<?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/2026-08-18/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:03:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m actually speechless’: Westmeath woman who shared alopecia journey crowned Rose of Tralee 2026]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/rose-of-tralee-2026-westmeath-contender-who-shared-alopecia-condition-called-the-winner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/rose-of-tralee-2026-westmeath-contender-who-shared-alopecia-condition-called-the-winner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh: ‘I’m actually speechless ... I honestly would not have been able to do this without these girls’  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:11:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L54HMZ2JLNHGDBESZPOFMPNGMI.jpg?auth=9b4e1bb8fc08e22712a419d827fea22fa6bb73f76c6b42eab8065143fe9d1eea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An overjoyed Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh: 'I don’t think this is even real.']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Domnick Walsh 0872672033 Eye Foc</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Beard, beardless drummer for ZZ Top, dies aged 77]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/19/frank-beard-beardless-drummer-for-zz-top-dies-aged-77/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/19/frank-beard-beardless-drummer-for-zz-top-dies-aged-77/</guid><description><![CDATA[Texas group share lengthy tribute to `great friend and collaborator’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:05:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4LYUHRHXJNU5XBQLZ5L554EHDY.jpg?auth=71d548444382eb10b68e3280eeb889725377fd524173fd2e99dc31f997e698f3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Frank Beard (left), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top in 2005. Photograph: The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff Topping</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stormont Minister of Health Mike Nesbitt resigns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/stormont-minister-of-health-mike-nesbitt-resigns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/stormont-minister-of-health-mike-nesbitt-resigns/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former UUP leader came under pressure from campaigners against withdrawal of emergency general surgery from Causeway Hospital]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:57:30 +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[Mike Nesbitt did not make any comment on Tuesday night. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US states accuse Meta of hiding research on teen social media addiction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/18/us-states-accuse-meta-of-hiding-research-on-teen-social-media-addiction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/18/us-states-accuse-meta-of-hiding-research-on-teen-social-media-addiction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Kerr]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Document said young users ‘are the best ones’ while another stated teenagers are ‘hooked’, landmark court case hears]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:07:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RRRSINS55Z2AG22HOSXJMLR6FQ.jpg?auth=884dab196a601a90781d30d53ba5b6907356bbba4fe30467d3057db577b8483a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erin Popolo, whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life, speaks outside courthouse in Oakland, California, as opening arguments begin in the Meta trial. Photograph: Godofredo A Vásquez]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Godofredo A. Vasquez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland keep World Cup hopes alive with victory over New Zealand in Belgium]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/ireland-keep-world-cup-hopes-alive-with-victory-over-new-zealand-in-belgium/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/ireland-keep-world-cup-hopes-alive-with-victory-over-new-zealand-in-belgium/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gareth Grundie’s side concede late goal which could prove costly to hopes of progress]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:26:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7MJD2SPMO3GZ5WSQQO2VSAQTCA.jpg?auth=847efe44e427e675b3a2dc4df73c39cd45e406ee4f83bb0d72e1606443b32c4e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Upton celebrates converting a penalty stroke for Ireland against New Zealand in their World Cup meeting in Wavre, Belgium on Tuesday. Photograph: Rodrigo Jaramillo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rodrigo Jaramillo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men seriously injured in Donegal road crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/two-men-seriously-injured-in-donegal-road-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/two-men-seriously-injured-in-donegal-road-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Duo taken to Letterkenny hospital; road remains closed for technical examination]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KZGPWCSK6JBO5JWFLWOUUVRGJU.JPG?auth=889e045ef82cc6bba83014db2a27ce886662bee82943908c75822dd8913f47ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anyone with information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda station. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US sanctions International Criminal Court president and Israel prosecutor]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-international-criminal-court-president-and-israel-prosecutor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/08/18/us-sanctions-international-criminal-court-president-and-israel-prosecutor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Roth in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US secretary of state Marco Rubio has called the Hague-based ICC a ‘corrupt and fatally politicised supranational court’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:14:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OW5MXDJET6LBITLYSZZWCLPICM.jpg?auth=619078428f9720415198a029b1cded4a1dae94aa7767058e40d6ce2e3f783d70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Tomoko Akane (left) during a session of the International Criminal Court. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Piroschka Van De Wouw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos consortium could be majority Liverpool shareholder within a year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/jeff-bezos-consortium-could-be-majority-liverpool-shareholder-within-a-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/jeff-bezos-consortium-could-be-majority-liverpool-shareholder-within-a-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andy Hunter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Group paid more than £2 billion for initial 38% slice of club]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/265B7EOSADGPMBCG74W5VNO6AY.jpg?auth=6e175c18529849a29aaf8cb9bf1d5157d80e2c30cc935b458469656f3fdf5ec7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[1892 Holdings will have right of first refusal if Fenway Sports Group opt to sell its shares. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Livesey</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on prison overcrowding: a growing crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/18/the-irish-times-view-on-prison-overcrowding-a-growing-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/18/the-irish-times-view-on-prison-overcrowding-a-growing-crisis/</guid><description><![CDATA[Limerick’s Women’s Prison is the State’s newest and best. It is also the most overcrowded]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EDY2ZYTOK5ZO3F4Y5I77KPJOHA.jpg?auth=98aaba8eccb4dace8e0d5f9d7b7323a8b42b0883a9536301d2a62e74f93564f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick Prison. Image: Google Streetview]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catherine Connolly to meet Ann Travers after encounter with her sister’s IRA murderer  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/catherine-connolly-to-meet-ann-travers-after-encounter-with-her-sisters-ira-murderer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/catherine-connolly-to-meet-ann-travers-after-encounter-with-her-sisters-ira-murderer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[President was pictured in Belfast with only person convicted of Mary Travers’s killing in 1984 ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:24:45 +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[The Irish Times view on energy security: the grid needs strengthening]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/18/the-irish-times-view-on-energy-security-the-grid-needs-strengthening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/18/the-irish-times-view-on-energy-security-the-grid-needs-strengthening/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is in a parlous state because of years of underinvestment]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T5MGDUFEWNGOVDNBDQXTA4PACM.jpg?auth=9369e51286931da38af63ef6eb0995df27c026c7a93948aaaf3200eb7496e156&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Windturbine on mountain location Ireland]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SeanyG</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of threatening to kill partner sent her 708 voice notes in 48 hours]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/18/man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-partner-sent-her-708-voice-notes-in-48-hours/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/18/man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-partner-sent-her-708-voice-notes-in-48-hours/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Bradley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defendant and complainant are in long-term relationship and share children together, defence solicitor says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2WYLSRF7AC5NPZ3BYYTCCIHB6M.jpg?auth=f8e66defff8da4475a1449c4e9162cac894dad1a6c83e97da832166240ea2a4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is in custody and appeared via video link]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers accuse Heydon of failing to grasp severity of drought]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/farmers-accuse-heydon-of-failing-to-grasp-severity-of-drought/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/farmers-accuse-heydon-of-failing-to-grasp-severity-of-drought/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister hears that fodder, horticulture and tillage sectors ‘staring down the barrel of poor harvest yields’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:41:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3ZU4HKUPBWM4D2E3CSNG65RNDU.jpg?auth=d7883de484871c7deb2f38b9e4c5effa787ecf50ed780028d79a74180d83dcf6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said it was 'a stressful time for farmers' affected by the extended dry spell. Photograph: EPA

