<?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/2026-07-29/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:23:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Body found in suitcase in Athens is that of 38-year-old British woman]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/body-found-in-suitcase-in-athens-is-that-of-38-year-old-british-woman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/body-found-in-suitcase-in-athens-is-that-of-38-year-old-british-woman/</guid><description><![CDATA[The woman, named as Elizabeth Jane Ross, had been staying in the city with friends]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:41:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ODHKWF4ST5A3VL7GS7WASJM4BU.jpg?auth=151dcf2107f5c03c82745908b90cc7b91959a9b18dd1801bd273e4ef8d56ffcd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Greek officials did not rule out UK investigators joining the inquiry.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">cassinga</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tributes paid to Glen Hansard: ‘A troubadour whose gift for storytelling brought so much joy’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/tributes-paid-to-glen-hansard-a-troubadour-whose-gift-for-storytelling-brought-so-much-joy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/tributes-paid-to-glen-hansard-a-troubadour-whose-gift-for-storytelling-brought-so-much-joy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Catherine Connolly, Micheál Martin, Rachel Zegler and more pay tribute following death of Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:40:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U7HMTHK5AFC6RNDM3463XEWCLE.jpg?auth=ab5b8686a496c5f32c22e0bf70433a6906c26b03f0d74f675ea3a6628a1bd50e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard performing with The Frames at the Sydney Opera House in 2013. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lisa Maree Williams</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kate O’Connor wins heptathlon gold at Commonwealth Games]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/29/kate-oconnor-wins-heptathlon-gold-at-commonwealth-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/07/29/kate-oconnor-wins-heptathlon-gold-at-commonwealth-games/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dundalk athlete claims sixth successive championship medal in 17 months]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:14:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SN72OIWXIBEAXLYMY2AXBAWBQE.jpg?auth=cd6fec655ff52c6f6c5cc157d1bdcd892ea6c69599c7121e31baab072e41f4fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate O'Connor celebrates after winning the 800m to seal gold in the heptathlon. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matthias Hangst</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Wiffen saves best for last to take silver in 1,500m freestyle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/29/daniel-wiffen-saves-best-for-last-to-take-silver-in-1500m-freestyle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/07/29/daniel-wiffen-saves-best-for-last-to-take-silver-in-1500m-freestyle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michaela Walsh guarantees at least bronze in women’s featherweight]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:52:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IWZ4R4WBHXUHQ5CITO5W647PDU.jpg?auth=0f3326971e3542ce650737f577a71f6dec603db75c0873dd6e61460cc66b6147&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Wiffen during the men 1,500m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Owen Humphreys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arranged ‘straightener’ during which father of seven was stabbed to death, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/man-arranged-straightener-during-which-father-of-seven-was-stabbed-to-death-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/man-arranged-straightener-during-which-father-of-seven-was-stabbed-to-death-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Dunne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fight arranged to take place in playground over earlier alleged attack on youth by three males]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:42:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[William Moorehouse died after sustaining five stab wounds, the court was told. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino’s World Cup plan is part of a desire for expansion that was clear from the start]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/gianni-infantinos-world-cup-plan-is-part-of-a-desire-for-expansion-that-was-clear-from-the-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/gianni-infantinos-world-cup-plan-is-part-of-a-desire-for-expansion-that-was-clear-from-the-start/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul MacInnes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fifa’s plans to sell a share of the World Cup’s commercial rights are the latest in a long line of presidential power moves]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HSTBLQRDFC2NVCMX4NHVT2WMYE.jpg?auth=f00f63ae65075d0e1e362d51e489a1e31f70b633c7a15d4718b02c3ca757c548&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fifa president Gianni Infantino with US president Donald Trump after the 2026 World Cup final. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Potts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway Plate glory on King Alexander cements jockey Daniel King’s rising-star status ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/07/29/galway-plate-glory-on-king-alexander-cements-jockey-daniel-kings-rising-star-status/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/07/29/galway-plate-glory-on-king-alexander-cements-jockey-daniel-kings-rising-star-status/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Willie Mullins outsider holds off Conyers Hill in Wednesday feature]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:57:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7ELECN5EBFDK3K2N55RVTJUGHQ.jpg?auth=60203d937a7fad0e09d9df0a6bc97a9ed16288e88312d6a0d1b7bb03d24f6cf4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Kingon on King Alexander on the way to winning the 2026 Galway Plate Handicap Steeplechase. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-Saudi strikes in Iraq threaten escalation of conflict  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/07/29/jordan-intercepts-iranian-missiles-and-us-and-saudi-arabia-target-militias-in-iraq/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/07/29/jordan-intercepts-iranian-missiles-and-us-and-saudi-arabia-target-militias-in-iraq/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steff Chávez in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Flare-up comes after apparent three-day pause in fighting]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:43:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RLE35ZPOJYWATWAPNAVREVKDEQ.jpg?auth=7662d4d17b582901588fb4cb01b83dd26254a47082c583e6ef40d37d4b83e38e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mourners carry the bodies of members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilisation Forces, who were killed in central Iraq by US-Saudi strikes. Photograph: Murtadha Ridha/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Murtadha Ridha</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard died in single-vehicle crash in Dublin in early hours of Wednesday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-dies-in-dublin-motorbike-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-dies-in-dublin-motorbike-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oscar-winning Ballymun singer found fame after starring in The Commitments and with his band The Frames]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:34:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SMWLMH27GJGRPGHRKBR3KRY3TQ.jpg?auth=972ecee81a90f216c3ec8d40db7e8546047931c6f5d7d3f103f74277251530dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard at the annual Christmas Eve busk for Simon Community, outside the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times












]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I want this fixed and to get back to work’: Solicitors split on criminal legal aid reform]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/i-want-this-fixed-and-to-get-back-to-work-solicitors-split-on-criminal-legal-aid-reform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/i-want-this-fixed-and-to-get-back-to-work-solicitors-split-on-criminal-legal-aid-reform/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WBKZOQ5WW4NJJPCQJAWAAAPB24.jpg?auth=969d21f00f4a23888371db92741ecb25c151f5c1e86cca9e143f0eae01f4c914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Solicitors protest outside the Court of Justice complex, Dublin, over reforms to fees for criminal legal aid work. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl (16) spared custodial sentence over €226,000 arson at Dublin children’s home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/girl-16-spared-custodial-sentence-over-226000-arson-at-dublin-childrens-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/girl-16-spared-custodial-sentence-over-226000-arson-at-dublin-childrens-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teen ‘did not care if any harm came to the staff who worked in the care home’, court told]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:28:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UZNFKHPLUNHJREHWTXVKLNZTVM.jpg?auth=36f8e399063439c6c91650994662ee4bd1b92a308d41caae522efa456be630fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The judge said he took into consideration the social worker’s evidence and reports, which disclosed several significant factors related to the girl’s life before the incident. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Court Collins.</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on home heating: transition must accelerate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/29/the-irish-times-view-on-home-heating-transition-must-accelerate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/29/the-irish-times-view-on-home-heating-transition-must-accelerate/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Government needs to be ambitious, but also realistic ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6OKEPUHDJZXZJBQA4IONZBLVI.jpg?auth=d130dc6c4cb0d465a9314642aba67aa6e0c7dacc9f33c3c776567e494a179338&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers install solar panels. The CCAC calls for wider use of these products. (Photograph: courtesy of Construct Ireland)]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard obituary: Musician who went from busking in Dublin to world’s biggest stages ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-obituary-musician-who-went-from-busking-in-dublin-to-worlds-biggest-stages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-obituary-musician-who-went-from-busking-in-dublin-to-worlds-biggest-stages/</guid><description><![CDATA[Singer-songwriter and activist found fame with The Frames and The Commitments and won an Oscar for best song]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:14:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6657OB3DJAJBUHYTNOEIWLU6WU.jpg?auth=61fb4d0ae4c6d8dfdb0a3d0d68dd827ffd4339bd5b6f81f8c1da23b0e5e711e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard was a celebrated and much-loved musician.  Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Glen Hansard:  a singular, generous artist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/29/the-irish-times-view-on-glen-hansard-a-singular-generous-artist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/29/the-irish-times-view-on-glen-hansard-a-singular-generous-artist/</guid><description><![CDATA[From Ballymun to the Academy awards, he carried the same conviction]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OVUYK3GKLTEK3C6TURHX6CZO4.jpg?auth=d79411b64ba6ea8cf7a7f4f82ee1d0ae482f06b241c946edf0c1cee1af2f862f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard with a Home Sweet Home cup in 2017 during "Songs & Words A Home for All" a performance protest to end Homelessness on Kildare Street , Dublin.
Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Chaney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (20s) released without charge after questioning over disappearance of pensioner in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/gardai-believe-pensioner-missing-from-his-dublin-home-was-murdered-and-body-disposed-of/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/gardai-believe-pensioner-missing-from-his-dublin-home-was-murdered-and-body-disposed-of/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí believe pensioner missing from his Dublin home was murdered and body disposed of]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UZJTDJGRFZF2RNC6NMMLR6QCRY.jpg?auth=872802123545d5e2b139696d2138c69f7f820e929773093e801f78a100b72803&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlie ‘Lachy’ Clarke (67): was reported missing by his family in recent days. Photograph: Facebook]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five-star Castlemartyr Resort convicted of polluting river and killing more than 100 fish]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/five-star-castlemartyr-resort-convicted-of-polluting-river-and-killing-more-than-100-fish/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/five-star-castlemartyr-resort-convicted-of-polluting-river-and-killing-more-than-100-fish/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hotel fined €10,000 in connection with discharge from a pump house handling sewage into river on its estate]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:58:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3OOTCJLCLFA5ZBS3VUAFTGCKNA.JPEG?auth=2a5f6afca99536d5bd5e10e7e0a7eaa434a1f810f4b218857147c06771147d74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Castlemartyr Resort was charged with three offences relating to pollution of the river. Photograph: Bryan O Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyer who stabbed father retains love and support of his family, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/lawyer-who-stabbed-father-retains-love-and-support-of-his-family-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/lawyer-who-stabbed-father-retains-love-and-support-of-his-family-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daire McCormack George (31) killed Scott George during a psychotic episode in December 2024]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:37:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX7E6LOV5NE6HKSLB3LEHN7AFM.jpg?auth=a9de88e727ee47489786d3258aea5ea52f1b939fa648e007304270cb77e4ecdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daire McCormack George had developed a delusional belief that his physically frail, housebound father was going to kill the accused’s mother and sister. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple appeals to judge over ‘persistent noise nuisance’ from next-door bar ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/couple-appeals-to-judge-over-persistent-noise-nuisance-from-next-door-bar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/couple-appeals-to-judge-over-persistent-noise-nuisance-from-next-door-bar/</guid><description><![CDATA[Husband and wife ‘dread the approach of each weekend’ over the last year ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3R5WWHREBDWPEA2XPJTXIGMCU.jpg?auth=4d52d7a67f47fb2b5e045425d83a15f403c010d815186f19999480406adba3c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A couple have claimed in the High Court that amplified music and noise from large numbers of patrons in an external courtyard area were causing disruption.  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">liebre</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Reserve keeps US interest rates on hold for now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/us-federal-reserve-keeps-interest-rates-on-hold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/us-federal-reserve-keeps-interest-rates-on-hold/</guid><description><![CDATA[But central bank hints at September rise to counter inflation stoked by war in Iran]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:24:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUZTPXTJVWCNJTZXX362EUR24Q.jpg?auth=91b8da764f42bc16ed558b03d861442ee0cb3bfd61222b42cf91b0625e9704d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kevin Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve. The US central bank has kept rates on hold despite fresh jolt of inflation. Photograph: Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Rose Layden</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nelly Korda and Haerun Ryu set for an intriguing duel in AIG Women’s Open]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/07/29/nelly-korda-and-haerun-ryu-set-for-an-intriguing-duel-in-aig-womens-open/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/07/29/nelly-korda-and-haerun-ryu-set-for-an-intriguing-duel-in-aig-womens-open/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[American and South Korean have won two Majors apiece so far this season]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:21:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KHDHMLBYZXRKE3VXKC3XGK7XHA.jpg?auth=463b9914f4d6d880a8f50ee74680d29b1b73db0a8b9bd042b5d219ee8f2354be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nelly Korda during Tuesday's Pro-Am ahead of the 2026 AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Photograph: Luke Walker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family settles action over death of baby son one day after birth at Cork hospital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/family-settle-action-over-death-of-baby-son-one-day-after-birth-at-cork-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/family-settle-action-over-death-of-baby-son-one-day-after-birth-at-cork-hospital/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘This should not have happened. We should not have to do this to get a basic apology,’ father says, outside court]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:20:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/44MFRQ3WF5RLGXPXMWEPVEXEGU.JPG?auth=0eb4f8c16544d3741584f3c16f75783fce90bde413695da6606ba4337f686032&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fionn Bohane and Joanne Duggan from Carrigaline, Co Cork with their son CJ. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Such an angelic presence’: Bono pays tribute to late friend Glen Hansard]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/such-an-angelic-presence-bono-pays-tribute-to-late-friend-glen-hansard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/such-an-angelic-presence-bono-pays-tribute-to-late-friend-glen-hansard/</guid><description><![CDATA[U2 frontman was a regular participant in the Christmas Eve busk with the Oscar-winning singer]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QH5F3IAZCZPEXOCHNEZLDXT3UM.jpg?auth=1cd171d2d86244baafc778f5bb27257b4283e0cbdddbb239ec966e221db5b584&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bono (centre) pictured with Glen Hansard (left) and Hozier at the Grafton Street Christmas Eve Busk in 2022. Photograph: Aidan Crawley]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aidan Crawley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan ‘races against time’ to reach people trapped after powerful earthquake ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/japan-earthquake-death-tolls-rises-to-13-as-rescue-efforts-continue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/japan-earthquake-death-tolls-rises-to-13-as-rescue-efforts-continue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McNeill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some 260,000 people across Kunamoto prefecture told to go to evacuation centres]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:15:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WQUITSO3NRW5AHMEJHYUURH3UM.jpg?auth=9814cc2e6124bbec680e0d310d12c77e4efc4e820bc803aa00ee2b3515b36914&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The damaged Aeon mall in Kunamoto, southern Japan, following Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake. Photograph: Kyodo News via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigators suspect use of heavy machinery sparked record wildfires in France and Spain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/wildfires-slow-in-france-and-spain-but-worse-may-be-ahead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/wildfires-slow-in-france-and-spain-but-worse-may-be-ahead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Greece and Italy face heightened risk as authorities manage to contain fires near Bordeaux and Madrid]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:06:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SHJ43EQS6OKDE5SL6OSTRAALHQ.jpg?auth=0e7e1f835636fc0b6a50df2a2c364181821f53a441ce88962f233f9fdeb31686&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Volunteers help firefighters to tackle a wildfire near Lanton, west of Bordeaux on Wednesday. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ed Jones</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiosrú finds no fault by gardaí in death of Evan Fitzgerald at Carlow shopping centre]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/fiosru-finds-no-fault-by-gardai-in-death-of-evan-fitzgerald-at-carlow-shopping-centre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/fiosru-finds-no-fault-by-gardai-in-death-of-evan-fitzgerald-at-carlow-shopping-centre/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Investigation was restricted ‘exclusively’ to the events in the shopping centre]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OHAXSIL4CVBZPN3OSSADBXEZWI.jpg?auth=204c27d82f9f11fc3c22d9c27df98c6711de7ac074692206853472bf9bfd5695&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Evan Fitzgerald took his own life at a Carlow shopping centre last year]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelbourne have enough to clean up second-leg and land Ajax clash ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/shelbourne-have-enough-to-clean-up-second-leg-and-land-ajax-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/shelbourne-have-enough-to-clean-up-second-leg-and-land-ajax-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Russell’s side could turn around a poor campaign if they match first-leg levels]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIRF6IGSQFA3BP3NFDEUTZCXGU.jpg?auth=907b3fb202ea5426136707384c75c76c67554558155be385749f69c8af88e43d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ali Coote celebrates scoring the third goal against Nõmme Kalju FC. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Patrick’s Bed? – Frank McNally on spending All-Ireland final night in a Mayo bridal suite]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/07/29/st-patricks-bed-frank-mcnally-on-spending-all-ireland-final-night-in-a-mayo-bridal-suite/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/07/29/st-patricks-bed-frank-mcnally-on-spending-all-ireland-final-night-in-a-mayo-bridal-suite/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After hitchhiking back from Craogh Patrick, the celebrations in Westport led to an unexpected ending for the weekend]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HE74YH7DDNCRJA7IMLR2DBDG5Y.jpeg?auth=45e4929e0936b50639f9acb0368c5c6066696e3bbd3c716b07b244431763f8e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Patrick predicting Mayo by 3 in the final against Kerry at the foot of Croagh Patrick.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[London’s FTSE hits record high despite AI sell-off]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/londons-ftse-hits-record-high-despite-ai-sell-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/londons-ftse-hits-record-high-despite-ai-sell-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European banking stocks continued resurgence following strong results from Deutsche Bank and UBS]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:47:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C2AROGJUYSQ3ILWFIH6NVBBI2U.jpg?auth=9b871bf4f29adfddbd688d32d35311fdf654bb531e2ceee607277a4674ba8df6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gains in London’s FTSE during the day came as energy stocks soared]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach may consider statutory inquiry to produce answers for Creeslough families]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/taoiseach-may-consider-statutory-inquiry-to-produce-answers-for-creeslough-families/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/taoiseach-may-consider-statutory-inquiry-to-produce-answers-for-creeslough-families/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ten people died in 2022 Donegal explosion at an Applegreen filling station after suspected gas leak]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:43:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CK3RKA6WP3D5KPN6HVJ6Z6AQAI.jpg?auth=803849d98dbf517d18f14f75344ec57ffd7702498b2bdbc6dcd4b897d1a500ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí at the scene of the fatal explosion in the village of Creeslough, Co Donegal, in October 2022. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shamed funeral director accepts he is ‘hated and despised’ pariah, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/07/29/shamed-funeral-director-accepts-he-is-hated-and-despised-pariah-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/07/29/shamed-funeral-director-accepts-he-is-hated-and-despised-pariah-court-told/</guid><description><![CDATA[Robert Bush from Hull, England is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of victims.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:40:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VRHHWZN5UAMSZWETM3GTLIBL3Y.jpg?auth=2b3dadf34edd2cac4fa25300af79c3209b2ba8dbc1308a8b5f19a8fba5f61905&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Funeral director Robert Bush appearing at Hull Crown Court, for sentencing on 30 counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body, and one count of theft from 12 charities. Court artist drawing: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Elizabeth Cook</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 300 former Christian Brothers to be named in newspaper ad as part of abuse case]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/more-than-300-former-christian-brothers-to-be-named-in-abuse-case-by-way-of-newspaper-ad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/more-than-300-former-christian-brothers-to-be-named-in-abuse-case-by-way-of-newspaper-ad/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move follows ‘morally bankrupt’ legal strategy adopted by congregation against damages claims for past child abuse]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:40:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JHHH46M4RJCUHG4KTNI7BIHQA4.jpg?auth=a8ae5f40ccb6cd98a971680601e5a83aa25bdfecf71dd252a9d34d2b8443943d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Claimant says he was sexually assaulted and raped by Liam Coughlan (90), a former Christian Brother.