<?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/2026-08-03/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:28:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[US states sue Trump administration over fresh tariffs on 59 countries and EU]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/03/us-states-sue-trump-administration-over-fresh-tariffs-on-59-countries-and-eu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/03/us-states-sue-trump-administration-over-fresh-tariffs-on-59-countries-and-eu/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Helmore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But White House says trading partners have not done enough to tackle imports produced by forced labour]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FRR2VLQCHF3ZNEDTHB43WTXZ6I.jpg?auth=90f7aa63fad1d2f298c9ad14842fdee2b0d37f4cc847b3ceede82ddcbe8d8084&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump brought in the new duties after 'Liberation Day' tariffs were ruled unconstitutional in February and a set of temporary ones expired. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Manuel Balce Ceneta</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benjamin Nygren nods Celtic to hard-fought opening win over Dundee]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/benjamin-nygren-nods-celtic-to-hard-fought-opening-win-over-dundee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/benjamin-nygren-nods-celtic-to-hard-fought-opening-win-over-dundee/</guid><description><![CDATA[Martin O’Neill’s side get season off to winning start at Parkhead]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:39:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KRA6GFORMHLSZTWGEWEDM677RI.jpg?auth=8da6dc7bdaf00e43d1e365998dc20a94c08f7a896eed0a4cf4a13854cc08016f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Benjamin Nygren of Celtic celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee at Celtic Park. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ian Macnicol</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026: Two tribes unite for Belfast festival  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann-2026-two-tribes-unite-for-belfast-festival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/fleadh-cheoil-na-heireann-2026-two-tribes-unite-for-belfast-festival/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘I think it’s important that we talk about our histories, how similar we are’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:33:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KJ6UM2HWXFJZKDPPQDIY7JS73E.jpg?auth=80a763e7238f68978cff8d48e8413a4526d8504d487d1a84be94a8ffe6be0e22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lilly Rose Grant (13) with her four-year-old brother Pauric Grant on Fountain Street at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More European countries withdraw support for Gianni Infantino as pressure intensifies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/wales-becomes-first-country-to-withdraw-support-for-fifa-president-gianni-infantino/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/wales-becomes-first-country-to-withdraw-support-for-fifa-president-gianni-infantino/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Ames and Matt Hughes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fifa president last week shelved his widely denounced plan to sell off World Cup stakes to private investors]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:46:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QMGOFAWBCMCKLJWLQB4U5L75M4.jpg?auth=52a68a999f9e1c9497b7d7573080933e78604200309b740e4ac0762ddd516728&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino made a bungled attempt to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bradley Collyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the Christian Brothers’ legal strategy: morally bereft]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/03/the-irish-times-view-on-the-christian-brothers-legal-strategy-morally-bereft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/03/the-irish-times-view-on-the-christian-brothers-legal-strategy-morally-bereft/</guid><description><![CDATA[The contrast between public contrition and legal manoeuvering is stark]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DW766XHWNZGWBP2WQKUBU4VGMM.jpg?auth=052231e82619be32f85cbf2b7bbf9c880898096bb111c18bae478a695b340072&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Boys at woodwork, circa 1941, in St Josephs Industrial School, Artane, run by the Christian Brothers. Photograph: Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Independent News and Media</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singers from Cork and Belfast in Ed Sheeran-backed project star at Fleadh festival]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/singers-from-cork-and-belfast-in-ed-sheeran-backed-project-star-at-fleadh-festival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/singers-from-cork-and-belfast-in-ed-sheeran-backed-project-star-at-fleadh-festival/</guid><description><![CDATA[Crowds at celebration of Irish music and culture hope musician will appear after his performance last year]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:45:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XMV3LFJSOU4W2XBKREBQ25OGCI.jpg?auth=436ab21be18576401b5f27d7143a90396b187461e3903aa932b414e613f94e83&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Creative Tradition on stage performing the Cranberries song Zombie at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast on Monday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ceuta leader blames Morocco over ‘atrocity’ of mass border crossing after more than 90 die]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/ceuta-leader-blames-morocco-over-atrocity-of-mass-border-crossing-after-more-than-90-die/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/ceuta-leader-blames-morocco-over-atrocity-of-mass-border-crossing-after-more-than-90-die/</guid><description><![CDATA[Stronger EU borders needed after crisis, Ursula von der Leyen says]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:03:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OCW2OSHAJJJG4XEG7WECE53V44.jpg?auth=5a7fc9fba362eef1a13f570eea2dfee704b718f71e369f6f5bc474abc0aa7efb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Migrants wait on the beach in Ceuta on Sunday. Photograph: Adri Salido/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adri Salido</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on public spending: restoring budget credibility]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/03/the-irish-times-view-on-public-spending-restoring-budget-credibility/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/03/the-irish-times-view-on-public-spending-restoring-budget-credibility/</guid><description><![CDATA[Spending minister Jack Chambers is facing a budget battle]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CMTMSZJXRU2VF6FM6VDAKI4KME.JPG?auth=3bb47346137a541c246b839998ab882bf3ba48ac7a5bbf9528106da91d735673&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers: trying to rein in spending in the budget. 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[From Homer to Heaney: Ray Burke on Ireland’s enduring connection to The Odyssey]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/03/from-homer-to-heaney-ray-burke-on-irelands-enduring-connection-to-the-odyssey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/03/from-homer-to-heaney-ray-burke-on-irelands-enduring-connection-to-the-odyssey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Burke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Odyssey predates the earliest evidence for Ireland’s Táin Bó Cúailnge by around 1,400 years]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZL7AYAHEVVOP5L6W5ASLOP7TBE.jpg?auth=c69f6a96aabbb1b67f24d0c8a8dce0b9e14a90e96777a7e3c183cf04844909e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney is known to have drawn on Homer in his own poems, as did William Butler Yeats and Patrick Kavanagh. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversial British journalist Rod Liddle dies aged 66]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/08/03/controversial-british-journalist-rod-liddle-dies-at-66/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/08/03/controversial-british-journalist-rod-liddle-dies-at-66/</guid><description><![CDATA[Columnist was a divisive figure for his views on crime, race and infidelity ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:45:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4NQVH3ZGONB3ROWMTKZMSLHLJA.jpg?auth=6e0d784545290ee6d22df59e2b5f391e8c030267ff2fe234c028ab631f2e5201&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rod Liddle, who wrote opinion columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, died in a Middlesbrough hospital on Sunday evening. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arsenal v Real Betis; Manchester United v Leeds in Dublin: Ticket news, TV details, kick-off times]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/arsenal-v-real-betis-manchester-united-v-leeds-in-dublin-ticket-news-tv-details-kick-off-times/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/arsenal-v-real-betis-manchester-united-v-leeds-in-dublin-ticket-news-tv-details-kick-off-times/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about the upcoming friendlies in Ireland, including the game at Croke Park]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:28:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUZMDCI4UGGWSVQNST6W3CPEHI.jpg?auth=c143ef5aa80af524ed2590c4aa80a9438ca64a03772cbaa3b623cffbd7a082e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arsenal's new signing Christos Tzolis in action against Girona in a preseason friendly in Spain. Photograph: Alex Caparros/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Caparros</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza roadmap and refuses to suspend strikes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/israel-rejects-trumps-gaza-roadmap-and-refuses-to-suspend-strikes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/israel-rejects-trumps-gaza-roadmap-and-refuses-to-suspend-strikes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Further setback for US president after Iran denies peace talks are taking place]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:27:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEW34HHJFTA6E6L7JD6OA37NRE.jpg?auth=ef6d0387bbb2a97ab309dd4b0386c096fc30ff052f60a655ad26c7f43219ae0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Palestinian child is seen in the midst of the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Omar Al-Qattaa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets start August on a high with big pharma merger talks grabbing the headlines]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/03/markets-start-august-on-a-high-with-big-pharma-merger-talks-grabbing-the-headlines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/03/markets-start-august-on-a-high-with-big-pharma-merger-talks-grabbing-the-headlines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AstraZeneca looking at merger with Bristol Myers Squibb to create fourth largest pharma group]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/54B5TEGMXJYZ4DUCAXCGGPA3AU.jpg?auth=e2a183cb10df02b7d3ee5f95cd4e4eef21ab1995ccc13fbeefeba7c1336a8bb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AstraZeneca is reported to be in talks with rival Bristol Myers Squibb over a potential merger. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lynne Cameron</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jimmy Cricket asked for last rites twice ‘like an encore’ before dying aged 80]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/08/03/jimmy-cricket-asked-for-last-rites-twice-like-an-encore-before-dying-aged-80/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/08/03/jimmy-cricket-asked-for-last-rites-twice-like-an-encore-before-dying-aged-80/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tributes pour in for Tyrone-born entertainer who was hailed as one of the last great comedians]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:10:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JTH27JGM5NCHBAWIMHTP7HOLOE?auth=cd69cd31566458952d6751758d20341e462fa31ad80dd23efa472b5aec93dd8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jimmy Cricket, who died on Monday, is pictured at the funeral of fellow comedian Ked Dodd in 2018. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow rain warnings in place for  three  counties in south east]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/weather-ireland-storm-and-rain-warnings-issued-for-four-counties/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/weather-ireland-storm-and-rain-warnings-issued-for-four-counties/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lightning strikes possible in Cork on Monday evening with yellow thunderstorm alert in place until 6pm]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNZNYUI6HZFR5GEKRLEEGJKCHM.JPG?auth=92f9c7a6636d5d4601e772a820e1f1b3178e40b9de5e2084d47f3ca8248c399a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heavy rain was expected to spread northeastwards, dissipating to showers further inland. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glen Hansard wake: Musician rests in peace to backdrop of fiddles, flutes and songs  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/glen-hansard-wake-musician-rests-in-peace-to-backdrop-of-fiddles-flutes-and-songs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/glen-hansard-wake-musician-rests-in-peace-to-backdrop-of-fiddles-flutes-and-songs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Coolin, Spancil Hill, the Parting Glass, and Raglan Road among the many traditional tunes performed]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:37:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRLUMJNPMZEPPEBGRUEUJU2PNU.JPG?auth=d848bb7ecaf5ed2c397cd7b06c0b6304e0d9a4bb66a44c044142ada300427e2f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thousands attend a public wake for singer/songwriter Glen Hansard in the Baroque Chapel at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newcastle reject first bid from Arsenal for captain Bruno Guimarães]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/newcastle-reject-first-bid-from-arsenal-for-captain-bruno-guimaraes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/newcastle-reject-first-bid-from-arsenal-for-captain-bruno-guimaraes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Louise Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Premier League champions have £70m offer turned down as they target Brazilian midfielder]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:22:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBDNEQKG2YE5I5WGMWABRMEKPE.jpg?auth=5062f10a6f9ed22e88a5939252f3e6a9e2e6dd8570f6a328ae795514bd84323a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bruno Guimarães has two years left on his Newcastle contract. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

 
Issue date: Monday August 3, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Owen Humphreys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus for Shamrock Rovers now on reaching league phase in Europe for third successive year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/focus-for-shamrock-rovers-now-on-reaching-league-phase-in-europe-for-third-successive-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/focus-for-shamrock-rovers-now-on-reaching-league-phase-in-europe-for-third-successive-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buttner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goal now about channelling frustration of narrow exit from Champions League qualifiers to Ararat-Armenia]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:50:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJ72M2FXDGSGQSM4E45LQUGF7A.jpg?auth=5dde58ed5dfada03f94070ce73167474564c82bbc57d02fef7c658a12c174e61&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamrock Rovers head coach Stephen Bradley: 'We’re here to be better than we were before.' Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easyjet extends deadline for suitors to make firm bids]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/easyjet-extends-deadline-for-suitors-to-make-firm-bids/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/easyjet-extends-deadline-for-suitors-to-make-firm-bids/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US investment groups Apollo and Castlelake have been circling the British airline for weeks]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:38:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MB4KYKCSHUL6TY5YEMQMT3QQLQ.jpg?auth=d77553dfe72b919f43e0647d17275703418784917b9ccf35f072178de46794b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Easyjet suitors Apollo and Castlelake must make firm offers for the airline by close of business on Friday. Photograph: Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patricia De Melo Moreira</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungarian prime minister says Danube water levels may improve]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/hungarian-prime-minister-says-danube-water-levels-may-improve/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/hungarian-prime-minister-says-danube-water-levels-may-improve/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lack of water forcing nuclear reactors in Hungary and Romania to power down]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:22:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S4QO7RSTMKUWV2PTHZTKYEFTCI.jpg?auth=92a35bb92965eb66449f1e41edd6c73172d6f9e3f580ead76e5dda662e0b32dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People enjoy the sunset on the sandbar that has appeared beneath the Margaret Bridge due to the low water level of the Danube in Budapest. Photograph:  Janos Kummer/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Janos Kummer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 90% of urgent breast cancer referrals to Letterkenny not seen within target time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/03/almost-90-of-urgent-breast-cancer-referrals-to-letterkenny-not-seen-within-target-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/03/almost-90-of-urgent-breast-cancer-referrals-to-letterkenny-not-seen-within-target-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[HSE