<?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/2026-09-21/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:37:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Seven out of 10 under-25s consider emigrating for a ‘better life’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/22/seven-out-of-10-young-people-consider-emigrating-in-pursuit-of-better-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/22/seven-out-of-10-young-people-consider-emigrating-in-pursuit-of-better-life/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Housing, cost of living and good jobs identified as chief concerns in national youth council survey ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VV44MHY7GZGZMQ4WVCFGFPVFJQ.jpg?auth=63241621b1e8eeeb8510caf62fb1f84ceec573ebcf8c74847c156d7e7386a1e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An estimated 62,500 people emigrated from the State in the 12-month period up to last April, according to the Central Statistics Office. Photograph: Thinkstock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach to push for Palestine aid in talks with global leaders at UN General Assembly]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/22/taoiseach-to-push-for-palestine-aid-in-talks-with-global-leaders-at-un-general-assembly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/22/taoiseach-to-push-for-palestine-aid-in-talks-with-global-leaders-at-un-general-assembly/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Little to suggest US president’s view of the institution has changed since he delivered a scathing rebuke in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QQANUEHHNDR656UIYGN6WN7AMU.jpg?auth=d68cd6cf17e389670c5c35fb299ca67d19ee977d775f66c537af99daf21c9ecb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin addressing the UN General Assembly in New York City last September. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Angela Weiss</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I was in crisis’: Dublin woman did not want ‘to be alive’ before finding support]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/22/i-was-in-crisis-dublin-woman-did-not-want-to-be-alive-before-finding-support/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/22/i-was-in-crisis-dublin-woman-did-not-want-to-be-alive-before-finding-support/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Case study: Mother and daughter were both struggling with mental health issues and sought help from Barnardos ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKFH7PDX3FG5JNOREKIKFHKBOU.jpg?auth=7784b64e243a6b471a456c00924135b29e0fad667e680642edb15e1db1048aa8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[“Mummy was sad all the time, I didn’t feel safe in the house and didn’t feel safe with Mummy”]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alexey_M</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mamdani and Trump discuss immigration and affordability at Gracie Mansion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/mamdani-and-trump-discuss-immigration-and-affordability-at-gracie-mansion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/mamdani-and-trump-discuss-immigration-and-affordability-at-gracie-mansion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pair’s previous meetings in Washington were surprisingly amicable]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:45:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRD67NRSK53IAOLVDPMHBQE5KM.jpg?auth=3b79ac01f71ec0c023fda568af4002f7c6778ebf4b1e5648bec4ae9708ea7934&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters after he met with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, on Monday. Photograph: Dave Sanders/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dave Sanders</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelenskiy meets US spy chief Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/zelenskiy-meets-us-spy-chief-ratcliffe-at-shannon-airport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/zelenskiy-meets-us-spy-chief-ratcliffe-at-shannon-airport/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian president and CIA director spoke as planes were being ​refuelled on tarmac ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TRN564HD2LPMH7ITBQUKWD2E3I.jpg?auth=f42f9a6fc333633f74e5dfd9d274ca6b8e4b4fb987d580eedd32d0b1540520e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CIA director John Ratcliffe met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Shannon Airport on Monday. Photograph: The New York Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man killed in crash between car and bus in Co Waterford named locally ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/man-dies-in-collision-between-car-and-bus-in-co-waterford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/man-dies-in-collision-between-car-and-bus-in-co-waterford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number of passengers on bus suffer minor injuries in crash on  N25 between Youghal and Dungarvan ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:50:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E3Y3E2XNGNDGLP7QZEM36SBLMU.JPG?auth=cda9e082529f7bf3aa7d5eff67a47d6be81e532a3f12f8af70c35ec6c1166bce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Co Waterford. 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[Two teenagers face trial for alleged murder of Alex Coughlan after Grindr contact ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/two-teenagers-face-trial-for-alleged-murder-of-alex-coughlan-after-grindr-contact/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/two-teenagers-face-trial-for-alleged-murder-of-alex-coughlan-after-grindr-contact/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court told ‘Youth One’ allegedly had deceased’s phone number saved on his device under contact name ‘Prey two’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ORGDNIZBEZBTFJ4JGQUBMZ5ZAM.jpg?auth=6bef52dbbb46baf1a52e9179c56b7775555f9d6b064e5d4759adc2668d4adb38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alex Coughlan died in hospital on May 20th after he was assaulted on Mill Road in Blanchardstown]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot school meals scheme to be overhauled after reports find poor quality and high waste]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/hot-school-meals-scheme-to-be-overhauled-after-reports-find-poor-quality-and-high-waste/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/hot-school-meals-scheme-to-be-overhauled-after-reports-find-poor-quality-and-high-waste/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cold food options and more flexible menu options among the priorities for parents, according to Government research]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:32:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJDJU6KF65FQXPFYF44K7WHLPI.JPG?auth=f6707affad4fbe3e61c972ba7f30c72efe7ba542ae63f74b288d212768d615dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The hot school meals scheme was first introduced as a pilot in 2019 and has since expanded to 3,200 schools across the State. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel FA says Heimir Hallgrímsson’s genocide comments embody ‘stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/israel-fa-considering-complaint-against-heimir-hallgrimsson-for-use-of-word-genocide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/israel-fa-considering-complaint-against-heimir-hallgrimsson-for-use-of-word-genocide/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘We are not playing with genocide, we are playing against genocide,’ Ireland manager said last week]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:29:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKTJA3JPPD3M544IZMXQHI3YF4.jpg?auth=1602084c3a0cb5766f9b3edfcabefa2e8aed7334702a8c9eccb7ef0a0af63cca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson speaking to the media last week. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jockey Niall McCullagh hit with 14-day suspension after marker pole blunder at Listowel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/21/jockey-niall-mccullagh-hit-with-14-day-suspension-after-marker-pole-blunder-at-listowel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/21/jockey-niall-mccullagh-hit-with-14-day-suspension-after-marker-pole-blunder-at-listowel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Veteran jockey ‘mistook the 50-yard marker for the winning post and took full responsibility’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SKGODT77VXPENLFH7EZ2PSQDS4.jpg?auth=bdb13c3d8fcc79c375ef915da9daa40ab25ec63be444cdd7c067415f7c92aff1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall McCullagh was aboard Iamimmaculate for Monday's Liam & Joan Healy Memorial Handicap at Listowel. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Budget 2027: no coherent sense of direction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/21/the-irish-times-view-on-budget-2027-shaping-up-as-a-political-mishmash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/21/the-irish-times-view-on-budget-2027-shaping-up-as-a-political-mishmash/</guid><description><![CDATA[Furious political rows look inevitable in finalising the package ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6U5FHCRAVXR3F5GQ6GCKMSAM54.jpg?auth=b9eb4c398fc0e21c81ee87c9b6bc620beabf061da9c5e5d603d369fe9b06d60a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tanaiste Simon Harris speaking to the media before a Cabinet meeting on Monday. ( Photo:Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire)
