<?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/2026-09-19/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:57:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/20/meet-the-irish-american-tv-star-bishop-who-is-about-to-be-beatified/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/20/meet-the-irish-american-tv-star-bishop-who-is-about-to-be-beatified/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Matthew O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fulton Sheen turned from proselytising to providing a reassuring message for Americans of all faiths, drawing on his Irish roots]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I46FB6LW7JCZBK4H4RSZ6K4DPI.jpg?auth=dc65b46472ac2b7e94b15c5fc811a638e89af85e94ffa285c43a55f2b9db2d9c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bishop Fulton Sheen's TV show provided him with an opportunity to defuse potential tensions with non-Catholic viewers. 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Population]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/20/in-a-word-population/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/20/in-a-word-population/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Within 75 years, the issue worldwide will be depopulation ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CREUCOW3JNDDVEZBEON42JJP5E.jpg?auth=35410ce3452765bb888c08018d8c4b98bb5ad5dd33aae704f57b7e2f86af107b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Over recent years, it has been forecast that the island of Ireland would soon exceed the 1841 population figure.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tooga Productions, Inc.</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not all Protestants hate Abba’: DUP leader shows fun side, but no hiding his election fears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/not-all-protestants-hate-abba-dup-leader-shows-his-fun-side-but-election-fears-remain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/not-all-protestants-hate-abba-dup-leader-shows-his-fun-side-but-election-fears-remain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gavin Robinson appeals to unionist rivals for ‘greater co-operation’ at party conference in Belfast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:54:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LHLAZGNOZ6JC5R2QTGZ2XLFNBU.jpg?auth=86241c4503066fa6e8eaff68da02ba4525da28fd5d4d3cb43482f40a0ef3e955&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DUP leader Gavin Robinson is greeted by party members before his address at La Mon Hotel in Belfast on Saturday for the party's annual conference. 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Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli airstrikes kill at least three in Gaza, including son of health ministry chief]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/19/israeli-airstrikes-kill-at-least-three-in-gaza-including-son-of-health-ministry-chief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/19/israeli-airstrikes-kill-at-least-three-in-gaza-including-son-of-health-ministry-chief/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nidal al-Mughrabi]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 1,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Gaza ​since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:28:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O7V3ERSOPNZFEL4WO6BWIBPOR4.jpg?auth=26fe2acba35a890eb400d8d77d309807aa32796d20272029a96faac92b71f810&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Palestinians attempt to extinguish a burning vehicle that was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Saturday. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Omar Al-Qattaa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[England’s four-year winning streak ends on 39 games as they are held by Canada]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/englands-four-year-winning-streak-ends-on-39-games-as-they-are-held-by-canada/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/englands-four-year-winning-streak-ends-on-39-games-as-they-are-held-by-canada/</guid><description><![CDATA[England’s run started after they lost to New Zealand in the 2022 World Cup final]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:23:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BEUA2EVEKQ2DJ4NXN47GWMQ7YI.jpg?auth=414302b872a89b7ff54b4c3593894856762a11e7dbc10dc1afd361c084780261&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[England's Claudia Moloney-MacDonald scores England's third try during the WXV match against Canada at Sandy Park, Exeter. Photograph: David Davies/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Davies</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Disappointed, sad and frustrated’ - Roberto De Zerbi rips into Spurs players after Villa defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/disappointed-sad-and-frustrated-roberto-de-zerbi-rips-into-spurs-players-after-villa-defeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/disappointed-sad-and-frustrated-roberto-de-zerbi-rips-into-spurs-players-after-villa-defeat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul MacInnes at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spurs fans contemplate likelihood of another tormented season after home defeat ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCGKJ5NH46IULAICWQ7IHJLFCU.jpg?auth=adfd9310f2747dc83379131be65aa765809f101d7f4361a7fe561b3a89eb6ace&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emi Buendía celebrates scoring of Aston Villa's third goal during the Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Pantling</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They deserved to win’: Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta left humbled by Brighton defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/they-deserved-to-win-arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-left-humbled-by-brighton-defeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/they-deserved-to-win-arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-left-humbled-by-brighton-defeat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Aarons at the Amex Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gunners’ unbeaten start is bulldozed by Brighton as they concede three goals for first time since May 2023 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6WHXBBUMCAIFIKSFTIBO3PWJTU.jpg?auth=ac4bbbfbf00fbca8fa8a8069cfa48430891578f74df7ede0984440ba565a3b53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chema Andrés scores Brighton's third goal during the Premier League match against Arsenal at the Amex Community Stadium in Brighton. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Glyn Kirk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigations ongoing after nine prisoners overdosed at Midlands Prison on Friday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/investigations-ongoing-after-nine-prisoners-overdosed-at-midlands-prison-on-friday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/investigations-ongoing-after-nine-prisoners-overdosed-at-midlands-prison-on-friday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan, Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two prison officers were assaulted during incident]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:57:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C67EGSS7FJFC3BVZ24HSY3JN6Y.jpg?auth=a55166efbc6321157d629d44ed47a5830bf457b1b94830f80ba02471dc879537&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Three of the prisoners who overdosed required hospital treatment, with one of them still in intensive care on Saturday evening. File photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US news outlets say journalists denied access to White House in stark escalation by Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/19/us-news-outlet-says-journalists-denied-access-to-white-house-after-trump-media-ban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/19/us-news-outlet-says-journalists-denied-access-to-white-house-after-trump-media-ban/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Helmore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move criticised as an intensifying of US president’s attacks on press freedoms ahead of midterm elections]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TG6I3XX7PXKC66GADL662QUQ7E.jpg?auth=c17bf5ddcd60df51d413c1cd63e562153dd611b2d79c82081bad133a2dddd64b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Journalists from CNN, Politico and MS Now were denied access to the West Wing of the White House on Saturday by US Secret Service. Photograph: Daniel Heuer/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Daniel Heuer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was once home to Batman, but now this English mansion is plagued by real bats]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/09/19/it-was-once-home-to-batman-but-now-this-english-mansion-is-plagued-by-real-bats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/09/19/it-was-once-home-to-batman-but-now-this-english-mansion-is-plagued-by-real-bats/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Sands]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Local council has stepped in, pressuring the owners to undertake urgent repairs at English manor]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:42:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TTZSOALXYVCRNOOFSSPK7VL3AU.jpg?auth=0f5a0ed3e0485763c31ff04be0ba0220c391a7347c89d6682e3a73ef42f79b8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1977. Photograph: Sydney O'Meara/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sydney O'Meara</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy gives himself a chance to repeat history at PGA Championship]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/09/19/rory-mcilroy-gives-himself-a-chance-to-repeat-history-at-pga-championship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/09/19/rory-mcilroy-gives-himself-a-chance-to-repeat-history-at-pga-championship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewan Murray at Wentworth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Masters champion two shots off the lead after slow third round ignites at the finish]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XE777O5EX45MR6LRAQKAYEZPSI.jpg?auth=2172bbb915c0792abf1e9078b64c5f44368df69a3d41ace3f98fa69b764cf9a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy plays his second shot on the 18th hole that led to an eagle during the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club. Photograph: Luke Walker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families forced to choose between eating and staying warm, cost-of-living protest told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/people-forced-to-choose-between-feeding-their-children-or-putting-on-the-heat-protest-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/people-forced-to-choose-between-feeding-their-children-or-putting-on-the-heat-protest-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crippling rents a major theme of Dublin demonstration ahead of October 6th budget]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:41:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NPSJTZXLBBC2JOTT3TNMRTBDMY.jpeg?auth=c9ead9ee3c0dae46f358d459a456adfa512093b155d3833c8472bc4486495764&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Saturday's protest was held to draw the Government's attention to living costs. Photo: Órla Ryan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU cannot fall behind US again in latest tech revolution, commissioner warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/eu-cannot-fall-behind-us-again-in-latest-tech-revolution-commissioner-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/eu-cannot-fall-behind-us-again-in-latest-tech-revolution-commissioner-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Simon Harris talked up possibility of increased educational link-ups between Ireland and Canada]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:22:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GQOBABQV62GVDV7FAM3HTXYCIE.jpg?auth=2538af1d7d3cacafa46624c7febb9976e28b337bd892d087fd73cba5f837e823&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Boris Vujcic, vice president of the European Central Bank (left), with ECB president Christine Lagarde and EU commissioner for economy and productivity Valdis Dombrovskis at an informal meeting of EU finance ministers at Dublin Castle. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paulo Nunes dos Santos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China opposes tighter US measures on Russia in advance of high-stakes Washington meeting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/19/china-opposes-tighter-us-measures-on-russia-in-advance-of-high-stakes-washington-meeting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/19/china-opposes-tighter-us-measures-on-russia-in-advance-of-high-stakes-washington-meeting/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president has signed a measure authorising tariffs on countries that import Russian oil and gas]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FNBPHGUGBLP7NQZY7RROGNJJOM.jpg?auth=0763b6bdd04e03dcc2e82b088b3c8a5ca56d5ffe6ec184839694f220277ead9b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump will meet in Washington next Thursday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Vucci</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stamp duty cut a non-runner but home-heating oil and childcare a budget focus, says Harris]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/stamp-duty-cut-a-non-runner-but-home-heating-oil-and-childcare-a-budget-focus-says-harris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/stamp-duty-cut-a-non-runner-but-home-heating-oil-and-childcare-a-budget-focus-says-harris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Finance appeared to contradict the Taoiseach when asked about supports for first-time home buyers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:24:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B65B3BYT4YDUDJQEY7Q36LQMDI.jpg?auth=bc267eff852172c35d991b358f8c6295ac86d72b9b65a9f939f887d8a0dce7cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Finance Simon Harris has ruled out abolishing stamp duty for first-time home buyers. Photograph: Bryan Meade/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Moylan and Johnny Kenny among the goals in Championship action ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/19/jack-moylan-and-johnny-kenny-among-the-goals-in-championship-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/19/jack-moylan-and-johnny-kenny-among-the-goals-in-championship-action/</guid><description><![CDATA[Moylan scores two to help Cardiff City to a first win since they returned to the Championship]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:50:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XK7WHWWELNHIJJNQQNALS2QRSI.jpg?auth=081260dfda8492dca157a642cc4225d92be3721683df5791032dfae3efe4f496&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Moylan scored twice in Cardiff City's home win over Charlton. 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Photograph: Thomas Windestam/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uefa defend draw policy after Ireland request as Israel FA dismiss FAI comments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/uefa-defend-draw-policy-after-ireland-request-as-israel-fa-dismiss-fai-comments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/uefa-defend-draw-policy-after-ireland-request-as-israel-fa-dismiss-fai-comments/</guid><description><![CDATA[Israel FA: ‘We long ago stopped getting worked up over statements detached from reality’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HI56NFDEUOECZ2QWRDZL4K3SRQ.jpg?auth=c293be49e63291ed529611dc3d841fdd2b850c3e2b87bf03f6a11e961fd1b3ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[FAI chief executive David Courell. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funeral of Northern Ireland’s oldest man told of his heroism in second World War]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/funeral-of-northern-irelands-oldest-man-told-of-his-heroism-in-second-world-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/funeral-of-northern-irelands-oldest-man-told-of-his-heroism-in-second-world-war/</guid><description><![CDATA[Norman Irwin, who was 107, served in North Africa and lived long enough to become a great-great-grandfather]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6YOWDQ7KHK77TVUQB3OM4H7HKI.jpg?auth=b5b6a03b464e7c47075bf58a0661fed191d6becdeca5ceda0017fac9180a6de4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The coffin is carried out of New Row Presbyterian Church in Coleraine, Co Derry, after the funeral of Northern Ireland's oldest man Norman Irwin. Photograph: Oliver McVeigh/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Oliver McVeigh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I still get panic attacks’: Nikita Hand on impact of Conor McGregor trial]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/i-still-get-panic-attacks-nikita-hand-on-impact-of-conor-mcgregor-trial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/i-still-get-panic-attacks-nikita-hand-on-impact-of-conor-mcgregor-trial/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hand, who recently gave birth to her second daughter, said there is no such thing as a ‘perfect victim’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VKXKJUIUOJHFBAFMV5XUJ6Y5WA.JPG?auth=49a95bb62dcbfbb245975bde70a256c884638ca070828c1f63db9a40ca13ece5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nikita Hand speaking to the media after attending the Court of Appeal. Photograph: Collins Courts/ CC ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SAM BOAL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested after six people found in container at Rosslare port released without charge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/man-arrested-in-connection-with-discovery-of-people-in-container-at-rosslare-europort-released-without-charge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/man-arrested-in-connection-with-discovery-of-people-in-container-at-rosslare-europort-released-without-charge/</guid><description><![CDATA[File to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions following container ship incident]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:44:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ZJPLYDKZJFAFITYSYDYZHFCD4.JPG?auth=b50e4a6a05d09a4a7050089c7e6adc88832beeb4bdf6e54c14d27f95429b38d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Six people were found in a container at Rosslare Europort on Thursday morning. File photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenland and Denmark say US deal does not cede territory’s sovereignty ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/19/greenland-and-denmark-say-us-deal-does-not-cede-territorys-sovereignty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/19/greenland-and-denmark-say-us-deal-does-not-cede-territorys-sovereignty/</guid><description><![CDATA[Details