<?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/2026-06-25/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:51:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[‘Savage’ European heatwave due to climate change, says UN expert]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/26/heatwave-due-to-climate-change-with-worse-to-come-says-un-chief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/26/heatwave-due-to-climate-change-with-worse-to-come-says-un-chief/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary, Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rising death toll includes 212 fatalities over four days linked to high temperatures in Spain alone]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7EEK2FKXRRE3L2T543GLS7WQGQ.jpg?auth=2faec6e87ff0d631ff834d627bdd52abec8f5143094ff829b6fee7e2d8265d8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man cools his head at water hoses spilling water to provide relief from the summer heat in Cologne, Germany. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ina Fassbender</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperature hits 32 degrees in Co Galway; thunderstorm warnings issued for several counties]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/25/ireland-weather-heatwave-europe-latest-live-met-eireann/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/25/ireland-weather-heatwave-europe-latest-live-met-eireann/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann warns of ‘torrential downpours’ while new record June temperature set in Britain]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:04:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/77VPGQWV7BEIFKLUBRBJVZWGIM.JPG?auth=33e0fb6ce553f1ae5763f5b3a4248f50ced6fe1a9bea88c762d5938d7ac6a51d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Swimmers cooling down at the Lough Owel diving board, during the current heat. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A change of guard at Buckingham Palace: Charles steps back from ‘the big house’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/25/a-change-of-guard-at-buckingham-palace-charles-steps-back-from-the-big-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/25/a-change-of-guard-at-buckingham-palace-charles-steps-back-from-the-big-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[King’s decision signals a quieter shift, recasting the crown’s most recognisable residence as a stage set rather than lived-in seat of power]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CFDHUJKPFXAHEJHZDQ57YIO5TM.jpg?auth=f26f2d039fe3e8d744d844003a104dab080ea284c69cf2f1db067cdbd22d850b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[King Charles attends a London Climate Week reception, hosted by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, at St James' Palace on Wednesday in London. Photograph: Yui Mok/Pool/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pool</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[King Charles upends tradition and opts not to live in Buckingham Palace]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/25/king-charles-upends-tradition-and-opts-not-to-live-in-buckingham-palace/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/06/25/king-charles-upends-tradition-and-opts-not-to-live-in-buckingham-palace/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After expensive revamp, monarch to  keep palace as office while opening doors to paying visitors]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DQUM43HYY3773DSV6CUZCW47V4.jpg?auth=7495f5c205b98e83dfe3761118c3a69e62f5e8e0408c9e154e33f5b9a389bb0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vice-admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, master of the household to the sovereign, with a battery-powered fan for King Charles. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cattle coping with heat spikes, but farmers foresee problems if heat persists  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/25/cattle-coping-with-heat-spikes-but-farmers-foresee-problems-if-heat-persists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/25/cattle-coping-with-heat-spikes-but-farmers-foresee-problems-if-heat-persists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘No matter what crisis you face, it passes’ – resigned farmers await lower temperatures    ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:53:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX3QIN6IVY367XN2UKCVWACLHM.jpg?auth=5cd5c0f199329c92374e633ae914c821f674005e62a45b23888945f6c3e76684&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Only for the shade', the cattle would be 'rightly banjaxed', says farmer Trevor Crowley (right) on the family farm in Lissarda, Co Cork. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN shipping agency pauses evacuation effort after vessel attacked near Strait of Hormuz]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/25/donald-trump-and-republican-senator-engage-in-shouting-match-over-iran-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/25/donald-trump-and-republican-senator-engage-in-shouting-match-over-iran-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Wintour, William Christou]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israeli and Lebanese officials deny any Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon despite US statement]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDQ4LF7LCQOL552XAD7BH7HKOM.jpg?auth=0521210f6ba99380516677bd7403ecb07a47bda956a93133e63bf9a594e4b7e3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man fishes as cargo ships and commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AP Photo/Amirhosein Khorgooi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goalkeepers beware: Trionda World Cup ball hits ‘crisis’ point at certain speed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/goalkeepers-beware-trionda-world-cup-ball-hits-crisis-point-at-certain-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/goalkeepers-beware-trionda-world-cup-ball-hits-crisis-point-at-certain-speed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul MacInnes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some, like Luca Zidane, have been bamboozled and an academic paper bears out Joe Hart’s opinion about its movement]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:04:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKZ2FA2LRSZF6AHMEPXHSOGDAE.jpg?auth=fd0dd8becee27f8676607d11a24b21af68cb12cbdc351abcfa965fe37b671f16&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lionel Messi of Argentina scores his team's first goal past Luca Zidane of Algeria. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Steele</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin council blocked from impending rent hike following emergency meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/06/25/dublin-council-blocked-from-impending-rent-hike-following-emergency-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/06/25/dublin-council-blocked-from-impending-rent-hike-following-emergency-meeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Successful motion obliges council to engage with tenants and unions before increases can come into effect]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J2PBM57KJFBUTKBV3ESYVYIYPE.jpg?auth=78b6de3da9c865895b1890b299c49112e2ee97f3e56d5b78fea1604b21085295&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The vote at South Dublin County Council affects about 20,300 households. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">payphoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LNG terminal: ‘death by a thousand exemptions’ from climate responsibility ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/lng-terminal-death-by-a-thousand-exemptions-from-climate-responsibility/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/lng-terminal-death-by-a-thousand-exemptions-from-climate-responsibility/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dáil hears trenchant opposition to floating Clare facility, which Minister says is ‘critical to securing Ireland’s energy’ ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:44:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TWIAJKWYPR5EGYD364DWMXOI4I.jpg?auth=20a41c25117cfe735c8f2604d9b177d65b10324a6dd306784e65f6345437e134&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A previous Dáil protest staged by a number of campaign groups urging Government to halt Shannon LNG and ban the practice in Ireland. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocky Kenneally: Meet the Blackrock boarder playing rugby for Spain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/25/rocky-kenneally-meet-the-blackrock-boarder-playing-rugby-for-spain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/25/rocky-kenneally-meet-the-blackrock-boarder-playing-rugby-for-spain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Born in the UK and living in Marbella, Kenneally boarded at the Dublin school and played in the Leinster Senior Cup final]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CVP5FSZGHNA67CRXTD4PN3XGOQ.jpg?auth=b3fc40bcf82e12a724c5222afca84b8941b6c6bec541f6e355432b1b1dad449e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rocky Kenneally in action with Spain]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shane Lowry makes solid start to Travelers Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/06/25/shane-lowry-makes-solid-start-to-travelers-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/06/25/shane-lowry-makes-solid-start-to-travelers-championship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lauren Walsh has strong finish to leave herself middle of the pack at Women’s PGA Championship]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:29:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RHULV3ZT44253Y6XWHMH4DRD24.jpg?auth=0b7ad5e2a6e620483182123a0298819653d19bbebb3766d422c452099ff5ee68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shane Lowry of Ireland lines up a putt on the sixth green during the first round of the Travelers Championship. Photograph: Jordan Bank/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jordan Bank</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yamamori Izakaya ‘not providing a cultural institution to Dublin’, Hoxton tells High Court ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/yamamori-izakaya-not-providing-a-cultural-institution-to-dublin-hoxton-tells-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/yamamori-izakaya-not-providing-a-cultural-institution-to-dublin-hoxton-tells-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nightclub disputes hotel’s claims, linking problem to construction and insulation, in ongoing noise case]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:23:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I6QUD7VA6VGODJ55GIG4NP3ETQ.jpg?auth=5a48ee96f44d47ef8e16fe3532a21d2c5dac3f34e80b0885d597b4973191f7a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Hoxton Dublin hotel is seeking an interim injunction restraining the alleged noise they say Yamamori is causing.