<?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/2026-08-22/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:13:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/23/rite-and-reason-mayo-all-ireland-final-win-joy-gaelic-football-brendan-hoban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/23/rite-and-reason-mayo-all-ireland-final-win-joy-gaelic-football-brendan-hoban/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Brendan Hoban]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite and Reason: The reaction when the county’s footballers finally won the Sam Maguire was unpredictable]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVPBSOGZL3RSDNZM32UV5WFOBA.jpg?auth=4b2ed1d247d6d2d279b8d39e6df66ddc93bc544160112f2371159dfcf1c8688f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo captain Jack Coyne lifts the Sam Maguire Cup in front of Hill 16 after the team beat Kerry 1-20 to 1-17 in the All-Ireland SFC final. 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Oddly, though, there’s remarkably little sexual charisma]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JJQAZI4YLBCFZKVNWRYKXB2CWM.jpg?auth=29be3439a1ff5c14045dc9259aa3dc733c6bdaf07ddd3c9f0506a19ffa71e719&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Weeknd: Abel Tesfaye on stage earlier on his After Hours til Dawn tour. Photograph: Pedro Becerra/Getty for Live Nation]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pedro Becerra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven people killed after car driven wrong way on dual carriageway in northeast England]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/22/seven-people-killed-after-car-driven-wrong-way-on-dual-carriageway-in-northeast-england/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/22/seven-people-killed-after-car-driven-wrong-way-on-dual-carriageway-in-northeast-england/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two police officers died in crash that took place near Middlesbrough in early hours of Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:42:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EM7USU3PZQ3CT42445BP3RSFOA.jpg?auth=7b5ccd0614a110229c29b1ee35b1cb5154efbd1d9a6bb57b81be9237d563ab37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police at the scene of a fatal crash involving a police car and a Volkswagen Passat on the A66 near Middlesbrough, northeast England. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Owen Humphreys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman arrested and explosives seized in Dundalk]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/woman-arrested-and-explosives-seized-in-dundalk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/woman-arrested-and-explosives-seized-in-dundalk/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gardaí carried out searches as part of ‘investigation targeting an organised crime group’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:05:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A3R67JA4EBFYDMKNORESXNC444.jpg?auth=f2d0547652c421a753d763be9f2ff7f2f7c81d511a4d107206727e0cddf9f9b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The woman can be held for up to 72 hours. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derick Hudson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four men appear in court after garda chase connected to burglary investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/22/four-men-appear-in-court-after-garda-chase-connected-to-burglary-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/22/four-men-appear-in-court-after-garda-chase-connected-to-burglary-investigation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Volvo was observed on M50 and an operation to contain the vehicle was initiated, court heard]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEAFPAVNPZFMVBZ4VEPKU2OAZQ.jpg?auth=4c221ce0e9ac0a6e017eadae04decd5f0e3129f75b0e73a7a3de6fbe7f20e3f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vehicle was pursued through Blanchardstown and Castleknock before being stopped in Chapelizod. File image. Photograph: Dave Meehan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVE MEEHAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old girl killed in sword attack at school in Sweden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/seventeen-year-old-girl-killed-in-sword-attack-at-school-in-sweden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/seventeen-year-old-girl-killed-in-sword-attack-at-school-in-sweden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Badshah]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Police investigate if TikTok account that posted photo of weapon beforehand belonged to attacker]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:11:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VI24DRM7OCCFZRGYYGXQMH3KUQ.jpg?auth=3eee33dcbb5230c0ea62cf45a7dbf5988fbf679821c1d3e23967e7200f0bf309&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Residents in Fagersta, central Sweden, leave flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial outside the school. Photograph: Magnus Lejhall/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Magnus Lejhall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keith Andrews and Brentford enjoy opening day humiliation of sorry Spurs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/keith-andrews-and-brentford-enjoy-opening-day-humiliation-of-sorry-spurs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/keith-andrews-and-brentford-enjoy-opening-day-humiliation-of-sorry-spurs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Steinberg at the Gtech Community Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spurs, whose outlay on new signings will soon surpass £300m, were battered, bruised and embarrassed long before the end]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:59:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DSCKCUWLJEE4QIEGIDGUUDFVKQ.jpg?auth=bab462157b99974e11df92a7f6700fa64db8a7b1ca7445dbe03d25227d08cdb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brentford manager Keith Andrews celebrates with his coaching staff after the team's second goal scored by Vitaly Janelt during the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur at Gtech Community Stadium. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Pierse</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino angers Concacaf nations by hijacking Caribbean Football Union meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/gianni-infantino-angers-concacaf-nations-by-hijacking-caribbean-football-union-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/gianni-infantino-angers-concacaf-nations-by-hijacking-caribbean-football-union-meeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hughes, Nick Ames]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Infantino used opportunity to lobby for election votes after he was asked to stay away from meeting]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:43:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APOASAQ7QWM25T6YDIT3FKJSKA.jpg?auth=33eef6c5feae6366b07ed57b597c1337398b4695c714bbbdf4789ad8950d237e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gianni Infantino’s behaviour in the Dominican Republic infuriated many Concacaf nations. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bradley Collyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tír an Traonaigh review: As the sun breaks through the clouds, there are tears in the audience]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/08/22/tir-an-traonaigh-review-as-the-sun-breaks-through-the-clouds-there-are-tears-in-the-audience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/08/22/tir-an-traonaigh-review-as-the-sun-breaks-through-the-clouds-there-are-tears-in-the-audience/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This elegiac play takes us across the Mullet peninsula to experience a disappearing part of our lives]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:17:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QYZ7W5SA7ZHPJCS4PUWC4UQBM4.jpg?auth=027ba09a067d5cb70b35d2dff6dbacf0e7cb779daabaad504446a9b3ad9bc86d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tír an Traonaigh: Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Seamus Moran, Maeve McGrath, Stephanie Dufresne and Caoimhe Wandrel-Brannigan. Photograph: Allen Kiely]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Allen Kiely</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bray Head climb ‘must be reinstated with designated trail to combat erosion’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/22/bray-head-climb-must-be-reinstated-with-designated-trail-to-combat-erosion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/22/bray-head-climb-must-be-reinstated-with-designated-trail-to-combat-erosion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Feasibility study also recommends development of a recreational management plan for popular spot]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DG5N7Q3F7RBRFND2HO7F6OVFVU.JPG?auth=51aba8edabf27e7a1940012275ff3f413a2d6ed281f15784e0b79a2a7feccc3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Walkers and climbers near the summit of Bray Head. Submitted photograph]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster and Munster to meet again in women’s interpro decider]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/leinster-and-munster-to-meet-again-in-womens-interpro-decider/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/leinster-and-munster-to-meet-again-in-womens-interpro-decider/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Both sides enjoyed big wins in Saturday’s final round of games ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:39:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WLA6CO6QT5EENHEUELMTEBM4UQ.jpg?auth=b9182d56c66e31e467f2459b82e7557392346c436d754436a58cce4e6ac6efa2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster's Alana McInerney celebrates with Emily Lane after scoring her side's fourth try during the Vodafone women's interprovincial against Connacht at Dexcom Stadium in Galway. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man in court accused of murder of Irish woman in Melbourne]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/08/22/man-charged-with-murder-of-irish-woman-in-melbourne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/08/22/man-charged-with-murder-of-irish-woman-in-melbourne/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tributes paid to Annmarie O’Reilly, who was originally from Co Tipperary]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:37:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XUQWUVBXK5A2TDVKZ4SJYSBIRA.jpg?auth=66cee0fedd2d6df3fb7063aba62ace6dcb5c60cc53802e5b64240d76299cf581&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Annmarie O'Reilly was found dead at a house in the Australian city on Friday]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand produce masterclass in weathering the storm as South Africa disintegrate at Ellis Park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/new-zealand-produce-masterclass-in-weathering-the-storm-as-south-africa-disintegrate-at-ellis-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/new-zealand-produce-masterclass-in-weathering-the-storm-as-south-africa-disintegrate-at-ellis-park/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerard Meagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[All Blacks run in five tries including two for Will Jordan in first Test at Ellis Park ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IQ5KK5SI4VBSLDZK6MR26JHMOA.jpg?auth=88848a86c376eb5283ee568baf7ace3b259e09bd71bc54a73bbbf15da6fff2c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New Zealand's wing Will Jordan celebrates after scoring a try during the Test match against South Africa at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GIANLUIGI GUERCIA</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Premier League round-up: Andy Burnham watches on as Everton get off to winning start ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/premier-league-round-up-andy-burnham-watches-on-as-everton-get-off-to-winning-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/premier-league-round-up-andy-burnham-watches-on-as-everton-get-off-to-winning-start/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anton Stach’s late free-kick earns Leeds a win at Forest; Jack Clarke’s late goal secures win for Ipswich Town against Sunderland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:25:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5S3QAS5O7X6ASDLSZP4B7LRNT4.jpg?auth=45e06a53184bfe3be5cec8267106d3169c79431cea22a7a2408696dc548e1cf2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[British prime minister Andy Burnham (left), wife Marie-France van Heel and daughter Rosie (right) react during the Premier League match against Crystal Palace at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder inquiry following death of Brazilian woman (33) in Limerick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/murder-inquiry-following-death-of-brazilian-woman-30s-in-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/murder-inquiry-following-death-of-brazilian-woman-30s-in-limerick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Body of Jady Cristine Pereira Rosa was discovered on third floor of Carlton House apartment block]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:23:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZZLXEE2QJNALJFQC6EYZ2XCAIQ.jpg?auth=8127d44e818ef32afd05a140a0ae7de783ca50841f7722f82e430f353e3e6be9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí outside the apartment block at Lower Cecil Street in Limerick where the body was discovered on Friday. Photograph: Brendan Gleeson
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lando Norris surges past Russell and Antonelli to take Dutch Grand Prix pole]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/22/lando-norris-surges-past-russell-and-antonelli-to-take-dutch-grand-prix-pole/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/22/lando-norris-surges-past-russell-and-antonelli-to-take-dutch-grand-prix-pole/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards at Zandvoort]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russell had earlier took victory in the sprint race at Zandvoort]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:11:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BFEEH4HHA26WV6P57OVH455MVI.jpg?auth=1a4be2166f2ee4a67c12abe2abd0add4fedd819862e235a39080a972b053dc80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[McLaren's Lando Norris on track during qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort. Photograph: Guido De Bortoli/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Guido De Bortoli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert results and CAO 2026: our experts answer your questions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/21/cao-helpdesk-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/21/cao-helpdesk-2026/</guid><description><![CDATA[Helpdesk: submit your queries to our education specialists]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:02:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3XJ3UY6NVRBOHPATXX6BKWJVK4.jpg?auth=b9bb4f5952c2d04cd65593942b7e764b9655cc36b9ee8b13c2d3b07fcbd03882&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CAO helpdesk 2026: submit your questions. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Scott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Carrick tells Manchester United to keep calm and ‘carry on’ after humbling by Hull]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/michael-carrick-tells-manchester-united-to-keep-calm-and-carry-on-after-humbling-by-hull/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/michael-carrick-tells-manchester-united-to-keep-calm-and-carry-on-after-humbling-by-hull/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Unwin at MKM Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[United’s inability to defend set-pieces allowed Hull centre backs Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy to strike in first half ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKJADKYCVZTJPRXKL3BXLNDKWQ.jpg?auth=66e957c23098196dfdc8af7dcc779497a0d9b801e2930bf548adb485ddbc523a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Semi Ajayi celebrates scoring Hull City's first goal during the  Premier League match against Manchester United at MKM Stadium. Photograph: George Wood/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Wood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large-scale solar farm planned for Longford ‘could power more than 18,000 homes’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/large-scale-solar-farm-planned-for-longford-could-power-more-than-18000-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/large-scale-solar-farm-planned-for-longford-could-power-more-than-18000-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lanesborough is attractive site for renewable energy as it is near grid connection of former power plant]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KRODBEMKBHD2S2BBGVUPC5ZY34.jpg?auth=635715e93fc488ae8827449e9eeddaa1d9630e1d766bb81ce0861775e32a1c78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carrowroe Solar Farm would be built on a 98-hectare site bordering the Shannon. File image. Photograph: James MacDonald/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James MacDonald</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two arrested after man stabbed in Newtownabbey ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/two-arrested-after-man-stabbed-in-newtownabbey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/two-arrested-after-man-stabbed-in-newtownabbey/</guid><description><![CDATA[PSNI alerted to report of incident early on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:18:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DDQACLPI75F53OCCGOLOBPRNCA.jpg?auth=f464e27f95e56065e2689c54f4d48194c768d8f560fa2345e29faaf7ee56654c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pair were arrested in suspicion of grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon. Photograph: Paul McErlane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PAUL MCERLANE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (80s) dies in hospital after being hit by car in Co Mayo]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/woman-80s-dies-in-hospital-after-being-hit-by-car-in-co-mayo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/woman-80s-dies-in-hospital-after-being-hit-by-car-in-co-mayo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incident in Ballinrobe on Thursday  to come forward]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHMTYZZN5FFZ7JCQ2Z54ER26AE.jpg?auth=c0bb1ba48fef1f3234730e37b658ecfcf3e4a0fd05082eef8bcbc263819cc5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to come forward.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers call for logistical supports as winter fodder crisis looms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/08/22/farmers-call-for-logistical-supports-as-winter-fodder-crisis-looms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/08/22/farmers-call-for-logistical-supports-as-winter-fodder-crisis-looms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Animal feed from west of Ireland could be transported to drought-affected east, say groups]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:56:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OQLQS36WTBCQXFM4R7C7RNDDCU.jpg?auth=d58dfafb49e00c2be14ac89606c0279967af6da2ed164103694f3dbfb6f434a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A survey found 39 per cent of farmers across the country estimate they are facing a fodder shortage of 10 per cent or more. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PeopleImages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon F1 data mining becomes a proving ground for other industries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/22/amazon-f1-data-mining-becomes-a-proving-ground-for-other-industries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/22/amazon-f1-data-mining-becomes-a-proving-ground-for-other-industries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What started out as a way of drawing fans further in has become a way of proving AI tech for other industries, but what’s the environmental cost?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:45:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXYJXUB7NZD6JADHKASYEROYYQ.jpg?auth=c90e7cd7fc7fa71ff68590c04ff027bf30e097f99cc9784429f33337f2f104e0&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 data and how to process that data, F1 is still proving to be a fertile battleground]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clive Mason</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M9 crash: Wrong-way collision survivor ‘cannot believe it has happened again’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/m9-crash-wrong-way-collision-survivor-cannot-believe-it-has-happened-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/m9-crash-wrong-way-collision-survivor-cannot-believe-it-has-happened-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cillian Sherlock, Press Association]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woman seriously injured in a similar crash in Co Cork three years ago speaks of long-lasting physical and psychological toll ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:28:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VKUFCXE5HRF2DDZFFDRJGJ35P4.jpg?auth=17847eb09a758a61bcc79a3e82d55f64dc47486934371b65ef45cdc89f950af6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Roisin Stakelum was going to Dublin Airport three years ago when she was struck by a car driven by teenagers the wrong way down the M8 motorway. Photograph: Darragh MCSweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Darragh MCSweeney/Provision</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musician Eithne Vallely dies after being hit by truck in Co Armagh]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/musician-eithne-vallely-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-co-armagh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/musician-eithne-vallely-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-co-armagh/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cillian Sherlock, Press Association]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 81-year-old was killed while walking in the Portadown Road area on Friday morning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:41:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VOZNZWTNCAQ432RYRW6VUQ3Y4M.jpg?auth=069cb9ab5c0d9f78e2595bd13b196cf7ee7bb58fc1a7cdf5f4b9270e0811ae04&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eithne Vallely, who has died after being hit by a truck in Co Armagh. Photograph: Family handout/PSNI]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Family