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Matthys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel withdraws support for embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/finance-chief-leaves-fifa-after-criticising-infantinos-world-cup-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/finance-chief-leaves-fifa-after-criticising-infantinos-world-cup-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hughes, Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Efforts to force Infantino out of his role expected to intensify in the coming days]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:41:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGG3ESBESIJU76HG37AUOUEHMM.jpg?auth=d9626596cdd6c4547fb3288e8f646672c60bef6fa96ff0eca23d9f95c3b95f81&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 continues to receive criticism over his abandoned plan to sell part of the World Cup to private investors. Photograph: Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gabriel Aponte</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank McNally: My 135km journey in Ireland without a car]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/18/mind-the-gap-frank-mcnally-on-an-unplanned-trek-through-the-glen-of-the-downs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/18/mind-the-gap-frank-mcnally-on-an-unplanned-trek-through-the-glen-of-the-downs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This ferociously busy route was clearly not built with pedestrians in mind and hitchhiking didn’t seem safe to attempt]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7624O6FSFGOBJKSIVTI2QACHI.JPG?auth=4fa0cd92333d0d946a7bd1bee6500726f2d5d44951aa9b525c168f80209331a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glen of the Downs: So forbidding for stagecoaches was this Co Wicklow mountain pass that it was bypassed as early as 1814]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hockey World Cup: Ireland beat South Africa to rouse progression hopes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/hockey-world-cup-ireland-beat-south-africa-to-rouse-progression-hopes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/hockey-world-cup-ireland-beat-south-africa-to-rouse-progression-hopes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mark Tumilty’s side shake off opening defeat to down South Africa 4-1]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:48:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XFBD6FI26R76EHKTAIBUNMN4EA.jpg?auth=88ff9f8e630110fd5b3c0f6e4c29c8e7779f6207720552d8c1c2ae4fc3f85a70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland’s Luke Witherow in action against South Africa's Luke Wynford. Photograph: Will Palmer/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child poverty fell by less than 1% last year, Government progress report shows]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/18/child-poverty-fell-by-less-than-1-last-year-government-progress-report-shows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/18/child-poverty-fell-by-less-than-1-last-year-government-progress-report-shows/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rate of consistent child poverty fell to below 8% for first time but is still far from 2030 target of 3%]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:44:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/25UUW7HTRNHDNA5GGPBND7G2NM.jpg?auth=6907c140e7ccc17b4189e202c77a22abb7be09cc442b3a4be5c5d443f6440932&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Between September 2024 and December 2025, the number of homeless families increased from 1,770 to 2,478. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ralf Geithe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I used to always throw the ball’: Séamus Flanagan adds fuel to hurling handpass debate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/18/i-used-to-always-throw-the-ball-seamus-flanagan-adds-fuel-to-hurling-handpass-debate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/18/i-used-to-always-throw-the-ball-seamus-flanagan-adds-fuel-to-hurling-handpass-debate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Limerick hurler says handpasses the ‘biggest guessing game of all time’ for referees]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UM4NL4P5BFEFLBCAREWR7NN75A.jpg?auth=9bb1cd3a61368c557e7094b0a2e7520eaff373a7039d3d3081324e5074b9341c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Limerick hurler Séamus Flanagan during the 2024 All-Ireland semi-final. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie ©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shares slide as surging oil prices and bond yields dent confidence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/shares-slide-as-surging-oil-prices-and-bond-yields-dent-confidence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/shares-slide-as-surging-oil-prices-and-bond-yields-dent-confidence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tumbling chipmaker stocks sends Wall Street’s main indices near two-week lows]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:18:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TKUD3PO64HWYLJ6DM37XLRIMZI.jpg?auth=4156bb418cdbd8121a35d966d9437bfba9af18bd98fa61508f84ce762469b3aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chip stocks have been the best performers on Wall Street so far this year. However, the sector has come under heavy selling pressure in recent sessions. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael M. Santiago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran threatens new offensive while Trump rules out extending ceasefire deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/18/iran-threatens-new-offensive-while-trump-rules-out-extending-ceasefire-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/18/iran-threatens-new-offensive-while-trump-rules-out-extending-ceasefire-deal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until US meets conditions of interim deal, Iranian negotiator says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYQIEVFSVCRKVDVN3CEANWE5KM.jpg?auth=daffbc44a8d7160558fd7cbae98a77e5b72b2f7b398a21cfe28cc616ea28bb94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Iranian rides a motorbike past a political billboard at the Valiasr square in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Abedin Taherkenareh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dáithí Ó Sé: ‘People were having cheap shots at the Rose of Tralee for a long, long time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/daithi-o-se-people-were-having-cheap-shots-at-the-rose-of-tralee-for-a-long-long-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/daithi-o-se-people-were-having-cheap-shots-at-the-rose-of-tralee-for-a-long-long-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television presenter rejects criticism of festival as being dated ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:14:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPJPGBJQKVAS5LR57HS5SAANC4.jpg?auth=7e39fbdb1aa5b86fa12bbca3f24c9954aaf3d35db5810dd5dc5b5185166d6b35&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Presenters Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas at the introduction of the 2026 Roses of Tralee at St Helen's Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit you, sir! Elegance and craft from a South Korean tailor, with that touch of Italian style]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/18/suit-you-sir-elegance-and-craft-from-a-south-korean-tailor-with-that-touch-of-italian-style/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/18/suit-you-sir-elegance-and-craft-from-a-south-korean-tailor-with-that-touch-of-italian-style/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘The tailors spoke Neapolitan dialect – famously challenging even for Italians to master’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VI5F7K3KO5EUBGLWRZZPOPZ7W4.jpeg?auth=31216c98404c10051ed622cb63f2841c78d2b2d5b6c89aecae6f7e70d7c176e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sunghyun Yoo was taken on as an apprentice by Raffaele D’Alisa, a legendary tailor in Naples. Photograph: Naomi O'Leary]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naomi O’Leary</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mould, pests and fire alarm issues noted during inspections of homeless accommodation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/18/mould-pests-and-fire-alarm-problems-noted-during-inspections-of-homeless-accommodation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/18/mould-pests-and-fire-alarm-problems-noted-during-inspections-of-homeless-accommodation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Records show array of issues at properties inspected on behalf of Dublin Regional Homeless Executive]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HKFDHR5DWVH5LBDNOZQBAL3O4I.jpg?auth=a7f13b32d84b227f046fab626808505c1e51d1d40316249bfebbcc2c7b51cbe7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[One inspection report highlighted problems including mould in the sittingroom and bathroom. Photograph: Getty Images