data report highlights sharp regional differences in meeting two-week objective]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:17:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQKI7FFUZYXJCJHJTSDB77GZSU.jpg?auth=b61ed5e7876ac2ae9ca02495323a556ab4fb0b1027e2d79fa75969edc59b52b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics aim to see 95 per cent of patients within 10 working days. Stock photograph: Rui Vieira/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rui Vieira</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leona Maguire selected as wildcard pick for Solheim Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/03/leona-maguire-selected-as-wildcard-pick-for-solheim-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/03/leona-maguire-selected-as-wildcard-pick-for-solheim-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Captain Anna Nordqvist adds Irish golfer to team for event against US in the Netherlands]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:11:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PVT4745SWJG2BLGYPR47KF3SIQ.jpg?auth=31e0c42420249dcdc4099cd68a40fddcef9a4a44ec0e793ee23b17aa2f7b6a86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leona Maguire during the 2024 Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Cannon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway Races aiming to ‘get ahead of the game’ when trying to curb underage drinking]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/03/galway-races-attendance-figures-ballybrit-underage-drinking-ladies-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/03/galway-races-attendance-figures-ballybrit-underage-drinking-ladies-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Official Ballybrit attendance of 124,745 only slightly down on last year’s tally]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DQ7ZRQVHJMONCACPP6YI2LBLAQ.jpg?auth=7dc79ebe26b9283f00fb6c2efe851ebf1bd598ab0981480b766e28ed7b4a3da0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Runners and riders in action during this year's Galway Races. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid wage supports after losing Revenue challenge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/retailer-must-repay-887m-in-covid-wage-supports-after-losing-revenue-challenge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/retailer-must-repay-887m-in-covid-wage-supports-after-losing-revenue-challenge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Claim that non-essential part of retailer’s business forced to close during lockdowns was a separate division fails]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:53:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HVHZD6L3Z7SATYQLVK7ZUCOMQI.jpg?auth=cf8ed1424393676f1f88b7a54ca0e029cdbae05bf71abb34f240b87b50dedefd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A major retailer must repay €8.87 million to the Revenue Commissioners after wrongly claiming wage subsidy payments for staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photograph: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leah Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mauricio Pochettino agrees deal to stay as US manager through to 2030 World Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/mauricio-pochettino-agrees-deal-to-stay-as-us-manager-through-to-2030-world-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/mauricio-pochettino-agrees-deal-to-stay-as-us-manager-through-to-2030-world-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pablo Iglesias Maurer, Alexander Abnos]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Tottenham manager keeps job after reaching last 16 of the World Cup on home soil]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:57:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3XL4JDTZBFLFIJAOFKDVHZ65E.jpg?auth=85b1682908a6576ef844520a62a0e7a26863b4fcd96658d6b56f3113022e90d3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mauricio Pochettino, head coach of the US soccer team, will stay on until the next World Cup. Photograph: Stu Forster/Stu Forster/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Livesey - FIFA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five things we learned from Liverpool’s preseason tour of the US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/five-things-we-learned-from-liverpools-preseason-tour-of-the-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/five-things-we-learned-from-liverpools-preseason-tour-of-the-us/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Hunter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The tour had highs but also exposed glaring gaps in the squad that need to be addressed]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:32:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C75VWGEPIQAKNADSOFKIZMQCF4.jpg?auth=aa97732404ef0109a63407b07cc9e3314845adb0053add172bc2eeac7deafb5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola during a preseason friendly against Leeds United. Photograph: Geoff Stellfox/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Geoff Stellfox</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man caught with loaded pistol after ‘sending photo of weapon to ex-partner’, court told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/03/man-caught-with-loaded-pistol-after-sending-photo-of-weapon-to-ex-partner-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/03/man-caught-with-loaded-pistol-after-sending-photo-of-weapon-to-ex-partner-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stephen Ennis (36) alleged to have sent photograph after previously threatening to kill ex-partner and ‘blow up her address’, court hears]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:47:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LERT763KKVGQJMWSYDUPYDC2SQ.jpg?auth=77cc52fbf98e7fa641a1e0daa5ba761dab5a14138d10e66027aed57792e7dd6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Makarov pistol was found by gardaí in a search of the home of Stephen Ennis (36) of Cashel Road, Crumlin, a court heard. Photograph: Garda]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’ve been doing it since Jesus was a child’: outdoor drinking crackdown upsets Skerries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/weve-been-doing-it-since-jesus-was-a-child-outdoor-drinking-crackdown-upsets-skerries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/weve-been-doing-it-since-jesus-was-a-child-outdoor-drinking-crackdown-upsets-skerries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Following brawl, Gardaí enforce ban at harbour where generations of residents have watched summer sunsets]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:41:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PIBHH5HGMBHTHGCHDHL5PK6T3A.jpeg?auth=ba5695b33a65274164d6a3c6de1f5c7dedbe8671ece68c7b6954054315d7ac2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Garda spokesman noted that Fingal County Council bylaws prohibit consumption of alcohol in public places such as parks and beaches]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits slump at Queally family-owned meat processor, Arrow Group ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/08/03/profits-slump-at-queally-family-owned-meat-processor-arrow-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/08/03/profits-slump-at-queally-family-owned-meat-processor-arrow-group/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Family shareholders take €1.8m dividend as group sees sales rise 6% and reports profit of €15.8m]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:23:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NI576Y4HIBHDPHIEQQ6DUOAEAM.jpg?auth=b92ebb54fa373719c928b3426c92b8ccbda6755e7a7a9dcbca74a3da238499f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pretax profits slumped at family-owned Arrow Group, one of the largest meat processors in the State, last year. Photograph: Paul McErlane/Bloomberg]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Together Now 2026: The weekend in pictures ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/all-together-now-2026-the-weekend-in-pictures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/all-together-now-2026-the-weekend-in-pictures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Britpop rockers Pulp on Friday to electronic dance duo Disclosure’s closing set on Sunday evening, 2026’s All Together Now saw a weekend stacked with music, laughs and eccentric fashion]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:19:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PW673RS4HBFARKO5DBQ2LSFY7A.jpg?auth=1db08dac41eb541d36b659b5a5a2135f33e7840995a2beb1fd6615707d9dadec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bride-to-be Emma O'Callaghan with her friends at All Together Now, Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill












]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí investigate firearm discharge in Ballinasloe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/gardai-investigate-firearm-discharge-in-ballinasloe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/gardai-investigate-firearm-discharge-in-ballinasloe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man (20s) taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:46:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RFRYCVV2QUG26BU5S22VLMXFAI.jpg?auth=e0bd5c4069054544555579f8a4ba55a57b45d6414c82bb3fb59595a61c5b74d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man in his 20s was taken to University Hospital Galway for treatment. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna von Hausswolff at All Together Now 2026: Not just brilliant but genuinely surprising]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/anna-von-hausswolff-at-all-together-now-2026-not-just-brilliant-but-genuinely-surprising/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/anna-von-hausswolff-at-all-together-now-2026-not-just-brilliant-but-genuinely-surprising/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Swedish musician evokes apocalypse, environmental collapse and spiritual darkness in songs striving towards the light]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:40:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W5T42WFCDBAM3NTNGPIH7UELOY.jpg?auth=e504ebc6105a34b7cef9dd251ca4811088fe688fda86eb368fb9b22097a4876a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anna von Hausswolff performing on the Road to Nowhere stage at All Together Now, Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill














]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Irish Nationwide chief Michael Fingleton dies at 88]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/08/03/former-irish-nationwide-chief-michael-fingleton-dies-at-88/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/08/03/former-irish-nationwide-chief-michael-fingleton-dies-at-88/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan, Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Banker built small building society into lending powerhouse before collapse during financial crisis]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:40:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SP5FL64C7R3VOJGN56QCU2JPV4.jpg?auth=e1417fc19499a14948cf0f3b1cb14a3a43f9f3856f38c627f6f1b20992ca99f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Fingleton, the former managing director of First Nationwide Building Society, who has died at the age of 88. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two die on Irish roads during bank holiday weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/two-die-on-irish-roads-during-bank-holiday-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/two-die-on-irish-roads-during-bank-holiday-weekend/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man (20s) pronounced dead after collision between car he was driving and 4x4 in Co Donegal]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:28:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IU4VWTBS2JEPLOWFI3YDGNRI3Y.jpg?auth=7dce57579e87f3fa3d456d28865e995b8fc692257d091aea1cdd7fdddabe7ff0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Garda roads-policing operation is in place around the State until Tuesday. Photograph: Aengus McMahon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aengus McMahon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Róis at All Together Now 2026: Traditional keening like you’ve never heard it before]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/rois-at-all-together-now-2026-traditional-keening-refracted-through-electronic-production/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/rois-at-all-together-now-2026-traditional-keening-refracted-through-electronic-production/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A very good show and an exciting glimpse of the freer, more unpredictable artist Róis could become]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:16:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDIASUA7LNG4XJ4EV2KAVLNESI.jpg?auth=988ea7cc75695e2fbb728183aecf7c2f92f1bae3de66ddbbe0826eb51a2c6bfe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róis performing on the Flourish Stage at All Together Now, Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill













]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ariana Grande to take ‘a step back’ from public life due to ‘endless, ongoing scrutiny’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/ariana-grande-to-take-a-step-back-from-public-life-due-to-endless-ongoing-scrutiny/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/ariana-grande-to-take-a-step-back-from-public-life-due-to-endless-ongoing-scrutiny/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sian Cain]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Singer pulls out of upcoming London revival of Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park With George]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:14:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WTC3GLTVLEVTECATK7C2QGD5RI.jpg?auth=09dd16e28df36cf38a5156feef521d748c07fac210f067820b57df114419ed6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ariana Grande at the 97th Annual Academy Awards last March. Photograph: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Robyn Beck</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ceuta crisis lays bare EU divisions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/03/ceuta-crisis-lays-bare-eu-divisions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/03/ceuta-crisis-lays-bare-eu-divisions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Global Briefing: Italy and Denmark cite EU policies ‘that can serve as pull factors’ for migrants, Spain laments petty politics and lack of EU solidarity ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:11:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YNVFN53NTPMAOXZ3WQ2PCNPT4M.jpg?auth=d957bda7e6c5907f4406714529824be08c40f2b94272b870a5a1b6e5c98022de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Migrants fill bottles with water on the beach in Ceuta, Spain. Photograph: Adri Salido/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adri Salido</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump says Iran talks will happen today]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/donald-trump-says-iran-talks-will-happen-on-monday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/donald-trump-says-iran-talks-will-happen-on-monday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guardian staff, agencies]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iran and Oman discuss Strait of Hormuz deal]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:20:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JZ3JTM22PKBGM7LTHGMBU2FBQA.jpg?auth=fe681c8bbf1c3aef20446d81fcffc504882b655758d9bcc5f62c3baf6cf3baa8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles on display in Azadi Square in Tehran on Sunday. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Atta Kenare</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[An soiscéal á scaipeadh i gCathair na nAingeal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/08/03/an-soisceal-a-scaipeadh-i-gcathair-na-naingeal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/sceal/2026/08/03/an-soisceal-a-scaipeadh-i-gcathair-na-naingeal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Nic Pháidín]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is Uachtarán ar Chraobh Chonradh na Gaeilge in Los Angeles é Arge O’Neal. Labhair sé le Michelle Nic Pháidín.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K3CPZ4DHO5C3RCA6MNEJMAXOZQ.JPG?auth=58e8d4fb8eb66c5a17b0342b6d54539de649153556a3aabcc0bce20f1a62c74a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Arge O'Neal lasmuigh de Arás na nGael ar Shráid Dhoiminic Íochtarach, i gCathair na Gaillimhe. Grianghraf: Joe O'Shaughnessy/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/rachel-odwyer-sardine-girl-summer-now-ai-is-deciding-what-we-wear-is-that-so-bad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/01/rachel-odwyer-sardine-girl-summer-now-ai-is-deciding-what-we-wear-is-that-so-bad/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel O'Dwyer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taste has never been entirely our own, but it used to be possible to spot the people we borrowed it from]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CCVPYVFTSNHHVBMNAZUGMSMZ3E.jpg?auth=041b3482db7beecb2cd113270f479d73de966f8ca97322ee7907edbe3c1125b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This season it’s, er … Sardine Girl Summer, a mix of classic nautical influences and super ugly T-shirts with fish on them. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andreas Rentz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The West may become less polarised in coming years amid external threats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/theres-nothing-like-a-common-threat-to-bring-citizens-together/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/03/theres-nothing-like-a-common-threat-to-bring-citizens-together/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Janan Ganesh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Europe rearms and geopolitical rivalry returns, the West may rediscover an unexpected source of social cohesion]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H34QCPSDP2OQ6V23QN4POMMARM.jpg?auth=628a2f4092e5b714bbad80e218767b9c7842895040ffdd67e954b7e26226c9e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian president Vladimir Putin at the victory day parade in Moscow in May this year. Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alexander Nemenov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United Arab Emirates’ delicate balancing act ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/as-a-shaky-ceasefire-with-the-us-unravels-the-uae-tentatively-reopens-channels-with-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/03/as-a-shaky-ceasefire-with-the-us-unravels-the-uae-tentatively-reopens-channels-with-iran/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew England]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It has quietly rebuilt economic and diplomatic ties while also deepening defence links to Israel and the US]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRSA565DTVHF5CN3ZUEVAJ3RX4.jpg?auth=46eefd46a1d76bc83952ca72c4c29e5eae8ac2b51db9254f336eeaf52696f24c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wiktor Szymanowicz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/rose-anne-kenny-we-are-living-longer-this-is-how-workplaces-need-to-adapt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/rose-anne-kenny-we-are-living-longer-this-is-how-workplaces-need-to-adapt/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose Anne Kenny]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Forced retirement robs many people of a sense of purpose, which is a key factor in longevity. But it also denies organisations something they need]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FKD4OL7Q4BGEZEULMLOCGS46XU.jpg?auth=005a79fc034a8efd396629bb2dcc31ca70b015764b09ddd63dafdadd1ba46e7a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Experienced workers bring decades of accumulated knowledge, of judgment and understanding of how organisations actually work and thrive. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frazao Studio Latino</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 things that can go wrong on holiday and how to put them right]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/20-things-that-can-go-wrong-on-holiday-and-how-to-put-them-right/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/20-things-that-can-go-wrong-on-holiday-and-how-to-put-them-right/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to deal with everything from flight delays and lost luggage to stolen passports and car hire disputes]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HWTWJBTIXBCQZLNKJOVYCOUJNM.jpg?auth=095f11fe11370084473e5efb7d44bfb9c99bf726692908e38004b54fb84459ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The key steps to take when your dream trip turns into a travel nightmare. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Manuel-F-O</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway provide show-stopping finale against Kerry in All-Ireland women’s football decider]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/03/galway-provide-show-stopping-finale-to-redeem-b-movie-womens-football-final-against-kerry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/03/galway-provide-show-stopping-finale-to-redeem-b-movie-womens-football-final-against-kerry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A disallowed equalising point was Kerry’s chief grievance after the game]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JABPRKZT2FMY3D4SY4CHXQVYA.jpg?auth=b76f536be2b7fe70d8b3e5b2f6ef57e76db946d1a26f21e6a2e8b420d430f2c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Síofra O’Shea dejected after Kerry's defeat to Galway. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor, August 3rd: On schools and day care, Patrick Collison and wealth tax and e-scooters]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/03/letters-to-the-editor-august-3rd-on-schools-and-day-care-patrick-collison-and-wealth-tax-and-e-scooters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/03/letters-to-the-editor-august-3rd-on-schools-and-day-care-patrick-collison-and-wealth-tax-and-e-scooters/</guid><description><![CDATA[Every environment a child enters is an educational environment]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 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[Does watching women’s sport now fall into the ‘guilty pleasure’ category?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/03/does-watching-sport-now-fall-into-the-guilty-pleasure-category/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/03/does-watching-sport-now-fall-into-the-guilty-pleasure-category/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Raised eyebrows as journalists informed of growing numbers who ‘admit’ to watching women’s sports]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K442EMQJO3PRKU4EAWMFYBXBWY.jpg?auth=006c68f6e408dab1b7d3ca79c72e310d00fd68ab6baadffc4bca93e3f2d10c55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway captain Kate Geraghty celebrates on the shoulders of teammate Aoife Ní Ruairc after her side's victory in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Kerry at Croke Park on Sunday. Photograph: Seb Daly/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Institute of Education profits triple following €130m takeover]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/institute-of-education-profits-triple-following-130m-takeover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/institute-of-education-profits-triple-following-130m-takeover/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The grinds school founded by Ray Kearns was acquired by Dukes Education in 2023]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PSGLRWVICZF3REMU4TJEBDUF2U.jpg?auth=b78003b27fdea7be5ff0451c85a4133b3bbf899732e7d603e545deccd63f7385&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Institute of Education on Leeson Street was acquired by Dukes Education in April 2023]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GAA cups used to be filled with Guinness by the champions. Now, celebrations are more rigid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/03/denis-walsh-delirium-decorum-and-the-modern-day-homecoming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/03/denis-walsh-delirium-decorum-and-the-modern-day-homecoming/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The rapturous, highly organised gathering in Castlebar last Monday was a far cry from the freewheeling and spontaneous events of old ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Y2JA3IURVFD7JHAGUTZFCX7EE.jpg?auth=5a17ff53408f0d75c55afeefa92bcd2fd4e46df52461b77a0cdf3dcc04d01e14&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo players take to the stage in MacHale Park, Castlebar for the homecoming ceremony. Photograph: ©INPHO/James Crombie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business duo behind emergency accommodation firm share €4m payout]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/business-duo-behind-emergency-accommodation-firm-share-4m-payout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/business-duo-behind-emergency-accommodation-firm-share-4m-payout/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kevin Farrell and Thomas McNicholas control several central Dublin properties used for refugee and homeless services]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 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[Payments to private companies for the provision of refugee accommodation services have risen above €2bn annually. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino’s World Cup plan was a terrible business deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/gavin-cooney-gianni-infantino-must-go-but-nothing-will-change-without-vast-structural-reform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/03/gavin-cooney-gianni-infantino-must-go-but-nothing-will-change-without-vast-structural-reform/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Football’s entire governance model is an archaic structure that must be torn down and replaced ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CLC6ZHATW67Y5ZTCE6PEKCRZ5Q.jpg?auth=8846d906ac4ecbcfe10283ff49b62ad79afec8a62ca984f7db1f0f5246d3703b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino, who awarded the Fifa Peace Prize to US president Donald Trump in 2025, is clinging to power following the backlash  against his private equity plan. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bradley Collyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round and about the roundabout]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/03/round-and-about-the-roundabout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/03/round-and-about-the-roundabout/</guid><description><![CDATA[An education video is urgently required]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 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[Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/joe-humphreys-enoch-burke-vs-apollo-house-what-makes-civil-disobedience-uncivil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/joe-humphreys-enoch-burke-vs-apollo-house-what-makes-civil-disobedience-uncivil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is evidence of shifting attitudes on what constitutes legitimate protest]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZ77GJ5V5VDJ7KO3XSSKCEXVHE.jpg?auth=1c1797dc9ba70672361a792630b5cf7c59f9adb37bde4d63525d3138f867cd54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Limerick mayor, the Government councillors, and a significant row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/why-states-first-elected-mayor-complained-to-coalition-leaders-about-party-councillors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/why-states-first-elected-mayor-complained-to-coalition-leaders-about-party-councillors/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Moran’s time in office marked by clashes, in particular one concerning passage of Limerick’s corporate plan ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JDWDL5HF4NBFFHCSVCUMF2UVEQ.JPG?auth=6ce5698bcb67599b5c03c5500ad54f48f1e807cfa8a903c3c660a91e8492c045&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin have received letters from the Mayor of Limerick saying the council's corporate plan had been passed in 'questionable circumstances'. Photograph: Collins