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard: How a kid from Ballymun became ‘the unofficial national bard’ with Patrick Freyne]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/glen-hansard-how-a-kid-from-ballymum-became-the-unofficial-national-bard-with-patrick-freyne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/glen-hansard-how-a-kid-from-ballymum-became-the-unofficial-national-bard-with-patrick-freyne/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Patrick Freyne remembers the musician who died in a motorbike crash ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:28:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D66LPIN6P5D47LCREUZDLIGYAE.png?auth=e6b463acf0ef760b56702887a577f9791a8468e5a8495e05af0e636321d4d824&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard's death was announced on Wednesday. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Court rules 11 people entitled to ‘immediate release’ over lack of legal representation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/high-court-rules-11-people-entitled-to-immediate-release-over-lack-of-legal-representation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/high-court-rules-11-people-entitled-to-immediate-release-over-lack-of-legal-representation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge Mary Rose Gearty ruled that several accused persons suffered a ‘fundamental denial of justice’ ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The proceedings arose in circumstances where many solicitors working in the District Court are refusing to work under the revised legal aid scheme. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more sheltering or iodine tablets: Why are we getting a new nuclear emergency plan?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/30/no-more-sheltering-or-iodine-tablets-government-reviews-nuclear-emergency-response/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/30/no-more-sheltering-or-iodine-tablets-government-reviews-nuclear-emergency-response/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worst-case scenario ‘very unlikely’, says department]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:18:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TLV7NSTRMZGQRJN63XDY2OZZ5A.jpg?auth=88b990dbd7ae01587d64f659bb0a6d58146829d5a27f43ea48b1b5163b1ce91a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Government has updated its National Plan on Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Exposures. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anton Petrus</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard was a leader, an indomitable force and a natural disruptor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-proved-time-and-again-that-he-could-change-hearts-and-minds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-proved-time-and-again-that-he-could-change-hearts-and-minds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Ballymun man’s sudden death has been deeply felt throughout the Irish music and arts community]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:50:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7YRXS3H5QBCIBCZVI5EPP7W64M.jpg?auth=24330c6212d88390914ee4285cb00d1d1a2f00bd560d4b3847b7067c1a89e07e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard married the Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa and they had a son Christy, named for Christy Dignam, Christy Moore and his great friend, the late singer-songwriter Mic Christopher. Photograph: Luciano Viti/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luciano Viti</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group protesting Israel vs Ireland soccer match occupies Department of Sport offices ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/group-protesting-israel-vs-ireland-soccer-match-occupies-department-of-sport-offices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/group-protesting-israel-vs-ireland-soccer-match-occupies-department-of-sport-offices/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[#StoptheGame demonstrators demand cancellation of Nations League fixture and promise further action]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SQMUA2AIWNCFRFL3XQ7OJRPKLE.jpg?auth=126338b72b1304fa3c9ff375fe3a20019fbf4294cb38952925be9b4040053a6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters stand outside the Department of Sport after being removed by gardaí. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bohemians to face very different Ballkani side to the one they beat at Dalymount]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/bohemians-will-face-a-very-different-fc-ballkani-to-the-one-they-beat-at-dalymount/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/bohemians-will-face-a-very-different-fc-ballkani-to-the-one-they-beat-at-dalymount/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If Gypsies can get through tough Conference League away tie their reward could be trip to Besiktas]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:32:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5LQVKPJ6MXSDWBYQMUO7Z7C2LE.jpg?auth=49bdd970bfaca135d6937a3dd2bd12951dd236959d03a824d5689e12c077c4f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Colm Whelan celebrates Ross Tierney’s winning goal against Ballkani in the first leg at Dalymount. Photograph: Dan Clohessy/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl (10) and her mother who died following Co Cavan crash are named ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/28/child-dies-in-hospital-after-being-seriously-injured-in-co-cavan-car-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/28/child-dies-in-hospital-after-being-seriously-injured-in-co-cavan-car-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Child’s mother was pronounced dead at scene of crash involving car and van in Shercock on Friday]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:24:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNXVVBVUAJDKLJRIP5KQXORW4Y.jpg?auth=fc33b47ed1dbcb98bfc29fd7bfd0f4fe044c80191edd3b3cbab81a29cf8a0fa4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nell Raven (53) and her daughter Irena Mereacre (11). Photographs: The Anglo-Celt]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[E-scooter users would need licence and insurance under proposals explored by Government]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/e-scooter-users-would-need-licence-and-insurance-under-proposals-explored-by-government/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/e-scooter-users-would-need-licence-and-insurance-under-proposals-explored-by-government/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Darragh O’Brien to work with Road Safety Authority on proposed legislation over the summer]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:21:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6CPZV627UVAYVKAX6VGM7RAU3U.jpg?auth=8d4cd758c55aafc36278f5ac892309d6423311ead4fe3f2f0d37322a646b6c5c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times















]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Happened to Dorothy Bell? review: A reason to keep faith in found-footage horror]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/07/31/what-happened-to-dorothy-bell-review-a-reason-to-keep-faith-in-found-footage-horror/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/07/31/what-happened-to-dorothy-bell-review-a-reason-to-keep-faith-in-found-footage-horror/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Debut feature uses home videos, CCTV, police recordings and Zoom calls to create a compelling ghost story]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F6CIGTXE4REMPEITQOOIUAOEKI.jpg?auth=07c39a3338ed15c93050197393c868194219e9d37ab119f9cc8982589082704c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What Happened to Dorothy Bell? is a  mournful, slow-burning affair]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overreliance on AI risks ‘deskilling’ health sector staff, report warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/07/29/overreliance-on-ai-risks-deskilling-health-sector-staff-report-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/07/29/overreliance-on-ai-risks-deskilling-health-sector-staff-report-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hiqa publishes Ireland’s first national guidance on safe use of AI in health and social care services]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:04:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O4POU76JOZ7PJONJVZEKXYDFQI.jpg?auth=a6a3bd8db355f5b5cc9e5072ef2270ed6f91feba5f49f807843602166d55a591&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AI innovations are now being used for a variety of tasks, including supporting diagnostics by identifying patterns in scans. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rui Vieira</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liverpool prepare opening offer for Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/liverpool-prepare-opening-offer-for-paris-saint-germains-bradley-barcola/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/liverpool-prepare-opening-offer-for-paris-saint-germains-bradley-barcola/</guid><description><![CDATA[The 23-year-old French winger is open to Premier League move]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VZKAXAAXJU7DPAYQJTR2HQKJ4.jpg?auth=ae9dde59e7cf4070cf4f3c965a42348c5874f772830f0dc1d80086ab5c0fdfb4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paris Saint-Germain's forward Bradley Barcola is wanted by Liverpool. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Franck Fife</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Iran war is making noodles costlier 7,000km away ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/the-iran-war-is-making-noodles-costlier-7000km-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/the-iran-war-is-making-noodles-costlier-7000km-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muktita Suhartono, Yan Zhuang, Max Kim, Suhasini Raj]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some staple dishes in Asia are no longer as affordable to purchase or prepare]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGO7VIVJQ3OS64D2525M77OIKA.jpg?auth=5f5e275c0154aaab642532774f936014332a60fc372b3621769945dc7d6c655f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seoul’s Namdaemun Market, known as Kalguksu Alley, is famous for hand-cut noodles. Photograph: Chang W Lee/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chang W. Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The only wheelbarrow in Mayo being used today’: Ballyhaunis welcomes Mayo champions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/now-we-get-to-experience-what-that-feeling-is-like-ballyhaunis-welcomes-mayo-champions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/now-we-get-to-experience-what-that-feeling-is-like-ballyhaunis-welcomes-mayo-champions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emotional homecoming tour continues as fans recall magic moment of victory]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:24:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LCYBNSFU7RD6JOOE2NYUUDKUJM.jpg?auth=e09c1dc832decd6fd457754ce0c51f1d37904b422f1a2e21f60a8dc2f3ed437c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robert Lilly (centre) and Shane Conlon (right) brought a wheelbarrow of supplies to the All-Ireland winning Mayo football team's homecoming celebrations in Ballyhaunis on Tuesday. Photograph: Cian O'Connell]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Rooney’s family seek to examine ‘conduct’ of military investigation into soldier’s death]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/sean-rooneys-family-seek-to-examine-conduct-of-military-investigation-into-soldiers-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/sean-rooneys-family-seek-to-examine-conduct-of-military-investigation-into-soldiers-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reports from independent pathologist and ballistics expert being sought for upcoming inquest hearing]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZVI4RQVVEZA3BO7ONTF3WPQBEY.jpg?auth=398a7c27971c315daf2ed501297f7f341a04548b9c2e627064a4ddaeac99a7d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Rooney (24) was killed in a 2022 attack on a convoy of Irish peacekeepers on a UN deployment in Lebanon. Photograph: Defence Forces/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Defence Forces</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witnesses in cafe tips row unable to explain mystery card machine which pulled in €5,000 in 18 months]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/witnesses-in-cafe-tips-row-unable-to-explain-mystery-card-machine-which-pulled-in-5000-in-18-months/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/witnesses-in-cafe-tips-row-unable-to-explain-mystery-card-machine-which-pulled-in-5000-in-18-months/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former manager of Esquires Coffee Limerick and the proprietor  deny responsibility for installation of the electronic tip machine, WRC hears]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:10:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QJX4Y2DH5FCV3ASSD3MKS6T6YU.jpg?auth=3304cfe5c9a7c4a59e523d03fc770120c3e7a5316388f07028f6e44c7f169694&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Euro notes and coins left on top of the bill at a European restaurant, as payment and a tip.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Clerk www.georgeclerk.com</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence by Israeli settlers worsening in West Bank, UN human rights office warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/07/29/violence-by-israeli-settlers-worsening-in-west-bank-un-human-rights-office-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/07/29/violence-by-israeli-settlers-worsening-in-west-bank-un-human-rights-office-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Le Poidevin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Figures show 18 Palestinians have been in incidents link to settler attacks so far this year, compared to 18 for all of 2025]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:10:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VJYEVVJJO5BLTCENNAVXXXYBDI.jpg?auth=af6d857c33fae9553fbe8bcf2e445f27440657b3800ed64e8a5d3c085044a855&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli soldiers patrol the Palestinian village of Tell in the occupied West Bank on July 25th. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jaafar Ashtiyeh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan’s earthquake death toll could have been far higher. Here is why it was not]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/japans-earthquake-death-toll-could-have-been-far-higher-here-is-why-it-was-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/japans-earthquake-death-toll-could-have-been-far-higher-here-is-why-it-was-not/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McNeill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Strict building codes, innovation and learning from past disasters make the country an earthquake-resilient society]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:07:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F7TB4B4IQVDXPKNMITSWY2LGZE.jpg?auth=da40e359883033c325a89cd7f52d74faca63f6c7989d5169be502278870192ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People wait in a park after buildings were evacuated following a strong earthquake in Kumamoto City on Tuesday. Photograph: JIJI Press/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JIJI PRESS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What size does your pension actually need to be for a comfortable retirement?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/what-size-does-your-pension-actually-need-to-be-for-a-comfortable-retirement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-business/what-size-does-your-pension-actually-need-to-be-for-a-comfortable-retirement/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Q3GI7FDWZH6VJIRA4NMFRHSQU.jpg?auth=68fe20ce009ea806cb561eb4ddf2d2cde75838073ef72414f23b9b740f9b7e62&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A recent survey from Royal London Ireland suggested Irish workers believe they will need almost €41,000 per year for a comfortable retirement.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">shapecharge</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAI among associations given 53 days by Fifa to sign up to controversial World Cup plans]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/fifa-gives-associations-53-days-to-sign-up-to-controversial-world-cup-plans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/fifa-gives-associations-53-days-to-sign-up-to-controversial-world-cup-plans/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uefa has heavily criticised the proposal, saying it ‘crosses a line’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7S4V5UMRAFC45KX7TUHE3DVJWA.jpg?auth=1f73630aa13173c6abd81b2d1cf075b5df5542841d7e9973eb9fecbfd2705658&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The FAI has yet to comment on whether they intend to back Gianni Infantino’s proposals. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FREDERIC J. BROWN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The voice of sanity during insane times’: Hundreds attend funeral of broadcaster Gerry Kelly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/the-voice-of-sanity-during-insane-times-hundreds-attend-funeral-of-broadcaster-gerry-kelly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/the-voice-of-sanity-during-insane-times-hundreds-attend-funeral-of-broadcaster-gerry-kelly/</guid><description><![CDATA[Father Brian D’Arcy said his friend was ‘loved by thousands and thousands of people, north and south of the border’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:04:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P6GGLAORD4YDDABLFNNFESUJYA.jpg?auth=a01403fc044a16f1102d6ec4743d0392fb3721af20258fa14af6e4d7c131ab89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman holds the Order of Service ahead of the funeral of former UTV and BBC Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Kelly at St Nicholas Church in Ardglass, Co Down. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jared Leto accused of sexual misconduct by four women in BBC documentary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/29/jared-leto-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-four-women-in-bbc-documentary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/29/jared-leto-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-four-women-in-bbc-documentary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Khomami]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Incidents involving actor and musician (54) alleged to have taken place between 2002 and 2016 when women were teenagers]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:52:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2Z77VRFQZCOHOLALPUXO6OZBU?auth=002477840e9b6f7d089d206d8a0adad7dd54a5d1fc76bf2dc7600bfe321e18f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The BBC said Jared Leto had not responded to the allegations put to him. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fleadh Cheoil 2026: Ticket information, accommodation, how to get there and more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/fleadh-cheoil-2026-whats-on-where-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-there/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/fleadh-cheoil-2026-whats-on-where-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-there/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about the Irish music and culture festival in Belfast]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:06:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TFBUINQV5FG5ZNEVZCFS2B5J4Q.jpeg?auth=2699df6c20d046250556bb8a61c1a5d2de1c4b6e78906ffe5dfccacf2e29ca6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fleadh Cheoil 2026: More than 800,000 people are expected to visit Belfast over the week.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard the film star was at the centre of two key moments in Irish cinema]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-the-film-star-was-at-the-centre-of-two-key-moments-in-irish-cinema/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-the-film-star-was-at-the-centre-of-two-key-moments-in-irish-cinema/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His best-song Oscar win with Markéta Irglová in 2008 alerted the world that the country’s screen industry was on the march]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73L7533DXMLYXVDGQNSVTT4AGE.jpg?auth=150c1bfe24a885e306263169a4947853d52f2448dee8eaf60cffc8eda49c27c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova accept the Oscar for best original song for Falling Slowly from the film Once at the 80th Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles in 2008. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify in US Senate Covid hearing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/29/anthony-fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-and-declines-to-testify-in-us-senate-covid-hearing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/07/29/anthony-fauci-invokes-fifth-amendment-and-declines-to-testify-in-us-senate-covid-hearing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Glenza]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with him]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:56:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T7D5N6UPQ2ECFMOMRMH3SR3K5U.jpg?auth=9ccd346c5fa3084434455488a968e8d4851e2490d3ef8ee5c718e565e47069b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr Anthony Fauci, former director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares for the start of a senate hearing in Washington on Wednesday. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Haiyun Jiang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí withdraw first-ever obstructing deportation charge against ‘decuplet’ defendant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/gardai-withdraw-first-ever-obstructing-deportation-charge-against-decuplet-defendant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/gardai-withdraw-first-ever-obstructing-deportation-charge-against-decuplet-defendant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prosecution related to case of Nigerian man who claimed his identity had been confused with one of nine brothers]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:42:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UGVBJ253UZFL3CMCOBAJT4FDYQ.jfif?auth=cdd29e70989f0ac7c0c401cf57aff16124eee31e3489a0dcd6d87e56a2b9af06&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sam Okwuoha (28) has remained subject to deportation proceedings since January. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman charged over alleged breach of Jeffrey Donaldson victims’ anonymity ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/woman-charged-over-alleged-breach-of-jeffrey-donaldson-victims-anonymity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/woman-charged-over-alleged-breach-of-jeffrey-donaldson-victims-anonymity/</guid><description><![CDATA[Child victims of sexual offences have automatic lifelong identity protection ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:39:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W4IBOIAF5MQXHW4K2REPR5NWHM.jpg?auth=f57ad2db33a1a1f20a18e9a2a40efe3256695dc6c451035383c78cdcdcb93e6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 sex offences at trial this year. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kavinsky:  French DJ known for Nightcall dies aged 50]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/kavinsky-french-dj-known-for-nightcall-dies-aged-50/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/kavinsky-french-dj-known-for-nightcall-dies-aged-50/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Beaumont-Thomas]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kavinsky, real name Vincent Belorgey, remembered as ‘a source of French pride forever’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:38:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ECXOVD2LNVATRBTTW5NLREX3ZA.jpg?auth=e1085a50b92ce14faf1f96923ddf3173fa40878e4c4a0b683f3ce24b7aaa40a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kavinsky performing in Paris last year. Photograph: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kristy Sparow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stripe founder buys US bank to extend fintech push]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/07/29/stripe-founder-buys-us-bank-to-extend-fintech-push/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/07/29/stripe-founder-buys-us-bank-to-extend-fintech-push/</guid><description><![CDATA[Darragh Buckley plans to keep former Twin City Bank’s community banking business]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:34:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FMSG7UW65JEWZA4K457FZFXHUI.jpg?auth=810c3df7a953e07c747711f0747704ff7eb1e8caa945c737ad7dd59922a02b45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Darragh Buckley, an early employee at Stripe, has bought Twin City Bank. Illustration: Thomas Fuller/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers at IT firm Kyndryl balloted for industrial action over redundancy terms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/workers-at-it-firm-kyndryl-balloted-for-industrial-action-over-redundancy-terms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/workers-at-it-firm-kyndryl-balloted-for-industrial-action-over-redundancy-terms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FSU says collective agreement not being honoured by IBM spin-out]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QW3UCOFZ7JHALP6D34MDPCWR54.jpg?auth=c6d69e7a118f0a7344f17ebbe1b927a49f936c28cfce12a061b5a13aa2503969&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[IBM spin-out Kyndryl provides tech support services for financial services companies including Bank of Ireland.  Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">gorodenkoff</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster confirm appointment of Joe Schmidt in consultancy role]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/29/ulster-have-confirmed-appointment-of-joe-schmidt-in-consultancy-role/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/07/29/ulster-have-confirmed-appointment-of-joe-schmidt-in-consultancy-role/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Ireland head coach to work with age-grade coaches at the province]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:58:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FIYWJ7542JUWUPPATBHD4QPQWU.jpg?auth=647536aae670bac2e1bb33dd8de8859138592ee192ffb1cdbddb17f16c6d4b36&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Irish coach Joe Schmidt has been appointed. Photograph: Colin Murty/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Murty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí welcome Decathlon decision to stop selling e-scooters as road deaths reach 108 this year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/gardai-welcome-decathlon-decision-to-stop-selling-e-scooters-as-road-deaths-pass-109-this-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/07/29/gardai-welcome-decathlon-decision-to-stop-selling-e-scooters-as-road-deaths-pass-109-this-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Record numbers of people killed on roads ‘highlight the risk’ as drivers are urged to slow down over August bank holiday]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:33:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRTCUVOS3NEQJEAU6H2VEBJNAU.JPG?auth=39d20833f1aef654455ffdd068da389fd8181543ef52b5434d1c5a480de6528d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New legislation expected to come into effect in September would treat e-scooters as 'mechanically propelled vehicles' requiring licences and registration. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (40s) dies in single-vehicle crash in Clare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/man-40s-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash-in-clare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/man-40s-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash-in-clare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Driver of car pronounced dead at the scene in Ballymorris, Cratloe]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:32:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F6ZZ3DRXPVD5FCZHNYDFUO4WXA.jpg?auth=cd6721454b8d12b2d8c3d661b2d3ec47aeee5e87da935bbdc3211557df634b2b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The R462 has been closed for a forensic examination by Garda technical staff. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smurfit Westrock lowers full-year earnings forecast amid spike in fuel costs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/smurfit-westrock-lowers-full-year-earnings-forecast-amid-spike-in-fuel-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/smurfit-westrock-lowers-full-year-earnings-forecast-amid-spike-in-fuel-costs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Freight costs have spiked globally amid conflict in the Middle East ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:10:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ENWJ5KEJ7RICXHMLZ5ZETRCWRQ.jpg?auth=10e7f8925f0ec892fc0492f3bb27c803fe0c3d9a126537e57022ed4aefd05ea4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Smurfit Westrock chief executive, Tony Smurfit: 'We fully expect to recover input cost inflation through the second half of the year and beyond.” Photograph: Alan Betson 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nestlé sells its former infant formula plant in Askeaton to US pharma group]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/nestle-sells-former-infant-formula-plant-in-askeatont-to-us-pharma-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/nestle-sells-former-infant-formula-plant-in-askeatont-to-us-pharma-group/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Injectables specialist Pfanstiehl has had no previous manufacturing presence in Ireland ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:52:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RCGJUKNSDFCQXP57LCM6LATJXA.jpg?auth=3169080ec8e8058c6810d6c595ce2928b4f8ddeec0ccca6260383cec83afbd6e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nestlé has sold its infant formula site in Askeaton, Co Limerick, to a pharmaceuticals company. Photograph: by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FABRICE COFFRINI</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dentist who falsely claimed he had cancer after patients made complaints is censured]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/07/29/dentist-who-falsely-claimed-he-had-cancer-after-patients-made-complaints-is-censured/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/07/29/dentist-who-falsely-claimed-he-had-cancer-after-patients-made-complaints-is-censured/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh McDonagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dr Thomas Munroe admitted the facts of the allegations made by seven patients at a Dental Council inquiry]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:04:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JKUDI5T5OFD3ZF5K2CWVCG2M44.jpg?auth=8bdad9f54c08b19442e3d4b306ef520f908c94a687c3dd62fdd79d3784904580&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr Thomas Munroe was found guilty of professional misconduct by a fitness-to-practise inquiry. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Dazeley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s small businesses are ready for their next chapter, but they need the tools to unlock it ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/07/29/irelands-small-businesses-are-ready-for-their-next-chapter-but-they-need-the-tools-to-unlock-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/07/29/irelands-small-businesses-are-ready-for-their-next-chapter-but-they-need-the-tools-to-unlock-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Brewer, regional manager, Xero Ireland ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From spreadsheets to real-time visibility, Xero is helping Irish small businesses build the confidence to grow]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:59:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUYNXUQQURC2TIATBZYBFVJQDY.jpg?auth=5d9607ec7b2dbb8ec8a8c6a02c764132a140070f2fb594757a053b177609df39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The conversation on transitioning to eInvoicing must start now, says accounting software company Xero]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-a-life-and-music-career-in-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/glen-hansard-a-life-and-music-career-in-pictures/</guid><description><![CDATA[Musician and actor starred in The Commitments and with his band The Frames]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:44:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LHMUJ7GKTZF5JBQLKMVF22BPZA.jpg?auth=2d48fb4bf7aea5342188aeda6bc1ad9a7bbfbd66dcb58b928a948800ec79463f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Musician Glen Hansard onstage at the ASCAP Tribeca Music Lounge held at the Canal Room during the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brad Barket</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Terminally online’: Frustrated UK Greens want leader to hand over his social media]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/07/29/terminally-online-frustrated-uk-greens-want-leader-to-hand-over-his-social-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/07/29/terminally-online-frustrated-uk-greens-want-leader-to-hand-over-his-social-media/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Walker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Labour enjoy a ‘Burnham bounce’, post by Green leader that appeared to welcome violence against Nigel Farage has left some supporters bemused]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCSKYUEFVJQFUMDPWJAYCYVS74.jpg?auth=d7e9776e1ebdefb008d86167627ddcda7cc99be6960a4633949ddb23b4448e2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zack Polanski, Green Party leader in England and Wales, pictured last February with Hannah Spencer, a newly-elected Green MP. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stefan Rousseau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s top cheeses, meats, butters and desserts named at Great Taste Awards 2026 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/29/irelands-top-cheeses-meats-butters-and-desserts-named-at-great-taste-awards-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/29/irelands-top-cheeses-meats-butters-and-desserts-named-at-great-taste-awards-2026/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Close to 50 Irish food products recognised with three-star honour at prestigious food awards]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:27:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4C3S5ZMDPREXTHQQ4C2ODBDUWE.jpg?auth=86ff5686082845d0e9947a9e42618614cac0204764a61ca7050a7f0ffe51d367&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judges Mallika Basu and Emily Tallontire at the 2026 Great Taste Awards, where Irish food producers took home 46 of the top three-star awards. Photograph: Guild of Fine Food]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish economy shrank by 1.6% in 12 months to end of June, CSO estimates]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-economy-expands-by-39-in-second-quarter-cso-estimates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-economy-expands-by-39-in-second-quarter-cso-estimates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Volatile numbers come on the back of a surge in exports last year]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:10:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AZN2X4HZDRFVDG4VKGQLJJ6WFI.jpg?auth=8edaff45c468f23b418129f3d6d2fa426412455aaf10eec946090c2ec6351772&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pharma firms here rushed to stockpile products in the US ahead of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Photograph: iStockPhoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">zorazhuang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mentally ill woman’s advanced healthcare directive ruled invalid by High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/mentally-ill-womans-advanced-healthcare-directive-ruled-invalid-by-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/mentally-ill-womans-advanced-healthcare-directive-ruled-invalid-by-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Directive opposed psychiatric treatment even if that placed woman’s life at risk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKIA3TQAIRECTIWQUL5NIUL3VE.jpg?auth=ded2862d126a7d6865850aa2018b632637d04201d52c9f8cfd1ec0d3a776c22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Conor Dignam made the finding in a significant judgment at the High Court. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">w-ings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the World Cup for sale? Here’s what Fifa’s plans mean and what happens next]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/is-the-world-cup-for-sale-heres-what-fifas-plans-mean-and-what-happens-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/is-the-world-cup-for-sale-heres-what-fifas-plans-mean-and-what-happens-next/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino is under fire from Uefa over plans to sell off commercial rights for the tournament but he says they are ‘about the democratisation of football worldwide’]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:50:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPVNQD7IPMSAOF3XOMUGJZFL2A.jpg?auth=3d698457993a6795f4a041f83f460d8ed6fc0535190a5d89c43f416c0c16a8a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino, president of Fifa, has had his plans criticised. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pádraig Harrington named Europe vice-captain for 2027 Ryder Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/07/29/padraig-harrington-named-europe-vice-captain-for-2027-ryder-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/07/29/padraig-harrington-named-europe-vice-captain-for-2027-ryder-cup/</guid><description><![CDATA[Irishman joins Edoardo and Francesco Molinari in Luke Donald’s team for Adare Manor]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:36:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XINNFQBF6NLZXPVXMLNUP7YP24.jpg?auth=b62d1ece320672b8cd123d0b922e848b01738ceee1e0b33dbcd1215e2aa23ff2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pádraig Harrington captained the Ryder Cup team in 2021. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Warren Little</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What next for India’s ‘Gen Z’ protests?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/what-next-for-indias-gen-z-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/what-next-for-indias-gen-z-protests/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:07:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBEJYY3S6IBVCWP5YGUSVO44TU.jpg?auth=9f71481d31175cfa31e82b9f993b93c81a8fbb80ffd7c3541139c13250475ad3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Supporters of the youth-led satirical political movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) celebrate the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan last weekend. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Divyakant Solanki</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defence Forces member has appeal for rape of fellow soldier dismissed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/defence-forces-member-has-appeal-for-rape-of-fellow-soldier-dismissed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/defence-forces-member-has-appeal-for-rape-of-fellow-soldier-dismissed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kielan Mooney claimed the jury shouldn’t have heard the victim’s distressed 999 call]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OFVANXX4AQ5UUYX2L2WUMFK6ZM.jpg?auth=e1ad450d93625bb42676929363b1b9ce231aae4d543ead53516ca238731f98a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kielan Mooney of Bloomfield Park, Derry, was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court in December 2024. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Callaghan’s amended offer in legal aid dispute ‘obviously unsustainable’, solicitor says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/ocallaghans-amended-offer-in-legal-aid-dispute-obviously-unsustainable-solicitor-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/ocallaghans-amended-offer-in-legal-aid-dispute-obviously-unsustainable-solicitor-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Finucane says solicitors continue to seek ‘real and meaningful discussions’ with Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:25:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIJMH5YWKISAGUF2UAEDLQ33KY.JPG?auth=fb106df57cc8e26649c318f50e50fb4561c4085bb7bdba0b4b0c1fa8b9f17f51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has proposed a split flat-fee payment in criminal legal aid cases. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concacaf joins criticism of Fifa plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/concacaf-joins-criticism-of-fifa-plan-to-sell-off-world-cup-stakes-to-private-investors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/07/29/concacaf-joins-criticism-of-fifa-plan-to-sell-off-world-cup-stakes-to-private-investors/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hughes, Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uefa furious at Fifa’s World Cup private investment plan, saying it crosses a line]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:19:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JV4QBC6KXVFR55UH7VNK3T7OS4.jpg?auth=d4e03a2c0d3eedf847f4e26e47fd6285eca0bf01d012cc496618ad6fc8285c27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fifa president Gianni Infantino before the World Cup final. Photograph: Florencia Tan Jun/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Florencia Tan Jun</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retired postal worker jailed for sexual abuse of girl (12) more than four decades ago]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/retired-postal-worker-jailed-for-sexual-abuse-of-girl-12-more-than-four-decades-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/retired-postal-worker-jailed-for-sexual-abuse-of-girl-12-more-than-four-decades-ago/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Fiona Ferguson and Declan Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman outlines in victim impact statement how effects of abuse have followed her through childhood and into the present day]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFCNQRF6UFCITF2AG6VIZYYILU.jpg?auth=6eee829aa5f1c8d929a8b83848741eba3d4652e2aa2d5fc1cfcd2c9bc22fec85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Central Criminal Court heard that while Tom Hassett (72), of Auburn Heights, Athlone, Co Westmeath,  can be identified, a woman he was convicted of sexually abusing when a child wishes to retain her anonymity. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">TOM HONAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murderer says reference to Conor McGregor in trial brought ‘toxic masculinity’ baggage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/murderer-says-reference-to-conor-mcgregor-in-trial-brought-toxic-masculinity-baggage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/murderer-says-reference-to-conor-mcgregor-in-trial-brought-toxic-masculinity-baggage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maurice Boland was jailed for life in 2024 after he was convicted of murdering Cian Gallagher after two trials]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maurice Boland, of Bridgeview Close, Tallow, Co Waterford, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Cian Gallagher.