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nata Dietrich</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin O’Neill disappointed with Arne Engels exit timing before European clash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/martin-oneill-disappointed-with-arne-engels-exit-timing-before-european-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/martin-oneill-disappointed-with-arne-engels-exit-timing-before-european-clash/</guid><description><![CDATA[Belgian midfielder signs for West Ham for EFL transfer record of £22 million]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:56:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L2Y75TG5HBVFAQY7GO7FFP6KRA.jpg?auth=f0618ff89f26e99505dfb41973cfcb3e1fabce575d4e77c3b6134a0d87b2f10f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Martin O'Neill admits Arne Engels's departure from Celtic before their Champions League playoff clash against LASK was disappointing. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Milligan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improved Ber rating can boost home value, notes fresh analysis ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/better-ber-rating-can-give-big-boost-to-homes-value-new-analysis-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/better-ber-rating-can-give-big-boost-to-homes-value-new-analysis-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and MyHome analysed the final sale prices of 50,000 homes sold between 2023 and 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:56:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKJL345IYDPYQ5W76BWENEYE3Q.jpg?auth=d02f8fd831e97fad40d6e73080ca2f51148b83f8b6fae873c06c524b4aabd65c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Government grant schemes from the SEAI allowed for energy efficiency upgrades in nearly 60,000 homes last year. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beaumont Hospital chief executive steps down after two years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/18/beaumont-hospital-chief-executive-steps-down-after-two-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/18/beaumont-hospital-chief-executive-steps-down-after-two-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anne Coyle to stay on until November to facilitate new leadership transition at north Dublin hospital ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:33:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PG2GNTQB35BZTFJSE5UEKQRTUI.JPG?auth=86e313113a7c02d6acc359265bc1d9a390fd0f33883e09d90b28cbf15a2b7d2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beaumont Hospital chief executive Anne Coyle: 'I leave with a strong sense of pride in what we have achieved.' Photograph: Alan Betson 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oberstown ‘running on fumes for years’, says care worker striking over staffing   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/18/oberstown-running-on-fumes-for-years-says-care-worker-striking-over-staffing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/18/oberstown-running-on-fumes-for-years-says-care-worker-striking-over-staffing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Expanding capacity for detainees would undermine safety, caution workers ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:10:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HB64JMH3JXQ53QN33NI534IHRE.jpg?auth=b811ccd3791a18dee1ca345c1387d2eb85ace297b4599cf83814c04b6e993fe3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fórsa staff from Oberstown Child Detention Campus outside the Department of Children on Lower Baggot Street in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Great British pub crawl (for journalistic purposes)]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/18/a-great-british-pub-crawl-for-journalistic-purposes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/18/a-great-british-pub-crawl-for-journalistic-purposes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UK government is worried about pub closures but we have done our best to keep them in business]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XDBGZ6VUZFAIRJPCHLILSRSFSU.jpg?auth=f73af749991d576cd61613a0ac8bec8dd0b8da6a093d203fd104bb1264b6b3ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Paul Columnist Photo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok ‘monitoring’ M9 crash content and defends record on removing harmful posts ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/media-regulator-contacts-tiktok-over-handling-of-footage-of-dangerous-driving/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/media-regulator-contacts-tiktok-over-handling-of-footage-of-dangerous-driving/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has contacted the social media company over its handling of dangerous driving footage]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:35:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZZRPJ235CK7W2HFX6OJN7O3CI4.jpg?auth=4f2f4c73fdd59051c5d7380cf4e912b3b46f3e563c68052c1f842951ad1fc33c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Following Sunday's fatal crash on the M9, gardaí said there was a growing trend among young people to drive dangerously to get approval on social media. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture Night 2026 in Dublin: Events to catch across the capital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/08/18/culture-night-2026-in-dublin-events-to-catch-across-the-capital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/08/18/culture-night-2026-in-dublin-events-to-catch-across-the-capital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From poetry and theatre to K-pop and pole dancing, expect more than 300 free events]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:35:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/36FIXECTX5BYTBU2ZKBM2PDYEU.jpeg?auth=f4676fd3b7bb8c8799279ec94a018a5ef1d563c7b15e9d7d47918295a802dfa2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Culture Night in Dublin: Hector Toshiro of Calpulli Mictian, John Daly and River Sweeney of St James's Brass and Reed Band, Teresa Dominguez of Calpulli Mictlan, and Culture Night ambassadors Asha Aria and Leon Dwyer. Photographer: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza Strip’s future unclear despite extended talks between Netanyahu and US envoy Kushner ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/18/gaza-strips-future-unclear-despite-extended-talks-between-netanyahu-and-us-envoy-kushner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/18/gaza-strips-future-unclear-despite-extended-talks-between-netanyahu-and-us-envoy-kushner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hamas’ weapons should be transferred to Palestinian body and stored inside enclave, says Islamist group]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:25:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/227F25XWJTKJSAEIOVHIWKA2KA.jpg?auth=01e3c80cdcedb06654b00c23b4bfb43b24e4cb75cbaac6f3741e7e01970ac4bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, at a press briefing in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Oct. 21, 2025.  Photograph by: Nathan Howard/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nathan Howard</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – An often exquisite chronicle of life as a megastar introvert]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/18/phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-review-an-often-exquisite-chronicle-of-life-as-a-megastar-introvert/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/18/phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-review-an-often-exquisite-chronicle-of-life-as-a-megastar-introvert/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The singer brilliantly articulates what it’s like to have a lot going on in your head but find the world overwhelming]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BPM7BAX7U5HXXGGPVUIFJ6VDYI.jpg?auth=eba014eb73b06f34377f845db6c7f78fd14521556d318ffd242ac09a3c91eade&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lost Weekend: Phoebe Bridgers. Photograph: Frank Ockenfels]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s Ugliest Dog Contest 2026: Pug Jinny Lu takes the top spot]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/18/worlds-ugliest-dog-contest-2026-pug-jinny-lu-takes-the-top-spot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/18/worlds-ugliest-dog-contest-2026-pug-jinny-lu-takes-the-top-spot/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alena Cerro]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Contest promotes dog adoptions and celebrates ‘the imperfections that make all dogs special and unique’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:27:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AD7CN67LJBF7TMUFO7PFAVQCVE.jpg?auth=5ebcb58fe4a25371e7059456fa60c93b9502a4870173721b4ee5bac5de9b0be0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jinny Lu was crowned the World's Ugliest Dog for 2026. Photograph: Heather Diehl/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Heather Diehl</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New €2 charge for online shoppers – what you need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/new-2-charge-on-online-shoppers-what-you-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/new-2-charge-on-online-shoppers-what-you-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[EU-imposed handling fee is coming on top of recent customs duty change and, for some, delivery service handling charges  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:17:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XUGCFZRHWBCZTE6KMT7B7BPDEQ.jpg?auth=edac3636ed26caa0cc740670a2a7ef6268686493441f06063e7a6b7951652d9d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A new €2 fee to cover cost of imposing customs duty on online packages from outside the European Union adds to the factors making shopping for cheap items online less attractive. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">pocketlight</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phyllida Law: Actor and mother of Emma Thompson dies aged 94]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/phyllida-law-actor-and-mother-of-emma-thompson-dies-aged-94/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/phyllida-law-actor-and-mother-of-emma-thompson-dies-aged-94/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Pulver]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Law’s acting career encompassed a wide range of stage, TV and film roles]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:08:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RBDPMP3ZGVBQLPJDUZZMUWZCQI.jpg?auth=e24e20beffec881cfbc0515b2322f839e7f194582b766eced76fd4c399b5f502&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Phyllida Law in London in 2008. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MAX NASH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dramatic drop in Catholic baptisms across island of Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/dramatic-drop-in-catholic-baptisms-across-island-of-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/dramatic-drop-in-catholic-baptisms-across-island-of-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iona Institute says falling birth rates account for about 60 per cent of decline, with secularisation accounting for the remainder]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:53:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DH74KWXGEBEU7ZJ4PHRDXLNDEQ.jpg?auth=951811310f4f82f69b5574206736ed050cd8cca9b557ad1d21e64269c50501cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catholic baptisms in Ireland fell by 30 per cent over the past decade.