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-devastated-by-massive-back-to-back-earthquakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-devastated-by-massive-back-to-back-earthquakes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[León Hernandez in Caracas]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tremors of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude hit Caracas within a minute of each other, destroying buildings, injuring hundreds]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:11:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U5JIAHEIC7VQV7KM3LV6IBE7IA.jpg?auth=ce7513dd5b13b403d0ffc01146555b767d54474c10a96be5bc8bc1e3f301905b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rescuers search for victims in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas. Photograph: Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Juan Barreto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda may seek legislative change to address backlog of more than 60,000 fraud offences]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/garda-may-seek-legislative-change-to-address-backlog-of-more-than-60000-fraud-offences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/garda-may-seek-legislative-change-to-address-backlog-of-more-than-60000-fraud-offences/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ongoing operation has resulted in 782 arrests in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:04:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CV7XWA4ZTVJAGV5USXFVLNO3O4.JPG?auth=66342fa8b32f532649127c4bd7e25e1ef26fa7b462cef5d48f4415de00b5f6b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said fraud is one of the biggest areas of concern, alongside the 'absolutely shocking numbers' of assaults on women, which increased by 8 per cent in the first three months of the year. Stephen Collins/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on public transport: the high price of chronic delays]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/the-irish-times-view-on-public-transport-delays-on-the-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/the-irish-times-view-on-public-transport-delays-on-the-line/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are regular announcements about upgrading public transport, but follow through is slow]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LRY43AYO5VFYFCIZSK2ZCM5TSM.jpg?auth=a646ed550e71c82cd47b4e4d41c34c20434df4e4497797500ab596e1205ea0df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Luas: extension to Finglas is promised.  (Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times)
















]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former sports coach attempted to rape girl at summer camp over 50 years ago, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/former-sports-coach-attempted-to-rape-girl-at-summer-camp-over-50-years-ago-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/former-sports-coach-attempted-to-rape-girl-at-summer-camp-over-50-years-ago-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eimear Dodd]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Multiple alleged offences took place between 1971 and 1981 with complainants aged between 10 and 15]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The 79-year-old man is charged with 74 counts of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal peat extraction in 44 bogs countrywide, but action taken by only one council ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/illegal-peat-extraction-in-44-bogs-countrywide-but-action-taken-by-only-one-council/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/illegal-peat-extraction-in-44-bogs-countrywide-but-action-taken-by-only-one-council/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Environment watchdog defends implementation of law as TDs claim families being driven out of  business]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HHME5LTWRBFPJITG2PBTXTXAPI.jpg?auth=538928f4ba2e1ed3b328e95773d00adc96015c7e6def868ce89afa387386e101&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[According to the Central Statistics Office, an estimated 370,000 tonnes of peat were exported from the Republic in 2025, valued at almost €40m. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jens Domschky</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transfer window – Frank McNally on the closing stages of a dramatic GAA summer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/25/transfer-window-frank-mcnally-on-the-closing-stages-of-a-dramatic-gaa-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/25/transfer-window-frank-mcnally-on-the-closing-stages-of-a-dramatic-gaa-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As an exiled Monaghan supporter, it’s fair to say this has been a freakish summer for the county fans]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TAURTNFGIH25TSQWB36QOWHJG4.jpg?auth=47b55fcafe7ba5f1fa4b608e40bd5a06c2c7d3936e86cff07a63a8c3d6b92738&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Westmeath's Shane Corcoran and Monaghan's Conor McCarthy in action at last weekend's championship game in Clones. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Trump and Europe: transatlantic divisions linger]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/the-irish-times-view-on-trump-and-europe-transatlantic-divisions-linger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/25/the-irish-times-view-on-trump-and-europe-transatlantic-divisions-linger/</guid><description><![CDATA[The US president continues to fall out with EU leaders and divisions on Nato linger ahead of a key summit]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IWRTP3ZVYZEU7G3TAL7M4CQQOY.jpg?auth=e247f8dc931972dc0222793156f7c31e1fa82a76a17a1a6beb28bf960884ec8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, reacts as US president Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Wednesday. (Photo: Alex Kent/The New York Times) ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Kent</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kevin Barrett to be appointed ‘chef de cabinet’ for EU commissioner Michael McGrath ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/kevin-barrett-to-be-appointed-chef-de-cabinet-for-eu-commissioner-michael-mcgrath/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/kevin-barrett-to-be-appointed-chef-de-cabinet-for-eu-commissioner-michael-mcgrath/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Position is a commissioner’s point person on high-level policy debates within European Commission]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:59:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNAN4WESHVCFVCCC4MIT4DXQHM.jpg?auth=812b4db72eac793f67b01bb6e233b2bc1355386480dc1708401ce8ad59c8e7e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil adviser Kevin Barrett (right) has a long association with EU commissioner Michael McGrath.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%, citing AI boom]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/apple-increases-macbook-and-ipad-prices-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/apple-increases-macbook-and-ipad-prices-by-20/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Acton in San Francisco]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[iPhone maker blames cost rises on memory chip shortages]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:44:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ITX2TQRDQ7473SSYOI6Q6EOWOM.jpg?auth=d25ab1ddded8ef1250ef68001e1b66b15531218b0891b4f1fb404aba9f88e254&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Apple chief executive Tim Cook had warned last week that price increases this year would be 'unavoidable'. Photograph: Karsten Moran/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Karsten Moran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football championship: Scoring totals go up again as teams target goals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/football-championship-scoring-totals-go-up-again-as-teams-target-goals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/football-championship-scoring-totals-go-up-again-as-teams-target-goals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Kirk]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Extra-time, more goals and more knockout games have made for a superb season]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2SJUHDRRSPYMKYBQP4CAQQBWPA.jpg?auth=3a2b39c43c7faad58a041aa1479f26b0776857eaa3ee6e779db9370ac90b5d31&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmuid Murtagh of Roscommon and Monaghan's Jack McCarron at St Tiernach's Park on June 13th. Monaghan hold the record for most two-pointers by a team in a single game. 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[France faces surge of heat-related health emergencies as temperatures exceed 40 degrees]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/france-faces-surge-of-heat-related-health-emergencies-as-temperatures-exceed-40-degrees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/france-faces-surge-of-heat-related-health-emergencies-as-temperatures-exceed-40-degrees/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spain records 212 deaths due to heat in four days amid Continent-wide heatwave]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:28:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VEG3J4QYAJBPVGM2U62VPFGLFU.jpg?auth=34a659801d98e7fe5e3cdc72dc1554876431596d097cdfadc275bb9d9f3b2c6e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People use a water mister to cool off at Bastille square in Paris, France, on Thursday. Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yoan Valat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets rise as chipmakers boost investor sentiment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/markets-rise-as-chipmakers-boost-investor-sentiment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/markets-rise-as-chipmakers-boost-investor-sentiment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oil prices edged higher but were still back near levels last seen before the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXVSZJFORIJ75KHLAVAUXOOVLU.jpg?auth=59a63880412eda04bd5702a9f548eda0137780fa4250d4f8741d3370c6174e4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Nasdaq dropped on Thursday, dragged down by losses in Big Tech shares, while a shift into other sectors lifted the S&P 500 and the Dow. Photograph: 
Michael M Santiago/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael M. Santiago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women increasingly victims of assaults despite overall drop in serious crime, CSO finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/serious-crimes-fall-but-women-increasingly-victims-of-assaults-this-year-cso-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/serious-crimes-fall-but-women-increasingly-victims-of-assaults-this-year-cso-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Absolutely shocking numbers’ of assaults on women among biggest areas of concern to Garda Commissioner]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:52:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DD2ZRZ6R7ZCNDLF5GUQGZDTWQQ.jpg?auth=24371a970b4f13351a88272a02d5c5fef0610378747afc5e53e5b84b6aae4611&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The level of fraud offences recorded by An Garda Síochána rose by more than 21 per cent to 3,466 from 2,856 in the first quarter of 2025. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Scott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katriona O’Sullivan: ‘Healing is not about being smaller, it’s not about Ozempic, it’s not about gastric sleeves’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/katriona-osullivan-healing-is-not-about-being-smaller-its-not-about-ozempic-its-not-about-gastric-sleeves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/katriona-osullivan-healing-is-not-about-being-smaller-its-not-about-ozempic-its-not-about-gastric-sleeves/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Clusker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The academic and bestselling author of Poor talks to The Women’s Podcast about her new book Hungry and her struggles around body image]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCUOKNG5VNGORDICEIJVB2CKJM.jpg?auth=284847763eb6f86c8cc56cc1ce29a0ae5231d54da6a4ef37fb0eb27e30ba2c1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[“I hadn’t healed what was wrong with me. What was wrong with me was my relationship with my body”, Katriona O'Sullivan tells The Women's Podcast. 
