<?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/2026-06-30/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:20:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: France prove they simply can’t play boring football in sweeping aside Sweden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/01/ken-early-france-prove-they-simply-cant-play-boring-football-in-sweeping-aside-sweden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/01/ken-early-france-prove-they-simply-cant-play-boring-football-in-sweeping-aside-sweden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Olise provides a challenge to Kylian Mbappé’s status as France’s superstar]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:54:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WVOFF3CQXQSWUCNDGXVBL7QPSU.jpg?auth=697b5f5b72cd0d4995dd127623cf98790a3f32374f32bd305bd719ccba687936&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kylian Mbappé celebrates scoring France's third goal against Sweden. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Al Bello</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[England need cool heads against DR Congo if they’re to reach ‘glamorous’ World Cup latter stages, says Tuchel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/01/england-need-cool-heads-against-dr-congo-if-theyre-to-reach-glamorous-world-cup-latter-stages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/01/england-need-cool-heads-against-dr-congo-if-theyre-to-reach-glamorous-world-cup-latter-stages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Steinberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We need to get our expectations right, that we are not frustrated’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2II23BPZEDMI5B25ZPT5CGGHFY.jpg?auth=85e8deaf8af1533caa4fda3e03b1f7e14a3e9fe3a95fb6a98c56c57a562568be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jude Bellingham after England's final group game against Panama. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angela Weiss</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enola Holmes 3 review: Old-school, funhouse yucks with unexpected pockets of grit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/07/01/enola-holmes-3-review-old-school-funhouse-yucks-with-unexpected-pockets-of-grit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/07/01/enola-holmes-3-review-old-school-funhouse-yucks-with-unexpected-pockets-of-grit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Millie Bobby Brown as our daredevil heroine is back and unleashing the right kind of fun]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W4GAXOTCK5H7JBW7URMS2ZODOY.JPG?auth=38ac9182470ac5470a801004053622ed8bac6f8572369300c5f2b00afc776ca4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury and Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes in Enola Holmes 3. Photograph: John Wilson/Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Wilson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Easterby makes case for the defence in trying times before Wallabies clash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/01/simon-easterby-makes-case-for-the-defence-in-trying-times-before-wallabies-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/01/simon-easterby-makes-case-for-the-defence-in-trying-times-before-wallabies-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland meet Joe Schmidt’s Australia in Sydney on Saturday ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SBNECND7QBQ6NO46JKE5XZBH5Q.jpg?auth=26c79726b69dfee21b13107e86624d39b61b54cddb905894842f68e519acfadf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Defence coach Simon Easterby says Ireland must be prepared for the physicality of Australia's attack. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m itching to get back into the green jersey’: Hugo Keenan relishing return to Australia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/01/im-itching-to-get-back-into-the-green-jersey-hugo-keenan-relishing-return-to-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/01/im-itching-to-get-back-into-the-green-jersey-hugo-keenan-relishing-return-to-australia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leinster fullback puts injury woes behind him as he heads back Down Under]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUSCJRBCCZNJGOYNV4LTPDF77Y.jpg?auth=80456257ac7506786a7e8fc1202b9dd3811d9d7211b6f4a7f09c9eb53e570252&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugo Keenan is relishing the chance to get back in a green jersey. Photograph: Ben Brady/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dáil Justice Committee urges Minister to suspend contentious legal-aid fee changes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/dail-justice-committee-urges-minister-to-suspend-contentious-legal-aid-fee-changes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/dail-justice-committee-urges-minister-to-suspend-contentious-legal-aid-fee-changes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But Jim O’Callaghan says single flat-rate payments for solicitors in court will be brought in as planned]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:24:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3YW2GDCZ4RGGBCG6WZQAZC7N2E.JPG?auth=c843fcbfab3cf573aff3fb0e6418be521b6cc0dff5448ae8b1c70a81dcbe93a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spokeswoman for Jim O'Callaghan says reform of criminal legal aid scheme is in the Programme for Government. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cork amateur David Howard qualifies for The Open at Royal Birkdale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/30/cork-amateur-david-howard-qualifies-for-the-open-at-royal-birkdale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/30/cork-amateur-david-howard-qualifies-for-the-open-at-royal-birkdale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Qualifier at Dundonald Links earns 27-year-old his first Major appearance]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:01:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ARV5SINYGFCC3CEV3ZHDL22UWM.jpg?auth=9175518b9216de2dff60ce2681e364cae6f0ac39a3e60f56053094c78303466a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Howard during the East of Ireland at County Louth Golf Club in May. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to hear appeal potentially significant to wards of court awaiting discharge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-potentially-significant-to-wards-of-court-awaiting-discharge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-potentially-significant-to-wards-of-court-awaiting-discharge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Senior judges agree case raises issues of public importance and will make it priority hearing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:41:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INE6UX4YQ5FJZAT4WUOXJS6P6U.jpg?auth=aaf2f703f68874171f6480b80946e162e77eacb925da7229fb25d6d1b990cb60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A half-sister of a ward of court is appealing a High Court decision refusing her bid to be appointed her relation's decision-making representative. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erling Haaland fires Norway into World Cup last 16 with dramatic winner against Ivory Coast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/erling-haaland-fires-norway-into-world-cup-last-16-with-dramatic-winner-against-ivory-coast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/erling-haaland-fires-norway-into-world-cup-last-16-with-dramatic-winner-against-ivory-coast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Game in Dallas looked set for extra time after Amad Diallo’s 74th-minute equaliser]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:30:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HOG2FIKBII2RLZUBLXAS6DRY54.jpg?auth=9fce0296a882c0ff564796ddcae5f256152eb5c43dee5deefacebb060eccfaea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring Norway's second goal against Ivory Coast. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Ellis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Ireland’s EU presidency: more horse-trading than high politics]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/30/the-irish-times-view-on-irelands-eu-presidency-more-horse-trading-than-high-politics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/30/the-irish-times-view-on-irelands-eu-presidency-more-horse-trading-than-high-politics/</guid><description><![CDATA[Intergovernmental bargaining makes up much of the EU’s activity]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EVE5UGHRO6RDR3O5T4YPPO54AQ.jpg?auth=6079561165cfbf059977b9d88c0cdb40f5486be57a98d0943db9bf2de6a38b44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin Castle will serve as the diplomatic venue for Ireland's presidency of the Council of the European Union. Photograph: Bryan Meade/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Protection Commission reconsidering TikTok data-transfer ban after court ruling]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/data-protection-commission-reconsidering-tiktok-data-transfer-ban-after-court-ruling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/data-protection-commission-reconsidering-tiktok-data-transfer-ban-after-court-ruling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Padraic Halpin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regulator found Chinese tech giant had ⁠breached EU privacy rules]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:15:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KXQ45A53V5EX5D4362HGJ4TX34.jpg?auth=1ad71e8c1e89cb92cf8f48e2d10347ef2ac189aca3a4d500e2bffed5864f5a7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Data Protection Commission fined TikTok €530m a year ago. Photograph: Onur Dogman/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African anti-migrant protesters march after thousands flee violence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/06/30/south-african-leader-warns-anti-migrant-protesters-in-advance-of-unofficial-deadline/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/06/30/south-african-leader-warns-anti-migrant-protesters-in-advance-of-unofficial-deadline/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nellie Peyton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cities shuttered in advance of anti-migrant protests]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3ZTUQJXIKDD7K7EUCUAOBJ22EA.jpg?auth=fe78a0d7887e8a73eb5b158543bf45654a687067ecbd78cf398290854dfcf2e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A protest march against undocumented migrants in Soweto on Monday. Photograph: Emmanuel Croset/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Emmanuel Croset</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on  State IT projects: a recurring problem]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/30/the-irish-times-view-on-state-it-projects-a-recurring-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/30/the-irish-times-view-on-state-it-projects-a-recurring-problem/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lessons can and must be learned from Irish Rail and other State bodies’ failings]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LDS5R7AEZJDKBJVJXKKOW6ZA2M.JPG?auth=b4dbab784c6aa921577951c3c3af4c2a1237668735c9a91eaed35c2077b279f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heuston station.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is a huge honour’: Ship traces journey Spanish Armada sailors made in 1588]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/it-is-a-huge-honour-ship-traces-journey-spanish-armada-sailors-made-in-1588/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/it-is-a-huge-honour-ship-traces-journey-spanish-armada-sailors-made-in-1588/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[World’s largest replica of a traditional Spanish galleon sails along Irish coastline]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:56:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WGPQB5LSQZHL5INPHF6SKOWD4E.JPG?auth=6ec3c0bc45b26af1dbbddceefbc8c96f87cea7fefe07c3293a3bd24d732655ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galeón Andalucía off the Sligo coast. Photograph: Spanish Armada Ireland]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maximum sentence sought for Dublin-based woman accused of murdering daughter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/maximum-sentence-sought-for-dublin-based-woman-accused-of-murdering-daughter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/maximum-sentence-sought-for-dublin-based-woman-accused-of-murdering-daughter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen McHugh in Reykjavík]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iceland court to decide whether daughter’s life was taken by parents against her will following suicide pact claim]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:55:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7XRN5S6IDZB3LBX2EKJWFDPONE.jpg?auth=f7e1f79fbf2a5ba6e08b4bc45cbc1b73dd1cd14f2f4439b00c0868a7e88481ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ming Ting Mancel in court in Reykjavik. Photograph: Karen McHugh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged in connection with suspected arson attack at Dublin Islamic prayer centre ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/29/emergency-services-respond-to-fire-at-islamic-prayer-centre-in-central-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/29/emergency-services-respond-to-fire-at-islamic-prayer-centre-in-central-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Jack Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fire broke out at building on Talbot Street in north inner city building housing Al-Madinah prayer hall]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HTZBY3U2JNG5ZM2X24GINIMZSE.jpg?auth=15e4575547a9edfef6b10083e6ff14d02817d50c173678c2b0593a36e3776474&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardai and emergency services responded to a fire at an Islamic centre on Talbot Street, Dublin, on Monday. Photograph: Jack Brady]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customers unlikely to see drop in prices due to VAT cut for restaurants, Harris says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/06/30/firms-benefiting-from-lower-vat-rate-not-expected-to-pass-benefit-to-customers-harris-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/06/30/firms-benefiting-from-lower-vat-rate-not-expected-to-pass-benefit-to-customers-harris-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move helping hospitality sector and hairdressers is expected to cost €681m and has attracted criticism]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:46:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7W2KTMUIAPE5EDPQCTCZXJRHRM.JPG?auth=f23de12af8b36cc1d680f757384828e59a7d1139e11f13cbf67510d1a94295dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon Harris at Pacino’s restaurant, Dublin, following the Government decision to cut the VAT rate for restaurants and other businesses to 9%. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US supreme court rejects Trump bid to end birthright citizenship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-end-birthright-citizenship-clone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-end-birthright-citizenship-clone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Lee in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judges block president’s executive order that banned citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants born on US soil]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:45:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJ5XXUK3IU3S3H7U6ITILTEY3I.jpg?auth=2738c0d1d14614c01ef660282ace8f8989f10508b11569831dcc066b076ad79f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during an event at the White House in Washington. Photograph: Pete Marovich/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pete Marovich</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager dies after falling from e-scooter in Carlow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/teenager-dies-after-falling-from-e-scooter-in-carlow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/teenager-dies-after-falling-from-e-scooter-in-carlow/</guid><description><![CDATA[Incident took place at Carpenters Way in Carlow town on Monday evening]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:41:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3OVEYMVAOXQBQKAGIP44MX54Q.jpg?auth=9d3a5cc30ad560cee04a9e6aa7baff3b8b0e56336d53829c86989acfc651261c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardai at the scene on Carpenters Way, Carlow town, on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlow man has €1m in debts written off via court-backed plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/carlow-man-has-1m-in-debts-written-off-via-court-backed-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/carlow-man-has-1m-in-debts-written-off-via-court-backed-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brian Doyle (59) can keep his home in Rathvilly, Co Carlow, valued at €225,000]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:34:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HMUHRFUC7ZB5JIPJYNLDF6RNYU.JPG?auth=52fbef096d59db631b44afa5851ffee4e1ad9c16b3d8499ce121df32cac15029&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High Court hears of liabilities in excess of €2.2m, comprising mortgage debts, credit card loans, car loans and other debts. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will new planning rules make it easier to build rural housing?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/30/will-new-planning-rules-make-it-easier-to-build-rural-housing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/30/will-new-planning-rules-make-it-easier-to-build-rural-housing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remote workers do not have economic need for rural housing, but they could meet criteria if from the local area, guidelines say