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICG board says buyout offer ‘fair and reasonable’ amid shareholder criticism ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/icg-board-says-buyout-offer-fair-and-reasonable-and-rejects-investor-criticisms-on-valuation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/icg-board-says-buyout-offer-fair-and-reasonable-and-rejects-investor-criticisms-on-valuation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ICG management group, led by CEO Eamonn Rothwell, has offered €8 per share to buy the business]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:51:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WS72ACGY25MUG6E3QR7BRKCKAQ.jpg?auth=b6253aec585a8a2aee12dd70c1838a434758947f9ef0f48c2470f2eace6e9242&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The independent board of ICG has said the €1.2 billion offer made by management is 'fair and reasonable'.  Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Patrick’s Athletic to host Bohemians in pick of FAI Cup quarter-finals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/st-patricks-athletic-to-host-bohemians-in-pick-of-fai-cup-quarter-finals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/st-patricks-athletic-to-host-bohemians-in-pick-of-fai-cup-quarter-finals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Richmond Park clash is a repeat of 2021 and 2023 finals won by the Saints]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:24:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6QYFJI6AEZGRRLXTYK5J2PWWZ4.jpg?auth=418bfca6f5e497d96bff0bf02d8ee86954fb7d7d84652a0ac244635c0e9df4ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Redmond leads the St Patrick's Athletic celebrations after the 2023 FAI Cup final win over Bohemians at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 3,000 Irish entities struck off in 2026 as regulator ramps up enforcement ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/almost-3000-irish-entities-struck-off-in-2026-for-failing-to-file-company-documents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/almost-3000-irish-entities-struck-off-in-2026-for-failing-to-file-company-documents/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Companies Registration Office targeting  companies that have failed to to file documents as it addresses Covid-related backlog]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MGES6Y4OAJGRPO2IGFTCJQNITA.jpg?auth=242c64e433b306e33c642aca631170cfc8ad7cb3d3f9edd1f85cff70547f4a05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some 2,987 companies have been involuntarily struck off the register so far this year for failure to file annual returns, the department said. Photograph: Agency Stock/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ChayTee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Ashley’s Frasers lifts stake in Hugo Boss to 48%]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/mike-ashleys-frasers-lifts-stake-in-hugo-boss-to-48/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/mike-ashleys-frasers-lifts-stake-in-hugo-boss-to-48/</guid><description><![CDATA[UK retail group pushes deeper into luxury sector]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:53:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ERXQEI7SCRMVCBRGF6LDAPOYU.jpg?auth=208fcc2e194416c33017820c6c84e87e74589e8a7be8529eaa313e2acdc75173&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hugo Boss a month ago urged shareholders to reject Frasers’ €2.7 billion takeover offer, which lapsed last week, arguing it significantly undervalued the company. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maxim Shipenkov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funeral notice for teenager killed in M9 crash removed from RIP.ie]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/funeral-notice-for-teenager-killed-in-m9-crash-removed-from-ripie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/18/funeral-notice-for-teenager-killed-in-m9-crash-removed-from-ripie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joe Carthy (15) was one of five teenagers who died in a BMW  driven into another car while going the wrong way on the motorway]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:53:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IUX7QSSJIVC5DG5VH3C7FKSLFY.JPG?auth=7fb9d8b9096449e646aacfda739eaacf7f05a06189f36d3be2606a6cf60fbd1f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Carthy (15) died along with four other teenagers in a crash on the M9 on Sunday morning ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two arrested as cocaine valued at €100,000 seized in west]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/two-arrested-as-cocaine-valued-at-100000-seized-in-west/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/two-arrested-as-cocaine-valued-at-100000-seized-in-west/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Drugs were recovered from vehicles in Roscommon and Leitrim ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:47:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/356EM7Q6ANJHZEXSLIU5A2SKDA.jpg?auth=f1004f8c342b8457ba08c7d296e9ac0059a3ad492f2c9fdebf7a1796f66eefd7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Around €100,000 worth of suspected cocaine was seized. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Luke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exports to US continue month-on-month volatility]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/exports-to-the-us-continue-month-on-month-volatility/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/exports-to-the-us-continue-month-on-month-volatility/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland exported €4.3 billion worth of goods to the US in June, down from €5.1 billion in April but up from €3.5 billion in January]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:42:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UH4GB5XZRJBPBGUGWVY54YDP3E.jpg?auth=8ff8a979ec52a6806abd5f7732163c28f92e5fff84d2dbae33a563c6766b7f96&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The port of Los Angeles, California. Ireland exported €4.3 billion worth of goods to the US in June, according to provisional figures released on Tuesday by the Central Statistics Office. Photograph: Tim Rue/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s move to cut South Korea drills raises concerns among US allies in Asia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/18/trumps-move-to-cut-south-korea-drills-raises-concerns-among-us-allies-in-asia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/08/18/trumps-move-to-cut-south-korea-drills-raises-concerns-among-us-allies-in-asia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decisions on joint exercises and carrier redeployment fuel fears over Washington’s Indo-Pacific commitment]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:25:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MP7J2BO4B4WFSH3BGWLKL7KZFE.jpg?auth=23095a1260d7587d086b213be98145c78fb5208f7defd1d6eb1b454a54f92543&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of civic groups take part in a rally in Seoul on Saturday against US policy toward South Korea. Protesters called for the recovery of wartime operational control (OPCON) from the United States. Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeon Heon-Kyun</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever wondered how teachers treat your children when you’re not there? Then listen to this]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/back-to-school-special-starting-age-pe-problems-school-refusal-and-teenage-vapes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/back-to-school-special-starting-age-pe-problems-school-refusal-and-teenage-vapes/</guid><description><![CDATA[Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:41:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4JAYWILN5H6PB76N4LR2AZ6ZI.jpg?auth=6fcd549b00a5127a2098f54895c707481c70d1ae5b03c17fbfc5099e15d8ca24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is a special back-to-school episode of Jen Hogan's Conversations with Parents podcast. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">artisteer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poet Anna D on the transition into motherhood: ‘I was burning out really quickly’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/poet-anna-d-on-the-transition-into-motherhood-i-was-burning-out-really-quickly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-womens-podcast/poet-anna-d-on-the-transition-into-motherhood-i-was-burning-out-really-quickly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Clusker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5BXDO6PXZNDVNBX2F7NXZPDQZU.JPG?auth=a2429bed080a242f0084be91b984ad8419363dd21a7f2b7aa3eea6f3b9b906cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spoken word poet Anna D is the latest guest on The Women's Podcast.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M9 crash: Car involved in fatal incident was bought rather than stolen, gardaí believe]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/garda-groups-call-for-more-resources-and-pursuit-training-after-m9-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/garda-groups-call-for-more-resources-and-pursuit-training-after-m9-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garda representatives warn that roads policing units are under-resourced and members lack pursuit training]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:15:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPZCWUZ3NGXQCNGBR44TXM3JP4.jpg?auth=5dc05e38555ec879a316b997fd080967669dac6e2995c4c4dbf43ae0a877f79f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man looks over the M9 motorway. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Lowe, the ‘Money Doctor’, dies aged 75]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/john-lowe-the-money-doctor-dies-aged-75/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/john-lowe-the-money-doctor-dies-aged-75/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regular media contributor was well known for his series of personal finance handbooks]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:53:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3LWLXUENYPLSZJLASKASRWV74.jpg?auth=0ed5dae3a4470741bb08ca43418045bdad1cf474f44298d2a43ea7ae99cea591&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Lowe, author of ‘The money doctor’.