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families of those who died in Creeslough disaster to meet Taoiseach today]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/families-of-those-who-died-in-creeslough-disaster-to-meet-taoiseach-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/families-of-those-who-died-in-creeslough-disaster-to-meet-taoiseach-today/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We’re going into four years, there’s no answers whatsoever,’ says mother of 14-year-old Leona Harper, who died in the explosion]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:49:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRTLA7MOKJESTEWOY4NE3UFX7E.JPG?auth=1a42422e2da69a8fbb96fd4c207457f9c121fb0ea10a28a1e1b027f88bf01785&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The mother of Leona Harper, who died in the Creeslough explosion, said the families of those who died were hoping for a 'really strong commitment' from Micheál Martin to hold a public inquiry. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[WRC staff take legal case against State for failing to implement pay award]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/wrc-staff-take-legal-case-against-state-for-failing-to-implement-pay-award/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/wrc-staff-take-legal-case-against-state-for-failing-to-implement-pay-award/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pay increase would be due to be backdated to July 2023, which would require significant lump sums to be paid]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z66J3YC5XUL3ZRR4T4VJDQC3ZU.jpg?auth=7bbfa545048de06ec977c904b729378f0173cbd6e0ad6dec907e92f8b99839eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Workplace Relations Commission deals with hundreds of cases involving workplace disputes each year, and this is not the first occasion in recent times when its own staff have challenged their pay or conditions. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PTSB underlying profit jumps 34% ahead of vote on Bawag takeover]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/ptsb-underlying-profit-jumps-34-ahead-of-vote-on-bawag-takeover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/ptsb-underlying-profit-jumps-34-ahead-of-vote-on-bawag-takeover/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[CEO Eamonn Crowley says €1.62bn sale deal followed evaluation of value, stakeholder considerations, and long-term strategic fit]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:36:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJA5S5BOMNAX5LKDTICNRAT3DY.jpg?auth=d803d06432ff22535ad56081a6e267c85083c5e9dc5c410e2276bce2afbbaca4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eamonn Crowley, CEO of PTSB: 'We look forward to engaging with shareholders' on vote over sale to Bawag. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill






]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostelworld says Iran war shaved 3% off growth in first half]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/hostelworld-says-iran-war-shaved-3-off-growth-in-first-half/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/hostelworld-says-iran-war-shaved-3-off-growth-in-first-half/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Booking platform reaffirms full-year guidance as revenues jump 12%]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:34:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GLEMVNRHEJAMBFMSRAGY6YXU5E.JPG?auth=f078460eb4dcffdeb7c5c3028e7f2324c12ff84849733561f26e6e178724be8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[War in the Gulf slowed growth in the first half of the year, Hostelworld chief executive Gary Morrison said. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PwC published ‘thought leadership’ reports marred by AI hallucinations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/pwc-published-thought-leadership-reports-marred-by-ai-hallucinations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/pwc-published-thought-leadership-reports-marred-by-ai-hallucinations/</guid><description><![CDATA[Big Four consultant is latest firm found to have produced slapdash work while marketing expertise on the technology]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:31:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FEICVJ7CX5HPLC24YLGIZKX2XE.jpg?auth=940897bab928bd806ad5f899b23ef4f8b2c7cc5cbf895dbba59feed71cbc4161&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The AI hallucinations were contained in “thought leadership” reports designed to drum up consulting work for partners in the Middle East. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NurPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyer stabbed father to death as he told him he loved him, trial hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/lawyer-stabbed-father-to-death-as-he-told-him-he-loved-him-trial-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/lawyer-stabbed-father-to-death-as-he-told-him-he-loved-him-trial-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daire McCormack George said he had paranoid thoughts that made him think his father would hurt his mother and sister]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F3S4FWCJONDSBCIRH3WVN7DAJU.png?auth=060d0094d9fa29e13f2d61b20c7d660f8a59d36caf5f508170ad1b6c0cd92c62&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daire McCormack George (31) told detectives he believed he was doing the right thing in stabbing his father Scott George (76). Photograph: LinkedIn]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The murky process of selecting the next UN secretary general is coming to a head]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/07/29/the-murky-process-of-selecting-the-next-un-secretary-general-is-coming-to-a-head/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/07/29/the-murky-process-of-selecting-the-next-un-secretary-general-is-coming-to-a-head/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global Briefing: Seven candidates are in the running to succeed António Guterres]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:56:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FDYWWONN2NK24IBMDIO3XYKOYY.jpg?auth=661c6ff3b71122a726af7aff0cda4c4f80c8556ae5ece89298f500c19d2f6abe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four of the seven candidates to be the next UN secretary general - Argentina's Rafael Grossi, Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan, Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Senegal's Macky Sall - during a debate at UN headquarters in New York last week. Photograph: John Lamparski/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Lamparski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Group shrugs off ‘geopolitical uncertainty’ as global sales volumes grow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/kerry-group-shrugs-off-geopolitical-uncertainty-as-global-sales-volumes-grow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/kerry-group-shrugs-off-geopolitical-uncertainty-as-global-sales-volumes-grow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revenues at the taste and nutrition giant dip 3.7% due to weakening of US dollar in first half]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:55:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBCRGBD7XJBXFP5LEMCQ4A7OCQ.jpg?auth=bf8cf36324417110bef444291d24475be2fe78efb1d767231955baa721d1853f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Edmond Scanlon, chief executive of Kerry Group, told investors that annual sales volume growth is now expected to be around 3.5 per cent, up slightly from an earlier forecast of 3 per cent.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laurence McMahon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Life payments to owner near €2bn and would buy from a CAB auction?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-life-payments-to-owner-near-2bn-and-would-buy-from-a-cab-auction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-life-payments-to-owner-near-2bn-and-would-buy-from-a-cab-auction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:21:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J3OYMXTAQ2BCTOCSCXLZSP66W4.jpg?auth=a48c7e8ea25adc5326f7d55ac4240d4d7541b23bfef8c66d4cb35e5049037739&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Life Group paid €157 million in dividends to its overseas parent last year.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lorcan Murphy: Why covert filming can be a gateway to more serious offending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-metas-latest-privacy-fight-is-over-what-activists-call-predator-glasses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-metas-latest-privacy-fight-is-over-what-activists-call-predator-glasses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast: Lorcan Murphy used a spy pen to secretly film women; new smart glasses make covert filming even easier]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:14:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L3DACXV2RVBJPNJKCMMC5TKKLY.jpg?auth=479840e972ec43f0103e3aa0b826623679f5da54a787fc828cdbea17e950fe25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Killer Lorcan Murphy used a 'spy pen' to record women without their knowledge. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/decriminalising-prostitution-would-risk-turning-ireland-into-amsterdam-or-germany/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/decriminalising-prostitution-would-risk-turning-ireland-into-amsterdam-or-germany/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Breslin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When prostitution is treated as a job like any other, the sex trade expands – just look at New Zealand]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUYOQXHD3FWH7FTOPNCLGMMWLA.jpg?auth=599c3c0b46384eea5c1990272a28a8266297aee34dfd2a158f275d03b0634f88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The last thing we want for Ireland is the hellscape that is Germany’s legalised sex trade or the mess that is Amsterdam’s legal trade. Photograph: Ilvy Njiokiktjien/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ilvy Njiokiktjien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My colleague got a promotion and is now my boss... I feel really betrayed and belittled’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/07/29/my-colleague-got-a-promotion-and-is-now-my-boss-i-feel-really-betrayed-and-belittled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/07/29/my-colleague-got-a-promotion-and-is-now-my-boss-i-feel-really-betrayed-and-belittled/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trish Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lots of adjustments are needed on both sides to make this work]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYHUUG3YABEGHJ2HYZQYIFWMUE.jpg?auth=1108e2a591f8e6a916f8e9ce2e6e8fec23c07671af1f0353497ffed11ec384cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['I can barely sleep at night and the effort it takes to get through each day is exhausting, as I fake being totally okay.' Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">insta_photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICG bid puts spotlight on McGuckian’s independence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/icg-bid-puts-spotlight-on-mcguckians-independence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/icg-bid-puts-spotlight-on-mcguckians-independence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chairman of Irish Ferries owner has been on the board for 38 years. Is he really that independent?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEQTEJUYIJG2DD6YVPOCGSZLQ4.jpg?auth=beabbb82137a0e4836424b5c8dcb26467f9522648fffd173af464d18c79f005e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McManus]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery surrounds identity of man killed by his own pipe bomb in Dublin hostel ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/mystery-surrounds-identity-of-man-killed-by-his-own-pipe-bomb-in-dublin-hostel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/07/29/mystery-surrounds-identity-of-man-killed-by-his-own-pipe-bomb-in-dublin-hostel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dead man presented himself as a Lithuanian born in 1985, but he cannot be identified as gardaí say he had a fake passport]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LJBEHHR7UDU3W4IMXT4VEA4HKQ.JPG?auth=8417b31338d84f04f52708d857a319f2a30ea1152b68ae53c83ec621fd4ccc5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal truck at the scene of an  explosion at the Depaul hostel on Little Britain Street in Dublin's north inner city on January 18th, 2024. A man was killed in the explosion. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GAA community feels the piercing glare of soccer’s greedy eye]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/gaa-community-feels-the-piercing-glare-of-soccers-greedy-eye/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/gaa-community-feels-the-piercing-glare-of-soccers-greedy-eye/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ken Early’s article a fresh take on the views that surface when the national soccer team fails]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[College Green building revaluations help lift Clarendon’s Irish portfolio to €147m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/college-green-building-revaluations-help-lift-clarendons-irish-portfolio-to-147m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/college-green-building-revaluations-help-lift-clarendons-irish-portfolio-to-147m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firm controlled by Paddy McKillen and Tony Leonard also owns Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VVQ44RQAVUKH6E4VMHGAX2XXIY.jpg?auth=e9dcaa093cdbc1308363c792c60c2e35df8275319492b4887caf070e15553a80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[H&M has a store in a Clarendon Properties building that was formerly the National Irish Bank branch on College Green, Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/29/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/29/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[July 29th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LIBG7CPSTBBHDFLEKFZMTTRJ5A.jpg?auth=77e8d872dcfc068a4bb86411a2f8ccc61a7d053c95bf865a4e41aa9a53f9550a&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[Former Dublin Region Homeless Executive figure rented apartment to Peter McVerry Trust, accounts show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/former-dublin-region-homeless-executive-figure-rented-apartment-to-housing-charity-accounts-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/former-dublin-region-homeless-executive-figure-rented-apartment-to-housing-charity-accounts-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Peter McVerry Trust would not identify person who had left DRHE ‘several years’ before lease arrangement ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIPV4MRGYNG77DWJW3U3JXMQBM.JPG?auth=a5d090abb5f53c83b95c67739a991b99b736133e9f9cd88b195275f2063c8baa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Peter McVerry Trust was hit by financial and governance troubles three years ago, leading to a €15 million Government rescue. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry’s lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/kathy-sheridan-kerrys-lesson-in-grace-was-the-gaa-at-its-most-sublime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/kathy-sheridan-kerrys-lesson-in-grace-was-the-gaa-at-its-most-sublime/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In contrast to Kerry’s civility in defeat, the legend of the great Lionel Messi will forever be tainted by Argentina’s display of ugly losing]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IT6PKM7NMRW2PBFKRSMJCUV3GU.jpg?auth=2215cb74d75b06ee95c05e222b4602ebc769ca90c8f38e5646f4e75470c0a758&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's Paudie Clifford and Ryan O'Donoghue of Mayo shake hands after Sunday's All-Ireland final. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/michael-mcdowell-trumps-most-loyal-supporters-white-working-class-men-are-becoming-disillusioned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/29/michael-mcdowell-trumps-most-loyal-supporters-white-working-class-men-are-becoming-disillusioned/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Not with his displays of spiteful narcissism, but with rising prices for gas and groceries]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUB5TGDW2ZHTHEVZFEJABN6VEU.jpg?auth=f7e60e1795254820f258963c0d6421428e1897f1f89715322f0fd47396a7a5e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Collison and California’s proposed wealth tax, courgette mountain and Hot Boys Cry]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/patrick-collison-and-californias-proposed-wealth-tax-courgette-mountain-and-hot-boys-cry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/patrick-collison-and-californias-proposed-wealth-tax-courgette-mountain-and-hot-boys-cry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ZGRD32FE7MCY25DVBCIV37J4Q.jpg?auth=37657bb6a148e1db785180dad048868c7247d3c4b737bbff6ca86f520ab96f26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison  speaking during the Ireland Funds national gala at the National Building Museum in Washington DC during his visit for St Patrick's Day this year. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I work in a hospital. How could I not know I was having a heart attack?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/07/29/how-could-i-not-know-i-was-having-a-heart-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/07/29/how-could-i-not-know-i-was-having-a-heart-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Charnet]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Symptoms show up differently in women – here’s what more women should know]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3OPGP7RUTVDWDMBSQU35GTISJQ.jpg?auth=92e1671fcc3bde78387f9eb06a1cfaf49a664669b103ca72bc567858b2c47f1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Many women dismiss their own symptoms as anxiety or just assume they are unfit. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Farknot_Architect</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Oddie obituary: Comic actor who starred in The Goodies and renowned ornithologist ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/29/bill-oddie-obituary-comic-actor-who-starred-in-the-goodies-and-renowned-ornithologist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/07/29/bill-oddie-obituary-comic-actor-who-starred-in-the-goodies-and-renowned-ornithologist/</guid><description><![CDATA[Multitalented performer, writer and broadcaster credited with encouraging new generations to become enthusiasts of nature]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MIGO2F7IA5FI5DVKA4A2LLNCRA.jpg?auth=ea02b72da1e121571aae6f7d783943da5a7aabcadf487ccb80bee8a25c110712&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bill Oddie was a member of comedy trio The Goodies, whose eponymous anarchic TV sketch show aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian Gavan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing how to speak a multitude of languages is vital, but which ones?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/knowing-how-to-speak-a-multitude-of-languages-is-vital-but-which-ones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/knowing-how-to-speak-a-multitude-of-languages-is-vital-but-which-ones/</guid><description><![CDATA[Most foreigners we meet here, including shopkeepers, waiters and hoteliers, are happy to address us in English]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[MetroLink: Can the public trust the State with another project of this scale?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/metrolink-can-the-public-trust-the-state-with-another-project-of-this-scale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/metrolink-can-the-public-trust-the-state-with-another-project-of-this-scale/</guid><description><![CDATA[The national children’s hospital project has seriously damaged trust]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[Camaraderie suffers when we have to commute to work to show it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/camaraderie-suffers-when-we-have-to-commute-to-work-to-show-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/camaraderie-suffers-when-we-have-to-commute-to-work-to-show-it/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cohesion and capacity also fall victim to the daily grind of travelling to and from the office]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[Differences between e-bikes, e-scooters and e-mopeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/differences-between-e-bikes-e-scooters-and-e-mopeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/differences-between-e-bikes-e-scooters-and-e-mopeds/</guid><description><![CDATA[E-bikes make cycling more appealing and, crucially, more accessible for certain groups]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[E-scooters: What is available to buy and how difficult will the new rules be to enforce?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/30/e-scooters-what-is-available-to-buy-and-how-difficult-will-the-new-rules-be-to-enforce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/30/e-scooters-what-is-available-to-buy-and-how-difficult-will-the-new-rules-be-to-enforce/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Amazon and AliExpress stopped selling vehicles not in compliance with speed limits but fast models remain on sale elsewhere]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCRQE66TDNF4LFMQ56HH2EG3GU.jpg?auth=beb29f0c4befeec96d198eef15a8a5736ec5c5e1288d9691e012a4251bf73d25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Garda Síochána said it is active in seizing e-scooters which should not be on Irish roads. Photograph: Garda Press Office]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/aughinish-investigators-did-not-obtain-swedish-document-available-for-25-fee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/aughinish-investigators-did-not-obtain-swedish-document-available-for-25-fee/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PIB3SKMKO5FELCT4AQIPFXQMYM?auth=a1b8506e89fbb53791255bf64f9b3115abb18a958734f18ee29474673c931b50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rusal, the Russian company that owns Aughinish, on the Shannon Estuary, Co Limerick, also operates an aluminium refinery in Sweden. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darragh Ó Sé: Why were we all so wrong with our Mayo predictions? I think there are a few reasons]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/29/darragh-o-se-on-mayos-win-why-did-i-get-it-wrong-and-predict-a-kerry-victory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/29/darragh-o-se-on-mayos-win-why-did-i-get-it-wrong-and-predict-a-kerry-victory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh Ó Sé]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is no question Mayo were the best team in the All-Ireland – Kerry were fighting an uphill battle for fitness all year and it told]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2T2NWIGO5H4RIIEJQKUF46AGI.jpg?auth=1fea7d26a3781090d780c080d238f6f6f6b0fd1833d877f72f6b963b5c164ba5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's Paul Murphy is challenged by Mayo's Ryan O'Donoghue and Darragh Beirne - it was clear from early on that Mayo had done their homework. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits for group behind duck producer Silver Hill Farm fly above €5m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/profits-for-group-behind-duck-producer-silver-hill-farm-fly-above-5m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/profits-for-group-behind-duck-producer-silver-hill-farm-fly-above-5m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Agribusiness generated more than €157m in turnover last year, filings show]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DOBK6GRMRFMFBP7EX33Z3EJJCI.jpg?auth=953fb3ca275d01bb33ba34e7f797917b38fdbf9949f3c7abe53e284cab506032&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Silver Hill Farm Shop in Emyvale, Co Monaghan. Fane Valley Ireland Limited, which counts Silver Hill Farm among its portfolio, booked €5.7m in pretax profits last year. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Moran lived up to the high standards of his predecessor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/sean-moran-lived-up-to-the-high-standards-of-his-predecessor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/sean-moran-lived-up-to-the-high-standards-of-his-predecessor/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is no greater compliment to pay a reporter than to recognise they are knowledgeable and fair]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[‘The shackles are off’: Colm Boyle says future Mayo teams will benefit from breakthrough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/29/the-shackles-are-off-colm-boyle-says-future-mayo-teams-will-benefit-from-breakthrough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/07/29/the-shackles-are-off-colm-boyle-says-future-mayo-teams-will-benefit-from-breakthrough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unburdened by the weight of a county’s hopes, selector says Mayo can embrace new-found freedom in their play]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VABQW6NNTQ4PJY7OBDXI576B6U.jpg?auth=1d320704574b42201b0916e2daf1348356a572dcf49a6595fd3a5c52be39feda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo selector Colm Boyle (right) celebrates after the team's victory against Kerry in last Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final at Croke Park. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[People with eating disorders are often overlooked]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/people-with-eating-disorders-are-often-overlooked/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/people-with-eating-disorders-are-often-overlooked/</guid><description><![CDATA[Recovery is rarely a simple process, nor does it always mean complete symptom resolution]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[Charles Byrnes could make headlines for right reasons with Reverend Hubert in Galway Plate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/07/29/charles-byrnes-could-make-headlines-for-right-reasons-with-reverend-in-galway-plate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/07/29/charles-byrnes-could-make-headlines-for-right-reasons-with-reverend-in-galway-plate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gordon Elliott has won €270,000 festival feature five times in 10 years]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J453SBNMOVFEVGGBJMIRSDFOO4.jpg?auth=0b360556927e9ddd50b9c28634c33cbc2d14901fc59f95081a18d10e9900de27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tom Cox on board Gordon Elliott-trained Nowwhatdoyouthink before the Galway Festival. Photograph: Nick Elliott/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home to roost]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/home-to-roost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/29/home-to-roost/</guid><description><![CDATA[Latest building addition coincides with relaxation of back-garden dwelling rules]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 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[Owner of refugee accommodation provider got more than €3m in pay]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/owner-of-refugee-accommodation-provider-got-more-than-3m-in-pay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/owner-of-refugee-accommodation-provider-got-more-than-3m-in-pay/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Profits at firm owned by James McCarville rose sharply last year, accounts show]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K34PTMOM5ZBGRL2TTDA2FYGMXY.jpg?auth=e2c0326dade070a1a3da1c086aad166eec480bc2a30516618793d352404b35fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[State's International Protection Accommodation Service has turned to private sector to house those seeking asylum. File image]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Extremely demoralising’: Veggie farmers say bumper harvest going to waste in hot weather]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/extremely-demoralising-veggie-farmers-say-bumper-harvest-going-to-waste-in-hot-weather/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/extremely-demoralising-veggie-farmers-say-bumper-harvest-going-to-waste-in-hot-weather/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Slater]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fruit growers say hot, dry weather has hurt crops and made it more difficult to pick produce]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6J5PUIFX5RCPBLUO5OE5RZSDDM.png?auth=a92bed555a7fa352d723589b5d86ac3601afd3c45cbc0470791a12988e56e154&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Organic farmer Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics in Co Galway posted a 'desperate' plea on social media for people to come and buy his courgette stock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got ‘the call’ from home. Dad’s days of wandering New York’s streets were over]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/15/i-got-the-call-from-home-dads-days-of-wandering-new-yorks-streets-were-over/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/15/i-got-the-call-from-home-dads-days-of-wandering-new-yorks-streets-were-over/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dad whispered I should leave, so he could sleep: ‘I want to dream about my children’ ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TJW4LDWM55BLJF4LPFQLKLEOME.jpg?auth=d4103b7ba9882c2f6c155726bad7cab4ce314e5c4a7b878971bc2a72da75a5e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Margaret and Liam Fitzpatrick at the ‘Top of the Rock’. New York City, and its accents, attitudes and atmosphere, didn’t belong to my Dad, but he did like to borrow them from time to time.