<?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/2026-08-11/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:25:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Rescue efforts continue in Colombia as earthquake death toll reaches at least 250]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/11/colombia-rescue-efforts-continue-as-earthquake-death-toll-passes-160/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/11/colombia-rescue-efforts-continue-as-earthquake-death-toll-passes-160/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nelson Bocanegra in Pereira, Colombia]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Magnitude 7.4 quake struck country’s coffee-growing heartland on Monday flattening homes and health centres]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:43:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YDNKPBGJVUWX3ZF3RZY7FXV3O4.jpg?auth=bdd7e8bc7e17c80a0937d6bd5d9cab6fa8a6285954228a44ec82f24f8732604d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People search for survivors in the rubble of a building in Cali, Colombia, in the aftermath of a major earthquake that tore through the west of the country on Monday. Photograph: Federico Rios/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Federico Rios</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wife of Donegal footballer James McHugh dies following car crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/the-generation-that-showed-us-all-that-anything-is-possible-donegal-gaa-pays-tribute-to-all-ireland-winner-james-mchugh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/the-generation-that-showed-us-all-that-anything-is-possible-donegal-gaa-pays-tribute-to-all-ireland-winner-james-mchugh/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[All-Ireland winner also died in Cavan crash as GAA pays tribute to him as part of ‘generation that showed us all that anything is possible’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:37:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7JX55AGTRG3BKVSGGPMWOPK2Q.jpg?auth=1b4b18a8829da51d4873b952363f3038ae03e56559b1d609416aca204dcffbcf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All-Ireland winning Donegal footballer James McHugh died in a road traffic collision in Co Cavan on Monday. Photograph: Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">© INPHO</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Championships: Doubt proves costly for Sarah Healy as she narrowly misses out on 5,000m bronze]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/bori-akinola-safely-into-100m-semi-finals-at-european-championships/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/bori-akinola-safely-into-100m-semi-finals-at-european-championships/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dubliner finished fourth but will go again in the 1,500m later this week]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:11:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CIEDHXATPYPCIDNM644I2PP24Q.jpg?auth=1220d30dfcb8f2b2ca48e959471f3cb0c8fd8a47fbce34a10b1320c15dce197b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Healy during the women's 5,000m final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Tuesday evening. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images for European Athletics]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maja Hitij</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia should not be reimbursed by HSE, drug group recommends]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/11/treatment-for-friedreichs-ataxia-should-not-be-reimbursed-by-hse-drug-group-recommends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/11/treatment-for-friedreichs-ataxia-should-not-be-reimbursed-by-hse-drug-group-recommends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Disease causes progressive damage to the nervous system with those affected having shorter life expectancy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:29:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VY4GU2IAFZA2PBIOTLPTFPWW7I.jpg?auth=07e8f79ef5aaaa14778b7d5286bf3b18b8127448ae14e6e0cd6e34bdaf7a16cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the High Court gave Emily Felix, who has Friedreich’s ataxia, permission to challenge what she said is the HSE delay on granting her access to the drug. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DJ Carey’s first All-Ireland medal sold at auction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dj-careys-first-all-ireland-medal-sold-at-auction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dj-careys-first-all-ireland-medal-sold-at-auction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was reported last week that a price in the region of €10,000 was expected for the medal Carey won in 1992]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:15:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3NXLAGPLWNNUHAR7ADMWAX4MHQ.jpg?auth=23a8f2c40addc7b9c9a49337f9d79242ed88559c8fefe4167a8ad7cbdbc08dfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DJ Carey pleaded guilty to 10 counts of dishonestly inducing people to pay him money after he fraudulently claimed to have cancer. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular Dublin restaurant shut down over ‘breeding’ cockroaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/restaurants-shut-down-over-toilet-overflowing-with-human-waste-and-breeding-cockroaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/restaurants-shut-down-over-toilet-overflowing-with-human-waste-and-breeding-cockroaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Offaly food shop with toilet 'overflowing with human waste' closed by food safety watchdog]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:58:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7LFWY5MBIZM26FTAH55A2RXLY4.jpg?auth=146c7653197e0b0a1d03707a1943081c691bc948587fe61c92e7f41375688d9a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diwali, a popular Indian and Nepalese restaurant on South Great Georges Street in Dublin 2, was served with a closure order on July 27th. An inspector found 'evidence of a significant cockroach infestation throughout the kitchen food preparation areas'. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Athletics and Swimming Championships: Complete guide to the Irish in action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/10/european-athletics-and-swimming-championships-complete-guide-to-the-irish-in-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/10/european-athletics-and-swimming-championships-complete-guide-to-the-irish-in-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At the halfway mark to LA, Irish athletes have medals on their minds in Birmingham and Paris]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RP4LEEN6JTFCMUAJRKW36VMO34.jpg?auth=7c1169104b335e7719f4611b8fa0be75422ee671001604924d8d9f57f08c56c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark English ahead of the 800m heats at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Monday. Photograph: Morgan Treacy]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the  Gaza peace plan: Netanyahu says no]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/11/the-irish-times-view-on-the-gaza-peace-plan-netanyahu-says-no/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/11/the-irish-times-view-on-the-gaza-peace-plan-netanyahu-says-no/</guid><description><![CDATA[The rejection highlights the inability of the US to exercise leverage over its ally]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XBAP2HHC5LOD2MDBHO7KKYO67A.jpg?auth=94ea8802291e88e01f45e4edc9381632efc8fec862ac847285cc3874a60f29f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacquelyn Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungarian parliament elects former supreme court head as president ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/hungarian-parliament-elects-former-supreme-court-head-as-president/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/hungarian-parliament-elects-former-supreme-court-head-as-president/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Komuves]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andras Baka says ‘one party ​captured the state’ during rule of ex-PM Viktor Orban]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/65Y6BFJYB32JV7MXL5VFL2J3PU.jpg?auth=2291f1a2f38b9a2c0e9837c358cdef374eeeaac3a3a03bae79ffcc687cd77014&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hungary's newly elected president and former head of the supreme court Andras Baka delivers his speech during the swearing in ceremony at the parliament in Budapest on Tuesday. Photograph: Janos Kummer/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Janos Kummer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Championships: Sarah Healy finishes fourth in 5,000m final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/live-european-championships-updates-sarah-healy-finishes-fourth-in-5000m-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/live-european-championships-updates-sarah-healy-finishes-fourth-in-5000m-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dubliner tries longer distance on for size ahead of Saturday’s 1,500m]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:21:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FBWAGBEPGIUGWZ3EOPCB4PO2CE.jpg?auth=6b98f0512a113290d6d8882c4a28dda7d9ed2ffb5243e002d725b434bf9f9116&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Healy after the women's 5,000m at the European Championships in Birmingham. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on rising EV sales: sea change or  false dawn?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/11/the-irish-times-view-on-rising-ev-sales-sea-change-or-false-dawn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/11/the-irish-times-view-on-rising-ev-sales-sea-change-or-false-dawn/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sales of electric vehicles have increased by over 40 per cent in the first seven months of 2026]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JPSLDHR27VUQWJ2FYF3LDWHVGE.jpg?auth=2ad3184e7ff3fa7d415fa3388e5c5ab99e4e4b741817016e0deaba8310af9bb9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Danny Lawson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Kelly misses out on medal but targets European success in favoured 200m breaststroke on Wednesday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/11/jack-kelly-misses-out-on-medal-but-targets-success-in-favoured-200m-breaststroke-on-wednesday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/11/jack-kelly-misses-out-on-medal-but-targets-success-in-favoured-200m-breaststroke-on-wednesday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mona McSharry, John Shortt and Daniel Wiffen all qualify for finals on Wednesday evening ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:45:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6V352QDH2HN6VZOVHBCI3G72WI.jpg?auth=2f35085e4a750efbf8c5329606f064f35bba507e12306515418a203a85799ecf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Jack Kelly competes in the final of the men's 100m breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, Paris. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dimitar Dilkoff</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baked, cracked mud seen at Dublin reservoir as depleted water levels closely monitored]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/reservoirs-being-monitored-with-water-levels-severely-depleted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/reservoirs-being-monitored-with-water-levels-severely-depleted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some rivers had less than a third their normal flow in July and the dry spell is to continue]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:37:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PDB6ZHVUCFA4XGAUHQAHVM3HVU.JPG?auth=95f786120a98de809f9643cd30f79b77f815711e1d368ca228b846612d9e5cd7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Significantly lowered water levels at the upper reservoir at Bohernabreena reservoir park in the Dublin mountains. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry rally in which driver died ‘should not have taken place’, inquest hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/11/i-didnt-see-him-breathe-again-rally-driver-died-after-car-veered-off-track-and-into-water-inquest-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/11/i-didnt-see-him-breathe-again-rally-driver-died-after-car-veered-off-track-and-into-water-inquest-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Family of Eoin McCarthy thank his navigator for his efforts in trying to save their loved one ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:32:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QB5TFMYCWFDU3HKGUCH5AHMGZI.jpeg?auth=cd65ccd5577b418153bd35d1fbb9445647769679211754a5364b1d7f1211c7e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rally driver Eoin McCarthy, who died in the Killarney Forestry Rally on February 20th, 2022. Photograph: RIP]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan says US and Iran are close to ‘some sort’ of deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/11/three-killed-in-suspected-houthi-attack-on-vessel-in-red-sea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/11/three-killed-in-suspected-houthi-attack-on-vessel-in-red-sea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tala Ramadan and Elwely Elwelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four killed in suspected Houthi attack on Egyptian vessel in Red Sea]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:17:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2MOFFWNB6K2KAJ643MS2JXEU7M.jpg?auth=5db9d8124fe71f70f093606090017bd6bd74ab837e1a5f6718bb1da02c9e660b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Houthi soldier stands guard near of Sana'a airport amid in Yemen on Saturday. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yahya Arhab</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shares slump slightly as prospects for peace in Middle East seem further away]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/11/shares-slump-slightly-as-prospects-for-peace-in-middle-east-seem-further-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/11/shares-slump-slightly-as-prospects-for-peace-in-middle-east-seem-further-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish stocks saw little change on a day when investors generally erred on the side of caution]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:11:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U4JAQUC6X2L7R6QH7LNMPMSPGY.jpg?auth=10d546d58dff48c7e5fb11078106835e62b4018937cc24ffe4e496e5228e3867&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Markets paused for breath amid concerns that resolution of Strait of Hormuz crisis remains some way off. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Spencer Platt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joni Mitchell glamourised hitchhiking, but she clearly never tried it in Mullingar]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/11/joni-mitchell-glamourised-hitchhiking-but-she-clearly-never-tried-it-in-mullingar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/11/joni-mitchell-glamourised-hitchhiking-but-she-clearly-never-tried-it-in-mullingar/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Closure was provided 41 years later when a driver from the Westmeath town got me to a screen showing the All-Ireland final]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CQVIB4C6QNCF5M5AUFCEELGNXE.jpg?auth=7ff8c601002ccbd20a9b2fb8f952d9afa1d15d93b1d7a8313b0220bb12201606&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['In a desperate stratagem, I stuck out my right thumb for the first time in decades, wondering if modern drivers would even know what that meant.' Stock photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">da-kuk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/11/gianni-infantinos-opponents-developing-new-framework-for-running-world-football/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/11/gianni-infantinos-opponents-developing-new-framework-for-running-world-football/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hughes, Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uefa, Concacaf and AFC understood to have taken matters into their own hands]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:56:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KXOTLJ7CERQ2OTCXSXILKWXH7I.jpg?auth=795038e36289a749d41c494ba3661b19f528351fc08b071fb48d7c7fe432cf8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Concacaf president Victor Montagliani (right) is seen as the most likely presidential challenger to Gianni Infantino. Photograph: Frrederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frederic J. Brown</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingspan buys data centre specialist BMC Manufacturing in deal worth up to €900m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/kingspan-buys-data-centre-specialist-bmc-manufacturing-in-deal-worth-up-to-900m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/kingspan-buys-data-centre-specialist-bmc-manufacturing-in-deal-worth-up-to-900m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[BMC has seen turnover and profits multiply on back of data-centre boom and plans expansion into US market]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LUCUH34PJBY3ZRFGO577FJ2LKU.jpg?auth=5403a79f3706d4cb4cc2ea8f147bdfcb82567c9a3146663c79e900c4d89d496f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BMC manufactures low-voltage switchgear and critical power-management solutions for the data-centre industry. Photograph: Fred Tanneau/ AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fred Tanneau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westminster being ‘unfair’ to NI over public services budget, Minister says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/westminster-being-unfair-to-ni-over-public-services-budget-minister-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/westminster-being-unfair-to-ni-over-public-services-budget-minister-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andy Burnham has not visited the North because he ‘does not have news yet’ on funding]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:26:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/THJHF77V7JQOGUXVHY5TK7A3BQ.jpg?auth=68c3f8277d6639c817d30e4ff0393a2ec812b1f446ce66fc97e2b066c58ae97b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said an additional £3 billion in funding would put the North in 'quite a comfortable place'. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Nazi motorbike and two dead soldiers: What’s been revealed as Europe’s waterways reach historic lows]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/history-revealed-as-rhine-and-danube-water-levels-hit-historic-lows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/history-revealed-as-rhine-and-danube-water-levels-hit-historic-lows/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As treasure-hunters prowl extended river banks with metal-detectors, shipping companies warn of surging prices]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:23:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAX5NMYA3FSKQDCIWCWCUCP2YE.jpg?auth=4027ec7c99afa8b82040a5d559495f3920b9a33818a02bfafa601846cb37a742&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Visitors visit the exposed river bed during critically low water levels on the Danube during a heat wave in Paks, Hungary, on August 8th. Photograph: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Akos Stiller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Significant’ Co Meath fish kill exceeds 500 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/significant-co-meath-fish-kill-exceeds-500/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/significant-co-meath-fish-kill-exceeds-500/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aftermath observed over 9km stretch but ‘definite line of inquiry’ being followed]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IITCDQG7WRHGDPDR3EQFVKDFQ4.jpg?auth=db8c64c7efccf12d8568abc0a672851538bad2d31882cccfcec3617a4d064e12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Inland Fisheries Ireland said the incident occurred at a tributary of the Moynalty river north of Kells]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fourteen cattle die from dehydration after water disconnected at Coolmore-owned farm]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/fourteen-cattle-die-from-dehydration-after-water-disconnected-at-coolmore-owned-farm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/fourteen-cattle-die-from-dehydration-after-water-disconnected-at-coolmore-owned-farm/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher, Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Magnier-owned operation said ‘everyone is deeply, deeply upset by what occurred’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:05:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DJBOBNRB7NEZJGUBHHUXQR5NDE.jpg?auth=34057f9f063e5f7a08c5a71a02f6d090624d4154bc070b9108b9c412a40913ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[According to a spokesman for Coolmore, the cattle deaths resulted from 'human error'. Stock photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sara_winter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin Rose thankful for support of festival community after ‘horrible’ racist abuse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dublin-rose-thankful-for-support-of-festival-community-after-horrible-online-abuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dublin-rose-thankful-for-support-of-festival-community-after-horrible-online-abuse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Suad Mooge was the victim of online attacks after being selected to represent the county earlier this year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:41:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6ZNM7TN7UNB35LNGQP56PQAJSQ.jpg?auth=1bc08617474036b3f9723522dbb5ccc2dd4eba30e91e7ae754665ac888196d25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin Rose Suad Mooge was at St Helen's Hotel in Dublin on Tuesday with her fellow Rose of Tralee participants. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diesel and petrol prices surge in August with further rises expected in coming months]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/12/diesel-and-petrol-prices-surge-in-august-with-further-rises-expected-in-coming-months/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/12/diesel-and-petrol-prices-surge-in-august-with-further-rises-expected-in-coming-months/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Brady, Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Diesel up 19 cents and petrol up 9 cents from July, AA Ireland says, with further rises expected]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:33:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGJ5LAV7WRFARFXJZR7R7NA4PA.jpg?auth=c3c698bee7c2fdf898b3c3b55558c96a203f4b241d1718028bd31e25db1f3f87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The temporary reductions on petrol and diesel will cease by the end of August.