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta faces US states in trial over social media’s alleged harm to young people]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/18/meta-faces-us-states-in-trial-over-social-medias-alleged-harm-to-young-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/18/meta-faces-us-states-in-trial-over-social-medias-alleged-harm-to-young-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Kerr]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Outcome could have profound consequences for the company ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:41:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IBJIJFZ3WD6YCRIREMZUBUGDXA.jpg?auth=ad3b144340023028776c5d21734dda9d9020666c7802c89d1c730252bc19daff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A sign at the entrance to Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photograph: Jason Henry/New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jason Henry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interviewing José Mourinho: ego, charisma, talent and his ‘rucksack of pain’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/interviewing-jose-mourinho-ego-charisma-talent-and-his-rucksack-of-pain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/18/interviewing-jose-mourinho-ego-charisma-talent-and-his-rucksack-of-pain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Harris]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘As a civilisation, we’re lucky Mourinho didn’t go into politics!’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:15:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IHYTTQ7GAFPWMQR2EI3A355EGI.jpg?auth=9d7cf0bf3de9f6a7a087a97473a974371bda18231c4f574b1075ce5de630114e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[José Mourinho is the subject of a three-part Netflix series. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stuart Grehan the lone Irish golfer in Walker Cup team for Lahinch showdown with USA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/18/stuart-grehan-the-lone-irish-golfer-in-walker-cup-team-for-lahinch-showdown-with-usa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/18/stuart-grehan-the-lone-irish-golfer-in-walker-cup-team-for-lahinch-showdown-with-usa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Roscommon’s Thomas Higgins falls down to first reserve after Jack Whaley’s US Amateur victory]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILYODSG3JBEFLDA5AEUV3JKCKY.jpg?auth=56278cf57cb13d7d35fe75f860696b47c1effa3a7be2516db79403b59d95be10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stuart Grehan has been named in the Great Britain and Ireland team to face the USA at Lahinch in September. Photograph: Luke Hales/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Hales</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How ‘wrong-way’ motorway driving has become a dangerous trend in Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-wrong-way-motorway-driving-has-become-a-dangerous-trend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-wrong-way-motorway-driving-has-become-a-dangerous-trend/</guid><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:59:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ESQCBMTXIREF2O7Y3PJZ3NITDQ.jpg?auth=fd96ebd595046abb7edf991e41d92168a8bc9b065bdf5e8b99884c78826f8219&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The M9, where five teenagers were killed and three women and a seven-year-old boy were seriously injured. Photograph: Colin Keegan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to buy a European electric vehicle. What should I buy?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/18/i-want-to-buy-a-european-electric-vehicle-what-should-i-buy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/18/i-want-to-buy-a-european-electric-vehicle-what-should-i-buy/</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, 18 Aug 2026 08:17:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BDC7OR2CQ5HABIQFWGIBCBSOHI.jpg?auth=8155dfa85bad0f68089c492576c6351d4e09be4ba6fbe2ec413b6b35f7988ca9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[VW's ID.7: We have seen some 241 plates on sale for about €37,000, which is a lot of car for the money]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stuart G W Price</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online shoppers face new €2 charge for non-EU goods from November]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/online-shoppers-facing-new-2-charge-for-non-eu-goods-from-november/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/online-shoppers-facing-new-2-charge-for-non-eu-goods-from-november/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New handling fee of €2 is set to be imposed on all purchases from outside the EU on top of existing €3 per item charge]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:05:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MSK2CJ5OSNBIHIOVAUNBWRURVY.jpg?auth=44613911531f0c52a38523e6422496c9ce67dc66033a3ca662e732f6c4ec40ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A new handling fee of €2 is set to be imposed on all online purchases from outside the EU on top of existing €3 per item charge. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wavebreakmedia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kainos sees momentum as business continues to grow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/kainos-sees-momentum-as-nusiness-continues-to-grow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/kainos-sees-momentum-as-nusiness-continues-to-grow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company expects to beat expectations for current financial year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:48:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RYMCDM6LVZZXT6BEBUTAHVOQYY.jpg?auth=3ddafc7b73e837e6112d44a5cec6854ca9c2a5adc2ad3ab7fd405bfb65db246a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kainos chief executive Brendan Mooney. Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia warns UK will ‘pay price’ for supplying drones to Ukraine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/18/russia-warns-uk-will-pay-price-for-supplying-drones-to-ukraine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/18/russia-warns-uk-will-pay-price-for-supplying-drones-to-ukraine/</guid><description><![CDATA[UK prime minister Andy Burnham vows to continue material support for Ukraine as drone ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:15:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KT6O64L6EO4CL3VO3AEWWQNLGU.jpg?auth=b6e1616f0d4846929448f7a7fa10f60f2a28577f72880700fd847a272d9fd0e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Ukrainian law enforcement officer walks past a burnt-out car next to a destroyed building following an air attack in Pechenigy, Kharkiv. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sergey Bobok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil ratchets higher as Hormuz vessel attack rattles market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/18/oil-ratchets-higher-as-hormuz-vessel-attack-rattles-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/08/18/oil-ratchets-higher-as-hormuz-vessel-attack-rattles-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yongchang Chin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brent crude has rallied by 50% this year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:43:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S3JO2IRJ4QQCEQZQXGJV2O52MU.jpg?auth=9c8c9fb5c8aba23cbb107e9162ee3d7f372157e700bbcda97d09d60b6fc49160&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump said he’s not interested in extending an agreement with Tehran that expired on Monday. Photograph:  Jacquelyn Martin/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacquelyn Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government urged to act to make teaching profession more attractive ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/government-urged-to-act-to-make-teaching-profession-more-attractive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/government-urged-to-act-to-make-teaching-profession-more-attractive/</guid><description><![CDATA[Teachers’ Union of Ireland says retaining staff now ‘as big a challenge as initial recruitment’
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:21:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5DJSI4L2MSACBRV6GFMKMF3TKU.jpg?auth=2b81a50b997d4d19e53e3ade55d925968d8d93210097915914cf6d9e40eb0000&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The TUI called on the Department of Education to introduce measures to retain those teachers who have recently started in the profession. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PA Wire</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back-to-school issues: the best starting age, PE problems, school refusal and teenage vapes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/back-to-school-issues-the-best-starting-age-pe-problems-school-refusal-and-teenage-vapes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/conversations-with-parents/back-to-school-issues-the-best-starting-age-pe-problems-school-refusal-and-teenage-vapes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Conversations with Parents: A panel of experts convenes to discuss the big issues of modern schooling and parenting]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:19:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LCJVHFOTYZBQPJJRHWSNVUPAUM.jpeg?auth=6570a68fe7db681cf5518eff46bce6548b679bdb65228002a44db68602008e5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Julie Jay: 'I baby the first years to such an extent they get away with absolute murder']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[War memories awaken old row in Japan, China and South Korea]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/18/war-memories-awaken-old-row-in-japan-china-and-south-korea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/18/war-memories-awaken-old-row-in-japan-china-and-south-korea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[China and South Korea noted what Japan’s prime minister didn’t say]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:56:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJHGLSZ45GHHRCMV6OMRYFEY4I.jpg?auth=0a95468a52bda10abaf0a37074adb4f4944c0265ffc780c0a733a9cff41c6232&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi gave a speech about the second World War over the weekend. Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jiji Press</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No signs of foul play’ relating to Hayden Panettiere’s death, police say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/no-signs-of-foul-play-relating-to-hayden-panettieres-death-police-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/18/no-signs-of-foul-play-relating-to-hayden-panettieres-death-police-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heroes and Nashville actress  was found in her home ‘unresponsive’ and in ‘cardiac arrest’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:55:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QKXJET5VRF5JKJNMMTAPT467DA.jpg?auth=91f2ab1f18e8173681364cd8253238f8a92a64105a8887b748cec73cbe8872d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hayden PanettiereL the  cause and manner of her death have not been confirmed. Photograph:  Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dimitrios Kambouris</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press Up’s venue losses, and Jason Arday deserved better]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/press-ups-venue-losses-and-jason-arday-deserved-better/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/press-ups-venue-losses-and-jason-arday-deserved-better/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:24:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T4MLN5RPJJGNXJB7OHLURBMYSY.JPG?auth=34d31a186c7d3e7b2eb46425f8f7737a9c552f1a6c51c0947ef281d5abebc830&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Harvey Nichols store in Dundrum Town Centre. Provisional liquidators appointed last week say they are not in a position to redeem gift cards or fulfil online orders made before their appointment. 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[From Syria to Clonakilty: ‘I feel really proud of what we have built in Ireland’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/18/from-syria-to-clonakilty-i-feel-really-proud-of-what-we-have-built-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/18/from-syria-to-clonakilty-i-feel-really-proud-of-what-we-have-built-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hosanna Boulter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Civil war turned Reham Ghafraji’s life upside down, with the former literature student taking very different career paths in west Cork]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DPFHIP2NRJHVDDMIZHKKWVA5GA.jpg?auth=f558365fb75d439b742d77df0276ea245f4f18c5b9c843502cac7a55ef29f0ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reham Ghafraji in Clonakilty, Co Cork. Photograph: Andy Gibson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland’s path to energy efficiency]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/bad-political-leadership-is-blocking-irelands-path-to-energy-efficiency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/bad-political-leadership-is-blocking-irelands-path-to-energy-efficiency/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sadhbh O'Neill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plans and strategies will pave the way to climate hell, unless they are actually implemented]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/23FMZGYK7FFUDDRSZPOXDSJ3WM.JPG?auth=7cea6a3b40ff29d596d238b2a1218bc8432a05f94e1f313312db2fdc949cdd7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The petrol pump is just one everyday reminder of our reliance on climate-damaging fuels. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wore a glucose monitor for 30 days. This is what I learned about my diet and exercise]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/18/i-wore-a-glucose-monitor-for-30-days-this-is-what-learned-about-my-diet-and-exercise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/18/i-wore-a-glucose-monitor-for-30-days-this-is-what-learned-about-my-diet-and-exercise/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eugene Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘My levels were still rising and were now approaching the threshold of the diabetic range’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6RXJ7YNCGVDXPP76JFAF2ICNUM.jpg?auth=f77004abbb3fb932cba67b1a188e067071f4bd10a77be2af1c913936d5250feb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[When it comes to glucose levels, many people will benefit from structured clinical support, and some will require it.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Scott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Career U-turns: ‘I’m exactly where I am supposed to be’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/08/18/i-was-just-listening-to-my-body-saying-we-need-to-leave-this-life-as-we-know-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/08/18/i-was-just-listening-to-my-body-saying-we-need-to-leave-this-life-as-we-know-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheila Wayman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two mothers turn to ‘life-changing’ creative craft to find inner peace – and themselves]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MXWDBCS3T5F5NMXKC6IZEWIWOQ.jpg?auth=ea02fa76ff42e3cd279304a967c8e33d05540c1772da40fff2f067a4a940443e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Orla Ó Regan, Bjorn Ludick and their boys, Jonah and Jacob. Ó Regan says the money that came with her old job was 'amazing', but 'the priorities since have changed']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we support Irish farmers, let’s look beyond beef]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/if-we-support-irish-farmers-lets-look-beyond-beef/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/if-we-support-irish-farmers-lets-look-beyond-beef/</guid><description><![CDATA[Origins of chicken, pork and lamb are conspicuously absent from most restaurant menus]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Who is Ellen Walshe? From child swimmer to double European champion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/18/from-wide-eyed-child-swimmer-to-double-european-champion-ellen-walshe-always-stood-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/18/from-wide-eyed-child-swimmer-to-double-european-champion-ellen-walshe-always-stood-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin swimmer’s story is one of rare talent and dedication, but it’s also one of giving back]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QIYKA2UCHDPLKYSMXZ3BJPLC24.jpg?auth=31a908a25f3fd164fcc30a2e43fbbc346823b08b9f2f9ebae3bef424c6d0d9b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ellen Walshe arrives at Dublin Airport on Monday with the two gold medals she won at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Newlands Cross hitchhiking trick that guaranteed a lift]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/the-newlands-cross-hitchhiking-trick-that-guaranteed-a-lift/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/the-newlands-cross-hitchhiking-trick-that-guaranteed-a-lift/</guid><description><![CDATA[A letter recalls the lengths one friend went to help another hitchhike]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Would it be so hard to put the smartphone away?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/smartphones-now-merely-an-extension-of-the-human-body/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/smartphones-now-merely-an-extension-of-the-human-body/</guid><description><![CDATA[We felt like the odd ones out by prioritising conversation on a recent lunch outing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[The only people to ‘reach out’ should be the Four Tops]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/the-only-people-to-reach-out-should-be-the-four-tops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/the-only-people-to-reach-out-should-be-the-four-tops/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree that the word ‘contact’ should be rescued from the ‘reach out’ brigade]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Hockey World Cup: Margin for error shrinks as Ireland’s men and women chase crucial wins]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/hockey-world-cup-margin-for-error-shrinks-as-irelands-men-and-women-chase-crucial-wins/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/hockey/2026/08/18/hockey-world-cup-margin-for-error-shrinks-as-irelands-men-and-women-chase-crucial-wins/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[South Africa and New Zealand the opponents in important group games]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OJFNQYFVNW2ID7CC2KWFG6TY54.jpg?auth=b7e04d8b3b8ff06d401e58da9f3bd068f6ccaaab4e342c210e45454fea1659c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland line out for the anthems before Sunday's Hockey World Cup group game against Spain, which Spain won 3-2. Photograph: Rodrigo Jaramillo/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is ‘Yours, etc’ an appropriate email sign-off?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/is-yours-etc-an-appropriate-email-sign-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/is-yours-etc-an-appropriate-email-sign-off/</guid><description><![CDATA[What would Pilita Clark say?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Long-term storage of nuclear waste must be key consideration in debate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/nuclear-power-and-long-term-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/nuclear-power-and-long-term-risk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nuclear waste never goes away; its forever storage is part of the cost of nuclear energy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Dublin City Council ‘shreds’ over 200 lockboxes for short-term lets amid clampdown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/18/dublin-city-council-shreds-over-200-lockboxes-as-part-of-war-on-short-term-lets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/18/dublin-city-council-shreds-over-200-lockboxes-as-part-of-war-on-short-term-lets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cllr Mannix Flynn says local authority should use key boxes to mount ‘sting’ operation against illegal short-term lets]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X6APTAD4JNE5VO3RVIOXPT737I.JPG?auth=7ada7529e7bda15d2d36aa11cafb842fd9162caeadde3a8e2d6a6a248842166c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cllr Mannix Flynn: 'While we have seen a small decrease in the number of lockboxes, a lot of people are just hiding them down side streets or somewhere else where they’re less likely to be noticed.' 