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Photograph: Giorgio Scala/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Kate O’Connor wins European gold in Birmingham]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/15/in-pictures-kate-oconnor-wins-european-gold-in-birmingham/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/15/in-pictures-kate-oconnor-wins-european-gold-in-birmingham/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dundalk woman adds European gold after strong 800m finish]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:44:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2SJ4SNJ52GGYSBXDFRKQQQKZIM.jpg?auth=845609fa3cfe08e265788eb68b8fa73d6c929bb05cca47852f6bfa6ad241cd4d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 15: Gold medalist Kate O'Connor of Team Ireland poses for a photo with her medal after victory in the Heptathlon during day six of the 27th European Athletics Championships at Alexander Stadium on August 15, 2026 in Birmingham, England. 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Photograph: Jalal Morchidi/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jalal Morchidi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster book place in Interprovincial final with crushing win over Ulster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/15/munster-book-place-in-interprovincial-final-with-crushing-win-over-ulster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/15/munster-book-place-in-interprovincial-final-with-crushing-win-over-ulster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ten-try Munster win in Cork as Leinster hold off Connacht]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:09:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GB62K3RMY4QTFKLVV6U34FCSIY.jpg?auth=3545feef0025b6d07f872547d1be90c2306b81db1d74828c940f9aea32cb2d23&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emily Lane in action for Munster during the second-round Interpro against Ulster at Virgin Media Park. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish thriller writer Tana French dominates New York Times best-of-century lists]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/irish-thriller-writer-tana-french-dominates-new-york-times-best-of-century-lists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/irish-thriller-writer-tana-french-dominates-new-york-times-best-of-century-lists/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Experts and readers alike rank works alongside John Le Carré and Gillian Flynn]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:38:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M32HZJOK65AVDBKAUB6TDHP744.JPG?auth=25426baf380726e75ddaa8e2bc751742e2917e6a3ac059d3fcd81fae07c18128&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four of Tana French’s books made it to a list of the 50 best thrillers of the 21st century. 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]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 500 arrested over suspected arson in France as wildfires grip Europe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/nearly-500-arrested-over-suspected-arson-in-france-as-wildfires-grip-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/nearly-500-arrested-over-suspected-arson-in-france-as-wildfires-grip-europe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Henley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents in Belgium’s Liège province told to evacuate as country’s largest-ever fire burns through nature reserve]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:30:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQ7AVQF3HR36LAXJA3PFCP245Y.jpg?auth=65ea1f971b3e93870d78c799c5f56480f71a3bceac6744bf422c6f9ef31be9d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bystanders watch as a wooden area is engulfed in flames during a raging wildfire near the town of Omis in Croatia. 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Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least 47 dead after Indonesia’s magnitude-7.7 earthquake, officials say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/15/at-least-38-dead-after-indonesias-magnitude-77-earthquake-officials-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/15/at-least-38-dead-after-indonesias-magnitude-77-earthquake-officials-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rescue workers have yet to access region closest to epicentre after landslides blocked roads]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:49:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G52J23IDM3JAHTQ7YZJOGYXBDY.jpg?auth=50f015b77f23a544a28522bb408ae7823b5c5e1b43efe6af54fd8a949d0b241e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A damaged house after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Mbay, Nagekeo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on Saturday. 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Photograph: Facebook]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí seize drugs worth €100,000 as part of scrambler crackdown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/15/gardai-seize-drugs-worth-100000-as-part-of-scrambler-crackdown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/15/gardai-seize-drugs-worth-100000-as-part-of-scrambler-crackdown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four arrested and three charged with offences in the wake of raids]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:46:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NAYT46OT6VEO5NCGBZM3ZTSVBA.JPG?auth=cc4ca67ab7f4c294eae313b0f734252fb87081b43d86c6a59ba65cdea34c8b36&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The arrests came on a day of action as part of the Garda's Operation Meacán, Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family considers legal action after Irish teenager dies following electrocution in shower in Greece ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/family-consider-legal-action-after-irish-teenager-electrocuted-in-shower-in-greece/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/family-consider-legal-action-after-irish-teenager-electrocuted-in-shower-in-greece/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Smith in Athens]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alex McKee (17) died on Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:07:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AYDXKG3IVJCFBN6SX66H2SAN2U.jpeg?auth=44706188b8188684ddf519da3f0600ce158a95a77c60f9a9b8be9ddcf4a03d80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alex McKee died in Greece on Sunday]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Tape review: Beckett’s language breathes alongside the music in compelling curio]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/08/15/the-last-tape-review-becketts-language-breathes-alongside-the-music-in-compelling-curio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/08/15/the-last-tape-review-becketts-language-breathes-alongside-the-music-in-compelling-curio/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kilkenny Arts Festival: Hybrid form soon becomes cumbersome, but operatic adaptation of Krapp’s Last Tape still intrigues]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:23:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M5P34XP4OJEM7KLYPSHOH657R4.JPG?auth=1678ae846dbd6a777defdaa3d63a7eb521a3942ea2cc8c3fdb29b0585becf7c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Lovett and Mark Padmore in The Last Tape at Kilkenny Arts Festival. Photograph: Ewa Figaszewska]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man in critical condition after third vehicle hit him at scene of earlier two-car crash in Co Meath]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/man-in-critical-condition-after-third-vehicle-hit-him-at-scene-of-earlier-two-car-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/man-in-critical-condition-after-third-vehicle-hit-him-at-scene-of-earlier-two-car-crash/</guid><description><![CDATA[Motorcyclist died in separate single-vehicle crash in Co Galway on Friday night]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:59:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XUEDVPN4RJHLLIP3QOY2CTKZZ4.jpg?auth=60a704b13a9ae6a7180465b43e812de6c4b40a136ed16ad74c8fc21c90a39cb8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The man has been taken to hospital in Drogheda following the crash in Co Meath. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli strikes kill nine in south Lebanon, state news reports​]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/15/israeli-strike-kills-seven-in-south-lebanon-state-news-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/15/israeli-strike-kills-seven-in-south-lebanon-state-news-reports/</guid><description><![CDATA[At least ​4,300 people killed in Lebanon since March 2nd, authorities say]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:32:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UVPDIZ6ZXPK6JL2QDWP3AGMIIM.jpg?auth=a393fe9075aa06ae39d42fbf347f2e6deede3ff839aa6861892cb8352e71bab1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People inspect a damaged building after an Israeli air strike on the village of Ansar, southern Lebanon, on Saturday. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wael Hamzeh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farm organisations and minister to meet as drought crisis deepens ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/farm-organisations-and-minister-to-meet-as-drought-crisis-deepens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/farm-organisations-and-minister-to-meet-as-drought-crisis-deepens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Growing fears that farmers will be left without winter fodder due to recent lack of grass growth  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OFYYWOORLVE5TNZPJ5H6UE2S4Y.jpg?auth=6cbaca1e75509c75c60cbc4d9b791c30ab14b524e7fd23c1dcbb0d53457e6a62&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon said he has asked Teagasc to carry out a national fodder survey to see where the need is greatest. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Marek SLUSARCZYK</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gazan paracyclists take part in Dublin-Belfast solidarity cycle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/gazan-paracyclists-take-part-in-dublin-belfast-solidarity-cycle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/15/gazan-paracyclists-take-part-in-dublin-belfast-solidarity-cycle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland ‘a really important country in many ways’ for Palestinian Paralympics hopefuls]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:54:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FWU444XXQBCFFHY5UJPVOMO6SA.JPG?auth=f2af6eb880663434eaf026c913bd8e3318aab4355087758a3bc5df08b6f14d11&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gaza's champion cyclist Alaa al-Dali, one of the participants in the Dublin-to-Belfast cycling event organised to show solidarity with Palestine]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump tells Americans to brace for higher fuel prices as Iran calls on US to accept defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/15/iran-defiant-on-strait-of-hormuz-as-trump-tells-americans-to-accept-high-fuel-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/15/iran-defiant-on-strait-of-hormuz-as-trump-tells-americans-to-accept-high-fuel-prices/</guid><description><![CDATA[Iran has not decided to resume peace talks, foreign minister  says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:43:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CE6FJSRL7AQTH5FCNAJUQPMOYQ.jpg?auth=28c0d06955c5785b33bf2bcb66dfba5a2b16ec68994d3cc50a563ba9db7d77b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Iranian women walk along the seashore as vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran this week. 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Whatever you think of their ideology, they came with an agenda and they changed Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VR4MVJ5S3RPCDBM2ML6WPQFFOY.jpg?auth=6f85656b79065019372cf75724d6c7866fccf273b5eac5d3590f4060568021ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Three former leaders of the PDs: Michael McDowell, Mary Harney and Des O'Malley in 2006. Photograph: David Sleator]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Sleator</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin’s pact with the Russian people is fraying and his paranoia is deepening]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/lara-marlowe-putins-pact-with-the-russian-people-is-fraying-and-his-paranoia-is-deepening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/lara-marlowe-putins-pact-with-the-russian-people-is-fraying-and-his-paranoia-is-deepening/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara Marlowe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A former news editor from Russian state television claims journalists prepare a special news broadcast for Putin nightly, shorn of anything which might anger or upset him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRT3HSMCGUXCMFN5JNW3QZ6JEA.jpg?auth=44e7dbe4f6025712fac46ac0f1e2b37cc1dcb91efaea16ff95601b61ef885d00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian president Vladimir Putin visits the Russian navy's guided missile cruiser Varyag. Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gavriil Grigorov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see the woman convicted of my sister’s murder pictured with President Connolly broke me]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/ann-travers-to-see-the-woman-convicted-of-my-sisters-murder-with-president-connolly-broke-me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/ann-travers-to-see-the-woman-convicted-of-my-sisters-murder-with-president-connolly-broke-me/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann Travers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The fetishisation of the Troubles by Kneecap is   part of the same normalisation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZQHTH7WBGBBXFESSSV7RCK4XHQ.jpeg?auth=910c3bb852d93a43745808e11f60227c5215e053162adc8466260f8ffe4ad86d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary Travers (23), who was murdered by the IRA while on her way home from Mass with her parents. Photograph: Supplied by family]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[To manage migration, Europe should help African countries improve their citizens’ lives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/european-union-africa-morocco-spain-ceuta-immigration-irish-eu-presidency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/european-union-africa-morocco-spain-ceuta-immigration-irish-eu-presidency/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gillespie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worldview: Ceuta exemplifies how political surprises cut through the best diplomatic preparation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZRAYA6WGPMNZDTUGOHBI7HJVI.jpg?auth=9e9b5a5967a99769db941fb21ff0698b06bf1e8e17851bfd2a3c8be07fc0c21e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Migrants wait on a beach for humanitarian assistance in Ceuta, Spain. Photograph: Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Finbarr O'Reilly</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Leitrim woman on a mission to revive sean-nós dancing around Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/people-say-my-dad-used-to-do-that-we-always-thought-he-was-just-drunk-the-revival-of-sean-nos-dancing-around-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/people-say-my-dad-used-to-do-that-we-always-thought-he-was-just-drunk-the-revival-of-sean-nos-dancing-around-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dancer and choreographer Edwina Guckian on The Devil’s in the Dancehall, how angry her research into the show made her, and the liberation of dance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INH4QUK47BFMTIGB2XVN2WREKE.JPG?auth=00b7a57b448eceefcbab3572f442f76bc077fac7a72b94129fb0d227464ebc80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Edwina