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AOCCVTF4MFCZXDZBO4WZEQEP7A.jpg?auth=71492278c4cd8a1c5450a26bd9067b510df6bb2207f23808555599e2a81523c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The 2005 guidelines criticised so-called ribbon development, rows of five or more homes along one side of a rural road. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">aesthesia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former garda has assault conviction linked to Strokestown eviction quashed by High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/former-garda-has-assault-conviction-linked-to-strokestown-eviction-quashed-by-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/former-garda-has-assault-conviction-linked-to-strokestown-eviction-quashed-by-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Neilan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Security man had alleged Kevin Taylor grabbed him, causing him to go to ground]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:12:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kevin Taylor said the assault charge lacked sufficient specificity, so he could not adequately defend himself or cross-examine. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clare GAA launch investigation after incident involving referee at underage game]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/30/clare-gaa-launch-investigation-after-incident-involving-referee-at-underage-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/30/clare-gaa-launch-investigation-after-incident-involving-referee-at-underage-game/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Video footage circulating online of incident following under-15 football game in Kilrush]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:04:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J7BW6LDCDZGQDF652MBOXKTBPU.jpg?auth=38afe44a5c7f29ed5e56a0090902040d4c628b5b0fe81895564ba5084c4e8dc9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are also investigating the incident which took place at a game between Kilrush-Killimer and Lissycasey. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Bryan Keane ©INPHO/Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross purposes – Frank McNally on a stressful collision of sport and literature in Kells]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/30/cross-purposes-frank-mcnally-on-a-stressful-collision-of-sport-and-literature-in-kells/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/06/30/cross-purposes-frank-mcnally-on-a-stressful-collision-of-sport-and-literature-in-kells/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tailteann Games was held nearby in old times when, perhaps, Monaghan may have fared better than Louth]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SDNB6B3X6M2VR2UPUPL7UKJ73E.jpg?auth=7f20099cf3559452db8cab6825053dbddf2648c8b031d26cd9a7d2fdfaf762e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Broadcaster Myles Dungan scheduled six events for the same time at the Hinterland Book Festival, Kells. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Everything that is paid for is self-funded’: The realities of tennis for Irish players]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/06/30/theyre-protesting-for-the-top-guys-lower-ranked-tennis-players-far-from-a-net-gain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/06/30/theyre-protesting-for-the-top-guys-lower-ranked-tennis-players-far-from-a-net-gain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Kate Costello]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wimbledon stand on prize money is admirable, but Irish players further down the rankings unlikely to see any benefit]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F664RH42YMYMHSPTFGC6SI7JOM.jpg?auth=ea1c47002deff50bf14c0955ef6945723e2dd5fd6d6a0119fbd437aacd7d5d95&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wimbledon increased its prize pot by 20 per cent this year to €74.6 million. Photograph: Tom Maher/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy with educational needs receives 18 rejections for special school place ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/30/boy-with-educational-needs-receives-18-rejections-for-special-school-place/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/30/boy-with-educational-needs-receives-18-rejections-for-special-school-place/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dáil also hears of aautistic and non-verbal boy facing into third year without  primary school place in September ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L76GSM7S2ZAQ5GRAESCFHXNXNQ.JPG?auth=5a83f3a530f841b24b03c821a3c213ce9e1a36f0a9d3c12d26979a69d611845d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin said every child who requires a special school placement and has notified the National Council for Special Education, 'will have a place in September'. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caravans have moved from the Curragh to State land in Portlaoise, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/caravans-have-moved-from-the-curragh-to-state-lands-in-portlaoise-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/caravans-have-moved-from-the-curragh-to-state-lands-in-portlaoise-court-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Toilets and skips reported by council as having been delivered to Great Heath of Maryborough, one of few surviving semi-natural grasslands]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:52:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QJYHP7PNTVGUVAMRYQVMNMUTXU.JPG?auth=8a1690ae4ee68259c12072147ff5f8f0172812b26c255ee08e579662ce5f84e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caravans parked on the Curragh plains in Co Kildare in April. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda allegedly raped wife and subjected daughters to child cruelty, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/garda-goes-on-trial-accused-of-raping-wife-twice-and-child-cruelty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/garda-goes-on-trial-accused-of-raping-wife-twice-and-child-cruelty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jury hears of ‘atmosphere of fear’ as well as ‘suppressed and expressed violence’ in family home]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:47:57 +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[Defendant was allegedly a 'violent and domineering father and husband', Central Criminal Court heard]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: Killian Sundermann and Gavin Cooney on the World Cup knockouts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/america-2026/podcast-killian-sundermann-and-gavin-cooney-on-the-world-cup-knockouts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/america-2026/podcast-killian-sundermann-and-gavin-cooney-on-the-world-cup-knockouts/</guid><description><![CDATA[America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:37:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FEWVQXI4TCOK4ZOIYC2D6DNIJ4.jpg?auth=c8a3a4ae516121d7510109d252d99adf03d747bc36f973cf850c1110a54cf9ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Germany supporters wrapped in their national flags react as they attend the public screening of the football match Germany against Paraguay of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the "Sony Center" in Berlin on late June 29, 2026. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tobias Schwarz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold heads for worst quarter in more than a decade as retail frenzy fades]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/gold-heads-for-worst-quarter-in-more-than-a-decade-as-retail-frenzy-fades/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/gold-heads-for-worst-quarter-in-more-than-a-decade-as-retail-frenzy-fades/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leslie Hook]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Expectations of higher interest rates fuelled by Iran war help end bullion’s record rally]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:35:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/26M53DXHOXWJUL4NT7WM4Z3DLM.jpg?auth=d1856582d772b8efe9e8b27c9dd727b4cd108d62b663717c9b631235abaff489&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The price of gold fell below $4,000 a troy ounce on Tuesday as it headed for its worst quarterly performance in more than a decade, amid expectations of higher interest rates and dwindling enthusiasm among retail investors. Photograph: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Damian Lemanski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European shares rise to cap strongest quarter since late 2020]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/30/european-shares-rise-to-cap-strongest-quarter-since-late-2020/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/30/european-shares-rise-to-cap-strongest-quarter-since-late-2020/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iseq All-Share index edges 0.2% higher]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:18:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LYA42WNKRNVH5KLFWH3Q35TO3E.jpg?auth=8710f621fb67eba41a16ef21aaf256d6868f14503af0aaae9b82ee680844d74b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Supermarket group Sainsbury’s rose 1.3 per cent after first-quarter results but said it expects the Middle East conflict to add to food inflation. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Fianna Fáil minister David Andrews dies aged 91]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/death-of-former-fianna-fail-minister-david-andrews-announced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/death-of-former-fianna-fail-minister-david-andrews-announced/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First elected to represent Dún Laoghaire in 1965, Andrews held seat until stepping down in 2002 ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:16:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H2W4JCIYRHDFROBHSYWOF6VIPA.jpg?auth=6f396b3fb0b1360be2a8f8623f9b76e9f5daa995f5fbc0bb3f8a2fe5e0145bc6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former minister for foreign affairs David Andrews. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DUP’s Edwin Poots says he would never have protected Jeffrey Donaldson]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/dups-edwin-poots-says-he-would-never-have-protected-jeffrey-donaldson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/dups-edwin-poots-says-he-would-never-have-protected-jeffrey-donaldson/</guid><description><![CDATA[Questions raised about what was known within DUP about Donaldson’s conduct before 2024 arrest ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:09:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VNVAXBSPNOOEEGK5RAXK6VXN7U.jpg?auth=f874a5bbb6744fbca692bdf5e102a1cc954eab9d872ccb92170c3a429346bdbe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Edwin Poots (left) has insisted that he would never have protected DUP colleague Jeffrey Donaldson. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New rural housing policy will end ‘Eircode lottery’ approach to planning, Minister says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/30/new-rural-housing-policy-will-end-eircode-lottery-approach-to-planning-minister-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/06/30/new-rural-housing-policy-will-end-eircode-lottery-approach-to-planning-minister-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen O’Riordan, Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New system may make it more difficult for Irish speakers to get planning permission in Irish-speaking areas, advocacy groups say]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FCR3QPQEUBF5EZLVG5EBJVISQM.JPG?auth=f9b43f2ae4d4249478b32e7df8566fbb80be19b2c5d09a36710e419a2b15c525&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Housing James Browne said local authorities will have to assess each planning application on its merits through a lens that supports people living in their own rural communities. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP deputy chief to leave company in latest upheaval after Albert Manifold departure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/bp-deputy-chief-to-leave-company-in-latest-upheaval-at-oil-major/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/bp-deputy-chief-to-leave-company-in-latest-upheaval-at-oil-major/</guid><description><![CDATA[Carol Howle’s retirement comes weeks after Irishman removed as chairman]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5L5F7XW6X462A4XMRMYG3VB2HY.jpg?auth=9aa31b4081a2fc99367227699665f2ee78315fc6060b9e3de6648457bf9e5741&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carol Howle took on the position in April this year alongside her role leading the company’s trading division, but will now leave the FTSE 100 company in the third quarter, according to BP. Photograph: Ian West/PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian West</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accountancy firm claims it forgot about bookkeeper of 45 years after merger]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/accountancy-firm-claims-it-forgot-about-bookkeeper-of-45-years-after-merger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/accountancy-firm-claims-it-forgot-about-bookkeeper-of-45-years-after-merger/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bookkeeper and receptionist allege ageist discrimination, unfair dismissal and other breaches when MG Business Advisory Services Ltd merged with their employer]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A4J4WW4MPUV4IQ5ED25BCHNJOQ.jpg?auth=33d84625c19cfcdb449579a63deaa59017c1fa8fef866968d4cc1d8748c9c09d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bookkeeper Siobhan Fanning and receptionist Sandra Breen both allege they suffered ageist discrimination, unfair dismissal and other employment rights breaches when MG Business Advisory Services Ltd merged with Callan Stringer & Co last year. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTA reviewing Irish Rail proposal to end contract for delayed IT system]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/07/01/nta-reviewing-irish-rail-proposal-to-end-contract-for-delayed-it-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/07/01/nta-reviewing-irish-rail-proposal-to-end-contract-for-delayed-it-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Authority also expected to tell Oireachtas committee demand is exceeding supply on public transport]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:17:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F3TNZFNWGVB4VIH2WDG37LPN7M.jpg?auth=ac66653cbb991080810430c1f56bb8742318b841147bf5a5aaf0277bc5bf2926&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new Irish Rail  traffic management system was supposed to be in place two years ago]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilty plea over manslaughter of Co Offaly man who died during stag party in Athlone]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/guilty-plea-over-manslaughter-of-co-offaly-man-who-died-during-stag-party-in-athlone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/guilty-plea-over-manslaughter-of-co-offaly-man-who-died-during-stag-party-in-athlone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seán Munnelly (37) to be sentenced in October after pleading guilty to unlawful killing of Paul ‘Babs’ Connolly (48) in August 2022]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:15:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYGZJB7E6JAYLIFMCQQL7O5HUU?auth=d3918a14bed0b9f03374c1bcbfde78312236f50d2074aadbdd988dac72f845cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul ‘Babs’ Connolly (48), from Edenderry, Co Offaly, died after being assaulted in Athlone on August 13th, 2022. Photograph: An Garda Síochána]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">An Garda Siochana</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopes fade in Venezuela earthquake rescue as UN orders 10,000 body bags]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/30/venezuela-earthquake-rescue-effort-grows-more-desperate-as-un-prepares-for-10000-deaths/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/30/venezuela-earthquake-rescue-effort-grows-more-desperate-as-un-prepares-for-10000-deaths/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rescue teams stop receiving responses from a mother and her three children trapped beneath a nine-storey building]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K7Q6FQYASCWLNNMKTDJDWJQGZU.jpg?auth=6da10520ff0d9b440c580b6ce31a608195e30e4b2cf1d2a175c93c24ccf1ff78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A heavily damaged multi-storey building in the Playa Verde sector of Catia La Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela. Photograph: Federico Parra/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Federico Parra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockades of key infrastructure will not be tolerated during EU presidency, Garda chief says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/30/blockades-of-key-infrastructure-will-not-be-tolerated-during-eu-presidency-garda-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/30/blockades-of-key-infrastructure-will-not-be-tolerated-during-eu-presidency-garda-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Policing operation costing €125m in place to ensure no repeat of fuel protests-style disruption]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:02:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BFV2QIYQWVE4HF5ZKADVEVEIJ4.jpg?auth=dcef8bfe3b90488f152e0034fe005db8e020917132d17b4c690afa4c4d95447d&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 robust enforcement action would be taken should individuals or groups seek to disrupt EU presidency events. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CONOR Ó MEARÁIN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s no longer a place for locals’: Madrid’s boom brings riches but stirs tension at home ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/its-no-longer-a-place-for-locals-madrids-boom-brings-riches-but-stirs-tension-at-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/its-no-longer-a-place-for-locals-madrids-boom-brings-riches-but-stirs-tension-at-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barney Jopson in Madrid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Spanish capital is changing before its residents’ eyes. Restaurants are even imposing a two-hour limit on diners]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:02:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUMX43PMBNAY7AVPMC3LIR2XCQ.jpg?auth=db118847371f167dc482d86423a3f5ddad77f6c5c351696e3dcb2543b26947fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Madrid is simultaneously proud of its newfound popularity and afflicted by angst. Photograph: Xavi Lopez/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[Jury in Noah Donohoe inquest to continue deliberations on Wednesday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/jury-in-noah-donohoe-inquest-sent-out-to-consider-verdict/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/jury-in-noah-donohoe-inquest-sent-out-to-consider-verdict/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Missing Belfast school boy was found dead in storm drain in June 2020]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/34JA4SO63ZAEDIWQ2H7CE4LH5U?auth=4292b286e369d8359b9471c4ed804667923cb8e013308e057ec2a50fa66e032b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noah Donohoe, whose body was found in a storm drain in Belfast in June 2020, after he had been missing for six days]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Family Handout</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury in Riad Bouchaker trial to resume considering verdict on Wednesday     ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/jury-in-riad-bouchaker-trial-told-of-alternative-verdicts-on-attempted-murder-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/jury-in-riad-bouchaker-trial-told-of-alternative-verdicts-on-attempted-murder-charges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Accused man (52) denies attempted murder of three children during Parnell Square incident in November 2023]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:56:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3CWE7GJRNVUZKELSJWNUYX2FCQ.jpg?auth=192b59fec4a7eecbcc50ee91f466e8ec8de3d73fc19bbbe1e10ccba1be3b0508&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Riad Bouchaker is accused of the attempted murder of three children during an incident in November 2023 on Dublin’s Parnell Square. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four changes to Ireland Under-20 side for clash with Argentina ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/30/four-changes-to-ireland-under-20-side-for-clash-with-argentina/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/30/four-changes-to-ireland-under-20-side-for-clash-with-argentina/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom Wood takes over at outhalf for Thursday’s World Rugby Junior World Championship clash]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:40:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQY2ETUYVUXGJXYYOJEQHO6TH4.jpg?auth=b50843373c4391998a3dee64f3a1d6a913dc865c32c386d5a70290f417d9b1b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Deegan comes into the Ireland side for Thursday's match against Argentina at the World Rugby Junior World Championship. Photograph: Levan Verdzeuli/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Levan Verdzeuli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish inflation moderates to 3.3% as Lane warns about second-round effects]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/irish-inflation-moderates-to-33-as-lane-warns-about-second-round-effects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/irish-inflation-moderates-to-33-as-lane-warns-about-second-round-effects/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global tensions easing and energy prices dropping slows rate of increase]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/37AQ66ELR2IGHODDOKZPHCAIRA.jpg?auth=b85d0abff89d9a58364b1d8ba57bddd89d9bd5c928316509f09f90cc2bd646d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Headline inflation moderated to 3.3 per cent in June. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ spends almost €57,000 on team sent to cover World Cup qualifier in Prague]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/06/30/rte-spends-almost-57000-on-team-sent-to-cover-world-cup-qualifier-in-prague/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/06/30/rte-spends-almost-57000-on-team-sent-to-cover-world-cup-qualifier-in-prague/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top Montrose executive says coverage ‘provided on a cost-competitive basis’ reaped benefits ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:17:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZSJU2LYK5BHVDBQBNZJ63L5CA.jpg?auth=cf090915bb1e41d16c4d9adcb87ba4b77efe8329ef05813303b690a0a99d080d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Troy Parrott scores Ireland’s first penalty during a shoot-out at the World Cup 2026 qualifier against the Czech Republic. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gabriel Kuchta</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government introduces VAT cut for hospitality sector despite criticism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/government-introduces-vat-cut-for-hospitality-sector-despite-criticism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/government-introduces-vat-cut-for-hospitality-sector-despite-criticism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran, Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Controversial policy measure has been heavily criticised by economists since its announcement in Budget 2026]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:17:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5PO2OD6ROFSMDMWAUKGG5DKGRE.jpg?auth=bf6b538446c6395c362def8cfe81c9b69851f0739d0f6c2ad92017128b5452f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke said last October that the tax cut was about helping businesses stay viable rather than reducing consumer prices or raising wages. Photograph: European Press Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Hoslet</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defamation case against Irish Examiner by ex-planning institute director struck out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/defamation-case-against-irish-examiner-by-ex-planning-institute-director-struck-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/defamation-case-against-irish-examiner-by-ex-planning-institute-director-struck-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Orla Purcell claimed two articles published in January 2023 on report compiled by consultancy firm EY had defamed her]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:16:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NGY2SPBIKRA4TAYYP4LCUG4EXY.jpg?auth=f2f51e30cff993a8f10bf15af9beb57a9a44b4df1c52efa11b7d428e8c525354&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Orla Purcell, former executive director of the Irish Planning Institute, had claimed in the High Court she was defamed by two articles published by the Irish Examiner in January 2023. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">majkii</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[America’s 250th  birthday hijacked by Trump’s personal branding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/americas-250th-birthday-hijacked-by-trumps-personal-branding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/americas-250th-birthday-hijacked-by-trumps-personal-branding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Luce]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An event that was meant to celebrate an exceptional nation has been cornered by one man]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:15:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y7Q3YNCX2U2ZHCYZWQZUXB7WW4.jpg?auth=dbf5c0488cbb89e04f29f88bcf10925a83460a0e74cda7c84e378712d79c67b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump during a kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Photograph: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bonnie Cash</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘These lads are running amok’: Child injured by scrambler in Dublin’s north inner city]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/30/these-lads-are-running-amok-child-injured-by-scrambler-in-dublins-north-inner-city/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/06/30/these-lads-are-running-amok-child-injured-by-scrambler-in-dublins-north-inner-city/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Social Democrats TD Daniel Ennis tells Taoiseach that having legislation banning the bikes from public places is no use if laws not enforced]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:10:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNAQ7EP6R6LFFY45IQDCKJGWEU.jpg?auth=54981b55498c9f7746fcb74cba56680e58e39b52d546c6591940e4164242d7ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Social Democrats TD Daniel Ennis said the use of scrambler bikes continues to plague parts of the capital. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US supreme court rulings: States to bar transgender athletes from female sports ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/us-supreme-court-rulings-states-to-bar-transgender-athletes-from-female-sports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/30/us-supreme-court-rulings-states-to-bar-transgender-athletes-from-female-sports/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Tait in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Restrictions on campaign spending limits loosened in separate ruling]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:09:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TQ5MKJ5KCQ5H5MSE7PB2KCPUWQ.jpg?auth=9430d43472e05150dae98422c41e10af6fd9e949db4fd42e8e4c46fe64705344&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US supreme court in Washington. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Lo Scalzo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela earthquake: Model homes with views of the sea – now reduced to rubble]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/30/venezuela-earthquake-model-homes-with-views-of-the-sea-now-reduced-to-rubble/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/30/venezuela-earthquake-model-homes-with-views-of-the-sea-now-reduced-to-rubble/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[León Hernandez in La Guaira]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Construction failures and risky geography are key factors in the scale of the country’s rising death toll]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:04:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZPSSIPQDTBI4AC5GGKJKCOYXI.jpg?auth=924fa9d3f46fc482f5d67d394f039776d8bd52ce7fde04fe6124a82333306bfb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A partially-collapsed residential building that was damaged in an earthquake on Wednesday in La Guaira, Venezuela. Photograph: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adriana Loureiro Fernandez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camping on the Continent: An Irish family’s favourite summer holiday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/06/30/camping-on-the-continent-an-irish-familys-favourite-summer-holiday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/06/30/camping-on-the-continent-an-irish-familys-favourite-summer-holiday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emer Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Having first camped in France as a teenager, European campsites are the holiday destination of choice for Emer Roche when travelling with her own children]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:01:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IKOVEPI5WBF2TN5RAOEQXJN3WY.jpg?auth=be7b8326be7057cb19bf3f2b991d873f18a818a7c5fc109d4d7aff0375e20729&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The old town of Collioure, near Camping La Chapelle in the south of France. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">momo11353</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria’s Secret progressing plans for new Dublin store]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/victorias-secret-moves-ahead-with-new-dublin-store/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/victorias-secret-moves-ahead-with-new-dublin-store/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lingerie firm applies for planning permission for signs on Nassau Street units]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:51:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5WSXZW27URUGVIU4V3Q2VQH7C4.jpg?auth=bc100e58f27e3db6d8723460a29a18e76d098b2cf9b8a75f493025161782f192&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Victoria's Secret is closing its store on Grafton Street this summer, however. File image. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brandon Bell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families will be ‘aghast’ at phased withdrawal of fuel tax cuts, Sinn Féin says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/families-will-be-aghast-at-phased-withdrawal-of-fuel-tax-cuts-sinn-fein-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/families-will-be-aghast-at-phased-withdrawal-of-fuel-tax-cuts-sinn-fein-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee, Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cabinet has agreed to begin gradual reduction of reliefs, worth 32 cent on litre of diesel and 27 cent on petrol, from September 1st]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:32:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RYNVEXQ2ABAVBMQAGAMUKLNRPI.JPG?auth=8a7c9e2b6dfbdfb0fcb519cc9b29ee9faeab2d5b61ed25f58ccf8ec07464efe3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hauliers, agricultural contractors and others disrupted supply routes and fuel depots in response to the sharp rise in fuel prices in April. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slug in noodles and live fly in salad among latest food safety complaints]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/30/slug-in-noodles-and-live-fly-in-salad-among-latest-food-safety-complaints/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/30/slug-in-noodles-and-live-fly-in-salad-among-latest-food-safety-complaints/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Other issues raised included a staple found in an Indian meal, a battery found in a pack of almonds and a fly floating in a milk bottle]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:05:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OYZXSMDCAREQHHHSU5TLSCQL4I.jpg?auth=337162cd6a8be77d24b846af3bbc4174a422a3e118281b80b3c63bbd1acfa5e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Among the complaints made to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland was one of a slug in a noodle dish]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Caimin  Jones</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US envoys arrive in Qatar, but progress on Iran peace talks remain in doubt  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/30/us-envoys-arrive-in-qatar-but-progress-on-iran-peace-talks-remain-in-doubt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/30/us-envoys-arrive-in-qatar-but-progress-on-iran-peace-talks-remain-in-doubt/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Mills]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arrival of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Doha follow exchanges of fire over the weekend ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:54:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZDT5KQX7RUQVML6N5CCIW7GW54.jpg?auth=f54b56d3d79d1e9462359d6db2953daf964dfe7502aa569776e03d0ff4aa603e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranians walk past a billboard at the Enghelab Square in Tehran on Tuesday. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abedin Taherkenareh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda overpaid officers and civilian staff €4.25m over past three years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/30/garda-overpaid-officers-and-civilian-staff-425m-over-past-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/06/30/garda-overpaid-officers-and-civilian-staff-425m-over-past-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Issues also identified whereby ex-members should have had pension payments reduced when they took on roles in the public sector after retirement]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:52:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UNOCTDDBCJG3RFOWOEPYBFD4N4.JPG?auth=71c0910309e84782da193f75204b53df1d388d492671ffffeaac84c4df0ec2d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Garda spokesman said there has been a dedicated focus over the last number of years to deal with overpayments. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 1,900 women turned away from domestic violence services due to lack of beds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/30/almost-1900-women-turned-away-from-domestic-violence-services-due-to-lack-of-beds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/06/30/almost-1900-women-turned-away-from-domestic-violence-services-due-to-lack-of-beds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report from Safe Ireland highlights growing prevalence of technology-facilitated and economic abuse]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:55:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R7OHHHIQYFGG7JCJQAL3GA2W6U.jpg?auth=487c19eac0e1748de20a555d57696bf784060c276352389712251e91ca828c89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some 162 women and 93 children or dependent adults were residing in refuge accommodation on the census day last year. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SvetaZi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor pleads guilty to careless driving causing death of daughter (6)]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-careless-driving-causing-death-of-daughter-6/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-careless-driving-causing-death-of-daughter-6/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Babak Meshkat (46) of An Cimín Mór, Cappagh Road, Co Galway, was charged following a Garda investigation into a crash in Co Westmeath in February 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:11:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPHBSBLJRNBEHDN72DN4P6UJBA.JPG?auth=122ee7ee511ea1004af806c6217a9b5879639362598209003c28b3ae1a4fe73b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Babak Meshkat (45), of An Cimín Mór, Cappagh Road, Galway, was charged following a Garda investigation. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Critically endangered’ Nubian species giraffe born at Fota Wildlife Park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/critically-endangered-nubian-species-giraffe-born-at-fota-wildlife-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/critically-endangered-nubian-species-giraffe-born-at-fota-wildlife-park/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Third-generation Nubian giraffe to be born in Co Cork park arrived at about 6ft tall ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:04:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BQHJTRZYQRBPJARYLURATPIXII.jpg?auth=ca8038704d0870de07a79aadafd9c39750124ecebc9dc95d60a707b5d63f07fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fota Wildlife Park is celebrating the birth of a female Nubian giraffe calf, born to mother Aoife and father Ferdie on June 15th. Photograph: Michael O'Sullivan/OSM PHOTO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael O'Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aisling agus Tromluí]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/aisling-agus-tromlui/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/aisling-agus-tromlui/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Titley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cíortar go mion an ceangal idir Éire agus na Na Stíobhartaigh i mórshaothar Bhreandáin Uí Bhuachalla]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7SIGMVUHK5CXDJSURWGXA2B7HE.jpg?auth=2ed86fdd5a6738e7ee09c34907aed97a7dffa02ea935770f2db4d11ac9951660&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Loch Seile i nGleann Fhionnain. Is anseo a cuireadh tús le hÉirí Amach na Seacaibíteach in 1745.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">weareadventurers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 7,000 ‘illegal and potentially unsafe’ teeth-whitening products detained last year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/30/nearly-7000-illegal-and-potentially-unsafe-teeth-whitening-products-detained-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/30/nearly-7000-illegal-and-potentially-unsafe-teeth-whitening-products-detained-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unregulated teeth-whitening products can cause chemical burns on the gum, HRPA warns]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:51:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6XLGHQDO5RDVLKP3MGMABROJAA.jpg?auth=344b91806c2d69b343d7d30afd222a532518ed800f5598ea1324438070d923ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Teeth-whitening products are typically sold as strips or gels and are often marketed online through social media platforms. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mariya Borisova</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mullingar ‘plunged into profound grief and sorrow’ after deaths of three people in Spain crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/forever-young-forever-loved-tributes-paid-to-irish-people-killed-in-spanish-car-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/forever-young-forever-loved-tributes-paid-to-irish-people-killed-in-spanish-car-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Jessica Thompson, Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minute’s silence was held at Westmeath County Council meeting after deaths of two women and man  from Mullingar area]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:36:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SC3AV2SB25BGBA5LIRY7AZJSPY.jpg?auth=7c9910072ccec99ce99fb1e1ef7bb1268a45afc87bb211a0f51404e899d2f1c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Amy McCullagh, Michaela Newcombe and her partner Mark McCullagh died in the crash in Malaga]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cluichí leathcheannais san iomáint romhainn ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/cluichi-leathcheannais-san-iomaint-romhainn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/cluichi-leathcheannais-san-iomaint-romhainn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Máire Ní Bhraonáin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tabharfaidh Gaillimh, Luimneach, Corcaigh agus an Clár aghaidh ar a chéile chun áit a bhaint amach i gcluiche ceannais na bliana seo]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XN456JSQMZFDJPAMLWYKQIVV6E.jpg?auth=f0f7e46649e1ea69a1a1b75b85b36d917aea5a48d408ddf3489ac6510eb9929f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pádraic Mannion (Gaillimh) agus Ronan Hayes (Baile Átha Cliath). Bhí lá iontach ag foireann iománaíochta na Gaillimhe i bPáirc an Chrócaigh nuair a d’éirigh leo an lámh in uachtar a fháil ar Bhaile Átha Cliath i gCraobh Laighean.  Grianghraf: Inpho/James Crombie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Ní hamháin gur mhúin siad ceol dom, ach mhúin siad dom conas éisteacht i gceart agus conas mo ghuth féin a aimsiú sa cheol agus sa damhsa.” ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ni-hamhain-gur-mhuin-siad-ceol-dom-ach-mhuin-siad-dom-conas-eisteacht-i-gceart-agus-conas-mo-ghuth-fein-a-aimsiu-sa-cheol-agus-sa-damhsa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ni-hamhain-gur-mhuin-siad-ceol-dom-ach-mhuin-siad-dom-conas-eisteacht-i-gceart-agus-conas-mo-ghuth-fein-a-aimsiu-sa-cheol-agus-sa-damhsa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is seinnteoir consairtín, rinceoir, agus múinteoir í Caitlín Nic Gabhann as an Mhí. Beidh sí ag seinm ag TradFest Béal Feirste (26ú Iúil - 2ú Lúnasa) agus ag múineadh ag Scoil Samhraidh na Féile. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OGPOFFJYYRE2DPXXO2F7Y33WWA.jpg?auth=5d19096b8f7ad4cbc7c5089b7ac3416a2dd4d0470c2848618f842e3b76a9a88a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Is seinnteoir consairtín, rinceoir, agus múinteoir í Caitlín Nic Gabhann]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurses and midwives at Limerick maternity hospital striking over ‘unsafe’ staffing levels]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/30/nurses-and-midwives-at-limerick-maternity-hospital-to-strike-today-over-unsafe-conditions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/30/nurses-and-midwives-at-limerick-maternity-hospital-to-strike-today-over-unsafe-conditions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[INMO says cut to frontline posts has been ‘catastrophic for a hospital already under significant pressure’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:43:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DCE7QPEWGGAP7S6J5CI4ZICBKA.jpg?auth=9dc615aa36f885a7884b12997cf9e72c8073cc248fecf9238b757d177af7f28e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Nurses and Midwife Organisation said many areas of the University Maternity Hospital in Limerick were running on rosters 50 per cent below safe levels. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ag ceiliúradh Bhród na Gaeltachta an deireadh seachtaine seo]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ag-ceiliuradh-bhrod-na-gaeltachta-an-deireadh-seachtaine-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ag-ceiliuradh-bhrod-na-gaeltachta-an-deireadh-seachtaine-seo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ní Dhonnaile]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thall is Abhus: Bród na Gaeltachta; Tedfest as Gaeilge; seodra ón seanam agus Spotsolas ar Ealaíontóir Éireannach – Sorcha O’Raghallaigh]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QDI55WVOYFCZ3MHAQW3HJBNKYY.jpeg?auth=4488e0b389dcfab3243e4c93f97f63ac7808f8f96043e0aac5969ebe318e1d93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ag ceiliúradh Bhród na Gaeltachta]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Why are the gardaí outside our house?’: Robber’s phone dropped during bookies raid receives message from ‘Mam’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/why-are-the-gardai-outside-our-house-robbers-phone-dropped-during-bookies-raid-receives-message-from-mam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/why-are-the-gardai-outside-our-house-robbers-phone-dropped-during-bookies-raid-receives-message-from-mam/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Ferguson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Geoghegan (43) was identified from CCTV footage of robberies]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGDXO7TQDRBTRAG4BQCI57MGEY.jpg?auth=1bbafff8ac1782d1ba3eb12500952ad2a3e5c2cd341fe74298db7d50037225c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Geoghegan (43) pleaded guilty to attempted robbery at Boylesports and two counts of robbery at Lidl. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vladstudioraw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ceol, cultúr agus cairdeas na gCeilteach ar Oileán Mhanann]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ceol-cultur-agus-cairdeas-na-gceilteach-ar-oilean-mhanann/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/ceol-cultur-agus-cairdeas-na-gceilteach-ar-oilean-mhanann/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Nic Shim]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá clár leathan tarraingteach beartaithe i mbliana ag Yn Chruinnaght ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ENJAJYJVKRCALAJJKH6ZF6X3FY.jpg?auth=db0cfdd56f0b44eddf72d95e25bb51bcb888b78f8b8c22bc2ace590dbdc65040&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rinceoirí Mhanann, Skeddan Jiarg.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motors Q&A: My budget is €13,000. Is a Japanese import VW Golf car a good idea?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/30/motors-qa-my-budget-is-13000-is-a-japanese-import-vw-golf-car-a-good-idea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/30/motors-qa-my-budget-is-13000-is-a-japanese-import-vw-golf-car-a-good-idea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe, Michael McAleer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying, selling or issues you have with your current car]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FRRD4LCJ6RHGTN56FAVQFYZKNQ.jpg?auth=dbb2c008cd17a941775a2c03f7ba80f2b0e60f37986721373e3073a2ab280382&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Japanese cars are generally well kept and maintained, while buyers tend to opt for purchasing new, creating a ripe market for used exports. Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RICHARD A. BROOKS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dangerously high temperatures forecast to return to western Europe next week ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/dangerously-high-temperatures-forecast-to-return-to-western-europe-next-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/dangerously-high-temperatures-forecast-to-return-to-western-europe-next-week/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aleksandar Vasovic, Gavin Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parts of central, eastern and southern Europe are sweltering this week with Budapest forecast to exceed 40 degrees today]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:54:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4ZBNPPBFRKW4LEBKH3CHBSS7E.jpg?auth=78d5c8410dae135376164449c8636236fdd8de9ece3fe37c8cf3beb7fc8c6863&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A beachgoer stands under the shade of an umbrella on the beach in Dhermi, south Albania. Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Armend Nimani</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukrainian tycoon injured in Monaco bomb attack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/ukrainian-tycoon-injured-in-monaco-bomb-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/ukrainian-tycoon-injured-in-monaco-bomb-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Miller, Fabrice Deprez, Leila Abboud in Paris]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Police hunt suspected bomber believed to have fled wealthy Mediterranean principality]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:53:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VGVKU3RAPP4BVLTCW5VIWPFPZA.jpg?auth=07e05f8bc3702842a47af5a0347d77d9bea27e7e9256e901f833c60becdec09e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an alleged attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building in Monaco. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Valery Hache</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish resident released from Iraqi prison is deteriorating rapidly, wife says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/irish-resident-released-from-iraqi-prison-very-ill-and-cant-access-hospitals-wife-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/irish-resident-released-from-iraqi-prison-very-ill-and-cant-access-hospitals-wife-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert Pether remains in Baghdad after being released from prison a year ago]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:52:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B2W67WD7MX5K7PMJSPUDQALWNQ.jpg?auth=457a92f0c3bab2b243730a7849959d83df243aba6d907b8a70af993e40ca580d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robert Pether with his wife, Desree]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who has the most favourable path to the World Cup final?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/29/who-has-the-most-favourable-path-to-the-world-cup-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/29/who-has-the-most-favourable-path-to-the-world-cup-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[France arguably have toughest route to final stages, playing Sweden then, should they win, Paraguay in last 16]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:33:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RY4DA5RAJRVTTNYYGPIXPQFH7Q.jpg?auth=fafeb0bcacf10863cc3399649a8f96f4305b754dfb51038ed587c9e789bfd7ac&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 celebrates after scoring against Jordan. Photograph: Albert Pena/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Albert Pena</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grafton share buy-backs to hit £455m since 2022 as it starts latest phase of purchases  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/grafton-share-buy-backs-to-hit-455m-since-2022-as-it-starts-latest-phase-of-purchases/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/grafton-share-buy-backs-to-hit-455m-since-2022-as-it-starts-latest-phase-of-purchases/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shares in Grafton have are down about 36 per cent from their 2022 highs ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:27:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q2TD7MFQR5BOJEHNNIZ7JZJYEY.jpg?auth=9a83f387d0368dbc77ebde7d20925dfe02e60f0e297e1ed86e15f8c1240f3fab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eric Born is chief executive of Grafton Group]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Armagh man who became the most influential character in history of US soccer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/the-portadown-man-who-kept-us-soccer-alive-for-decades-from-a-broom-closet-in-new-york/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/the-portadown-man-who-kept-us-soccer-alive-for-decades-from-a-broom-closet-in-new-york/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joe Barriskill performed a variety of roles, from fundraiser to team manager - and even dipped into his own pocket]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:24:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3MUQZROQJNC33BHZP45FVTFWC4.jpg?auth=d8f4ccdda66b01d6cd18c30d97b70ed71486df9b4f8651a02a388d9894fd2bae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US Soccer Federation's national training centre in Fayetteville, Georgia. Photograph: Derek White/USSF/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derek White/USSF</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jürgen Klopp plays down links to Germany head coach role after World Cup exit ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/jurgen-klopp-plays-down-links-to-germany-head-coach-role-after-world-cup-exit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/jurgen-klopp-plays-down-links-to-germany-head-coach-role-after-world-cup-exit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Julian Nagelsmann vows to stay on in role after his side went out to Paraguay on penalties]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:09:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MFY5SXMDCJYKCU6BGOH5WLBZWQ.jpg?auth=32a1a7a45df3d2a65d9fc6d9e10436a7a1143869ed280e43b3dcd7b92fcaa703&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jürgen Klopp speaks to MagentaTV following Germany's defeat to Paraguay on penalties in Boston. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martin Rickett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch coach Ronald Koeman to ‘reflect on my future’ after penalty shoot-out loss to Morocco]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/dutch-coach-ronald-koeman-to-reflect-on-my-future-after-penalty-shoot-out-loss-to-morocco/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/dutch-coach-ronald-koeman-to-reflect-on-my-future-after-penalty-shoot-out-loss-to-morocco/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘If I had to do it again I’d do it all the same way’ says head coach of defensive set-up in Round of 32 match]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGAY5HVOQ6UTOBEJW367RIZT2M.jpg?auth=082ad67f251a4f152d77c6dd713f84dc74705e38f3d5bddef137ab0286030358&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dutch head coach Ronald Koeman said he will consider his future after his side exited the World Cup following a World Cup defeat to Morocco on penalties. Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alfredo Estrella</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athrú eile ag 10, Downing Street]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/athru-eile-ag-10-downing-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/athru-eile-ag-10-downing-street/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Agus Príomh-Aire nua ar an Ríocht Aontaithe, ní mór dó aghaidh a thabhairt ar thionchar an Bhreatimeachta agus ar an bhfreasúra láidir sa rialtas]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OKYRXNWJQLDDIGDZSDSWBB6XCA.jpg?auth=19f674c8032f008cdbacc0d2ea59f35f9dad8e5ffe1bd3e7543a8de051c3216f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA["An difríocht idir Blair agus Brown, agus Cameron, ná go raibh an bheirt sin ar aon aigne leis an bpobal agus gur thuig siad an aeráid pholaitiúil. Níor thuig Cameron í beag ná mór." 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Photograph: Queen's University Belfast]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[WhatsApp is changing. Here is everything you need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/06/30/whatsapp-is-changing-here-is-everything-you-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/06/30/whatsapp-is-changing-here-is-everything-you-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Usernames are designed to keep your details private. But are there any downsides? ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:59:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JXXV4HLZ4VGFVKPOAYP3TTSLAM.jpg?auth=7ad82d83fcedffa671e3ac6e2b31413abd1f50154ce2f64484620f4921e51551&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[WhatsApp is planning to introduce usernames in the coming months]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">stockcam</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions Cup makes changes to format to boost competitiveness in pool stage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/29/champions-cup-makes-changes-to-format-to-boost-competitiveness-in-pool-stage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/29/champions-cup-makes-changes-to-format-to-boost-competitiveness-in-pool-stage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A try-scoring bonus point will only be available to teams who win a match and score three or more tries more than their opponents]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VSHNWEH32FUOADRIZFSHBLS7EQ.jpg?auth=eb2c2aaf7f8a2161094baf7e6ef7c2d2730343b5203515179f0fa0854e4b4d7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Union Bordeaux Bègles' Matthieu Jalibert and Damian Penaud celebrate with the Champions Cup trophy. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollution has led to huge drop in salmon and trout numbers in Ireland, Oireachtas to hear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/pollution-has-led-to-huge-drop-in-salmon-and-trout-numbers-in-ireland-oireachtas-to-hear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/pollution-has-led-to-huge-drop-in-salmon-and-trout-numbers-in-ireland-oireachtas-to-hear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Salmonids’ decline serves as a warning that wider ecological deterioration is occurring,’ Angling Council of Ireland says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:59:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3PEPWVTP7XDY3QIH3T4JT7A3ZA.jpg?auth=fb9f580913824dcee387c019e7b0f5f8ba6489c8166fa0d8d8a1dbb7f566a89b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Numbers of Atlantic salmon returning to Irish rivers have fallen by about 90% since the 1970s, the Angling Council of Ireland has estimated. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Imní” ar Bánú faoi riachtanais teanga]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/imni-ar-banu-faoi-riachtanais-teanga/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/imni-ar-banu-faoi-riachtanais-teanga/</guid><description><![CDATA[Na Ceithre hAirde: ráiteas náisiúnta pleanála; Tradfest; Gearrliosta Ardán 2026 fógartha.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:44:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2BDSGTX4QGXUBKBB6RZSMIIULM.jpg?auth=65a0cfe2cb5e854e23a194f892b1dcdbff17a24b11c180ea50f6a54249483115&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tá feachtasóirí ag éileamh gníomh ón Rialtas le fada chun tabhairt faoin ngéarrchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Grianghraf: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, the fuel tax cuts will come to an end ... slowly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/yes-the-fuel-tax-cuts-will-come-to-an-end-slowly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/yes-the-fuel-tax-cuts-will-come-to-an-end-slowly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Building once-off housing in rural area is about to get easier, especially for Irish speakers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:42:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23FMZGYK7FFUDDRSZPOXDSJ3WM.JPG?auth=7cea6a3b40ff29d596d238b2a1218bc8432a05f94e1f313312db2fdc949cdd7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cuts to fuel excise duties were due to expire at the end of July but will be extended. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK economy grew by 0.6% at the start of 2026]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/uk-economy-grew-by-06-at-the-start-of-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/uk-economy-grew-by-06-at-the-start-of-2026/</guid><description><![CDATA[Households put away less in savings in the first quarter]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:25:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPML3YF6ZHA7QDEPKPD7ECJZRA.jpg?auth=b812719bd08b45f069e04b0e0f588ddf5bf3a53dc525b1fb5bb58884d1d9d08b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The ONS left growth unrevised for the first quarter of this year, but said gross domestic product grew by a revised 0.1 per cent at the end of 2025.