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cillian Sherlock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father seeking daughter’s return from Ireland believes mother had ‘planned’ to take her]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/father-seeking-daughters-return-from-ireland-believes-mother-had-planned-to-take-her/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/father-seeking-daughters-return-from-ireland-believes-mother-had-planned-to-take-her/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man living abroad denies Irish woman’s allegations of abuse including coercive control, High Court hears]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:57:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INE6UX4YQ5FJZAT4WUOXJS6P6U.jpg?auth=aaf2f703f68874171f6480b80946e162e77eacb925da7229fb25d6d1b990cb60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The woman booked a flight and resigned from her job shortly before leaving country, the High Court heard. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNN, MS Now and Politico sue Trump administration to regain White House access ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/cnn-ms-now-and-politico-to-sue-over-white-house-ban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/cnn-ms-now-and-politico-to-sue-over-white-house-ban/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Thomas]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television networks suspend pool coverage of president after White House bans CNN]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:48:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5SMZJYRP3X2OTDEU2NSCEDJ5VI.jpg?auth=1d6adc492297442fbbdea59b2da9c0060d4361151db2faa6bf7c19fa5c244656&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CNN White House reporter Betsy Kline holds her empty credential holder after her White House pass was taken away by the Trump administration. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal legal aid solicitors warn services withdrawal set to run into new legal year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/criminal-legal-aid-solicitors-warn-services-withdrawal-set-to-run-into-new-legal-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/criminal-legal-aid-solicitors-warn-services-withdrawal-set-to-run-into-new-legal-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Solicitors tell senior judges the Minister for Justice has ‘failed to engage’ meaningfully over legal aid payments]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:34:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XUE4GDKZHKCK2SAQ65GSKHGNZE.JPG?auth=93727cd6f47b44db79c850557e67fdd06f0b2c7699fd6b6f41038793e617bda8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Solicitors walk out of court in Dublin. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins photos

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the INTO vote: a sign of things to come]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/21/the-irish-times-view-on-the-into-vote-a-sign-of-things-to-come/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/21/the-irish-times-view-on-the-into-vote-a-sign-of-things-to-come/</guid><description><![CDATA[The planned work to rule in primary schools is part of a wider public sector campaign]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJR45TVPIANWH454VGCTT34MZI.jpg?auth=ec48fcd1ef173c8c45d3b64451f92183483c991fbd0028a8b1ad3b1021eefff8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Primary school classroom: INTO members have voted for industrial action. (Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam Boal</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spanish PM’s wife Begona Gómez to stand trial for influence peddling ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/spanish-pms-wife-begona-gomez-to-stand-trial-for-influence-peddling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/spanish-pms-wife-begona-gomez-to-stand-trial-for-influence-peddling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Basteiro]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Investigation part of broader political attack against him, says Pedro Sánchez  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:30:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBSR4EKLS3QSJAYOPTBFRYN5WY.jpg?auth=9fa1aa4b2bb50db79778bb915babd2689a7099ae26791fd844623cf34069f566&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Begona Gómez and her husband, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez. Photograph: Juan Medina/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Juan Medina</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houthis try to seize control of Yemen highlands ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/21/houthis-try-to-seize-control-of-yemen-highlands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/21/houthis-try-to-seize-control-of-yemen-highlands/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trump reported to have called off air strikes against the Iran-backed group at the last minute]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:17:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQ5IRSDIXWT5RRUNDJ7PTPJA7I.jpg?auth=d90374a50ca5e0ee8dbd3f450ca9a59145bbdede04e6c3b5dd1c3be5bd388cb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Men take part in a  ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the Houthis' takeover of northern Yemen, in Sana'a on Sunday. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yahya Arhab</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conor McGregor eyes extension to produce an almost 18,000sq ft home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/conor-mcgregor-eyes-extension-to-produce-an-almost-18000sq-ft-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/conor-mcgregor-eyes-extension-to-produce-an-almost-18000sq-ft-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordan Deegan ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New application seeks retention for existing marquee-type gym structure measuring more than 7,500sq ft]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:14:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JJHGRDXRQRGUTHB7HVUF3KVWS4.jpg?auth=e8c4236e3a81953b94d2826db7459b0006c5aae89639fa30bad5cf4548c68952&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor McGregor has applied to extend his €3m Kildare home. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the ‘Art Olympics’ in Venice, the horrors of Gaza have not been forgotten]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/21/at-the-art-olympics-in-venice-the-horrors-of-gaza-have-not-been-forgotten/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/09/21/at-the-art-olympics-in-venice-the-horrors-of-gaza-have-not-been-forgotten/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis McClean]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Prize jury of the Venice Biennale resigned before the doors opened in a protest over the participation of Russia and Israel]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJDNTUTJZFDKTHUI63YX43IVVU.jpeg?auth=87e645b6d455979c86ff2f6fcce86b8c0ad1033125cce92488dd4b009ef80c63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice. Photograph: Denis McClean]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jon McConnell guarantees medal at European Elite Boxing Championships in Bulgaria]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/09/21/jon-mcconnell-guarantees-medal-at-european-elite-boxing-championships-in-bulgaria/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/09/21/jon-mcconnell-guarantees-medal-at-european-elite-boxing-championships-in-bulgaria/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Belfast boxer defeats Italy’s Gabriele Guidi Rontani in 70kg quarter-final]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:55:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KAQ5IEPIPRC2TBZXJXOY4D2UJY.jpg?auth=361297a70361b5df48b99ab285351f927e528f7e2553039219fcc659da9436a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jon McConell (left) after beating Gabriele Guidi Rontani in the men's 70kg quarter-final on Monday. Photograph: Tibor Kincses]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rally in bank and tech stocks lifts European shares]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/rally-in-bank-and-tech-sticks-lifts-european-shares/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/rally-in-bank-and-tech-sticks-lifts-european-shares/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iseq starts week in positive territory, lifted by gains in construction, food and banking]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:36:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IXOUXXCOMXDOC2MSF6FZU4SRJE.jpg?auth=462ccf9e0e89d4c1166e0d2e132b55386d0dc956e2ac971707c8813d94102b86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Insulation specialist Kingspan rose 1.35% on Monday, while homebuilder Cairn also gained, adding 2.1% to its shares]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Tuchel rocked by five key withdrawals from England squad]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/thomas-tuchel-rocked-by-five-key-withdrawals-from-england-squad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/thomas-tuchel-rocked-by-five-key-withdrawals-from-england-squad/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hytner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cole Palmer, Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford and Tino Livramento out injured]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:14:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U7WKMWVGYU5NTXN7HUZGYEKOOY.jpg?auth=1e38b33063183ee234922eb916a70d988ff9aef849392586571b1ed0875131e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cole Palmer has been forced to withdraw from the squad due to a muscle injury. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Pantling</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish people understand need for more defence spending, claims Harris  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/irish-people-understand-need-for-more-defence-spending-claims-harris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/irish-people-understand-need-for-more-defence-spending-claims-harris/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State faces significant defence and security challenges and ‘we must be ready to respond’, says Tánaiste]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:45:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATS3QZDFVKXNDV2437YHLGSUJQ.jpg?auth=8162046bdb55e6651a9a2124bd755833a41c1bc58482dfea86ae6a675839a9bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste Simon Harris said the Government had a responsibility to protect its citizens and our institutions. 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Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw IRISHTIMES</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car reached 165km/h before woman’s fatal crash in Dublin suburbs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/car-reached-165kmh-before-womans-fatal-crash-in-dublin-suburbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/car-reached-165kmh-before-womans-fatal-crash-in-dublin-suburbs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Open verdict recorded over death of Elizabeth Veitch Smith (84), who crashed in Rathfarnham in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:28:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RC3KJ5WBJBFPJCA2SAEEMY4YFU.JPG?auth=4bf83bbe08d35c17d22850fe6f9c61ee9505368701326bfd6afca0f26b5390b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Smyth and Melville Smyth, respectively son and husband of Elizabeth Veitch Smyth, leaving an inquest hearing in Dublin last October. Photograph: Collins Courts