Guckian demonstrates sean-nós dancing near her home in Drumsna, Co Leitrim. Photographs: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am contacting you to let you know I have had enough of reaching out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/reaching-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/reaching-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[One word is better than two]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[School counselling service shelved because Government prefers cheapest option]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/school-counselling-service-shelved-because-government-prefers-cheapest-option/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/school-counselling-service-shelved-because-government-prefers-cheapest-option/</guid><description><![CDATA[Despite working on it, I learned that the pilot scheme was being shelved in The Irish Times]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Nonstop hitchhiking across Continent – and a timely warning]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/nonstop-hitchhiking-across-continent-and-a-timely-warning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/nonstop-hitchhiking-across-continent-and-a-timely-warning/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thumbing a ride can lead to extraordinary experiences]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[‘You very rarely get home properly’: Two Irish managers on the realities of a precarious profession]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/15/nothing-prepares-you-for-it-the-roller-coaster-life-of-a-football-manager/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/15/nothing-prepares-you-for-it-the-roller-coaster-life-of-a-football-manager/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Conor Hourihane and Joe Dunne detail the extraordinary pressures of patrolling the sidelines – and what makes it all worthwhile]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MB6FAKARPVB4XLPITEU2AISBAQ.jpg?auth=1a911ece908fe4d29322e0820769fcc0dc5d4f8bc36c514ee55589e69f8ae3bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Hourihane is now assistant to Russell Martin at Leicester City. Photograph: George Wood/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Wood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A special moment for Irish hockey’: Ireland ready for daunting opener at men’s World Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/15/a-special-moment-for-irish-hockey-ireland-ready-for-daunting-opener-at-mens-world-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/15/a-special-moment-for-irish-hockey-ireland-ready-for-daunting-opener-at-mens-world-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mark Tumilty’s team go into Australia clash on the back of a flawless qualifying campaign]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y3XESZGNQJFEPD5BUPGYG5OVSY.jpg?auth=b1b2d45d3e3baba5aecb8d839e420ab8a4fd092469846cc231141813e21b59d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeremy Duncan is closing in on 150 appearances for Ireland. Photograph: Frank Uijlenbroek/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Frank Uijlenbroek ©INPHO/Frank Uijlenbroek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joining the dots on Ireland’s vast network of bog and forestry roads ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/an-off-road-proposal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/an-off-road-proposal/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is at least 10,000km of tracks available]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Childless people are being overly taxed by inheritance tax]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/childless-people-are-being-overly-taxed-by-inheritance-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/childless-people-are-being-overly-taxed-by-inheritance-tax/</guid><description><![CDATA[Their beneficiaries can inherit only €40,000 before taxation, unlike generous relief for sons and daughters]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Transport system not meeting northside needs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/transport-system-not-meeting-northside-needs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/transport-system-not-meeting-northside-needs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Transport Infrastructure Ireland must address infrequent and undependable service]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Eclipsed by the coverage of the sun]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/eclipsed-by-the-coverage-of-the-sun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/eclipsed-by-the-coverage-of-the-sun/</guid><description><![CDATA[Samuel Beckett’s words came to mind]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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 enter women’s Hockey World Cup as outsiders, but 2018 proved anything is possible]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/15/ireland-enter-womens-hockey-world-cup-as-outsiders-but-2018-proved-anything-is-possible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/15/ireland-enter-womens-hockey-world-cup-as-outsiders-but-2018-proved-anything-is-possible/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gareth Grundie’s team will hope to have enough points on the board before tricky group match against Belgium]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HFSTHTPG3CDLWOXW3KZHGSBTZQ.jpg?auth=5a473ca13f4021508f5c55093b9d5589c45bcaa65d5708915a4080ccdc8d2a0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Upton is one of three survivors from the 2018 World Cup final in the current Irish squad. Photograph: Giuseppe Fama/Inpho. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza student visa refusal evokes Ireland’s rejection of Jewish children seeking safety]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/gaza-students-and-visas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/gaza-students-and-visas/</guid><description><![CDATA[A past minister for justice apologised for Irish failure to accept Jews fleeing Nazi persecution]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Spain and Morocco bolster security to prevent new border rush]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/spain-and-morocco-bolster-security-to-prevent-new-border-rush/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/spain-and-morocco-bolster-security-to-prevent-new-border-rush/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Social media activity puts authorities on alert]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YR5TXJIPLQXY2VOJUBGTRBMXNI.jpg?auth=0720fb43c130f972fca75874fe9c858920a89bed6f08aa5cc7c0620ae3a5a57e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Several thousand migrants who crossed into Ceuta remain in the area. Photograph: Antonio Sempere/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Antonio Sempere</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Rising channelled a hatred that still feeds violent causes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/violence-and-conflict/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/violence-and-conflict/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is always worth remembering the tragic consequences of choosing conflict]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/08/15/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/08/15/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[August 15th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BEGBQIZEOZDDJDIUSLEVJKL54M.jpg?auth=7aacb7902a68a78160d67bfc5e9d60e7a31efe4016b799293351e89e4bf1b851&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mannok aims to cut emissions with €16m investment in Cavan solar plant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/mannok-aims-to-cut-emissions-with-16m-investment-in-cavan-solar-plant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/mannok-aims-to-cut-emissions-with-16m-investment-in-cavan-solar-plant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It marks the building materials group’s third solar project following 6MW and 8MW facilities]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/57P5EEWJBNCL3KOFSKR3CM7W6Q.jpg?auth=ecfc12262108b0f97b8f8cdc59c7c3533a94d0a4f910696331983c1588073d6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mannok's three solar projects will have a total capacity of 32MW and meet up to 25 per cent of its energy needs in the Republic. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[With houses crammed together, no wonder children are glued to screens]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/with-houses-crammed-together-no-wonder-children-are-glued-to-screens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/15/with-houses-crammed-together-no-wonder-children-are-glued-to-screens/</guid><description><![CDATA[Children need space to play]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 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[The Writer’s Writer: A dive into John McGahern’s literary archive shows his huge impact]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/the-writers-writer-a-dive-into-john-mcgaherns-literary-archive-shows-his-huge-impact/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/the-writers-writer-a-dive-into-john-mcgaherns-literary-archive-shows-his-huge-impact/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Maher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leitrim writer’s archive features words of praise from Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel and Colm Tóibín, while Claire Keegan and Anne Enright also speak of his influence]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MOZKLUZRSJE5BCQGGHSNATQDG4.jpg?auth=5531428b0686253c1b77a92d7d4b7a1fdf74db9141529ec650511539e2dcdaec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McGahern photographed near his home in Co Leitrim in 1990. Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vicki Wickham obituary: Songwriter, TV producer and manager of Dusty Springfield and Marc Almond]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/15/vicki-wickham-obituary-songwriter-tv-producer-and-manager-of-dusty-springfield-and-marc-almond/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/15/vicki-wickham-obituary-songwriter-tv-producer-and-manager-of-dusty-springfield-and-marc-almond/</guid><description><![CDATA[She also represented the ‘unmanageable’ (his word) Morrissey for a while]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NPPYEIR6Q5FHNFBK5JEIH4BJ6M.jpg?auth=0fa0ec6aec9a8638f77f815eaef29f5a1c4e782c2d00ed7e0388ed7ddfda248a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vicki Wickham, wsa close friend of the legendary Dusty Springfield  and managed several well-known musicians. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The AGE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dáil roof repairs form part of €600,000 Leinster House summer works]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/08/15/dail-roof-repairs-form-part-of-600000-leinster-house-summer-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/08/15/dail-roof-repairs-form-part-of-600000-leinster-house-summer-works/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Work is underway in one committee room to make it fully accessible ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UAREQKWCNJHSRAC2HNIUHESEXU.JPG?auth=545708d47b33cdab249ce65fb85dff507304d84344f471251871153a435044f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Works include remarking car park spaces and pedestrian walkways, as well as creating an accessible car park space for an electric vehicle. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times,Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugh O’Flaherty obituary: Talented judge who was elevated straight to the Supreme Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/15/hugh-oflaherty-obituary-talented-judge-who-was-elevated-straight-to-the-supreme-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/15/hugh-oflaherty-obituary-talented-judge-who-was-elevated-straight-to-the-supreme-court/</guid><description><![CDATA[Career came to a premature halt with what became known as the Sheedy Affair]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXVJ3VYQ4RNJZJYH2CJCSIU4JE.jpg?auth=b7fae0016be31e35dbe6ea7094c9c9bae47c4042ee2289bfa8a7759c6a34e800&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O'Flaherty. Colleagues have said he was very compassionate and could wrestle with the most complex legal issues]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My approach to birthdays is to hide and hope the hound of time passes me by]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/ruby-eastwood-my-approach-to-birthdays-is-to-hide-and-hope-the-hound-of-time-passes-me-by/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/ruby-eastwood-my-approach-to-birthdays-is-to-hide-and-hope-the-hound-of-time-passes-me-by/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Of course it’s not all bad: these days of apparent celebration can teach us a lot about ourselves]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQK6NU36ZFF27EXVPPFLXZSTLE.jpg?auth=f61722b058b6aac15e16160758db095250b1917e9c43a8fa1b2963a101eacf5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['By eating cake and appearing to have a good time we can temporarily distract ourselves from existential thoughts.' Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">South_agency</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We need to create some new magic’: Lena Neill inspiring younger crew at hockey World Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/15/we-need-to-create-some-new-magic-lena-neill-inspiring-younger-crew-at-hockey-world-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/15/we-need-to-create-some-new-magic-lena-neill-inspiring-younger-crew-at-hockey-world-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former finalist returns to fold as Irish team look to emulate 2018 side]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XG6QJJXQQ7OA2ESR7GYJA66G7Y.jpg?auth=826c6cd5946a454fb180d2b4b1c5e50a382ae54c0b5e85b16c7f2fe41dcbdddc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lena Neill in action for Ireland. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Cull’ in study visas hurting Ireland’s English language sector, representative body claims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/cull-in-study-visas-hurting-irelands-english-language-sector-representative-body-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/cull-in-study-visas-hurting-irelands-english-language-sector-representative-body-claims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Student refusal rate has doubled in two years amid Government clampdown]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4BBCBEUYQVDLFJBTQVLA5MN3HE.jpg?auth=c16d9304194a86cc114be1db51bb9fb9c9a56eb89762ad06f74529379add0866&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There were about 60,000 visas issued for students from outside the European Economic Area in 2024]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">shironosov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland considering nuclear power as Government attitude shifts amid fresh energy crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/15/ireland-considering-nuclear-option-as-fresh-energy-crisis-looms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/15/ireland-considering-nuclear-option-as-fresh-energy-crisis-looms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A modern conventional plant that began operating in Finland in 2024 is proposed as a potential case study]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TLV7NSTRMZGQRJN63XDY2OZZ5A.jpg?auth=88b990dbd7ae01587d64f659bb0a6d58146829d5a27f43ea48b1b5163b1ce91a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Government’s attitude to nuclear has shifted in the past year. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anton Petrus</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian, Johnny and Leo are pulling faces like they’re constipated. ‘They’re looksmaxxing’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/brian-johnny-and-leo-are-pulling-faces-on-the-sofa-like-theyre-constipated-theyre-looksmaxxing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/brian-johnny-and-leo-are-pulling-faces-on-the-sofa-like-theyre-constipated-theyre-looksmaxxing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorcha’s old man tells me I’m the worst father in the world, which is rich coming from him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2YYZ6XOJMJBTNNT5U2IPQBC6BU.jpg?auth=ce9515e92d72b629eb2d343932922ce35f6d8861795c81404197f0ffd8bdf691&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: the triplets. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharp points about Donald Trump and the MMR vaccine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/14/sharp-points-about-donald-trump-and-the-mmr-vaccine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/14/sharp-points-about-donald-trump-and-the-mmr-vaccine/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two needles are better than six]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk of a $3tn Anthropic valuation shows how markets are changing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/15/talk-of-a-3tn-anthropic-valuation-shows-how-markets-are-changing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/15/talk-of-a-3tn-anthropic-valuation-shows-how-markets-are-changing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You don’t have to be a dyed-in-the-wool value investor to feel uneasy about a stock trading at 30 times earnings being considered cheap]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QQO44XIGYVBUT6JGCWMCR7NTU.jpg?auth=b9d7142cac4fd612377e6d869d087cd50a30dc595ddb6b0258bb7d5a1fddd045&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The discussion around Anthropic's IPO valuation is entirely around revenue, not profit. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicolas Tucat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There’s a murder hole up there’: The 600 year old fortress in a Co Galway walled town]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/15/theres-a-murder-hole-up-there-the-600-year-old-fortress-in-a-co-galway-walled-town/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/15/theres-a-murder-hole-up-there-the-600-year-old-fortress-in-a-co-galway-walled-town/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosita Boland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lore suggests Athenry’s North Gate will collapse when the most handsome man in Ireland walks under it, so steer clear Michael Fassbender, Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NICY2MEUBNBQBBRXLQTWBCIDLU.jpg?auth=00e8d318b17dd73181f5880c38dac63ced077fa335b26f3bdd4fed162c55379b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neill Ryan at the North Gate in Athenry, Co Galway. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beth Coulter named Sportswoman of the Month for July]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/15/beth-coulter-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-july/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/15/beth-coulter-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-july/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Co Down golfer landed her first professional title less than a week after leaving the amateur ranks]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G6D2TFRVTZAOVPOFTQGGRLTDDQ.jpg?auth=38ddb5803cde553099e8f26fac8094abc40f539053665a8cf40c378d74895a47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beth Coulter's career in the pro ranks is off to a flying start. Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Main Street was a very different place’: Ireland’s growing dereliction clear to see in Bray]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/15/derelict-ireland-the-course-were-on-will-see-bray-rot-from-the-core-outward/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/15/derelict-ireland-the-course-were-on-will-see-bray-rot-from-the-core-outward/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many locals are dissatisfied that Co Wicklow’s largest town is looking down-at-heel and shabby ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XANKELCTGVD2RA4YWKBRRK4TQM.JPG?auth=4908899948bd7c72e3ae3548f02f2a07dce1c26b55c5813fa0afd411f0cd1416&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A vacant property just two doors away from Minister for Finance Simon Harris's constituency office in Bray]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on  the future of towns: new vision is required]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/14/the-irish-times-view-on-the-future-of-towns-new-vision-required/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/14/the-irish-times-view-on-the-future-of-towns-new-vision-required/</guid><description><![CDATA[Derelict Ireland series highlights hollowing out across  the country]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AABG7BT43VAPPF64SFJ6GXRUSU.JPG?auth=d5d009344c1e6796a9e37364d5809ba63cb619fe70ea4236aab9d18a86a637f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Celtic Bookmakers on Bray's Main Street has been vacant for many years and there is vegetation growing from the roof.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fergie Chambers: The Dublin-based communist millionaire in the Trump administration’s crosshairs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/fergie-chambers-the-communist-multimillionaire-in-the-trump-administrations-crosshairs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/fergie-chambers-the-communist-multimillionaire-in-the-trump-administrations-crosshairs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heir turned ‘professional revolutionary’ left his home in Ireland for a holiday in Spain but was arrested after US extradition order on terror funding charges]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QDPNPWKVUJBKLNOCGTHQ7U3NAU.jpg?auth=fb25bcd729dd71ecb53cb5df11d2463be27c499e269ea705ce05df64ce2bdf6a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fergie Chambers poses for pictures in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 8, 2024. James Cox Chambers Jr., born in 1985 and also known as Fergie Chambers, is an American political activist, philanthropist, and heir to the Cox family, who derives his wealth from Cox Enterprises. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NurPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella: ‘I notice the progress. Just small milestones, but I’m getting stronger’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/15/ruairi-kinsella-i-notice-the-progress-just-small-milestones-but-im-getting-stronger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/15/ruairi-kinsella-i-notice-the-progress-just-small-milestones-but-im-getting-stronger/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meath GAA player shares his rehab journey after cruciate ligament surgery]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B332YXM4MNAOTALS2HWSLBLZHQ.jpg?auth=c23a3c5325c34c8571862c81748bfd53cd200ff3c438a522c03a71556b0f670c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella has noticed a 'definite improvement' as he continues rehab]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/thomas-piketty-irelands-economic-model-is-damaging-to-other-countries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/thomas-piketty-irelands-economic-model-is-damaging-to-other-countries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6ELSLGUMBF4FODGEUUQZVX3H4.JPG?auth=fc82f1709e10e964dd1794f522890b8d537b79d828e159eb6d6c7180a8a0ad22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French economist and academic Thomas Piketty. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sarah Meyssonnier</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism is happening in Ireland under a so-called centre-right Coalition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/david-mcwilliams-irish-banks-are-where-money-goes-to-die/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/15/david-mcwilliams-irish-banks-are-where-money-goes-to-die/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish banking system is not functioning because there is not enough lending]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JQHACLMMAFCZJDTBIMQLFHCF7U.jpg?auth=a9694b8a390b366b51ccdbf5a1b0a08ba38d5d024049c585b75a7fc6445b88db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[We are still paying for the Celtic Tiger because the banks and the financial system have not recovered from the trauma. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vojkan Teofilovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nerves in Government about potential protests as fuel prices inch closer to €2-per-litre again]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/15/fuel-crisis-as-forecourt-prices-rise-again-government-faces-an-unwelcome-dilemma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/15/fuel-crisis-as-forecourt-prices-rise-again-government-faces-an-unwelcome-dilemma/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With prices inching closer to the dreaded €2-per-litre mark, political nerves are jangling amid dark mutterings that reversing excise cuts would be ‘political suicide’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C2ZQXGUPKXSJUQISVUROMM2XIU.jpg?auth=b414a9978cbcedcb10aa23bf2a985e2bbfb055fd0f4e9e33c1185e4355c63fa2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters listen to speeches on O'Connell Street in Dublin on the fifth day of fuel price protests in April. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think twice before growing that Instagram-perfect wildflower meadow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/15/think-twice-before-growing-that-instagram-perfect-wildflower-meadow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/15/think-twice-before-growing-that-instagram-perfect-wildflower-meadow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Non-native seed mixes can inadvertently contain invasive species and will not serve local pollinating insects as well]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GRFKANNNJNFFXDWKMXAHLS5ZKU.JPG?auth=fcd9d05330658eaf37f9f40ef4bae2368c971d1167eb5f5951469dcacadb2a73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The wildflower display at St Patrick's Park in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is Daniel Kinahan facing a nonjury trial?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/why-is-daniel-kinahan-facing-a-nonjury-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/15/why-is-daniel-kinahan-facing-a-nonjury-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Extradited Dubliner’s case will be heard in a three-judge court created to hear charges related to terrorism and organised crime ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SO7MSBL3RNBI7CGLAKHDR5OUHM.jpg?auth=1a0d86f5cde1d08454249f5bb81ebb613112c231a4f8c8c8f4d85bbf0d394c7e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The convoy carrying Daniel Kinahan arriving at Portlaoise Prison on Sunday night. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought is bad news for earthworms, but gardeners can help them out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/15/drought-is-bad-news-for-earthworms-but-gardeners-can-help-them-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/15/drought-is-bad-news-for-earthworms-but-gardeners-can-help-them-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Earthworm populations globally are in decline, along with their vital ability to act as ecosystem engineers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SF5QAGOPAVBT7G4PXSH6FRNXZI.jpg?auth=c4d9004a65960ef1309333024dfd8ae1007aeff39cd94d57a9165a70aab54a8d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The decline in earthworms is most obvious in woodland and grassland. Illustration iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US borrowing costs jump as investors fret about inflation and debt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/us-borrowing-costs-jump-as-investors-fret-about-inflation-and-debt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/us-borrowing-costs-jump-as-investors-fret-about-inflation-and-debt/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Interest rate attached to 30-year US government bonds jumped to highest level since 2001]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VD6AZBUGTU27KYE42HAW5GLD2E.jpg?auth=c720d15980f6c5acff4d24007dea1bffcd8f202aee1770df1af44c10723f8372&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One near the White House in Washington. His tariffs policy has been inflationary. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Haiyun Jiang</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right-wing AfD on a roll ahead of crucial election as it taps into East German nostalgia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/far-right-afd-on-a-roll-ahead-of-crucial-election-as-it-taps-into-east-german-ostalgia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/15/far-right-afd-on-a-roll-ahead-of-crucial-election-as-it-taps-into-east-german-ostalgia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Berlin politicians fear Germany’s first AfD-led state could hobble federal co-operation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKKC7Z2ME5CILLEUJ46WKI6OGY.jpg?auth=7eb511a47a05c82f827083171c75fa56e5f85f12f3a56520f4f1f13befc4305d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[East is east: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany, at an AfD-sponsored outing of Simson motorcycle enthusiasts. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jens Schlueter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits rise to €2.5m at family-run group behind Birr’s County Arms Hotel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/profits-rise-to-25m-at-family-run-group-behind-birrs-county-arms-hotel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/profits-rise-to-25m-at-family-run-group-behind-birrs-county-arms-hotel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The company owned by Eoin Garry acquired Dooly’s Hotel in Offaly in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EB3TFPPRAFHJ7MKELLFBKTJPE4.jpg?auth=a47740947210ae265cf0bc80cdf9b57ab9309fe79aa5e850abc86172551f1982&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The County Arms Hotel in Birr, Co Offaly, is a popular wedding venue. Photograph: The Wedding Planner]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matilda the Musical’s Dennis Kelly: ‘The most important thing is that our child actors have a great time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/15/matilda-the-musicals-dennis-kelly-the-most-important-thing-is-that-our-child-actors-have-a-great-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/15/matilda-the-musicals-dennis-kelly-the-most-important-thing-is-that-our-child-actors-have-a-great-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Keating]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kelly is the co-creator of one of this century’s commercial stage successes. So what happened when he brought his daughter to see the show?