Pic Stephen Collins /Collins Photos
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Collins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland should use presidency to advance online child protection, French official says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/ireland-should-use-presidency-to-advance-online-child-protection-french-official-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/ireland-should-use-presidency-to-advance-online-child-protection-french-official-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Social media platforms should be given a safety score to allow parents and users assess their suitability, high commissioner says ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z4GKSPJWMAMDV6GPBKABOHV37Q.jpg?auth=b6a14a60affb97423551890f53b3adbf2e27c44a27a819b73bdef5348ddcbe5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French high commissioner for children Sarah El Haïry was in Dublin last week. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thomas Samson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish military officers to fill defence attache posts in Britain, US and France this autumn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/irish-military-officers-to-fill-defence-attache-posts-in-britain-us-and-france-this-autumn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/irish-military-officers-to-fill-defence-attache-posts-in-britain-us-and-france-this-autumn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move hailed by Coalition as ‘significant milestone’ in strengthening international defence engagement]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOKLPELQAW2IRMTWPRPQC4LOXI.jpg?auth=1f69cefee65dc68b3f9141a460b201e535831727eb39bba0d58f4862922a53fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Defence Helen McEntee: 'This is an important moment in Irish defence diplomacy.' Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors who ignored market warnings for years may now need to pay heed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/investors-who-ignored-market-warnings-for-years-may-now-need-to-pay-heed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/investors-who-ignored-market-warnings-for-years-may-now-need-to-pay-heed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even with adjusted price/earnings ratio revised for R&D spending, US stocks are trading close to their most expensive levels in history]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WXMZEKPR7CEQ2XEX4PP7JVEHFA.jpg?auth=0fd6f1610ea5bd1d8c90363a3bc63e2c034388cc11ea94ac489bd71ffc77f3cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Since 1992, Cape has overstated how expensive the market is by an average of 44 per cent, Federal Reserve Board economist Dino Palazzo says. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Spencer Platt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volvo Ireland invests €40m to bring Nordic touch to dealership network]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/volvo-ireland-invests-40m-to-bring-nordic-touch-to-dealership-network/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/volvo-ireland-invests-40m-to-bring-nordic-touch-to-dealership-network/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Car maker putting customer first with image revamp but retains long-term EV-only goal]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QZIVV34YFJGLVJNVVNA3PYUL6E.jpeg?auth=b5bea0716a70fc0a6aad2d4980c2677715e24e887659781f01919c3d79a0b850&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Volvo Ireland managing director Alan Cowley: 'It’s still our mission to get to full electric, but it’s a journey – it’s taken some time for the market to catch up.'  Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish officials proposed scrapping ‘linchpin’ of climate legislation ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/officials-proposed-scrapping-key-piece-of-climate-legislation-earlier-this-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/officials-proposed-scrapping-key-piece-of-climate-legislation-earlier-this-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move would have ‘scuppered any notion that this Government takes climate action seriously’, environmentalists say]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILBOKXEGOPL6B2YSAMNKZZ5ISY.jpg?auth=9ef6c8d0529a0524dae45966c2ccd99b122045451bda786279afc8593663b3fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Department of Public Expenditure officials approached their counterparts in the Department of Climate with a proposal to revoke section 15 of the Climate Act. Photograph: David Jones/PA  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Jones</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We travelled to Antarctica with one main goal: to bring the Irish language there]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/08/03/as-we-speak-our-cupla-focal-in-antarctica-the-penguins-dont-seem-to-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/08/03/as-we-speak-our-cupla-focal-in-antarctica-the-penguins-dont-seem-to-care/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pauline Kelly ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is our gathering on an icy ridge the world’s most southerly ciorcal comhrá?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BQC33UQR3FF3XI2BLVPTVDGKSM.jpg?auth=19771a93a4bc19daf1e3197ab9d205ec9a43ecaa775ebba47b5a549a0755936d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pauline Kelly, Antarctica: We wore four layers of clothes to keep rain and wind out. We use our snow poles to help us cross a plane of pink and green snow, the sight of which took my breath away. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Together Now 2026 highs and lows: Kneecap’s Irish Goodbye, €11 curry chips and Kate Nash’s tin whistle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/all-together-now-2026-highs-and-lows-glen-hansard-tributes-an-appearance-from-greta-thunberg-but-few-female-headliners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/03/all-together-now-2026-highs-and-lows-glen-hansard-tributes-an-appearance-from-greta-thunberg-but-few-female-headliners/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne, Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford was packed with 35,000 festivalgoers over the weekend. Here’s what we loved and what we didn’t]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BTITCI2G45AUXGJNOEUJBGD47E.jpg?auth=29ba669039076fc8b8ed0724dc927851e0235707f5e9bf63e8b3d58b37b63c3a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gretchen Kessler and Alan Reidy at All Together Now at Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Náire! Náire! Náire!]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/08/03/naire-naire-naire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/08/03/naire-naire-naire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Titley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tá an rialtas ag diúltú víosaí a thabhairt do mhic léinn ón bPalaistín, agus is sleamhain iad na leithscéalta]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZQJT7DI4ITE7CT4S72SVCT3SFU.jpg?auth=71e6f6bc9e97d545542e567b7eb72b3aa0f5dead83022a6b32e46fe6494889f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cá bhfuil na bainc in Gaza?  Grianghraf: Ahmed Al Arini/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ahmed Al Arini</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Do you remember,’ asked my brother on the family WhatsApp, ‘when Daddy bought an entire cow and put it in the freezer?