of deal remain unclear as Donald Trump says it would give US ‘permanent control’ over Arctic island’s ​security]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:27:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVEGHYSL7UBMFW5MKVLBBYVYGI.jpg?auth=5de4d9c3f6c254060044eacd08fc30da81d84dc04676f0788f7a53768a1e6374&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Men hoist a Greenlandic flag near polling stations, in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 24th, 2026 during the parliamentary election in Denmark. Photograph: Florent VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Florent Vergnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare shark catch-and-kill order issued after swimmer fatally attacked in Western Australia ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/09/19/shark-catch-and-kill-order-issued-after-swimmer-fatally-attacked-in-western-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/australia/2026/09/19/shark-catch-and-kill-order-issued-after-swimmer-fatally-attacked-in-western-australia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Achol Arok, Kat Wong]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Body of man (63) bitten by a shark off popular Sorrento beach has not yet been found]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:56:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AUCSB5NTQJNJDHTMXBYOX33Q6E.jpg?auth=3c8cdd607d20dd7a3cc3fc90df68f136e2e1b30cbb96b50a65b267576224663e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A shark attack took place off Sorrento Beach, Western Australia. Photograph: Andrew O’Connor/Australian Broadcasting Corp via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew O’Connor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman dies after trench being dug for septic tank collapses on her]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/woman-dies-after-trench-collapse-in-co-limerick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/woman-dies-after-trench-collapse-in-co-limerick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Co Limerick workplace fatality referred to Health and Safety Authority by An Garda Síochána ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:43:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7G7TCZKZXZG3FNFUKHOF3DGHSY.JPG?auth=344881619e0f7f13b33eb55b818300015c5b75cca47ebef971bff499da32d8fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Garda Síochána has referred the investigation into the fatal incident to the Health and Safety Authority]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two women arrested after cannabis and suspected cocaine seized in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/two-women-arrested-after-cannabis-and-suspected-cocaine-seized-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/two-women-arrested-after-cannabis-and-suspected-cocaine-seized-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí and Revenue officers seized €447,800 worth of drugs on Friday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:26:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L62P3WC7Y5EF5DGMCTWS6DBWX4.png?auth=87f52ff75cb52364a50d9add900a3287144980d10546cae7b12adb935a457e44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Suspected cocaine and herbal cannabis were seized in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Garda Press Office]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a moment of reckoning ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/19/a-maelstrom-of-his-own-making-how-ed-sheerans-tour-turned-into-a-moment-of-reckoning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/19/a-maelstrom-of-his-own-making-how-ed-sheerans-tour-turned-into-a-moment-of-reckoning/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Khomami]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from US billionaire]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:21:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KE7E4YXF4VAU3APXSWKOYBACBQ.jpg?auth=dc6297380834d7dcb1775870b830d3dfce800f5f979d3809997a1f8197c57c95&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ed Sheeran has been dragged into the kind of political row he has spent his career avoiding. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartRadio]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin Mazur</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/09/19/google-says-its-gemini-ai-model-hacked-three-other-companies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/09/19/google-says-its-gemini-ai-model-hacked-three-other-companies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johana Bhuiyan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Google felt the hacks that occurred in May during a cybersecurity evaluation by an AI-security firm did not require public disclosure]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:35:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NHHK67ZTGZFG3B2ZYT3YYQSOC4.jpg?auth=85d8a29d28e5e25ff607ccbdacf01aa8fe425699dfaf47367c52f5b7beb7db3d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Google Gemini hacks were disclosed to the company at the end of July. Photograph: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael M. Santiago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US and Denmark have reached a deal in dispute over Greenland, Trump claims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/18/us-and-denmark-have-reached-a-deal-in-dispute-over-greenland-trump-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/18/us-and-denmark-have-reached-a-deal-in-dispute-over-greenland-trump-claims/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president sparked anger when he threatened to take control of Danish territory by force]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:14:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X4DTYYFN2GYJTTWVRBTCMNJF5Q.jpg?auth=5ee7b2e09ea089ecd78bbd331c654f3635f9a0d146707b7e971bf56b2a6e88df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Crowds in Nuuk, Greenland, gather in January to protest Donald Trump's proposal to take over the island. Photograph: Juliette Pavy/New York Times                  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Juliette Pavy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/opinion-why-do-farmers-wield-such-disproportionate-power-in-ireland-look-at-leinster-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/opinion-why-do-farmers-wield-such-disproportionate-power-in-ireland-look-at-leinster-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gibbons]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming - but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners, according an investigation by The Irish Times]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QHW3XBIFRGFFLZQGNHLT2HNVI.JPG?auth=2d1bd6c16b3092030d8dee0d7eb27cefadb949167013993084768a4a5b25d3c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon is owner of the largest agricultural landholding in Leinster House. Photograph: Damien Eagers]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Damien Eagers Photography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s corporate tax advantage is over. So what’s the plan?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/cliff-taylor-irelands-corporate-tax-advantage-is-over-so-whats-the-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/cliff-taylor-irelands-corporate-tax-advantage-is-over-so-whats-the-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The mutual Ireland Inc plámás between Irish governments and the big multinationals means about as much as Donald Trump’s assurances]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 10 years, I’ve listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here’s what I think]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/mark-oconnell-ive-been-hearing-predictions-that-ai-will-end-humanity-for-a-decade-heres-what-i-think/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/mark-oconnell-ive-been-hearing-predictions-that-ai-will-end-humanity-for-a-decade-heres-what-i-think/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[These apocalyptic ideas feed into a viciously recursive AI hype cycle, and serve the sector’s abysmal hunger for investment capital]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TYQXETVRYCFJQKNMGEIWO543TI.jpg?auth=29aef78e1ff22a31cc53432a358c2fc3c240815bddfa4b8cd80579a3414b0d1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anti-AI protesters in the UK. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Tallis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime, terror, immigration: France through the eyes of its ‘Fox News’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/19/france-cnews-right-wing-fox-news-channel-immigration-social-unrest-crisis-paris-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/19/france-cnews-right-wing-fox-news-channel-immigration-social-unrest-crisis-paris-media/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Watching a day of coverage on CNews reveals how some view country as being a nation in crisis]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GCQSXKMBTJDVJG4LHO32HE7QCI.jpg?auth=a108ea238716f866823d797b0df4b8a022093374458d252f3af6d7dc1dd7fae7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Channel’s signature format is news reports followed by right-wing analysis. Photograph: Photograph: Isabelle Souriment/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ISABELLE SOURIMENT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Anthropic’s $2tn IPO make AI safer or more dangerous?