<?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/2026-07-04/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:43:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Is there a connection between the Virgin Mary and the EU flag?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/05/is-there-a-connection-between-the-virgin-mary-and-the-eu-flag/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/05/is-there-a-connection-between-the-virgin-mary-and-the-eu-flag/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finola Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: The design of the flag was part of a collaboration involving French artist Arsène Heitz, who worked for the Council of Europe]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SWLPJP75ZVADBKE4WEJPWUZLWI.JPG?auth=48754a5a6174a371b8a22aad70f57e1f170010a2e541bec67c572a1da93b9020&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The EU flag is raised during the ceremony at Dublin Castle to mark the start of Ireland's EU presidency. Photograph: Alan Betson
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukrainian drones hit oil terminal in Russia’s St Petersburg]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/04/ukrainian-drones-hit-oil-terminal-in-russias-st-petersburg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/04/ukrainian-drones-hit-oil-terminal-in-russias-st-petersburg/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Badshah]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[City subjected to ‘large-scale’ overnight attack that also hit Baltic port of Vysotsk]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:24:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DPMRPQA2ZVEENLZGUWJZJRGENM.jpg?auth=97dc36b188d2e57b3a50480d089a426c19e06d7f1adfd324788f698927a52815&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Smoke rises after drone attacks on oil and port facilities in the St Petersburg region in this screengrab from a video shared by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Photograph: @ZelenskyyUa]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelans in Ireland: ‘Every day we’re receiving messages that more people haven’t been found’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/venezuelans-in-ireland-every-day-were-receiving-messages-that-more-people-havent-been-found/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/venezuelans-in-ireland-every-day-were-receiving-messages-that-more-people-havent-been-found/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin community recalls horror of finding out about devastating earthquakes last month]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R4EC3KREC2NZCHYS3O4FU6ZMDA.jpg?auth=c26863f1f9004832c759f61d9804d324bbf5a6ff575e06d1c523dbf4e3983171&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Civilian volunteers search for survivors in a collapsed building 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[Ounahi and Rahimi end Canada’s World Cup journey in sending Morocco to quarter-finals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/ounahi-and-rahimi-end-canadas-world-cup-journey-in-sending-morocco-to-quarter-finals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/ounahi-and-rahimi-end-canadas-world-cup-journey-in-sending-morocco-to-quarter-finals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Morocco find three second-half goals after bland opening period]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SQVMEUXMB52K2SQ3ABVDRL67IQ.jpg?auth=b9dd2a131417100f48be014c7469bbcbec126e7fb8a70f4d47034cbc6ade34bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Azzedine Ounahi (right) celebrates with team-mate Brahim Diaz after scoring his second goal for Morocco. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin C. Cox</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a political force, Irish America is now a shell of itself]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/once-a-political-force-irish-america-is-now-a-shell-of-itself/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/once-a-political-force-irish-america-is-now-a-shell-of-itself/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Carolyn Gallagher ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The relationship between Ireland and the US is under profound stress, from both internal changes and external pressures]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:19:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H3M3YT56NQNCVIVAIXIGLKOLVQ.jpg?auth=769a8205190c2c055bbf7f6da1552f00afe3a3a8bbc3fc7fc60fc89b3d4c1bf5&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 speaks during a Friends of Ireland luncheon in Washington, DC, during annual St Patrick's Day celebrations. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chip Somodevilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa make a statement with Nations Championship rout against England ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/south-africa-make-a-statement-with-nations-championship-rout-against/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/south-africa-make-a-statement-with-nations-championship-rout-against/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Kitson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Springboks emerge battered but victorious at Ellis Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A7644JGWDZO5SRKLP4EBFPE7UE.jpg?auth=2673f3fab65dcaa88d824118e64fb03f1a09c66be6a12c2bda9765a566e4e564&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Springbok scrumhalf Grant Williams scores a try against England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Photograph: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Phill Magakoe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben O’Connor rejects comparison to All-Ireland final collapse after defeat to Galway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/ben-oconnor-rejects-comparison-to-all-ireland-final-collapse-after-defeat-to-galway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/ben-oconnor-rejects-comparison-to-all-ireland-final-collapse-after-defeat-to-galway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Egan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘It didn’t happen for us,’ says Cork manager after Rebels see their championship come to a close]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:46:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X3QGHHW6WQIJQEYAF3A5VHQMMQ.jpg?auth=009f2345fe980260257b386bda3490bfefccc248ce8ce36973fd8f6c632136f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's Barry Walsh dejected after their semi-final defeat to Galway. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway outmanoeuvre Cork with devastating second-half performance to reach All-Ireland final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/galway-outmanoeuvre-cork-with-devastating-second-half-performance-to-reach-all-ireland-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/galway-outmanoeuvre-cork-with-devastating-second-half-performance-to-reach-all-ireland-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rebels reduced to 14 after captain Darragh Fitzgibbon picked up a second yellow]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4F7D7R3WGJG5J3VCXRMA56FE6E.jpg?auth=5dbdd397fad9a6f46681479e95d161c502284be488a91300ceee4adf03b2e734&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[avin Lee celebrates a score for Galway during the All-Ireland semi-final against Cork 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[Woman (64) now afraid to enter Dublin city centre after alleged mugging, court hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/04/woman-64-now-afraid-to-enter-dublin-city-centre-after-alleged-mugging-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/04/woman-64-now-afraid-to-enter-dublin-city-centre-after-alleged-mugging-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ceiligh McCormack (29) and John Byrne (28) accused of a daylight robbery on O’Connell Street]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:45:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VKDF5OJ6ZEAPBSI3GK3PCUDRM.jpg?auth=18b41a51b975ae12cf8d01cf5bb74fc24a8c71015242a2e24b7ed2d52bdf0994&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The complainant suffered a dislocated shoulder, Dublin District Court heard. 
Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The_Irish_Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motorcyclist (50s) dies after crash in Co Kildare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/motorcyclist-50s-dies-after-crash-in-co-kildare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/motorcyclist-50s-dies-after-crash-in-co-kildare/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man was pronounced dead at the scene near Kilcock on Saturday morning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:16:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHMTYZZN5FFZ7JCQ2Z54ER26AE.jpg?auth=c0bb1ba48fef1f3234730e37b658ecfcf3e4a0fd05082eef8bcbc263819cc5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The male motorcyclist was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene, gardaí said. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonas Vingegaard takes yellow after team time trial on opening stage of Tour de France]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/07/04/jonas-vingegaard-takes-yellow-after-team-time-trial-on-opening-stage-of-tour-de-france/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/07/04/jonas-vingegaard-takes-yellow-after-team-time-trial-on-opening-stage-of-tour-de-france/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connell, Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland’s Ben Healy struggles following difficult run-up]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:04:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O3HN5AKUR7J42SXSGCTSAQRGDE.jpg?auth=604e580de463d3cb9d40ea60150b94b5756c2db27f6e1facd4f6a64a7757a7f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on the podium after claiming the GC leader's yellow jersey after the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff Pachoud</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does watering on a hot day damage plants?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/07/04/does-watering-on-a-hot-day-damage-plants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/07/04/does-watering-on-a-hot-day-damage-plants/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[True story or old wives’ tale?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V2UBMSG6WG7QLKZFQSFHTODTDA.jpg?auth=321c57211472c5541e396a3656ea141e4a0d85fb40a79e144bf19c32c3b0909d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The myth persists that water droplets left on the leaves and flowers of plants after watering act as magnifying lenses in hot weather, causing scorching of the foliage and the flowers. Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland to see warm weather next week with temperatures up to 25 degrees]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/ireland-to-see-warm-weather-next-week-with-temperatures-up-to-25-degrees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/ireland-to-see-warm-weather-next-week-with-temperatures-up-to-25-degrees/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spain’s weather agency issues heat warning as highs of 42 degrees forecast for some areas]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G7GGEVHPYRYVLTMXSRDFPRKWKI.jpg?auth=04c5d367e7e7c79e7edff615930b1b41f2d1986f207f6bf0f41aea8dcc2f0522&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sunshine in Dublin last week. Highs of 25 degrees are forecast on Wednesday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reaction: Ireland squeeze home against Australia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/reaction-ireland-squeeze-home-against-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/reaction-ireland-squeeze-home-against-australia/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:07:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2H2BH77AHYQODRU5JCHML7F73I.jpg?auth=d2684e066544dd2612ddf9588f6f70594901f56bc0dddfed159d983f950e4b08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's captain Dan Sheehan holds the Lansdowne Cup after victory in the Nations Championship rugby Test match between Australia and Ireland at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney. Photograph: Saeed Khan / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Saeed Khan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rampant Galway into All-Ireland final after another Cork collapse – as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/all-ireland-hurling-semi-final-live-updates-cork-take-on-galway-looking-to-reach-third-successive-decider/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/all-ireland-hurling-semi-final-live-updates-cork-take-on-galway-looking-to-reach-third-successive-decider/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Micheál Donoghue’s side put in a spectular second half, holding 14-man Cork to just five points after the break]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:03:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGJ7WL5FQNINLZJ5LAP76VLM7E.jpg?auth=b6801f2a56d7567bc78f385365a07893c44e242037306190649ae08f5fb0c5de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway's Ronan Glennon celebrates his score against Cork in Croke Park
Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimi Antonelli follows up sprint victory with pole for British Grand Prix]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/kimi-antonelli-follows-up-sprint-victory-with-pole-for-british-grand-prix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/kimi-antonelli-follows-up-sprint-victory-with-pole-for-british-grand-prix/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mercedes driver holds nerve with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc a close second]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:02:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5XWJSMDIQS7DT2YYO5ET36QLZY.jpg?auth=2585c50a5b18fdce269fd1e8528f2b0fd7dc93321a3252469afeb5a9024311f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kimi Antonelli after earning pole for Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clive Rose</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three children dead after boat capsizes during US storm]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/04/three-children-dead-after-boat-capsizes-during-us-storm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/04/three-children-dead-after-boat-capsizes-during-us-storm/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gloria Oladipo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seven other people rescued after weather suddenly deteriorated on Wisconsin lake]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:57:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PFDYN6EF2VH5XN6KMFXZNKLWWI.jpg?auth=f79640720534e451ce2154efd5a77e76d4374d0c735906a604bd1abdaaf0223f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Storm damage was reported throughout the Lake Geneva area of Wisconsin, a popular destination for summer recreation. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paola Giannoni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police appeal after man shouts ‘racial slurs’ in Belfast restaurant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/04/police-appeal-after-man-shouts-racial-slurs-in-belfast-restaurant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/04/police-appeal-after-man-shouts-racial-slurs-in-belfast-restaurant/</guid><description><![CDATA[The man is alleged to have begun banging on doors and shouting racial abuse]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:37:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I7RENK25JRBPVHEBAGN45E4LJQ.jpg?auth=4c37b332b4a0d529755ec4016124dc358818bed691d109d3483c5d70e4162098&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police said the man went in to a restaurant in the University Street area in the south of the city on Friday]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Barnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men accused of going on €5,000 shopping spree with stolen card barred from parts of Dublin city]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/04/men-accused-of-going-on-5000-shopping-spree-with-stolen-card-barred-from-parts-of-city/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/04/men-accused-of-going-on-5000-shopping-spree-with-stolen-card-barred-from-parts-of-city/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nixon Marian Malinte (36), of no fixed abode, and Ionut Cozma (40), Sheriff Street, appeared at Dublin District Court ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/POAIMOE3R5CFVITAYXNT4H6U6A.JPG?auth=317ad538c85edd610d8adcfdf0b35d07a25916cb929ecc7a7e6999b539848148&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ionut Cozma (40), left, and his co-accused Nixon Marian Malinte (36), right, leave Dublin District Court after appearing on charges in connection with an alleged €5,000 bank card theft and fraud spree in Dublin city centre. 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Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Henry Nicholls</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Substitute Katie Nolan’s double strike seals semi-final spot for Kilkenny]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/substitute-katie-nolans-double-strike-seals-semi-final-spot-for-kilkenny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/substitute-katie-nolans-double-strike-seals-semi-final-spot-for-kilkenny/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cats need extra-time at Croke Park to squeeze passed the Déise]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EER5AGCGH5A6FLZU4GFUA7XKZ4.JPG?auth=c0eb0dc442b450f4ac007e6b903eaf365b26f894aff0d0614fd7b17e229b10c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kilkenny's Sarah Barcoe in action during the All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-final against Waterford at Croke Park. 