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morocco edge wild last-32 penalty shoot-out as Netherlands pay heavy price for misses ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/morocco-edge-wild-last-32-penalty-shoot-out-as-netherlands-pay-heavy-price-for-misses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/morocco-edge-wild-last-32-penalty-shoot-out-as-netherlands-pay-heavy-price-for-misses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Ames at Monterrey Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Morocco win 3-2 on penalties, Dutch scorer Cody Gakpo is engulfed by teammates in wake of loss of unborn son ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:22:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5GOYPLIM7F2KIXXIAOPRS6V2I.jpg?auth=e1839392d40ba73d6ab1116c0147962e94e1fab644a15d0d30fe3ea4da60f118&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denzel Dumfries of the Netherlands is tackled by Neil El Aynaoui and Noussair Mazraoui of Morocco at Monterrey Stadium. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Ramos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland v Australia: Easterby confident ‘unbelievable’ Sheehan can lead from front in Doris’s absence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/30/easterby-confident-unbelievable-sheehan-can-lead-from-front-in-absence-of-doris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/30/easterby-confident-unbelievable-sheehan-can-lead-from-front-in-absence-of-doris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hooker will captain side against Australia in the Nations Championship in Sydney this Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:01:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QTF4UZAOTARJGUPCTOFBJFFPYQ.jpg?auth=16318e1932286cdb15c833ce23dc0eef87f552a955a139a9069fbc0991960851&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland defence coach Simon Easterby speaking at a press conference in Sydney. Photograph: Inpho/Ben Brady]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ardee House – an pobal agus an comhlacht in adharca a chéile]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/cas-ardeen-house-an-pobal-agus-an-comhlacht-in-adharca-a-cheile/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/cas-ardeen-house-an-pobal-agus-an-comhlacht-in-adharca-a-cheile/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Ferrari]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá gníomhaithe RHL os comhair cúirte mar gheall ar sheilbh Ionad Pobail Áine Uí Dhealgáin ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z5TF3XF63BFUZGLZA5UNC73AMQ.jpeg?auth=dbcfceac6aa4d40f63441ed26142a530cecfe0b26b8f05f2690417114f8a810c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An beár in Ardee House. Grianghraf: Kitty Holland]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husband of Dublin-based mother on trial in Iceland for murder researched mass suicide, court told ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/husband-of-dublin-based-mother-on-trial-in-iceland-for-murder-researched-mass-suicide-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/husband-of-dublin-based-mother-on-trial-in-iceland-for-murder-researched-mass-suicide-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen McHugh in Reykjavík]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland-based Airbnb colleagues of Catherine Mancel give evidence on fifth day of Ming Ting Mancel’s trial in Reykjavik]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:28:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5RGSKO47Z5DFTKJUM4CCAMZMGQ.jpg?auth=ebe881bd4825a4ac2cf6d0a6935b19044d646c74a8d7d2eb2def20a75df0b101&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ming Ting Mancel, who lived in Dublin with her husband and daughter for almost 10 years before their deaths in Iceland. Photograph: RÚV/Ragnar Visage]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ragnar Visage</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2026: Time to write off Germany, who have become an international Spurs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/world-cup-2026-time-to-write-off-the-germans-who-have-become-an-international-spurs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/world-cup-2026-time-to-write-off-the-germans-who-have-become-an-international-spurs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An incredible night sees Brazil beat Japan and penalty shoot-out wins for Paraguay and Morocco over Germany and Netherlands]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:27:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRCTGVXKE7CNS5EJUPGXU4WM3A.jpg?auth=2a0a11b9d8d2bc0b4b7ea85874fec730def98be0371da0657ab24d0fb2dea5f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Germany fan reacts after the penalty shoot-out loss to Paraguay at Boston Stadium ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Reaves</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU-China talks on trade imbalance is best news for their relations in years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/30/eu-china-talks-on-trade-imbalance-is-best-news-for-their-relations-in-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/06/30/eu-china-talks-on-trade-imbalance-is-best-news-for-their-relations-in-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and China’s commerce minister begin a process to address the widening trade gap]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MGMC4DVLVZ5MOCMBP4ZE3SZUMA.jpg?auth=4c49bae267fa9e708ab4c93292273e84145624c43aba29d274cbcc5b3bccdbb4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maroš Šefčovič speaks during a press point on EU-China relations in Brussels following a meeting with Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Matthys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[An todhchaí á plé agus á pleanáil]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/an-todhchai-a-ple-agus-a-pleanail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/an-todhchai-a-ple-agus-a-pleanail/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ursula Savage]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá an comhrá faoi chomhdhéanamh polaitiúil na hÉireann agus na Ríochta Aontaithe ag leathnú leis i gcónaí]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V5OKW4CESKXWLTDLCT4AS4KSVU.JPG?auth=d93c474cf072d3732a142f69c5b4222e98c44576013a2d9b17e3119b83e06401&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An tAire Dlí Jim O’Callaghan: ba chóir don chéad rialtas eile pleanáil a dhéanamh i dtreo athaontú an oileáin agus tabhairt faoin réamhobair chun na socruithe cuí a oibriú amach. Grianghraf: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern slavery in Donegal: How gardaí saved seven victims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/modern-slavery-in-donegal-how-gardai-saved-seven-victims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/modern-slavery-in-donegal-how-gardai-saved-seven-victims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Two men jailed for human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation, a first for Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23KJMROWHMBZNZBFBXGRXNLDXQ.jpg?auth=89ddb9bb48316dcaea43590340a451833c7e80639953ef45395c2d94c9033f52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rossnowlagh Strand, Donegal.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian stocks set for record-breaking quarter, oil recedes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/30/asian-stocks-set-for-record-breaking-quarter-oil-recedes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/06/30/asian-stocks-set-for-record-breaking-quarter-oil-recedes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Westbrook]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Resurgent dollar pushed the yen to a four-decade low]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:48:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/67MBPREPHWGTRAVWALE55ASCVQ.jpg?auth=0eb45cc409e595cf2abfdcc86d2cdf28fdfbce18a1eb1c54c4c2852f96bdab20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man stands before a stock market indicator board in Tokyo.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Franck Robichon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba hiring in Ireland, and budget income tax cuts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/alibaba-hiring-in-ireland-and-budget-income-tax-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/alibaba-hiring-in-ireland-and-budget-income-tax-cuts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:37:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UCVOEZOD5VAI5JRKORGDHJZPQM.jpg?auth=d91069d0e5a57e620f026f1adb518b86b72424005f83ba1b4c1b9a4e5f8c16a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Changing Times Brewery has announced plans to enter the UK market. Pictured is co-founder Willie Aherne, left, alongside Shane Long, who oversees the brewing operation, and chairman Pat Rigney. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s new EV scrappage scheme opens tomorrow. Can I still get the €5,000 grant?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/is-it-too-late-to-avail-of-the-government-grant-to-buy-a-new-ev/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/is-it-too-late-to-avail-of-the-government-grant-to-buy-a-new-ev/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan on the best-value electric vehicles on the market right now]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZBSQEP5XJVCRXF7WSJI56BGAE4.jpg?auth=5d97d459e3363102d6557c8e8f7073a76427dc697ab4dd40cad4af56be3a4832&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Motoring columnist Neil Briscoe gives his view on the best EVs available to buy now. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ireland can make electricity cheap again - and cut emissions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/this-eight-point-plan-to-make-electricity-cheap-again-could-also-help-cut-emissions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/this-eight-point-plan-to-make-electricity-cheap-again-could-also-help-cut-emissions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Switching to electricity to heat and cool our homes and power our industry is the most effective way of cutting emissions]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6A7FSQGLBFFJTK3PGTMHQYT7IU.jpg?auth=d8345cd950c5354126361cea47e65b5d834820c1233a544f39d7baace56732bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The rapid electrification of our entire energy system could provide a way forward on tackling climate change. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s budget plan has a name: ‘Sure it’ll be grand’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/eoin-drea-ireland-eu-presidency-brussels-budget-tax-contribution-economy-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/eoin-drea-ireland-eu-presidency-brussels-budget-tax-contribution-economy-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Drea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coalition parties dream of income tax cuts while most economists predict shades of financial Armageddon]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRHR5EB7OBGNJEWL7OAUJKDGO4.JPG?auth=18cc3004c28c10789fef0aefa2e4cd64862101c10ef9de1f5482890314dd88a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's presidency of the EU couldn’t come at a worst time. Photograph Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I looked at what drink had done to my mam, and said I’d never end up like that. But I did’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/06/30/i-got-into-situations-that-i-genuinely-look-back-at-and-go-how-did-i-even-survive-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/06/30/i-got-into-situations-that-i-genuinely-look-back-at-and-go-how-did-i-even-survive-that/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Wayman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alcohol darkened Jennifer’s entire childhood in north Co Dublin, paving the way to her own addictions later on]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T44MLUNBHBDZVBUEAZJI2J5XHY.JPG?auth=be3f634327d3b099095db3f9190ce6f4d075b69ba2d3b5fddc79bc6f6e635eba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['She believed she could, so she did': Sayings posted on a wall at Jane's Place, an all-female drop-in centre run by Merchant's Quay Ireland for women who are homeless and/or dealing with addiction or other mental health challenges. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rotunda Hospital should be central to regeneration plans]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/rotunda-hospital-should-be-central-to-regeneration-plans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/rotunda-hospital-should-be-central-to-regeneration-plans/</guid><description><![CDATA[Leave the GPO alone and focus on a facility in need of extra space]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Warm weather and those breathless warnings  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/warm-weather-and-those-breathless-warnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/warm-weather-and-those-breathless-warnings/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘I especially await an advisory, as Christmas approaches, on when I should wear my topcoat’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Chinese tech giant Alibaba seeks staff for first Irish data centre]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-seeks-staff-for-first-irish-data-centre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-seeks-staff-for-first-irish-data-centre/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chinese tech giant previously announced plans to spend €45bn on cloud facilities by the end of next year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VEGHYW36MW3STNIETARL2BL7CA.jpg?auth=a11b9d05ab7f9487e10c0bf8a72ff38a015c9c04479537e7006601dead265049&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Ma-founded Chinese tech firm Alibaba made €2.26 billion in sales from its cloud division in the past year. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adek Berry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood donation and living my true authentic self have changed my life forever]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/blood-donation-and-living-my-true-authentic-self-have-changed-my-life-forever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/blood-donation-and-living-my-true-authentic-self-have-changed-my-life-forever/</guid><description><![CDATA[This year was a special Dublin Pride for me because I got to see something I was never certain would happen: the blood service recruiting new LGBTQ donors]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parliamentary scrutiny of LNG terminal and Dublin Airport passenger too vital to be rushed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/parliamentary-scrutiny-of-lng-terminal-and-dublin-airport-passenger-too-vital-to-be-rushed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/parliamentary-scrutiny-of-lng-terminal-and-dublin-airport-passenger-too-vital-to-be-rushed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Legislation that could lock Ireland into higher carbon emissions for decades]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Memories of Ireland’s outdoor swimming pools]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/memories-of-irelands-outdoor-swimming-pools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/memories-of-irelands-outdoor-swimming-pools/</guid><description><![CDATA[I recall my formative years growing up in Belfast when there was a huge outdoor pool in the Falls Park]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Plea for a long-term rental neighbour ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/plea-for-a-long-term-rental-neighbour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/plea-for-a-long-term-rental-neighbour/</guid><description><![CDATA[Short-term lets are hollowing out Galway ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Remembering Br Kevin Crowley]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/remembering-br-kevin-crowley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/remembering-br-kevin-crowley/</guid><description><![CDATA[Philanthropic cleric had a vision of Dublin where homelessness had been eradicated, as opposed to being tolerated]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Aughinish Alumina; unsafe vapes ‘flooding’ EU market, and World Cup hydration breaks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/aughinish-alumina-unsafe-vapes-flooding-eu-market-and-world-cup-hydration-breaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/aughinish-alumina-unsafe-vapes-flooding-eu-market-and-world-cup-hydration-breaks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: What income tax cuts might we expect in Budget 2027?