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times









]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncle may have had dementia longer than thought, court told in €3m farm inheritance case]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/uncle-may-have-had-dementia-longer-than-thought-court-told-in-3m-farm-inheritance-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/uncle-may-have-had-dementia-longer-than-thought-court-told-in-3m-farm-inheritance-case/</guid><description><![CDATA[Bachelor farmer Thomas Doherty (93) had promised nephew his 58-hectare holding in Co Limerick, it is claimed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:43:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is claimed in proceedings by Damien Quane that his uncle's last will was made under undue influence from the deceased’s priest brother. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[H&M’s sales miss estimates as turnaround questions persist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/hms-sales-miss-estimates-as-turnaround-questions-persist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/hms-sales-miss-estimates-as-turnaround-questions-persist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rafaela Lindeberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revenue in local currencies fall once again]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:42:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JLHTDHKARZ6Q5GJNWUZJXVPT6I.jpg?auth=c49c35e335bfc959eb746eca2866aeac3850bc0b4c6c79e82a752674707dc9dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company’s shares slid as much as 5.2 per cent in Stockholm. Photograph: Ian West/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian West</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TDs defend infrastructure report over suggestion document seeks actions already in motion ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/tds-defend-infrastructure-report-over-suggestion-document-seeks-actions-already-in-motion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/tds-defend-infrastructure-report-over-suggestion-document-seeks-actions-already-in-motion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Committee on Infrastructure publishes document examining transport, energy and housing delivery]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:21:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZT73C76WQC3JRSMKOHYCTZKSZI.jpg?auth=ec632fb4e0b1d792e93082be2eca2cfe96317f4f37318f4cf06babf68523e012&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neither committee chairman Seán Fleming nor other members from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael expressed dissatisfaction with Coalition efforts to change judicial review and planning processes. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greystar buys 216-bed Dublin student block in €37m deal  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/greystar-buys-216-bed-dublin-student-block-in-37m-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/greystar-buys-216-bed-dublin-student-block-in-37m-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Church Street deal brings to 1,906 the number of student beds Greystar operates in Ireland on investment of close to €300m]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:14:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YIF7FP7Z6IYSHWKSASTG6JEI54.jpg?auth=33010f594b2e77852dac0967c136bb81c92cedc5bf47e6a20f24672a549c3fc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The 216-bed student accommodation complex on Church Street in Dublin which has been bought by US group, Greystar.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sami Bishti captains side as Ireland under-20s name team for England clash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/25/sami-bishti-captains-side-as-ireland-under-20s-name-team-for-england-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/25/sami-bishti-captains-side-as-ireland-under-20s-name-team-for-england-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the absence of the injured Lee Fitzpatrick, Rian Handley is named at hooker for Junior World Championship game in Tbilisi]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q5UMRDXJLBBQVO6CMN275M4SVA.jpg?auth=1e0c17f37d8fa94e28c76859e447ecea063e8e390b760ab71afe0180502b7f1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Sami Bishti captains side from tighthead prop. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Nick Elliott ©INPHO/Nick Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rubio seeks to allay Gulf state fears, but allies have reason to worry about peace deal ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/25/rubio-seeks-to-allay-gulf-state-fears-but-allies-have-reason-to-worry-about-peace-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/25/rubio-seeks-to-allay-gulf-state-fears-but-allies-have-reason-to-worry-about-peace-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jansen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arab states host US military bases and suffered Iranian strikes during war that damaged their image]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:08:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKGURRI5QGIIVPJBNYIIHC2JMI.jpg?auth=32b3054f4f5ed72694680263689ee143a5da9520d8b887f7b3526169e76fc959&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Bahrain's king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in Bahrain on Thursday. Photograph: Eric Lee/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries trigger fuel panic-buying]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/fresh-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-oil-refineries-trigger-fuel-panic-buying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/fresh-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-oil-refineries-trigger-fuel-panic-buying/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Irish]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French navy seizes another tanker linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, stepping up pressure on Moscow]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIMSHEZX3U4MURO6C52YFS5A6Y.jpg?auth=0156963646c644993218942756d421ec08554a9182114d04af93daf444456315&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Smoke billows following a reported Ukrainian drone attack near Moscow last week. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stringer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Glass Bottle site plans ‘key component of Dublin city’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/irish-glass-bottle-site-plans-key-component-of-dublin-city/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/irish-glass-bottle-site-plans-key-component-of-dublin-city/</guid><description><![CDATA[Scheme for 1,510 apartments  also envisage artist studios and retail units]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TT5EK6NS6PG64HY4TLH7W7EVTE.jpg?auth=9ac65398b0cbf95a38ecf7f94ae833c622e5b2288dd4ea6653b46aa47003bb26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Plans by the Irish Glass Bottle Consortium for 1,510 additional apartments have been lodged with Dublin City Council]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government concerned by level of organised pushback against human rights, says Minister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/government-concerned-by-level-of-organised-pushback-against-human-rights-says-minister/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/government-concerned-by-level-of-organised-pushback-against-human-rights-says-minister/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Progress in eradicating extreme poverty has decelerated in past decade due to interconnected crises, says Neale Richmond]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:37:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LOFHLRCNXRDMHOP2GENFZUAHJY.JPG?auth=71a111b76eacaf6ef15fce9c74f06e937a19e13d508d4ca523aa33490440951b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs Neale Richmond. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Harris indicates gradual rollback of fuel tax cuts to avoid ‘cliff-edge’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/harris-indicates-gradual-rollback-of-fuel-tax-cuts-to-avoid-cliff-edge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/harris-indicates-gradual-rollback-of-fuel-tax-cuts-to-avoid-cliff-edge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tánaiste says decision on petrol and diesel pricing to be made before mid-July Dáil recess]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:32:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OBS3M35MDGT6CI6E7YDQ5YRXM.jpg?auth=825d4ab37cfaaabf9bffdadcb616ab88950661276dc805f45de1b7d1795defc7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste says falling oil prices must be considered ahead of excise duty decision. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beaumont paid €6.2m to company run by its own doctors outside public procurement rules]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/beaumont-paid-62m-to-company-run-by-its-own-doctors-outside-public-procurement-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/beaumont-paid-62m-to-company-run-by-its-own-doctors-outside-public-procurement-rules/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Public Accounts Committee hears payroll system, over budget by €2m, also outside procurement regulations ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WBS3PMLN7ILVCDTOMZ7UFHKK2E.JPG?auth=7fe2c347a6231ac1dbc00eda8b78473c26e01becaed76b586ecce1bc3b224783&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beaumont Hospital chief executive Anne Coyle arrives at Leinster House for the Public Accounts Committee hearing on Thursday. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attempt to add services ban to Occupied Territories Bill fails at committee stage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/attempt-to-add-services-ban-to-occupied-territories-bill-fails-at-committee-stage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/attempt-to-add-services-ban-to-occupied-territories-bill-fails-at-committee-stage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposed legislation on trade with Israeli settlements due to be passed within the next month]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:25:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOKLPELQAW2IRMTWPRPQC4LOXI.jpg?auth=1f69cefee65dc68b3f9141a460b201e535831727eb39bba0d58f4862922a53fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has conceded that a Bill that does not include a ban on the trade in services will not be fully compliant with international law. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child at centre of assault allegations is offered settlement by south Dublin creche]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/child-at-centre-of-assault-allegations-is-offered-settlement-by-south-dublin-creche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/child-at-centre-of-assault-allegations-is-offered-settlement-by-south-dublin-creche/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Managh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Settlement of €15,000 approved by judge over allegations child was physically abused when she was just under two years old]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:23:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FXT3SMOBZRHDNFBFOVWCCKKBDE.jpg?auth=d8d076e7094172b2036c3f0acf2887ed78dacda964b6818444f6719465ac6783&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barrister Conor Kearney said the child, through her mother, had sued the south Dublin creche. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zolnierek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No one is going to tell me how to parent’: Mother fined over children’s 500-day school absence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/no-one-is-going-to-tell-me-how-to-parent-mother-fined-over-childrens-500-day-school-absence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/no-one-is-going-to-tell-me-how-to-parent-mother-fined-over-childrens-500-day-school-absence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman’s son missed 292 days while her daughter was absent on 217 days without explanation]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GQZ4B4DSNJEYNH2YL537YELYSM.jpg?auth=34bdc975b6f276a6f11a8b24805df498e59be47bf74aded622894f1ff5da1f89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The case proceeded in the woman's absence, resulting in fines of €300, to be paid within 12 months.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SolStock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave getting to you? Top tech to help you keep cool]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/06/25/heat-getting-to-you-tech-can-help-keep-you-cool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/06/25/heat-getting-to-you-tech-can-help-keep-you-cool/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From wearable fans to frozen drinks, here are gadgets to help you beat the heat]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V6WWPS2GUVHCXDYM77UADKH5WY.jpg?auth=aea871c9efcc483b5e98313310124ff392257e179eb0d13cabe200d50ab7bd97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Summer is here, so how do we stay cool in punishing temperatures?]