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/19/will-anthropics-2tn-ipo-make-ai-safer-or-more-dangerous/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/19/will-anthropics-2tn-ipo-make-ai-safer-or-more-dangerous/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Investor demands could pull against the safety warnings coming from inside the AI industry]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MEW6QDE47VILUFSF2ZGKOTIABI.jpg?auth=7fbaca55f0252768c0c1ddda131385a3442928e6fc8a71e90201640add08666e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, has spoken about the potentially catastrophic risks posed by AI. Photograph: Karsten Moran/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Karsten Moran</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fozzy Stack aiming to get whole of Ayr Gold Cup pie this time through Bodhi Bear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/19/fozzy-stack-aiming-to-get-whole-of-ayr-gold-cup-pie-this-time-through-bodhi-bear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/19/fozzy-stack-aiming-to-get-whole-of-ayr-gold-cup-pie-this-time-through-bodhi-bear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aidan O’Brien thinking Triple Crown in 2027 for exciting Group One winner Darkness Falls]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKCNAZXV4VB5DO2MGIHPBWWA7M.jpg?auth=5451471c16ba6283d210d2e27f799b512d8579049219ba4e6261968e3619fd28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trainer Fozzy Stack's Son Of Rest made history in 2018 by becoming first Irish-trained winner of Ayr Gold Cup. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI acceleration]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/ai-acceleration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/ai-acceleration/</guid><description><![CDATA[Large language models are machines, not some sort of disobedient animal that might go rogue]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times – Letters to the Editor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s corporate tax cake gets bigger]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/19/irelands-corporate-tax-cake-gets-bigger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/19/irelands-corporate-tax-cake-gets-bigger/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Department of Finance signals corporate tax receipts will exceed its current €35.3 billion projection by ‘a wide margin’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5PQYNJI3GRGD5LNRL2QXANZU3Q.jpg?auth=6b45aad814a9ac33008199885b90576ea0010da4988a5ed175233b0f7f3cc45f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Corporate tax receipts are fast approaching income tax as the Government’s chief tax channel. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">simonkr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘She’s got a bit about her’: Jemima Adams Verling backed to make impact in Ireland debut]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/shes-got-a-bit-about-her-jemima-adams-verling-backed-to-make-impact-in-ireland-debut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/shes-got-a-bit-about-her-jemima-adams-verling-backed-to-make-impact-in-ireland-debut/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head coach Scott Bemand says Connacht prospect picked for ‘grafting away’ as hectic five-game block kicks off]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FZF2RTPTODHAMNQKWAFKH4LQMI.jpg?auth=d0396567bf59772d410c9fe54fa6e32be400c39cb1efef376dbce77d5cbc73aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jemima Adams Verling takes the ball forward for Connacht in the Interprovincial Championship round-two match against Ulster at Dexcom Stadium, Galway, last year. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two takes on LED headlight glare discussion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/glare-from-headlights-adversely-impacting-visibility-for-drivers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/glare-from-headlights-adversely-impacting-visibility-for-drivers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tolerable luminance should be an absolute priority for vehicle manufacturers and for Government]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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 was said between Christy Ring and Mick Mackey? A new book details the lives of hurling’s heroes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/19/what-was-said-between-christy-ring-and-mick-mackey-a-new-book-details-the-lives-of-hurlings-heroes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/19/what-was-said-between-christy-ring-and-mick-mackey-a-new-book-details-the-lives-of-hurlings-heroes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Justin Nelson’s 1957 photograph caught two of the most important people in the explosion of hurling’s popularity]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RFYP7ZQ33JFMNJNYQCGZZG2O2Y.jpg?auth=db23863e1062cf10026f511c92e631f27fa354b91261007749c3ecca718dfe98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A colourised version of a photgraph taken by Justin Nelson of umpire Mick Mackey and Christy Ring during the 1957 Munster hurling semi-final between Cork and Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds. Photograph: Justin Nelson]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weapons deployment shows US sees space as just another frontier]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/us-weapons-deployment-shows-space-just-another-frontier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/us-weapons-deployment-shows-space-just-another-frontier/</guid><description><![CDATA[Saddening development goes against space treaty to which US was an original party]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Ed Sheeran’s inaction contrasts badly with Macklemore’s principled stand on Palestine ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/ed-sheerans-inaction-contrasts-badly-with-macklemores-principled-stand-on-palestine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/ed-sheerans-inaction-contrasts-badly-with-macklemores-principled-stand-on-palestine/</guid><description><![CDATA[The tour headliner has simply entered his ivory castle on the hill and is attempting to wait out the storm]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Corporate landlord credits profit surge to housing shortage ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/19/landlord-with-3500-irish-homes-links-profit-surge-to-housing-shortage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/19/landlord-with-3500-irish-homes-links-profit-surge-to-housing-shortage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A firm linked to Axa’s investment arm reported €24 million of earnings from its rental investments in Ireland last year ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LDCPJRDFCBAVBBY3F7OMLXOV5Y.jpg?auth=54d7f72b383c55716a87a3b5cf8f394c2c201714d0e87bfb62fb511962ee8730&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Axa, through a joint venture with Kennedy Wilson, has built a large portfolio of rental homes in Ireland.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">GARETH BYRNE PHOTOGRAPHY</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catherine Connolly meets the Donegal diaspora in Scotland - including Packie Bonner ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/catherine-connolly-meets-the-donegal-diaspora-in-scotland-including-packie-bonner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/catherine-connolly-meets-the-donegal-diaspora-in-scotland-including-packie-bonner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[President visits Glasgow exhibition celebrating Donegal people who emigrated to Scotland in search of work]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YSULF6XPLNC3DHOY5KE4LZVNP4.jpeg?auth=9deb1a3f5b87250301aeef5a58138b1702f7e6108dba547712633f068e1329c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Winnie McHugh (92) with her daughter and granddaughter Noreen and Máiréad McEnroe, President Catherine Connolly and Brian McEnery at Mitchell Library in Glasgow on Friday. Photograph: Maxwells]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No passport needed ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/no-passport-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/no-passport-needed/</guid><description><![CDATA[A treasure trove of European and Irish art on our doorstep]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Sydney Sweeney? Never heard of her]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/sydney-sweeney-never-heard-of-her/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/sydney-sweeney-never-heard-of-her/</guid><description><![CDATA[Perhaps Co Clare should be twinned with Siberia]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if other letter readers do what I do]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/i-wonder-if-other-letter-readers-do-what-i-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/i-wonder-if-other-letter-readers-do-what-i-do/</guid><description><![CDATA[Blaise Pascal put it best ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/19/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/19/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[September 19th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3CDJUV2L5RHFVDWRJAFVA62F6M.jpg?auth=6c6f3c5880085e80e19e4deb4718b1c40139f8c32b0764271e86f63528a3286d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing Israel in Nations