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MDSTFQGQPFB2NLYMUFPQRIEGTI.jpg?auth=edf146a80adc2413f1b2472164c33b1898e2e5485637a233f29e8279705c7af0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tessa Kadler as Miss Honey and Madison Davis as Matilda in Matilda The Musical. Photograph: Manuel Harlan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister Bliss of Faithless: ‘There were very few female DJs. I know I was underpaid’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/15/sister-bliss-of-faithless-it-drives-me-mad-when-people-claim-the-covid-vaccine-killed-maxi-jazz/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/15/sister-bliss-of-faithless-it-drives-me-mad-when-people-claim-the-covid-vaccine-killed-maxi-jazz/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The star on the loss of Maxi Jazz, hanging out with Sinéad O’Connor and the evolution of dance music]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/STLBQXIPYRDK3CENZR6HYYM4LI.jpg?auth=37179b2a5f0404c06839449c154361a80eb5f9b9dddd9a4fee7729de6aee8074&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sister Bliss, founding member of Faithless. Photograph: Matthew Murphy]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual holidays: Eight video-game destinations offering a break from the real world]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/15/virtual-holidays-eight-video-game-destinations-offering-a-break-from-the-real-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/15/virtual-holidays-eight-video-game-destinations-offering-a-break-from-the-real-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh Geraghty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Haven’t managed to get away this summer? Time on your own private island is just one of the virtual changes of scene that might make up for it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UNM6ROGZ7FHM7HYAKBKHB4SZX4.jpg?auth=04bd908480771c2ef1ac84930815a1a9aed0194cfe17cacbd46ebdf7aa2eb258&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hitman: Who has time for meticulously planned murders when there’s so much sightseeing to do?]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugo Spritz is the drink of the summer – here’s how to make one ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/08/15/hugo-spritz-is-the-drink-of-the-summer-heres-how-to-make-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/08/15/hugo-spritz-is-the-drink-of-the-summer-heres-how-to-make-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to Drink Better: This simple elderflower cocktail seems to be having a moment in the sun]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SKXN4RYWC5BWZOPNRKRUAE5PLY.jpg?auth=3dda0b1e190624782dffd42f2032b1c8869c0dee6f863a8dfd77e04365ce0b9c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Hugo Spritz is made with St-Germain, Prosecco and sparkling water. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fani Kurti</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EOY profiles: From commercial real estate to logistics and antennas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/eoy-profiles-from-commercial-real-estate-to-logistics-and-antennas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/eoy-profiles-from-commercial-real-estate-to-logistics-and-antennas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Healy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We profile four of the finalists chosen in the international category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QGQGY2OCNFCZJAWQVMCDRO7ZSU.jpg?auth=634d2953cac5f0964dd2bc187438b4863b0c2ba17273d51916dfba0edab8e808&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 awards ceremony will be held in November]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antique furniture adds personality to new homes – and auctioneers are using AI to show it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/08/15/antique-furniture-adds-personality-to-new-homes-and-auctioneers-are-using-ai-to-show-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/08/15/antique-furniture-adds-personality-to-new-homes-and-auctioneers-are-using-ai-to-show-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bray auction house is catering for a younger clientele in newly built residential developments]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNSNDVN6IZAXXE653UBC35KMHI.JPG?auth=56d83b6f00dc8a217cd3c414a8e0b1647680197c99fa9646eda7802ff29ab608&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AI image created by Mullen's to show antique furniture in modern homes]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors opposing DCC bid selling shares at prices below US private equity offer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/investors-opposing-dcc-bid-selling-shares-at-prices-below-us-private-equity-offer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/investors-opposing-dcc-bid-selling-shares-at-prices-below-us-private-equity-offer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aviva and Ninety One now hold fraction of original holdings despite arguing bid undervalued group]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DWXXN4BJWVGFHBYRK5C3FEZA6M.JPG?auth=c847549436075bd470514fa17edb3234d4acd2693993dcdbe4198ef6d2afe3f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DCC, led by chief executive Donal Murphy, has recommended the €6.7bn bid over opposition from leading institutional shareholders. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midweek dinners: two punchy Thai recipes that won’t break the bank]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/15/midweek-dinner-marvels-two-punchy-thai-recipes-that-wont-break-the-bank/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/15/midweek-dinner-marvels-two-punchy-thai-recipes-that-wont-break-the-bank/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Use whatever you have in the fridge to build out these simple, flavour-filled dishes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UCUDI7C3VBFGFJCI5Y7S5TL6TI.jpg?auth=8a9e86e3fa700d73b3dd48194c75a7473ae3fd29b24dfa12480e29cfa223c75f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chicken pad kee mao (right), and prawn green curry with coconut rice.  Photograph: Harry Weir
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for prawn green curry with coconut rice]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/15/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-prawn-green-curry-with-coconut-rice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/15/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-prawn-green-curry-with-coconut-rice/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The easy green curry will cook while the rice is in the steamer, making it a great midweek mealmeal]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7RQ4QI5RBFAHDEUA6CRF2PMLX4.jpg?auth=720e50806f7620afb4f9c63cc8a5cc015396a492c59e68ca51f515e8616a9b64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's prawn green curry with coconut rice. Photograph: Harry Weir
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for chicken pad kee mao]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/15/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-chicken-pad-kee-mao/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/15/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-chicken-pad-kee-mao/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The simplicity of using one pot for both stages of this recipe makes this a great midweek dinner option]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNMOVV66VFD4RIH63TV64LUVTY.jpg?auth=f9291cc2ee970a7664a46a638134121618b494eebc7b4636364a1d024f9a3050&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's chicken pad kee mao. Photograph: Harry Weir
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captain’s Dinner by Adam Cohen: An act of cannibalism that ‘changed the world’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/captains-dinner-by-adam-cohen-an-act-of-cannibalism-that-changed-the-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/captains-dinner-by-adam-cohen-an-act-of-cannibalism-that-changed-the-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henrietta McKervey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A thought-provoking and lively account of scandalous survivalism and the murder trial that followed in 1884]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:51:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/37XQOV7AZBH25NRUXSNYGO4OAE.jpg?auth=f9123ed219d44c8a0963ae2fb830a215cff70501852dd055e7713e0e018ea1cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A member of the crew of the Mignonette using a sea anchor in an open boat during stormy conditions at sea. Engraving by J Nash. Photograph: Rischgitz/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rischgitz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stealing Hitler’s Rocket: Thoroughly engaging story of frantic race to smuggle out a