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ugurhan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next government must prepare for Irish unity, Jim O’Callaghan tells Belfast conference]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/next-government-must-prepare-for-irish-unity-jim-ocallaghan-tells-belfast-conference/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/next-government-must-prepare-for-irish-unity-jim-ocallaghan-tells-belfast-conference/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Justice emphasises support for Taoiseach’s Shared Island project which will see €2bn spent on cross-Border co-operation]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MODK6R7XLCDL3CJTOD4XZI2L34.jpg?auth=21dc6c19db6d9fbd00c07582bc2c247c40246e93122ecb952691512f4d326235&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan: 'I hope we’ve moved beyond violence being a means of trying to achieve political change.' Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search for survivors intensifies as thousands feared dead following Venezuela earthquakes   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-earthquakes-live-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-earthquakes-live-updates/</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists warn of widespread destruction after buildings collapse west of Caracas]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:13:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73CF42WDLPWGECBFVOXIN2DLAM.jpg?auth=f71f560d3729ed4d48e49de950fef2b162e126b336d440e728def4efb34cc103&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A motorcyclist drives past a fire outside a building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Federico Parra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising energy and materials prices hit building costs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/rising-energy-and-materials-prices-hit-building-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/rising-energy-and-materials-prices-hit-building-costs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report highlights challenges to construction growth]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:06:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZKM6OLC2TBCJZOKAFTSZO37HLU.jpg?auth=a9d269ff1b0700d921c788eb24d7123b08c7c9f91cce381c685efae53729e70e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rising energy and materials prices are driving up construction costs, says a new report. Photograph: Grant Faint/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Grant Faint</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colombia’s ‘El Tigre’ aims to mimic right-wing firebrand Javier Milei ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/25/colombias-el-tigre-aims-to-mimic-right-wing-firebrand-javier-milei/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/25/colombias-el-tigre-aims-to-mimic-right-wing-firebrand-javier-milei/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Daniels in Bogotá , Geoff Dyer in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella wants to take a chainsaw to the state and build mega-prisons in the Amazon]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y4MMOPODTRRCBHYUETVDIWN6RM.jpg?auth=bb60759613834e6d2f28b221968d29a8617bef1e75273530342bab470b2e7fe9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Supporters of Abelardo De La Espriella - who calls himself 'El Tigre' (The Tiger) during Colombia's presidential runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia. Photograph: Federico Rios/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Federico Rios</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now for the most watched Irish sporting event of the year, starring Vaibhav Sooryavanshi]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/25/now-for-the-most-watched-irish-sporting-event-of-the-year-starring-vaibhav-sooryavanshi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/25/now-for-the-most-watched-irish-sporting-event-of-the-year-starring-vaibhav-sooryavanshi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When Ireland host India in Belfast on Friday, all eyes will be on a teenage prodigy who is the focus of unprecedented excitement in the world’s biggest cricket nation]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:38:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E5GJ22AWNBE3NDYT5ACRYQBPCY.jpg?auth=8e0a0a9d4e89301661d3342f9b04ad58e81e642edc347b3b5d4888dbd98c7cd0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set to become India's youngest ever player when he takes the field against Ireland in Belfast on Friday. Photograph: Ashley Allen-ICC/ICC via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ashley Allen-ICC</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child has ‘lifelong and life-limiting’ disability after Parnell Square stabbing, jury told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/child-has-lifelong-and-life-limiting-injuries-after-parnell-square-attack-jury-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/child-has-lifelong-and-life-limiting-injuries-after-parnell-square-attack-jury-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prosecution case concludes in trial of Riad Bouchaker, who is charged with attempted murder of three children]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:37:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/376M6LU3H6V6DRMOANZ3TYPHRQ.jpg?auth=dd7ee26162675a9b32ab1d17973216ce3ef6f2eec8b781c080361629f5e842c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The scene of the stabbing on Parnell Square East, Dublin, in November 2023. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos



]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GARETH CHANEY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online investment platform Trading 212 to create 40 jobs in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/online-investment-platform-trading-212-to-create-40-jobs-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/online-investment-platform-trading-212-to-create-40-jobs-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish office will act as company’s European hub, bridging ‘Europe’s two most important financial markets’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:26:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATRI2JJESFEG5HKMRXJL7ZJYVM.jpg?auth=d0938899a8bd245796f701bb3e8224538797b30700bd6ca324bb0ece177d2431&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the opening of Trading 212's Irish operation were Mukid Chowdhury, Group CEO, Trading 212, Zoe Sweeney, International Financial Services, IDA Ireland, Denis Curran, Head of International Financial Services, IDA Ireland, and Michael Byrne, CEO, Trading 212 Ireland.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MAXWELLS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela earthquake: ‘The mood was relaxed ... then everything started to shake’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-earthquake-the-mood-was-relaxed-then-everything-started-to-shake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/25/venezuela-earthquake-the-mood-was-relaxed-then-everything-started-to-shake/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[León Hernandez in Caracas]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My first instinct was to call my family but the phone lines were malfunctioning – I began to panic]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:23:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AGP4L7HOWBNSMWQZLMZM2O44SU.jpg?auth=0adf423922e461784629f42bf7a10effce910b8e07f4f2027ae07708149e6f91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People embrace in Caracas following Wednesday's earthquake. Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ariana Cubillos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patient safety risks remain at Limerick hospital despite improvements, Hiqa warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/patient-safety-risks-remain-at-university-hospital-limerick-despite-improvements-hiqa-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/patient-safety-risks-remain-at-university-hospital-limerick-despite-improvements-hiqa-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Watchdog says overcrowding and capacity pressures continue despite opening of new 96-bed block]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:05:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYMYDJYIAWX5PITUNLOCKOCVJY.jpg?auth=e01c9781bdd7579eb27f52f106e19f0d7ec485c033912a501ee86abb11ac55e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Significant capacity pressures continue at University Hospital Limerick.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American Experiment on Netflix: Tom Hanks doc explores the US’s rocky road to ‘greatness’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/25/the-american-experiment-on-netflix-tom-hanks-doc-explores-the-uss-rocky-road-to-greatness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/25/the-american-experiment-on-netflix-tom-hanks-doc-explores-the-uss-rocky-road-to-greatness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: More than 60 experts, including Mike Pence and Hillary Clinton, weigh in on the US’s origins and enduring fabulosity]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AHVBT75ZA5CYJJSEO234YPXZC4.jpg?auth=f6161ea5961e2e16af53975975c188e49f42c75a1490398013b6cb76cc1a0fd9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton in The American Experiment. Photograph: Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brennans Bread named Ireland’s favourite brand for second year running]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/brennans-bread-named-irelands-favourite-brand-for-second-year-running/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/brennans-bread-named-irelands-favourite-brand-for-second-year-running/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Avonmore, Tayto, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk and Jacob’s among most popular brands]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:37:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JA2UKTXEQ4PJ2EVX2CWGJQIEJ4.jpg?auth=6eeb3a43bfc9d64d746a00a4269f9611b0c2af975c778de495f5a075013fa894&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nearly 80% of Irish households bought a Brennans Bread product last year]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Heatwave grips Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/06/25/in-pictures-heatwave-grips-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/06/25/in-pictures-heatwave-grips-ireland/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ireland is at the edge of a heat dome hovering above much of western Europe]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:23:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GEETYOI755ROSUV52ZUJX26ZUY.jpg?auth=b2adcd268eb8409b616f72a502e9e2e8c3ad3e3430776cdccc09b0ce64a6b796&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People cool off in Lough Owel, Co Westmeath. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of murder near Clifden Ipas centre found dead in prison]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/man-accused-of-clifden-ipas-centre-murder-found-dead-in-prison/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/man-accused-of-clifden-ipas-centre-murder-found-dead-in-prison/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ali Sohrabi (35), of no fixed abode, had been remanded in custody after being charged with murdering his wife in Galway]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:12:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJLLHM7ICJBLFOK4X7FJVESLME.jpg?auth=ec76c1f890a6cb28670b088d60adee783e31ea69030ae8c2b9dc6362d6419435&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ali Sohrabi (35) arriving to court at the end of May. Photo: Dara Bradley]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s army reforms aim to tackle chronic manpower shortage and exhaustion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/ukraines-army-reforms-aim-to-tackle-chronic-manpower-shortage-and-exhaustion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/ukraines-army-reforms-aim-to-tackle-chronic-manpower-shortage-and-exhaustion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabrice Deperez in Kyiv]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kyiv hopes financial incentives and new terms of service will boost morale and slow desertions]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:12:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JPFXCCYQR5D6DBJB235PDIW2VA?auth=200462d5a1f1ce50491cfc495c6b27f1c92d209e2cbb69561300126c73226d65&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New fixed-term contracts for Ukrainian soldiers guarantee six months away from duty once completed. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tyler Hicks</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judi Dench honours her father by becoming patron of Irish regimental association ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/06/24/judi-dench-honours-her-father-by-becoming-patron-of-irish-regimental-association/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/06/24/judi-dench-honours-her-father-by-becoming-patron-of-irish-regimental-association/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reginald Dench served in Leinster Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross twice during first World War]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:08:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GVRO6WSQ5LGPMKVX6ROL5OWMVA.jpg?auth=f5e38a9869ea3124904a5fd1e1e5af5efe550cf3cd5081ba30d072f1129ee155&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British actor Judi Dench will become a patron of her father's former Irish regiment. Photograph: Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish tourism in May jumps by nearly 20% ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/irish-tourism-in-may-jumps-by-nearly-20-on-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/irish-tourism-in-may-jumps-by-nearly-20-on-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Increasing number of visitors choosing to stay with friends or relatives than in hotels]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:06:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CM3VJQ7VWVA5HBCAA3HBRJKDDU.jpg?auth=779126deb300926b0d73a99e56db8da66758bd2866b23bbee98c05ea2e297c64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some 661,500 tourists visited Ireland in May, new data shows. 