<?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/2026-08-25/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:09:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Third-level students warned of tightening accommodation options as CAO offers come in]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/26/third-level-students-warned-of-tightening-accommodation-options-as-cao-offers-come-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/26/third-level-students-warned-of-tightening-accommodation-options-as-cao-offers-come-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí urge students seeking vacancies to protect themselves against financial scams ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YRMRIV6WTVBHXAJFJRSFDQOT4E.jpg?auth=3791a7eef02b76aff4c8136bb73302f3fce0e7c14a88b77f4e2151c7540694c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A queue for student accommodation in Dublin earlier this year. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Active travel: NTA report highlights economic benefits of walking and cycling to work]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/08/26/active-travel-nta-report-highlights-economic-benefits-of-walking-and-cycling-to-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/08/26/active-travel-nta-report-highlights-economic-benefits-of-walking-and-cycling-to-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Report outlines how investment in active travel infrastructure ‘puts money back into people’s pockets’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RR7B43GDFBH7ZETFZHOIMFUWCM.JPG?auth=02fa9e262cf7527d2039386dcf27611a6684ccacbf1f4afc81e86edd8b7b67df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Royal Canal Greenway active travel scheme was opened in September 2025, providing walking and cycling facilities from North Strand Road to Phibsborough Road in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSNI officer who had sexual relationship with woman he met on duty sacked]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/psni-officer-who-had-sexual-relationship-with-woman-he-met-on-duty-sacked/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/psni-officer-who-had-sexual-relationship-with-woman-he-met-on-duty-sacked/</guid><description><![CDATA[He also intimidated former partner over intimate photos, tried to falsify evidence and asked colleague to lie]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:01:00 +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[Officer also had child with the woman, the North's police ombudsman said. Photograph: Paul McErlane/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PAUL MCERLANE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage cyclist dies in hit-and-run in Co Meath]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/teenager-dies-in-hit-and-run-in-co-meath/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/teenager-dies-in-hit-and-run-in-co-meath/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crash involving van and bicycle took place near Kells at about 8pm]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:29:43 +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[The road at Nugentstown remains closed with diversions in place. File image. Photograph: Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celtic give up four-goal lead to crash out of Champions League to LASK]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/celtic-give-up-four-goal-lead-to-crash-out-of-champions-league-to-lask/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/celtic-give-up-four-goal-lead-to-crash-out-of-champions-league-to-lask/</guid><description><![CDATA[Scottish champions led by three goals from the home game and went ahead early in Austria]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:53:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I3EYNJP6BOWAKNYRMKICCCAZ4E.jpg?auth=85bb369db12a30d899f887454412c0ba0ef163e4466bb288906ffa02f6bf17b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anthony Ralston of Celtic reacts after losing to Lask. Photograph: Christian Bruna/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Christian Bruna</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy charged with possessing explosives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/boy-charged-with-possessing-explosives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/boy-charged-with-possessing-explosives/</guid><description><![CDATA[Teenager expected to appear before court in North]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:50:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFVRZJMASVBWZOW2COZQVYAYYU.jpg?auth=c43dbeaac88ca866f779decb76046354886680956feaed922eaaf3e12c126f19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A house was searched in Omagh, Co Tyrone, on Monday. Photograph: Peter Muhly/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PETER MUHLY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troy Parrott makes his debut for Real Betis - as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/troy-parrott-set-to-make-real-betis-debut-live-updates-as-team-to-be-announced-to-play-valencia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/troy-parrott-set-to-make-real-betis-debut-live-updates-as-team-to-be-announced-to-play-valencia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Real Betis beat Valencia 1-0 in La Liga in Parrott’s first game as Celtic suffered humiliating 5-1 defeat to miss out on Champions League qualifying]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:45:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XSBZT3KXOZF6NEHE2VLKU7XXJM.jpg?auth=07e5fcfa5f371d478b0305aa403def487877cc945124e4153dbe54efc35c36c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Troy Parrott signs for Real Betis from AZ Alkmaar. Photograph: Real Betis]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artists pay tribute to Dolly Parton, with Donald Trump ordering flag to be lowered in US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/artists-pay-tribute-to-dolly-parton-with-donald-trump-ordering-flag-to-be-lowered-in-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/artists-pay-tribute-to-dolly-parton-with-donald-trump-ordering-flag-to-be-lowered-in-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[Figures from across worlds of entertainment and politics hail ‘true country music great’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:42:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNXW6U2OJONJBDVKJM5NKMP2ZY.jpg?auth=c500971506fd119c77d6d888bcaa4c64c36975ada1e6c4fecdd9e2b8b358fdaa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in 2023. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charlie Riedel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EFL Cup: Nathan Collins scores twice as Brentford thrash Birmingham]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/efl-cup-nathan-collins-scores-twice-as-brentford-thrash-birmingham/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/efl-cup-nathan-collins-scores-twice-as-brentford-thrash-birmingham/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mason Melia makes first start for Lincoln City on loan as they win 4-1]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:38:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4VTUJONKKL42IIF3AI5NQ522QQ.jpg?auth=294d2af6e9a0fa5699651570e7ad47dfc362305fde0375f7623e24fc025cac60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nathan Collins of Brentford celebrates scoring his team’s third goal. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Istitene</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troy Parrott flirts with fantasy on lively Real Betis debut]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/troy-parrotts-lively-real-betis-debut-showed-glimpses-of-what-is-to-come/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/troy-parrotts-lively-real-betis-debut-showed-glimpses-of-what-is-to-come/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish striker missed a chance immediately after coming off bench, but played a role in the winning goal]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:31:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQ2OX4HE7G3GQIYVPEFLGQYXB4.jpg?auth=1f64bfe312380b28dd5723ec7c6ad102aebdd8063a8e964ac2ca8cdef509fe26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Troy Parrott of Real Betis Balompie shoots under pressure from Mouctar Diakhaby of Valencia. Photograph: Francisco Macia/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Francisco Macia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolly Parton was a rare example of a celebrity who used their fame to lift others up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/ed-power-dolly-parton-dies-aged-80-country-music-star-dublin-cork-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/ed-power-dolly-parton-dies-aged-80-country-music-star-dublin-cork-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The country star’s music was as adored in Ireland as it was back home in Tennessee]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:46:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RA4RM5TXVZG5HFBLZRSESESFII.jpg?auth=4f310564acfddf85e22a970eddea7bf6ddf1cb1de16ce7aa53be22277615f402&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dolly Parton performs at Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 1980. Photograph: George Rose/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">George Rose</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison service should consider technology to monitor vital signs of inmates, inquest hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/prison-service-should-consider-technology-to-monitor-vital-signs-of-inmates-inquest-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/prison-service-should-consider-technology-to-monitor-vital-signs-of-inmates-inquest-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jamie Crowley (27) was pronounced dead in his cell at Cork Prison in March 2024]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:33:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YT7BKN6LD5FVXJRRZDG2KBLLTQ.jpg?auth=e57f9075414f25a69693664300831d54eac0d46a323afedfc1d146e6b5fd537b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jamie Crowley, who was found dead in his cell in Cork Prison in March 2024. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy backs new PGA Tour plan to conclude season with two-week matchplay event]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/pga-tour-to-conclude-season-with-two-week-matchplay-tournament-from-2028/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/pga-tour-to-conclude-season-with-two-week-matchplay-tournament-from-2028/</guid><description><![CDATA[The top 32 players will play Tour Championship across rotating venues each year]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:07:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FGDZ5S6WHVAPXPDAZBTQOB52NE.jpg?auth=ec7a0f6dd87c07b4313eb03b22d1b98892183c28f4eead0014a8a150124228d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brian Rolapp, the CEO of the PGA Tour, announced the changes. Photograph: Cliff Hawkins/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cliff Hawkins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle ‘expected to make full recovery’ after being brought to hospital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/jockey-dylan-browne-mcmonagle-taken-to-hospital-after-fall-at-bellewstown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/jockey-dylan-browne-mcmonagle-taken-to-hospital-after-fall-at-bellewstown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Racing was abandoned at Bellewstown track due to slippy conditions]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VVVO3HOQTQPVPGVBAQKK7WJK7U.jpg?auth=b0cd3aa09be6f445f2c1ba1d020eb13b5dc6ce468bd4edd1ec0f7bdfd15949f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle was taken to hospital in Drogheda. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Court judge criticises colleague’s analysis in unlawful detention case ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/high-court-judge-criticises-colleagues-analysis-in-unlawful-detention-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/high-court-judge-criticises-colleagues-analysis-in-unlawful-detention-case/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge Garrett Simons says man was not unlawfully detained because solicitor refused to represent him]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4QZ7HP3DTNFB3NXR66AJCYTACI.jpg?auth=74da83ce655325111d9b6af89f91192626127b46e700343fa69f9477aaf22728&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If a person believes they are being unlawfully detained they can make an application to the High Court under article 40.4 of the Constitution. File photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Iuri Gagarin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audio recording showed ex-NI council chief’s ‘dismay’ over sending of email copy, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/audio-recording-showed-ex-ni-council-chiefs-dismay-over-sending-of-email-copy-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/audio-recording-showed-ex-ni-council-chiefs-dismay-over-sending-of-email-copy-court-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Court]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:35:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A5CFOBSSZDAZBY4ZRRIA5JMZRI.jpg?auth=8323ae47fed5b6449e71bba6ce03532b449acc8cd7a9858b6fde58c3618dc518&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anne Donaghy leaving Ballymena Courthouse in Co Antrim, where she is contesting charges of deleting emails under the Freedom of Information Act. Photograph: Rebecca Black/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Rebecca Black</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: Women’s urinals, Guinness ... and that Barefoot Garden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-2026-womens-urinals-guinness-and-that-barefoot-garden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-2026-womens-urinals-guinness-and-that-barefoot-garden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Twenty-first edition of event to be staged in Stadbally, Co Laois, from August 28th-30th]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7B36U2EN3JWE7K3P6ZNGSLG3X4.jpg?auth=18d57204e839328dfec140099f508967df228fe9f788958d1a992397ebd6702a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish band Florence Road on stage this afternoon in advance of Electric Picnic 2026, which takes place this weekend in  Stradbally, Co Laois. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on drug reimbursement: lessons from the Skyclarys saga ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/25/the-irish-times-view-on-drug-reimbursement-lessons-from-the-skyclarys-saga/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/25/the-irish-times-view-on-drug-reimbursement-lessons-from-the-skyclarys-saga/</guid><description><![CDATA[The process of negotiating drug reimbursements is opaque and drawn-out]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AW4IYGKPCNF5VFA7XTHRVK2CXY.jpg?auth=8d0b9d1082120859ab6e7f44b48878743217f7ab458a766480a4dc81623d6c84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedreich’s ataxia campaigners demonstrate for Skyclarys reimbursement in Dublin last  Sunday. (Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times)















]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchester United confirm Carlos Baleba signing as midfield spend nears £150m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/savinho-seals-75m-spurs-move-from-manchester-city-and-changes-name-to-savio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/08/25/savinho-seals-75m-spurs-move-from-manchester-city-and-changes-name-to-savio/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hytner, Jacob Steinberg]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Savinho seals £75m Spurs move from Manchester City – and changes name to Sávio]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:19:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILX65ZPV7FB6TIHR6MGRXJIGJM.jpg?auth=b14742396f3aaa913b22f61b53558a2985826bce6f73c6bf615ad124f36f9699&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carlos Baleba has signed for Manchester United from Brighton & Hove Albion. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Hewitt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-country-star-actor-and-philanthropist-dies-aged-80/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-country-star-actor-and-philanthropist-dies-aged-80/</guid><description><![CDATA[Parton’s songwriting was characterised by its vivid storytelling, emotional acuity and melodic strength, all sung with strident clarity]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:13:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKE4MYH6Q2XUVEE6JA6QUKLIAQ.jpg?auth=13efb43ff13c00de3fc2e11271f4d9f64e2dcba34b008352767fad44229d2b59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the US economic sanctions: a blunt weapon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/25/the-irish-times-view-on-the-us-economic-sanctions-a-blunt-weapon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/08/25/the-irish-times-view-on-the-us-economic-sanctions-a-blunt-weapon/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are few quick wins and significant risks in Donald Trump’s latest moves against Iran]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MFJYL4G3VWZ6XZP7JRORS7P2CM.jpg?auth=540e0255d862c66144c63f11d4895bbff935751d0f51dbdffb4050305b9b2886&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US treasury secretary Scott Bessent talking to reporters about the economic sanctions on Monday. (Phhoto: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jacquelyn Martin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pier Pressure: Frank McNally on a night camping at General Humbert’s landing spot]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/25/pier-pressure-frank-mcnally-on-a-night-camping-at-general-humberts-landing-spot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/08/25/pier-pressure-frank-mcnally-on-a-night-camping-at-general-humberts-landing-spot/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An amphibious invasion boded ill after a foray to liberate some 1798 spirit]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BXN6HWDKBBF4HJ726YQXNFOKPI.jpg?auth=895c511aa73eed318dfbb9af2005b57f95fdf55feba7ca4da1772fc98fad6a80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Reenactors firing a volley of shorts at Kilcummin Pier. To the right, foreground, is the Humbert Stone]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster, Leinster and Connacht head to France for preseason games to test out new signings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/25/munster-leinster-and-connacht-head-to-france-for-preseason-games-to-test-out-new-signings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/08/25/munster-leinster-and-connacht-head-to-france-for-preseason-games-to-test-out-new-signings/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Edinburgh-bound Ulster now include some of Richie Murphy’s former Ireland under-20s charges]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:46:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GKLX577FBO3ZELBFKVGWJIZ6HA.jpg?auth=38ecaeef50c5f3c666daa0428e8621d1df07698bd27c7047387d105f22ed84a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munter's Kieran Brookes, a former Irish underage international, won 16 caps for England. Photograph: Ben Brady/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three youths appear in court following alleged ramming of Garda car by stolen BMW ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/four-youths-arrested-in-stolen-bmw-due-to-appear-in-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/four-youths-arrested-in-stolen-bmw-due-to-appear-in-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí launched response operation after car occupants allegedly failed to stop and struck patrol car ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IWZLK5WFM5GQBFEZ34Z7NRF3OY.jpg?auth=79833a0f2ccab6028346065943161d7ab55ab4fe03d95a1371887acaf75a406d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The stolen BMW was recovered by Kinsale gardaí after they stopped four youths on Tuesday morning. Photograph: An Garda Siochana]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran signals intention to retaliate after United States widens sanctions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/iran-vows-to-retaliate-after-us-widens-sanctions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/iran-vows-to-retaliate-after-us-widens-sanctions/</guid><description><![CDATA[US threatens Iran’s trading partners but makes no mention of China]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:32:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XCRRMOAC3AI772QNIOW2LJTJPE.jpg?auth=73a6c571d03fd989e6d94b1b526751e2d75943e554765a8587fec229cc8bd4cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US treasury secretary Scott Bessent stopped short of the most punishing sanctions on Iran. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chip Somodevilla</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leona Maguire on swing changes: ‘You have to keep elevating your game or you get left behind’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/leona-maguire-on-swing-changes-you-have-to-keep-elevating-your-game-or-you-get-left-behind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/leona-maguire-on-swing-changes-you-have-to-keep-elevating-your-game-or-you-get-left-behind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cavan golfer is the star attraction for the Women’s Irish Open at The K Club]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRO6D6DNRNRYLZY62XXREJMGIQ.jpg?auth=5d05a66d29a9aef262482d37d3badfe08f9042305053ee20e1d2a05a35f9bcdb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leona Maguire has been working with Tiger Woods' former coach Sean Foley. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shares edge higher as Nvidia results loom large]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/shares-edge-higher-as-nvidia-results-loom-large/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/shares-edge-higher-as-nvidia-results-loom-large/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UK housebuilders lifted by British government plan to fund affordable housing]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DV5B4TECMUOB42SQUCJOI5R5TM.jpg?auth=44b02a9ad82c99a35ede1577b3fe241a60fbac86a17ced6c845623a9122b9e37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Analysts estimate that Nvidia’s revenue nearly doubled last quarter from a year earlier to $92 billion. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ritchie B Tongo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parakeets have Londoners in a flap and hunters loading their rifles]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/parakeets-have-londoners-in-a-flap-and-hunters-loading-their-rifles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/parakeets-have-londoners-in-a-flap-and-hunters-loading-their-rifles/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Red-necked parakeets, originally from Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, are now established in England’s southeast]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XDBGZ6VUZFAIRJPCHLILSRSFSU.jpg?auth=f73af749991d576cd61613a0ac8bec8dd0b8da6a093d203fd104bb1264b6b3ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Paul Columnist Photo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[North’s High Court quashes Parades Commission Drumcree determination ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/norths-high-court-quashes-parades-commission-drumcree-determination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/norths-high-court-quashes-parades-commission-drumcree-determination/</guid><description><![CDATA[Court told decision to restrict Orange Order march was not considered in its ‘final form’ by all commissioners]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:58:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M6I5DENENTP5T5EKFO7SWA7ZIY.jpg?auth=7728fedf5619204074106beadb7423ac33e5d753fc58c366ce0d14cf2e28139a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police and members of the Orange Order face each other during the 25th anniversary Drumcree parade in Portadown, Co Armagh, in 2023. The Parades Commission has blocked the order from marching along Garvaghy Road since 1998. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the State’s national equestrian sports body in financial trouble and what will happen to it?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/why-is-the-states-national-equestrian-sports-body-in-financial-trouble-and-what-will-happen-to-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/why-is-the-states-national-equestrian-sports-body-in-financial-trouble-and-what-will-happen-to-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Legal costs in €9m competition claim case triggered run for court protection from creditors]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:53:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EWRR5D4FZLP6KCJEWQOYHYODL4.jpg?auth=1f78f05402c8b9bb73e5adaae3dd352dd1f94b37f134fd29551e8fe8df7fb89e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There was success for HSI earlier this month as the eventing team and the showjumping team, featuring Cian O’Connor and Bertram Allen, above, qualified for the LA Olympics in 2028. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s Irish Open: Tee times, TV details, weather forecast, players to watch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/24/womens-irish-open-tee-times-tv-details-weather-forecast-players-to-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/24/womens-irish-open-tee-times-tv-details-weather-forecast-players-to-watch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about The K Club and the Ladies European Tour event]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:53:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QSDMCJRRLLFNOZIN7WOV2ITOPQ.jpg?auth=7d887f8251cfad86b71cf2dc20537b33fdcaa266bdfdfa887d044185c033e9ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leona Maguire of Ireland will play at The K Club. Photograph: Luke Hales/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Hales</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada announces $20bn retaliatory tariffs as US trade war escalates]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/canada-announces-20bn-retaliatory-tariffs-as-us-trade-war-escalates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/canada-announces-20bn-retaliatory-tariffs-as-us-trade-war-escalates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilya Gridneff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of US goods will face increased levies after September 8th]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:48:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TRKYGU5O5OJ4OYIEXGCXBXWSB4.jpg?auth=0b02ad42adf0ddf2c3f221645fa12c7b9e2ca0b85d6640bb2f4958a9aafcfd30&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vehicles cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-United States border. Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of US imports. Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg     ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cole Burston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority of teenagers injured in M50 crash released from hospital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/majority-of-teenagers-injured-in-m50-crash-released-from-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/majority-of-teenagers-injured-in-m50-crash-released-from-hospital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nine people were injured and hospitalised after stolen car drove in wrong direction on motorway]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:29:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UTEWCEMA6X64XPMS2ND7D7LIOM.jpg?auth=b91b9ea2fc887099c56408fe1ee2e4ae9eb537ec4a2d9025311b2d5aac5b9ea3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The scene of the M50 crash near Junction 12. Photograph: Collins Photo Agency
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">COLLINS PHOT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/un-and-red-cross-call-for-urgent-rules-on-autonomous-weapons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/un-and-red-cross-call-for-urgent-rules-on-autonomous-weapons/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Farge]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:12:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LEVXLJHAEUE6YGKYUF6QFQOVAA.jpg?auth=0e36ee159ac87d7761610bed7600b5fa8bfd58850122e6a658e99f915794d855&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ Mirjana Spoljaric of the International Committee of the Red Cross called for a legally binding instrument to regulate autonomous weapon systems. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fabrice Coffrini</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin school gets go-ahead for pitch floodlights despite residents’ objections regarding geese]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/st-michaels-college-gets-go-ahead-for-pitch-floodlights-over-residents-objections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/st-michaels-college-gets-go-ahead-for-pitch-floodlights-over-residents-objections/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Council places limits on floodlight use to protect light bellied Brent geese and residential amenity]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:09:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V64YSFLOAHTH5AMFBOGJAJLME4.jpg?auth=d52ccda835cf689db5f3850006c820fbb54b9fd77881f9cdacf1d3bdbb7adde0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[St Michael's College has got planning permission to install floodlights on its sports pitches. Photograph: Inpho/Tom Maher ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers’ views: Motorway off-ramp spikes among suggestions to tackle wrong-way driving]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/readers-views-motorway-off-ramp-spikes-among-suggestions-to-tackle-wrong-way-driving/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/readers-views-motorway-off-ramp-spikes-among-suggestions-to-tackle-wrong-way-driving/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Matrix sign alerts also suggested by readers in wake of recent incidents that led to fatalities and serious injuries]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FMPYHSIJLXA5KC6IJPIW4M6MUI.jpg?auth=554aeee1716cee6a913cfc5eaf519a3bb7a8e5f5446b0604316595d9849c362c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A prayer vigil in St Clare's Church in Graiguecullen, Co Carlow, for the full recovery of those injured in the M9 crash. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman’s body found in Dublin park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/womans-body-is-found-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/25/womans-body-is-found-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remains discovered on Tuesday in Kimmage]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SE3SYSBFASBIRBZKUFR7UO2SRA.jpg?auth=4e65eb6efc1aeeaa6f2633e3227110a5c1fb5190e27db7c9830ab275d81b941a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A heavy Garda presence was observed at the scene as a forensic examination took place. File image]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duo accused of rape and false imprisonment in Galway city to seek bail in High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/duo-accused-of-rape-and-false-imprisonment-in-galway-city-to-seek-bail-in-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/duo-accused-of-rape-and-false-imprisonment-in-galway-city-to-seek-bail-in-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Bradley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inicident alleged to have happened at Ceannt Station car park near city centre on August 1st]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:51:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SERPXUP7OEZCZ5SFP7V375IBSA.jpg?auth=24f03b4bbedb5c8b839061d4e3bde848f6870ec399b245b67217807138cbb0cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Arabic interpreter was late for the hearing, and one of the accused indicated, before the interpreter’s arrival, that he did not understand what he was being asked. File photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newcode poised for growth as it raises €11m in funding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/newcode-poised-for-growth-as-it-raises-11m-in-funding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/newcode-poised-for-growth-as-it-raises-11m-in-funding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company opened its Irish operations in March with a staff of 30]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:47:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JHBZWGWMPBEDPO76Z6RP4KXSUA.JPG?auth=28ac8aac2eef32fce6eac3dbcbc0c3d80ef4cfa400c064dbc367721f4103fbb8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donna O'Leary, director and head of Newcode AI Ireland. The company as raised €11 million in funding to support its expansion.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MARK MAXWELL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin museum worker accused of possessing Semtex capable of causing ‘catastrophic damage’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/museum-worker-accused-of-possessing-semtex-gets-bail-on-condition-of-40000-surety/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/museum-worker-accused-of-possessing-semtex-gets-bail-on-condition-of-40000-surety/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High Court told Simon O’Donovan was member of dissident-aligned republican group Saoradh]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:37:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z2OPJUACIQFJFMNHIZUUH726YY.jpg?auth=8e7ef6bac77810bf1f197e1cc3df66fbee2ef1f1455fa32f17f09adcfe9c1354&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon O’Donovan, right, arrives at a sitting of the Special Criminal Court last month. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic 2026: Map, weather, stage times and more, here’s everything you need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-2026-map-weather-stage-times-and-more-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-2026-map-weather-stage-times-and-more-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whether you are a seasoned festivalgoer or an Electric Picnic newbie – here is everything you need to know before heading to Ireland’s biggest music festival]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:35:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN5UH5V2FVDFDPUUKAC2IPGZHE.jpg?auth=84df7d300321b321dc68dc9d65b1fe8901ab122cebf971fef394e26d60edc020&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CMAT will take to the Electric Picnic main stage on Saturday. Photograph: Joseph Okpako/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joseph Okpako</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish cyclist turning pro pays tribute to brother (16) killed in training crash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/08/25/cyclist-liam-obrien-teams-up-with-late-brothers-ultimate-idol-after-signing-pro-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/08/25/cyclist-liam-obrien-teams-up-with-late-brothers-ultimate-idol-after-signing-pro-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shane Stokes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork rider joins Tom Pidcock and two fellow Irishmen at Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:27:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEFEPDC355FJFFITTYRYMFVOBE.jpg?auth=5c89203e25421086fd4b635d70dfeff23f73747923744a5531f9e86e73b067e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam O’Brien has competed with the Lidl-Trek Future Racing team for the past three seasons. Photograph: Billy Ceusters/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Billy Ceusters</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long queues form at petrol stations in Iran as US blockade triggers fuel shortages]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/iran-faces-petrol-shortages-as-us-blockade-puts-pressure-on-fuel-supplies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/iran-faces-petrol-shortages-as-us-blockade-puts-pressure-on-fuel-supplies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bita Ghaffari in Tehran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US blockade and attacks on refining capacity leave country facing 15 million-litre daily petrol shortfall]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:27:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QVRF2JTFV4LDJAZOFAX6XMDTV4.jpg?auth=6474f9478834b77ee9e05683b35b0ae9e3c4611a934bdb7fd38a5b80bc70535e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Drivers queue at a petrol station to refuel in Tehran on August 25, 2026. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oberstown staff ‘fearful of consequences’ of industrial action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/25/oberstown-staff-fearful-of-consequences-of-industrial-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/08/25/oberstown-staff-fearful-of-consequences-of-industrial-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Staff held work stoppage on Tuesday as tensions with management over staff levels and working conditions worsen]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I5UOFAWOBUR2R75HHC76CPCIGM.JPG?auth=e8881eab2fc78b0997c0fce021219e015c43a64f4665bb9e8a1f267a0d5f1214&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Staff at Oberstown Children Detention Campus in north Co Dublin held a work stoppage on Tuesday as part of a dispute with management. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DUP MP Gregory Campbell faces inquiry by UK expenses watchdog ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/dup-mp-gregory-campbell-faces-inquiry-by-uk-expenses-watchdog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/25/dup-mp-gregory-campbell-faces-inquiry-by-uk-expenses-watchdog/</guid><description><![CDATA[Investigation by Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority relates to office costs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7BLOQSXZYJPK3OAS3IAVVGYGXM.jpg?auth=4e94e91262ae8f7a3ecfd90c2d4fec477370bdeb90186d4ee245700d0f156b43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DUP MP for East Derry Gregory Campbell. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Luke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greystar in €33m deal for Cork city student block]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/08/25/greystar-in-33m-deal-for-cork-city-student-block/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2026/08/25/greystar-in-33m-deal-for-cork-city-student-block/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US-headquartered real-estate group is now one of Ireland’s largest student accommodation providers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:05:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JNNK4WXEVJGYDLMIPMH6EMBRRI.jpeg?auth=1d87f4535330530a743d0b8f712a503db445fefeb4858df8bd935eab03dd21e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Copley Court is located near City Hall in Cork city centre]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grafton Education acquires school laptop supplier involved in High Court row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/grafton-digital-acquires-school-laptop-supplier-involved-in-high-court-row/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/grafton-digital-acquires-school-laptop-supplier-involved-in-high-court-row/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PC Peripherals is rebranding as Eduvolve in ‘€2.5m deal’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K5CHDCOVXZFLHKHKK3EOT5F7YI.jpeg?auth=ce22e9b493a040f38e5b3aee93b753111709709dd77a7ef81673a627174ccc79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fintan Costello, Erik Jentetics and Ian Gaughran have rebranded school laptop and tablet supplier PC Peripherals as Eduvolve as part of a €2.5 million investment by Jentetics' Grafton Education]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US college football game expected to pull 14,000 US visitors to Dublin this week ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/us-college-football-game-expected-to-pull-14000-us-visitors-to-dublin-this-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/us-college-football-game-expected-to-pull-14000-us-visitors-to-dublin-this-week/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Visitor numbers down on previous years but the now annual event is still seen as important for tourism and transatlantic business ties]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RW5PDCXD5RAKZGN23MUL34LU6I.jpg?auth=17c07884393fcae93a3055eda14a5795ffaf30b49337138a5e5e2b5ff649bc43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Around 14,000 fans of the Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Horned Frogs (above) and University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Tar Heels will travel to Dublin this week ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at the weekend.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s financial services sector: no longer just an offshoot of London]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/irelands-financial-services-sector-no-longer-just-an-offshoot-of-london/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/irelands-financial-services-sector-no-longer-just-an-offshoot-of-london/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Employment in the area here has almost doubled since 2015 on back of some favourable headwinds, including Brexit]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4MFG5YKMKSFWPGNHFWH4HQYNA.JPG?auth=fc2251c33fdd28119e069aca6d7913d31094f0632344b3187b2dea8de1d15eef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin and the IFSC (above) account for about 75 per cent of the financial services industry. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Economic D-Day’ on Iran must overcome a troubled history  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/economic-d-day-on-iran-must-overcome-a-troubled-history/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/08/25/economic-d-day-on-iran-must-overcome-a-troubled-history/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Sanger]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is reaching for yet another strategy to grope his way out of a military adventure gone wrong]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:25:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IONNZI7JSEPM6TJBQE7Q5TYLXQ.jpg?auth=3a49bd09ba670f4cdfb4925e8132090c2d6f8c8566632a6aabbb744ca2cb87d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People shop for produce at the historic Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran on Tuesday. Photograph: on August 25, 2026. 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File photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[M9 crash funeral: Jack Kennedy’s mother sends ‘heartfelt apologies’ to the injured]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/m9-crash-funeral-jack-kennedys-mother-sends-heartfelt-apologies-to-the-injured/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/m9-crash-funeral-jack-kennedys-mother-sends-heartfelt-apologies-to-the-injured/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Canon Frank McEvoy appeals to young people who might be attracted to criminal activity to ‘please stop’ during funeral Mass in Athy]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:11:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F2Z7X4CVOXADQPNHTUIXYU77SQ.jpg?auth=ca2149e1d865e667290b8cda28a86e4afc1aaded0ba1b40c5bed90f06cf5f6b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The cortege for Jack Kennedy makes its way through Athy, Co Kildare, ahead of his funeral. Photograph: Evan Treacy/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students warned of ‘spike’ in accommodation scams as they return to college ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/25/students-warned-of-spike-in-accommodation-scams-as-they-return-to-college/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/08/25/students-warned-of-spike-in-accommodation-scams-as-they-return-to-college/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garda describes three red flags to watch out for]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:54:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GPY4FPSR7BBMRBUSOIIEMHGJ3A.JPG?auth=abe2bfc83e8be9a23d118016376a28fd893f769ff231e1ed07cccc11c82959b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Det Insp Alan Govern also warned students about the dangers of becoming 'money mules'. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ronan McGreevy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Don’t take the deal’: how the US-Canada tariff talks escalated to all-out trade war]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/25/dont-take-the-deal-how-the-us-canada-tariff-talks-escalated-to-all-out-trade-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/08/25/dont-take-the-deal-how-the-us-canada-tariff-talks-escalated-to-all-out-trade-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Ana Swanson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trump calls Canadian officials ‘clowns’ and vows to increase levies]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:35:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UXV4LNZEESEOSALHUPRH3N4OL4.jpg?auth=f232e32fecc7001d14be72bd0bcae449bd97aaa8a406a0bb9da065d92e83cef7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adrian Wyld</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump ‘seriously considering’ renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-seriously-considering-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-seriously-considering-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[United States and Canada are locked in a worsening trade dispute amid escalating rhetoric]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:25:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4LIYNGPOYJGCJ4JS2ZUQYXRXKU.jpg?auth=9e5436a9d6eb4229f750907136e39ae7e5ef1db036f497c26dbb196240ec98f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump: 'We don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer.' Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Brandon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beat the Lotto on RTÉ One: A gripping tale of gamblers who tried to bend the system]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/25/beat-the-lotto-on-rte-one-a-gripping-tale-of-gamblers-who-tried-to-bend-the-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/08/25/beat-the-lotto-on-rte-one-a-gripping-tale-of-gamblers-who-tried-to-bend-the-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland in 1992 was still a place where a chancer with a dream might take on the National Lottery - and in that lies the charm of this documentary]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:23:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/65JTQJNJQVEF3JBV65KLXNDYOA.png?auth=564f6600ffdd9e696c141f9cdbef15306ed1cc3aee42d12be29e4deca118a1ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ray Bates of the National Lottery in Beat the Lotto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RTÉ</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More serious charges may be brought in case of man who died after alleged assault on New Year’s Day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/more-serious-charges-may-be-brought-in-case-of-man-who-died-after-alleged-assault-on-new-years-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/more-serious-charges-may-be-brought-in-case-of-man-who-died-after-alleged-assault-on-new-years-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jordan Newin died in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:18:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KZGPWCSK6JBO5JWFLWOUUVRGJU.JPG?auth=889e045ef82cc6bba83014db2a27ce886662bee82943908c75822dd8913f47ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jordan Newin died of 'complications of blunt force trauma to the head', Dublin District Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costa cappuccino has three times more caffeine than that of Starbucks, study finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/25/costa-cappuccino-has-three-times-more-caffeine-than-that-of-starbucks-study-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/08/25/costa-cappuccino-has-three-times-more-caffeine-than-that-of-starbucks-study-finds/</guid><description><![CDATA[Which? research finds matcha drinks also vary significantly between UK chains]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:10:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQ75ULK3X5FPJF4R2KOT4NGDLA.jpg?auth=c6d096e7b47396540ab641b53b51c66cee4c18ffe90986feb8f718872e0b98da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Which? found a medium cappuccino from Costa contains multiples of the caffeine found in the same drink in Starbucks. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Kitwood</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘At least I’m not English’ – How Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood have traded insults down the years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/at-least-im-not-english-how-rory-mcilroy-and-lee-westwood-have-traded-insults-down-the-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/at-least-im-not-english-how-rory-mcilroy-and-lee-westwood-have-traded-insults-down-the-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They were stablemates once but the relationship became strained over time before LIV drove a permanent wedge between them]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YW4ZTOKPCZBFDGE4QTGRB4VJRM.jpg?auth=c70fe9ec06e3b7200eed950a3d3080979cd4bf36b9d4f98aba5fa04ff3b974d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy in action during the 2018 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Richard Heathcote</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tánaiste says Government does not ‘ignore’ advice of State’s spending watchdog ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/25/tanaiste-says-government-does-not-ignore-advice-of-states-spending-watchdog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/25/tanaiste-says-government-does-not-ignore-advice-of-states-spending-watchdog/</guid><description><![CDATA[Simon Harris says he welcomes input from the Fiscal Advisory Council but ‘they are not the Government’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:46:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5AAITGGI46DY5OVXHJWW5W7XYM.jpg?auth=3cbb7a05f2270d3299d67fad8b6d3508321dfc4d289d6a979a9d8f550c351ec0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes Ireland’s strong economy does not require budgetary support. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[€530m already spent on MetroLink project but no final budget in place, Minister confirms]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/530m-already-spent-on-metrolink-project-but-no-final-budget-in-place-minister-confirms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/530m-already-spent-on-metrolink-project-but-no-final-budget-in-place-minister-confirms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Public Accounts Committee chair questioned Darragh O’Brien on the wisdom of ‘spending now and determining the budget later’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:41:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCAOUHXH6VDMZLUTLY4RRDPZA4.jpg?auth=58c1ea2ec79b493003a13a1e1afe24e7316f2f00d24b3dbd521a8f0ad2e9aaf7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[MetroLink-related expenditure will pass €700m by the end of the year, before construction has started. Photograph: metrolink.