CTU.jpg?auth=cf6849190914e3a00451c119e33a6f1c49015f8ed9d7e0366e50f13c53a08ff5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dorothy Cross at her home and studio in Connemara. Photograph: Michael McLaughlin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael McLaughlin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancer Michael Keegan-Dolan: ‘I do everything slightly backwards’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/06/13/dancer-michael-keegan-dolan-i-do-everything-slightly-backwards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/06/13/dancer-michael-keegan-dolan-i-do-everything-slightly-backwards/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Keegan-Dolan has created 1975/Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig around The Bothy Band’s astonishing first album, which has stuck in his mind since he was six]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UW7IDKXOWVA4DEMDO7GKKZ3CJM.jpg?auth=0eada033a1758fd5f2864b99807ef16afbbd4941bb0eca88553ee69d5256f785&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Teac Damsa: 1975/Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig. 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No, thank you, but I’m a good human, I swear]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TU7GZRU4PBB6ZMHKWAZCQX5LNI.jpg?auth=67086ac1546784a793bf7d6a676f5f53afd3737b4d0a36ee5bd1471006e382a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Amandaland: Philippa Dunne with Lucy Punch. Photograph: Natalie Seery/Merman/BBC]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Natalie Seery</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty: Time to put two stars of summer – strawberries and elderflower – centre stage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/13/mark-moriarty-time-to-put-two-stars-of-summer-strawberries-and-elderflower-centre-stage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/13/mark-moriarty-time-to-put-two-stars-of-summer-strawberries-and-elderflower-centre-stage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nothing speaks truer than the phrase ‘what grows together, goes together’: strawberries and elderflower are a floral match made in heaven]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DWAPG7CFABE7NB6KCPU6TQOM74.jpg?auth=f9b8edc1c4e28a3a74a877a9d27028b21ff3c30d36c589b5c8b6194999a97149&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's strawberry meringue roulade. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aulumu G09 Ghost review: Taking a (magnetic) stand for versatility and sturdiness]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/11/aulumu-g09-ghost-review-taking-a-magnetic-stand-for-versatility-and-sturdiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/11/aulumu-g09-ghost-review-taking-a-magnetic-stand-for-versatility-and-sturdiness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This solid offering will not detach itself during use - a bare minimum not every stand and accessory has met  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RJTTI6BX45HHTN5UOCLVXZCGWE.jpg?auth=4fee39f0fd5ba5878bec4cc31ed47236a231b22418074b86f425f4dbd7270b63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aulumu G09 Ghost: has a three-axis design that gives you the option of more flexible angles, and sturdy hinges that stay put no matter what angle you set it to.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roy Keane among owners in Dublin 4 complex making six-figure gains from flipping luxury apartments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/roy-keane-among-lansdowne-place-owners-making-six-figure-gains-from-flipping-luxury-apartments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/13/roy-keane-among-lansdowne-place-owners-making-six-figure-gains-from-flipping-luxury-apartments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent purchasers of homes backing on to new US embassy site are earning smaller profits from quick resales]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FMH5NJMLHRHSRLTYVQZFB5ON2A.JPG?auth=1af699d32c4a004a4f19f971d51aab8f6e07b1046806cb938ef57aa143dea183&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Lansdowne Place apartment complex on Shelbourne Road was built by Joe O’Reilly’s development firm Chartered Land. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s elderflower custard with macerated strawberries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/13/mark-moriartys-elderflower-custard-with-macerated-strawberries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/13/mark-moriartys-elderflower-custard-with-macerated-strawberries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This partnership of scented custard with syrupy fruit makes for the perfect summer dessert]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RBLQNALDJVHXROSNSOC52BKBSM.jpg?auth=93c6e4864fcc040e1768546ca351263bb8c1684adfec1fd4b74973fc24364b68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's elderflower custard with macerated strawberries. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s strawberry meringue roulade]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/13/mark-moriartys-strawberry-meringue-roulade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/13/mark-moriartys-strawberry-meringue-roulade/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A great way to show off prime fruit, lathered in rich vanilla creme diplomat, tucked up in a duvet of sweet meringue]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:51:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DWAPG7CFABE7NB6KCPU6TQOM74.jpg?auth=f9b8edc1c4e28a3a74a877a9d27028b21ff3c30d36c589b5c8b6194999a97149&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's strawberry meringue roulade. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Collins’s Pope Leo XIV biography traces rise of first American pontiff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/michael-collinss-pope-leo-xiv-biography-traces-rise-of-first-american-pontiff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/michael-collinss-pope-leo-xiv-biography-traces-rise-of-first-american-pontiff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin priest’s study examines how Robert Prevost emerged from Chicago, Peru and Rome to the papacy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GMHI54JGIYX3ZTJWB3X5VIDN2Q.jpg?auth=2c332c6dc70a8f00c7d597eb94329723a61bd584f9151ad520619da9e6531e54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gregorio Borgia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviews in brief: The Pilgrimage, Stalin’s Apostles and The Asset Class ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/reviews-in-brief-the-pilgrimage-stalins-apostles-and-the-asset-class/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/reviews-in-brief-the-pilgrimage-stalins-apostles-and-the-asset-class/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Higgins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New books from John Broderick, Antonia Senior and Hettie O’Brien]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZNPEYGN7MEGLMCDN45LSTW6JM.jpg?auth=8fbfcb674d3a683fa677fa03a2b51f35106d09f6b18fb8d54e5e6b5864178cc5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Broderick's The Pilgrimage is a bleakly comic and often cruel evocation of a repressive Ireland. Photograph: PJ Murray]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris Haughton: ‘Children’s books are underappreciated in general. It’s short-sighted’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/chris-haughton-childrens-books-are-underappreciated-in-general-its-short-sighted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/chris-haughton-childrens-books-are-underappreciated-in-general-its-short-sighted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The new Laureate na nÓg on inspiring hope, combating injustice, and his upcoming court