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Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackass: Best and Last – Johnny Knoxville’s ageing team go for prostate exams and colonoscopies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/06/25/jackass-best-and-last-johnny-knoxvilles-ageing-team-go-for-prostate-exams-and-colonoscopies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/06/25/jackass-best-and-last-johnny-knoxvilles-ageing-team-go-for-prostate-exams-and-colonoscopies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Quinquagenarian rascals are still devising new ways of frustrating supposed prohibitions on frat-boy masculinity]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HM2D7PSMABAEZOWZ6MGDI7S3AM.jpg?auth=03bfc743fb65c85c07e91935c93583bfa9bc02b3e4f8629b9a2ff5170a9f019e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jackass: 'To be fair, Best and Last sees Johnny Knoxville and the surviving Jackasses lean into superannuation.']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup standings: Who has qualified, who needs what, and the third-place race]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/world-cup-standings-who-has-qualified-who-needs-what-and-the-third-place-race/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/world-cup-standings-who-has-qualified-who-needs-what-and-the-third-place-race/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the group stages draw to a close, 16 teams will be cut ahead of the knockout stages]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2KUMK766BVXHNNPY34PDG6UOA.jpg?auth=3a8b3934ff669773fd9ac5020ce453a1c53221c037f53cbf32fb22539480b3e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jude Bellingham and England will advance to the last 32 of the World Cup if they avoid a heavy defeat against Panama in their last game in Group L. Photograph: Richard Pelham/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Richard Pelham</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin house prices are slipping. What is going on?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/25/dublin-house-prices-are-slipping-what-is-going-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/25/dublin-house-prices-are-slipping-what-is-going-on/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of the slowdown in price growth is in cities, particularly Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NI consultants and specialist doctors stage 24-hour strike action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/ni-consultants-and-specialist-doctors-stage-24-hour-strike-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/ni-consultants-and-specialist-doctors-stage-24-hour-strike-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Routine surgeries cancelled across Northern Ireland as doctors strike over pay dispute]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:31:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AM5SLJHYANDXNDCZEBHZG467MU.jpg?auth=a314d98824962478556eb38f98866b24947bc5e68886c4b4f8613675022df27a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The dispute centres on pay. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PonyWang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lewis Capaldi confirmed as Electric Picnic headliner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/25/lewis-capaldi-confirmed-as-electric-picnic-headliner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/25/lewis-capaldi-confirmed-as-electric-picnic-headliner/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Scottish musician, who performed two shows in Marlay Park this week, will play the festival’s main stage on Friday, August 28th]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6TXCW7YMG53WZ45RJNIM5JO3HY.jpg?auth=ffc48dbb83c8bf6d268947fa96a8a293f3af8e4a54ee2f97ffaa941b1bedf683&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lewis Capaldi performing at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow earlier this month. 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Photograph; Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK and EU can overcome their post-Brexit woes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/the-uk-and-eu-can-overcome-their-post-brexit-woes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/the-uk-and-eu-can-overcome-their-post-brexit-woes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Bloomberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Both sides have lost since the UK left the bloc. Here is how to get things moving again]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4MH3OOJEPSY2EGZVKF3SQ3ERA.jpg?auth=5288c545563548335ce35b47052fd435084d3ad74a3d63897d0a9bce5f03ee8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neither the UK nor Europe have benefitted from Brexit. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brook Mitchell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former DPP solicitor asks French authorities to overturn Ian Bailey conviction for Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/former-dpp-solicitor-asks-french-authorities-to-overturn-ian-baily-conviction-for-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/former-dpp-solicitor-asks-french-authorities-to-overturn-ian-baily-conviction-for-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert Sheehan highlights inability of Garda cold case team to forensically link Bailey to west Cork murder]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:36:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YWRFR32YLUYNJRGOTCELU55FG4.jpg?auth=ceb0597b82e2cb9156fcf37568a52cbf320500afa67836e0d4abaad00e07c9ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ian Bailey was convicted in absentia in 2019 by a court in Paris of the voluntary homicide of  Sophie Toscan du Plantier. He had repeatedly denied the murder. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelbourne confirm Joey O’Brien departure as head coach]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/shelbourne-confirm-joey-obriens-departure-as-head-coach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/shelbourne-confirm-joey-obriens-departure-as-head-coach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O’Brien took over the top job at Tolka Park after Damien Duff left the role in June last year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:20:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N55QRWF4XRG55O7UGBNXLB5LVI.jpg?auth=8a10753d2d0305be3f6ad701f57b3301a8dd29b978315946d6ca4d0b9bca6119&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joey O'Brien joined Shelbourne as an assistant manager in 2021. 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Photograph: Karen McHugh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We all struggled’: Bill Kenneally abuse survivor calls for speedier commissions of investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/we-all-struggled-bill-kenneally-abuse-survivor-calls-for-speedier-commissions-of-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/25/we-all-struggled-bill-kenneally-abuse-survivor-calls-for-speedier-commissions-of-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Colin Power welcomes commission of investigation chaired by Judge Michael White, which vindicates all those abused by Kenneally]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OKQM4TNIRNBZRQ4YICEY4M25XA.jpg?auth=8bda637bd688093af4a056cffe0c9d1ae944e2845ab5dd027bb789c0ef598b78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Colin Power, one of Bill Kenneally's victims, speaking outside Leinster House in Dublin earlier this month after the convicted paedophile died. 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Photograph: Elke Scholiers/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Elke Scholiers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping overlooked colleagues recover their motivation when you become their boss]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/25/helping-overlooked-colleagues-recover-their-motivation-when-you-become-their-boss/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/25/helping-overlooked-colleagues-recover-their-motivation-when-you-become-their-boss/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Ward]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Doing nothing if you get promoted over a colleague increases the likelihood of them leaving and you losing a valued team member]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:01:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K5QBKY6GBJHNJDDT27VL4LY5ZY.jpg?auth=d2c68102bc3dc9ff087d39c8d15a21fff9a3d4c239935a42c35a1e5ee122e89a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The nature of workplace friendships changes when a colleague is promoted to become your boss. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">franckreporter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two women take High Court challenge against decision to refuse their child Irish passport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/two-women-take-high-court-challenge-against-decision-to-refuse-their-child-irish-passport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/25/two-women-take-high-court-challenge-against-decision-to-refuse-their-child-irish-passport/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is claimed Department of Foreign Affairs erred in law by not recognising applicant as legal or genetic parent of child]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KUWFULV7HFCYPPWSS35QDLS2JU.jpg?auth=1ac4f58ba3b4876aba939fff9bc55d1e88342abec52cd540db2c7351b76307ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In an ex-parte application, the couple are seeking a High Court declaration that the Irish applicant, who cannot be named, is the lawful parent to their child under Irish law.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EasyJet rejects Castlelake’s takeover proposal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/easyjet-rejects-castlelakes-takeover-proposal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/easyjet-rejects-castlelakes-takeover-proposal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Budget carrier says it will grant limited access to commercial ⁠data to draw higher offer]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:07:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/47TKUZSCREZZIAENOLOQN6JMP4.jpg?auth=f8f1514828d5e119547149a1fe8af801d593081d7906d6b641cb1ad498b99413&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EasyJet has rejected a possible takeover bid from a US private equity firm Castlelake, which owns 2.14 per cent of EasyJet. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fabrice Coffrini</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is decriminalisation of drug possession on the way?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/is-decriminalisation-of-drug-possession-on-the-way/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/is-decriminalisation-of-drug-possession-on-the-way/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to help people with addiction; and ‘climate on steroids’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLIU6N7XFRBZBOZ5JOQUYPGLVA.jpg?auth=c5668cb89c00dc67ae1169ff85e6c4670b2e3a8d43987f8d011713e49bd4bd21&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The war on drugs is 'effectively a war on people', said Labour's Aodhán Ó Ríordáin when advocating a more health-focused approach to the issue. 