V-2]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/stealing-hitlers-rocket-thoroughly-engaging-story-of-frantic-race-to-smuggle-out-a-v-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/stealing-hitlers-rocket-thoroughly-engaging-story-of-frantic-race-to-smuggle-out-a-v-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Guy Walters does highly efficient job of reconstructing little-known episode from every side’s perspective]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/365L6Y3L2ZLGCQOG64NWI5SOJA.jpg?auth=11b88441dd355bd7cdbe179bd94cd511fd585210674a5699b94c58c39dcae229&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wernher von Braun (left) with US president John F Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, discussing the Saturn rocket in November 1963, days before the president was assassinated. Photograph: NASA/Interim Archives/Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grafter and a dreamer, Shirley Jackson found that sweet spot between reality and magic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/a-grafter-and-a-dreamer-shirley-jackson-found-that-sweet-spot-between-reality-and-magic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/a-grafter-and-a-dreamer-shirley-jackson-found-that-sweet-spot-between-reality-and-magic/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Carson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In stories like We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Lottery, this prolific writer’s work is imbued with a glorious mix of utilitarian sparsity and the baroque]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NJOIVPPLZ5CRLOFANXOXDXHCC4.jpg?auth=793070a5a11c98098fd49218aba7699143c32102281d75fec65bcde4542cb062&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Lottery and more. Photograph: Erich Hartmann]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Erich Hartmann</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviews in brief: The Smiths, Offseason and Sail Away Land]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/reviews-in-brief-the-smiths-offseason-and-sail-away-land/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/reviews-in-brief-the-smiths-offseason-and-sail-away-land/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Mulkerns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New books from Michael Bracewell, Avigayl Sharp and Ben Pester]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IROUXMMK3BAMBDZPYXWFNAG6A4.jpg?auth=95719a360571fd6b7f745be2a3ca284a2e2f2c3756698046be4169cd8aefa76d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Guitarist Johnny Marr, English singer Morrissey, drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke of The Smiths in Detroit during the 1985 Meat Is Murder Tour, June 8, 1985, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. Photograph: Ross Marino/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Icon and Image</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Berger: From Life. Biographer Tom Overton, like his subject, breaks the vessel he is writing within]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/john-berger-from-life-biographer-tom-overton-like-his-subject-breaks-the-vessel-he-is-writing-within/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/john-berger-from-life-biographer-tom-overton-like-his-subject-breaks-the-vessel-he-is-writing-within/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy O’Grady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revealing book is the record of an encounter with a life that was important for many around the world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QCTBJLKNJYZ53QPM6CG74SBVTY.jpg?auth=050b9116643ff83970317ff7c59c32bc041e3cc02317f633b89b82c3bf027d86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Berger: There is in the openness of his forms, their lack of fixedness, his striving to get ever closer while telling you of his efforts to do so, an invitation to companionship]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Little Bit Bad: One for the bath with a glass of wine, in the best possible way]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/a-little-bit-bad-one-for-the-bath-with-a-glass-of-wine-in-the-best-possible-way/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/a-little-bit-bad-one-for-the-bath-with-a-glass-of-wine-in-the-best-possible-way/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Sweeney Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cassandra Neyenesch’s novel is so funny and brutal it might make you get in a fight with your husband or start looking up roofers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LC7EYVT3RVFVVLIL6QZ4EX5RCE.png?auth=5c270df3d08b27b06ac9d54cbfc436f9226e82a5ce9a04344df8ccfca6173cc1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cassandra Neyenesch, author of  A Little Bit Bad. Photograph: Io Dersin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Rain in Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/poem-of-the-week-rain-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/15/poem-of-the-week-rain-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Murray]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Paul Murray]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZ645Z55YBLNIVWENWN6H47Y7A.jpg?auth=19f596a19721b1f2a68e3fe56cdc18e903b5b4e12656cf16a1f5116d9650501b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seeking shelter from the rain at the Galway races last month. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot: A startling feminist classic and so much more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/gaining-ground-by-joan-barfoot-a-startling-feminist-classic-and-so-much-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/gaining-ground-by-joan-barfoot-a-startling-feminist-classic-and-so-much-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Wyeth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Few novels of the 1970s were prepared to imagine a woman stepping outside the prescribed roles with such uncompromising seriousness]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XPCEBQMH2JADTAGELCEBSWQDLE.jpg?auth=f38823ac6ec877539ad5cc1603182edc0c0bbe7baceaafe9abc86f981510103d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joan Barfoot. Photograph: Ken Wightman]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney and Catholicism: An astute account of religion’s afterlife in poet’s work]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/seamus-heaney-and-catholicism-an-astute-account-of-religions-afterlife-in-poets-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/seamus-heaney-and-catholicism-an-astute-account-of-religions-afterlife-in-poets-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Allen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chapters in Gary Wade’s book study clusters of collections by Heaney, with Station Island the pivot around which the whole turns]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V6SQHCZHEFC3BMXSWHT5YCSVZY.jpg?auth=840363d40544d6135d22164a085d44307e02f939ce42795a0395437b8e75e357&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney at his old primary school, Anahorish PS, in Co Derry in 1996. Photograph: Bobbie Hanvey Photographic Archives/John J Burns Library/Boston College]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Claudia Rankine’s Triage, the reader bears witness to an intense and unresolved debate ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/in-claudia-rankines-triage-the-reader-bears-witness-to-an-intense-and-unresolved-debate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/15/in-claudia-rankines-triage-the-reader-bears-witness-to-an-intense-and-unresolved-debate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Andrews]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The work expands on Rankine’s American trilogy to consider a collapsing world beset by genocide and destruction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ULROR4UT4XAY2RTBFEILBZNUAE.jpg?auth=7fc1c1e385f1283debbb1e617181fd42c2a783c34bfd4b9ffc700c358c4bed6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Claudia Rankine's new book Triage is a meditation on grief and exhaustion in a devastated era. 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