Handout</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy heads back to range after slipping off the pace at BMW Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/22/rory-mcilroy-heads-back-to-range-after-slipping-off-the-pace-at-bmw-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/22/rory-mcilroy-heads-back-to-range-after-slipping-off-the-pace-at-bmw-championship/</guid><description><![CDATA[World No 2 could only improve his total by one shot on Friday and trails leader Wyndham Clark by five  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:39:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EN4H2N3FUUNW3NPZVDC3ICGV74.jpg?auth=00d5f5a1554c7051834d597f6274570551049cddd5378d9067d040a383f33498&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowd on the seventh green during the second round of the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St Louis, Missouri. Photograph: Alex Slitz/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Slitz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moby in Dublin review: Old-school beats, bongos and floor-slaying dance escapism ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/22/moby-in-dublin-review-old-school-beats-bongos-and-floor-slaying-dance-escapism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/08/22/moby-in-dublin-review-old-school-beats-bongos-and-floor-slaying-dance-escapism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Techno titan Richard Melville Hall returns to the stage with a exhilarating set – and there’s even a nod to Father Ted ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:11:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GUSWHE4ATRHQFOLQ6UXKPOZWZE.jpg?auth=62aa277ed89ba5eeac1d4602c6597a7709888b34862155b8189fd7c022d3283d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Moby at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on Friday night. Photograph: Tom Honan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s former world boxing champion Tete shot dead outside his home ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/08/22/south-africas-former-world-boxing-champion-tete-shot-dead-outside-his-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/08/22/south-africas-former-world-boxing-champion-tete-shot-dead-outside-his-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isaac Anyaogu]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two armed men wearing balaclavas killed Zolani ‘Last Born’ Tete in Eastern Cape province]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:08:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KVOD7DTRAECFUVESUSKA5ZGTI4.jpg?auth=f5e8a39226ba9fdc847e27795a9e41934609bb0586842b314203b59a172470dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zolani Tete: shot dead in South Africa. Photograph: James Chance/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Chance</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine launches wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/ukraine-launches-wave-of-overnight-drone-attacks-on-russia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/ukraine-launches-wave-of-overnight-drone-attacks-on-russia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guardian staff, agencies]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 130 wounded in drone strike in central Ukraine ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NW3NWHDINLVCBGDFPWMIB2XXWQ.jpg?auth=d83560164f6d53f8e3f7f6019d330f6eaea7d6922b3a6304b71fb313ccf6e3c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Firefighters at a shopping centre following a Russian drone attack on Friday in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian Military administration via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What impact will ongoing grade-enhancement reductions have on CAO points?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/what-impact-will-ongoing-grade-enhancement-reductions-have-on-cao-points/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/what-impact-will-ongoing-grade-enhancement-reductions-have-on-cao-points/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Continuing enhancement of Leaving Cert results, even at a reduced level, means an ongoing distorting effect]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5GH5XF6RP5DP3GCJDV4OJAQFWI.jpg?auth=9e741e92a8ab47571fcba319141bdc08dd5b413396e77d7ebde8beddf09eb1c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The grades-enhancement process in the Leaving Cert has been unfair in many ways to really high-achieving students who secured five or six H1s from the initial marking process. Their results could not be enhanced as they were already on maximum marks. Illustration: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Phimprapha Kitaiamphaisan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok settles  child privacy concerns case with US government for $400m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/22/tiktok-settles-child-privacy-concerns-case-with-us-government-for-400m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/22/tiktok-settles-child-privacy-concerns-case-with-us-government-for-400m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McCabe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Suit brought by justice department accused short video app of knowingly allowing children to create accounts]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:11:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRZ7ZYCHHV6OEVJWMHO7XWEZCA.jpg?auth=046be3435c69c7304bcd8bdc5aacbb4a150c9735f95bbf2a2f926544a8f1ae6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The US justice department claimed that TikTok had gathered data from users under the age of 13 without parental permission. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Manning</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US hits Canada with 50% tariffs as trade talks collapse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/23/us-hits-canada-with-50-tariffs-as-trade-talks-collapse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/23/us-hits-canada-with-50-tariffs-as-trade-talks-collapse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Wingrove, Alicia Diaz and Thomas Seal]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mark Carney said last-minute changes to proposed terms were unfair and vowed to retaliate ‘dollar for dollar’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JHOKUCTE5KOHQ6FZY3BCJAA7FI.jpg?auth=5f8d174f2e246ad3b6c7f09246005f1ff42f5f7361c713c2f8eda52587a5472b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's US trade minister, leaves Washington on Friday, where trade talks fell apart at the last minute. Photograph: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Valerie Plesch</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cert results: Will CAO points rise or fall? The questions students are asking]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/leaving-cert-results-will-cao-points-rise-or-fall-the-questions-students-are-asking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/leaving-cert-results-will-cao-points-rise-or-fall-the-questions-students-are-asking/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many school leavers are concerned about points requirements for courses. But there are also career pathways beyond the traditional route]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LWKQM56AJXDJGCNPCHL3MFMPXE.jpg?auth=3dcf7d49896e2313fffe4c5d1e3dbdab99b748093668534436ef3555cdeafbd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breffini Norton and Emma Doyle celebrate after receiving their Leaving Certificate results in Carlow. Photograph: Evan Treacy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traitors Ireland host Siobhán McSweeney: ‘I’m not getting paid enough for it. That’s RTÉ’s fault’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/22/traitors-ireland-host-siobhan-mcsweeney-i-was-told-i-shouldnt-be-on-telly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/22/traitors-ireland-host-siobhan-mcsweeney-i-was-told-i-shouldnt-be-on-telly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ahead of the second series, presenter Siobhán McSweeney talks frankly about her pay not always reflecting a show’s success, the reward of theatre work and the Derry Girls effect]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6X6NDM6OLVC7JONFF4VZO65TMA.jpg?auth=33107971c3d3cd124814a00342a2f9b8d00015370881da14ab7253ffdc622969&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney. Photograph: Evan Doherty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Doherty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bond investors dismiss Trump administration’s ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’ intervention]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/bond-investors-dismiss-trump-administrations-band-aid-on-a-bullet-hole-intervention/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/bond-investors-dismiss-trump-administrations-band-aid-on-a-bullet-hole-intervention/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Record US debt, persistent inflation and concerns over economy’s health are weighing on bondholders]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6U3WNTUVJPPO6OEC7IADH25MM.jpg?auth=c375daa4f0f5ac87697462f97851718a2dbc6b08b37561de43d182130ccb1dda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Scott Bessent's announcement that the US would double buyback of bonds led to a mini-rally, but it fizzled out. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Shawn Thew</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintaining trust in healthcare when it comes to principles of fairness and accountability]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/maintaining-trust-in-healthcare-when-it-comes-to-principles-of-fairness-and-accountability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/maintaining-trust-in-healthcare-when-it-comes-to-principles-of-fairness-and-accountability/</guid><description><![CDATA[Management should be subject to same standards as clinicians]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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 Mike Ashley’s luxury retail empire is going cheap]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/why-mike-ashleys-luxury-retail-empire-is-going-cheap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/why-mike-ashleys-luxury-retail-empire-is-going-cheap/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gapper]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sharp-elbowed billionaire is remaking Frasers with acquisitions such as Harvey Nichols, but stock market is wary]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5Z4S5V6MQBHACRV4ZSKRQSYY6I.jpg?auth=41b3dc4979522e27c363f753bde11b39bebcde928084d0784d1a60796fd6cac2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mike Ashley's Frasers Group bought Harvey Nichols out of administration last week. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Rain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media regulation is little more than a paper tiger]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/social-media-regulation-is-little-more-than-a-paper-tiger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/social-media-regulation-is-little-more-than-a-paper-tiger/</guid><description><![CDATA[Platforms should be treated same way as traditional publishers and broadcasters are]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[Visa refusals dismay Gazan students and undermine our academic institutions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/visa-refusals-dismay-gazan-students-and-undermine-our-academic-institutions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/visa-refusals-dismay-gazan-students-and-undermine-our-academic-institutions/</guid><description><![CDATA[These students from a genocide zone have demonstrated academic excellence despite the enormous obstacles in their way]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[Win €1,000 with The Irish Times Summer Giveaway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/07/10/win-1000-with-the-irish-times-summer-giveaway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/07/10/win-1000-with-the-irish-times-summer-giveaway/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times is giving you three chances to win €1,000 with our Summer Giveaway this July and August!]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VQJTEK7GRZEQFE3TD6Y6XSEW54.jpg?auth=734c0c1820528e2165ac09fbbc0c3102c67e03f4fff25f6228d10f684c7d9c74&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Win €1000 each weekend of July in The Irish Times Summer Giveaway]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine imposes sanctions on Aughinish Alumina customers in Russia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/ukraine-imposes-sanctions-on-aughinish-alumina-customers-in-russia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/ukraine-imposes-sanctions-on-aughinish-alumina-customers-in-russia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move aims to raise pressure on Ireland and EU to sanction Aughinish parent company and stop exports to Russia]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4FMNOIG3YRVLNRADEGEX4QAD5A.jpg?auth=d4a718a5b01b94aad2aa455061f7615c53e114b08235c205e0c5a38cabca8853&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Ministers have warned about the threat EU sanctions could pose to the roughly 1,000 jobs provided by the Aughinish plant in Co Limerick and the wider region. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must think outside the box to tackle road carnage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/we-must-think-outside-the-box-to-tackle-road-carnage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/we-must-think-outside-the-box-to-tackle-road-carnage/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maximise technology to detect road breaches as they happen]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland should give Donald Trump a reality check when he visits]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/ireland-should-give-donald-trump-a-reality-check-when-he-visits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/ireland-should-give-donald-trump-a-reality-check-when-he-visits/</guid><description><![CDATA[His increasingly chaotic rule is causing long-term damage]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[‘We’re well used to seeing helicopters’: Knockanore awaits latest billionaire Zuckerberg]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/were-well-used-to-seeing-helicopters-knockanore-awaits-latest-billionaire-zuckerberg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/were-well-used-to-seeing-helicopters-knockanore-awaits-latest-billionaire-zuckerberg/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Locals expect Facebook founder to keep to himself in west Waterford]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UK2J36SQDJDI7ILA4O3GWLD4BA.jpeg?auth=6b54e5627dcac90f98b40edb15e1a5317164ce140d79186af6f82aa824d4f6c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary Tobin and Martin Sheehan are awaiting the arrival of Mark Zuckerberg in Knockanore]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg and Strancally Castle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/mark-zuckerberg-and-strancally-castle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/mark-zuckerberg-and-strancally-castle/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is the Meta chief executive familiar with the concept of working remotely?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering Edmund Van Esbeck]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/remembering-edmund-van-esbeck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/remembering-edmund-van-esbeck/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rugby commentary always informative, accurate and entertaining]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[Prince Harry and Meghan unlikely to be slumming it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/harry-and-meghan-unlikely-to-be-slumming-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/harry-and-meghan-unlikely-to-be-slumming-it/</guid><description><![CDATA[Couple’s idea of a humble abode won’t be in keeping with the general population]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[No Garda helicopters available to pursue M9 crash car due to crew shortages]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/no-garda-helicopters-available-to-pursue-m9-crash-car-due-to-crew-shortages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/no-garda-helicopters-available-to-pursue-m9-crash-car-due-to-crew-shortages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A lack of pilots and technicians means the helicopters are frequently unavailable to provide air cover at night]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2X3S2YHDI54PDDR4W2KHBERRM.jpg?auth=076cdd38def9fda78546c15c68b1c2616b276c7e82873fbf29e0eb0350728f15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Garda helicopter took off from Baldonnel around 9am on Sunday morning and flew towards the area of the crash, which had occurred about six hours earlier. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins, Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of mildly disabled children waiting more than nine years for first assessment ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/number-of-mildly-disabled-children-waiting-more-than-nine-years-for-first-assessment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/22/number-of-mildly-disabled-children-waiting-more-than-nine-years-for-first-assessment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 50% of 30,000 children with mild to moderate disabilities waiting more than 12 months for first occupational therapy assessment, note HSE data   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7TIBKOQEKQHBCMZETYU4VOTSRQ.jpg?auth=99b0390d9bc4818b136473d11334a9284d9b407ac1468afd34447175f2ce4df4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Data released by the HSE show long waiting lists for primary care services for children aged 17 and under whose difficulties are generally considered mild to moderate. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anthony Devlin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argument for legalising cannabis after concern over psychoactive substances in vapes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/argument-for-legalising-cannabis-after-concern-over-psychoactive-substances-in-vapes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/argument-for-legalising-cannabis-after-concern-over-psychoactive-substances-in-vapes/</guid><description><![CDATA[High-risk synthetic cannabinoids linked to ‘serious physical and mental harms’ found in vape products]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 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[Tales of a Donegal hitchhiker]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/tales-of-a-donegal-hitchhiker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/tales-of-a-donegal-hitchhiker/</guid><description><![CDATA[The lasting memory of the trip stayed with me longer than anything I learned in college]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hitchhiker tales: A robber with a conscience]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/21/hitchhiker-tales-a-robber-with-a-conscience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/21/hitchhiker-tales-a-robber-with-a-conscience/</guid><description><![CDATA[Driver who stole money travelled back to return it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How quickly could Ireland have a nuclear power plant (if the Government wants one)?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/how-quickly-could-ireland-have-a-nuclear-power-plant-if-the-government-wants-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/how-quickly-could-ireland-have-a-nuclear-power-plant-if-the-government-wants-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Analysis, public consultations and political wrangling could make delivery a lengthy process]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ZSKQZGPTJERTFTOBNASCAD5ZM.jpg?auth=fb9786f698901e2fbbba17cf7a321de8748ba330c11919aba01c22360156233a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, Moneypoint power station and Minister Darragh O'Brien. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hayden Panettiere obituary: Actor and singer who starred in TV series Heroes and Nashville]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/22/hayden-panettiere-obituary-actor-and-singer-who-starred-in-tv-series-heroes-and-nashville/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/22/hayden-panettiere-obituary-actor-and-singer-who-starred-in-tv-series-heroes-and-nashville/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former child star had spoken of struggles with opioids and alcohol, and of being given pills to make her ‘peppy’ during interviews at age 15]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HLKDTNPFBOWRGXQHPXDQA6VIAA.jpg?auth=a1ff537f8a186f00f19dd9a294f350ea329b7184763ea1688293707c3272fb04&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hayden Panettiere: The actor had a daughter with her former partner Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion. Photograph: Ryan Pfluger/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Pfluger</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huguenots’ legacy written across fabric of Ireland, including Waterford’s famous ‘blaas’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/huguenots-legacy-written-across-fabric-of-ireland-including-waterfords-famous-blaas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/huguenots-legacy-written-across-fabric-of-ireland-including-waterfords-famous-blaas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[August 24th marks anniversary of massacre of Huguenots in France]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEZDY4G7EJHINMKHLJCMQ7MVJU.jpg?auth=60ed838659825c9248ff77bc3c3ac411d2ed51ddc265286caa66fccedd49084a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[McWilliams]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nature needs all the help it can get’: projects aim to re-establish oyster reefs ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/22/nature-needs-all-the-help-it-can-get-projects-aim-to-re-establish-oyster-reefs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/22/nature-needs-all-the-help-it-can-get-projects-aim-to-re-establish-oyster-reefs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Overharvesting, pollution and harsh winters all contributed to the decline of oysters in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6NSI457WLVGZXIBIDF2ZSOYDWE.jpg?auth=d921c06f774c4ecb4857656b50dd0126b495a308fb119998cbce0231b63e53a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Volunteers with the founder of Green Ocean Foundation, David Lawlor, flipping oyster baskets in Dún Laoghaire harbour]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/there-are-lies-damned-lies-and-ai-why-i-despise-artificial-intelligence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/there-are-lies-damned-lies-and-ai-why-i-despise-artificial-intelligence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Pine]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HO2ZNXXOKVHP5OIC6XPLOXXIDU.jpg?auth=e0990eae7d50bd8bc2e2e3d01517f369069b89a8af11eca2d6788da912332dd6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped crack the Nazis Enigma code, developed a test to discover whether a computer could think like a human. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PhonlamaiPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we stop joyriders? ‘It begins by knowing our young people’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/how-can-we-stop-joyriders-it-begins-by-knowing-our-young-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/how-can-we-stop-joyriders-it-begins-by-knowing-our-young-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Preventing incidents such as the fatal M9 crash requires legislative change, better Garda training and engaging with young men]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RGYTWCNV2EWVZBEZAKB4NLJNFE.jpg?auth=6f92cf1659453a8fffaaeffca9af1c908592bc9c067b5672f2810d0a2bad8407&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Five teenagers died last Sunday in a crash on the M9 in Kildare. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Award-winning images of night sky capture fleeting moments not usually seen by naked eye]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/08/22/award-winning-images-of-night-sky-capture-fleeting-moments-not-usually-seen-by-naked-eye/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/08/22/award-winning-images-of-night-sky-capture-fleeting-moments-not-usually-seen-by-naked-eye/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reach for the Stars competition received more than 140 entries from amateur and experienced photographers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4MPRLQ5AZ5E37IJZ43JTRLYZVA.jpg?auth=49d7ed5738afc799c29863b1af207b3f2986276333d3923988bb5994fea3f72e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Horsehead & Flame Nebulae, winner in the Out of this World category in the Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition. Photograph: John Walsh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walsh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The lads were all buzzing for me’: Seán ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald on leaving Galway for Love Island]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/22/im-a-very-average-county-footballer-sean-fitzgerald-on-leaving-galway-for-love-island/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/08/22/im-a-very-average-county-footballer-sean-fitzgerald-on-leaving-galway-for-love-island/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teacher-turned-reality TV star says Galway manager Pádraic Joyce reacted well to news he may have to quit panel]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LJZVJN3QK5AXRFIQ62PVP2NPIA.jpg?auth=9c7d307c9d6d7bf7dae7b3e036b6c20204f484d92295c9ae6c7be82e8875fbd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Fitzgerald on the ball for Galway during the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Armagh at Croke Park. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Charlie is serious about marrying this woman. You haven’t heard the worst of it yet. No prenup’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/charlie-is-serious-about-marrying-this-woman-you-havent-heard-the-worst-of-it-yet-no-prenup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/charlie-is-serious-about-marrying-this-woman-you-havent-heard-the-worst-of-it-yet-no-prenup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hennessy goes, 'Yes, now. What are you waiting for, the honeymoon? Come on, get typing, you horny reprobate']]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHF3Z6W255E25EUUOLTZ7QO7RQ.jpg?auth=ccad3fe67253eb356a6f30109e66271e659e04f876616b66e28d0a1a49501c71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Clarke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/m9-crash-why-does-extreme-risk-taking-appeal-to-some-young-people-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/m9-crash-why-does-extreme-risk-taking-appeal-to-some-young-people-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean McDonnell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Psychology helps us understand why rewards of excitement, recognition or social status can temporarily outweigh appreciation of consequences]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JJSR2WXEVUTXGXCWB4DXHA7EAE.jpg?auth=05077d554b874dca9b1da94cda5a07afc810d84ab7ec5e3e1122a664480ae9ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The scene on the M9 in Co Kildare where five teenagers died when the car in which they were travelling in the wrong direction hit another vehicle, seriously injuring four people. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Meta being accused of in the $200 billion civil trial?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/what-is-meta-being-accused-of-in-the-200-billion-civil-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/what-is-meta-being-accused-of-in-the-200-billion-civil-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O3BU67ADKQBTGQKSDONKJNLPYI.jpg?auth=1326cb99745ebf1a1388b08ae8f7d605468e39355ba0ef4718ab18511765f20f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters and campaigners gather for the landmark federal trial against Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, at the US District Court in Oakland, California, this week. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kanoa Shim-Ly</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world of opportunity opens for Rhasidat Adeleke. For now, she should savour it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/22/a-world-of-opportunity-opens-for-rhasidat-adeleke-for-now-she-should-savour-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/08/22/a-world-of-opportunity-opens-for-rhasidat-adeleke-for-now-she-should-savour-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The European Championships star, who turns 24 next weekend, has choices to make about where her future lies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/63BONSCCZNGJPPPMVQHSGZH2T4.jpg?auth=0efa99e197bd29b54dac36130abbfe463e9bbc5ad693c173a1bebf90fbd1cf42&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke celebrates after winning silver in the women's 200m final at the European Athletics Champions in Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterland commits €250m to Irish deals, eyeing data centre engineers and foray into food]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/waterland-commits-250m-to-irish-deals-eyeing-data-centre-engineers-and-foray-into-food/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/waterland-commits-250m-to-irish-deals-eyeing-data-centre-engineers-and-foray-into-food/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Companies bought by Irish arm of Dutch private equity firm have grown revenues by €600m to €1.15 bn 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IJUYG7SAAFCT7MGKZDRBUK2HNY.JPG?auth=a548341bb9ad30048879b91f045f45881446df14e1f54ebfe9333c5d22ccb673&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Waterland Ireland partner Laura Dillon: Strong performance of the Irish economy continues to make the Republic a rich environment for acquisitions. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Ireland’s wildfire zones: ‘I’ll never forget that evening on Slievenamon for the rest of my life’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/life-in-irelands-wildfire-zones-ill-never-forget-that-evening-on-slievenamon-for-the-rest-of-my-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/life-in-irelands-wildfire-zones-ill-never-forget-that-evening-on-slievenamon-for-the-rest-of-my-life/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People in affected regions in Dublin and Tipperary reflect on the damage caused by the summer wildfires, and their fear of future such events  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VQHKXNLEDJGYZKOY3GDFBAMKDQ.jpg?auth=77cb0c3e53e2843d708923994719832770e8427c771db56335cf4096a94bd3ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy Prout on Slievenamon near Killusty, Co Tipperary, this week, the landscape completely burned by last month's wildfire. Photograph: Jim Campbell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">jim_campbell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Doonbeg bubble where the locals and Trump have reached a deal of mutual benefit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/22/inside-the-doonbeg-bubble-where-the-locals-and-trump-have-reached-a-deal-of-mutual-benefit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/22/inside-the-doonbeg-bubble-where-the-locals-and-trump-have-reached-a-deal-of-mutual-benefit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With the Irish Open coming to town next month, Doonbeg prepares for the visit of President Trump and a chorus of condemnation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VNLFEDP4WVCZLFKERSUNKD4PWM.jpg?auth=44b058744676296f4f4bde606730f0323f4e32d219a05b3b44dd00b971c5463c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump's Doonbeg golf resort has been of huge benefit to the town. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles McQuillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a glut of information but we lack the knowledge of vision, intuition and dreams]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/we-live-in-a-glut-of-information-but-we-lack-the-knowledge-of-vision-intuition-and-dreams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/we-live-in-a-glut-of-information-but-we-lack-the-knowledge-of-vision-intuition-and-dreams/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s easy to dismiss conspiracy as stupidity or irrationality, but I’m open to hearing what the rational mind filters out]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHIKXSFRQVCJJOJ52DFWTNFDSA.jpg?auth=f80724ad77e00f3fd46461d53404e97c8e1ec197091017106d626b45808ebb2b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A William Blake exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London. Blake was living through a moment when the world was being radically reorganised. Photograph: Joe Maher/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former IRA man seeks decree lifting excommunication over his 1950s Border mission]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/former-ira-man-seeks-decree-lifting-excommunication-over-his-1950s-border-mission/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/22/former-ira-man-seeks-decree-lifting-excommunication-over-his-1950s-border-mission/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork man Jimmy Linehan (90) wants the Catholic Church to remove the censures imposed on Irish people ‘since 1169’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y2D3W2PFIBBJNKZG7LHWCPW4NU.JPG?auth=9b358f019441d3d0dc9a1e6c9d4024b71622ca5f016539bfbe7b85322d934cd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jimmy Linehan at his home in Ballyphehane, Cork city. He is calling on the Vatican to apologise and lift the excommunications issued against Irish republicans. 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[All Blacks mega tour of South Africa promises plenty, but is it good for the game? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/all-blacks-mega-tour-of-south-africa-promises-plenty-but-is-it-good-for-the-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/22/all-blacks-mega-tour-of-south-africa-promises-plenty-but-is-it-good-for-the-game/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nature of competitive rugby could be at stake as rivals put their focus on the bottom line]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4XBRTAVWXRF43JCXMARJ44YU7M.jpg?auth=10167b8e47090641cb00c512f067af7cf62a1d4a67bcaf21d14b018e771af3e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The All Blacks perform the haka before facing South Africa at Eden Park in Auckland, in 2025. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Phil Walter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health and social care firms to be allowed recruit more than half of staff from outside EU ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/health-and-social-care-firms-to-be-allowed-recruit-more-than-half-of-staff-from-outside-eu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/health-and-social-care-firms-to-be-allowed-recruit-more-than-half-of-staff-from-outside-eu/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Change to apply to health and social care sector, but Coalition under pressure to extend remit for heavy goods vehicle drivers   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UHIEM5MDRBCPHITMHATIQRVDUY.jpg?auth=b9a7e6ad3f90b5f32e63985ef71159c58f8fa92e4853b7485677b68e856cdc0a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ministers have been lobbied by the nursing home sector, in particular, regarding staff shortages. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">shapecharge</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New €30m Dublin nursing home lies empty as owners await law change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/new-dublin-nursing-home-lies-empty-as-owners-await-law-change-to-get-more-overseas-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/new-dublin-nursing-home-lies-empty-as-owners-await-law-change-to-get-more-overseas-workers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Healthcare and haulage sectors say they cannot find staff at home while curb on hiring non-EU workers poses challenges to their businesses]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6FZJ3YIAYBCN7LYC7GYCJUG3IU.jpg?auth=190e23229d5f967713d9061db8d392e2faa074b2beba1a3f73388659e07aaf78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garville Private, part of the Orwell Healthcare group, lies empty in Rathgar, south Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who were the M9 crash teenagers?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/who-were-the-m9-crash-teenagers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/who-were-the-m9-crash-teenagers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite public uproar over the fatal collision last weekend, gardaí say the policy of not engaging in wrong-way motorway chases will probably not change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWTM6I6JKZCYXKHLREIRK2K4FE.jpg?auth=df8c183e28f7c50c197f339be9d37f992a349b660bb48a57415fe342e6f42428&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The five teenagers killed in the M9 crash: Jeremy O’Brien (18) and his cousin Alex McCarthy (17) from Carlow; Joey Carthy (15) and Jack Kennedy (17) from Athy, Co Kildare; and Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick. Photograph: Social media accounts/RIP.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenagers killed on M9 regarded as among most prolific and dangerous joyriders countrywide]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/teenagers-killed-on-m9-regarded-as-among-most-prolific-and-dangerous-joyriders-countrywide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/22/teenagers-killed-on-m9-regarded-as-among-most-prolific-and-dangerous-joyriders-countrywide/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí had secured TikTok order against Kamil Pustkowski, Jack Kennedy also discussed at national Garda planning meetings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FYUZJ52EJJCBLHNUZ2B6VS2U5Q.jpg?auth=286be9273fb95e76a65dcd406ce9380de599394f463841064b456f224bbd3028&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[M9 fatalities: Jeremy O’Brien (18) and his cousin Alex McCarthy (17) from Carlow, Joey Carthy (15) and Jack Kennedy (17) from Athy, Co Kildare, and Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick. Photograph: Social Media accounts/Rip.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold review: €2,000 will fulfil your need for a folding smartphone]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/08/22/who-needs-a-folding-phone-google-hopes-you-do-with-its-2000-smartphone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/08/22/who-needs-a-folding-phone-google-hopes-you-do-with-its-2000-smartphone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As far as upgrades go, there are only minor differences between last year’s Pixel Fold Pro 10 and this new version]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D5GP3OA3BJBALHY5F2RRNJLS7U.png?auth=8d8e408baf545d2b6c3d5be79d1ace8f83b9ed366727017bbd5bfc0d4adaaae5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Google has been hit by the same woes that have seen Apple and Samsung raise prices for their products]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/ireland-may-not-have-mutant-blitz-attitude-to-climate-crisis-but-we-have-our-own-potent-version/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/22/ireland-may-not-have-mutant-blitz-attitude-to-climate-crisis-but-we-have-our-own-potent-version/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Any kind of climate scepticism has shrivelled in the dry heat of another scorching summer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TJ4MQOUKQRCM5JV3MRH7MXZO3E.jpg?auth=8792161bf34cf477ddd41be1b9e5234af8f9a663c52ecb5b935a67a9a288cd29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman lying in St Stephen's Green in Dublin during this summer's heatwave. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[June O’Connell obituary: Inspirational lawyer and businesswoman who set up Kerry distillery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/22/june-oconnell-obituary-inspirational-lawyer-and-businesswoman-who-set-up-kerry-distillery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/08/22/june-oconnell-obituary-inspirational-lawyer-and-businesswoman-who-set-up-kerry-distillery/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cahersiveen native with ‘magnetic personality’  worked for legal firms in Dublin and South Africa before founding business in her hometown]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GLV4PNWI5AHLAL6EO4MBUTUJI.jpg?auth=60c1efbefb240761cedc1edb223b75e6022b909220b7dfc6da6e701411653944&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[June O'Connell was inspired by the place from which she came and by the Irish language. Photograph: Paul McCarthy Photography]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Is that a body in the water?’ A flight over the ‘mass grave’ that is the Mediterranean Sea]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/is-that-a-body-in-the-water-a-flight-over-the-mass-grave-that-is-the-mediterranean-sea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/22/is-that-a-body-in-the-water-a-flight-over-the-mass-grave-that-is-the-mediterranean-sea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Hayden]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The union is accused of collaborating with encouraging ‘extremely violent’ Libyan militias in the Mediterranean in a bid to stop people fleeing war, poverty, persecution and climate change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A2HCQL3DT5ENZDC73MBRRIZLBE.jpg?auth=16f6934fff1733c6bc3cbb6263da3f7a22f8e58a61abd7594e6af60a737b7d28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An empty vessel found in the Central Mediterranean on July 31st, as seen from civil search plane Seabird 1, operated by German organisation Sea-Watch]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissident republicans: how great a threat do they pose?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/dissident-republicans-how-great-a-threat-do-they-pose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/22/dissident-republicans-how-great-a-threat-do-they-pose/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Experts say security services are ‘on top of things’ but significant risks are being assessed]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GNCKW3BIGOU5UPN4ZURJZDIF7I.jpg?auth=2302c1262561d700f89beb7f25a0fcd4fbd2246b1fbac3f964dd712202a05fd8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Forensic investigators at the scene in Dunmurry, Co Antrim, after a New IRA car bomb exploded outside a PSNI station last April. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are heavy schoolbooks still being published? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/why-are-heavy-schoolbooks-still-being-published/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/why-are-heavy-schoolbooks-still-being-published/</guid><description><![CDATA[Publishers should not be able to prevent reuse]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump finds his happy place as the bad news piles up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/22/trump-finds-his-happy-place-as-the-bad-news-piles-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/22/trump-finds-his-happy-place-as-the-bad-news-piles-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With the US national debt hitting $40 trillion, the president gives a tour of his new driveway]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FTBJUHG5YVDOHKK674ZDNJNLC4.jpg?auth=6066a5d0a42b45df0b43029325857d7852da853c096417ec9a6e642a0491bb27&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recruiting and retaining teachers: Department of Education could act on existing report]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/recruiting-and-retaining-teachers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/22/recruiting-and-retaining-teachers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Some might reasonably question whether a review is what is now required]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +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[Removal of ‘unconscionable’ housing ban on Magnier and McManus Liffey Valley lands urged]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/22/removal-of-unconscionable-housing-ban-on-magnier-and-mcmanus-liffey-valley-lands-urged/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/22/removal-of-unconscionable-housing-ban-on-magnier-and-mcmanus-liffey-valley-lands-urged/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Developer Michael O’Flynn makes fresh bid to rezone St Edmundsbury near Lucan for almost 500 homes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZ6T2K53ENFYDDLMYSFAQXTP74.jpg?auth=dc942a8fe10e72430ba0a8eeaddab44ef4cbbdb582b8761faa517016a6e880fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[JP McManus and John Magnier bought the 110 hectares at St Edmundsbury near Lucan in 2013 for €4.3 million at a Nama-ordered auction. Photographs: Stephen Collins/Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jason Arday: Was the British media to blame for his death? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/jason-arday-was-the-british-media-to-blame-for-his-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/22/jason-arday-was-the-british-media-to-blame-for-his-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[His supporters blame the media but others say public scrutiny of the tragic academic was justified]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FAFMV6B45BFGVCOFJTZ5GIYRWE?auth=f1c686a2343fe050ac5f75e91a98672428fcfb6b9e5c095e7563437ae97fea10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The late Cambridge professor Jason Arday. Photograph: Anselm Ebulue via The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Via Simon &amp; Schuster; Photo By Anselm Ebulue</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘She is something else’: Georgie Kelly’s dash to see partner Kate O’Connor win gold medal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/she-is-something-else-georgie-kellys-dash-to-see-partner-kate-oconnor-win-gold-medal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/22/she-is-something-else-georgie-kellys-dash-to-see-partner-kate-oconnor-win-gold-medal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carlisle striker on odyssey to see partner Kate O’Connor’s medal ceremony in Birmingham]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5HTHHJOBCNBVLAVVGKNZBKFDPA.jpg?auth=df92d6317c01476f02e68f8d1fbe9493d31c835fdef9d934939f2f4a62686a25&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate O'Connor with partner Georgie Kelly in 2021. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen McCarthy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a dump to a national park to housing: how plans for Liffey Valley Park have changed over the years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/22/from-a-dump-to-a-national-park-to-housing-how-plans-for-liffey-valley-park-have-changed-over-the-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/22/from-a-dump-to-a-national-park-to-housing-how-plans-for-liffey-valley-park-have-changed-over-the-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The future of this green gateway at the western edge of Dublin city, stretching from Chapelizod to Lucan, remains in doubt]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WD7F4DUCHRC3BDLQ6V5R3YGSCU.JPG?auth=3afa4d9f009f06fadcac20146d225e66d48ed0ea1404e4409a2989109d85ae07&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People walk across fields towards a wooded area by the river Liffey at Edmundsbury in Lucan. The Liffey Valley Park Alliance and local representatives are campaigning for a Liffey Valley Park that would run from Islandbridge to Straffan. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan and plant now for a beautiful garden next summer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/22/plan-and-plant-now-for-a-beautiful-garden-next-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/08/22/plan-and-plant-now-for-a-beautiful-garden-next-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever compared autumn-sown hardy flowering annuals with their spring-sown equivalents, you’ll know they’re like chalk and cheese]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRTEVFO2KJCTJBTXPHRG5XZQOE.jpg?auth=a6cc33bc9a3acd2597115a16ad8caac2696f52019afaa9af89c04b3701a1fd19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Planning and planting well ahead gives hardy flowering annuals time to bed their root systems down in the soil. Photograph: Getty/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joachim Heller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Nvidia prepares to report earnings, growth-rate must slow down sooner or later]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/22/as-nvidia-prepares-to-report-earnings-growth-rate-must-slow-down-sooner-or-later/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/22/as-nvidia-prepares-to-report-earnings-growth-rate-must-slow-down-sooner-or-later/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[European Central Bank’s recent warning about the AI boom singled out American tech company]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDBOW5ANTRVWEKSIUVFD6B5QHA.jpg?auth=ef625494a9ade7712f1b885e84b8f5ceea3c95d11267aad6b28d8d03d08244fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nvidia president and CEO Jensen Huang. The company will issue a trading update next week. Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ritchie B Tongo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Combilift develops US exports amid strong demand from Tesla and Google]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/combilift-develops-us-exports-amid-strong-demand-from-tesla-and-google/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/22/combilift-develops-us-exports-amid-strong-demand-from-tesla-and-google/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Monaghan fork-lift manufacturer chasing in on boom in data centres and prefabricated construction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UN2Z4IFCF4E3XNPQIXFQ2RLYBU.jpg?auth=a8818e7631f0b51ca56c596f3aa47ec02ec305d734e0481c89918008e8fb2e6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Combilift chief executive Martin McVicar: 'We are going to see a 10 to 12% growth in our US market this year.' Photograph: Philip Fitzpatrick]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish rapper Reggie: ‘Dundalk’s on top of the world right now. The centre of the universe’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/irish-rapper-reggie-dundalks-on-top-of-the-world-right-now-the-centre-of-the-universe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/irish-rapper-reggie-dundalks-on-top-of-the-world-right-now-the-centre-of-the-universe/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Capplis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former drill rapper went viral when one of the world’s biggest DJs remixed his song. Now he’d like to rebrand]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/433HMPIUH5C63FXHRB4AH4L2HU.jpeg?auth=51349197a98f68a87c84d21755c58d0bcdc70984c79610d62b16f5c7926ad8ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reggie in Muirhevnamore, a suburb of Dundalk where he spent much of his teenage years. Photograph: Conor Capplis]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Conor Capplis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanye West goes east for tour dates in Russia. Is that wise?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/kanye-west-goes-east-for-tour-dates-in-russia-is-that-wise/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/kanye-west-goes-east-for-tour-dates-in-russia-is-that-wise/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s safe to say the rapper’s special rehabilitation operation is on hold]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ITB3NC77XZAVPN3KAMH64325T4.jpg?auth=e08c45404495f4ab18b273f6928afa11115c1db8cf571b61ae1c1d247fc63522&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Young Putin': Kanye West on stage in Istanbul in May. Photograph: Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">YASIN AKGUL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artist Orla Barry presents life and its deepest strands through the prism of sheep]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/08/22/artist-orla-barry-presents-life-and-its-deepest-strands-through-the-prism-of-sheep/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/08/22/artist-orla-barry-presents-life-and-its-deepest-strands-through-the-prism-of-sheep/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Exhibition at Rua Red in Tallaght uses animals to explore ideas of land, time, gender, belonging and the natural world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NH5S7RY5NZGYTNPZXDXRE3MRIU.jpg?auth=f8d7c8f1f43c6671deeb15333186a7b4fcb2f55e88d9aff894fa38424c48e52c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Orla Barry's The Collie, The Cheviot & The Crouched Skeleton at Rua Red in Tallaght, Dublin. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: 19 acts you don’t want to miss at this year’s festival]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/electric-picnic-2026-19-acts-you-dont-want-to-miss-at-this-years-festival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/22/electric-picnic-2026-19-acts-you-dont-want-to-miss-at-this-years-festival/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Gorillaz to Florence Road via escapist pop, futuristic synth-funk and furious indie rock, this is our pick of the artists who’ll be on stage next weekend]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILUJMQ7J2NCCVLGZWIH3TSS3TI.png?auth=4232e1ec1ad2673c375e2b0bd9dab508560cf333289ddd1cc44ee5ef138841cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: Gorillaz; CMAT; Fontaines DC; Zara Larsson; and Reggie Watts are among the acts not to miss. Photographs: Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diamond necklace for €45,000-€55,000 and a Titanic survivor’s heart-shaped pendant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/08/22/a-diamond-necklace-for-45000-55000-and-a-titanic-survivors-heart-shaped-pendant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/08/22/a-diamond-necklace-for-45000-55000-and-a-titanic-survivors-heart-shaped-pendant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When buying diamonds, it’s important to know if you’re buying natural or lab grown]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RHKNVJDCCZD2XBDURZYY7V6APA.jpg?auth=580f5c5b3a754ebc83b163b92b64a84acf12e5552416bfec1b6a32cd88c11dd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This mid-century diamond rivière necklace (left) is for sale at Weldon’s jewellery, watches and gold coin auction (estimate: €45,000-€55,000); the heart-shaped pendant was owned by a Titanic survivor]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hunted for the best value in Beaujolais Crus and here are the results]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/08/22/i-hunted-for-the-best-value-in-beaujolais-crus-and-here-are-the-results/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/08/22/i-hunted-for-the-best-value-in-beaujolais-crus-and-here-are-the-results/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Wilson: The four wines I’ve featured here include one of my personal favourites]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FHDLKCXRHZFCHA4Y272CNTOIYA.jpg?auth=9be1bb9a81679b8e88b48a470a6c7cbedc9aee9929f2f8d1bebc7a66025e8690&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beaujolais in general has climbed in price in recent years, but these four cru options still offer value for money]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to make two amazing French bistro classics on a budget]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/22/how-to-make-two-amazing-french-bistro-classics-on-a-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/22/how-to-make-two-amazing-french-bistro-classics-on-a-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Who could refuse the chance to transport themselves to the streets of Paris without blowing the bank?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVHZO37ZKVBEZFM5TNZQBYE254.jpg?auth=510d451f6b57c8267fae51f0bc8a091b91339290ea8e12f1a825ec08c2f9e3ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French bistro classics made the easy way: Champignons on toast and steak haché with peppercorn sauce. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Salt King by Natasha Pulley: Overwhelming darkness leavened by shining dialogue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-salt-king-by-natasha-pulley-overwhelming-darkness-leavened-by-shining-dialogue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-salt-king-by-natasha-pulley-overwhelming-darkness-leavened-by-shining-dialogue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Hegarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author seals her reputation as one of the most magically imaginative writers at work today]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3T6M5D2LE5ABZOJRVEQ7EUNS5Q.jpg?auth=0de6c2dc18fb927b6a1ca5a56ae98bacbe7c67fbfe9cb97bc40e694ed07e0101&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Natasha Pulley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for steak haché with peppercorn sauce and the ultimate shoestring fries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/22/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-steak-hache-with-peppercorn-sauce-and-the-ultimate-shoestring-fries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/22/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-steak-hache-with-peppercorn-sauce-and-the-ultimate-shoestring-fries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember to ask your butcher for mince with 20% fat content]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3I2GH6XZRZHLDLZTITETYSVAMM.jpg?auth=9806bbc6388f60f5752fff448f6c70f981a7924b915f01ca31da04880f2d8d82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's steak haché with peppercorn sauce and shoestring fries. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s really warping, all these people who don’t know you, who feel like they do’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/author-meg-mason-its-really-warping-all-these-people-who-dont-know-you-who-feel-like-they-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/author-meg-mason-its-really-warping-all-these-people-who-dont-know-you-who-feel-like-they-do/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a famous writer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6F5JFL7TRFTTOFYJJZ7IA5HXQ.jpg?auth=a1451897155a0a182f88734fac86fdbab0e2fec3b26fe2dce65ea71ed5a98cb0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meg Mason. Photograph: Anne Peeters]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anne Peeters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s classic French recipe for champignons on toast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/22/mark-moriartys-classic-french-recipe-for-champignons-on-toast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/08/22/mark-moriartys-classic-french-recipe-for-champignons-on-toast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This easy dish features a mushroom butter to add to your kitchen repertoire]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7BSOGSZBJZF53PY7PRLNNGT32Q.jpg?auth=f0749a1f43bd8e09bbcb294d55ce277399e2083eef426951a20958a4365f2013&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Champignons on toast is a French bistro classic. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reds: A Global History of Communism by Paul Mason – the problem of revisionism and working-class awareness]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/reds-a-global-history-of-communism-by-paul-mason-the-problem-of-revisionism-and-working-class-awareness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/reds-a-global-history-of-communism-by-paul-mason-the-problem-of-revisionism-and-working-class-awareness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Hanley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A book to provoke discussion, but some of the author’s potential audience may also be inured to his opinions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ETLNRI3KUEPPMNEJNGOOHHLAI4.jpg?auth=56ae25d3ac8ba755848d91349c78d260155567052ebbaa8095259c1641ff1529&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This book repeatedly poses the question of how people can struggle against oppression in one sphere, yet justify it in another. Photograph: Olga Maltseva/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olga Maltseva</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: The Princess of Connemara, The Judges of Ireland 1866-1921 and Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/books-in-brief-the-princess-of-connemara-the-judges-of-ireland-1866-1921-and-alone-in-japan-a-journey-to-the-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/books-in-brief-the-princess-of-connemara-the-judges-of-ireland-1866-1921-and-alone-in-japan-a-journey-to-the-future/</guid><description><![CDATA[New books from Alan Esslemont, Daire Hogan and Tom Feiling ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MEAWMXKCPZBRBNTMFYQR66LKLQ.JPG?auth=d73d9474edec8fca2ac4123430f83962883b3eabeea87894e1c8e3643a3c4729&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Esslemont's epic famine-set novel The Princess of Connemara is a tale of love, lust and loyalty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fate of the World: A History and Future of the Climate Crisis: A sobering narrative ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-fate-of-the-world-a-history-and-future-of-the-climate-crisis-a-sobering-narrative/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/the-fate-of-the-world-a-history-and-future-of-the-climate-crisis-a-sobering-narrative/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gibbons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those new to the science of global warming, this book is a solid, if sometimes blunt, introduction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XYOQI447NM7I4NK3CVHAYMLODA.jpg?auth=f91d71bd5d5e2c7eeb283736a3cde5a71ddb6050c48dd4bf12be7d3493d5a2a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An early August wildfire in Loumpa, West Attica, Greece. The blaze burned 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) over that weekend. Photographer: Nick Paleologos/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Paleologos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunrise by Téa Obreht: Timelines converge successfully in absorbing novel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/sunrise-by-tea-obreht-timelines-converge-successfully-in-absorbing-novel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/sunrise-by-tea-obreht-timelines-converge-successfully-in-absorbing-novel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Higgins-Moore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rewarding denouement confirms author’s unusual genre-blending as a success]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XD7FQUVTNJF5XCH3AY6I6MQATY.jpg?auth=93a624d6662fc651b67b8a3ee35ecd50b187369068f7b447c7cca77c4a51bd0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Sunrise, Téa Obreht delivers an ambitious structure with three protagonists across a time span of 122 years. Photograph: Bryan Meade/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Dublin Bus Hours Before Cork Win the Camogie Final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/poem-of-the-week-dublin-bus-hours-before-cork-win-the-camogie-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/22/poem-of-the-week-dublin-bus-hours-before-cork-win-the-camogie-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alvy Carragher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Alvy Carragher]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TTYYYGKBQVAVVGLELMIZDWYZZE.jpg?auth=7272fcf8b8a10d94a5688f62a9f2cda1ce35a6569bdc23af8402a9d6c131188e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['The cailíní from Cork are waving at strangers,
counting how many Dubliners wave back.
They cheer each time, fists pumping the air.'
Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/08/22/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/08/22/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 22nd, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7WTCIQUOLFD7LBWMWSD7P5WXQY.jpg?auth=8b9be742593f889d87ed66265ae6462576b36369f1c1c6bb67d6b7dcc7d80c7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Martyn Turner cartoon for Saturday August 22nd, 2026]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn: The perils of translating Shakespeare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn-the-perils-of-translating-shakespeare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/if-this-be-magic-by-daniel-hahn-the-perils-of-translating-shakespeare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Declan O'Driscoll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A charming and comprehensive examination of the many challenges of ‘turning gold into gold’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XRJ5PMUPK5HRNBNJRYSET44AFQ.jpg?auth=ff02342e0d55d3ef92ed76260ae340d1ffb4af1bf056f88f39fcba177ef1c457&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The title page from an antique book of the plays of Shakespeare]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">duncan1890</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction – elegant, ambitious and very smart]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/middlemen-literary-agents-and-the-making-of-american-fiction-elegant-ambitious-and-very-smart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/middlemen-literary-agents-and-the-making-of-american-fiction-elegant-ambitious-and-very-smart/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mei Chin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Laura McGrath’s brilliant eye-opener on the role of literary agents is a delight]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6H2YSB2L5NFKLJBAVI7RUEWHBA.jpg?auth=dfa8f66f2e6c5109fcc8764806bbf594f454be10bc28c2111c817ba075675297&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Nancy Flowers-Harris presents Marie Brown with an award of tribute and recognition during the 8th Annual African American Literary Awards at Melba's Harlem in 2012, New York City. Photograph: J Countess/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">J. Countess</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander: God. King. Man]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/alexander-god-king-man/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/alexander-god-king-man/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Lynch]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s command of this turbulent saga is hugely impressive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DD74DHK76T4AJZI2WDCTZKTUAU.jpg?auth=842111fe3dd2f318aa54f3a6ed329da92583e3e91c90d459d0cbf5c986e5bb55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A statue of Alexander the Great in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The country’s northern region of Macedonia is birthplace of the ancient warrior king. Photograph: Reuters]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa: A poignant farewell]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/i-give-you-my-silence-by-mario-vargas-llosa-a-poignant-farewell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/22/i-give-you-my-silence-by-mario-vargas-llosa-a-poignant-farewell/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth McSkeane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In his protagonist, there are echoes of the novelist reconciled to the limits of artistic endeavour as a force for change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F7UPKOD5YLLXGRYRDD65W4GLLI.jpg?auth=1da89e6e0820b66d54d892b907af09219287e8cda0f0a046968df20d07a41cf8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mario Vargas Llosa. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Seth Wenig</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>