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Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson’s downfall leaves the DUP battling a conspiracy theory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/newton-emerson-downfall-of-jeffrey-donaldson-leaves-the-dup-with-a-strange-plight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/newton-emerson-downfall-of-jeffrey-donaldson-leaves-the-dup-with-a-strange-plight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The party has two good people in its two top roles, yet neither quite belong and there is nowhere else for either to go]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUNONFPAHVBBPJ636QOJWRFGFI.jpg?auth=e2037f4368a87c8a81908d1d8ad59c2a066847253ac4163811d183a8fdbbfb78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nearly as bad as X’: Meta must be challenged for amplifying homophobic comments, Dáil hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/nearly-as-bad-as-x-meta-must-be-challenged-for-amplifying-homophobic-comments-dail-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/nearly-as-bad-as-x-meta-must-be-challenged-for-amplifying-homophobic-comments-dail-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Facebook's participation in Dublin Pride parade should trigger a ‘look at themselves’, says TD ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKDSK6FSWBAPVKWVYE72GSODXY.jpg?auth=b6ecc905d3f410841edf251e0688cfdd1521de3ff1c53ad24c4c3c6c6dc6a112&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Comments in the Dáil regarding social media firms came in advance of the weekend's Pride events. Photograph: Getty Images ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Barclay</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katy Perry plays all the hits at Malahide Castle but almost in a hasty tribute-act fashion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/25/katy-perry-delivers-playful-and-nostalgia-fuelled-set-in-malahide-castle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/06/25/katy-perry-delivers-playful-and-nostalgia-fuelled-set-in-malahide-castle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hot N Cold star entertains fans with a gig that focused heavily on early career hits]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P4JS44QDXNGXLCIZX6IKXZZ7BE.jpg?auth=cbaee6f1ceabada3bae61dc09e98cb9ba29440c78939fdf9fcf41780b65f895b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katy Perry performs at Malahide Castle, bringing a slice of Venice Beach to Dublin. Photo: Kieran Frost]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kieran Frost</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s most unusual and intriguing third-level courses]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/cybersecurity-to-blacksmithing-irelands-most-unusual-and-intriguing-third-level-courses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/cybersecurity-to-blacksmithing-irelands-most-unusual-and-intriguing-third-level-courses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A selection of less conventional options for study after secondary school]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EFSS23BS75BOZGI5YLUM4FD6S4.jpg?auth=ef400fb0853dd88a0c3a6d1a3404fe40c0dbe1aba83f17b423712a5157f3536c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ATU Connemara offers a degree in furniture design and manufacture, which it says has a 100 per cent employment rate for graduates who enter the sector in Ireland]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chaosamran_Studio</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many reasons for changing your CAO choices, but be careful of ‘the most dangerous one’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/there-are-many-reasons-for-changing-your-cao-choices-but-be-careful-of-the-most-dangerous-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/there-are-many-reasons-for-changing-your-cao-choices-but-be-careful-of-the-most-dangerous-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With a week to go, there is enough time to adopt an approach that keeps the ‘end of the world’ feeling at bay]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WAEWDSLG5VCSDA6VBMW2SCMRJ4.jpg?auth=091412704cc77a96db868a7116bf88f7dc5656879dd3ebfda50c46589c8aad60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At a time when random selection for highly sought-after courses appears to only be on the rise, backups have arguably never been more important. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">baona</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Andy Burnham’s ‘business friendly socialism’ save Britain from Farage?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/will-andy-burnhams-business-friendly-socialism-save-britain-from-farage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/will-andy-burnhams-business-friendly-socialism-save-britain-from-farage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The greatest case people make for Burnham is that he will make the patriotic argument against Reform at the election]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PMJAJ7UZTJQ743TB5XG3EBTOEM.jpg?auth=1d3f98877ea532a92f0f0e85d5b71f11e8d7e558c7c7867525fca288bd8e65c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield, celebrates after his swearing-in on Monday, having won 54 per cent of the vote in the Makerfield by-election. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Kitwood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TDs seek extra scrutiny of Bill removing three-day wait for abortion over fear of backlash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/tds-seek-extra-scrutiny-of-bill-removing-three-day-wait-for-abortion-over-fear-of-backlash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/tds-seek-extra-scrutiny-of-bill-removing-three-day-wait-for-abortion-over-fear-of-backlash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some Government TDs argue at Oireachtas health committee that pushing Bill through rapidly could cause divisions]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S35QTJFXCVFYXIC5U6VYVX46UQ.JPG?auth=bec749f0c3e0271284445587e6d8f4d2f36ffef638868b8844e69c26f39431c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fine Gael TD Colm Burke, deputy chair of the Oireachtas health committee, who voted against the Bill, said he favoured there being further 'scrutiny' of what was being proposed. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relaxation of rural housing rules will have a negative impact on climate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/25/relaxation-of-rural-housing-rules-will-have-a-negative-impact-on-climate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/25/relaxation-of-rural-housing-rules-will-have-a-negative-impact-on-climate/</guid><description><![CDATA[Government should demonstrate real leadership by bringing vacant buildings back into use]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[Harris meets finance influencers, the three-day abortion wait and the hottest day ever?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/harris-meets-finance-influencers-the-three-day-abortion-wait-and-the-hottest-day-ever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/harris-meets-finance-influencers-the-three-day-abortion-wait-and-the-hottest-day-ever/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OZOFNVHHFTGAOMFSLRTCOP4LPQ.jpg?auth=11930fe0366e91e276c4d929c6edaf9145a504c3ba0f0a18c4b7bdbb5218042d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Finance Simon Harris brought 'finance influencers' into the Department of Finance this week to brief them on the new State savings scheme. Photograph: Bairbre Holmes/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bairbre Holmes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exo Building owners say alleged defects and security issues leave five floors vacant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/exo-building-owners-say-alleged-defects-and-security-issues-leave-five-floors-vacant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/exo-building-owners-say-alleged-defects-and-security-issues-leave-five-floors-vacant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Platform ICAV has successfully appealed a commercial rates valuation attached to the 17-storey building]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6HA6AFTXFJHEDINA2CEQ2EBAVM.jpg?auth=f0fff500f9494ab6a1a0eddf141b00b377b347dcb66f2e7fc46ecb79e9ef8852&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Exo Building in Dublin's north docklands was completed in 2022 and counts An Post and Yahoo among its tenants.  ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There is unfinished business with Waterford’: Kellyann Hogan on balancing AFLW and Gaelic football]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/i-feel-like-there-is-unfinished-business-with-waterford-kellyann-hogan-on-balancing-aflw-and-gaa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/i-feel-like-there-is-unfinished-business-with-waterford-kellyann-hogan-on-balancing-aflw-and-gaa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hogan’s focus is on getting a win against Donegal, before switching back into Aussie Rules mode]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPOPQ5W56BF5PIGYPBIFLNAHWE.jpg?auth=8e82fad27b69af858d53cd128cd43e18eac60c20c88bba2161cd47837fede038&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kellyann Hogan of the Magpies is tackled by Erone Fitzpatrick of the Blues. Photograph: Kelly Defina/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kelly Defina</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s new saving and investment scheme: Influencers enlisted to explain scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/simon-harris-briefs-social-media-influencers-on-upcoming-saving-and-investment-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/simon-harris-briefs-social-media-influencers-on-upcoming-saving-and-investment-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Details to be revealed in Budget 2027, with investment accounts expected to open next year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LSZXJNU7RBH6HOKFQ22RJAEFKA.JPG?auth=29af6a917036784e035fe67ddfa20733adaf26d531e58f1b65b53728d0f9e316&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ann-Marie Gaynor, who has more than 70,000 followers on her Irish Budgeting Mammy Instagram account, attended the gathering. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign language students in Limerick ‘left in dark’ over school’s future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/foreign-language-students-in-limerick-left-in-dark-over-schools-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/foreign-language-students-in-limerick-left-in-dark-over-schools-future/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Student Campus on Patrick Street in the city has been closed in recent weeks]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFYJSWMMTNASPKYPQLOSO4C2CI.jpg?auth=f7de9ea8002c9468fbf0e793f6ab1b78df1f1b286bb97d5303bafa4d1025fe05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neither students nor staff at Student Campus language School in Limerick have been told whether the school will reopen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in Northern Ireland have been pawns in a political game played in England for too long]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/claire-hanna-people-in-northern-ireland-have-been-pawns-in-a-political-game-played-in-england-for-too-long/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/25/claire-hanna-people-in-northern-ireland-have-been-pawns-in-a-political-game-played-in-england-for-too-long/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Hanna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Border poll bingo won’t change minds or answer the questions of people who need to be convinced]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LGWO3DOHB5LSA4RL4SW2AMX3IE.jpg?auth=023c12fda33b975229bb5822c65c5b07330ee19562d7e1e8e4db9ddaa0332a53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA["To date, there has been little more substance than a game of Border poll bingo where the end point comes before the journey is planned." Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government accused of role in alleged campaign to undermine fundraising for Mitchell fund]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/government-accused-of-role-in-alleged-campaign-to-undermine-fundraising-for-mitchell-fund/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/government-accused-of-role-in-alleged-campaign-to-undermine-fundraising-for-mitchell-fund/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish-American scholarship scheme will not have any scholars again in 2027 due to funding issues]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3YXS2KZXEAKUYQ34AHTJBD57R4.jpg?auth=fcb753a0f9fa3027949fac16ba4d1f25edac490f19f0978bcba2aec0a38eacf8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trina Vargo, founder of the US Ireland-Alliance, claimed she has been subject to a 'baseless whispering campaign' and 'false and slanderous' allegations from the Government, which she believes are designed to damage the Mitchell fund’s ability to attract investors. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Identifying the real problem behind Frank McNally’s handwriting issues]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/the-write-stuff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/the-write-stuff/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps diarist should leave things as they are]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[Foreign language students in Limerick ‘left in dark’ over school’s future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/foreign-language-students-in-limerick-left-in-dark-over-schools-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/06/25/foreign-language-students-in-limerick-left-in-dark-over-schools-future/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Student Campus on Patrick Street in the city has been closed in recent weeks]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFYJSWMMTNASPKYPQLOSO4C2CI.jpg?auth=f7de9ea8002c9468fbf0e793f6ab1b78df1f1b286bb97d5303bafa4d1025fe05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neither students nor staff at Student Campus language School in Limerick have been told whether the school will reopen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland braces for hottest day of 2026 as heatwave grips Europe ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/25/ireland-weather-record-hottest-day-in-140-years-as-heatwave-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/25/ireland-weather-record-hottest-day-in-140-years-as-heatwave-europe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope, Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Soaring values in France, Italy, Spain, England and other western European states exerting significant strain   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HH2SDH4IZFGQLJQLLKQINPM3H4.jpg?auth=592615bc781c267a2659c9e2c50237edea2737b7f204ca1c07ccc18b565cb1ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[23/6/2026 News / Heatwave / Sun / Weather A woman pushes her buggy along the sand at Sandymount Strand Dublin on one of the hottest days of the year.  