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[Irish Government remains silent on a shameful game - and it’s not against Israel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/cricket-ireland-showed-indifference-to-gender-apartheid-by-hosting-afghanistan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/cricket-ireland-showed-indifference-to-gender-apartheid-by-hosting-afghanistan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unlike the soccer team’s bad luck in being drawn against Israel, Cricket Ireland did this – excuse the pun – entirely off its own bat]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/63BOVJYCNAFZC56ZFM2QE3GQPE.jpg?auth=0fbc9e7ea04e8f2de3133482a4a2c8f3ff4d7d6a0ee1c2e7b5cfa04c4ad5f4ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Women walk through a street in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, women's rights in Afghanistan have been erased. Photograph: Qudratullah Razwan/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Qudratullah Razwan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Rhys showed you can do it’: Gymnast Eamon Montgomery inspired by McClenaghan success]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/18/rhys-showed-you-can-do-it-gymnast-eamon-montgomery-inspired-by-mcclenaghan-success/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/18/rhys-showed-you-can-do-it-gymnast-eamon-montgomery-inspired-by-mcclenaghan-success/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move to all-around has given Irish competitor’s career a new lease of life ahead of European Championships]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XL4O3MGW6RFPNLHFNZFRFNL6IU.jpg?auth=87c4400f9a67ac5a7ca9cc0ee206763a53e2eff0bd6b3a66b8b9a4b3f2aa8d32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eamon Montgomery represents Ireland in the all-around at the European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, on Wednesday. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losses mounted at some of Paddy McKillen jnr’s Press Up venues ahead of takeover deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/losses-mounted-at-some-of-paddy-mckillen-jnrs-press-up-venues-ahead-of-takeover-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/losses-mounted-at-some-of-paddy-mckillen-jnrs-press-up-venues-ahead-of-takeover-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firms linked to Stella Cinema and restaurants in Blanchardstown recorded six-figure losses in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I6AXXPMOAZAQZDCKQ4PM6KPMOQ.jpg?auth=219d60d10f5dba78a6a54c6b44cc858576a680a731f80fd319f6c22f025d24f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Stella Cinema in Rathmines was refurbished by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan's hospitality group and reopened in 2017]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As it turned out, our friendly driver was a literary giant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/as-it-turned-out-our-friendly-driver-was-a-literary-giant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/as-it-turned-out-our-friendly-driver-was-a-literary-giant/</guid><description><![CDATA[We just presumed he was an enthusiastic reader]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[‘This is not typical teenage foolish behaviour’: Social media and road deaths]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/this-is-not-typical-teenage-foolish-behaviour-social-media-and-road-deaths/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/this-is-not-typical-teenage-foolish-behaviour-social-media-and-road-deaths/</guid><description><![CDATA[If this trend is set to increase, then the response needs to reflect the seriousness of these actions]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Stripe hits the acquisition trail, but will it work?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/stripe-hits-the-acquistion-trail-will-it-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/18/stripe-hits-the-acquistion-trail-will-it-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company spending billions on AI and and possibly billions more on PayPal]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZD6I6NU3XB72EGVV55WHS6EUTM.jpg?auth=ef2bd4a78ef583517180bcb879bdc950853a633b66882a5f77ed6ad4b300505d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick and John Collins of Stripe, which is buying OpenRouter for more than $7bn. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If universities have accepted applications from Gazan students, why not grant them visas?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/if-universities-have-accepted-applications-from-gazan-students-why-not-grant-them-visas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/if-universities-have-accepted-applications-from-gazan-students-why-not-grant-them-visas/</guid><description><![CDATA[O’Callaghan needs to sort this out as soon as possible before the academic year begins]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Anna Foster’s impressive week in Switzerland secures her LET card for next season]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/18/anna-fosters-impressive-week-in-switzerland-secures-her-let-card-for-next-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/18/anna-fosters-impressive-week-in-switzerland-secures-her-let-card-for-next-season/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Portmarnock teenager Adam Fahey will have week to remember]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XBY5OAT27G3EYQLDIRTVCSI5FE.jpg?auth=65e9a875de317314fb7e95e053714bd06af29ea6cbd2fffa89f4dfec71dcc761&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anna Foster has plenty of momentum heading into the Irish Open. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin going ‘bananas’ over Border poll makes party members go nuts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/martin-going-bananas-over-border-poll-makes-party-members-go-nuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/18/martin-going-bananas-over-border-poll-makes-party-members-go-nuts/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now is the time to at least start discussions about what a reunited Ireland might look like]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 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[Why are republican bonfires in Derry being treated as ‘sectarian-motivated hate crimes’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/why-are-republican-bonfires-in-derry-being-treated-as-sectarian-motivated-hate-crimes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/why-are-republican-bonfires-in-derry-being-treated-as-sectarian-motivated-hate-crimes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The local view is that a younger generation is being easily manipulated by dissidents, albeit few in number ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7XM67462JERNMQUEYIUBN6Y4E.jpeg?auth=e07bf259d55e415ff9ebba5926e1226f4d8fbaaf4cb50b44a322a879bbbacc21&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People attend a bonfire on the Bogside in Derry on Saturday, August 15th.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’d rather see clients mortgage-free by 66 even if that means delaying pension contributions’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/forget-the-panic-paul-merrimans-refreshing-take-on-pensions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/forget-the-panic-paul-merrimans-refreshing-take-on-pensions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/57L5QUINPBFLVIPXA6EDEOAGYI.jpg?auth=b4bfaa77e042c9fcee844fef435788bed367a81a35ad11712249e1c914ee2c0b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Merriman, financial adviser, president of Fairstone Ireland and founder of AskPaul.ie. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entries invited for 2027 young scientists’ competition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/08/18/entries-invited-for-2027-young-scientists-competition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/08/18/entries-invited-for-2027-young-scientists-competition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sponsors Stripe announce improved prize fund and new mentoring scheme for winners]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V5LNUFRHNNHTJOTGA7T67N2O3U.JPG?auth=5d0325586b70c5d5ec30ce61b272b22a51568aa6dc4f6c09acceab6cfb0943b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aoibheann Daly, a fourth-year student from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk in Tralee, Co Kerry, won last year's competition. Photograph Nick Bradshaw 
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests planned for Trump’s Doonbeg visit ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/18/irish-authorities-bracing-for-big-security-operation-around-trump-visit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/18/irish-authorities-bracing-for-big-security-operation-around-trump-visit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president expected to arrive on September 12th and meet Taoiseach, before travelling to Doonbeg, Co Clare]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5L76BIFIKX3N45GNOQ6XQKXXSE.jpg?auth=375c52d2da808171597725fd5f19d9a2778e302aa2b9d36c01323db0978389d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is expected that US president Donald Trump will meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin before travelling to Doonbeg for the Irish Open. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí to receive pursuit training for the first time in aftermath of M9 crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/gardai-to-receive-pursuit-training-for-the-first-time-in-aftermath-of-m9-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/18/gardai-to-receive-pursuit-training-for-the-first-time-in-aftermath-of-m9-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley, Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Members of the force are not trained to pursue vehicles ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4LAIXIPDZHWTYCJO64HBCN3NKA.jpg?auth=7ffb7c211422c55ea4034e4293cfa9d1f626edb714abe953936ef7262229849c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man looks over the M9 motorway from an overpass towards the location where five teenage boys were killed and three women and a seven-year-old boy were seriously injured in a collision in the early hours of Sunday morning. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Why should the community of Mallow have to suffer such decay and dilapidation?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/18/why-should-the-community-of-mallow-have-to-suffer-such-decay-and-dilapidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/18/why-should-the-community-of-mallow-have-to-suffer-such-decay-and-dilapidation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mallow tops the list of Co Cork towns with most derelict properties, the site of its historical Central Hotel typifying the challenges communities throughout the State face]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TAMQXKGXMJACDO4LWAG3KC6OMA.JPG?auth=cae80105060573ef1e3282343ee500e03dce62c4aa5886a1a29d3ec60aba7d0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mallow: 76-78 Thomas Davis Street, formerly the site of a cinema in the Co Cork town. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What would it take for you to change your EV charging habits? The ESB wants to find out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/cantillon-esb-charger-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/15/cantillon-esb-charger-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company has teamed up with Cork-based Ohme to research EV charging habits]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/43ZVFM325BBNRHMGYUVBEVACSI.jpg?auth=0471c0bf98956e815529a38477f99936223ac37f60d75d16872c928d8709af24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ohme is teaming up with ESB Networks on the new energy flexibility study. Picture posed. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">24K-Production</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight to save Dublin’s Liberties: ‘It’s sadly dying, fading away’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/18/the-fight-to-save-dublins-liberties-its-sadly-dying-fading-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/18/the-fight-to-save-dublins-liberties-its-sadly-dying-fading-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Clusker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Local man who saved some neighbourhood history remembered as a cornerstone of the community]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I3FM4T4FS5BBVMFJ6O5J72A6PU.png?auth=9f8526e78b83f34b63695c05d1ad337d727164f62d922c468fa69553c59101ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Noel and Kay Clarke lived in Dublin's Liberties from the 1960s until Noel's death last year]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oberstown staff ‘face increased risks to personal safety’, says union ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/18/oberstown-staff-face-increased-risks-to-personal-safety-say-union/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/18/oberstown-staff-face-increased-risks-to-personal-safety-say-union/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Management at facility challenges claims on staffing and safety, noting independent review on way]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MN2QT2W2HRAGNLGAF6N43NDFRY.jpg?auth=f23d1fec11013e6106b8df47ff5fdf854a589dade303ecffa05b0cf782a9e1db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Residential social care workers and other frontline staff at the  Oberstown campus say they are at risk due to staff shortages and work practices. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help to Buy scheme is a money pit that benefits higher earners]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/if-our-government-wants-to-make-housing-more-affordable-there-is-plenty-it-could-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/18/if-our-government-wants-to-make-housing-more-affordable-there-is-plenty-it-could-do/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorcan Sirr]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Coalition could invest wisely in building more social housing directly, as just 16% of this valuable stock was built by councils last year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFJGJRNCIBCJBFBC7RC3GEKWSU.jpg?auth=7ce703f49aa7053f9b0f0cf63404c6cde8f66a6d8f95c206a5755b74fd9fddcd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In 2016, the proportion of all new houses for sale on the open market was about half of those built. In 2025, it was just under one-third; output is up, but availability is down. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Ratcliffe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four seaside and lake homes around Ireland from €600,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/18/four-homes-on-the-water-from-cork-to-donegal-from-600000-to-25m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/18/four-homes-on-the-water-from-cork-to-donegal-from-600000-to-25m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A split-level luxury home in Co Clare, a  New England-style residence in Waterford and more]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YN5I37E2WBFU5O2YQGCG2BPMCU.jpg?auth=437ce6ccb5ebe285171ce880ef2982d5e445356d6dd47bb4812d3cc5083d9357&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Crag Point, Craglea, Killaloe, Co Clare]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Horsfall Photography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Irish primary schools have the highest demand for change to religious ethos? Find out here]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/search-your-school-how-do-parents-feel-about-removing-religious-patrons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/search-your-school-how-do-parents-feel-about-removing-religious-patrons/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Find out where your school ranks using Irish Times search tool]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ROA6AYJUEFDKZE2R4K6V2E4CIQ.jpg?auth=1cfe1367a1671a6bfb3a07b20fe085a5d882e49c05388ab19cfccd604f991a29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An analysis by The Irish Times shows the primary schools with a religious ethos where demand is highest for changing patron are located in Dublin and Cork.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kara Gebhardt </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents of schoolchildren in Dublin and Cork back religious-ethos change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/parents-of-schoolchildren-in-dublin-and-cork-back-religious-ethos-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/18/parents-of-schoolchildren-in-dublin-and-cork-back-religious-ethos-change/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey, Rachel Lavin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Times analysis shows counties with the lowest demand for change are Monaghan and Longford]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q4EKIYQQJHFWUFO2HGZVWWEUXU.jpg?auth=e3152b82ea14c772e6b5944b45ba19188b05c20ca0727763342432421734c99e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The vast majority of primary schools in Ireland, some 88 per cent, are of Catholic patronage. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my sister leaves €200,000 to my child, would that impact their inheritance tax threshold? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/18/making-sense-of-inheritance-tax-thresholds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/18/making-sense-of-inheritance-tax-thresholds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The important thing to remember is that there are three categories and beneficiaries only need to worry about what happens in each]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +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[‘It’s obvious why Gen Z isn’t having sex’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/18/director-jane-schoenbrun-its-obvious-why-gen-z-isnt-having-sex/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/08/18/director-jane-schoenbrun-its-obvious-why-gen-z-isnt-having-sex/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Schoenbrun brings Gillian Anderson, cinematic references and their own relationship to sex to the table]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZD72FL24J5GOLKGYZAJOTOCSNM.jpg?auth=31fbe80bdad07217477e0377f0fa1eda3ffe036b280b00a85a5d2909d4c257fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one-person play where you’re handed a script and invited to perform it to a tree]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/18/the-one-person-play-where-youre-handed-a-script-and-invited-to-perform-it-to-a-tree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/08/18/the-one-person-play-where-youre-handed-a-script-and-invited-to-perform-it-to-a-tree/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris McCormack]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Fringe Festival 2026: Theatre designer Dan Daly on bringing Arborlogues from Brooklyn to St Stephen’s Green]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FFE62RUUJBER5P3XEII6MQZRXQ.jpg?auth=3ddf83491ecb42237881c02d9f31bd1a33aaba359c3ecd6d71093d7ee479765b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Yeseul Song recites a monologue at Nancy Manocherian's The Cell Theatre in New York in 2025. Photograph: Shuran Huang/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SHURAN HUANG</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Miriam Ingram, Paahto & the Bull, Really Good Time, Shakalak, Macdara Yeates]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/18/new-irish-albums-reviewed-and-rated-miriam-ingram-paahto-the-bull-really-good-time-shakalak-macdara-yeates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/18/new-irish-albums-reviewed-and-rated-miriam-ingram-paahto-the-bull-really-good-time-shakalak-macdara-yeates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[August 2026 releases include Mariana Trench, The 123, Affirmations, Kulture Bikki and Mudlark Ballads]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WSOJUAOAMH2KSF7RSCBCDDSPNY.jpg?auth=a78cdc58d4e9558668752d0e9efcf357fd1f51a184a9ee9cc6ec2cb5eebc2ece&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Traditional singer Macdara Yeates performs on Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge to publicise MusicTown 2022. File image. Photograph: Mark Stedman]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bytes and Bullets: Study of AI arms race is meticulously researched and deeply disturbing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/18/bytes-and-bullets-study-of-ai-arms-race-is-meticulously-researched-and-deeply-disturbing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/18/bytes-and-bullets-study-of-ai-arms-race-is-meticulously-researched-and-deeply-disturbing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Clonan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Steve Feldstein charts global technological-military rivalry whose implications are not fully understood]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C5E5CPC43FD5CY6IWNUFY5IWMQ.jpg?auth=01cf596df366f090a228e96291f0427617e76d6757042f01c7564b882b2bf2c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A 'Hunter Killer' drone at an expo in Kyiv. AI 'intelligentised warfare' and quantum changes in machine-led decision making have led to the escalation and lethality we have witnessed recently in conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza. Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brendan Hoffman</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>