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tornado injures dozens in southwestern France  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/tornado-injures-dozens-in-southwestern-france/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/tornado-injures-dozens-in-southwestern-france/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two people in critical condition and hundreds of homes damaged in Aude region]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:23:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATLTXYU6N4AL35L5F4MT44Q4DQ.jpg?auth=f2bb84ec75a0945685f682aaaa0bcc0ca75b0b94793970737776b42b093d14bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man clears up following a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France. Photograph: Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Idriss Bigou-Gilles</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another drone found at Leipzig airport ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/second-drone-found-at-leipzig-airport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/25/second-drone-found-at-leipzig-airport/</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns of increasingly ‘unscrupulous’ hybrid attacks]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:10:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RBI4UXP2FUN2UIID3UQVZ6AZUY.jpg?auth=a7bc1df07f1caa4fc78768b2c115eed7655e781dd19f2d54fd69965361a4f5bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police forensic technicians prepare to deploy an explosive-disposal robot near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport earlier this month. Photograph: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hendrik Schmidt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[HSE agrees to fund drug for patients with Friedreich’s ataxia   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/hse-to-fund-treatment-for-rare-genetic-disorder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/hse-to-fund-treatment-for-rare-genetic-disorder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Omaveloxolone, branded as Skyclarys, has been approved in  US and Europe for treatment of disease]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:06:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YQNU3W7G5VDBPCMBONSR6QVQWE.jpg?auth=dfca9bce2c4ca1b62b8dd6f9d3dd5a63fe12f351e91fc3ceb3bd5c5b036597bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird from Kildare, Emily Felix from Kilkenny and Aoife Gavan from Monaghan leading a demonstration of Friedreich’s ataxia campaigners for Skyclarys reimbursement in Dublin on Sunday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times













]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[António Guterres: ‘Superpowers need to understand things have changed’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/antonio-guterres-superpowers-need-to-understand-things-have-changed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/antonio-guterres-superpowers-need-to-understand-things-have-changed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alec Russell in New York]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The UN secretary general, whose term ends in December, talks about the decline of US dominance, the rise of new powers and the organisation’s financial crisis]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M2CRNGAVQWHAYRSDQM2UEVD7Y4.jpg?auth=969c3e0df2dba94dff3609560a16a11d27554f1caade184e5443522dd354a486&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[António Guterres is reaching the end of his decade as United Nations secretary general. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angela Weiss</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesco worker sacked for taking bakery items  before they became ‘free to staff’ loses unfair dismissal claim ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/tesco-worker-sacked-for-taking-bakery-items-loses-claim-for-unfair-dismissal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/tesco-worker-sacked-for-taking-bakery-items-loses-claim-for-unfair-dismissal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darragh McDonagh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Supermarket worker was dismissed for taking bakery items 40 minutes before they became free to staff]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:38:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4CZYBNFPBHKPLTVOHIUN6YGYZE.jpg?auth=3cc26518bd24bfbb911005ff790889c0f674af5993ed08529be0c2b74c84fb47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A Tesco worker was sacked for taking bakery items 40 minutes before they became free to staff. Photograph: Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicholas.T.Ansell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Significant haul’ of stolen phones and laptops found by gardaí during Dublin raid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/significant-haul-of-stolen-phones-and-laptops-found-by-gardai-during-dublin-raid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/significant-haul-of-stolen-phones-and-laptops-found-by-gardai-during-dublin-raid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stolen devices including top-of-the-line iPhones, Macbooks and Samsungs were found]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:15:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJVGOMC5BRBNBNW7PSHDUGXM6U.jpg?auth=1df58d4c986a82f8448f8c6cdc9bc51bfd83f0d7733e6d58f429b3cefffd1acb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí recovered 36 laptops and 40 mobile phones at a business in Dublin city centre. Photograph: An Garda Síochána]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric Picnic weather: Met Éireann forecasts rain and showers for festival weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-weather-met-eireann-forecasts-rain-and-showers-for-festival-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/08/25/electric-picnic-weather-met-eireann-forecasts-rain-and-showers-for-festival-weekend/</guid><description><![CDATA[Festivalgoers in Stradbally can expect rain on Saturday and Sunday, with temperatures reaching 18 degrees]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:03:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4TWGV63VANETFD6JGIBNFZEOD4.JPG?auth=214c62bb2a8ec2f90f7ad7466257a11214bdf5424bbdae111042feccbe22a655&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rain and showers forecast for festival weekend this year. Kneecap playing the main stage at Electric Picnic in 2025. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Government plan aims to increase financial services jobs to 70,000  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/new-government-strategy-aims-to-increase-financial-services-jobs-to-70000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/new-government-strategy-aims-to-increase-financial-services-jobs-to-70000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coalition publishes fresh strategy to cut red tape and boost competitiveness in key sector ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:13:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKJ6QXGG5NHFNE7K6ECTKZJTBQ.jpg?auth=d6ac6dde95190e64356dfe3fb92fedf2978c58018df9a40e2ee5a41d0fb240d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new strategy to grow the financial services sector comes a year ahead of the International Financial Service Centre in Dublin turning 40. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ClaudineVM</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian teens returning to TikTok after ban, data shows]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/08/25/australian-teens-returning-to-tiktok-after-ban-data-shows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/2026/08/25/australian-teens-returning-to-tiktok-after-ban-data-shows/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newley Purnell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rate for children aged 10 to 12 is higher now than before the ban]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:54:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKDSK6FSWBAPVKWVYE72GSODXY.jpg?auth=b6ecc905d3f410841edf251e0688cfdd1521de3ff1c53ad24c4c3c6c6dc6a112&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Australian teens are returning to social media apps, despite a ban, new data shows. Photograph: Anna Barclay/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Barclay</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump threatens 50% increase in tariffs on all cars and trucks from Canada]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-threatens-50-increase-in-tariffs-on-all-cars-and-trucks-from-canada/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-threatens-50-increase-in-tariffs-on-all-cars-and-trucks-from-canada/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Swanson, Tony Romm]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trump steps up insults against Canada as relationship with US neighbour morphs into a full-blown trade war]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:04:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBMUIODGX7RFBA2WTLDZBXNFHI.jpg?auth=1708113cb8f0699d7ea12eeae87db1e24666e69254c5f5f1618a857ef022dc98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The flags of the United States and Canada fly in Buffalo, New York, near the Peace Bridge linking Buffalo with Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Photograph: Juan Arredondo/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Juan Arredondo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Sending just one secondary school child back to school could cost more than €1,000′]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/sending-just-one-secondary-schoolchild-back-to-school-could-cost-more-than-1000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/better-with-money/sending-just-one-secondary-schoolchild-back-to-school-could-cost-more-than-1000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen Finnegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Conor Pope’s guide to surviving the September squeeze on your finances]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZRGOQSIEZCL5FBJYYXQFYKTWU.jpg?auth=8e2d38efca9b8189292c911e23134a0497fe277f5d8c3be90f99315c7e2a44bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Pope’s guide to surviving the September squeeze on family finances]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re moving from the Netherlands to Ireland and we need a new car]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/25/were-moving-from-the-netherlands-to-ireland-and-we-need-a-new-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/08/25/were-moving-from-the-netherlands-to-ireland-and-we-need-a-new-car/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Briscoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YSQR64RNVIKMULY4WAMPFZ2HZ4.jpg?auth=9a12b66bb03ce8a9f8f64791a7b23c053c1511abc6fd52348e1e5986bd17dfcb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The XC60 diesel remained on sale in Ireland for some time, and you can easily pick up a 2022-2023 edition for about the same cost as the BMW X3.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration plans to revoke visas of foreigners seeking asylum ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-administration-plans-to-revoke-visas-of-foreigners-seeking-asylum/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/25/trump-administration-plans-to-revoke-visas-of-foreigners-seeking-asylum/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rights groups say crackdown has ‌violated free speech, due process rights]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:57:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2UNNDLZNK3FRAB4NR4QOH3YRRU.jpg?auth=303dea2590c77c20a5ad04ab855893c729af24539e1ab5eb2c4b1efb536801cd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barring most foreign citizens from staying in the United States or immigrating to the country is a goal of US president  Donald Trump and his supporters. Photograph:  Andrew Harnik/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Harnik</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil steadies as US plan offers little clarity on Hormuz deadlock ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/oil-steadies-as-us-plan-offers-little-clarity-on-hormuz-deadlock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/oil-steadies-as-us-plan-offers-little-clarity-on-hormuz-deadlock/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Lua]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Countries will face a specific timeline to shut down links with Iran]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:56:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/57BNEGFTJOX277YSABSGUVV33I.jpg?auth=7f7ad9db7149ff13d3aede677d5bd25102430045bbfc4e80c039e9aaab9477ab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kent Nishimura</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Binyamin Netanyahu wages rearguard action as he fights for his political life (again)]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/25/binyamin-netanyahu-wages-rearguard-action-as-he-fights-for-his-political-life-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/25/binyamin-netanyahu-wages-rearguard-action-as-he-fights-for-his-political-life-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A desperate Israeli prime minister gives his personal phone number to Israelis ahead of October elections ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:46:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O6AXOQKLDFGGAXAFQUHWOJ5AAQ.jpg?auth=58632a398032f9267f67c785af13639af5dc9aa4db3451ae7568e3b911843b15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party is behind in the polls ahead of the election on October 27th. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Amir Levy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/08/25/at-least-35000-excess-deaths-recorded-in-europes-back-to-back-heatwaves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/08/25/at-least-35000-excess-deaths-recorded-in-europes-back-to-back-heatwaves/</guid><description><![CDATA[Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain  alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:42:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNSPUOFZ6VKYDN6OBSO2IBUPAM.jpg?auth=81c8599ea53288923df7104ce289fc42f26a2d9096567ea19d463be42f65ec9f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A thermometer on a wall showing a temperature of 45 degrees during a heatwave in Saint Briac sur Mer,  Brittany, France on August 12th. Photograph: Bastien Ohier/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bastien Ohier</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ifac warns Government over spending in Budget 2027]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/ifac-warns-government-over-spending-in-budget-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/ifac-warns-government-over-spending-in-budget-2027/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conn Ó Midheach]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:28:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HZRE6JDSDFBDJDKSC7MTBBSQIE.jpg?auth=09d72837738f8addfdb337aa5fc211dc0fa034ab538b86023ecc0bb42f60f174&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fancy retiring to the sun? Fiona Reddan has some advice for you. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">M-Production</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love working with animals, you don’t have to be a vet]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/if-you-love-working-with-animals-you-dont-have-to-be-a-vet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/if-you-love-working-with-animals-you-dont-have-to-be-a-vet/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter McGuire]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Smart Choices: The many careers you can build with animals]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFTKMGJEPRHQNLFUC3MH6ESNXA.JPG?auth=af50601a4368bc2b5cd0284c76bebd1d9c37c5000b91e7c85af60c7cabb0fed4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dogs Trust in Finglas has 96 staff across its animal care and welfare operations and 150 active volunteers. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question changed – from whether I want a child to if I can have one]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/25/the-question-changed-from-whether-i-want-a-child-to-if-i-can-have-one-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/25/the-question-changed-from-whether-i-want-a-child-to-if-i-can-have-one-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Filomena Kaguako]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Measuring ovarian reserve: ‘As far as egg quality goes, age is the best indicator and that forms the best indicator of fertility’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/THPK7Y5SQRA3ZIBCUNZUA7NB5U.png?auth=d239e5c26e40515dc7ae1de345aa6036b6b40d395c3e037a35baacd6e2105e35&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Filomena Kaguako: 'Being proactive about having children is not something I ever envisioned for myself.' Illustration: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restricted courses: It’s difficult when everyone around you is going, ‘oh, you’ll get in’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/restricted-courses-its-difficult-when-everyone-around-you-is-going-oh-youll-get-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/restricted-courses-its-difficult-when-everyone-around-you-is-going-oh-youll-get-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students typically apply for restricted courses earlier in the CAO process]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PER3WSZCONFFFELN27LF3PKUOI.jpg?auth=a22c4ce4732a2fd7f9519a3c9463fef001d802bb71978b25af80ad3f1039c416&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lydia Day found out in May 2025 that she had been successful at the interview stage of the restricted course]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ifac takes aim at Government’s Alice in Wonderland budgeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/ifac-takes-aim-at-governments-alice-in-wonderland-budgeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/ifac-takes-aim-at-governments-alice-in-wonderland-budgeting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Budgets are drawn up and delivered every October only to be torpedoed by spending overruns, council says]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KVTHLIWJJJDBPKPPFRBCNT2AUQ.JPG?auth=9002a6624057846f6489c5033bb04da30ed0058dd443b4a00c833b86c4647a66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seamus Coffey is the chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, which has again taken aim at the Government’s budgeting. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I the only one?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/am-i-the-only-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/am-i-the-only-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where are the letters commencing with it?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Could do better with your ‘learnings’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/could-do-better-with-your-learnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/could-do-better-with-your-learnings/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am ‘reaching out’ to those in the public domain]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[RTÉ background jingle won’t suit all settings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/rte-background-jingle-wont-suit-all-settings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/rte-background-jingle-wont-suit-all-settings/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Angelus, for one, should be left well alone]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[What will you say when a child asks: ‘Why are we driving a vehicle that is killing our planet?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/when-a-child-asks-why-are-we-driving-a-vehicle-that-is-killing-our-planet-what-will-you-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/when-a-child-asks-why-are-we-driving-a-vehicle-that-is-killing-our-planet-what-will-you-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The car industry is still promoting all sorts of ‘eco’ labels, hybrid models and plug-ins which are nowhere near as good as electric vehicles]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7XLT57XMWVGLTATO3FWSAQ4A74.jpg?auth=50988e4b3c7da1e29431da14b5f76adf9d303cac00145f4f2fff2e43f9fa3048&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan, then minister for transport, with Orla Sheils and John McConnell of Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland, showing a 'green flash' number plate, identifying that the vehicle it belongs to is electric]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems we will tolerate any wrong so long as it is small]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/it-seems-we-will-tolerate-any-wrong-so-long-as-it-is-small/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/it-seems-we-will-tolerate-any-wrong-so-long-as-it-is-small/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad O’Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Sure look, it’s not that bad’ can be seen as a national strategy of its own, regardless of political or financial agenda]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6ELSLGUMBF4FODGEUUQZVX3H4.JPG?auth=fc82f1709e10e964dd1794f522890b8d537b79d828e159eb6d6c7180a8a0ad22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French economist and academic Thomas Piketty ruffled feathers when he called Ireland's tax model  ‘a mediocre development strategy’. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sarah Meyssonnier</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Kelly’s job does not involve playing to the gallery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/alan-kellys-job-does-not-involve-playing-to-the-gallery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/alan-kellys-job-does-not-involve-playing-to-the-gallery/</guid><description><![CDATA[Committee chairman should focus on holding Government to account, not social media]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Limerick Social Democrats member appeals decision to expel her from party ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/25/limerick-social-democrats-member-appeals-decision-to-expel-her-from-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/25/limerick-social-democrats-member-appeals-decision-to-expel-her-from-party/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones, Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Karen Sugrue says she is being punished for raising ‘lack of representation’ in internal meeting]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A4K5PRS5LZGETEOHMYALWPXXK4.jpg?auth=a9c6f27084ae6d4b687bcc5099ae3eb8bc8a0c997eda40201afa3df365112586&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Social Democrats activist Karen Sugrue said the decision to expel her from the party is  ‘manifestly disproportionate’]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malign commercial influences won’t stop me enjoying sport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/malign-commercial-influences-wont-stop-me-enjoying-sport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/malign-commercial-influences-wont-stop-me-enjoying-sport/</guid><description><![CDATA[Liverpool supporters can continue watching their team even if they don’t like who owns the club]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Trapped on the Dart]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/trapped-on-the-dart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/trapped-on-the-dart/</guid><description><![CDATA[Luckily no one in our carriage was either ill or drunk]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Rory McIlroy ‘not super happy’ with game ahead of lucrative Tour Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/rory-mcilroy-not-super-happy-with-game-ahead-of-lucrative-tour-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/rory-mcilroy-not-super-happy-with-game-ahead-of-lucrative-tour-championship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tom McKibbin is the sole Irish player in the British Masters]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MBH62CSDHE224UZGSEQX37REDU.jpg?auth=03ef17b50dcea7f65c5a34d730d1d80f44bd8d29b2e175324a26ad05bcc0e568&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot from a bunker on the 17th hole during the final round of the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club. Photograph: Alex Slitz/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Slitz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish children and European Disability Cards]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/irish-children-and-european-disability-cards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/irish-children-and-european-disability-cards/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why should Irish families have to wait?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Billy Lee goes to Bellewstown with slender lead in race for jockeys’ title]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/billy-lee-goes-to-bellewstown-with-slender-lead-in-race-for-jockeys-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/billy-lee-goes-to-bellewstown-with-slender-lead-in-race-for-jockeys-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Free entry to celebrate 300th anniversary of racing at the Co Meath venue ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3JBZH6X4QFF4RAXYDKFBDQ5NN4.jpg?auth=f0af73beca9f0595cbf543a083cf1c05bb92900714b24907cab6964dec77a10b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy Lee is aiming for a first jockeys' championship having finished runners-up three times. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda vetting and sports clubs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/garda-vetting-and-sports-clubs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/garda-vetting-and-sports-clubs/</guid><description><![CDATA[The time may have come for different sporting bodies to come together under the umbrella of Sports Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Tea solves infrastructure problems]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/tea-solves-infrastructure-problems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/tea-solves-infrastructure-problems/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dublin-Galway tea trolley service back on a trial basis]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[Fiscal council criticises ‘repeated’ spending overruns for inflating budget-day plans   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/spending-watchdog-warns-government-over-budget-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/spending-watchdog-warns-government-over-budget-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KPZHPS4YWVEH3OHMBTZ23PMY2Q.jpg?auth=ebd2c1d95f6c6e466482c14ae8b378802fdf8a81d4a9d1f1b23ce70f7de11e0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chairman Seamus Coffey said: 'The Government’s plans for Budget 2027 are slightly larger than what the council would deem appropriate']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honoured to be a hitchhiker]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/honoured-to-be-a-hitchhiker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/honoured-to-be-a-hitchhiker/</guid><description><![CDATA[My fellow passenger was Edmund Van Esbeck]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[IHRB says Maurice Regan’s Coolmore complaint still ‘under consideration’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/ihrb-says-maurice-regans-coolmore-complaint-still-under-consideration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/08/25/ihrb-says-maurice-regans-coolmore-complaint-still-under-consideration/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Constitution Hill camp hoping for rain ahead of potential comeback at Windsor on Saturday ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GALHDFUGGFHZLLTEXVCU2554ZA.jpg?auth=b12f8de4c602b0563081333823c8f9bee510d16bf3f49664e433132fdb1383ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maurice Regan's Newtown Anner operation sent a letter to the IHRB and HRI claiming Aidan O'Brien-trained horses have benefited from late entry into starting stalls. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe old-fashioned manners don’t exist?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/maybe-old-fashioned-manners-dont-exist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/maybe-old-fashioned-manners-dont-exist/</guid><description><![CDATA[Reader left standing on a packed train reflects on shifting commuter etiquette]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 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[‘It’s going to be special’: Down’s Adam McCann-Gibbs ready for college football debut at the Aviva]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/from-gaa-pitch-to-gridiron-adam-mccann-gibbs-is-on-an-upward-learning-curve/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/from-gaa-pitch-to-gridiron-adam-mccann-gibbs-is-on-an-upward-learning-curve/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newry 18-year-old set to lineout for University of North Carolina in Saturday’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZMYBLXKWBZEG3IQOH6VFFLPXOY.jpg?auth=d9f37707544171c272b24ab22f6a2b2a1d3e5953ff0b61838c79553d6744ff40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Adam McCann-Gibbs at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last May to announce the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Piaras Ó Mídheach / SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle East conflict drives sharpest rise in commercial construction costs in several years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/middle-east-conflict-drives-sharpest-rise-in-commercial-construction-costs-in-several-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/middle-east-conflict-drives-sharpest-rise-in-commercial-construction-costs-in-several-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Copper pipes among key building materials to record large increase in cost in 2026]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H647X5RTV5G2LAYBNRJL6KPJKE.jpg?auth=81615a069012e9574850cde6334c5696786443a75c6428f8b29490219bd343f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tomás Kelly: 'The majority of chartered quantity surveyors surveyed pointed to the Middle East conflict as a major driver of material price changes.'  Photograph: Conor McCabe ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CONOR MCCABE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aer Lingus and pilots end job cuts talks abruptly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/aer-lingus-and-pilots-end-job-cuts-talks-abruptly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/aer-lingus-and-pilots-end-job-cuts-talks-abruptly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sides row over involvement of parent group trade union body]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WUHLWKU5WRF63N3FHUVHDPGVXU.jpg?auth=7c93ba5a1669c1b6dc314989c1a146bd22a81fb913bc5c076ca30c3abdfbc02d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Are Lingus plans to cut 500 jobs. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times















]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What about us Irish who are stuck abroad because we can’t afford anywhere to live at home?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/what-about-us-irish-who-are-stuck-abroad-because-we-cant-afford-anywhere-to-live-at-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/what-about-us-irish-who-are-stuck-abroad-because-we-cant-afford-anywhere-to-live-at-home/</guid><description><![CDATA[Housing policy should put people who need homes ahead of those who simply want another investment]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban boiling creatures alive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/ban-boiling-creatures-alive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/08/25/ban-boiling-creatures-alive/</guid><description><![CDATA[A humane alternative should be made mandatory]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anna Foster says she’s here to win. The Irish Open would be a dream place to start]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/anna-foster-says-shes-here-to-win-the-irish-open-would-be-a-dream-place-to-start/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/08/25/anna-foster-says-shes-here-to-win-the-irish-open-would-be-a-dream-place-to-start/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin golfer aiming to build on runners-up finish at Swiss Open when she tees off at The K Club]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W4TMP36MM4K52HNVVHLZTRKTOQ.jpg?auth=c550e042a422a6c4f1a0b51c1120e203347786f2417755ff43bc69ea4dfe8e87&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish golfer and Pinergy brand ambassador Anna Foster competes in the Irish Open at The K Club this week. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/will-we-continue-to-take-tiktoks-money-after-m9-crash-too-bloody-true-we-will/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/25/will-we-continue-to-take-tiktoks-money-after-m9-crash-too-bloody-true-we-will/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We are living off the immoral earnings generated by deliberately addictive and toxic content aimed at children]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IXUH7SI3ESRTLXTYM62YPGT25Y.jpg?auth=1264aadf4b5d9a170471b6ef122760a49784b1d2231b245c35be7d02c1cbe19a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[TikTok is planning to devote even fewer resources to keeping people (especially young people) safe online. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Hoslet</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man dragged former partner through garden and over railings, court hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/man-dragged-former-partner-through-garden-and-over-railings-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/08/25/man-dragged-former-partner-through-garden-and-over-railings-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin District Family Court grants orders following separate allegations of abuse ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPCWIB45363ANVA3VK7DXT6Z64.jpg?auth=234d86eaa8992ddca8ab28c3aa647ee6f83c5c31bd56495318ca577d81c842ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin District Family Law Office and court in Dublin. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scouting Ireland’s future ‘threatened’ by costs of historic abuse cases in legacy groups ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/scouting-irelands-future-threatened-by-costs-of-historic-abuse-cases-in-legacy-groups/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/scouting-irelands-future-threatened-by-costs-of-historic-abuse-cases-in-legacy-groups/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department records show report suggests organisation faced selling off properties, increasing fees and assuming debts to meet costs ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CMA6UAQKZ4FNEN3YXJLXSUPTU4.jpg?auth=685d2bf565e77f01f43dcad2b15bb12fcedf05f7ae3bb39f0d0b18a661fbc79f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Scouting Ireland is facing civil cases from alleged victims and survivors of past abuse in its former legacy bodies, among which is the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland. Photograph: Cyril Byrne ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percy Place Edwardian once owned by Beckett in Ballsbridge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/percy-place-edwardian-once-owned-by-beckett-in-ballsbridge-for-175m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/percy-place-edwardian-once-owned-by-beckett-in-ballsbridge-for-175m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Modernised three-bed built by playwright’s father in mint condition beside the canal]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YLIFWZVNFRFVLGLONO27MBJJUI.jpg?auth=7fcc615743dc669b35953d19b3af4c66d9bd271b35e1ba794cd635cd3ecfb523&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[2 Percy Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We went to the Manorhamilton Agricultural Show. That was an eye-opener’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/25/seeing-two-guys-try-to-shave-a-sheep-as-fast-as-possible-was-an-eye-opener/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/08/25/seeing-two-guys-try-to-shave-a-sheep-as-fast-as-possible-was-an-eye-opener/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hosanna Boulter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nick Maertens and his wife Cyrelle, from  Belgium, spent years fantasising about living somewhere rural]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MIIIJ44JXBFVLKWKTVAVDJNF3U.jpg?auth=06a6069ffdfdd70614e90a28669552a83e84f3f6462e127ace85f5d49b6b1489&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nick Maertens walks with his dog Juliette in Gleann, Sooey, Co Sligo. Photograph: Brian Farrell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will €385,000 buy in the Kildare commuter belt and coastal Clare?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/what-will-385000-buy-in-the-kildare-commuter-belt-and-coastal-clare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/what-will-385000-buy-in-the-kildare-commuter-belt-and-coastal-clare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A traditional cottage near Lahinch or a walk-in midterrace home in Celbridge]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZC5OUPQ5FBYZNZP5KTX5DH67I.jpg?auth=9d861118bc852c29261b78f557648b01aba9f3086ccfaba9e960529f3b9ebc89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carrowduff, Lahinch, Co Clare]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roisin Kiberd: ‘Beauty is a very weighty subject ... it can be cruel and manipulative but it can also be art’  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/25/roisin-kiberd-beauty-is-a-very-weighty-subject-it-can-be-cruel-and-manipulative-but-it-can-also-be-art/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/25/roisin-kiberd-beauty-is-a-very-weighty-subject-it-can-be-cruel-and-manipulative-but-it-can-also-be-art/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aoife Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The journalist and writer’s new essay collection dissects the concepts of beauty and identity in the present age]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CUGM4PT4WJHJNIXRF4IZYGOQAY.JPG?auth=29077252dfc3c2fad7050cae8add71b22c81372141a0622e56f9dac53d055137&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At one point in The Most Normal Woman, Roisin Kiberd writes that she feels like an alien in this world. Photograph: Alan Betson