League]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/leadership-required-when-it-comes-to-playing-israel-in-nations-league/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/leadership-required-when-it-comes-to-playing-israel-in-nations-league/</guid><description><![CDATA[Powerful interests running shy of speaking truth to, and acting against, Israel ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Eye-catching car registration plates]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/unforgettable-car-registration-plates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/unforgettable-car-registration-plates/</guid><description><![CDATA[Blunt message lodged in my memory faster than a jumbled selection of letters and numbers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Fare exchange ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/fare-exchange/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/fare-exchange/</guid><description><![CDATA[Commuters would have no problem with 30c fare increase if it meant a marked improvement in bus frequency  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Brilliant Spike Milligan stole the show one last time with parting words]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/brilliant-spike-milligan-stole-the-show-one-last-time-with-parting-words/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/19/brilliant-spike-milligan-stole-the-show-one-last-time-with-parting-words/</guid><description><![CDATA[Voltaire’s philosophical approach stayed with him until the end]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 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[Remember the iodine tablets? A look back at emergency advice over the years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/remember-the-iodine-tablets-a-look-back-at-emergency-advice-over-the-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/remember-the-iodine-tablets-a-look-back-at-emergency-advice-over-the-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A nationwide distribution programme will see approximately 2.2 million households receiving the Be Emergency Ready booklets soon]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PXWHEKOAS5G5ZB7NTXO2O25GNU.jpg?auth=94f54c0be188f3675e29cfbe0534c5cbd362e1f1601f3dcb231f8c0cf4ff4af1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's public information about emergencies throughout the years. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My inner Grumpy Old Woman is intent on making her presence felt lately. She’s mad as hell]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/my-inner-grumpy-old-woman-is-intent-on-making-her-presence-felt-lately-shes-mad-as-hell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/my-inner-grumpy-old-woman-is-intent-on-making-her-presence-felt-lately-shes-mad-as-hell/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maybe I can just decide to stop nagging. But who would I even be?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7BLA2DCZJC4TN44R56CKGE6M4.JPG?auth=0406a9cd885969dede8c59a244cf012d634e8a8edebbcb5c9a84c40c98f3b386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: My inner GOW is even wrecking my head at this stage. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gig economy faces its AI apocalypse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/18/the-gig-economy-faces-its-ai-apocalypse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/18/the-gig-economy-faces-its-ai-apocalypse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A safety net for people who have fallen out of the formal labour market is being dismantled]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3SA4AHAKHFFSG2XTDEV2BYRHLQ.jpg?auth=f6d06ce672ee35437d3bcea19e953a09b7e8a463925493e674ec094d00bc68b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Robotaxis could mean 'less work for many drivers over the long run, including people who rely on platform work as a flexible safety net', Uber warns.  ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/60000-fraud-investigation-opened-at-greyhound-racing-tracks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/19/60000-fraud-investigation-opened-at-greyhound-racing-tracks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Comptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy says case involves cash handling in stadiums]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UH5D3RUMRRDYTBT3X7LYRHVMJM.jpg?auth=c24f5ad1df5ca635c7ad30fca103f20acf3c5d9357a84f66fba2e6dc8acfcc79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Garda inquiry centres on the Greyhound Racing Ireland racetracks at Limerick and Mullingar, it is understood, and a third as yet unnamed location. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicolas Jooris-Ancion</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s falling reading rates: ‘There’s a crisis of literacy. There’s a crisis of reading’  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/irelands-falling-reading-rates-theres-a-crisis-of-literacy-theres-a-crisis-of-reading/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/irelands-falling-reading-rates-theres-a-crisis-of-literacy-theres-a-crisis-of-reading/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teenagers, both in Ireland and globally, are much worse at reading than they were 10 years ago, OECD finds]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UOJJBYSHAVAUJPOADTYG2JRYKU.JPG?auth=fbe2b3db4c765d69619aae9b4fddc3d44d01e993c40953665213469f4c068002&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Méabh Compton and George Connolly  pupils at St Josephs Secondary School in Rush, Co Dublin, within one of the many book repositories along the schools corridors. Photo: Alan Betson/ The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchán Magan’s final part of his trilogy: Ireland was believed to be the outer limit of the known world]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/19/manchan-magans-last-published-words-ireland-was-believed-to-be-the-outer-limit-of-the-known-world/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/19/manchan-magans-last-published-words-ireland-was-believed-to-be-the-outer-limit-of-the-known-world/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manchán Magan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The book the late author was working on when he died has been published]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WMOQRH3MGFD2LK3JU35IZQXGQI.jpg?auth=91cce4c45f04e60906d2a8d193db7e79046dca8c16e667adca8f39212ce1b7b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seeing What’s Hidden: Manchán Magan's final book explores links between ancient Irish culture and the customs and traditions of other indigenous peoples. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louise O’Neill: ‘The rhetoric around dating was that for women over 35, you may as well be dead’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/19/louise-oneill-the-rhetoric-around-dating-was-that-for-women-over-35-you-may-as-well-be-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/19/louise-oneill-the-rhetoric-around-dating-was-that-for-women-over-35-you-may-as-well-be-dead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Louise O'Neill’s blisteringly honest new memoir, A Bigger Life, centres on the fallout from finding herself single in her late 30s]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EWYMO22S4FDWVAO6KMFQGVJ4VY.jpg?auth=d1a94c716e120f56d48dfa8a61aad34cc54077821716dd9ee1c604449e6d74a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louise O'Neill: 'I would definitely disagree with the idea that it’s a revenge memoir.' Photograph: Egle Laukyte/Artisan Chronicles]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">White Cat Studio</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tung Chee-hwa: Billionaire shipping firm scion who was Hong Kong’s first postcolonial leader]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/19/tung-chee-hwa-billionaire-shipping-firm-scion-who-was-hong-kongs-first-postcolonial-leader/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/19/tung-chee-hwa-billionaire-shipping-firm-scion-who-was-hong-kongs-first-postcolonial-leader/</guid><description><![CDATA[Liverpool-educated Chinese tycoon set Hong Kong on a path that led to deepening rift with Beijing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3JZH3AXPENGKJMILODRYFKUDL4.jpg?auth=4f722fbba018e67c367512aaf6cf4905e7e3ddc7a9e09190c21ce6b8fa83b637&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tung Chee-hwa: His business acumen that was said to have been valued by Beijing, which was looking for a pragmatic leader who could make tough decisions post-1997. Photograph: Li Zhihua/China News Service/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">China News Service</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frances Stonor Saunders: One of the most exciting nonfiction writers of her generation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/19/frances-stonor-saunders-one-of-the-most-exciting-nonfiction-writers-of-her-generation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/19/frances-stonor-saunders-one-of-the-most-exciting-nonfiction-writers-of-her-generation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Subjects of her books included CIA-funded cultural espionage and Violet Gibson, the Irish woman who tried to assassinate Mussolini]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RNRIDGAKFRH77KXPPSU7VQO33Q.jpg?auth=76004156dc75f82cafa61a5fd82407ca550aadeea89e5a1ac2dce7dd8aa62116&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Frances Stonor Saunders, journalist, writer and historian, who has died at the age of 60]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers seek more help with third-level fees and return of energy credits in budget]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/ministers-seek-more-help-with-third-level-fees-and-return-of-energy-credits-in-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/ministers-seek-more-help-with-third-level-fees-and-return-of-energy-credits-in-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones, Pat Leahy, Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Extension of rent-a-room relief and cost-of-disability payment mooted, cut in tax on home heating oil ‘certain’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GE5RPVYUCBFEBLBBHXNDDVW5RE.jpg?auth=6eae856763471a4fe4de1839977a644300c614dcaa63c13a0b2a27604dcaf97f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are to present the budget on October 6th. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Children are constantly doom scrolling’: Teenagers on the EU’s social media age limits]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/09/19/children-are-constantly-doom-scrolling-teenagers-on-the-eus-social-media-age-limits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/09/19/children-are-constantly-doom-scrolling-teenagers-on-the-eus-social-media-age-limits/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Social media companies will face fast-track enforcement with investigations of rule breaches undertaken in 90 days]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6F3BNQWTN5EAHDHCPDGF4R72FA.jpg?auth=cfc96def92054807f42e8c41365591226af7bfb52a6fd9cd30a64fedfce49588&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maddie Law, an 18-year-old student of Scoil Mhuire, Trim, Co Meath. 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[Roberto De Zerbi in dire need of a net gain on Tottenham’s big summer spending ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/roberto-de-zerbi-in-dire-need-of-a-net-gain-on-big-summer-spending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/19/roberto-de-zerbi-in-dire-need-of-a-net-gain-on-big-summer-spending/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Walker]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spurs manager looks to discover attacking threat as goal drought threatens to derail campaign]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/75E4QA7ENFNGZDGFPOH5GEJBO4.jpg?auth=e55273aebcc26fe789a3f8311c055789c6d869430f50c8f16de26373cd326af4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi has had a poor start to the season. Photograph: John Walton/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Feds step into the kitchen. One of them is like, ‘Well, Bernie?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/four-feds-step-into-the-kitchen-one-of-them-is-like-well-bernie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/four-feds-step-into-the-kitchen-one-of-them-is-like-well-bernie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’m there, ‘The security tag is still on it’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RB76YXBV7RD75LHKRBCW4GZDEY.jpg?auth=b10bb719c4b518a3667eb0cc760f16a4c7eed2533559b64a39cae0ca764eb47b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Charles 2017. Illustration: Alan Clarke.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is a romantic notion’: Jack McCaffrey aiming for fairytale finish with Clontarf]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/19/it-is-a-romantic-notion-jack-mccaffrey-aiming-for-fairytale-finish-with-clontarf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/19/it-is-a-romantic-notion-jack-mccaffrey-aiming-for-fairytale-finish-with-clontarf/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Dublin star has been playing through injury to drive club’s challenge towards a first senior county title]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G536VSEV7RAO3A47C5BJAI665Y.jpg?auth=2cb3c38e46e3b6c87f1c63a8825b0e11fca34759834dd9c5b3f63a57d04d925e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin's Jack McCaffrey before the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final against Kerry at Croke Park, which Dublin won by 1-15 to 1-13. Photograph: Evan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students are screen hostages. They’re losing the ability to switch off and knuckle down]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/students-are-screen-hostages-theyre-losing-the-ability-to-switch-off-and-knuckle-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/19/students-are-screen-hostages-theyre-losing-the-ability-to-switch-off-and-knuckle-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[By our own high standards, educational results in Ireland are slipping. But not all the problems are technology-related]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UTQLMRYTPJBF3ASZON2UO673IY.jpg?auth=0130de293536f3104393222f83fef54e5ee363b8bbeca1352f0400f02590ea12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Learning takes time. Constant distraction rarely allows the penny to drop. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Astrakan Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Little: ‘Protests against data centres is the biggest wave of civic activism since the 1960s’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/mark-little-protests-against-data-centres-is-the-biggest-wave-of-civic-activism-since-the-1960s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/mark-little-protests-against-data-centres-is-the-biggest-wave-of-civic-activism-since-the-1960s/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The broadcaster turned entrepreneur on messianic tech billionaires, and his new book tracking his journey from tech-optimism to disillusionment to a new cautious hope]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DHHXS32YQFB3RDCBOZWY6BNOMY.JPG?auth=6462043fb35e63e507f79cf76652fe1f9b12546dba8cfac0087f3fbcdd4bda89&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Little: 'Whatever comes next, I’m not quite sure, but it’s a beginning.'  Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rural home heating oil conundrum – high costs and lack of an alternative from Government]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/09/19/rural-home-heating-oil-conundrum-high-costs-and-lack-of-an-alternative-from-government/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/09/19/rural-home-heating-oil-conundrum-high-costs-and-lack-of-an-alternative-from-government/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty, Stephen Conneely in Screggan, Co Offaly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kerosene-dependent households need more creative thinking from leaders to ‘level the playing field between the on-grid and the off-grid consumer’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2XOZL2AKURD6POMQAWZO3YFQZE.jpg?auth=0eb0c32cb08ba0a23064a7fc1b342d00fa8ab4a648af5b9cf33c77574ac8ac00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Costs continue to rise as people struggle with energy bills]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FellowNeko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon’s children lost in Israeli attacks: ‘It’s the grimmest side of this conflict. Children die. Children are burned’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/lebanons-children-lost-in-israeli-attacks-its-the-grimmest-side-of-this-conflict-children-die-children-are-burned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/lebanons-children-lost-in-israeli-attacks-its-the-grimmest-side-of-this-conflict-children-die-children-are-burned/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally Hayden]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The effects of Israeli attacks on Lebanese children over the last six months have been devastating - and will endure]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C3M2FXR42BFUTIKBQ5UYEV35ZE.jpg?auth=9c19ffef9198a669eff40522896927b24fc4eb0d3bf17a29fd97d4e384e4d5cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A baby's body is carried to a grave during the funeral of the Farhat family in Kfar Roummane, south Lebanon. Photograph: Sally Hayden]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oura Ring 5 review: A slimmed-down health tracker that feels more like jewellery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/09/19/oura-ring-5-review-a-slimmed-down-health-tracker-that-feels-more-like-jewellery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/09/19/oura-ring-5-review-a-slimmed-down-health-tracker-that-feels-more-like-jewellery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Improved battery performance and greater comfort factor need to be weighed against the hefty price tag]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JFMI2RJ3PBAIPBY4PMQ45NPUY4.png?auth=231501c3641af7b1eac5da9e272bd326c76e6fe5309b58862bdff3a14eb3bdd1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oura Ring 5]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s largest freshwater lake is dying before our eyes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/irelands-largest-freshwater-lake-is-dying-before-our-eyes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/19/irelands-largest-freshwater-lake-is-dying-before-our-eyes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Laverty ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A perfect storm of problems is leading to a near-collapse in Lough Neagh’s ecosystem]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RM42ORI4PBDLFLRKHB2AFA3RDU.jpg?auth=b0946f7dee712d87813698ac6d8b1140ccffb84ca8bb570ebf5ec0b9f1b2c153&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Amy is an Ecologist who lives on the Southern Shore of Lough Neagh.