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SupawadeeAdam</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRC Ebola deaths surpass 2,000 in ‘fastest-spreading outbreak on record’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/08/11/drc-ebola-deaths-surpass-2000-in-fastest-spreading-outbreak-on-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/08/11/drc-ebola-deaths-surpass-2000-in-fastest-spreading-outbreak-on-record/</guid><description><![CDATA[Delayed detection, conflict and strained health services have helped ​the virus spread more rapidly than in previous outbreaks]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:17:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OTEWQ4T3YUQQRJJBVMAOSXRBY.jpg?auth=b5a5ca9a60ec34d1c6eb6da99b2843d1f881d242a12337b72ed9bfdaff3a5f8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wiza Bondele, a health worker on a prevention and control team, at work in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the  Congo. Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dieudonne Dirole</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flat racing’s biggest draw Bow Echo in shock retirement after training injury]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/11/trainer-george-boughey-announces-shock-retirement-of-bow-echo-after-setback/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/11/trainer-george-boughey-announces-shock-retirement-of-bow-echo-after-setback/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Paley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Night Of Thunder colt confirmed himself the best of his generation over a mile and made it six from six in epic Susses Stakes win]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:59:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3EBYMS7E2SFXEQQWN3AQUT5RSA.jpg?auth=91c436069fec26dd40cd4186db7501c8090f2f1ace888656616211ea5ffb9b6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy Loughnane and Bow Echo after their win in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Crowhurst</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Ferries the last remaining option for livestock transport after French firm halts exports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/irish-ferries-the-last-remaining-option-for-livestock-transport-after-french-firm-halts-exports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/irish-ferries-the-last-remaining-option-for-livestock-transport-after-french-firm-halts-exports/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Campaigners celebrate shift as farmers and politicians express concern for market access]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:56:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TGH5EJRPDOAU6BBVSAE3TS2YME.jpg?auth=a373a6464c12c2a4e29ff44cf8c615c21efe701849215aecaabf2ec5e98131d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Ferries confirmed there are 'no changes' to its freight policy. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish in earthquake-hit Colombia: ‘Everything started shaking’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/irish-in-earthquake-hit-colombia-the-entire-building-started-swaying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/irish-in-earthquake-hit-colombia-the-entire-building-started-swaying/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Community of expat Colombians in Ireland tell of shock and agonising wait for news of loved ones back home]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:54:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKCPG5GXQNBPTOWHNIOARTV63A.jpg?auth=85ef0811c9d41c248e5d7685a2d1fd27abfcd481d424a75ec6694b9422905ee3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gillian Moore and her husband Santiago Lopez. Moore has lived in Medellin, Colombia, for five years.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Irish employers plotted to undermine pension auto-enrolment, says Government paper]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/11/big-employers-plotted-to-undermine-auto-enrolment-says-department/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/08/11/big-employers-plotted-to-undermine-auto-enrolment-says-department/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Delay in new fund to accommodate employers used by some to develop avoidance measures instead, report says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:49:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FO7PPDXFVJBTZKFPK6JDZFSERY.jpg?auth=8014cecd659545681bb74de5f974f921dc829072b2c80eaca3210ca6e8b11f12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Large companies employing thousands of people plotted a scheme with financial advisers to push staff into inferior pension schemes, an internal Department of Social Protection report says.  Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Francisco Martins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster and Ireland secondrow Iain Henderson to miss start of season after hip surgery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/11/ulster-and-ireland-secondrow-iain-henderson-to-miss-start-of-season-after-hip-surgery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/11/ulster-and-ireland-secondrow-iain-henderson-to-miss-start-of-season-after-hip-surgery/</guid><description><![CDATA[The 34-year-old also underwent hip surgeries in 2014 and 2020; Bryn Ward, Juarno Augustus and Jude Postlethwaite also underwent surgeries]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPFDP7SNKCZQIPUPBE5XSZM5G4.jpg?auth=6e3e523fdeb0ad9625eefdb41756573e11964ed8af5193005ccedbc3d1009c97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iain Henderson will miss the start of the season with Ulster after undergoing hip surgery. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Mullan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish productions for Netflix receive millions in corporation tax credits from Revenue in 2026]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/over-100-film-and-tv-productions-qualify-for-tax-relief-in-first-half-of-2026-revenue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/over-100-film-and-tv-productions-qualify-for-tax-relief-in-first-half-of-2026-revenue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Screen Ireland figures show production spending contributed record €544m to economy in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:15:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BHNG5YL66FANXGGVYD2FE6IYRI.jpg?auth=4ae3679832d6e27b875820328d87dd9b86edef6976b20663e9b1514a4311c945&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series, Wednesday. Photograph: Jonathan Hession / Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wexford wind farm must continue restricting operations, court rules]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/wexford-wind-farm-must-continue-restricting-operations-court-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/wexford-wind-farm-must-continue-restricting-operations-court-rules/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Noise levels from two-turbine Ballyduff Windfarm near Enniscorthy amount to ‘unreasonable interference’, High Court said]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:14:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BILLJQIUIVFO7J4ROFX7HYVX7U.jpg?auth=b9525bfc988fa8ad33b90739288be19ccddd4ba3f897b01828563827338caae4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In its appeal, the energy company will allege the High Court erred legally and factually in a range of findings. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">hadynyah</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James McClean takes part in Derry City open training session as future at club remains uncertain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/11/james-mcclean-takes-part-in-derry-city-open-training-session-as-future-at-club-remains-uncertain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/11/james-mcclean-takes-part-in-derry-city-open-training-session-as-future-at-club-remains-uncertain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Club are understood to have sought to terminate player’s contract this week, claiming he has been incapacitated by a hip injury]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:59:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X675XD67HDNBHHPOAOMOA37I5Q.jpg?auth=9c041046304a65a531a3a1974a057b1e0ba208dd48ddeec657847d0ec90b7276&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James McClean poses for a photograph with a fan during the Derry City open training session at the Brandywell on Tuesday. Photograph: Jonathan Porter/Inpho/Presseye]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M50 crash latest: Grave concerns over health of teenager (13) in critical condition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/footage-on-phone-of-teens-involved-in-m50-crash-may-be-key-to-investigation-gardai-believe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/footage-on-phone-of-teens-involved-in-m50-crash-may-be-key-to-investigation-gardai-believe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parts of the incident are thought to have been recorded on mobile phones of passengers travelling in stolen car]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:41:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UN2MILKPPY55JKFTP6QYMJ2MHE.jpg?auth=b297afdb9ab600e661b414b43380e4e035aec2d37f288eb900beb6ef9b297e93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The State’s policing watchdog has launched a mandatory independent investigation into the incident which occurred on Sunday. Photograph: Conor Ó Mearáin/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">COLLINS PHOT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves start-up less than a year after joining]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/08/11/openais-head-of-ethics-leaves-start-up-less-than-a-year-after-joining/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/08/11/openais-head-of-ethics-leaves-start-up-less-than-a-year-after-joining/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Criddle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chloé Bakalar’s departure is one of several high-profile exits at the group in recent weeks as safety concerns mount]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:37:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHH7JI3REFEM5GVFWOGFHEFHE4.jpg?auth=d08ada37404176c508aa10ddc3771bde67c119db72483fb0c069334d24ece852&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chloé Bakalar, OpenAI's head of ethics, who has left the company less than a year after taking up the role. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noel McGrath and Patrick Horgan among stars to line out in Hurling for Cancer fundraiser]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/noel-mcgrath-and-patrick-horgan-among-stars-to-line-out-in-hurling-for-cancer-fundraiser/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/noel-mcgrath-and-patrick-horgan-among-stars-to-line-out-in-hurling-for-cancer-fundraiser/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Annual match has raised €1.9 million for the Irish Cancer Society since it began in 2011]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/42X4MHZWXN6UICV2KVL44SE36Y.jpg?auth=ef71c8005eb1939e2bfb68e84af0a5c277d1fff5e11a1649eb4cd061e2fffa58&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tipperary hurler Noel McGrath is part of a star-studded line-up for the game at Dr Cullen Park on August 24th. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/11/syrian-court-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia-for-war-crimes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/11/syrian-court-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death-in-absentia-for-war-crimes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Christou in Beirut]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former Syrian president fled to Moscow after rebels overthrew his regime in December 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZOE6IWEZU5HONO4IPW25BOOCRI.jpg?auth=3d8a71c1343db78f13f94e6b85528f0de8b65de4b32305b7f6325bf17a8aede6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Syrian carries a picture of his relative, who was killed during the country's civil war, while celebrating after court proceedings in Damascus. A Syrian court on August 11 sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad to death following a trial in absentia, convicting him of atrocities committed during the country's civil war. Photograph: Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bakr Alkasem</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s not the end, far from it’: Sarah Lavin going back to the drawing board after turbulent European lead-up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/its-not-the-end-far-from-it-sarah-lavin-going-back-to-the-drawing-board-after-turbulent-european-lead-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/11/its-not-the-end-far-from-it-sarah-lavin-going-back-to-the-drawing-board-after-turbulent-european-lead-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Limerick hurdler without a coach after shaking up her approach following a spell of stagnant results]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YCK3JWALIMBUEOK4H7HWHIHLEY.jpg?auth=dc52979d66d54997091dde9c7d16560baf76f82aa066026eafd60ea348872169&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Lavin on her way to finishing sixth in the heats for the 100m hurdles at the European Championships on Monday evening. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar eclipse in Ireland: When to watch, where to go and how to protect your eyes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/solar-eclipse-in-ireland-when-to-watch-where-to-go-and-how-to-protect-your-eyes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/solar-eclipse-in-ireland-when-to-watch-where-to-go-and-how-to-protect-your-eyes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Flannery, Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Views could be best in the southwest– but proper eye protection is essential]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:37:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DNTSMWG4LH2YHINECMRTE7JFRA.jpg?auth=03f42b8a68918c3fc9c540db7854cd762d6f7ae68e34ed5db12a12079d792661&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A partial solar eclipse will be visible across Ireland on Wednesday evening. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Erik S Lesser</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[HLB acquires Galway accounting firm and plans to add 150 staff over next three years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/12/hlb-acquires-galway-accounting-firm-and-plans-to-add-150-staff-over-next-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/12/hlb-acquires-galway-accounting-firm-and-plans-to-add-150-staff-over-next-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firm buys OMB Chartered Accountants in Galway]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:34:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LD22GAIPNVEJ7HKRXVCYONKQWY.jpg?auth=ec5121c5301bcfb9bc9b953823f8592fe410fc46e7f723236127aad281a87c74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pictured at the announcement of HLB's acquisition of OMB were Michael Flaherty, left, director, OMB; Frank Murtagh, consultant, OMB; John O’Beirn, consultant, OMB; Bruce Stanley, tax consulting partner, HLB Ireland; Mark Butler, managing partner of HLB Ireland and chief executive of Mentora Group; and Finbarr Gantley, director of OMB.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s clean-energy gamble is paying off]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/11/chinas-clean-energy-gamble-is-paying-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/11/chinas-clean-energy-gamble-is-paying-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As disruption in Strait of Hormuz rattles energy markets, Beijing’s long push towards electrification is cushioning the impact and reshaping global power]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:24:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7UDUZTQ4MRDPPCITZZCM35JQAM.jpg?auth=d9097eedcd18a48c5ffe4cd459f7cc3c71d14c55ca6318dfceecbdd176db5a87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers check solar panels installed on a lake in Tianchang, eastern China’s Anhui province, on January 12th, 2026. Photograph: CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images/China Out]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you experienced loneliness as a first-time mother?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/11/have-your-say-have-you-experienced-loneliness-in-motherhood/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/11/have-your-say-have-you-experienced-loneliness-in-motherhood/</guid><description><![CDATA[At the weekend, Nadine O’Regan wrote that ‘in a world where isolation and loneliness are on the rise, I’m lucky to have ‘mom friends’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:22:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CRBLJCSJSBA3NKVQ2VAQUPIVMQ.png?auth=b13de8fe0e91b42abcef0cd020f4236e9fcfcd906da894e835d0327e5f814a45&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Motherhood and loneliness – have your say.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric vehicles the driving force behind new car sales in July ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/electric-vehicles-the-driving-force-behind-new-car-sales-in-july/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/electric-vehicles-the-driving-force-behind-new-car-sales-in-july/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Central Statistics Office data show more than 20,000 new private cars licensed in July]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:30:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JO47TBEOPHB5CX43R5JMAJRBVQ.jpg?auth=ee9b8a175912bef216d0509dcf857f0a60c7728e483ae3a2060f3b7b6c498033&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hyundai sold 535 private EVs in Ireland last month, making it the leading brand in that segment of the market. Photograph: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SeongJoon Cho</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coppinger owner Bereen Brothers to open new restaurant on Capel Street]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/11/coppinger-owner-bereen-brothers-to-open-new-restaurant-on-capel-street-in-october/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/11/coppinger-owner-bereen-brothers-to-open-new-restaurant-on-capel-street-in-october/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Úna McCaffrey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Onóra is part of The July, a new Dutch-owned aparthotel with 105 studios and apartments]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:07:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HBUZ7YG5QZA45OK2PGW63745AE.jpg?auth=46a2a76997a755492aef33ac45c8652f80507010b872a2446af00ea3127e9c5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A computer-generated image of Onóra at The July, due to open on Capel Street in Dublin 1 in October]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study of dogs confirms what you may already know – they can tell when we’re happy or sad]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/11/study-of-dogs-confirms-what-you-may-already-know-they-can-tell-when-were-happy-or-sad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/11/study-of-dogs-confirms-what-you-may-already-know-they-can-tell-when-were-happy-or-sad/</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Vienna say their study is the first evidence of canines telling apart facial expressions]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:50:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BGTERX4H5ZYXAWMT4OFTTFL4NQ.jpg?auth=4c4b430d2ec43e53065db6c77519fcc0458cdac104be44a1495a19ddfbc2e1cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In the study, researchers used machine learning to analyse brain scans of 12 dogs as the animals viewed images of human faces displaying ​different emotions. Photograph: Euan Cherry/PA Media Assignments]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Euan Cherry Media Assignments</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kobe McDonald on his AFL move: ‘I could never say no, never turn it down’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/kobe-mcdonald-on-his-afl-move-i-could-never-say-no-never-turn-it-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/kobe-mcdonald-on-his-afl-move-i-could-never-say-no-never-turn-it-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mayo star explains how joining St Kilda helped fulfil dream of becoming a professional athlete]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FAKYU2ZOTZD2PJHN6BFPIKHOJY.jpg?auth=a1c8cadaf68ebcf46c5e1df17877090bffaf60c6cf307adcf088942d2334e816&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kobe McDonald of Mayo in action during the All-Ireland football final: 'It was hard saying goodbye.' Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Piaras Ó Mídheach</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish students face losing thousands after child therapy course goes into liquidation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/11/irish-students-face-losing-thousands-after-child-therapy-course-goes-into-liquidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/11/irish-students-face-losing-thousands-after-child-therapy-course-goes-into-liquidation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘My heart just sank,’ said one mature student after being informed the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy was pulling the plug on course]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:23:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W3GF65TY2JGP7PBKXA2DV3MUCU.jpg?auth=d732bee6781968ee2c85f703cfc7cd7c336af8096f4efe620bcdb995a0c56702&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Play therapy is designed for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, allowing them to communicate with a therapist through play]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Heart disease is a woman’s disease’: Here are the risk factors to look out for]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/11/heart-disease-is-a-womans-disease-here-are-the-risk-factors-to-look-out-for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/11/heart-disease-is-a-womans-disease-here-are-the-risk-factors-to-look-out-for/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina Agrawal]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One reason for the increase in heart disease in younger women is that some of the drivers have become increasingly common at younger ages]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I3MM5BRJ75HD7IA6UYUJN5ACUU.jpg?auth=157c10d77df01dfb57ce59ba84e92b55cd090aa68de3fcf7dc57fd3c3f32642c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[One reason for the increase in heart disease in younger women is that some of the drivers have become increasingly common at younger ages. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">nensuria</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tupac Shakur murder: Who is on trial and what is the evidence?