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s padel court building boom in full swing despite high-profile planning refusals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/irelands-padel-court-building-boom-in-full-swing-despite-high-profile-planning-refusals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/08/25/irelands-padel-court-building-boom-in-full-swing-despite-high-profile-planning-refusals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Demand for facilities has risen significantly since Covid pandemic, according to sport’s federation]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2YB2LLG4GVBR7DEPVOKFE7U46Y.jpg?auth=37e036a1ba0b3034e6cd93657650d7316beab0e2efec5878318446f881fcad8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Demand for facilities has risen significantly since Covid pandemic, according to sport’s federation]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SushiSu</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radiologist who reviewed HSE patient scans had medical licence revoked in two countries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/25/radiologist-who-reviewed-hse-patient-scans-had-medical-licence-revoked-in-two-countries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/25/radiologist-who-reviewed-hse-patient-scans-had-medical-licence-revoked-in-two-countries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dr Sattar Kadhem provided reports on Irish patients until 2024, despite Sweden and Norway revoking his licence in 2023 for misreading images]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4AHCHRPTSBGXHBJLA6YBUFTE5U.jpg?auth=3f826792ae7489d23497e46cac5625141496d897b3e04dcacce4814ea0123f4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr Sattar Kadhem provided reports on Irish patients until 2024, despite Sweden and Norway revoking his licence in 2023 for misreading images. Photo: Web/Handout]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Skype</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Not an Alcoholic: The anger never lasted long - but the consequences did]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/25/i-am-not-an-alcoholic-the-anger-never-lasted-long-but-the-consequences-did/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/08/25/i-am-not-an-alcoholic-the-anger-never-lasted-long-but-the-consequences-did/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part 32: Watching people sipping their refreshing drinks sometimes makes me long to be among them]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TDBBIDXIYRBHZBXQN7D3VZENTI.JPG?auth=0e212504208d0a3630550c897926aa350770c274c7047551c861906e61c0079c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['I was pickpocketed last week on the Luas. It was packed. No room to swing a cat – a pickpocket’s haven.' Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge range of options now available to school leavers to secure their desired course choices]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/huge-range-of-options-now-available-to-school-leavers-to-secure-their-desired-course-choices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/huge-range-of-options-now-available-to-school-leavers-to-secure-their-desired-course-choices/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Further Education sector growing in popularity with school leavers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O36AP7DQTBAC7MXRBF7USY46YA.jpg?auth=6c205b5ca0a1c12a0352c606d0a569d0c86a6af386cb0939b304c7c9df04cc67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[With thousands of places on offer annually in Round Zero, in the vast majority of degrees on offer by our universities – why are so many students and their parents oblivious to Further Education routes into the college and degree of their choice? Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">koldo studio</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’ve noticed water damage and cracks in a home we want to buy. Should we walk away?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/weve-noticed-water-damage-and-cracks-in-a-home-we-want-to-buy-should-we-walk-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/08/25/weve-noticed-water-damage-and-cracks-in-a-home-we-want-to-buy-should-we-walk-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat McGovern]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘The estate agent was unable to tell us whether the leak was an ongoing problem or if it had been fixed’]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F3RG3O2W3NDPDHUWD5OEYO2REI.jpg?auth=663bf60af9f09e737ff4769e5b31cda6b061ac6d36b1757792420efdc8972566&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If the source is not obvious, ask your building surveyor to investigate it during the survey. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AleksandarGeorgiev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actions fail to match words among DCC investors objecting to deal ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/actions-fail-to-match-words-among-dcc-investors-objecting-to-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/actions-fail-to-match-words-among-dcc-investors-objecting-to-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sale of shares at levels below an offer they dismiss as not good enough adds to summer turmoil at listed targets]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AIFCRQDHUBBRNIT2FRVL7QCOKE.JPG?auth=82bc9c6b979745abe29c6fceb4c14fd00d13899c7bb22ecc20c526c4212f5830&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DCC chief executive Donal Murphy: some institutions have objected to price of recommended offer but they are still selling shares for less. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Kavanagh and the beat poets: ‘I’ve always seen him as a punk’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/25/patrick-kavanagh-and-the-beat-poets-ive-always-seen-him-as-a-punk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/08/25/patrick-kavanagh-and-the-beat-poets-ive-always-seen-him-as-a-punk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kavanagh Weekend 2026 will explore the Irish poet’s US adventures and his affinity with Allen Ginsberg and the outsider spirit of the beats]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZCRW7J3D6FDWFIOHGGOOO2M2DU.jpg?auth=fe782a085ad88a14f2dcd5f706ab4f519a5f13f7a9b985c414635108fcf203ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Kavanagh at his native Inniskeen, in Co Monaghan, in 1963. Photograph: Elinor Wiltshire/Wiltshire Collection/National Library of Ireland]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Even the canteen lady knew my name at the PLC college. Everybody is so close-knit’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/even-the-canteen-lady-knew-my-name-at-the-plc-college-everybody-is-so-close-knit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/08/25/even-the-canteen-lady-knew-my-name-at-the-plc-college-everybody-is-so-close-knit/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HBL6WQHFAZBD7HVOQYOFLPGB7Q.jpeg?auth=be299e0c7a3b2a11256148654a516311faed419965435b6d22d0ea0f491230f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lana Dowling: 'I used to beg my Mam to not make me go to school. My attendance was so bad. In first year I missed about 30 days, and it just went up and up.']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maynooth-led sleep research will examine links with mental health ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/25/maynooth-led-sleep-research-will-examine-links-with-mental-health/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/08/25/maynooth-led-sleep-research-will-examine-links-with-mental-health/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DataGenChrono programme to bring together leading researchers from 12 organisations in Europe and Canada]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YJOA2N2MWRAO5NYBL7PNFVBWAI.jpg?auth=8a1ecdea2f7cf3ec4906a8a0ab27e27976b7bba46da1354e63387313a2dcbd17&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A key question for researchers is how mental health conditions may alter sleep. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SDI Productions</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking to move abroad? Here’s what you need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/25/looking-to-move-abroad-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/25/looking-to-move-abroad-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Reddan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Don’t let tax make your decision, adviser warns, as rules vary according to country and type of income and are subject to change ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EBPSQAS6CJBDHM3MHBG2NMTHDA.jpg?auth=77f0ac040f9521a8e561b91d6630c656fe64fc2d780ea256803df240fddbd3a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Retiring to the sun sounds attractive, but local rules on tax and residence are not always straightforward for those relocating. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">kate_sept2004</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cork teaching conference offers evidence-informed CPD hours]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/08/25/cork-teaching-conference-offers-evidence-informed-cpd-hours/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/08/25/cork-teaching-conference-offers-evidence-informed-cpd-hours/</guid><description><![CDATA[researchEd Cork is fantastic opportunity for teachers to engage with leading educational researchers and practitioners]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GZ3TM4OFIZADTAMPZTNZMRLWXY.jpg?auth=b98e00deb555b41ed90247337258399f44847cc5a1ad3814cb977f55ecc26a0d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hosted by Bandon Grammar School, the conference combines internationally recognised expertise with practical classroom application]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biggest hitters in streaming want you to use only their app ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/biggest-hitters-in-streaming-want-you-to-use-only-their-app/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/08/25/biggest-hitters-in-streaming-want-you-to-use-only-their-app/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Koblin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Companies once focused on gaining new subscribers now more concerned with keeping those viewers]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2U4Y7UGUYRDZ5HIO33L2O25UZE.jpg?auth=1ee6519526eef0700d8ef55a10f201741feb0aaea035fbfcbd710ed9d4606c7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[YouTube and Roku are racing to establish themselves in the US as one-stop shops for all the content people watch on their televisions. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">bymuratdeniz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/25/uk-tightens-rules-for-irish-residents-looking-to-beef-up-british-state-pension-rights/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/08/25/uk-tightens-rules-for-irish-residents-looking-to-beef-up-british-state-pension-rights/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YR2HLYFSLZFWXOLBW6XLTUUQ2I.jpg?auth=aec824555feafbb59f2a83bc51553646d9cdde036356263c05da04d450305e22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Castle by Jon Ronson: A great attempt to unpick modern masculinity in the digital age]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/25/the-castle-by-jon-ronson-a-great-attempt-to-unpick-modern-masculinity-in-the-digital-age/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/08/25/the-castle-by-jon-ronson-a-great-attempt-to-unpick-modern-masculinity-in-the-digital-age/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Gibney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This insightful exploration of how masculinity is being shaped by current trends will linger long after you’ve closed the final chapter]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J3KBCAQ4O57RZGDJDTBGJEDGVU.jpg?auth=102de1f3b868f9c3cf81904f823cff6dbb8e9c7dd68dae91c4260e2362c1a9f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jon Ronson: His new book, The Castle, is no apologia for toxic masculinity]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s alleged patchy human rights record to be flagged for United Nations review ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/irelands-alleged-patchy-human-rights-record-to-be-flagged-for-united-nations-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/25/irelands-alleged-patchy-human-rights-record-to-be-flagged-for-united-nations-review/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We’ve seen worrying developments recently in Ireland ... most notably through the proposed judicial review changes,’ says civil liberties advocate]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NGY2SPBIKRA4TAYYP4LCUG4EXY.jpg?auth=f2f51e30cff993a8f10bf15af9beb57a9a44b4df1c52efa11b7d428e8c525354&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Among concerns to be raised with the United Nations is the Civil Reform Bill. 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