Photo: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s new saving and investment scheme: Influencers enlisted to explain scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/simon-harris-briefs-social-media-influencers-on-upcoming-saving-and-investment-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/25/simon-harris-briefs-social-media-influencers-on-upcoming-saving-and-investment-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Details to be revealed in Budget 2027, with investment accounts expected to open next year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LSZXJNU7RBH6HOKFQ22RJAEFKA.JPG?auth=29af6a917036784e035fe67ddfa20733adaf26d531e58f1b65b53728d0f9e316&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ann-Marie Gaynor, who has more than 70,000 followers on her Irish Budgeting Mammy Instagram account, attended the gathering. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving more money to Tusla might not lead to better outcomes for vulnerable children]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/giving-more-money-to-tusla-might-not-lead-to-better-outcomes-for-vulnerable-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/giving-more-money-to-tusla-might-not-lead-to-better-outcomes-for-vulnerable-children/</guid><description><![CDATA[Child and Family Agency yet to demonstrate it spends existing resources effectively]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[Visiting EU officials might be shocked about Irish roads]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/visiting-eu-officials-might-be-shocked-about-irish-roads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/visiting-eu-officials-might-be-shocked-about-irish-roads/</guid><description><![CDATA[They will need a note in their information pack and a yellow vest]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[When the World Cup seems beyond redemption, the football kicks off and rescues everything]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/when-the-world-cup-seems-beyond-redemption-the-football-kicks-off-and-redeems-everything/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/when-the-world-cup-seems-beyond-redemption-the-football-kicks-off-and-redeems-everything/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is a beauty and an ugliness in how the politics becomes background noise to action on the pitch]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HX4YXP3KR72OX3XQMWXJDPEIGU.jpg?auth=7977ffc3662f72c6d2e66c06ac2e37c2ea2804ec3663067d44ae746529c539a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[England fans with a banner featuring Donald Trump following the Fifa World Cup Group L match at the Dallas Stadium, Arlington. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bradley Collyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Look at Dublin’s best 15, it’s a match for anyone’: John Small’s high praise for Dublin football debutants]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/look-at-dublins-best-15-its-a-match-for-anyone-john-smalls-high-praise-for-dublin-football-debutants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/look-at-dublins-best-15-its-a-match-for-anyone-john-smalls-high-praise-for-dublin-football-debutants/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Championship debutant Charlie McMorrow has been ‘excellent’, says the former intercounty star]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6ZS3BOZO6XKXVHOOYFG4M26ILA.jpg?auth=6237279cca1e722ef375775df181b95553968e5a7b43f241c19f460419c32178&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin's Charlie McMorrow impressed in the win against Donegal. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ciarán Murphy: Nobody gave me a cleaning out like the late, great Paul Clancy ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/ciaran-murphy-hectic-summer-sunday-triggers-memories-of-the-late-great-paul-clancy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/ciaran-murphy-hectic-summer-sunday-triggers-memories-of-the-late-great-paul-clancy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Clancy finished his Galway career at centre back, where his use of the ball, vision and intelligence were memorable]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GSJFHV3H6NGVPCSVSEHBZNL2XY.jpg?auth=0ae9aba39d96a95c7b7341a2e036b5c236111ec7ae4ea52bb7601435f92f5106&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Clancy was possessed of silky and canny skills, so often the hallmark of an exceptional footballer. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Patrick Bolger</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media now a weapon of hate and incitement, too]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/social-media-now-a-weapon-of-hate-and-incitement-too/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/social-media-now-a-weapon-of-hate-and-incitement-too/</guid><description><![CDATA[Destructive consequences flow when extremism is permitted to overwhelm rationality]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[Redevelopment of GPO will only lead to controversy, delays and inevitable reviews]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/redevelopment-of-gpo-will-only-lead-to-controversy-delays-and-inevitable-reviews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/redevelopment-of-gpo-will-only-lead-to-controversy-delays-and-inevitable-reviews/</guid><description><![CDATA[Prioritise the rest of O’Connell Street in Dublin before touching ‘fine’ landmark]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[No such thing as Dáil temperature control with over-heating deputies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/miriam-lord-no-such-thing-as-dail-temperature-control-with-over-heating-deputies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/25/miriam-lord-no-such-thing-as-dail-temperature-control-with-over-heating-deputies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dáil sketch: Taoiseach longs for a swim after stream of water-related questions]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content 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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[Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eirgrid’s new strategy includes 20-year-old plan for power line]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/eirgrids-new-strategy-includes-20-year-old-plan-for-power-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/eirgrids-new-strategy-includes-20-year-old-plan-for-power-line/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Power line connecting Meath with Tyrone key to easing electricity grid bottleneck]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKVRKKBSZHCHJVRG5UXGJG373Q.jpg?auth=fbe2d5003ec4960033802fda6a299d2c969fbe9266ea9f2f29eb629d7742aef9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The State company plans to spend €6bn boosting the capacity of 1,000km of existing electricity lines and adding new ones. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signs of comical self-abasement in Galway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/signs-of-comical-self-abasement-in-galway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/25/signs-of-comical-self-abasement-in-galway/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inferiority complex is lamentable]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 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[‘I think it’s bananas’: Former Limerick hurler Séamus Flanagan on the hurling championship format]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/i-think-its-bananas-former-limerick-hurler-seamus-flanagan-on-the-format-of-championship-hurling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/25/i-think-its-bananas-former-limerick-hurler-seamus-flanagan-on-the-format-of-championship-hurling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘To not have Tipperary and Waterford hurling in June, it’s criminal’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UM4NL4P5BFEFLBCAREWR7NN75A.jpg?auth=9bb1cd3a61368c557e7094b0a2e7520eaff373a7039d3d3081324e5074b9341c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick’s Seamus Flanagan has called the current format 'criminal'. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie ©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A summer heatwave topping 38 degrees could be in our future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/25/a-summer-heatwave-topping-38-degrees-could-be-in-our-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/25/a-summer-heatwave-topping-38-degrees-could-be-in-our-future/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Buckley ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As climate change takes hold we need to prepare for the impact on roads, railways, animal welfare, our own health and wildfires]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BVEFY4HZ3NBKLP6KYHEDYABZPI.jpg?auth=5781233284e4ef87dfbeddc0f5df690cd59c6abd0c126abfa6e468c731bc0ff2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish holidaymakers: ‘When I stop teaching I won’t be going on holiday in July and August’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/06/25/coolcation-summer-when-i-stop-teaching-i-wont-be-going-on-holiday-in-july-and-august/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/06/25/coolcation-summer-when-i-stop-teaching-i-wont-be-going-on-holiday-in-july-and-august/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some Irish holidaymakers are looking to cooler destinations in Europe to escape intense heat waves]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/USYEAGHOXZB2JNH7SHUT55GFKU.jpg?auth=9c871147f2502e054f4712d380dd6cdc7563e427722d5245bf79eb9b520ce2af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth’s vital signs are flashing red and crying out for attention]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/25/earths-vital-signs-are-flashing-red-and-crying-out-for-attention/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/06/25/earths-vital-signs-are-flashing-red-and-crying-out-for-attention/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadhbh O'Neill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The energy imbalance is as important as rising temperature in showing planet is overheating]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UNSLZ4WNF455QC52YK2DNGG3K4.jpg?auth=8ee60ba756d9c011e0e931dd6ba450b0d3c7ff7317d5b5884183b9bd047fbedc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[During May's heatwave in northern Europe daily temperatures of more than 10 degrees above average were recorded in parts of France and the UK. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ludovic Marin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[People ‘feel they need ketamine, cocaine, alcohol to show up to a social situation’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/people-feel-they-need-ketamine-cocaine-alcohol-to-show-up-to-a-social-situation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/25/people-feel-they-need-ketamine-cocaine-alcohol-to-show-up-to-a-social-situation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Middle Ireland’ surge as people turn to substances as social aids, says Ana Liffey Drug Project chief]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VSMMQKVN5FJYHLECM4AF2IB5WU.jpg?auth=b9d415a5957a48f96c957d44cf0cfb0eb814e750efeef9b9c09c46f049489b0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dawn Russell, chief executive of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, said the drugs landscape has changed significantly in recent years. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look inside: Extended Victorian five-bed house on Glenageary’s Marlborough Road for €4.995m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/look-inside-extended-victorian-five-bed-house-on-glenagearys-marlborough-road-for-4995m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/look-inside-extended-victorian-five-bed-house-on-glenagearys-marlborough-road-for-4995m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances O'Rourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[House redesigned by architect Paul Brazil offers mix of contemporary and period detail ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MZ4NEKOXSBAG5N5QSGHDHMR4T4.jpg?auth=28c5e35bf443b2984621587bb55f19b243ed59f083b9e57e67485e763cb30f46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3 Marlborough Road, Glenageary, Co Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could the weather witch purchased on Etsy be the new Child of Prague?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/25/could-the-weather-witch-purchased-on-etsy-be-the-new-child-of-prague/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/25/could-the-weather-witch-purchased-on-etsy-be-the-new-child-of-prague/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emer McLysaght]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My pal Sarah said she’d read dozens of reviews before choosing her witch, and had a good feeling about this one]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IL26EZP6KJHR3NMMX5BU5CEMY4.jpg?auth=f4422900dbfbe344076696e5beda31cd7d44aba807577651e331d6d6ff1fac59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Child of Prague... the new Etsy witch?]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As AI enters the equation, how can maths be kept ethical and human?