Photograph: Joe Laverty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[After emulating his brother at Munster, Seán Edogbo dreams of doing the same with Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/after-emulating-his-brother-at-munster-sean-edogbo-dreams-of-doing-the-same-with-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/19/after-emulating-his-brother-at-munster-sean-edogbo-dreams-of-doing-the-same-with-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Big season ahead for younger sibling after earning a senior contract with the province]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K4YPDU7A4RACBM74JOFU3OD2K4.jpg?auth=3e13e59c5592db48760379d5782ff79c07a4de1e90d89022a51d9e2f9f8ec15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Edogbo has progressed through the Munster academy and is now a member of the senior squad. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[University of Galway deficit threatens teaching jobs  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/19/university-of-galway-deficit-threatens-teaching-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/19/university-of-galway-deficit-threatens-teaching-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent year-end funding gap measures for third level institutions have fallen out of favour ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S53L4Z34PJCWJKLRPSZK7KE4HM.jpg?auth=e5fe3af5d88ec0addf3c60f8ee70d3e842ea6eff47322723bbf9aaec513023ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The University of Galway has more than 19,000 students and is seeking to cut costs by 7% across the board. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">benedek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politician advertisements continue on Meta despite ban introduced last year ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/politician-advertisements-continue-on-meta-despite-ban-introduced-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/politician-advertisements-continue-on-meta-despite-ban-introduced-last-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meta rejects non-compliant ads when made aware of them]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBNMHGNYBNCMZLFJ4C7REHUT2Q.JPG?auth=2d4a0a7df89b8700040e30beccf6fd5068ba883461321e711beb857d8e58d516&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Independent TD Michael Lowry did not respond to queries about online ads. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers’ rations cut, naval radar plan paused as Defence Forces ordered to save millions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/soldiers-rations-cut-naval-radar-plan-paused-as-defence-forces-ordered-to-save-millions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/19/soldiers-rations-cut-naval-radar-plan-paused-as-defence-forces-ordered-to-save-millions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Military sources say ‘all spending’ paused barring something that could prevent a ship going to sea]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H6GP5HZUJ5E7TB44HH5LIJH4LI.jpg?auth=1cbf3b8d762a0b696deb1fb3581dde8fe3c86a207fbb8a429eb3708674047a91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spending on equipment for the EU presidency has also put pressure on defence budgets. 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[Irish politicians under attack: ‘We have cut hedges down, put in gates and put in CCTV’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/irish-politicians-under-attack-we-have-cut-hedges-down-put-in-gates-and-put-in-cctv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/irish-politicians-under-attack-we-have-cut-hedges-down-put-in-gates-and-put-in-cctv/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The assault on Michael Healy-Rae highlights rising abuse of politicians in Ireland and their vulnerability to verbal and physical attack. What is being done to protect them?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DVWY5AKAQVERNGSLSFNNRYBXLE.JPG?auth=f79bbf79e76552eb1f9d32f6a5c068728d259bfcefd6dfb61144e3e7c53c0cac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Healy-Rae: The Independent TD and former minister was assaulted while sitting in his car in Dublin city centre on Wednesday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As momentum builds in the Irish unity debate, how is unionism responding?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/as-momentum-builds-in-the-irish-unity-debate-how-is-unionism-responding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/19/as-momentum-builds-in-the-irish-unity-debate-how-is-unionism-responding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gavin Robinson and the DUP will present the same ‘business as usual, nothing to see here’ position to members]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NQK2XHZFCVC77DIW5D2UU3HGBQ.jpg?auth=fce1075cab697016d4bef0b0086212d900a6ef647434de176f4bfb2aad9d3982&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Visiting Belfast last month, British prime minister Andy Burnham said a Border poll is 'off the table'. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Christopher Furlong</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favourite band are splitting up. It’s almost time to let them go]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/19/my-favourite-band-are-splitting-up-its-almost-time-to-let-them-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/19/my-favourite-band-are-splitting-up-its-almost-time-to-let-them-go/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saint Etienne, who bring their farewell tour to Dublin next week, have been my glittering soundtrack for growing up and wanting to sail away]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5DFCYV3KL5GZ5JC2ZJAQSALJLI.jpg?auth=f48bfa6540e88c6b131f722cd6147399ca64e708bdc63aae6ce03dcab968d4cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Saint Etienne: Bob Stanley, Sarah Cracknell and Pete Wiggs. Photograph: Paul Kelly]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Yes, size matters’: A simple guide to planting spring-flowering bulbs this autumn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/09/19/yes-size-matters-a-simple-guide-to-planting-spring-flowering-bulbs-this-autumn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/09/19/yes-size-matters-a-simple-guide-to-planting-spring-flowering-bulbs-this-autumn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Always try to source plump, firm, undamaged bulb stock]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JOVXY6PLGBEY7DSDZHNN6YNHUM.jpg?auth=97d75be6a727b8d7e7a9a188527c1e4f1bb98b0820aa3c33eb7da92230acd9da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bulbs: Choose healthy stock from a reputable supplier that has been handled with care and not allowed to dry out]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">emholk</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine on tap – is it the way forward for restaurants and bars?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/09/19/wine-on-tap-is-it-the-way-forward-for-restaurants-and-bars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/09/19/wine-on-tap-is-it-the-way-forward-for-restaurants-and-bars/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to Drink Better: At least one Irish company is betting that it is, which makes a lot of sense]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GGFRIO6HJRAMZCZ5KHJIRJTOJI.jpg?auth=cb8d58d44d1d7b7c79d889227870797b9c799958862cdf3653a708daaecd20ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wine on tap at The Legal Eagle in Dublin. Will we see more of this in the future?]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian.Sheridan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty: A simple soup to bring you into autumn and the easiest cookie dough recipe you’ll find]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/19/mark-moriarty-a-simple-soup-to-bring-you-into-autumn-and-the-easiest-cookie-dough-recipe-youll-find/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/19/mark-moriarty-a-simple-soup-to-bring-you-into-autumn-and-the-easiest-cookie-dough-recipe-youll-find/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[These recipes are from my new cookbook, and use quality and readily available Irish produce]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LOL243TI6FC63J2JM4VEB56Y4A.jpg?auth=e6d7cfa15d8f23d521b8f100b3687c46b7c7cc7e0960af00e2a7318621423fde&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's Tuscan ribollita soup. Photograph: Ruth Calder-Potts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[An infinite variety of views of the Irish landscape at Adam’s]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/09/19/an-infinite-variety-of-views-of-the-irish-landscape-at-adams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/09/19/an-infinite-variety-of-views-of-the-irish-landscape-at-adams/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From realism to the edge of abstraction, artists Letitia Marion Hamilton,  Gerard Dillon and Harry Kernoff give their takes on Connemara]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W2NENTHNQFDVPEACCTGQW5PR2U.jpg?auth=b4d97a0a9d032730c56bccd701e8733a11f28194bc5be1602ac06c2a744d6c0c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Roundstone by Letitia Marion Hamilton]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam's Auctioneers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for molten white