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/do-you-remember-asked-my-brother-on-the-family-whatsapp-when-daddy-bought-an-entire-cow-and-put-it-in-the-freezer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/do-you-remember-asked-my-brother-on-the-family-whatsapp-when-daddy-bought-an-entire-cow-and-put-it-in-the-freezer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Séamas O’Reilly: I’ve no need for ChatGPT to help me write - I’ve got the family WhatsApp]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWWEK4HJTBBGZLGSL7C46WAVRM.jpg?auth=91a56e9412451d4e38cfdf6e9a7d66793f3e3f1ce2db987945830bc43f93f6f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly. Photograph: Steve Ryan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Ryan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liam Kearney, Revive: ‘We deliberately chose not to enter the US market’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/liam-kearney-revive-we-deliberately-chose-not-to-enter-the-us-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/03/liam-kearney-revive-we-deliberately-chose-not-to-enter-the-us-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revive cofounder has been nominated in the emerging category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WBNONDXFYJC37PSIE7QDMVQYHI.jpg?auth=200f5fd4e788e4f08413b7fc00fd20fe40358a9a946b14ad5aa09a87eefbe4bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam Kearney is the CEO and co-founder of The Revive Group.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[State paid more than €500k to private firm for air traffic control at Dublin Air Corps base]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/more-than-500000-paid-to-private-firm-for-air-traffic-control-service-at-air-corps-base/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/more-than-500000-paid-to-private-firm-for-air-traffic-control-service-at-air-corps-base/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Flying operations had been restricted at Casement Aerodrome for period last year due to shortage of qualified military personnel]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HZVH5CI4MNA7FIMRMUJ3K26IHA.jpg?auth=2123892b84fafe03d789f8036c9a37ea4de34ed054d08b29afb2269c519aa5ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Casement Aerodrome: Private contractor ASG Ltd provided flight information service officer services at Baldonnel]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adrian Molinos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank holiday blues: Must we have more of these hellish festivals of stress?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/bank-holiday-blues-must-we-have-more-of-these-hellish-festivals-of-stress/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/bank-holiday-blues-must-we-have-more-of-these-hellish-festivals-of-stress/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/REKEWNV35JHG7DTTVGGAZNM2IY.jpg?auth=e2e3a56d4be1733de8f1feb83fe23450b0f6ccfdc6ef8546a50195e44f9cec0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anyone whose job regularly involves weekend working shrug their shoulders when public holidays roll around. File photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">nicoletaionescu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A bad horse costs the same to feed as a good one’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/a-bad-horse-costs-the-same-to-feed-as-a-good-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/03/a-bad-horse-costs-the-same-to-feed-as-a-good-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Me & My Money: Nicola FitzGibbon, Irish international showjumper]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4GOHWYM5EBFSJMAUASMRE4SJSA.jpeg?auth=a269c5ee3e34a4b540f71d861196bb6b8435d71144abb5bce48e34eb04a68c87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[International showjumper Nicola FitzGibbon]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland faces ‘damaging’ backlog of over 60 climate action measures, new report reveals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/08/03/backlog-revealed-of-more-than-60-delayed-climate-action-initiatives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/08/03/backlog-revealed-of-more-than-60-delayed-climate-action-initiatives/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Legacy’ measures in latest Government progress report damaging in several ways]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QGRYKZNXB4NW3BRFJTFMEGQXYA.jpg?auth=0bad5c4945d9788d2d0aca101e39fc2e51dbdcbf57e94ee31d82eb37cdc1a84f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Delays are also reported in the installation of electric vehicle charging points at sports clubs. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland convenes meeting of EU ministers to discuss Spain’s Ceuta crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/ireland-convenes-meeting-of-eu-ministers-to-discuss-spains-ceuta-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/ireland-convenes-meeting-of-eu-ministers-to-discuss-spains-ceuta-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 50,000 people crossed into the Spanish territory from Morocco on Thursday and Friday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6VZTH5HO66UFZ463KXMPTLZPTA.jpg?auth=96b5fc68a4f86b057832bef2c750830c25a2c7b925ebb5a6b9197f6747fb32b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A group of migrants make their way back to Morocco from a short-stay centre towards the border post, escorted by Spanish infantry soldiers, in the Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, on Sunday. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Henry Nicholls</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can Ireland build a nuclear reactor when it can’t even manage a children’s hospital? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/sinead-osullivan-to-everyone-who-wants-us-ireland-to-go-nuclear-have-you-heard-of-the-childrens-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/03/sinead-osullivan-to-everyone-who-wants-us-ireland-to-go-nuclear-have-you-heard-of-the-childrens-hospital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The debate is little more than a nuclear distracter – absorbing all our energy instead of generating any ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TI2WRK6I4ELR6GJMLRDW4CDOMM.jpg?auth=6c894feabd9d6024ae5822a4f35f235e12e008b8e9990ee4c8c4f728ceef9e3e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The still-unfinished national children's hospital in Dublin. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Leah Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayor of Limerick complains to Taoiseach and Tánaiste about councillors after fractious meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/limerick-mayor-complains-to-taoiseach-and-tanaiste-about-councillors-after-fractious-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/03/limerick-mayor-complains-to-taoiseach-and-tanaiste-about-councillors-after-fractious-meeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[City and county council’s corporate plan passed by councillors in John Moran’s absence ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z3TSU2ERC5DVDDPC6VHUWI6RBI.jpg?auth=b93cc5ef89c5f37002673a8dc6e644c50240d5dabba241c8c5bca8a491333349&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick mayor John Moran called on the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to review the conduct of party members. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I used to fear middle age, that I’d become invisible, unripe, unattractive, overlooked. But so far it’s fabulous’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/i-used-to-fear-middle-age-that-id-become-invisible-unripe-unattractive-overlooked-but-so-far-its-fabulous/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/03/i-used-to-fear-middle-age-that-id-become-invisible-unripe-unattractive-overlooked-but-so-far-its-fabulous/</guid><description><![CDATA[I used to fear middle age, that I’d become invisible, unattractive, overlooked. But the rulebook has been rewritten for Millennial women like me, writes Vicki Notaro ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFSXAGY7YVDQLAOCXOGNZUIDMY.jpg?auth=22c3cb69e9463984d7d1c9bcd47344339586e0c2866380278753cce1f4d11507&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Vicki Notaro’s new novel Anywhere But Here is published by Sandycove]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Cork is a common target for drug smugglers. But the methods used have changed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/we-are-still-the-gateway-to-europe-policing-the-west-cork-coast-for-drug-smuggling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/03/we-are-still-the-gateway-to-europe-policing-the-west-cork-coast-for-drug-smuggling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While ways of bringing contraband into the State and the Continent have changed over the years, the country’s geography has not]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KLBVLNCDKFDDDLDOET4TCHEVSY.jpg?auth=81d112b89739f67dd2bc47c1f67cd223e9da66b2df9b49651434ce348c2e37bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Retired senior customs enforcement officer Paddy O'Sullivan and former Baltimore RNLI lifeboat coxswain Kieran Cotter at Dunlough Bay, west Cork where €440 million worth of cocaine was recovered from the sea in 2007. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’ve always voted DUP but never again’: Jeffrey Donaldson’s former constituents on his conviction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/ive-always-voted-dup-but-never-again-jeffrey-donaldsons-former-constituents-on-his-conviction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/03/ive-always-voted-dup-but-never-again-jeffrey-donaldsons-former-constituents-on-his-conviction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some in the North are critical of the ‘silence’ among senior church figures and worshippers after former party member found guilt of child sex abuse offences]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YIYXKE7MEVHTXFAQKVNAHJSTXY.JPG?auth=6e2dd9757b959198205a683680078fe588f527df1690563c8fbdcb03a762dcce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[As Lagan Valley MP for 27 years, Jeffrey Donaldson went to the 'opening of an envelope' in the constituency, according to a politician who did not wish to be named. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago calling? At 85, my mother wasn’t convinced this was the moment to be crossing the Atlantic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/08/03/chicago-calling-at-85-my-mother-wasnt-convinced-this-was-the-moment-to-be-crossing-the-atlantic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/08/03/chicago-calling-at-85-my-mother-wasnt-convinced-this-was-the-moment-to-be-crossing-the-atlantic/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionn Davenport]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Can the Windy City work its charms on a mother and son travelling together?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UN3YQQSFUNECZCKGWUJTFPHFLQ.jpg?auth=58040551f164a5a944ef8e8bef71685f3ada8f5fa153af60d3c22e6e1d011bd4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chicago: Fionn Davenport and his mother on Route 55 ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to any mother trying to manage the summer juggle and you’ll hear ‘exhausted’ and ‘frazzled’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/08/03/talk-to-any-mother-trying-to-manage-the-summer-juggle-and-youll-hear-exhausted-and-frazzled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/08/03/talk-to-any-mother-trying-to-manage-the-summer-juggle-and-youll-hear-exhausted-and-frazzled/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’m also experiencing a familiar unease at the thought of the return to school]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AGAV3NWDFRF2LGLCE3U7CB7EA4.jpg?auth=e3effb08ed0a49b2b3f2ced2fe1f2c55d1a77c00993da112fa70cecb4461bb08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mostly, I’m just confused, dazed and unsure what day of the week it is. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">coolmilo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The dream quickly became a nightmare’: Mo Gilligan on the mental impact of 28 days of fried chicken]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/03/what-turned-into-a-dream-quickly-became-a-nightmare-mo-gilligan-on-the-mental-impact-of-28-days-of-fried-chicken/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/03/what-turned-into-a-dream-quickly-became-a-nightmare-mo-gilligan-on-the-mental-impact-of-28-days-of-fried-chicken/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The British comedian was a fan of fried chicken until he made his gruesome documentary, Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HZUYJ5H3DZFIVJLEI3IPI6P6TU.jpg?auth=b16fdc893abdda53d5baa659beba9b81358282ffca157830d3b4e1d6a8ac0146&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The comedian and TV presenter Mo Gilligan, who has made Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, embarked on a 28-day, fried-chicken-only diet. Photograph: Jenny Brough/Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horror director Eli Roth: ‘All you can do is prepare your child. You can’t protect them’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/03/horror-director-eli-roth-all-you-can-do-is-prepare-your-child-you-cant-protect-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/03/horror-director-eli-roth-all-you-can-do-is-prepare-your-child-you-cant-protect-them/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As his latest film, Ice Cream Man, is released, the film-maker explains why horror can’t be just ‘gross and repellent’. It has to be clever too]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFEZ2UNVRFG5DPU55KTUOF2HLI.jpg?auth=5fa68880c25d433f8980ecfc4163ae79a9fd114f74d78085bad12ae68a8e276f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eli Roth, director of Ice Cream Man, at an event to publicise the film in Las Vegas. Photograph: Monica Schipper/Getty/CinemaCon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Monica Schipper</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government sums leave little scope for tax cuts in Budget 2027]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/03/government-sums-leave-little-scope-for-tax-cuts-in-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/03/government-sums-leave-little-scope-for-tax-cuts-in-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John FitzGerald]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Vital public investment has too often been sacrificed to protect current services and minimise tax bills]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LPZGBDHPXHWQP2QQJVQBWSDKEI.jpg?auth=ab0a632abba27e0b635a8ed45c73b5a8ae90714d64b26ddc81457dac20419dc6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Government’s commitment to continued public investment is to be commended. Photograph: David Young/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Young</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In praise of deadlines]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/03/in-praise-of-deadlines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/03/in-praise-of-deadlines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miranda Green]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We moan about them but imagine how awful working life would be if we were drowning in unfinished business]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBHIHHNDPH7YU542ULQL2AC6BA.jpg?auth=bc6a70e71f588ba45dea26f8af26291ed3f5eba1e8ae58e50651e56549b08180&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Basilica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona reached structural completion earlier this year, more than 140 years after it was started. Photograph: Samuel Aranda/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Samuel Aranda</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Government hides behind ‘fiscal rules’ in holding back AI skills investment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/03/government-hides-behind-fiscal-rules-in-holding-back-ai-skills-investment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/03/government-hides-behind-fiscal-rules-in-holding-back-ai-skills-investment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fergal O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prize for swift delivery of training is substantial in terms of FDI competitiveness but cost of inaction is frightening  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z2SPUTN3SRFO7IQJS352NFK6BQ.jpg?auth=d662582c302f48e117e291e897309e60edb09e178ac0dbd377f78bb9bf594419&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The State is currently sitting on a pre-funded, €2bn AI-readiness 'war chest' that it fails to deploy. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">M.photostock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Séamas O’Reilly on best graphic novels of 2026 so far]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/03/seamas-oreilly-on-best-graphic-novels-of-2026-so-far/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/03/seamas-oreilly-on-best-graphic-novels-of-2026-so-far/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dogs on Dates, by Luke Healy; The Woodchipper, by Joe Ollman; Fault Lines, by Rob Cullen; Dear Historian, by Joff Winterheart; and Children of Light, by Jean Pleyers]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OD3RR7UG5NHELCUHE6AL22IXPU.jpg?auth=f3a111a5f4f3a4edb69a248db36b6df3f83c26293ed9ebe41393603e11ac7a64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Best graphic novels of 2026 so far: Fault Lines, by Rob Cullen.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clara and Christina by Andrew Cunning: Questioning the nature of contemporary fiction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/03/clara-and-christina-by-andrew-cunning-questioning-the-nature-of-contemporary-fiction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/03/clara-and-christina-by-andrew-cunning-questioning-the-nature-of-contemporary-fiction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daring debut novel explores themes around publishing, identity and bland writing trends]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YO2TG5WRTJCR7OD2C43UQE72BE.JPG?auth=3e7664e1ed3ed6b753aa54270f012b0d4d0a10c2acdf909b4eeb1143703b9971&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andrew Cunning's debut novel should be required reading for writers. Photograph: Jonathan Ryder Photography]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan Ryder Photography</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>