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/06/25/as-ai-enters-the-equation-how-can-maths-be-kept-ethical-and-human/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/06/25/as-ai-enters-the-equation-how-can-maths-be-kept-ethical-and-human/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Gibbons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Leiden Declaration has a vision for mathematics that embraces AI tools, but where human values play a guiding role]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7EJRU2VOFQYNA7TYOJ4TR7WMV4.jpg?auth=79a05c01e17c14b9778fb6a56d46568a08beb01ed35b405063700b12f5ffd704&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mathematicians at a workshop in Leiden University where the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics initially took shape. Photograph: Aaron Wojack/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pim Rusch/Leiden University</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I left Ireland for good because I could no longer live the restricted life I had once tolerated]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/22/by-the-time-ireland-changed-its-laws-for-women-i-was-already-settled-in-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/06/22/by-the-time-ireland-changed-its-laws-for-women-i-was-already-settled-in-australia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bridget Hertaeg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Midwife, who left Ireland at the time of the marriage bar, has published her first novel ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IC36TISNNBGALENZILQABXHCUE.jpg?auth=0d3787e936ca9c2c27067f37ac6bc96073f224f18aaaa3887e967d4b68560763&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Women in Ireland had very few rights at that time': Bridget Hertaeg with her book The Belfast Express, published under the name Brigid Carrick ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No free lunch for Burnham if he is at the table for UK-EU reset talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/no-free-lunch-for-burnham-if-he-is-at-the-table-for-uk-eu-reset-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/no-free-lunch-for-burnham-if-he-is-at-the-table-for-uk-eu-reset-talks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Europe letter: Starmer’s departure offers UK government a chance to ‘reset the reset’ in autumn EU deal ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NX5WDUCGCNEJVOOX6M7BUQDUV4.jpg?auth=5c25015c8f722623d6e8ae9abadad062d59e0b76811b005aad867c464b12dc51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renovated Victorian three-bed with stylish interior near Bray seafront]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/renovated-victorian-three-bed-with-stylish-interior-near-bray-seafront/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/renovated-victorian-three-bed-with-stylish-interior-near-bray-seafront/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Built in 1864, Uist was brought up to date after a comprehensive and sensitive restoration]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUK4GSSKZRF7RGI7QZF47QCXU4.jpg?auth=68af975b57b85f50b66f5e5902969cf84ada744112df2ed4c46443fca1b02205&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Uist, 5 Milward Terrace, Bray, Co Wicklow, stands out from its neighbours following a comprehensive renovation by its owners]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Irish chief executives rank when it comes to pay in the United States ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/25/where-irish-chief-executives-rank-when-it-comes-to-pay-in-the-united-states/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/06/25/where-irish-chief-executives-rank-when-it-comes-to-pay-in-the-united-states/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bosses of S&P 500-listed firms are all doing well, but they are all dwarfed by Elon Musk]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GNIVU7A2T5EBPPE5YTDFDHQSG4.jpg?auth=eb83d213fe2b2897875b13a65805bf25e674a082dd828bf4b45254b3104d397b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Adaire Fox-Martin has led data centre group Equinix since 2024. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three-storey seafront home for €1.65m in Clontarf village offers flexibility ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/three-storey-seafront-home-for-165m-in-clontarf-village-offers-flexibility/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/three-storey-seafront-home-for-165m-in-clontarf-village-offers-flexibility/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin 3 property currently set out with self-contained basement retains original features]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YDT2L6QGHVA3NDMWIJLXU64S7E.JPG?auth=fc0b887d99e18045136b12a3fa913560b9a49e3bdadb08fc66dee470044957ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[206 Clontarf Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four-bed family home with bespoke additions in select Delgany scheme for €1.1m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/four-bed-family-home-with-bespoke-additions-in-select-delgany-scheme-for-11m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/four-bed-family-home-with-bespoke-additions-in-select-delgany-scheme-for-11m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number 5 Glendale was built in 2015 and fitted with a bespoke kitchen and an orangery-style conservatory ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KMN4M3XBZ5BHLAFLXQTTEEQO3A.JPG?auth=3468c0b7b62e202fd129b79776a58c507621a0d9b9d60d161ab38738c8015211&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[5 Glendale, Delgany, Co Wicklow]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ANDREW NOLANandrewnolanphotogra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[House of the Dragon, House of the Shmagon, that’s what I say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/25/house-of-the-dragon-house-of-the-shmagon-thats-what-i-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/06/25/house-of-the-dragon-house-of-the-shmagon-thats-what-i-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This Game of Thrones spinoff goes big, and like much CGI, it often looks like a rich and creamy soup with human-shaped croutons floating in it]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZMCFL7N7RCAZBXF4S64WGA4WE.jpg?auth=d8553e1256656aee0cb82c4c990a5a34c9f0e09e717177a124acaa6cdfe4b973&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[House of the Dragon: Alicent and Aemond. Photograph: Sky/HBO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brussels open to 150,000 cap on post-Brexit ‘youth mobility’ scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/brussels-open-to-150000-cap-on-post-brexit-youth-mobility-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/25/brussels-open-to-150000-cap-on-post-brexit-youth-mobility-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Concession to stop UK universities charging EU students international tuition fees could be ‘decoupled’ from reset deal ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2PHD3RNKS54356I3JGECKBSCGE.jpg?auth=1eb771f6ee7435c992c666cf9e0b2695a11deb44901047872f0fd74237ec0a3e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Demonstrators attend a Rejoin rally to mark the 10th anniversary of Brexit. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brook Mitchell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Personal Investment Account must target mainstream savers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/25/government-personal-investment-account-must-target-mainstream-savers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/06/25/government-personal-investment-account-must-target-mainstream-savers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Proposed scheme is a worthwhile objective, writes Moyagh Murdock, chief executive of Insurance Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNG72VF2TZEY3INF7BL4ZNGCYI.jpg?auth=bd861e51e2499dc473f3f2bdc4fadc17e634aa4a7621b37cb6045f94d52adee9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Risk feels very different when it is your own money. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Iryna Melnyk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EirGrid CEO: ‘I’ve been working in energy for 30 years. I’ve never seen such rapid change’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/eirgrid-ceo-ive-been-working-in-energy-for-30-years-ive-never-seen-such-rapid-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/eirgrid-ceo-ive-been-working-in-energy-for-30-years-ive-never-seen-such-rapid-change/</guid><description><![CDATA[Grid operator is faced with challenging task of getting power from where it’s produced to where it’s needed at time of unprecedented demand]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5H4QEKR4FANDBIPOWC6R35F44.jpg?auth=a3a9690b7e1c03b92cd2421273a02aee637f3b7769658bb3c68682eef650ccb4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cathal Marley, chief executive of EirGrid. Photograph: Damien Eagers/Coalesce]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Damien Eagers / Coalesce</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 26 million scam calls intercepted by just one operator last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/up-to-26-million-scam-calls-intercepted-by-just-one-operator-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/25/up-to-26-million-scam-calls-intercepted-by-just-one-operator-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three Ireland intercepted 650,000 fraudulent text messages in first five months of this year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P7OK6LGWEVGPZE4ZB5FNR3Q7MI.jpg?auth=d0883d00303f7299c96149e6644caca696c0b6fcc45ce95461da4304f02ab350&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 26 million calls that were suspected scams were intercepted by one of the largest mobile phone operators in the State last year while close to half a million fraudulent text messages were also blocked, according to a new report.  Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Milky Way</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neighbours’ garden waste is blocking the path outside my home – could I be sued?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/25/neighbours-garden-waste-is-blocking-the-path-outside-my-home-could-i-be-sued/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/25/neighbours-garden-waste-is-blocking-the-path-outside-my-home-could-i-be-sued/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Let your local authority know, in writing, that these bags are there and are not being collected]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKTS22WBGRBHZJ2M7W7NWLXXSU.jpg?auth=6bc67e6bc858b81f5e69ee7c15d82a2a635a9b71a1f9ce0aaaa40a162241c6f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bags of garden waste partially blocking a footpath. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">victorass88</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Kavanagh embraces the good life with heritage blues   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/james-kavanagh-embraces-the-good-life-with-heritage-blues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/james-kavanagh-embraces-the-good-life-with-heritage-blues/</guid><description><![CDATA[From Dublin buzz to countryside calm, James Kavanagh is transforming his storybook home with bold Dulux Heritage Boathouse Blue at its heart]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ARPVMY33VBFAFCZS4OIO7OPN34.jpg?auth=f5423e3ac8f3f1177cde752149182aefee3c63aa1d38d72c45d9b7b207ae2d6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James Kavanagh has embraced the bucolic life at his home in Kilkenny]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Henderson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Day Ireland: Opening the door to the next generation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/manufacturing-day-ireland-opening-the-door-to-the-next-generation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/25/manufacturing-day-ireland-opening-the-door-to-the-next-generation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ibec initiative in October aims to reframe perceptions of the sector, positioning it as a place where diverse talent is welcomed and needed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKF6JN5W5BGUVC46EGCBALHNRY.jpg?auth=8b097cecb6853b0b2d22a9bfdbf7fab9478a00add97f51f680eed4c121d02e84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sharon Higgins, Ibec executive director, membership and sectors.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five homes on view this week in Dublin from €595,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-595000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/25/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-595000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New to the market in Drumcondra, Inchicore, Herbert Place and Catleknock]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QIKY5FYBGRGWZHQ74Q2F4Z3KMU.jpg?auth=ee910166ced33677c06b8f34bce7c661e18342e2c1226fbe5870d7df25723768&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[29 Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eli Lilly deploys weight-loss cash on ‘App Store’ for scientists]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/06/25/eli-lilly-deploys-weight-loss-cash-on-app-store-for-scientists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/06/25/eli-lilly-deploys-weight-loss-cash-on-app-store-for-scientists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Temple-West]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mounjaro maker is collaborating with small biotechs on AI as a tool for drug discovery]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E66AMYZFRJCR7KJKG4BFRTKLSY.jpg?auth=2823087d0f0fb9283c4322b5836183353143a6155407162f542edfa8eb3b8efb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['If AI is going to work, it pretty much has to apprentice under successful scientists over a long period of time', said investment analyst Kevin Gade. 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