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/11/tupac-shakur-murder-who-is-on-trial-and-what-is-the-evidence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/11/tupac-shakur-murder-who-is-on-trial-and-what-is-the-evidence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Abrams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For decades, the identity of Tupac Shakur’s killers has been a burning question. The man on trial is accused of providing the murder weapon]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:56:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/42YMI7U33ZEC5BRP5R4ASAX6XE.jpg?auth=2992dcd881c79d4ec494c61808544826d5a42604e7fe7d1f72735f71732c38cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tupac Shakur in New York, 1994. Photograph: Bob Berg/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bob Berg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin Bus vehicle catches fire in Donnybrook but no injuries reported]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dublin-bus-on-fire-in-donnybrook-with-firefighters-on-the-scene/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/dublin-bus-on-fire-in-donnybrook-with-firefighters-on-the-scene/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Morehampton Road closed and buses diverted to Baggot Street]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:41:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BKMPDEDXMVAKVGO4CNKG3DK6HM.JPG?auth=b3ec4b0eeab3a2d4b230b0249a7dee7be4a69f4f5fdd80f8a186736b4ac4d834&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Interior of the bus after the fire. Photograph: Hugh Dooley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flood protection: New group to look at gaps in insurance market ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/flood-protection-new-group-to-look-at-gaps-in-insurance-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/flood-protection-new-group-to-look-at-gaps-in-insurance-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many homeowners and businesses have found themselves left without flood insurance as their locations are deemed too risky for policies]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:34:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/75D26LX5WT5GUJQXN3YSWEQQHU.jpg?auth=064bec05e173e741d87e22243d262c39cb5d25c748d2db8f6fae628f9b45181b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flooded streets in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, after Storm Chandra hit in January 2026. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harry Potter fans force relocation of UK-Ireland undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-uk-ireland-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-uk-ireland-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Horton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Site where character was laid to rest in a film was going to be affected by a cable running from Wales to Wexford]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OKURB7XRBVDW5M6HM6IP62ET54.jpg?auth=0cb0ae0ac26349b19def70bd81f7f282ef17235a2785021ed103b41955547599&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A memorial for Dobby, a fictional house elf from the Harry Potter novels, at Freshwater West beach in the UK. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matthew Horwood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fota Wildlife Park in Cork announces second birth in Ireland of rare Indian rhino]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/fota-wildlife-park-in-cork-announces-second-ever-birth-in-ireland-of-rare-indian-rhino/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/11/fota-wildlife-park-in-cork-announces-second-ever-birth-in-ireland-of-rare-indian-rhino/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Classified as vulnerable, there are an estimated 4,000 individual Indian rhinos remaining in the wild]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:34:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E2ZMCW3CVNABHJ35NGWACKHSQU.jpg?auth=ebdbaec735bee589c0fb81d5a2f8d339d2643ab3af111d99a47e475ce7974093&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A male Indian rhino calf, born on July 13th to mother Maya and father Jamil, is only the second Indian rhino ever born in Ireland. Photograph: Michael O'Sullivan/OSM PHOTO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael O'Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exponent extends investment in Limerick-based H&MV, valuing business at €1.4bn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/exponent-extends-investment-in-limerick-based-hmv-valuing-business-at-14bn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/exponent-extends-investment-in-limerick-based-hmv-valuing-business-at-14bn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran, Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New investment, made via €750m continuation fund, will see company add 1,100 jobs in coming years ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:21:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2PN4XMA3LJCYXLMR53NM456J2I.jpg?auth=95f2db5635dd2c17c23738b8a891776f4346969a38e35373796b4b7e22b36839&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PJ Flanagan, chief executive of H&MV EngineerinG; new deal will give company the long-term backing to deliver on its five-year growth ambition.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump secretly transported out of Turkey in catering container over Iran threat concerns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/11/trump-secretly-used-military-jet-to-leave-turkey-over-iran-threat-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/11/trump-secretly-used-military-jet-to-leave-turkey-over-iran-threat-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt, Zolan Kanno-Youngs]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president hid in catering container before flight following Nato summit, according to officials]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:06:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TCY3KWVUJV4UHEI6Z52AX772AQ.jpg?auth=4e5da5abd9b38c7a5f7af9e5c250a760b302166b7a1d2cf742e6643e74c2a8eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two catering containers alongside Air Force One in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8th.  Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman in her 80s dies after crash with truck while cycling in Kildare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/10/woman-in-her-80s-hospitalised-after-crash-with-truck-while-cycling-in-kildare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/10/woman-in-her-80s-hospitalised-after-crash-with-truck-while-cycling-in-kildare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crash happened on the R414 Rathangan Road in Monasterevin town on Monday morning]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ADWQDZTHXBBGVG5XRNE2TGLC3E.JPG?auth=4caedc396fd1489deedcfead0a98f5df8b0cab4ab25b4d8f5e732d4494e7615c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The woman was taken to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Dublin city for treatment. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Met Éireann issues status yellow heat warning for Leinster and Tipperary]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/met-eireann-issues-status-yellow-heat-warning-for-leinster-tipperary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/11/met-eireann-issues-status-yellow-heat-warning-for-leinster-tipperary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Temperatures could reach 29 degrees on Wednesday, with Leinster expected to be the ‘hottest’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:51:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QK4HKK5VLZHSVMUYHLIKK7TTAM.JPG?auth=bd6a5bb930247de2049563758aa9d4193ca99323453d91414d93a9aa316f73c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the public enjoy the sunshine in Dublin's Merrion Square as the temperature rises ahead of another hot spell across the country. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times   ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much will I need to buy another new car in three years?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/11/how-much-will-i-need-to-buy-another-new-car-in-three-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/11/how-much-will-i-need-to-buy-another-new-car-in-three-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:44:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YUTALROERVC2DFWAZFHZ6BGKPA.jpg?auth=f16054a03d715fa3f3e285c9cca79b955b2aa018f2dc7e8fb775dbede8dd5247&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PCPs were created by carmakers in the 1990s]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CalypsoArt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey: ‘I’ve felt slightly on the outside, too old and too young at the same time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-ive-felt-slightly-on-the-outside-too-old-and-too-young-at-the-same-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-ive-felt-slightly-on-the-outside-too-old-and-too-young-at-the-same-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Nicholson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ramsey, who got their first TV job on Game of Thrones aged 11, on child stardom, living alone and Celebrity Traitors]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:31:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XFAR2EI3JFFSVE6H23R3QKHEF4.jpg?auth=7d799683fdfac1e52e4a3726e0874a70284e89c7f2baa06d5a8137bb4e69b477&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bella Ramsey in London earlier this year. Photograph: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dave Benett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare shortage: State raises concerns over planned closure of Limerick creche]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/11/childcare-shortage-state-raises-concerns-over-planned-closure-of-limerick-creche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/11/childcare-shortage-state-raises-concerns-over-planned-closure-of-limerick-creche/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Owner has applied for planning permission to convert facility in Mungret into apartments]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:26:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NBKK55JXPBHHFKDILUESWQSW2Q.jpg?auth=f11c951a77d99c7d4bc64e4b45d5615df873434078d9e3df3bb038da7f5ebea6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Norma Foley's department has written to planners in Limerick. File image. Photograph: iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nadezhda1906</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-Ireland-winning Donegal football star James McHugh killed in crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/10/man-60s-dies-in-co-cavan-road-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/10/man-60s-dies-in-co-cavan-road-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns, Sean Ryan, Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Car and van collide with woman passenger seriously injured and airlifted to Beaumont Hospital for treatment]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TGDCICDPJBF45AAF5I3ZVDOIYU.jpeg?auth=918287788ecf29dc27987cd4509fc22ee05e2da1d9fede71c2485c03d0831b11&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All-Ireland-winning footballer James McHugh. Photograph: Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More women than men seeking help for crack cocaine addiction at national centre, report finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/11/more-women-than-men-seeking-help-for-crack-cocaine-addiction-at-national-centre-report-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/11/more-women-than-men-seeking-help-for-crack-cocaine-addiction-at-national-centre-report-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alcohol remains the most common substance for which people seek treatment from the Coolmine Therapeutic Community ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:36:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QHVIZYAH2ZCWRIBURG74WGX6QM.jpg?auth=5db7a18511c89d1a7ae5c580496c3eae647c1d2c2af925c120e0a6304cd31189&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[For the first time, Coolmine Therapeutic Community has separately recorded crack cocaine presentations rather than including them within broader cocaine statistics. Photograph: Evan Treacy for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cairn Homes appoints former IIP chief Pat Farrell as non-executive director]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/cairn-homes-appoints-former-iip-chief-pat-farrell-as-non-executive-director/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/cairn-homes-appoints-former-iip-chief-pat-farrell-as-non-executive-director/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former IIP chief executive’s appointment is effective from October 1st]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKCMJ4TKVRMNZEYQZIIXM52HXQ.jpg?auth=9387a691b242597c871b0e7305ff81e5996de1b38886628241c56267ba59fe40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pat Farrell, former chief executive of Irish Institutional Property, has been appointed to the board of Cairn Homes. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia kill five, officials say, with Kyiv bombed too]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/russian-attacks-on-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-kill-five-officials-say-with-kyiv-bombed-too/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/russian-attacks-on-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-kill-five-officials-say-with-kyiv-bombed-too/</guid><description><![CDATA[One person killed in drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh region]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:57:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IJDGSHUBM74Y4OGVHLFTKJIOTY.jpg?auth=f5ad087b666cbff42afa1721e9a3fb6ac9a91fa9a0721471f5379a1ba3cee4be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rescue workers try to put out a fire after a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Photograph: Kateryna Klochko/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kateryna Klochko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intel’s share sale could rise to $20bn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/08/11/intels-share-sale-could-rise-to-20bn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/08/11/intels-share-sale-could-rise-to-20bn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bailey Lipschultz, Ryan Gould and Ian King]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has made cleaning up Intel’s finances a priority, boosting share price 164% this year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:57:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L3DFW6AGW7UMWSTUW76QV5OJ4M.jpg?auth=899e08e4ad6b8a56c3397784c2fcd83fcae0df1628bcb78ec48ce2a43ffa3e38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Intel is planning a share sale that could raise about $20 billion. Photograph: Heather Diehl/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Heather Diehl</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s glass iPhone remains on track for 2027 ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/apples-glass-iphone-remains-on-track-for-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/apples-glass-iphone-remains-on-track-for-2027/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Gurman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company plans overhaul for 20th anniversary of device]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:46:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YMJ5YZZHNUGQEBEFZ4JFT5HHD4.jpg?auth=c321f7bb1e77cdee4c8679ff9b0b98375b3517759cfc3f1786cc4e8f9123f44a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Ternus, Apple’s incoming chief executive, takes over on September 1st. Photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Wilson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump warns of ‘terrible mistake’ if Fifa replaces Gianni Infantino ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/11/donald-trump-warns-of-terrible-mistake-if-fifa-replaces-gianni-infantino/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/11/donald-trump-warns-of-terrible-mistake-if-fifa-replaces-gianni-infantino/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president claims World Cup ‘will never be as successful or profitable again’ without Swiss leader at the helm]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S5PVC2DNCZJTPOB7UYLK4MP3G4.jpg?auth=f74f6e14fb7c3dafe27139e3d14590b66e2a4ab92e4adb2a176fc043cdc33f9a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fifa president Gianni Infantino and US president Donald Trump at the World Cup final in New Jersey last month. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Wire.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Potts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taiwan prepares for war, but China has other options]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/11/taiwan-prepares-for-war-but-china-has-other-options/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/11/taiwan-prepares-for-war-but-china-has-other-options/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Blockade by fire’ could cut off supplies to the island while minimising disruption to others]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:36:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6UG7PCMZFI6CWGDYOSBPABZ4Y.jpg?auth=654a3812d604a37350074692c2bf39b9143aaf34135208063a643bc87a2ce62d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taiwanese soldiers take part in a drill during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Yilan. Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chiang Ying-Ying</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan now categorised as ‘captured’ by US agency that offered $5m reward]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/daniel-kinahan-now-categorised-as-captured-by-us-agency-that-offered-5m-reward/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/daniel-kinahan-now-categorised-as-captured-by-us-agency-that-offered-5m-reward/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Combined $10 million reward on Christy Kinahan snr and Christopher Kinahan jnr remains active]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QSHPG6WVBBDJBOBXLGBH6D5DNI.png?auth=57546ae594a600c96cebafe722fc82be31a1d11bfd63d80f05cffd4488672844&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alleged crime boss Daniel Kinahan has been designated as 'captured' by the US State Department since he was detained for extradition to Ireland. Graphic: Hugh Dooley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer than one in 50 who completed craft apprenticeships in 2025 were women]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/fewer-than-one-in-50-who-completed-craft-apprenticeships-in-2025-were-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/11/fewer-than-one-in-50-who-completed-craft-apprenticeships-in-2025-were-women/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number of women registered for apprenticeships has risen rapidly in recent years, Ministers say]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:12:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T5P6WJISNJHJJCWZCMWTL4UCLA.jpg?auth=ea8309c663f8dc63c263559fcb35d86ea24ed817bc3f8ee2359749aece045931&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In electrical apprenticeships, 31 of 2,024 graduates were female, while women accounted for 13 of the 259 people receiving motor mechanics certificates. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">izusek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What next for Kinahan cartel, lack of creche places and issues with Re-Turn scheme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/what-next-for-kinahan-cartel-lack-of-creche-places-and-issues-with-re-turn-scheme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/what-next-for-kinahan-cartel-lack-of-creche-places-and-issues-with-re-turn-scheme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Andrew McNair]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:08:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NXM7G4JEZGK2LIIWUEY4TJ2234.jpg?auth=6cf82e5ceacee5112165d51ea5010d7cf22f22fd97e3ccbb27d7e7a90a6f9956&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rescuers search for survivors at a collapsed building after the earthquake in Manizales, Colombia, on Monday. Photograph: Giovanny Galvez/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Giovanny Galvez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[International money-laundering investigation under way into Kinahan cartel assets ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/international-money-laundering-investigation-starts-into-kinahan-cartel-assets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/international-money-laundering-investigation-starts-into-kinahan-cartel-assets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inquiry comprises personnel from An Garda Síochána, British, US, Spanish, UAE and Australian agencies ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:08:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PPMNVR64ENF7BJW4J22QUXPVKE.jpg?auth=187c5da4d6e604ef98908b6a9c16322b4e17a9c0a1a1b6f0be481f0ee787ff78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sources say that as gardaí work with international partners, assets linked to money laundering abroad may be seized by foreign law enforcement agencies. Image: Paul Scott ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Scott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What now for Daniel Kinahan’s wife, children and associates in Dubai?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/what-now-for-daniel-kinahans-wife-children-and-associates-in-dubai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/11/what-now-for-daniel-kinahans-wife-children-and-associates-in-dubai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the alleged director of organised crime sits in an Irish prison cell, his dominant place in the lives of those around him is suspended]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:08:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KLTRRTQIHZDRTFDOKZKBHRPWYM.jpeg?auth=979cf95631286478e2f237dcc5503a411596a56fa64532bb0ea70d4fe1b70dfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[What now for Daniel Kinahan’s wife, children in Dubai?]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New twist in Aer Lingus redundancy plan, and Hollywood and AI  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/new-twist-in-aer-lingus-redundancy-plan-and-hollywood-and-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/new-twist-in-aer-lingus-redundancy-plan-and-hollywood-and-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:05:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEOZ4YMLKZBF5NRUWM5ACZADFY.jpg?auth=dab1b4202920e5619849e62cba00a0b0b4acd38147a2889da3c6d1b85614e02b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A works council at IAG has intervened in Aer Lingus's plan to cut up to 500 jobs at the Irish airline. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cristian Storto Fotografia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Greece matters in the remaking of Europe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/why-greece-still-matters-in-the-remaking-of-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/11/why-greece-still-matters-in-the-remaking-of-europe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Pine]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From the Balkan wars to Ukraine, shifting spheres of influence underscore the importance of a country often seen as peripheral but rarely irrelevant.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YDIBAWAGUND67PMYKES56ZPYXQ.jpg?auth=6450cdd541a6430dc7a228181ff552d4672f2ae69411e474903e6b6fea9056cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Map of Greece from the early 20th century. The Balkans are central to understanding Europe past and present. Photograph: Print Collector/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Print Collector</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil steadies near one-week highs as US-Iran peace deal hopes dim ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/about-us/advertise/2026/08/11/oil-steadies-near-one-week-highs-as-us-iran-peace-deal-hopes-dim/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/about-us/advertise/2026/08/11/oil-steadies-near-one-week-highs-as-us-iran-peace-deal-hopes-dim/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ishaan Arora]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump has demanded compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BWEIXFYWU7K3D6XTMNJYYXLSZI.jpg?auth=c2a15cff23039f7e98b447c72ade766015d633b8d2df5e325a3926a7c91daa0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump said the US had control of the Strait of Hormuz and had swept ​the strategic oil waterway for Iranian mines. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ‘smart’ watches get wrong and right when tracking the quality of your sleep]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/11/what-is-quality-sleep-dont-ask-your-smart-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/11/what-is-quality-sleep-dont-ask-your-smart-watch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Wayman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With millions of people now using wearables, there is a market for improved accuracy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OS6OASGL4RAT5EJVMOLYKBVVMI.jpg?auth=889bd928058d9679ef606efddc5b6576382e86d8c260b0915892057f9aa63572&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['I honestly assume, slightly cynically, that the tech companies want to create a problem that they can then market a solution to'. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FG Trade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shane Lowry returns to tour life reality at FedEx St Jude Championship in Memphis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/11/different-strokes-shane-lowry-returns-to-tour-life-reality-in-memphis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/11/different-strokes-shane-lowry-returns-to-tour-life-reality-in-memphis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy’s change of mind; Irish players at Portland Classic, Killeen and Swiss Ladies Open; tale of two Brooks; and more]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EIGOFKOHOYU4J5Y7B33H5LRG5A.jpg?auth=788fb9c1955a86bbfeda9c5bf822e31f5e12b01ce98c02e830a40cee8b415afd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shane Lowry plays a shot from the first tee during the Travelers Championship in June in Cromwell, Connecticut. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Redington</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aaron Gillane has a clear message for John Kiely and Paul Kinnerk: ‘I’m hoping they stay’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/we-dont-want-to-know-any-different-aaron-gillane-hopes-john-kiely-stays-in-limerick-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/we-dont-want-to-know-any-different-aaron-gillane-hopes-john-kiely-stays-in-limerick-job/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Limerick stalwart has won six All-Irelands under manager Kiely and his right-hand man]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKCGM6NC3BACFAGUTEL7FQHLRE.jpg?auth=18d6dd08331b0afb35555d91f87b0af29a84524f5521530f404f549fdf25aaeb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aaron Gillane is back in club championship mode after an outstanding season with Limerick. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We shed blood and tears’: Ashling Thompson says Cork moved mountains to reach the pinnacle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/we-shed-blood-and-tears-ashling-thompson-says-cork-moved-mountains-to-reach-the-pinnacle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/11/we-shed-blood-and-tears-ashling-thompson-says-cork-moved-mountains-to-reach-the-pinnacle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When the celebrations calm down, veteran star has a big decision to make about her future]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TTYYYGKBQVAVVGLELMIZDWYZZE.jpg?auth=7272fcf8b8a10d94a5688f62a9f2cda1ce35a6569bdc23af8402a9d6c131188e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ava Fitzgerald and Ashling Thompson of Cork celebrate their team's victory against Galway in Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final at Croke Park. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/opinion-europe-needs-to-start-treating-the-climate-emergency-as-a-threat-to-our-national-security/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/opinion-europe-needs-to-start-treating-the-climate-emergency-as-a-threat-to-our-national-security/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Bresnihan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z65DSG2I2SKU4MJ6YQG3ZML23Y.jpg?auth=0f84bf5dc91595f9db08dee0fe2bb54d0dda0ba44151bbe681ee1447c47bd973&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wildfires in Le Porge, western France, in July. Photograph: Caroline Blumberg/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Caroline Blumberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenway etiquette: let’s pick a side]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/greenway-etiquette/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/greenway-etiquette/</guid><description><![CDATA[Culture of keeping to the right would be safer]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[I urge Christian Brothers to show remorse, compassion and basic human decency]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/christian-brothers-tactics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/christian-brothers-tactics/</guid><description><![CDATA[Organisation could demonstrate to current students that it is never too late to do the right thing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Other ways for greenways with our network of quiet boreens and back lanes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/other-ways-for-greenways-with-our-network-of-quiet-boreens-and-back-lanes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/other-ways-for-greenways-with-our-network-of-quiet-boreens-and-back-lanes/</guid><description><![CDATA[No need for compulsory purchase orders, expensive designs and planning rows]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Here’s a radical idea for the Government: Start telling us the truth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/heres-a-radical-idea-for-the-government-start-telling-us-the-truth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/heres-a-radical-idea-for-the-government-start-telling-us-the-truth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Its lack of candour on big issues such as Aughinish and data centres is rust that corrodes trust in democracy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DAN5YVOSSJFRZACSLBQD3K7S64.jpg?auth=1842009e7ed4ed92a331968d91b56195239077a0606c2d824dbd7eb0abbf700c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can support more homes while having concerns about how Dunsink will function]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/people-can-support-more-homes-while-having-concerns-about-how-dunsink-will-function/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/people-can-support-more-homes-while-having-concerns-about-how-dunsink-will-function/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rather than blaming residents for raising legitimate concerns, we should demand that the State gets the planning right]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[MetroLink: another example of Dublin’s piecemeal approach to transport planning]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/metrolink-another-example-of-dublins-piecemeal-approach-to-transport-planning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/metrolink-another-example-of-dublins-piecemeal-approach-to-transport-planning/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rathfarnham has neither a rail nor a tram service, so we too have to ‘get the bus’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland may be better at spying than Europe thinks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/ireland-may-be-better-at-spying-than-europe-thinks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/ireland-may-be-better-at-spying-than-europe-thinks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Readers respond to claims that Ireland ranks at the bottom of Europe’s intelligence league]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Fed chief Warsh’s hawkish credentials on the line in advance of inflation data]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/fed-chief-warshs-hawk-credentials-on-the-line-ahead-of-inflation-data/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/fed-chief-warshs-hawk-credentials-on-the-line-ahead-of-inflation-data/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Biggest clue as to US central bank’s direction to come after emergence of July numbers this week]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NNGSGGCNSH7EHTAZUMXRNUAUIE.jpg?auth=0917d96e006ec5979cc66e924d63debf4c31ca9a5eb5e33bc0c02d3f3762e8d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh will monitor inflation figures due out this week. Photograph: Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Rose Layden</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be on a wartime footing in fight against climate change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/we-should-be-on-a-wartime-footing-in-fight-against-climate-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/we-should-be-on-a-wartime-footing-in-fight-against-climate-change/</guid><description><![CDATA[The authorities and citizens have urgent role to play in this emergency]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Charging network for electric vehicles has to improve]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/charging-network-for-electric-vehicles-has-to-improve/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/charging-network-for-electric-vehicles-has-to-improve/</guid><description><![CDATA[Faulty chargers leave motorists at risk of being marooned]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Ireland could use EU presidency to push for peace between Ukraine and Russia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/ireland-could-use-eu-presidency-to-push-for-peace-between-ukraine-and-russia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/ireland-could-use-eu-presidency-to-push-for-peace-between-ukraine-and-russia/</guid><description><![CDATA[Disinterested, neutral brokers are vital on today’s fraught world stage]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Encouraging public servants to take more risks is a terrible idea]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/opinion-encouraging-public-servants-to-take-more-risks-is-a-terrible-idea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/11/opinion-encouraging-public-servants-to-take-more-risks-is-a-terrible-idea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Molloy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The public service compensates for its technical shortcomings with seemingly unlimited recourse to expensive external consultants]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ROFYEXWDO4VH4APSBWN7YSRKYY.jpg?auth=638feca5d5d9337e1d8d4dfae2fe78cba2a51782cc13d9270f8813bef5a5c0cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Against a backdrop of serious mishaps, including the spending of €335,000 on a bicycle shelter at the Dáil, the OPW is charged with developing the GPO as a cultural centre and other amenities, at an estimated project cost of €200 million to €500 million. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sasko Lazarov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dart announcements are not intrusive. They are necessary and beneficial]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/dart-audio-announcements-are-not-intrusive-they-are-necessary-and-beneficial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/11/dart-audio-announcements-are-not-intrusive-they-are-necessary-and-beneficial/</guid><description><![CDATA[Regular real‑time audio updates are essential for passengers with additional needs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 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[Of course Hollywood is dying. It’s been dying for nearly 80 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/08/11/of-course-hollywood-is-dying-its-been-dying-for-nearly-80-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/08/11/of-course-hollywood-is-dying-its-been-dying-for-nearly-80-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Linehan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X4MRHI4MNREIXMH6RHBIBQWRTA.jpg?auth=8a8089c4828d193cdfa1db0890c0fdb56c8c47652a87621e4e79803515fad1e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugh Linehan Columnist Photo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all Phoenix Park drivers break the speed limit. It’s a problem for visitors]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/11/almost-all-phoenix-park-drivers-break-the-speed-limit-its-a-problem-for-visitors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/11/almost-all-phoenix-park-drivers-break-the-speed-limit-its-a-problem-for-visitors/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Capital’s historic attraction is ‘a destination, not a through road’, officials say – though enforcement is difficult]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AJT76PRTVBERFCI3HT4SFN3CZM.JPG?auth=57f249ea736d093f051ead41248ef16fbce68f160ecf9f650d5afe05d9ca527c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The park is home to some poorly maintained and illogically designed cycle paths. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving to Ireland: ‘I told my husband we had made a terrible mistake’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/11/moving-to-ireland-i-told-my-husband-we-had-made-a-terrible-mistake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/11/moving-to-ireland-i-told-my-husband-we-had-made-a-terrible-mistake/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hosanna Boulter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ijeoma Mbaneme moved from Nigeria in 2023 to advance her career, but her eldest daughter initially struggled to adapt]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PIT5D5LPBJDA3IR4PMZ3C6EOBQ.JPG?auth=90055989f6d7d6fba6b26740cbc987ec3f2b117262cad2391e2b551da490f386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ijeoma Mbaneme: 'I have families that I’m now very close to because of our church community.' Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Currys customer’s ‘extremely exhausting and frustrating’ glitchy phone experience]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/11/a-currys-customers-extremely-exhausting-and-frustrating-glitchy-phone-experience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/11/a-currys-customers-extremely-exhausting-and-frustrating-glitchy-phone-experience/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anna writes that ‘every time I speak to Currys, it’s like there’s no case history’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEVZGUI4ERCJVMV5TC7A5FXL2Q.jpg?auth=4dd2baa3e1e936ad6f49087a2e7d832215bfd8721213dfb55163e1778269203b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Currys said the engineers couldn't find any fault with the phone. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">petekarici</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s childcare black spots: ‘I have knocked at every creche door. I don’t want to quit my job’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/11/childcare-blackspots-i-have-knocked-at-every-creche-door-i-dont-want-to-quit-my-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/11/childcare-blackspots-i-have-knocked-at-every-creche-door-i-dont-want-to-quit-my-job/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rachana Nagaraja was told she ‘might have a chance next September’ – ‘and I think that’s because I cried’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OCDDH6WVH5HJNJ74W4UZCOQPKM.JPG?auth=c9a37ceaf924c8a6dc93c1dde6464a41a6a986d5c39edcfa7939daf759cc0ec1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carrie O’Hanlon and Rachana Nagaraja at Tramore, Co Waterford. Photograph: Patrick Browne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick Browne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[IAG trade union seeks role in Aer Lingus redundancy talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/european-union-group-could-halt-aer-lingus-talks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/european-union-group-could-halt-aer-lingus-talks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aer Lingus pilots argue that the management ties their terms and conditions to aircraft acquisition]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WPP2O33L4SEXD4MDUA6K54N5NU.JPG?auth=c568e83553b32b63a7ff42d069ae6ce1d8a4e66e147349215899e6c8cb6ab2a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aer Lingus must boost margins to attract further investment from owner International Airlines Group. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Director Oscar Boyson: ‘An indie film can be a lot more fun than a big Marvel movie’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/director-oscar-boyson-an-indie-film-can-be-a-lot-more-fun-than-a-big-marvel-movie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/11/director-oscar-boyson-an-indie-film-can-be-a-lot-more-fun-than-a-big-marvel-movie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The provocative satire Our Hero, Balthazar is the debut feature of a filmmaker who has ‘a fear of boring the audience’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APAQQ22FKRHMFJZHTMENSFC75E.jpg?auth=f49d17ae93e18e42bc5b38d2aa270ae628e373346f00d8b68ffa28e0f1c0330d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Our Hero, Balthazar]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it special: the best restaurants around Ireland to book for your next occasion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/11/make-it-special-the-restaurants-to-book-for-your-next-occasion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/11/make-it-special-the-restaurants-to-book-for-your-next-occasion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave, Joanne Cronin, Ali Dunworth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Cork to Belfast and Dublin to Carrick-on-Shannon, these fun places will help you to celebrate]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WEJEBEFUQBBTRLGPM272P56C2Q.jpg?auth=16f0e6de527cf0e9437e7488a834749959068841ba6d1a3ada1f10ddf0174ab8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chef Alex Zhang at Big Fan, Aungier Street, Dublin: Photograph: Dan Dennison]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Dennison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crisis-stricken Volkswagen is emblematic of Germany’s ailing economy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/crisis-stricken-volkswagen-is-emblematic-of-germanys-ailing-economy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/crisis-stricken-volkswagen-is-emblematic-of-germanys-ailing-economy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[German car maker plans to lay off 100,000 employees, a sixth of its global workforce]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2EQXH7WKIYOWZUJ3THVQAVOQ6Y.jpg?auth=ccfdd6b4458749654262efd94bc4958cecbbbb038e0a4f1d8a59ba8e13087bab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The German auto giant is losing the race to capture the global EV market. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I avoid a family row over what happens to my home when I die?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/11/how-can-i-avoid-a-family-row-over-what-happens-my-home-when-i-die/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/11/how-can-i-avoid-a-family-row-over-what-happens-my-home-when-i-die/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mother worries about how to ensure her daughters end up with the home she bought with their stepfather]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YR2HLYFSLZFWXOLBW6XLTUUQ2I.jpg?auth=aec824555feafbb59f2a83bc51553646d9cdde036356263c05da04d450305e22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches: Players become spectators of the social upheavals surrounding them ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/08/the-history-of-the-world-in-12-soccer-matches-players-become-spectators-of-the-social-upheavals-surrounding-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/08/the-history-of-the-world-in-12-soccer-matches-players-become-spectators-of-the-social-upheavals-surrounding-them/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[NJ McGarrigle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stefano Bizzotto adds emotional heft to tales previously told with judicious selections of archival writings and interviews]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WWTU6HUMTFD2ZMH5NUIWQ3OFTE.jpg?auth=fbca021f43e3651e49e2ec0c761bcd415c5f599e054e75a9cbb1e2a5fb24cb90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dutch midfielder Johan Neeskens scores the opening goal on a penalty kick as he beats West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier, July 7th, 1974, in Munich during the World Cup soccer final. Photograph: Staff/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">STAFF</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rate of Irish construction quickens, although house building lags ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/rate-of-construction-quickens-although-house-building-lags/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/11/rate-of-construction-quickens-although-house-building-lags/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AIB’s monthly index shows a ‘sharp’ rise in the volume of construction in July compared with the previous month]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/66GTC723CNFC7B6H77N3ANO5BU.jpg?auth=49f800aa2a254ea60a4c27d803be435872d48a271267d33132c68aa727b4e120&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Housing construction grew last month but lagged growth in other parts of the building sector. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paulo Nunes dos Santos</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>