chocolate and raspberry cookie dough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/19/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-molten-white-chocolate-and-raspberry-cookie-dough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/19/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-molten-white-chocolate-and-raspberry-cookie-dough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This recipe is taken from Everyday Delicious, Mark Moriarty’s new cookbook]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RPHLUNR5EJD7PAOGKYU5EBJHBI.jpg?auth=174ea4c520951f8631aaed49111473e5c4920d1fcd37bae89364c18d271d9fd2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's molten white chocolate and raspberry cookie dough. Photograph: Ruth Calder-Potts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s foolproof recipe for Tuscan ribollita soup – perfect for autumn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/19/mark-moriartys-foolproof-recipe-for-tuscan-ribollita-soup-perfect-for-autumn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/19/mark-moriartys-foolproof-recipe-for-tuscan-ribollita-soup-perfect-for-autumn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This recipe is taken from Everyday Delicious, Mark Moriarty’s latest cookbook]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3PU4YOLXJNDCBKU6BWPTV4X7BY.jpg?auth=f1f2b053c931d4bd0c2961b41b066e43d494d1771878819d450ade4ebf5a2632&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's Tuscan ribollita soup. Photograph: Ruth Calder-Potts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy, Thank You. More, Please: A candid story of learning to value your own happiness]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/happy-thank-you-more-please-a-candid-story-of-learning-to-value-your-own-happiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/happy-thank-you-more-please-a-candid-story-of-learning-to-value-your-own-happiness/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Walshe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kyla Cobbler shares her frequently ‘laugh-out-loud funny’ experience of childhood, toxic relationships, mental health struggles and inspiring journey to self-love]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QWEEQDKI2VEWVI3VVT5JWANKN4.jpg?auth=022e63530623e2cfea72167ad9433b8d826fe54d339cf043c44134478692179d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Comedian and author Kyla Cobbler writes with honesty, genuine warmth and a dollop of unfiltered Cork humour. Photograph: Raphaël Neal]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RAPHAEL NEAL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Shall Outlast Them - Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West: convincing insights on Russian statecraft ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/we-shall-outlast-them-putins-global-campaign-to-defeat-the-west-convincing-insights-on-russian-statecraft/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/we-shall-outlast-them-putins-global-campaign-to-defeat-the-west-convincing-insights-on-russian-statecraft/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Horan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kremlin has consistently promoted itself as anti-colonial leader against western ‘neo-colonialism’ on behalf of Global South ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/62CNJFDPULSHB5IN5DYW5JUCLY.jpg?auth=0e255f339f034bbcc4ebc35e55a5e0fea82c4d5c9682bce81177b69056210b19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hanna Notte concludes that Vladimir Putin’s obsession with invading Ukraine and confronting the West 'has disfigured the Russian economy and pushed the country from a tacit dictatorship into the direction of a full-blown one'. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mikhail Metzel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: An Uncrowned King]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/12/poem-of-the-week-an-uncrowned-king/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/12/poem-of-the-week-an-uncrowned-king/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oisín Breen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Oisín Breen]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RU2K3PKBIVAVZLMCDGMFDUNLQI.jpg?auth=e30e576a4c6893cd705ed85a6284c59f3879f76a39377e059b97fe2980a513fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Winetavern Street in Dublin. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">benedek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kevin Powers: ‘I was in the US army. I knew I was going to have to go to war’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/19/kevin-powers-i-was-in-the-us-army-i-knew-i-was-going-to-have-to-go-to-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/19/kevin-powers-i-was-in-the-us-army-i-knew-i-was-going-to-have-to-go-to-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author on his new first World War novel, how he felt when 9/11 happened, and Virginia as a microcosm of the US]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN5G7X2BYJDXHEMN4V6KTSQMSM.jpg?auth=97fa7fdc2c46b1c04d9954cd5c1e544bf3940ae17eac7965bfd1cc0c6d59eda6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kevin Powers: 'All wars involve old men sending young men face to face with death']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson: Burma light railway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-burma-light-railway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-burma-light-railway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Mulkerns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Historical novel’s Carry On up the South Bank element dilutes potential for a more satisfying read]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UTRDXTXZJNDF7DE4R2ZLKNSNNQ.jpg?auth=c812e325ae1d2ce7563b314e9da8d5dfe935b0ca1b16458c0e0fca273fd52979&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate Atkinson, author of Our Noble Selves. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">David Levenson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Deane: Essential essays from a towering Irish revolutionary intellectual]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/early-deane-essential-essays-from-a-towering-irish-revolutionary-intellectual/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/early-deane-essential-essays-from-a-towering-irish-revolutionary-intellectual/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Cronin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seamus Deane warns of the dangers of sentimentalising a precolonial past (the Gaelic Eden) or idealising a postcolonial future (when the island is one, all will be well)]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VNJ5UWACTFGKNJ7YG3JVYVSOT4.jpg?auth=3a01fbd8803a5e092a985ac2a53f45606a1c3b5d5d033554b20c6f3dfe40a6c3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seamus Deane in Derry. Photograph: Bobbie Hanvey Archives/John J Burns Library/Boston College]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensation by Colin Graham: A compact, echoing and suggestive memoir]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/sensation-by-colin-graham-a-compact-echoing-and-suggestive-memoir/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/sensation-by-colin-graham-a-compact-echoing-and-suggestive-memoir/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Allen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An odyssey rooted in the experience of growing up in 1980s Belfast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T2OWBBU2KFC55DOFTNKAUNDO54.jpg?auth=534f2bde7fb9b8d1932a110c18c0bafd861cfc5acc65dffb2772566695c93ff6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Colin Graham 'has a deadpan style of which he is the primary subject, if at one remove']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food by Charlotte Wood – Cosy middle-class comforts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/05/love-and-hunger-thoughts-on-the-gift-of-food-by-charlotte-wood-cosy-middle-class-comforts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/05/love-and-hunger-thoughts-on-the-gift-of-food-by-charlotte-wood-cosy-middle-class-comforts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mei Chin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unlike her fiction, the Australian author’s culinary writing is sunny side up]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X4MTOVWYGNZVRH7JVPQS3BBXJU.jpg?auth=049fb4e050e79bb28cd4c3119a900b6e83d48635378032bcf27c29c2d9827e8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlotte Wood. Photograph: Wendy McDougall]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in brief: Lesbian love, the morality of assisted dying, and evolving British rituals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/books-in-brief-lesbian-love-the-morality-of-assisted-dying-and-evolving-british-rituals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/19/books-in-brief-lesbian-love-the-morality-of-assisted-dying-and-evolving-british-rituals/</guid><description><![CDATA[New works by Hilary McCollum; Kathleen Stock; and Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender and Rebecca Warren  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:47:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HW4MLRKSMJG6PL6ASZO5C2Q2NA.jpg?auth=52984ac6aded662d4de5c0e70e69777aa8aa241aff0d04d57f351f569db7c0f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lady Una Trowbridge and, right, lesbian author Radclyffe Hall at a play. 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