appearance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GCKPR5ALA5FY5MWMK4KJJOCIGQ.jpg?auth=a3e4c549c35d005e2d19fce892fc96eac72cc41760653868a9e2a7a79c3735c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chris Haughton. Photograph: Peter Guenzel]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind – An intellectual menagerie]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/animate-how-animals-shape-the-human-mind-an-intellectual-menagerie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/animate-how-animals-shape-the-human-mind-an-intellectual-menagerie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This strange beast of a book constantly flits between anthropology, neuroscience and cultural studies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B4L7GJLMC4NAAWKHFSMYS5WTGQ.jpg?auth=4746e73f095cf78916d6ebe838ae7bccd990f090bde70cf3b06a6665703d9701&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paleolithic cave paintings at Lascaux in southwest France]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farming in Ireland. Crisis and Climate: Lived experience of our rural hinterland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/farming-in-ireland-crisis-and-climate-lived-experience-of-our-rural-hinterland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/farming-in-ireland-crisis-and-climate-lived-experience-of-our-rural-hinterland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gibbons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reflections on fraying communal bonds as a consequence of modernity]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A3ZLE65M6VAKHHXQUOTGAOKYN4.JPG?auth=298097ffc443a2fdb25af6a1b3a3dbafc570f5f7db637ab2b3d621b53bc8dd14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The bulk of the interviewees are elderly men, who share vivid recollections of a fading era. File photograph: Bryan O'Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walter Benjamin by Peter Gordon: A compelling read]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/walter-benjamin-by-peter-gordon-a-compelling-read/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/walter-benjamin-by-peter-gordon-a-compelling-read/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory O’Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new biography of a significant 20th-century philosopher]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HFOY3IRJ4VAO5MMKZLMAIA5ZY4.jpg?auth=a63a2a9d35c42e913e23e70a63b61896fb7cc0de421585ece343a717e83349c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The author puts a welcome emphasis on the Jewish theological strand of Benjamin’s thought. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Berry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blasket Bound by Lesley Bond: Ancient place seen from a new perspective]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/blasket-bound-by-lesley-bond-ancient-place-seen-from-a-new-perspective/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/blasket-bound-by-lesley-bond-ancient-place-seen-from-a-new-perspective/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author and her husband were selected to be the island’s first caretakers in 2019]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3JWMT2UD7FGCVHGYWJ6ZP7BFTE.jpg?auth=0fbb8d9a1d9dbdc21ae6cf61e250b700b58f735bceda9a497093e05365119a0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Blasket Bound by Lesley Bond: Te author accurately depicts the force and impact landscape can have when humans are confronted with a wilder type of place, and how it changes them]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the Fall by Ian Shapiro: Thought-provoking guide to how the world got into this mess ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/after-the-fall-by-ian-shapiro-thought-provoking-guide-to-how-the-world-got-into-this-mess/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/after-the-fall-by-ian-shapiro-thought-provoking-guide-to-how-the-world-got-into-this-mess/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Geary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The path that led to Donald Trump and current crises was forged decades ago by the missteps and missed opportunities of other leaders]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F4VM342UMHIEZ3S3JL6RK74KFY.jpg?auth=bbd44d2cc3b35d24c7e80908aeae98cb55662ff0328b1351061a842a999d1e15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Afghan performers take part in the celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, at a stadium in Kandahar in August 2022. Photograph: javed Tanveer/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Javed Tanveer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/growth-democracy-or-climate-action-the-new-political-trilemma-of-advanced-capitalism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/growth-democracy-or-climate-action-the-new-political-trilemma-of-advanced-capitalism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Gibney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A well-debated book that draws the reader in ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INWR46SNVJ52HRGRR3UR3KY6A4.jpg?auth=13a889c9a38a0e7bab1c79ff502b49379e4a279192f34db17ab5872f9755bf5e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The chapter on Degrowth is the most interesting of the three responses. Photograph: Lauren Decicca/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lauren Decicca</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: On the Rough River Path]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/poem-of-the-week-on-the-rough-river-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/13/poem-of-the-week-on-the-rough-river-path/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moya Cannon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Moya Cannon]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SRPHQEWLJWPO2F4ISQSRNPD5DM.jpg?auth=e850dc5aaa3324d281e683ede0ba03b24dd990c42da971fd481767975782bf54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Moya Cannon’s most recent collection is Bunting’s Honey. Photograph: John Roden]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Anthropocene - Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty: Meditation on words and nature]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/irish-anthropocene-literature-climate-change-sovereignty-meditation-on-words-and-nature/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/irish-anthropocene-literature-climate-change-sovereignty-meditation-on-words-and-nature/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Hegarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tracing the path of a global issue through accomplished writers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IMOCUXCJHYCRKBAPKIS37KEY6Y.jpg?auth=d980745d325728392918f3cb65dcc3333be6797c73bd2da64d3286d6c60fb4be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sara Baume's work is studied in Irish Anthropocene. Photograph: Andy Gibson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Hope by Christopher Lamb: Is Leo the right pope at the right time?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/american-hope-by-christopher-lamb-is-leo-the-right-pope-at-the-right-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/13/american-hope-by-christopher-lamb-is-leo-the-right-pope-at-the-right-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Maher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lamb’s enlightening book prompts optimism]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6TSG3IUY3CULUYN5WGSWEXIIY.jpg?auth=4fe16a30fbc694f3fb9aeabf538fef8ffe1904b37884c9bebbe88a3f5f187947&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV leads a mass on Pentecost day at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andreas Solaro</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>