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stamp of approval for our Irish-American fallen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/28/stamp-of-approval-for-our-irish-american-fallen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/28/stamp-of-approval-for-our-irish-american-fallen/</guid><description><![CDATA[All five Sullivan brothers were killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European wildfires in graphics: France and Spain battle blazes as another heatwave approaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/07/29/european-wildfires-in-graphics-france-and-spain-battle-blazes-as-another-heatwave-approaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/07/29/european-wildfires-in-graphics-france-and-spain-battle-blazes-as-another-heatwave-approaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Scott, Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blazes have forced about 375,000 people to leave their homes in France and Spain]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AVJMA5VHZEGMROWRI2O26FRFQQ.jpg?auth=36ec507a56481da32ae4d8ce18b3d5cdc241b5a1209bb2d98665153873221687&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Firefighters during a break while fighting wildfires in a forest near El Tiemblo, Avila region, Spain, on Wednesday. Photographer: Brais Lorenzo/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brais Lorenzo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Berlin’s ‘Hot Boys’ are taking on the manosphere]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/how-berlins-hot-boys-are-taking-on-the-manosphere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/29/how-berlins-hot-boys-are-taking-on-the-manosphere/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From forest walks to tearful group sessions, a new community is offering young men an alternative to toxic online influencers ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L5Q7ZHY6CBGHVAPLJPE6D3CFDA.jpg?auth=4445ee9dc177e90abd47186b43618281a2afc7afb162b7181728c03e9193d2c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In many ways, Hot Boys Cry is a young men’s shed: addressing early on the causes of consequences of loneliness]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff: Dublin suburbs in the 1960s created communities. Now, it’s soulless urban sprawl]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/29/sean-moncrieff-neighbours-no-longer-see-one-other-the-property-market-chooses-your-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/07/29/sean-moncrieff-neighbours-no-longer-see-one-other-the-property-market-chooses-your-friends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While the building goes on, established places that used to have a centre are becoming hollowed out]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6OECZOVA7VFJROXUKVG2KQRC2Q.jpg?auth=18cec67e93655bdbb6763204317c81f6ee3d4e44761181821d2a7c5de0b08dc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['There are people who grew up in my suburb who would like to move back and raise their kids here.' Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">levers2007</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all pay a price for blame culture towards the health service]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/28/we-all-pay-a-price-for-blame-culture-towards-the-health-service/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/07/28/we-all-pay-a-price-for-blame-culture-towards-the-health-service/</guid><description><![CDATA[Robert Watt is correct, albeit a little late, to call for less finger-pointing]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Life dividends near €2bn under Canadian ownership]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-life-dividends-near-2bn-under-canadian-ownership/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/07/29/irish-life-dividends-near-2bn-under-canadian-ownership/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dividend payments well exceed €1.3bn Great West Lifeco paid for Irish Life in 2013]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5FX3JXR2VFAKDHZFXTPXJAMZ7E.jpg?auth=20a51c6705f2f912eb94f50974299e8cf9693c839f4a17ee0f759e018b01462c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Life spent close to €200 million redeveloping its long-standing headquarters in Dublin 1]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth tax]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/irish-entrepreneur-patrick-collison-donated-62m-to-group-opposing-california-wealth-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/29/irish-entrepreneur-patrick-collison-donated-62m-to-group-opposing-california-wealth-tax/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Building a Better California opposes proposal that would require California’s billionaire residents to pay a one-off tax on their assets]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DU7ENSJCNWLNLVM4FGPBKK5SS4.JPG?auth=1a0d28a42b3784875faeb5023fb78238d5222c19d2c26296421314a15c82c162&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stripe CEO Patrick Collison at the RDS, Dublin, for the Stripe-sponsored Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fields for sale in Dublin, Kildare, Galway and Clare from €250,000 and what you can do with them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/07/29/fields-for-sale-what-can-you-do-with-a-blank-canvas-site/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/07/29/fields-for-sale-what-can-you-do-with-a-blank-canvas-site/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From tourism opportunity on Galway’s wild Atlantic coast to a home for a horse in the Dublin Mountains]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQSVNUA3ANCCXGVBPB5WYLNOBI.JPG?auth=de455fe9ef45cf80cf50e9fdef88e9935cddc2f4cf393e020c58837e15dda941&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Land for sale next to Dunguaire Castle in Kinvara, Co Galway]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rival Koreas race to build nuclear-powered submarines ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/rival-koreas-race-to-build-nuclear-powered-submarines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/07/29/rival-koreas-race-to-build-nuclear-powered-submarines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Tudor in Seoul , Ian Bott in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seoul sees long-awaited opportunity to develop more potent vessels after Donald Trump gave nod of approval last year]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C3PPWV3X75DTTBF3666ELIVN5U.jpg?auth=853befaeb4b68107cba8cf48dd7866d75bc6bec8908e36cb1496808400b0e4c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A TV broadcast on Kim Jong-un veiling the manufacturing site of a nuclear-powered submarine at an undisclosed location. Photograph: Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SOPA Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Criminal Assets Bureau auctions where savvy buyers are snapping up seized assets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/07/29/how-to-buy-a-seized-house-inside-the-criminal-assets-bureau-auctions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/07/29/how-to-buy-a-seized-house-inside-the-criminal-assets-bureau-auctions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Would you buy an asset with a criminal past?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IIAD3URYFVFKND54RKIHQM6EGE.jpeg?auth=c2ac92d1d89927d7e04bb276ea6eee5b29e483a105a99b62cbd0084cb2186335&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The baroque-style family bathroom in a five-bed, 3,000sq ft  house near Drogheda that was sold by Cab. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wednesday to see temperatures of 23 degrees, with some sunny spells]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/wednesday-to-see-temperatures-of-23-degrees-with-some-sunny-spells/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/29/wednesday-to-see-temperatures-of-23-degrees-with-some-sunny-spells/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rest of the week will see mixed conditions, with rain showers and spots of sun across the country]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3M5YXESXXJGAZNI6FKFMJ6ODFY.JPG?auth=7d1de7a3bb958d2412cbb9d0388d8e8b5359eebd3d12e983d5edbd5a0ac9c10f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Recent weather has been very sunny, but the rest of this week will see mixed conditions, with rain showers and sunny spells across the country. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it discriminatory to only pay maternity top-ups after a certain period of service?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/07/29/employers-in-my-sector-only-pay-maternity-top-ups-after-a-certain-period-is-this-discriminatory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/07/29/employers-in-my-sector-only-pay-maternity-top-ups-after-a-certain-period-is-this-discriminatory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Employers in my sector only pay employees maternity top-ups after a year or two, even if they passed probation]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YA5RII66GBCKDPRWV4CTZAN3YY.jpg?auth=f092d946b6ac621f247a93945b42054120a80e3f660564a21a630ca3edb05f7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Employers in my sector only top-up maternity pay if employees have been with the company for at least one or two years. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish ‘mammy’ salad to South African braai: Chefs share their favourite tastes of summer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/29/irish-mammy-salad-to-south-african-braai-chefs-share-their-favourite-tastes-of-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/07/29/irish-mammy-salad-to-south-african-braai-chefs-share-their-favourite-tastes-of-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chefs and restaurateurs around Ireland share their favourite summer food memories ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CPJ2GXRDUZGZDMU3O5MBACCI5A.jpg?auth=3c19ec6bd18ba10080a71bc730353b256370cd52eb51b157cc93cb0d0a0f10de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Summer food hits different – from salads and picnics to garden barbecues, it's an essential part of making special memories ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Solovyova</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I looked at the busman’s huge knuckles and decided I’d rather die than go home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/29/i-looked-at-the-busmans-huge-knuckles-and-decided-id-rather-die-than-go-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/07/29/i-looked-at-the-busmans-huge-knuckles-and-decided-id-rather-die-than-go-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elaine Garvey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bread Is Bad for Ducks is a new short story by Elaine Garvey, author of The Wardrobe Department]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FX3NSXSM3FGVJIGAMW2WODJZUE.jpg?auth=d24893ec4ba6796a95013284d65682b1dc57177a3a1018249dd0702237ae1691&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['We saw the busman walking from his house to the coach and, when he started the engine, we went over.' Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacob Wackerhausen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Music Quiz: Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA namechecks rapper Jay-Z and which US pop singer?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/the-music-quiz-miley-cyruss-party-in-the-usa-namechecks-rapper-jay-z-and-which-us-pop-singer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/07/29/the-music-quiz-miley-cyruss-party-in-the-usa-namechecks-rapper-jay-z-and-which-us-pop-singer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: Which Smiths song is covered by Cork’s Frank and Walters on The Smiths Is Dead?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ODZP4KF2NNDKNOG64ND5THPEPU.webp?auth=3598a636803f009acedb8630a023f1072d8cdf97d059d266a11c1cba1f1026a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/webp" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Miley Cyrus: Party in the USA from the 2009 album The Time of Our Lives]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of American Europe: United States set to be much more transactional  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/25/the-rise-and-fall-of-american-europe-united-states-set-to-be-much-more-transactional/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/07/25/the-rise-and-fall-of-american-europe-united-states-set-to-be-much-more-transactional/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sanfey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Washington prepared to interfere in European politics to influence policy towards Middle East and US tech interests ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JQNCV5RBJN2K46XCP66QIHCMN4.jpg?auth=f0b59bc22672629f008f368e2dff9c871db5128696229fc703ca333fab6c5b06&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Under US president Donald Trump's second term, the US seems intent on undermining the European project. Photograph: Saul Loeb/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Saul Loeb</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the new Volkwagen Passat put an end to Ireland’s misguided SUV nightmare?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/review/2026/07/29/can-the-new-volkwagen-passat-put-an-end-to-irelands-misguided-suv-nightmare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/review/2026/07/29/can-the-new-volkwagen-passat-put-an-end-to-irelands-misguided-suv-nightmare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An estate-only model is what we asked for, but can VW steal back this market from Skoda?]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFMXHFUTGBHZXOXS5TONN7BCCQ.jpeg?auth=ab15614ab3a85280518afa9cbe9c7a58e8f28b9d7dd52702fec368e6d7e1aace&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New Volkswagen Passat]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>