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Photograph: David Gray/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Gray</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New trail highlights Irish roots of nearly half of US presidents]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/new-trail-highlights-irish-roots-of-nearly-half-of-us-presidents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/new-trail-highlights-irish-roots-of-nearly-half-of-us-presidents/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Series of commemorative trees and interpretive panels will celebrate the historical connections between Ireland and leaders of the United States]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:40:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Y5TXM2QQTC3MUYFC6ND37WRNQ.jpg?auth=61bce777bc29490edc26b131443b29745b44e318951ddb648821599e526857cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president John F Kennedy during his visit to New Ross, Co Wexford, in 1963. Photograph: PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resilience pays off for Ireland, All Blacks sizzle against France: Five things we learned from the Nations Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/resilience-pays-off-for-ireland-all-blacks-sizzle-against-france-five-things-we-learned-from-the-nations-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/resilience-pays-off-for-ireland-all-blacks-sizzle-against-france-five-things-we-learned-from-the-nations-championship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland must learn from the All Blacks’ win over France ahead of their third-round trip to Auckland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:27:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2H2BH77AHYQODRU5JCHML7F73I.jpg?auth=d2684e066544dd2612ddf9588f6f70594901f56bc0dddfed159d983f950e4b08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dan Sheehan with the Lansdowne Cup after Ireland's win over the Wallabies at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Saeed Khan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pico’s mother ‘couldn’t be more proud’, says Cape Verde ‘made Argentina look very average’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/picos-mother-couldnt-be-more-proud-says-cape-verde-made-argentina-look-very-average/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/picos-mother-couldnt-be-more-proud-says-cape-verde-made-argentina-look-very-average/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Atmosphere in Crumlin was ‘almost reminiscent’ of Italia ‘90, says Judy Lopes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXTLIIWEY2UVUOWM6T7LTHD3DQ.jpg?auth=1e4b28cce23e30ca4ac5360f2c98904248e7c0221ef9190df91cbcc062411294&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cabo Verde defender Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes played against Lionel Messi of Argentina during the World Cup match in Miami. Photograph: Enzo Santos Barreiro/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland player ratings v Australia: Hugo Keenan back with a bang]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/ireland-player-ratings-v-australia-hugo-keenan-back-with-a-bang/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/ireland-player-ratings-v-australia-hugo-keenan-back-with-a-bang/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andy Farrell left with plenty to ponder for next week after narrow victory in Sydney]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:18:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQLZVEP2DV3PDB3JHCQK3OAZHY.jpg?auth=c958ea930e44e11a457fe57c8bfe856e23a8be691af0900c7f33df23c9129621&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugo Keenan scores Ireland's try fourth against Australia during their opening Nations Championship game at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Metcalfe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Andrews was a man of integrity who played vital role in peace process, funeral hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/david-andrews-was-a-man-of-integrity-who-played-vital-role-in-peace-process-funeral-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/david-andrews-was-a-man-of-integrity-who-played-vital-role-in-peace-process-funeral-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taoiseach, former president and political colleagues attend funeral in Blackrock, Co Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:17:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3D4GGWBVCJB5XBRF4KZTKVQQ2Y.JPG?auth=b8dc8b77c93b7030bca1eb19db3555fd49e4282f6360e1daccbdbed14a5be62b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The funeral of former Fianna Fáil TD and minister for foreign affairs David Andrews at St John the Baptist Church in Blackrock. 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]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland hang on at the death to beat the Wallabies in Nations Championship thriller]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/ireland-hang-on-at-the-death-to-beat-the-wallabies-in-nations-championship-thriller/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/04/ireland-hang-on-at-the-death-to-beat-the-wallabies-in-nations-championship-thriller/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Late missed penalty from Australia’s Ben Donaldson saw Ireland come out on top in Sydney]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:04:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G3MFPDX3Z43IFVXQTIINVYNGOU.jpg?auth=be40e0f10f54a8d6efea208e0fbfd2a0055e518b57be5f08da4beadf0b9429dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugo Keenan celebrates scoring a try for Ireland with team-mates Craig Casey and James Ryan. 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Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Phil Walter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhasidat Adeleke finishes a distant ninth on 400m return]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/04/rhasidat-adeleke-finishes-a-distant-ninth-on-400m-return/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/04/rhasidat-adeleke-finishes-a-distant-ninth-on-400m-return/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jamaica’s Dejanea Oakley takes the win in Eugene clocking 49.64]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:53:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SQ255YITTVHX3KRUMWYLXBUCSI.jpg?auth=9b58bc92514d3eeab86b3a4fbf97386d67ba46addaf772f5f4ed79eb8b798556&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NurPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funeral details announced for Cork motorcycle racer who died after crash at Tandragee 100]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/funeral-details-announced-for-motorcycle-racer-who-died-following-crash-at-tandragee-100/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/funeral-details-announced-for-motorcycle-racer-who-died-following-crash-at-tandragee-100/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[James Walsh crashed last Saturday and was taken to hospital by air ambulance but later died]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:41:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DLCFEYR2TNCIBC5LXY7DIQ3XXI.jpeg?auth=bb07429482c75724ae57984ff8571c7929f8e95c34ffad90e1b39bd23013ee70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James Walsh died following an accident at the Tandragee 100 motorcycle race in Co Armagh last weekend.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sun, tents and dead batteries: some tech tips to get you through festival season]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/07/04/sun-tents-and-dead-batteries-here-are-some-tech-tips-to-get-you-through-festival-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/07/04/sun-tents-and-dead-batteries-here-are-some-tech-tips-to-get-you-through-festival-season/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High-capacity power bank is a must-have, as is an airbed pump]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBAJTYO7VBHDFLJO2WYVYA5NPU.jpg?auth=7347ed53aa4dcc48c1f77ec7840da524cb71835ee31fd3c05de030e0f4693877&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Packing the right tech is essential to maximise your festival comfort and enjoyment]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SimonSkafar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with extraordinary attack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/04/donald-trump-launches-americas-250th-birthday-celebrations-with-partisan-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/04/donald-trump-launches-americas-250th-birthday-celebrations-with-partisan-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Smith in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president tells supporters communism is ‘the enemy of July 4th, 1776′ during Mount Rushmore address]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:20:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEDV4LOUQAKJUF5VWPJPMUPHOY.jpg?auth=eb9ad23df37814321a0f4f743b837fa2b2374e9b0738600d91283037cd371e65&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 steps on stage to deliver remarks during the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2026. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mandel Ngan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[England v Mexico to stay at original kick-off time after day of chaos]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/englands-game-against-mexico-to-stay-at-1am-uk-kick-off-after-day-of-chaos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/englands-game-against-mexico-to-stay-at-1am-uk-kick-off-after-day-of-chaos/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Ames in Mexico City, David Hytner in Kansas City]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fifa held discussions about game being brought forward due to thunderstorm risk]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:03:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VV5KAI4GGXWJFZTMGOAGKPAKIY.jpg?auth=ea68f226c208e5ab5d7e3b4e35011fcfbc70733091800dc768ae1818b38352db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[England Fans at Plaza de la Constitucion in Mexico City where England face Mexico in their World Cup Round of 16 game overnight on Monday. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martin Rickett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global economy is coping with a multitude of challenges, but can it last?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/07/04/global-economy-is-coping-with-a-multitude-of-challenges-but-can-it-last/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/07/04/global-economy-is-coping-with-a-multitude-of-challenges-but-can-it-last/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wolf]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Are we invulnerable or just plain lucky?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6ULKHPOFRDKFNMFAEZBP4OFBQ.jpg?auth=b53c5d97956a66b87bd740a03df0e8ae186677acb5f65bc4d8c0a7cd5ec85d92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['The world has had a very large piece of macroeconomic luck – the artificial intelligence boom. This has ignited not just a confidence-enhancing boost to an already highly valued stock market but also a huge surge in US domestic investment.' Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BlackJack3D</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pippa York on being Robert Millar, riding in the Tour de France and doping ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/07/04/robert-millar-rode-in-the-tour-de-france-11-times-the-journey-to-becoming-pippa-york-took-longer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/07/04/robert-millar-rode-in-the-tour-de-france-11-times-the-journey-to-becoming-pippa-york-took-longer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a wide-ranging interview the 67-year-old discusses her transgender journey, her past as a successful cyclist - ‘I can’t deny it’ - doping and the undoubted talents of Stephen Roche and Tadej Pogacar]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:59:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2CKNYBQF2RCPPERFGNPCH6W7QI.jpg?auth=98a992e710072816dc3464c5f28bb56cd01ea91f4f2fd89085ee9f83ee5713d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pippa York, who was known as Robert Millar before retiring from cycling in 1995, began the process of transitioning at the age of 41. Photograph: Jill Mead/Guardian/eyevine]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jill Mead / Guardian / eyevine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor Swift marries Travis Kelce in dress designed by Irishman Jonathan Anderson]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/04/taylor-swift-marries-travis-kelce-in-dress-designed-by-irishman-jonathan-anderson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/04/taylor-swift-marries-travis-kelce-in-dress-designed-by-irishman-jonathan-anderson/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actor Adam Sandler officiated the ceremony and the couple chose their siblings to stand in as man of honour and best man]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:53:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XPXXIPNF3RG3XCRAH4MEFBYRAM.jpg?auth=e87ae589f29f1f057a57d0643abfe760901a2c7bb0ca1feb0e5d95f1a11080c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce officially married at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laura Brett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dylan Gossett at Iveagh Gardens review: A blue-collar rock hero wrapped in country colours]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/07/04/dylan-gossett-at-iveagh-gardens-blue-collar-rock-finds-hero-wrapped-in-country-music-colours/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/07/04/dylan-gossett-at-iveagh-gardens-blue-collar-rock-finds-hero-wrapped-in-country-music-colours/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A gritty voice, old-school country instincts and an enthusiastic Dublin audience combine for an impressive performance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:39:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U7S72WQ6VZFNBLBEPTUQNCTATY.jpg?auth=89a2eb42719d17a7620a4ebad76fd8cd07dc2b0fdabed4b47b1223741ce46d87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dylan Gossett performs at a previous concert. Photograph: Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tim Mosenfelder</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2026: Pico Lopes gives Ireland a World Cup by proxy as Cape Verde capture hearts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/world-cup-2026-pico-lopes-gives-ireland-a-world-cup-by-proxy-as-cape-verde-capture-hearts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/world-cup-2026-pico-lopes-gives-ireland-a-world-cup-by-proxy-as-cape-verde-capture-hearts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cape Verde pushed Argentina to the brink, while Pico Lopes’s remarkable journey kept supporters awake through the night in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:18:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O45MMXWXN5DXRHWA2OJV3HT3XY.jpg?auth=4e6452a05b5ca63ddbbfef489d4f867e312efb7379d1337a21d70ae6fcc734e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cape Verde's Roberto 'Pico' Lopes in action against Argentina's Nico Gonzalez. Photograph: Luciano Bisbal/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 1.45am Crumlin time, Cape Verde’s Pico Lopes gets a standing ovation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/07/04/at-145am-crumlin-time-cape-verdes-pico-lopes-gets-a-standing-ovation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/07/04/at-145am-crumlin-time-cape-verdes-pico-lopes-gets-a-standing-ovation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a devastatingly close loss, the home-grown hero turned World Cup player is cheered on by his childhood neighbours]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:57:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVZSGO2KXVCSDJBNPLFULYEHS4.jpg?auth=05fd238f36cc18d84e0aada96b9d1b35a1813cbaaeddd10efa6f48c0a67b90cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cape Verde supporters react as Pico appears on the screen during the World Cup Round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape Verde in Dublin, where local residents gathered to watch the World Cup Round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape Verde. Photograph: Natalia Campos for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Natalia Campos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the US turns 250, we are at each other’s throats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/matthew-hay-brown-as-the-us-turns-250-we-are-at-each-others-throats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/matthew-hay-brown-as-the-us-turns-250-we-are-at-each-others-throats/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hay Brown]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We have tall ships, but also Freedom Trucks, coins featuring Trump’s face and an Indycar race ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX57I2AJNM3XSN4YZVQ5JAW7HM.jpg?auth=689f3500b589fb40c32b0d6b069992626124bae04194a72139dc8eb0113ae811&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been fenced off in preparation for Independence Day fireworks. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin Dietsch</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not so magnificent: the mag seven become the lag seven]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/07/04/not-so-magnificent-the-mag-seven-become-the-lag-seven/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/07/04/not-so-magnificent-the-mag-seven-become-the-lag-seven/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has seen especially heavy falls, shedding a fifth of its value in June ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FKOA6IAZYBEOFKHC75A4UNMZXU.jpg?auth=42b1bb77f00d6e1d6ef273908d76dcf28a628d977618be2906055bea7740810c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The magnificent seven are acquiring a less flattering nickname: the lag seven. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">D-Keine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson’s not-so-secret double life leaves DUP in turmoil]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/jeffrey-donaldsons-not-so-secret-double-life-leaves-dup-in-turmoil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/04/jeffrey-donaldsons-not-so-secret-double-life-leaves-dup-in-turmoil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stories about Donaldson’s behaviour while party leader have raised questions about how he was able to remain in charge for so long]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZN3JA3KP7NXYMYHXKOVFNPFEU.jpg?auth=638696bb9d7f35149bd5d9c7374683c6a480c2db5403c17e3f243ae25d78991e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson, and his wife Eleanor at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down, in May 2023. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European societies are not built for the climate reality we now inhabit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/mark-oconnell-a-climate-event-cancelled-due-to-heat-is-there-a-more-lurid-symbol-of-the-climate-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/mark-oconnell-a-climate-event-cancelled-due-to-heat-is-there-a-more-lurid-symbol-of-the-climate-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The terrifying heat-map of the future is here]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7WG3CGCKVBD3PL6KJAP63BV4VM.jpg?auth=5aba2e3c43647eb049fa50e976ff001815f88883bf1babb86a9df67a398a3682&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man cools off in the Warsaw Fountain at the Jardins du Trocadéro in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris. Photograph: Annice Lyn/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Annice Lyn</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/04/our-lives-have-changed-unimaginably-the-people-who-quit-city-life-for-rural-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/04/our-lives-have-changed-unimaginably-the-people-who-quit-city-life-for-rural-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Healy, Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XA6W4SHUXZC4RHQ2SWUHIQPSLQ.jpg?auth=354ddfa83dbc6088234da1861d1997d6193456f942b7a2bc1f052ea9a374c4b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louise Butler and Mark Ryan with their children Ferne and Sonny at Houndswood Farm in Cross, Co Mayo. Photograph: Pedro Souza]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pedro Souza Photography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Ardstone boss Donal Mulcahy banks €6.6m payout]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/former-ardstone-boss-donal-mulcahy-banks-66m-payout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/former-ardstone-boss-donal-mulcahy-banks-66m-payout/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Businessman has worked in property investment for decades and retired from the firm he cofounded in 2023]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EIBGEB4OXZGNLO3WZ4Q3FWF7L4.jpg?auth=5de19aa76f074fcff6c35d76b888152e002ac8ba86ce68fc84ab163f5c32e6e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donal Mulcahy co-founded the property group Ardstone in 2005 with Donal O'Neill. Photograph: Ardstone]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s support of Ukraine looks increasingly like lip service]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/irelands-support-of-ukraine-looks-increasingly-like-lip-service/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/irelands-support-of-ukraine-looks-increasingly-like-lip-service/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do the job seriously or do not bother]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Cork need to be patient and clinical against Galway as safety net removed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/cork-need-to-be-patient-and-clinical-against-galway-as-safety-net-removed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/cork-need-to-be-patient-and-clinical-against-galway-as-safety-net-removed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ben O’Connor’s charges harder to break down this season as they seek to heal All-Ireland wounds]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HT7RCEXPJ5GLLOOAAKERA4YIBI.jpg?auth=3b5557172998766a2f64dc6a77e286a14df6c62ff288d6675dba093d95b5f12e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ben O’Connor said Cork wanted to win every game. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minor final against Tyrone a small part of the big picture, says Cork manager Keith Ricken]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/minor-final-against-tyrone-a-small-part-of-the-big-picture-says-cork-manager-keith-ricken/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/04/minor-final-against-tyrone-a-small-part-of-the-big-picture-says-cork-manager-keith-ricken/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Keane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rebels boss insists delayed gratification – namely player development – is what really motivates him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HNOVBZONJJAD7BNPVKKTYVGLKU.jpg?auth=a0f0eef9150504be6a5b62d9d85b2ed54fe7242bc83fb85b5313ca971d876b25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken stands next to his players before last year's All-Ireland MFC quarter-final against Laois at O'Moore Park, Co Laois. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Leah Scholes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway is dominating sports from athletics to soccer. What is behind its success?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/04/whats-behind-norways-global-sporting-prowess-and-can-we-learn-anything-from-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/04/whats-behind-norways-global-sporting-prowess-and-can-we-learn-anything-from-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Norwegians’ emphasis on the joy of sport rather than keeping score is definitely a factor]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/75FGTBUZ4HJ7WB5QSS3NJO35NQ.jpg?auth=920988bfdd5dddc91fe2aac38e662dfde08b7137536eff89b98e836c5fb0bbc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erling Haaland celebrates scoring Norway's second goal against Cote d'Ivoire at Dallas Stadium in Texas last Tuesday. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lars Baron</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can’t tackle climate change effectively if the Government refuses to show leadership]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/we-cant-tackle-climate-change-effectively-if-the-government-refuses-to-show-leadership/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/we-cant-tackle-climate-change-effectively-if-the-government-refuses-to-show-leadership/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inaction on climate change is a perfect example of ‘boiled frog syndrome’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/04/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/04/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[July 4th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5IBEAFUIABHPNJYSV6FTRYZ3Y4.jpg?auth=44251fc1f3024f6abde899b22f70d8c89af4497bc564f40c2dd36df5f4d5a439&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reserving university places for international medical students makes no sense]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/reserving-university-places-for-international-medical-students-makes-no-sense/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/reserving-university-places-for-international-medical-students-makes-no-sense/</guid><description><![CDATA[Given the growing shortage of doctors, this is a slap in the face for taxpayers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Irish unity questions complicated by political instability in the UK]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/worldview-unity-questions-are-complicated-by-political-instability-in-the-uk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/worldview-unity-questions-are-complicated-by-political-instability-in-the-uk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gillespie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worldview: Radical change can come faster than anyone expects]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MWWND2ANX7TZI4ZPH46LH3HGPA.jpg?auth=f636e248cf58d9a986b275543ffa4c14df611486125f9c4c69d93dd288ec2652&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The issue is highly salient in a week when Andy Burnham set out his vision of a decentralised, regionally equal and economically dynamic England in a devolved UK. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Toby Shepheard</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungary and Serbia can hardly be called neutral venues for Ireland-Israel fixtures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/hungary-and-serbia-can-hardly-be-called-neutral-venues-for-ireland-israel-fixtures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/hungary-and-serbia-can-hardly-be-called-neutral-venues-for-ireland-israel-fixtures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Both central European countries have been strong supporters of the Tel Aviv administration]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Jack Chambers has a chance to arrest the underperformance of Ireland’s public service]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/jack-chambers-has-a-chance-to-grasp-the-underperformance-of-irelands-public-service/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/jack-chambers-has-a-chance-to-grasp-the-underperformance-of-irelands-public-service/</guid><description><![CDATA[Very serious questions about the public sector need to be on the table in pay talks]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Minister’s bark worse than his bite when it comes to dog fouling]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/ministers-bark-worse-than-his-bite-when-it-comes-to-dog-fouling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/ministers-bark-worse-than-his-bite-when-it-comes-to-dog-fouling/</guid><description><![CDATA[Enforcement of current legislation would be wise before going all CSI]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Frank McNally’s bad beatitudes: Blessed are those who add to the growing list]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/frank-mcnallys-bad-beatitudes-blessed-are-those-who-add-to-the-growing-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/frank-mcnallys-bad-beatitudes-blessed-are-those-who-add-to-the-growing-list/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now salvation for Gen Z faithful can be found at the checkout and motorway, too]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[Olivia Wilde: ‘My family is all in Ireland right now. We still have the same house’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/07/04/olivia-wilde-interview-my-family-is-all-in-ireland-right-now-we-still-have-the-same-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/07/04/olivia-wilde-interview-my-family-is-all-in-ireland-right-now-we-still-have-the-same-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The director and star of The Invite on returning to Waterford, marriage and her love of Oscar Wilde]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FJE5YY5RDFFKJIP3H64QCDWUP4.jpg?auth=f1266b79831ab68c20379e77203322365d0b810775ee3b485bbfe10822a3a02a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Olivia Wilde: ‘I always considered myself just as Irish as I am American.’ Photograph: Elizabeth Weinberg/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ELIZABETH WEINBERG</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: Travelling around the US for World Cup, it is clear why many Americans distrust politics]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/packed-world-cup-stadiums-project-american-prosperity-but-the-reality-is-starker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/packed-world-cup-stadiums-project-american-prosperity-but-the-reality-is-starker/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the US celebrates its 250th birthday, the official rhetoric of freedom and democracy grows further from the facts of daily life]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6CJXB6K2UFHJRBEFHWBAOCNB6Y.jpg?auth=3970813c7d2359990bb5233c08c5ba7640b67809a7d98d16043d3593ee886136&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Luxury seating inside the stadium in Miami during the World Cup match between Scotland and Brazil last month. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Catherine Ivill - AMA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idea to relocate Dublin Port and use site for housing is dealt major blow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/blow-to-idea-of-relocating-dublin-port-and-using-site-for-housing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/blow-to-idea-of-relocating-dublin-port-and-using-site-for-housing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Idea of moving city port ‘both implausible and impractical’, says draft national policy review]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F65WLSTAONB4XNSLPQGGLM6MHE.JPG?auth=5ccd779387916fd9937c99e053c2a3cdf746016a6da75dabc1320ad302de9b34&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The ports review, however, has concluded that a new deepwater port is needed on the east coast. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective bargaining]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/collective-bargaining/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/collective-bargaining/</guid><description><![CDATA[Good industrial relations are not served by forcing people to come to the table ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[What we fail to understand about acute hospital care]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/what-we-fail-to-understand-about-acute-hospital-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/04/what-we-fail-to-understand-about-acute-hospital-care/</guid><description><![CDATA[Discussion around rostering of hospital consultants involves many more factors than is acknowledged]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 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[There was nothing ‘un-Irish’ about the violence on Parnell Square. Or the heroism ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/there-was-nothing-un-irish-about-the-violence-on-parnell-square-or-the-heroism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/there-was-nothing-un-irish-about-the-violence-on-parnell-square-or-the-heroism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Violence was not imported into Ireland by a rampaging man on a bright November afternoon in 2023]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SEDJHQKOMWA34RIKAQLAG25FUM.JPG?auth=acfe672f29bceb3b2ee6b459dffe0d400d552a87dcd945875b19b2217eaad95a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flowers are left close to the scene where Riad Bouchaker attempted to murder three children in 2023. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos





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There’s none of your €8 pints’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/04/irish-in-europe-i-love-how-affordable-it-is-theres-none-of-your-8-pints/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/04/irish-in-europe-i-love-how-affordable-it-is-theres-none-of-your-8-pints/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Genevieve Carbery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish people living on the Continent talk about the cost of living, weather, language, proximity to war and what they would change about Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IB3YWKT4ORDV3EHLPHPYDL5DAE.jpg?auth=84322b90826939894b07bef025f23806765ea1f0977312edc1208fefe59613bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish people living across Europe talk about their experiences. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s to Chapter One: which restaurants passed the VAT cut on to customers?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/mcdonalds-to-chapter-one-which-restaurants-passed-the-vat-cut-on-to-customers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/04/mcdonalds-to-chapter-one-which-restaurants-passed-the-vat-cut-on-to-customers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cut makes no distinction between tiny restaurants struggling to put food on the table and the giants of global fast food]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GTKAEJG6KRCBHLBLGOHT2MLJS4.jpg?auth=7293156d1589cab21708c35745693290d9893f46017c41130d0106cf54c6b046&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Not all patrons are benefiting from the recent VAT cut]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mediaphotos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penelope Keith obituary: Leading actor in two of the most popular postwar British sitcoms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/04/penelope-keith-obituary-leading-actor-in-two-of-the-most-popular-postwar-british-sitcoms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/04/penelope-keith-obituary-leading-actor-in-two-of-the-most-popular-postwar-british-sitcoms/</guid><description><![CDATA[In The Good Life and To the Manor Born she demonstrated a stern but mellifluous vocal delivery and an iron grip on the dark arts of comic timing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3FLQ6WMUIJGSXCOMLZ53DZDYLI.jpg?auth=2aecad15fda971e5e101154856678e950a76c30c1768611348385aff9b4e13b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Penelope Keith played Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life, which attracted up to 20 million viewers a week. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evening Standard</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Behind the scenes at Marlay Park gigs in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/04/in-pictures-behind-the-scenes-at-marlay-park-gigs-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/04/in-pictures-behind-the-scenes-at-marlay-park-gigs-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Bradshaw, John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘It’s not like a typical festival’: Florence + the Machine in Rathfarnham was one of the big concerts of the summer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P2HZDGQVEJFRTCMZYZSDXWIWDM.JPG?auth=ed036e104406a9a6dcbc499e7679903adefee6094e13963b4f1cf9599c54118d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Behind the scenes at Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, for Florence + the Machine. All photographs: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the American dollar was more important than US constitution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/its-impossible-to-imagine-the-world-without-the-dollar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/04/its-impossible-to-imagine-the-world-without-the-dollar/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While the constitution may have been the creed, money was America’s sacrament]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEZDY4G7EJHINMKHLJCMQ7MVJU.jpg?auth=60ed838659825c9248ff77bc3c3ac411d2ed51ddc265286caa66fccedd49084a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Downey brothers: How Cork found two pillars of a rebuilt defence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/the-downey-brothers-how-cork-found-two-pillars-of-a-rebuilt-defence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/04/the-downey-brothers-how-cork-found-two-pillars-of-a-rebuilt-defence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robert and Eoin Downey have grown into two of the county’s most important hurlers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTTYROJY7VBV7AXFRRJIF6WO44.jpg?auth=2ec72346e0859441dde876f3a54f2e32971e232630ebc2db7843dbeacf7bd8c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's Patrick Horgan, Robert Downey and Eoin Downey celebrate with the Munster title in 2025. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want a glorious flower garden next summer? Now is the time to sow seeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/07/04/want-a-glorious-flower-garden-next-summer-now-is-the-time-to-sow-seeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/07/04/want-a-glorious-flower-garden-next-summer-now-is-the-time-to-sow-seeds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The time is ripe for preening and planting]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQTNPWUAZ5CJHAWBJIEDCWPMDE.jpg?auth=13757b5d770421fd68ba0187b31dcf042d9e6baa4f55b7f94943a0f9670a38f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sweet William flowers are utterly magnificent this year. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">aimintang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Charles has changed since moving to Bray. He turned up in Portmornock Golf Club yesterday – wearing a Dryrobe’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/charles-has-changed-since-moving-to-bray-he-turned-up-in-portmornock-golf-club-yesterday-wearing-a-dryrobe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/charles-has-changed-since-moving-to-bray-he-turned-up-in-portmornock-golf-club-yesterday-wearing-a-dryrobe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hennessy tells me the old man is in danger of getting thrown out of the club, which would be his ultimate humiliation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HW7YCTZT25FDVM7EMOD4TH44N4.jpg?auth=90e597cc6ced0240cf4b470cf84c7bf8e0ebd78a6417395e8046ce1b27633a69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['He refused to take the Dryrobe off in the bar. Now there’s a motion down to have him thrown out of Portmornock.' Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals: ‘We’d pick up Dave Fanning and Marty Whelan on the signal from the west’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/04/gruff-rhys-of-super-furry-animals-wed-pick-up-dave-fanning-and-marty-whelan-on-the-signal-from-the-west/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/04/gruff-rhys-of-super-furry-animals-wed-pick-up-dave-fanning-and-marty-whelan-on-the-signal-from-the-west/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Super Furry Animals singer on the band’s triumphant live return, his favourite SFA albums and making minority languages fun  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NGY5DLYZT5E6FMR3HZGLI67KEQ.jpg?auth=be100a64d0fd3c1b7983f4419032cee1888fa932f900e3eb6b302b31cb769665&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Super Furry Animals: 'We’ve been having a good time']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indie Kylie Minogue is back thanks to Snow Patrol. Can we keep her for a little while?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/07/04/indie-kylie-minogue-is-back-thanks-to-snow-patrol-can-we-keep-her-for-a-little-while/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/07/04/indie-kylie-minogue-is-back-thanks-to-snow-patrol-can-we-keep-her-for-a-little-while/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘No one willingly wants to be indie,’ Nick Cave says. The good news for Impossible Princess loyalists is that Minogue just might]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4BQOUSVZFJBEBN2E4DDH3R5I2A.jpg?auth=f453169718fae025de680dfb226ccc9408164cf075f5d8d1ceec5db13d09bd6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[While few humans with joy in their soul would ever trade in Pop Kylie for Indie Kylie permanently, it might be nice to have the latter back for a while. Photograph: Charlotte Rutherford]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Ireland’s Lego masters: ‘I thought ‘These sets are too good for kids’’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/07/04/its-not-a-cheap-hobby-meet-the-adult-lego-builders-preparing-for-brick-feile/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/07/04/its-not-a-cheap-hobby-meet-the-adult-lego-builders-preparing-for-brick-feile/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Think Lego is only for children? Brick Féile, next weekend’s Irish model-building festival, puts paid to that idea]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MF4IZDCR5FDQNHLTGBY3VZM6D4.JPG?auth=046caa16ee81e63e8790adfa0c7a0cff2568a92214cdad1fd44c5f02f62eb484&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brick Féile: Lego builder David Fennell. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul and Máire Flynn on closing The Tannery after 30 years: ‘It was really, really tough’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/04/paul-and-maire-flynn-on-closing-the-tannery-in-dungarvan-after-30-years-it-was-in-at-the-deep-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/04/paul-and-maire-flynn-on-closing-the-tannery-in-dungarvan-after-30-years-it-was-in-at-the-deep-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As they prepare to move on from their restaurant, Paul and Máire Flynn look back on three decades at the peak of the trade ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXU526HQHRHYFBJNPD6HYO4V6E.jpg?auth=ab0da83031cd963a454146011adf2210749968e75291ee7d10b3958940f0b87c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Máire and Paul Flynn inside The Tannery restaurant in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. All photographs: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty: Two brilliant recipes to celebrate the US - Maine lobster roll and Key lime pie]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/04/mark-moriarty-two-brilliant-recipes-to-celebrate-the-us-maine-lobster-roll-and-key-lime-pie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/04/mark-moriarty-two-brilliant-recipes-to-celebrate-the-us-maine-lobster-roll-and-key-lime-pie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Celebrate the Fourth of July with these two eminently simple dishes, including a no-bake dessert]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZZDH4UOSBZAY7L6FMV4RDTCXWM.jpg?auth=ddbe8f6974e27a746bbae941cc2602aae73996535e253cad9a85b035f1df99f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maine lobster roll – once a peasant food, now beloved of all who can afford it. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m trying to build the next Stripe’: Two Irish start-ups accepted into top Silicon Valley programme ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/im-trying-to-build-the-next-stripe-irish-start-ups-accepted-into-top-silicon-valley-programme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/04/im-trying-to-build-the-next-stripe-irish-start-ups-accepted-into-top-silicon-valley-programme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Y-Combinator has previously seen the launch of companies behind Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit and OpenAI]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2F4RJWOXJJC5BOTQ7KAZM6HSVY.jpg?auth=e542d81ae5ab1f8d9fd6b4dc2be7701ba6d34fe1cd461e8bbaae5c1b465f8189&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish start-up founders (from left) Proven Metal's Johnny Doyle and Will Carkner and Blueprints'  Bence Redmond and Ryan Morrissey in San Francisco ahead of this summer's Y-Combinator programme]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postcards from the edge: auction celebrates Ireland’s landscape and people]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/07/04/postcards-from-the-edge-auction-celebrates-irelands-landscape-and-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/07/04/postcards-from-the-edge-auction-celebrates-irelands-landscape-and-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Purcell’s is selling thousands of vintage picture postcards, while deVere’s is to hold a 20th century furniture sale]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXPRV4QVEJGYRBDMC44AR3UNIA.jpg?auth=45ffd97613ce79eaa561abd4e8bcb22d10460f9da31a913b937798d49ff50cd9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wicklow postcards: An extensive collection depicting scenes of Silver Strand, Vale of Clara, Lough Bray, Bray, Avoca, The Dargle, Glen of the Downs, Brittas Bay, Glendalough and Glendalough Lakes, estimated at €200-€400, at Purcell's auction on July 15th.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Wilson: I think this might just be the perfect summer wine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/07/04/john-wilson-i-think-this-might-just-be-the-perfect-summer-wine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/07/04/john-wilson-i-think-this-might-just-be-the-perfect-summer-wine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s time for the Beaujolais of Italy to shine in its own right]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F2IQOTR6IRABJGFLUFA5R35ONE.jpg?auth=84ded882b00552348a40f4764871bd6710a4813627703dd80aa34ce70dfb229b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A lightly chilled Bardolino will work perfectly with salads and other summery foods]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for no-bake Key lime pie]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/07/04/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-no-bake-key-lime-pie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/07/04/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-no-bake-key-lime-pie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The fridge will do the hard work for you while you are asleep]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UUMC227IIVGNLPQJH6CUM7BJNU.jpg?auth=263580bb989e38e644f1de17ac72ff825e85a52d042030be5234113083d7e4b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's no-bake Key lime pie. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for Maine lobster roll]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/07/04/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-maine-lobster-roll/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/07/04/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-maine-lobster-roll/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Store your live lobster in the fridge until you’re ready to use (sharp knife and strong will needed)]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZZDH4UOSBZAY7L6FMV4RDTCXWM.jpg?auth=ddbe8f6974e27a746bbae941cc2602aae73996535e253cad9a85b035f1df99f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's Maine lobster roll. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuala O’Faolain: Are You Somebody?  Honesty that’s compelling and at times unsettling]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/nuala-ofaolain-are-you-somebody-honesty-thats-compelling-and-at-times-unsettling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/nuala-ofaolain-are-you-somebody-honesty-thats-compelling-and-at-times-unsettling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Late writer’s memoir is equally striking in its treatment of female desire and the need to be seen]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TY4SSNR2FC6LUI2RAHE7Z5SY6Y.jpg?auth=3dea9964521c9df01b19e5e439eaa181e182a87b0ca65badd636736b03f0dabd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Writer Nuala O’Faolain, who died in 2008. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eamonn Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of the Movies – big screen questions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/a-sudden-flicker-of-light-a-revisionist-history-of-the-movies-big-screen-questions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/a-sudden-flicker-of-light-a-revisionist-history-of-the-movies-big-screen-questions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Thompson, having devoted his life to writing about film, suggests the medium has begun to diminish our very nature]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z67DPIJO2PN6O3ITDILRQLTJ3E.jpg?auth=e486fa13f201b533b8fa4a193acad430c18e4799dc2ee05343d662691761cac8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Hollywood sign shrouded in the smoke of wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Photograph: Loren Elliott/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Loren Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The German-Russian Century by Stefan Creuzberger: Impressive account of an age-old enmity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-german-russian-century-by-stefan-creuzberger-impressive-account-of-an-age-old-enmity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-german-russian-century-by-stefan-creuzberger-impressive-account-of-an-age-old-enmity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Thomson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A deeply researched yet readable survey of Slav-Teuton antagonisms from the late 1800s to the present]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K7VDS4TI2NYVWYBTP6GU77I4SA.jpg?auth=13e33bcfd3fe3dd3f22c6a89f7810ad35416d0beba2cc09ea83146a06b56aaa7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flowers piled up inside the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day in Berlin, Germany, in May 2025. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clemens Bilan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne: Sympathy for the metal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-beautiful-death-of-ozzy-osbourne-sympathy-for-the-metal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-beautiful-death-of-ozzy-osbourne-sympathy-for-the-metal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Keith Kahn-Harris does his subject matter a great service in a book that is not just about the Black Sabbath frontman, but about legacy and mortality too]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3C254IFAI5OACPVLO7T3E6342U.jpg?auth=28a041dec00d760c9377332689a17b12540a9fa9bb23d2fb2346224ded8fd74d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tributes to Ozzy Osbourne in his native Birmingham following his death last July. Photograph: Joanna Yee/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joanna Yee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirteen audiobooks for summer: Tales of family, history, death and humanity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/04/thirteen-audiobooks-for-summer-tales-of-family-history-death-and-humanity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/04/thirteen-audiobooks-for-summer-tales-of-family-history-death-and-humanity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh Geraghty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Listen to great new works by Maggie O’Farrell, William Dalrymple, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Maggie O’Farrell, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Stephen Graham Jones and more]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUC4WSLVGVH7VLAL7MNA47DRAE.jpg?auth=8618a6561a0756a42a02e0ed2e12e76c57ebc2f79fd01347e03a51f4f3cbb79d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All ears: pick an audiobook for summer. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chalabala</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 21st-Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow: How to maintain mental acuity in this digital era]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-21st-century-brain-by-hannah-critchlow-how-to-maintain-mental-acuity-in-this-digital-era/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/the-21st-century-brain-by-hannah-critchlow-how-to-maintain-mental-acuity-in-this-digital-era/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While the technical reasons are convincingly explained, they feel like basic common sense ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HM7EZI7XE4XX7W2Z6QDX4SJTHU.jpg?auth=91bfcca3f96a7386c024b9df32cfea9da40e6647e647e0e4d09197c082b9c35f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hannah Critchlow’s study draws extensively from international research. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: When you read this]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/04/poem-of-the-week-when-you-read-this/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/04/poem-of-the-week-when-you-read-this/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin  ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VGRPTV5GANZQIOHN2AYHO3PAVU.jpg?auth=bfe00e1d73ae69167d085ae09ab41c01fdceaf38b8f74dc39c3fe7292e1bbb41&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Better Locksmith by Jane Coyle: Chronicle of an astonishingly fecund time in the theatre of Northern Ireland ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/a-better-locksmith-by-jane-coyle-chronicle-of-an-astonishingly-fecund-time-in-the-theatre-of-northern-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/a-better-locksmith-by-jane-coyle-chronicle-of-an-astonishingly-fecund-time-in-the-theatre-of-northern-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Barnes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The critic’s love and care shine through in this compendium of her theatre writing from 1984 to the present]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4EQPYK25JREKTAM3OQUPJSQUKI.jpeg?auth=afa93bce5630b1e688e6b3dc570f17fbb13a284e03f8457e8179068e9a7d2096&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stephen Rea and Seamus Heaney. Photograph: Field Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: Catholicism: End or Beginning?, The Lobster Pot, and Family Friends ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/books-in-brief-catholicism-end-or-beginning-the-lobster-pot-and-family-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/books-in-brief-catholicism-end-or-beginning-the-lobster-pot-and-family-friends/</guid><description><![CDATA[Works by Mary Daly, Bernie McQuillan and Chloë Ashby ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2FN5IQYF745PY7VM2VST5FHVBQ.jpg?auth=878f7e1356f288b390909f1c17b3fad47b64c15e581ff1b84af1406df2dc38bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A statue of the Virgin Mary stands. Photograph: Grichka Beysson-Leandri/Hans Lucas/ AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Grichka Beysson-Leandri</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pico Lopes’ World Cup dream with Cape Verde ends in extra-time defeat to Argentina]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/pico-lopes-world-cup-dream-with-cape-verde-ends-in-extra-time-defeat-to-argentina/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/04/pico-lopes-world-cup-dream-with-cape-verde-ends-in-extra-time-defeat-to-argentina/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barney Ronay]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[World champions made to look distinctly mortal in Miami]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:55:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YXTLIIWEY2UVUOWM6T7LTHD3DQ.jpg?auth=1e4b28cce23e30ca4ac5360f2c98904248e7c0221ef9190df91cbcc062411294&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cape Verde's Roberto 'Pico' Lopes and Argentina's Lionel Messi during the Round of 32 game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Photograph: Enzo Santos Barreiro/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens: Shockingly retrograde]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/natural-disaster-by-lisa-owens-shockingly-retrograde/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/natural-disaster-by-lisa-owens-shockingly-retrograde/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Sweeney Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a portrait of a mother with a stunningly unfeminist approach to mothering and all of her personal relationships]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WEKI4SCPIRAEVHJEAA77KWAUMI.jpg?auth=20ab35605119a4ccd55991adc194216420e778ae3e61ba626997e754450a5547&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lisa Owens]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Château Rouge by Amit Chaudhuri: a different take on Paris ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/chateau-rouge-by-amit-chaudhuri-a-different-take-on-paris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/04/chateau-rouge-by-amit-chaudhuri-a-different-take-on-paris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Huda Awan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ninth novel from Indian author questions expectations and notions of ‘classic’ French ideal]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LCZZ2HT45KRP7QSOHHT7K5J5JY.jpg?auth=9bf7d26f92d81f4c439bb3a68279284c0f0069e6cc80c85920c6c3c552adc2fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The narrator of Amit Chaudhuri's ninth novel is an Indian writer who has just moved to Paris. Photograph: Geoff Pugh/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Geoff Pugh/University of Edinburgh</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>