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XQ2SNZUO5CY4SAVX6KRX3FWHII.jpg?auth=8206603e1784c7a163ad42fbd995d26c49f619883702ab371004fd305141aa6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni speaks to Exequiel Palacios during a hydration break in the FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage match. Photograph: Albert Pena/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Albert Pena</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have already had glimpses of climate-induced societal breakdown ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/red-alerts-issued-by-europes-met-offices-must-also-be-issued-by-citizens-to-their-governments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/30/red-alerts-issued-by-europes-met-offices-must-also-be-issued-by-citizens-to-their-governments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At a fundamental level, we do not believe what we are experiencing: the catastrophic effects of global heating]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QBRTUGLLGTVKQTLU3TOJIYNRY.jpg?auth=bca16362ecc3e8c71c512a8a1e23f0f31314db7548695741f02ff2937d0fdd37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A doctor evaluates a patient suffering from heat exposure at Purpan Hospital in Toulouse during last week's heatwave. France experienced its hottest day since measurements began on June 23rd. Photograph: Ed Jones/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ed Jones</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rugby’s latest rule change shows the Springboks have got their way once again]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/29/time-will-tell-if-maul-change-is-good-for-rugby-but-its-clearly-great-for-south-africa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/29/time-will-tell-if-maul-change-is-good-for-rugby-but-its-clearly-great-for-south-africa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With the World Cup closing in, Springboks’ already-potent maul is now even stronger]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C2KZCYWE6NAIJG4XJMEU7WQXDY.jpg?auth=5ac8476588ae820ccccd3a966cc85c641d66a7f9f8d371718ab7541a0ccd32a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland and England players get to grips with each other in a maul during the Six Nations game at Twickenham in March. Photograph: Inpho/Billy Stickland]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Billy Stickland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clones Town football club to vote on renaming John Delaney Park grounds ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/clones-town-football-club-to-vote-on-renaming-john-delaney-park-grounds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/clones-town-football-club-to-vote-on-renaming-john-delaney-park-grounds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney, Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Delaney exited FAI following damaging media revelations about the association’s governance and finances]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VXBD5UPTVBAX7CC2I6YKCD5OHM.jpg?auth=346316c80bd0b3b0115ac84f42e685111fa22eaf2630e3879b2a33b9eecef8d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Clones Town FC in Monaghan is to hold a meeting to debate removing the name 'John Delaney Park' from its club grounds.
Photograph: James Crombie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What year is it anyway?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/what-year-is-it-anyway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/what-year-is-it-anyway/</guid><description><![CDATA[Going by some calendars already on sale, 2027]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Long journeys and early-morning hospital appointments ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/long-journeys-and-early-morning-hospital-appointments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/long-journeys-and-early-morning-hospital-appointments/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unnecessary stress for patients living in remote areas]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Getting the message out nice and early]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/getting-the-message-out-nice-and-early/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/getting-the-message-out-nice-and-early/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nothing to stop advertisers talking about ‘back to school’, even if children disapprove]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Byzantine structures of State bodies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/byzantine-structures-of-state-bodies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/byzantine-structures-of-state-bodies/</guid><description><![CDATA[This model of layers of boards and legal entities often hampers progress]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Stephen Rochford: If it’s a red card in the 66th minute, it’s a red card in the sixth minute]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/30/stephen-rochford-if-its-a-red-card-in-the-66th-minute-its-a-red-card-in-the-sixth-minute/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/30/stephen-rochford-if-its-a-red-card-in-the-66th-minute-its-a-red-card-in-the-sixth-minute/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Rochford]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gaelic football needs to move away from excusing fouls based on the stage of the game they’re committed]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X7AW3GGXL3PWVTOG64IBCGOZFE.jpg?auth=b920debac50d55edd8ccfe9222313c7cefba690fd2881a65f439ee2aaacc0968&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Hurson sends off Seán Callaghan of Louth during Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final between Louth and Monaghan at Croke Park. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">james lawlor photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hedgerows deserve a proper management strategy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/our-hedgerows-deserve-a-proper-management-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/our-hedgerows-deserve-a-proper-management-strategy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Clear and standardised national guidelines are needed]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 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[Best used cars to buy for less than €20,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/30/best-used-cars-to-buy-for-less-than-20000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/06/30/best-used-cars-to-buy-for-less-than-20000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There’s a wide array of cars on offer for anyone whose budget can stretch to €20,000]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKOMOSUJDFA6HHACWVRJVL5ARQ.jpg?auth=fd1953f3d9ff6f91fe0d06a434c936fcbae5afcd39f4fcee99766561b2c5700f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Porsche Boxster]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaeltacht na Rinne sa Samhradh – seoid Phort Láirge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/gaeltacht-na-rinne-sa-samhradh-seoid-phort-lairge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/gaeltacht-na-rinne-sa-samhradh-seoid-phort-lairge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Foley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shílfeá go bhfuil an traidisiún, an cultúr agus an teanga sa cheantar i ngan fhios don saol mór]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J3PMOBKCAFESTPWVB5L2MQXZSQ.JPG?auth=0fde814becf85078909f2fc0e13a26debb3d79644928483ef06b70705a9e4757&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cuan Heilbhic i nGaeltacht na nDéise. Grianghraf: RoseAnn Foley]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joseph Foley.</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Féin’s compliance with new financial disclosure rules queried by Irish academic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/sinn-feins-compliance-with-new-financial-disclosure-rules-queried-by-irish-academic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/sinn-feins-compliance-with-new-financial-disclosure-rules-queried-by-irish-academic/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Non-inclusion of US fundraising body in party’s annual accounts ‘difficult to understand’, says DCU professor]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2R3PMG2DPIANRKEYHIWIV4JBZM.jpg?auth=4bfef8d88c79b9e1d318391ddfae02666fd55952dd723206a8a289c8af7719ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[FOSFUSA contributed to the cost of trips to the US by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-off rural housing guidelines set to be overhauled]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/new-guidelines-for-one-off-rural-housing-to-come-before-cabinet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/30/new-guidelines-for-one-off-rural-housing-to-come-before-cabinet/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anti-poverty initiative reports 0.7 per cent drop in child poverty from 2024 to 2025]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DKL4BTSB5VFD5F4QR6XYWJ2MII.JPG?auth=4e796d22d8910e015c8df5c173c906324adff609491a79ca4b07fe5384c18f58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Cabinet will hear plans by Ministers James Browne and John Cummins to overhaul guidelines on rural housing. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truck driver fails in appeal against sentence for killing Garryowen rugby player in jackknife incident ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/truck-driver-fails-in-appeal-against-sentence-for-killing-rugby-player-in-jackknife-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/30/truck-driver-fails-in-appeal-against-sentence-for-killing-rugby-player-in-jackknife-incident/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Dunne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court noted that main defect in lorry driven by Gabor Mihalecz (65) was with braking system]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEAFPAVNPZFMVBZ4VEPKU2OAZQ.jpg?auth=4c221ce0e9ac0a6e017eadae04decd5f0e3129f75b0e73a7a3de6fbe7f20e3f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Court of Appeal dismisses sentence case of careless truck driver speeding in a defective lorry when he caused the death of former Garryowen rugby player Mark McMullen. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVE MEEHAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Vinted is a wolf in sheep’s clothing’: Ireland’s vintage stores on facing down online challenges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/vintage-stores-confident-of-survival-despite-competition-from-online-giant-vinted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/vintage-stores-confident-of-survival-despite-competition-from-online-giant-vinted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some store owners dismiss online retailer as ‘a fad’ and suggest sustainability credentials are overstated]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MOXFLWV7NFAJVJBFC6MGZXIF24.jpg?auth=7b772d161dc8e9166b05a74cedb6e4ce714e1cc9d13d75ef84bbc0f1016f9920&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alex Morgan, general manager of Nine Crows, in 'big sister' store Loot: 'Vintage shops are going to be here until the end of time']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We came back to Ireland in late October, not the best time to come back. It was quite cold’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/30/we-came-back-to-ireland-in-late-october-not-the-best-time-to-come-back-it-was-quite-cold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/30/we-came-back-to-ireland-in-late-october-not-the-best-time-to-come-back-it-was-quite-cold/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hosanna Boulter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Farzana Maudarbaccus moved from Mauritius to Ireland in 2011]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFGZIO4OWFCCDEGLF24MZOJRA4.JPG?auth=8311271664ba6d666d6c57b9a48b0454edeab94221ccc8782143df6363b769fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Farzana Maudarbaccus: Having children afforded her the opportunity to meet more people as she made friends through baby groups and then her children’s schools. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European market ‘flooded’ with unsafe vapes, EU anti-fraud chief says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/european-market-flooded-with-unsafe-vapes-eu-anti-fraud-chief-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/30/european-market-flooded-with-unsafe-vapes-eu-anti-fraud-chief-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent crackdown uncovered millions of vapes shipping into EU labelled as toys, earphones, shoes and essential oils to avoid tax]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XG6NV2OKAVDJRGUICCARQQ5O7I?auth=68deb25c88bad6ddcb49d185d8eba1bfd96d6c8d3ff8349bfc1269015c41746d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A recent cross-Border investigation seized 94 million vape products as part of a crackdown on the booming market. Photograph: OK McCausland/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ok Mccausland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina will have to pay up front for costs of closing down Limerick plant under new deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/aughinish-will-have-to-pay-up-front-for-closure-and-restoration-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/30/aughinish-will-have-to-pay-up-front-for-closure-and-restoration-costs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Co Limerick plant will be required to set aside nearly €31m under new agreement]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WJTC2YZODFGBJPRL4GC2USGL5Q.JPG?auth=1824443cc01933ef6a60964109edebc9fd736495fb3da024c3108f57df9a7602&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina, which is the largest alumina refinery in Europe, sits on 526 hectares on the Shannon estuary. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look inside: Home of Year finalist features colour drenching and striking design in Terenure]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/6-mount-tallant-avenue-terenure-dublin-for-sale-home-of-the-year-rte-finalist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/6-mount-tallant-avenue-terenure-dublin-for-sale-home-of-the-year-rte-finalist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three-bedroom end-terrace has featured on RTÉ property show]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVOUF5F3FJBUZPQZJJA6WE4CIY.jpg?auth=1d033dd713f4b82f391b8f417a0491e18fffbe2278c5301ff6c6913c0c33ec0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[6 Mount Tallant Avenue]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car-free living and effortless style at Liberties terrace for €625,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/car-free-living-and-effortless-style-at-liberties-terrace-for-625000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/car-free-living-and-effortless-style-at-liberties-terrace-for-625000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Renovated three-bed home upgraded for modern life in Dublin 8]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JIEVGOAQGNHHVPNLQWFNOJ7L2Q.jpg?auth=7258d441918fb1e3ac3cd2b1ac7962c3e7da367d2f329dadea133bcf0db3223b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[10 Thirlestane Terrace, Dublin 8]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACCA excludes Peter McVerry Trust auditor but does minimum to publicise case]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/acca-excludes-mcverry-trust-auditor-but-does-minimum-to-publicise-the-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/acca-excludes-mcverry-trust-auditor-but-does-minimum-to-publicise-the-case/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Notification of the pubic hearing of the case was by a way of an obscure “pre-hearing notice” on the ACCA website  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SYGGS4TSZFDL3J66GNYPCOIOVI.JPG?auth=28dadec17ffef6e21e8fc29b9d36a761ece6c704710817fd3ec357a9bf8813fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The near-collapse of the McVerry trust required a Government bailout to continue vital services for vulnerable people. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does the Irish hospitality sector still need VAT rate cut?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/if-the-number-of-insolvencies-is-declining-does-hospitality-sector-need-vat-rate-cut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/if-the-number-of-insolvencies-is-declining-does-hospitality-sector-need-vat-rate-cut/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cost to the taxpayer is expected to be more than €230m this year and in excess of €680m for a full year  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEHC34NFFZG4ZBGASFXTRIMXFA.jpg?auth=52112bc2c2eaba58b133709e1bcd066145a533f2e03ac884ef0a30d8514ba4c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[According to PwC, company insolvencies in the hospitality sector have fallen by more than a quarter so far this year. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Halfpoint</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who are homeless, in addiction, or recovery - a safe place for women]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/06/30/for-those-who-are-homeless-in-addiction-or-recovery-a-safe-place-for-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/06/30/for-those-who-are-homeless-in-addiction-or-recovery-a-safe-place-for-women/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Wayman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jane’s Place helps vulnerable women ‘feel human, not a problem to be solved’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P5IZCP7J6VG2ZGP4T4A462VA2M.JPG?auth=339427d2aa97f9083b283181a034d6f18233cd7eddf3ad7ecfc97948a19eae13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jane's Place, an all-female drop-in centre run by Merchant's Quay Ireland for women who are homeless and/or dealing with addiction or other mental health challenges. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling all seafood lovers: 14 restaurants to visit this summer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/30/calling-all-seafood-lovers-14-restaurants-to-visit-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/30/calling-all-seafood-lovers-14-restaurants-to-visit-this-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave, Joanne Cronin, Ali Dunworth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lobster, oysters, old-school fish and chips – it’s hard to beat fresh Irish seafood cooked with flair]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKMSHSBNO5DUNGUUXYW5HLNBV4.JPG?auth=688653573580fbaaeb128fe92b474cbf3b259d2a2ad1689a6bb3b86400f57364&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eunice Power, owner of AndChips in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Photograph: Patrick Browne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick Browne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it my fault if hedge that has grown on to neighbour’s property causes damage?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/property-clinic-advice-overgrown-hedge-neighbours-property-liable-storm-damage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/06/30/property-clinic-advice-overgrown-hedge-neighbours-property-liable-storm-damage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Carney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The hedge overhangs into my neighbour’s property as they do not trim it]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JI6MZQGCEFGADGGSSG7VQUIVAM.jpg?auth=d3a340c7f1d8a29bf40849831e903676eb16845dc17bb5eb6c255755f47157b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Your neighbour has the right to cut back overhanging branches or growth to the boundary line.' Picture posed. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">brytta</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will my daughter be hit with two tax bills when she inherits holiday home?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/30/will-my-daughter-be-hit-with-a-capital-gains-tax-bill-when-she-inherits-holiday-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/30/will-my-daughter-be-hit-with-a-capital-gains-tax-bill-when-she-inherits-holiday-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tax exemption for a ‘principal private residence’ has led to some confusion in the area of property sales]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YR2HLYFSLZFWXOLBW6XLTUUQ2I.jpg?auth=aec824555feafbb59f2a83bc51553646d9cdde036356263c05da04d450305e22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Géarú ar an éileamh]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/gearu-ar-an-eileamh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/06/30/gearu-ar-an-eileamh/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Nic Pháidín]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá idir Theachtaí Dála, ghrúpaí teanga agus saineolaithe den tuairim go bhfuil polasaí ceart oideachais don Ghaeilge de dhíth láithreach]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RJOHDA6OOLSRZL46SUHZNKOFBU.JPG?auth=5ba2f90bf5e4a01dbcc83f697a0899c5947f4629f4d7e9c48f3ff2df9f8315f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Teachta Dála Naoise Ó Cearúil: chun scríobh chuig an Aire Oideachais lena rá gur chóir polasaí a chur le chéile ó thaobh ailíniú leis an Fhráma Tagartha Comónta Eorpach (FTCE) ó na luathbhlianta go dtí an tríú leibhéal. Grianghraf: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One in five fear Ireland’s new savings scheme will ‘benefit only the wealthy’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/1-in-5-fear-simon-harris-saving-scheme-will-only-benefit-wealthy-people-survey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/1-in-5-fear-simon-harris-saving-scheme-will-only-benefit-wealthy-people-survey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Study shows younger people and those on lower incomes are distinctly more sceptical about Government plan to tap bank savings ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2H3NOAZBZBDULOZOUDZU5G45YQ.jpg?auth=d173a25c0e23af10ae56713a9d2324b22c7ebcb452a7eec15abc89f1ac2bc312&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[One in three people fears losing money under the Government's planned investment scheme, according to a survey. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alihan Usullu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say cheese, think Kerrygold: A new range of cheeses guaranteed to put a smile on your face ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/30/say-cheese-think-kerrygold-a-new-range-of-cheeses-guaranteed-to-put-a-smile-on-your-face-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/06/30/say-cheese-think-kerrygold-a-new-range-of-cheeses-guaranteed-to-put-a-smile-on-your-face-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Whether it’s a packed lunch, a family dinner or a weekend gathering with friends, Kerrygold’s new cheese range is designed to make every moment a little more delicious]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DQ4UUZAK4VFWVJ4D2FWTM4EMP4.jpg?auth=31bef01fd772849cd44abcba80dbb3b37c570d17a7a867084b826e4aa1337deb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerrygold is an intrinsic part of our food heritage; now it's adapting to evolving tastes with a new cheese range]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Income tax cuts are coming. How much extra cash will this mean for you?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/30/income-tax-cuts-are-coming-but-how-much-will-they-mean-for-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/30/income-tax-cuts-are-coming-but-how-much-will-they-mean-for-you/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Reddan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Various approaches open to Government but any change is likely to do little more than keep take-home pay rising more or less in line with inflation  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KO3MPMFOENG2PB3TSUHYWVWVUI.jpg?auth=ca16ead538b127db30d9ca82fa6231d362c16233c3e1e0ff8d28cd1ead4e248c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Income tax savings can be expected in Budget 2027. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy discipline needed to tackle economic pressure points ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/30/policy-discipline-needed-to-tackle-current-economic-pressure-points/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/06/30/policy-discipline-needed-to-tackle-current-economic-pressure-points/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pablo Hernández de Cos]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On AI, a growing reliance on debt amplifies risks, making the sector more vulnerable to abrupt corrections]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AG7GWALGM54TQZXAFOTORHR334.jpg?auth=d578fbf28834b249f6493f42383ff09c1d34ed6bbd3fe54c8dd57dd428c08654&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Closure of the Strait of Hormuz was the latest in a sequence of supply shocks, with the result that inflation has made a comeback. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland come up short against England in Under-20s World Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/ireland-come-up-short-against-england-in-under-20s-world-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/ireland-come-up-short-against-england-in-under-20s-world-championship/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBNR2DWD4KWFXA56KYARPZ4JBI.jpg?auth=654a974bb6e5047d1a880bbfe3fd2c54fb0a6d142285da73d5890a2210751a56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Tom Wood is tackled by England's Oliver Spencer. Photograph: Levan Verdzeuli/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Levan Verdzeuli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans hate them but hydration breaks are the World Cup’s new money spinner ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/fans-hate-them-but-hydration-breaks-are-the-world-cups-new-money-spinner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/30/fans-hate-them-but-hydration-breaks-are-the-world-cups-new-money-spinner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fifa says they’re for player welfare but advertisers have been the big winners]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6OHVNMWKXNYU3ND75BEXZFMZVI.jpg?auth=71a5e3602ea13ae64ea5190b7c3b3f4199ac2efedfdc43e7e0d9cd0f6198c559&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brazil's huddle during a hydration break in the match against Scotland. Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Reaves</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deborah Lutz’s fresh biography of Emily Brontë is a worthy celebration of a unique author ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/deborah-lutzs-fresh-biography-of-emily-bronte-is-a-worthy-celebration-of-a-unique-author/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/deborah-lutzs-fresh-biography-of-emily-bronte-is-a-worthy-celebration-of-a-unique-author/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny McAuley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This Dark Night: The Life of Emily Brontë benefits from access to the writer’s rediscovered poetry notebook and Lutz’s expert reappraisals of her poems]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DJIX2FT3QNEVFADFAWI5OVNPPE.png?auth=bffe9cb40f829dbf79809bea92a76502d9b799e44ff3c63ecfe01147afb545d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The title of This Dark Night, taken from Emily Brontë’s poem opening 'The wind I hear it sighing', announces Deborah Lutz’s focus on Brontë as a poet of nocturnal reveries and affinity with nature.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northern reading lights: There’s a real children’s books community out there to discover]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/30/northern-reading-lights-theres-a-real-childrens-books-community-out-there-to-discover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/30/northern-reading-lights-theres-a-real-childrens-books-community-out-there-to-discover/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly McCaughrain]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There’s a huge opportunity in Northern Ireland for existing institutions to recognise books for children and young people as a vital part of our widely respected literary output ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OTY4OF3AZFG4VNG35XZQSZAVBQ.JPG?auth=6fe3ee7d87fc27caa660f56f920a7c961a29eeecad5f35403fbfdc4155375138&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stephen Daly, Sue Divin, Shirley-Anne McMillan and Kelly McCaughrain with their copies of Children’s Books Ireland reading guide, Northern Lights - a showcase of contemporary books for children and young people by artists in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Mark McCormick]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dismal Germany’s World Cup exit raises questions about Wirtz]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/ken-early-dismal-germany-exit-world-cup-after-losing-penalty-shootout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/30/ken-early-dismal-germany-exit-world-cup-after-losing-penalty-shootout/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paraguay defy odds and set up last-16 meeting with France or Sweden]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:12:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E7XKBSX3K3NEB46PMEIYLJMKKU.jpg?auth=ed2b0dfe4683698c923e9cfccb9a1f0b6488cda2f7b5a7b9a184052916db7ade&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz Wirtz lacks most of the qualities of a top-level winger. He is small, not strong, and not quick. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Odd Andersen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup connections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/world-cup-connections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/30/world-cup-connections/</guid><description><![CDATA[Time for League of Ireland fans to row in behind Pico Lopes and Cape Verde]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>