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissident republican Colm Murphy was ‘spider at centre of web’, Omagh bombing inquiry hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/dissident-republican-colm-murphy-was-spider-at-centre-of-web-omagh-bombing-inquiry-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/dissident-republican-colm-murphy-was-spider-at-centre-of-web-omagh-bombing-inquiry-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Resumed sessions will cover how the 1998 bombing was carried out and who was responsible]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CH3EFFN5ZQVA2MXEKK767SJTZY.jpg?auth=8eb5b58d669b412c6b14a2d2dead326cec16f0ae0d3c75cd2a4f7dc304eeff15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caroline Martin, whose sister Esther Gibson was killed in the Omagh bombings, and Claire Hayes, whose brother Alan Radford was also killed, arrive at the Omagh bombing inquiry in Belfast on Monday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘To do this job, you need to be supported’: Kate O’Connor backs call for athlete tax break]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/09/21/to-do-this-job-you-need-to-be-supported-kate-oconnor-backs-call-for-athlete-tax-break/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/09/21/to-do-this-job-you-need-to-be-supported-kate-oconnor-backs-call-for-athlete-tax-break/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New measure would allow athletes a €50,000 annual tax credit to use during or after their sporting career]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:17:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AFJHCD24M5CKXC5SKJEYB76YXM.jpg?auth=aa0bf4487e2837dcae8fc2bb0dc3d7fd33f6bdfecd67cc7be7a954a5d7795bc5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate O'Connor at the launch of the Spar/Eurospar €60,000 Community Fund on Monday. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister opposes Gaza student’s challenge over refusal of visa to study at Trinity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/minister-opposes-gaza-students-challenge-over-refusal-of-visa-to-study-at-trinity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/21/minister-opposes-gaza-students-challenge-over-refusal-of-visa-to-study-at-trinity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Student who got fully-funded five-year scholarship is among more than 100 denied visas]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:11:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U7JJB26LV5DT3NFWK6AQN3QLPU.jpg?auth=fbb01fa8a59c8b6525e28d857f31db6d11a03ea02be60e438cd0cac4c7af1e51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The engineering course started on September 14th, but Trinity College Dublin has indicated it will hold a place for Hafez Alrayyes until November 2nd, the High Court heard. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sasar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz criticises ‘destructive’ parties as he fights for survival]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/friedrich-merz-criticises-destructive-parties-as-he-fights-for-survival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/friedrich-merz-criticises-destructive-parties-as-he-fights-for-survival/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Pitel in Berlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[German chancellor under pressure following AfD’s second electoral victory in the east and far-left wins in Berlin]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6IYWY5MW2DIPKCJAGYXDI3OQEI.jpg?auth=e0446fa58f5d0937bec94a4f4e382adccb639680430b86ac750cd58d98254be1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz said the causes of the CDU’s electoral defeat went ‘far beyond me personally’. Photograph: Jens Schluter/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jens Schluter</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start-up ordered to pay €10,000 to worker sacked after complaining about failure to deduct tax]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/start-up-which-sacked-worker-who-complained-about-failure-to-deduct-tax-from-salary-ordered-to-pay-10000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/start-up-which-sacked-worker-who-complained-about-failure-to-deduct-tax-from-salary-ordered-to-pay-10000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Account executive at Educatly Ltd repeatedly brought issue to her employer’s notice, Workplace Relations Commission told]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:36:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZBGWHVHK4WX5CJE6G63E3HVAVE.jpg?auth=01b84a299f4aed389fcfee5e232522f9302bc4f6c091a4fbcd3bdbd51c6d4055&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Maja Goertz was ‘unhappy’ with the company’s instruction to her that she ‘did not have to pay any tax’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[These European cities want fewer tourists, but its airports have other ideas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/these-european-cities-want-fewer-tourists-but-its-airports-have-other-ideas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/these-european-cities-want-fewer-tourists-but-its-airports-have-other-ideas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Abend]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Airport expansions in Venice, Barcelona and Mallorca can undermine local efforts to restrain overtourism and enable more tourists to come]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CK7VBXKNUZFHRKJQANQM3RCB7M.jpg?auth=64707adca548f2de1ae43d65ec454d0d5b944e9941149c9357c2c9e9eb4591ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An airplane approaches Palma, Majorca. Photograph: Reinhard Krull/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Reinhard Krull</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imran Khan’s sisters detained ahead of opposition protests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/09/21/imran-khans-sisters-detained-ahead-of-opposition-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/09/21/imran-khans-sisters-detained-ahead-of-opposition-protests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tooba Khan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former prime minister’s party is planning a march to demand his release]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:19:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3W3LNTDPGWESNZYYMPKMMTFWRI.jpg?auth=a5e388c6586e7d242a9a54bc8f2b335a3b5cc37de27e71a89e656739eef5a69f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the political party founded by Khan, is planning nationwide protests. Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">K.M. Chaudary</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027 income tax package will deliver ‘hundreds of euros’ to workers, Harris says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/budget-2027-income-tax-package-will-deliver-hundreds-of-euros-to-workers-harris-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/budget-2027-income-tax-package-will-deliver-hundreds-of-euros-to-workers-harris-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Government expected to widen tax bands and increase tax credits]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:11:45 +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 said his tax package in the upcoming budget would be worth 'hundreds of euros' to workers while warning there was a limit to what the Government could do on income tax. Photograph: Bryan Meade/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greens not interested in Labour merger after MEP’s overtures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/greens-not-interested-in-labour-merger-after-meps-overtures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/greens-not-interested-in-labour-merger-after-meps-overtures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party has ‘distinct role’ in bringing focus to nature and environment, says leader Roderic O’Gorman ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TAWR3G72QBECDIKNXPHH5GNZZA.JPG?auth=a4502c3a71901c38dbc6b85121a562f9e909f72f24bf1888c533c9837b2357c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman downplayed the idea of merging with the Labour Party. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy closing in on Order of Merit: ‘It would be amazing to match Monty’s record’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/09/21/rory-mcilroy-closing-in-on-order-of-merit-it-would-be-amazing-to-match-montys-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/09/21/rory-mcilroy-closing-in-on-order-of-merit-it-would-be-amazing-to-match-montys-record/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[World No 2 eyeing strong end to season after eating into Patrick Reed’s lead with second-place finish at BMW PGA Championship]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BRGNRM5UIQJNTGUVJWUIYJEU54.jpg?auth=589a2b8c2055c39ba2dd7dbdc8c1139dde9661dfe9af2b892f9105df86b61781&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy on the 17th fairway on the final day of the 2026 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club near London. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU budget ambitions in doubt as member states resist paying more]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/eu-budget-ambitions-in-doubt-as-member-states-resist-paying-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/eu-budget-ambitions-in-doubt-as-member-states-resist-paying-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fresh concern German chancellor’s domestic struggles will spill into tense EU budget negotiations ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AXEJUU25DVBF4LQVTCIF7G4PTY.jpg?auth=ffb91057be914ae35a1f993a9486411395cc610d12e7d879ea0499fd9cb66781&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[EU heads of state and government at a meeting earlier this year to discuss the European Union's next long-term budget for 2028-2034. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olivier Hoslet</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAI will remove all sponsor branding for upcoming Nations League matches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/fai-will-remove-all-sponsor-branding-for-upcoming-nations-league-matches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/fai-will-remove-all-sponsor-branding-for-upcoming-nations-league-matches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Commercial partners are understood not to be getting a rebate for their reduced exposure, with the FAI describing the Israel fixtures as ‘unique’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:44:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C52KOFMD67WVJYVWUHWAMSBS2Y.jpg?auth=14bade61cac7cdfad4d7e2d591d69849b5ecb772c2cfdfd8bd1ef9a18fafc318&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson’s press conference last Thursday proceeded without a backdrop board displaying the logos of the FAI’s various sponsors. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Independent TDs eye ‘whatever affordable’ regarding home heating oil   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/budget-2027-independent-tds-eye-whatever-affordable-regarding-home-heating-oil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/budget-2027-independent-tds-eye-whatever-affordable-regarding-home-heating-oil/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People need to retain more of their income amid rising cost of living, says group’s leader Seán Canney   ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:41:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TQL7PT4ACNOBONF36ZFQOBYEYE.JPG?auth=50381870886897ce2b8dead7229006415f04ed1ca30615c0918d0d445191c6a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Canney said the Government had already brought in measures to help people with fuel costs including extended excise cuts. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road safety minister blames ‘everyone involved’, including road users, for rising death toll]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/road-safety-minister-blames-everyone-involved-including-road-users-for-rising-death-toll/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/road-safety-minister-blames-everyone-involved-including-road-users-for-rising-death-toll/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seán Canney’s remarks come after four deaths at the weekend and as EU ministers gather to discuss road safety]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:14:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OBT7X5TSZHQZOFN5E7T67EGFU.JPG?auth=a03f85da5076dc7e5950d4a41e3475b02ef549b656734685a03e0f6552b56397&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garda statistics show there were 138 deaths on the roads so far this year, compared to 127 for the same period last year. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zinedine Zidane’s next move as France coach may reveal the wizard behind the curtain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/zidanes-next-move-as-france-coach-may-reveal-the-wizard-behind-the-curtain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/zidanes-next-move-as-france-coach-may-reveal-the-wizard-behind-the-curtain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is apt that the most perplexing football country will now be guided by the most enigmatic of leaders]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TC2UMJ6QUHQOREEJEGXVWXEQZU.jpg?auth=a742d948d7fd7d3f1fa8d52b017dfa155d72ddc6814abb2f93f9c2cc8b8631e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A crowd gather outside the French football federation (FFF) headquarters as France's national football team head coach Zinedine Zidane leaves after a press conference. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Franck Fife</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deportation flights: How much do they cost, how do they work and why have they ramped up?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/deportation-flights-how-much-do-they-cost-how-do-they-work-and-why-have-they-ramped-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/deportation-flights-how-much-do-they-cost-how-do-they-work-and-why-have-they-ramped-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sunday’s flight saw 43 Georgian nationals deported as numbers climb to multiples of former levels]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NFRJFVDH5BDP3BMIIVSCAXGHB4.jpeg?auth=e9075be2f266c60623c88775dc70f7f0465577fc65d0550c33a71dc6ac1b4872&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man is escorted on board a deportation flight to Georgia at Dublin Airport in 2025. Photograph: An Garda Síochána/X]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marsh appoints Irishman as European chief executive]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/marsh-appoints-irishman-as-european-chief-executive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/marsh-appoints-irishman-as-european-chief-executive/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Galway native Tom Geraghty will continue in role as president of Marsh’s European people and investments business]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:34:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QBMSZDHZA5BJVI25XOFQZE7Q3Y.jpg?auth=6a3417b61fc12e67e6e15e514c5b9039701e8f4e9276db24ed5ab35a714e0cdf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Galway native Tom Geraghty has a strong record of team building, said Marsh International chief executive Flavio Piccolomini.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump gets caught in a dilemma over a Saudi plea for military help]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/trump-gets-caught-in-a-dilemma-over-a-saudi-plea-for-military-help/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/trump-gets-caught-in-a-dilemma-over-a-saudi-plea-for-military-help/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:28:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NK6GKZQXTMDU6OLJMUMEXTW6K4.jpg?auth=739d142c9e743e19ebf41d29aa4f42da6a40705c142539d8cca010ff7d24d77b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House last year. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe O’Cearuill: The ex-Ireland international who says his son JJ Gabriel is the next Messi]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/joe-ocearuill-the-former-ireland-international-and-father-of-jj-gabriel-who-says-his-son-is-the-next-messi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/joe-ocearuill-the-former-ireland-international-and-father-of-jj-gabriel-who-says-his-son-is-the-next-messi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 39-year-old won two caps for Ireland under Steve Staunton and went on to be signed by Brian Kerr for St Patrick’s Athletic ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KYSDDJEN4ZCPDAWDLUAFY3MN5E.jpg?auth=e6c65fa92fc3fdc9e8a89923a726ccefeb53e077df0b09ba7436116bf4475cc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe O'Cearuill with a blood injury while playing for Republic of Ireland B in 2006. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wegovy and Ozempic maker Novo cuts 13,000 jobs in a year]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/novo-cuts-13000-jobs-in-a-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/novo-cuts-13000-jobs-in-a-year/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aanu Adeoye]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Danish maker of weight-loss medicines targets new ‘multi-blockbusters’ to revive fortunes]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:18:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2SROXWKRP2I3TTO5A4BM6I4C3U.jpg?auth=1516db3ea850dc9b342acaba9ea8841142dfdf8e8ebc257baaf76a34407eb36a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Novo has fallen behind rival Eli Lilly in the multibillion-dollar obesity-drug market and has been cutting costs. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mads Claus Rasmussen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump presses Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian refineries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/trump-presses-zelenskiy-to-stop-hitting-russian-refineries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/trump-presses-zelenskiy-to-stop-hitting-russian-refineries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Miller in Kyiv, Max Seddon in Berlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officials]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:05:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B3NT263V6SZNYNWEZQOLJGLXQ4.jpg?auth=d1af755543dfb1e11b634967f872606fe07ce4886da90a1a6c838aebf858a2f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara earlier this year. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alex Brandon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some energy drinks contain 17½ teaspoons of sugar per can, research finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/21/some-energy-drinks-contain-17-teaspoons-of-sugar-per-can-research-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/21/some-energy-drinks-contain-17-teaspoons-of-sugar-per-can-research-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than three-quarters of people surveyed support introducing age restrictions on sale of energy drinks to children]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NCTWGLTXPGWR4BE5D6QRPZBO7Q.jpg?auth=c72d3cd1deee5828cbdf8c1f620ef042bfccf07aef1ae8c7586284616ff8d1b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There is now greater availability of energy drink products, researchers found. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster residents twice as likely to complain about alleged hosepipe ban breaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/leinster-residents-twice-as-likely-to-complain-about-alleged-hosepipe-ban-breaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/leinster-residents-twice-as-likely-to-complain-about-alleged-hosepipe-ban-breaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People in Ulster counties were the least concerned about potential ‘water conservation order’ contraventions]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3E4RSYP2VD4PLKNVIHMGYFJHA.jpg?auth=6baa5a5227fdefc75d994922badc805302266e526f62edd7053ef3c6c998b8f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Complaint rates were likely to be higher in built-up areas where more homes overlook each other. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lemanieh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut’s plan: a global bank with ‘effectively zero risk’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/revoluts-plan-a-global-bank-with-effectively-zero-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/revoluts-plan-a-global-bank-with-effectively-zero-risk/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Jenkins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russian-born founder and CEO on his plans for the bank with more than 3 million customers in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:39:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEPBB3KCQW5JLS45XYZYQFA7QQ.jpg?auth=e71ab91ab4754a5caa150894acf513f8ae35d2cb3335a7391a5a8326f813b663&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nikolay Storonsky, chief executive officer of Revolut. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Al Drago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Anthony Scaramucci and America went wrong ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/where-anthony-scaramucci-and-america-went-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/where-anthony-scaramucci-and-america-went-wrong/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:25:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RS6W7CUJ4EBVZD3VVULTCARVJQ.jpg?auth=7c5801232e551be3ed827da4fd90cf7cb630386f639546c7161bec9570ce5663&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump removed Anthony Scaramucci at the request of new White House Chief of Staff, John  Kelly. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grocery inflation rises to more than 4 per cent as summer ends]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/grocery-inflation-rises-over-4-per-cent-as-summer-ends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/grocery-inflation-rises-over-4-per-cent-as-summer-ends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cost-of-living squeeze sees promotions accounting for close to a quarter of sales]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:13:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYCFZM5UOFCUFNQ3F2PJB7KUV4.jpg?auth=6607edec89950442a47e109391dfcaaaa73082419c612dc20970728ee716189a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The latest figures also come on the back of years of sustained increases which have cost average Irish households well in excess of €3,000 when compared with the years leading up to the end of 2021. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SolStock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rent tax credit will be increased in budget, Taoiseach says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/rent-tax-credit-will-be-increased-in-budget-taoiseach-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/rent-tax-credit-will-be-increased-in-budget-taoiseach-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Government also examining energy and fuel measures]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:04:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XQXU77KQIVDL3KM625KVXQV6EA.jpg?auth=7ba19bb74e4c654296319ea67e905dd1f1528d6b33e171b2fb64899bacf9da2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Micheál Martin said the credit has been 'positive' for renters. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kinga Krzeminska</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW drops from blue-chip Euro Stoxx 50 index]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/vw-drops-from-blue-chip-euro-stoxx-50-index/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/vw-drops-from-blue-chip-euro-stoxx-50-index/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olaf Storbeck]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move is latest blow to crisis-hit company as shares hit 16-year low]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:54:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YMGTIP7XDJHMDOEDYV6CLGFD4I.jpg?auth=c55fe8fd411a8f88223c0bc54bb70d9d16658b653913f6ff3bfe7dfa9bcbd4d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[
A VW factory in Emden, Garmany. Volkswagen has dropped out of the euro zone’s most important blue-chip stock index for the first time in 15 years. Photograph: Focke Strangmann/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Focke Strangmann</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Ministers lobby for spending, and for little passion projects]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/budget-2027-ministers-lobby-for-spending-and-for-little-passion-projects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/budget-2027-ministers-lobby-for-spending-and-for-little-passion-projects/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Every 16-year-old in the State would be given a €100 ‘culture voucher’ under plans being considered]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:43:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZLHZNBFZWND75A4EY5N4BTFUFA.jpg?auth=4dbc111ae58442ad0e619a4b09f526c7bc0260a788f458cec81d8c2866d0e42f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Ministers are looking to maximise their spending power. Image: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killian Phillips called into Ireland squad for Nations League matches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/killian-phillips-called-into-ireland-squad-for-nations-league-matches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/killian-phillips-called-into-ireland-squad-for-nations-league-matches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Harvey Vale and Jamie McGrath ruled out through injury ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:27:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73QO2NSRLYN22DW7U6S2FUTWEI.jpg?auth=c40e7b1e04590dcbf288feaee7f9de3dd557105dd66ca66cd56621f4b7eb8426&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Killian Phillips has been added to the Ireland squad for upcoming Nations League games. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will €695,000 buy in Tipperary and Dublin 4?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/what-will-695000-buy-in-tipperary-and-dublin-4/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/what-will-695000-buy-in-tipperary-and-dublin-4/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Georgian residence in Holycross or an end-terrace three-bed in Donnybrook]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:11:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BCZ7SP73RFBYVE2OZ2O7U7HPCE.jpg?auth=f3b087a1b69efb7a4fd2b86cebf8cc3c70e2c385d6a3bf444b39f6060d977dcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beakstown Lodge]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany’s most unpopular leader in modern times digs in, but for how long?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/germanys-most-unpopular-leader-in-modern-times-digs-in-but-for-how-long/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/21/germanys-most-unpopular-leader-in-modern-times-digs-in-but-for-how-long/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lessons from elsewhere in Europe suggest once leaders become deeply unpopular, they almost never recover]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XTOWSXEVOZELI5DVEDOUHGHXEI.jpg?auth=32cbbeeb5dc0f6676dcf2fcd23ec8c14691cee6c0bb4290c857b940af7bae5b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz looks on following the Berlin state elections in Berlin. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hannibal Hanschke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish data protection watchdog fines Google €403m over GDPR breaches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/irish-data-protection-watchdog-fines-google-403m-over-gdpr-breaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/irish-data-protection-watchdog-fines-google-403m-over-gdpr-breaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran, Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Users may have been ‘unaware’ that location data was being used to ‘influence them with ads’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:53:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4ONXUI6D2DKU7SAEXOQ6WFAVE.jpg?auth=a331a285b8bd0c446b986bf1b7ecb37dfceb5b9cd6e51afdf7e038f44dd224d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The DPC said its investigation, which began in 2020, found that Google infringed the GDPR by processing users' location data unlawfully and unfairly through three of its features. Photograph: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam Boal</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Herbert has been the quarterback of tomorrow his entire NFL career. Whose fault is that?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/21/justin-herbert-has-been-the-quarterback-of-tomorrow-his-entire-nfl-career-whose-fault-is-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/21/justin-herbert-has-been-the-quarterback-of-tomorrow-his-entire-nfl-career-whose-fault-is-that/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Kirshner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Chargers star is huge, can run and has a golden right arm. But he has never quite reached the heights many expected for him]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:47:36 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FJBTM4TMYAIS3OLLT6SDOF6XWQ.jpg?auth=9f07778f65f0fa718a6c4cf06100dc566fb7d54484d3c3455e8737e007567a73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Justin Herbert was the sixth overall pick in the 2020 draft. Photograph: Luke Hales/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Hales</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camogie Association proposes January 2028 as target for integration of Gaelic games bodies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/21/camogie-association-proposes-january-2028-as-target-for-integration-of-gaelic-games-bodies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/21/camogie-association-proposes-january-2028-as-target-for-integration-of-gaelic-games-bodies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new chair of the integration group to replace Mary McAleese is to be announced on October 5th]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:13:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DZ2Q2VTFIFB5DPKJUHKBV64SDA.jpg?auth=fc2e21503a4fe70fdf3059a5677fb7cebcccca1adfabce7bb9dcb00d83ef260c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cork's Méabh Cahalane lifts the O'Duffy Cup last month. The Camogie Association has proposed January 2028 as a new target date for integration. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was Catherine Connolly ‘trolling’ Trump by giving him an obscure medieval book?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/was-catherine-connolly-trolling-donald-trump-by-giving-him-an-obscure-medieval-text-at-the-aras/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/was-catherine-connolly-trolling-donald-trump-by-giving-him-an-obscure-medieval-text-at-the-aras/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president gifted new edition of Voyage of St Brendan, a book which has a centuries’ long back story ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3AGW6DLN4QDWTCXR6LS6LZG5DQ.jpg?auth=6861fb6d57265f12e2d6f6aa0455191f4e800e5074379adcacb451e49602ffdc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump with President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin. Photograph: Tony Maxwell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tony Maxwell/Maxwells</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gazan student says visa refusal ‘worst feeling I have ever experienced’  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/gazan-student-says-visa-refusal-worst-feeling-i-have-ever-experienced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/gazan-student-says-visa-refusal-worst-feeling-i-have-ever-experienced/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Applicant one of three to be awarded full scholarship but all refused visas in July]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3M3YQHXK3BE6TMJVLB5JYNHOM4.jpg?auth=893a74a9d9b4e5e21098fa8d9d0e8106fe57441bf126be547779c19cfd2ac6fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hazem Faris (19) said most of his neighbours have been killed in Gaza, along with two of his friends. Photograph: Omar Al Qatta/AFP/ Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three men arrested in burglary and car theft investigation in Tallaght]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/21/three-men-arrested-in-burglary-and-car-theft-investigation-in-tallaght/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/21/three-men-arrested-in-burglary-and-car-theft-investigation-in-tallaght/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The arrests were made on Saturday by gardaí from the Tallaght Community Engagement and the Serious Crime Unit]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:20:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZIXUVNEZRRBDLH7S5ZUKFRNH5I.JPG?auth=48ab9e9f5f3b8010117b901daf714af8d28875b2732d3bba5bf0c1389cc5c1a5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[While on active patrol in the Cloonmore Park area, gardaí saw a man leaving a vehicle and running away. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish tweed is having a moment in fashion from Jonathan Anderson to Anne Hathaway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/09/21/irish-tweed-is-having-a-moment-in-fashion-from-jonathan-anderson-to-anne-hathaway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/09/21/irish-tweed-is-having-a-moment-in-fashion-from-jonathan-anderson-to-anne-hathaway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre McQuillan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Triona brings Donegal to Dublin, while a collaboration between Anna Guerin and photographer Maud Chalard interprets contemporary Irish fashion through an international lens]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NHFAWTHPNVCUHO5JAJXDJNIQIM.jpg?auth=17272a77bd2823cba7373e0593bd537fc177ad1b5b9e05ff6937bc2c40a41a57&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Landskein collection: Eve navy blue lambswool tweed coat, €1,295]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Irish scientists stay one step ahead of organised crime ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-irish-scientists-stay-one-step-ahead-of-organised-crime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/how-irish-scientists-stay-one-step-ahead-of-organised-crime/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I3C2NOQYUNGFDFHBATNGCCD6ME.jpg?auth=083fa4862d491a378357ca5e204f95f8f5467d0ad17ea386bcb41500f4992d39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciarán Seoighe of Forensic Science Ireland. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 300 stray horses seized in 18 months, mostly in Limerick and Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/more-than-300-stray-horses-seized-in-18-months-mostly-in-limerick-and-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/more-than-300-stray-horses-seized-in-18-months-mostly-in-limerick-and-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Bradley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nearly 10% of horses seized were euthanised, while Shetland ponies accounted for a third of strays in Limerick]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AWT3MWTIM6635NX32BBTA4QTZM.jpg?auth=cfad76ee3f5b13e7d1812c0d63b1eeabd00b486a8dc4a47d043f711971c6aa67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Stray horses are rounded up in Southill, Limerick. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin’s ruling party on course to retain power after election-day attacks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/09/21/putins-ruling-party-on-course-to-retain-power-after-election-day-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/09/21/putins-ruling-party-on-course-to-retain-power-after-election-day-attacks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Russia’s supreme court removing the anti-war Yabloko party off the ballot weeks before the vote]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:34:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATQMUUTK53B7QAM35AMATWJVDQ.jpg?auth=40585fa7428af935ab1a00fca65820e2287183f59e3906edd5b7466a68021f0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flames and smoke are seen rising from an oil refinery in Moscow. Photograph: UGC via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, dies aged 27]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/21/presley-gerber-son-of-cindy-crawford-and-rande-gerber-dies-aged-27/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/09/21/presley-gerber-son-of-cindy-crawford-and-rande-gerber-dies-aged-27/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Joyce]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The former model had spoken out about his mental health and long-term addiction struggles]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:31:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DSRTPSAOCNDV5LCHTYUCQB52KE.jpg?auth=d043ad68df634ffa1a4662d4f80c53c272e859d6423798ff7e022da8d3e173f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[His sister Kaia spoke about her brother’s 'decade-long struggle with drug addiction' in the September 2026 issue of Vogue. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frazer Harrison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US declared it has deployed weapons in space. How will China and Russia react?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/the-us-declared-it-has-deployed-weapons-in-space-how-will-china-and-russia-react/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/the-us-declared-it-has-deployed-weapons-in-space-how-will-china-and-russia-react/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US, China and Russia have all developed anti-satellite systems, some of them ground based but others operating in orbit ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:03:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NIGFBPVMNFE2TDWLHXHFK5PWTQ.jpg?auth=288aee17decbb41aad7af9c0ef4c8067b461d8fac52dcabb69ab78300a29c9a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Air Force secretary Troy Meink said it was critically important Washington should maintain its dominance in space. Photograph: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Ciaglo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working beyond retirement age: ‘I’ve seen some people who just kind of go downhill’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/working-beyond-retirement-age-if-i-didnt-keep-working-there-would-be-things-i-wouldnt-be-able-to-afford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/21/working-beyond-retirement-age-if-i-didnt-keep-working-there-would-be-things-i-wouldnt-be-able-to-afford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number of men over 65 still working has more than tripled since 2001 to 89,000 this year]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AKWWDE67WBGR5AMUCOUZOE37KA.JPG?auth=f4abc6c2a9c53fc5b815f5f991abbfbfb7e9a8041872e6ae25a340639f52aa6e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mechanic Paul ‘PK’ McKenna: 'I never like to see anyone stuck.' 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Photograph: Mosab Shawer Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mosab Shawer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drummer Seeks Musicians: the untold story of how Ireland’s biggest band was born ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/story-lines/drummer-seeks-musicians-the-untold-story-of-how-irelands-biggest-band-was-born/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/story-lines/drummer-seeks-musicians-the-untold-story-of-how-irelands-biggest-band-was-born/</guid><description><![CDATA[Story Lines – the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W5NNBNK5QBFIPPD36TGLPCPAKU.png?auth=945dac68e5a4a5f04554ee81431c5e2e6a05ba22974d9e7508487f2e18c559a6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr, Bono and Adam Clayton in 1978 at the Project Arts Centre. Photograph: Patrick Brocklebank / U2]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patrick Brocklebank. </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/macron-and-carney-announce-closer-france-canada-ties-amid-trump-tensions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/macron-and-carney-announce-closer-france-canada-ties-amid-trump-tensions/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU amid trade war with US
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:25:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N6MRDQO6T7JH7B353CIV4JWE6E.jpg?auth=b29bf6279a87a221da0911dfc77eefa8599f355adcddbeb5a543c6c622318b32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[France's oresident Emmanuel Macron (R) greets Canada's prime minister Mark Carney on his  arrival the French self-governing archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ludovic Marin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-pay workers and an AI data privacy warning]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/low-pay-workers-and-an-ai-data-privacy-warning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/low-pay-workers-and-an-ai-data-privacy-warning/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:20:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYGSA5OPNRHJHKNB4SLKUSRW24.jpg?auth=ffd667c3c69f7e5f81f887718f691bce2ea73084c08a10a0b72804f0f66af314&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hospitality and food services account for a large proportion of Ireland's low-pay workers, according to a new report. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">andresr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies’ unmarked graves]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/caelainn-hogan-bessborough-cork-mother-and-baby-homes-unmarked-graves-nuns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/caelainn-hogan-bessborough-cork-mother-and-baby-homes-unmarked-graves-nuns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caelainn Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is a choice by people in power, who take a ‘delay, deny, wait ’til we die’ approach]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WHW7F2M3OBEPRII7M46YZNSQJM.jpg?auth=53224a7848ce553965122ffdaa6b92b640f3c161fda26075057fd523849dd877&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Students and teachers from Larkin Community College, Dublin, hold a 923-second silent protest in March outside Leinster House against plans to build on the grounds of Bessborough, Cork. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/una-mullally-irish-artists-became-the-biggest-in-the-world-when-they-walked-away-from-ed-sheerans-tour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/una-mullally-irish-artists-became-the-biggest-in-the-world-when-they-walked-away-from-ed-sheerans-tour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Until now, there has been a perception and reality that speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Palestine will hurt the bottom line]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ST233WL2LRGHTLP3TH6JXNYJ6U.jpg?auth=597930af6966fe7ea2137265e05941f690e54ca28b9fc9c89ddcc6bf986e1625&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Finneas: The two-time Academy Award-winning brother of Billie Eilish, who is of Irish heritage, withdrew from the tour. Photograph Kevin Mazur/Getty/Live Nation Entertainment]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kevin Mazur</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding the needs of your neurodistinct child]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/09/21/parenting-a-neurodistinct-child/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/09/21/parenting-a-neurodistinct-child/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Sharry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part one: Neurodiversity and the Family]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5HFVLKZ3VJBVLN3AGQDEIVXVNA.jpg?auth=b6120fa216a74e45a011db79b2a82daf68391490ee51e27a8bac576cf25c54d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Each child is unique and has their own profile of needs and strengths. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">andreswd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it too late to apply for a college grant?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/is-it-too-late-to-apply-for-a-college-grant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/is-it-too-late-to-apply-for-a-college-grant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Susi administers two types of grants: maintenance grants and fee grants]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TIKYEQWL7JANPMPVEXVYRCCMIY.jpg?auth=ff19e6de812c7fd24b34ecd0b0ed2ab209e0766a1bedbad26a320c1421a8e9c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If you get awarded a fee grant by Susi, it will be paid directly to your college on your behalf. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olga Yastremska</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotaxis are coming for important jobs and immigrants will bear the brunt ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/21/robotaxis-are-coming-for-important-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/21/robotaxis-are-coming-for-important-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pilita Clark]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taxi driving offers benefits that are not always obvious when you sit in the back seat]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/THHWUQJT3XBQCSZZU36SOKZDJ4.jpg?auth=4848d3aaf20e854a2e5536f43a9c43d15d993d084811fa9522e949565c027ebd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The arrival of self-driving taxis (pictured) in London this month is a reminder that the outlook is bleak for the city’s nearly 15,000 black cab drivers and their 105,000 private-hire counterparts. Photograph: Andrew Testa/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Testa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Of what is past, or passing, or to come’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/21/of-what-is-past-or-passing-or-to-come/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/21/of-what-is-past-or-passing-or-to-come/</guid><description><![CDATA[Remembering September 100 years ago, when events led to the creation of Ireland’s first national park]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 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[Letters to the Editor, September 21st: On tax revenue sharing, defence spending cuts and Ed Sheeran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/21/letters-to-the-editor-september-21st-on-tax-revenue-sharing-defence-spending-cuts-and-ed-sheeran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/21/letters-to-the-editor-september-21st-on-tax-revenue-sharing-defence-spending-cuts-and-ed-sheeran/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘One wonders why the cake suddenly becomes European when the icing happens to be on Ireland’s plate?’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 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[Artificial intelligence data ‘land grab’ looms amid proposed digital changes, privacy activist Max Schrems warns ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/ai-data-land-grab-looms-amid-proposed-digital-changes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/ai-data-land-grab-looms-amid-proposed-digital-changes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Campaigners warn new EU proposals put interests of private AI firms above citizens’ rights]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QYQRNLBP65OOZCB7JHLJCIPAHE.jpg?auth=cccbe970173ed6d1e3fec5875b7c56146abe1c2d91583a7d6268f9f9afae1c62&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Everything we have ever entered into digital systems ... becomes fair game for AI corporations to use,' said Max Schrems. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billy Lee odds on to be crowned champion jockey for the first time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/21/billy-lee-odds-on-to-be-crowned-champion-jockey-for-the-first-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/21/billy-lee-odds-on-to-be-crowned-champion-jockey-for-the-first-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Livenka could prove solution to Listed Blenheim Stakes at Fairyhouse on a crammed programme of flat action ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OUJCFZUI7RHFBATAAPEKHAQOBU.jpg?auth=2818d9edf31495bde2f9503130fa0f2fb0acb0df398624791748601529d37d66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy Lee is out in front in jockeys race. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German chancellor under pressure after elections, and ‘concern’ at Leaving Cert reform ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/german-chancellor-under-pressure-after-elections-more-trouble-with-leaving-cert-overhaul/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/german-chancellor-under-pressure-after-elections-more-trouble-with-leaving-cert-overhaul/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Andrew McNair]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2IVT5PBHVAAQ36GFXQQO3EZTY.jpg?auth=77a3945b9a89208b4f0147c2c2162e7c80c9f2e717396090025eb79a67f5f00a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking after poor state elections results for his party on Sunday. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hannibal Hanschke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in regional elections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-vows-to-stay-on-despite-disaster-in-regional-elections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-vows-to-stay-on-despite-disaster-in-regional-elections/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne-Sylvaine Chassany]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Partial results show CDU just above the 5 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2EOK2UXXJH2WXJSWWWXCSKJVQA.jpg?auth=bd0667ddf4a3ed980191fc746fe21d95da948ba232aaf1808b8640342f2672b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the media on Sunday following his party's historic low performance in the Berlin state elections. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hannibal Hanschke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin O’Neill must be pondering his pension as Parkhead silenced after noise of honeygate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/martin-oneill-must-be-pondering-his-pension-as-parkhead-silenced-after-noise-of-honeygate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/martin-oneill-must-be-pondering-his-pension-as-parkhead-silenced-after-noise-of-honeygate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Access to Spurs dressingroom sheds little light on form as Gary Neville laments latest Manchester United fiasco]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W6LDASACIZGT3EJCXD4A7G6ZXA.jpg?auth=7f50625432f47b67e66cc855878b5cb094d24523579eebdefa7244e37217b74b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Celtic manager Martin O'Neill during Rangers clash at Celtic Park. Photograph: Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Williamson - SNS Group</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine hits Moscow with ‘largest ever’ drone attack ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/ukraine-hits-moscow-with-largest-ever-drone-attack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/ukraine-hits-moscow-with-largest-ever-drone-attack/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Seddon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Major oil refinery in Russian capital set ablaze as voting draws to a close in stage-managed parliamentary elections]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATQMUUTK53B7QAM35AMATWJVDQ.jpg?auth=40585fa7428af935ab1a00fca65820e2287183f59e3906edd5b7466a68021f0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flames and smoke are seen rising from an oil refinery in Moscow. Photograph: UGC via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says 250ft arch to be ‘military complex’ with drones and snipers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/trump-says-250ft-arch-to-be-military-complex-with-drones-and-snipers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/trump-says-250ft-arch-to-be-military-complex-with-drones-and-snipers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Rogers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[National security justification advanced by US president for controversial Washington monument]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4IWGDAAR4OANJIL6ZOM6KVT24.jpg?auth=b7d7dc8ada35ebefaf90c63e4290d707db6e6f3f7ec50bfda89809fe3c5fe475&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump is planning more than $1bn (€870m) worth of redevelopment projects in Washington, including the divisive arch. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kylian Mbappé walks away from €20m per year Nike contract to cash in On even bigger deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/kylian-mbappe-is-on-the-money-as-he-walks-away-from-nike/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/kylian-mbappe-is-on-the-money-as-he-walks-away-from-nike/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andros Townsend on a Thai roller coaster and Oxford United’s disastrous clothing range]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJJCFKJXWRABBEDMWDTX5XYQFM.jpg?auth=1106535cfa43cf88d7a50a4be399004bb081fbb9adbc414dcdeb568112eada32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kylian Mbappé has decided to part company with Nike. Photograph: Aurelien Meunier/PSG via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aurelien Meunier - PSG</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: Quite a few big Premier League clubs are looking pretty dumb right now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/ken-early-quite-a-few-big-premier-league-clubs-are-looking-pretty-dumb-right-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/ken-early-quite-a-few-big-premier-league-clubs-are-looking-pretty-dumb-right-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But expect change at Arsenal as Mikel Arteta will not treat Brighton defeat as just a bad day at work]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PDSD5CHTKNHARDRSV7WLQWXVA4.jpg?auth=4eeb9552c0ffb15a33ff64265c86dc2dc3e5bc6896cf77bfec6013f763c21e54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brighton's Charalampos Kostoulas is tackled by Declan Rice of Arsenal during Saturday's match. Photograph: Silvina Brodersohn/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Silvina Brodersohn - CameraSport</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Keep your foot on your opponents’ throat’: Ireland vow to learn after wilting against USA]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/21/ireland-women-rugby-team-defeat-us-tallaght-stadium-dublin-wxv-global-series/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/21/ireland-women-rugby-team-defeat-us-tallaght-stadium-dublin-wxv-global-series/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Home team were footloose and elegant as they built impressive lead, only for Americans to snatch victory]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QIEYTSGBZ2UYRKSTHVM4UARDFQ.jpg?auth=f11f9fbba2b12acd79c4cebf84e5cbfa5787c9cdb78ad6714d79279a60e277c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eve Higgins, Niamh O’Dowd, Fiona Tuite-O'Sullivan and Erin King look dejected after defeat to United States. Photograph: Ben Brady/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[By some metrics, Austin Gleeson’s career came up short. But he illuminated the game]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/21/austin-gleesons-brilliance-was-irresistibly-attractive-but-he-never-became-a-true-great/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/21/austin-gleesons-brilliance-was-irresistibly-attractive-but-he-never-became-a-true-great/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Waterford hurler illuminated the sport, but there was always tension between the angels and devils in his game]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NG5CU7AL4FACFKPBZYDJ3VYZ3A.jpg?auth=fdddb022319a6e8a71c1b6bfc75a8942e7a631d8fb53490753947489207fb589&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Waterford's Austin Gleeson goes past Colm Spillane and Mark Coleman of Cork on his way to scoring a goal in 2017. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janan Ganesh: The Anglo-French moment with potential to develop]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/janan-ganesh-the-anglo-french-moment-with-potential-to-develop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/21/janan-ganesh-the-anglo-french-moment-with-potential-to-develop/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Janan Ganesh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘A lot of this is about safety in numbers in a savage world, not cultural communion’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXWEBD4VGQML276F5TPJQHNQIU.jpg?auth=8053666d895eb38a271db2f0c1086355780bb53ec10d348d72c99a1cc51a44bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adrian Dennis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour and the Green Party should merge, says Irish MEP]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/labour-mep-urges-ireland-merger-with-green-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/labour-mep-urges-ireland-merger-with-green-party/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposal by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin not discussed with party leader Ivana Bacik who has previously favoured union with Social Democrats ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RMZOWUKKHFHHFIATGEN4Y5PBQA.JPG?auth=0937198b217a727c0fee4afa0b830c0b4892868c9ef6b543bea5cd6680aeafbe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has suggested that the two parties should follow the example of their Dutch counterparts.  Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Time</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If AI has a ‘10% chance’ of killing us all by 2030, should I invest in a pension?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/if-ai-has-a-10-chance-of-killing-us-all-by-2030-should-i-invest-in-a-pension/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/21/if-ai-has-a-10-chance-of-killing-us-all-by-2030-should-i-invest-in-a-pension/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The odds on humans still existing by 2030 are almost 90 per cent. Make the most of it]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZ77GJ5V5VDJ7KO3XSSKCEXVHE.jpg?auth=1c1797dc9ba70672361a792630b5cf7c59f9adb37bde4d63525d3138f867cd54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-thirds of those on low pay are women, workplace report finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/21/two-thirds-of-people-on-low-pay-are-women-workplace-report-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/09/21/two-thirds-of-people-on-low-pay-are-women-workplace-report-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Retail and hospitality workers often unable to secure enough weekly hours to get decent living standard]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K7N5CYQBTVB7TKOAI723NAVVLY.jpg?auth=22a4ebea9c3e2247de3f0e161e1ca6b0e239eff48af8437ca716b7fae5b6f2f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers in hospitality, food services and retail account for most low-paid workers. Photograph; iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">jacoblund</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disagreement over plan to increase Help to Buy scheme to €50,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/minister-for-housing-in-fresh-bid-to-boost-help-to-buy-funding-in-budget-despite-pushback/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/21/minister-for-housing-in-fresh-bid-to-boost-help-to-buy-funding-in-budget-despite-pushback/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposal was rejected by Simon Harris, who is separately warning about the impact of Ireland’s ageing population on tax base]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HCQQPONS4JGNBFKDQCPB22WQ7Q.jpg?auth=a402ab68593938e9bfb944465e5c5c354308eafcca946fcd0581efac7f117df0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James Browne believes that a €20,000 hike to the tax refund for first time buyers is still possible in the budget. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idaho abortion vote puts healthcare and doctor shortage in focus]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/idaho-abortion-vote-puts-healthcare-and-doctor-shortage-in-focus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/21/idaho-abortion-vote-puts-healthcare-and-doctor-shortage-in-focus/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Griffin in Boise, Idaho]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Supporters of the campaign to overturn one of the US’s toughest abortion bans focus on how it has broadly affected state healthcare]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NX4ULW56X4Z7BKJV42B627YJP4.jpg?auth=5b43e93eae4780b50e4815930ef1455f0b6d8f70ac7c1ea6c6cf1ba2edb6bca2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Idaho State Capitol and downtown skyline in Boise, Idaho. As opponents of abortion focus on the ban’s success in ending the procedure, abortion rights proponents are talking about wider healthcare. Idaho is experiencing a steep decline in the number of doctors providing obstetrics care. Photograph: Loren Elliott/New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Loren Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[School meals with processed foods preferred to healthy options, audit finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/school-meals-with-processed-foods-preferred-to-healthy-options-audit-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/school-meals-with-processed-foods-preferred-to-healthy-options-audit-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Only 20% of vegan or vegetarian options contained enough protein, compared with 74% of meat choices, notes review]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D62GC7AX5BEQZAWIUU5ZGFAL2I.jpg?auth=3a0d4d1489eaad35e344052e0e92c044f047a5540578b233769d9ddfd1509456&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Since 2025, every primary school in the country has been eligible to apply for the hot meals scheme. Photograph: The Irish Times ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I told you so’ will be too late when it comes to AI]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/21/i-told-you-so-will-be-too-late-when-it-comes-to-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/21/i-told-you-so-will-be-too-late-when-it-comes-to-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wolf]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decision]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/65DNC5RGTFBE3JFZUGFNQE4YPI.jpg?auth=fc483ff6a0193775f2c7b1ac1d11aae5eddfb1ec23976810f9da360991eafbbb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leading figures in the artificial intelligence industry are calling for a slowdown in the rate of innovation. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">J Studios</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘At my wits’ end’: Currys customer’s new fridge-freezer stopped working within days]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/kitchen-appliances-on-the-blink-leave-currys-customers-seeking-clarity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/kitchen-appliances-on-the-blink-leave-currys-customers-seeking-clarity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joanne says her frustration with a faulty fridge-freezer was aggravated by the retailer’s response and a ‘bizarrely botched email’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2UXIZ4QOFORVKWUKHBXF7H5QSU.jpg?auth=1dbeccee06ae3dc8f5d8bd33b5a6975d3c1790159fe6bc94d525713f711b4adf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Undated handout file photo issued by Currys of one of their stores. Currys, which reports on Thursday, is expected to report a pre-tax profit of at least £115 million in the year ending April 27, slightly lower than the £119 million reported the previous year. Issue date: Sunday June 23, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story CITY Forecast. Photo credit should read: Currys/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Currys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Widespread concern’ among those tasked with senior cycle reform, ASTI says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/widespread-concern-among-those-tasked-with-senior-cycle-reform-asti-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/09/21/widespread-concern-among-those-tasked-with-senior-cycle-reform-asti-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Union tells Minister and curriculum council of ‘frustrations’ with running of subject development groups]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SPGPCFKLNRADBCAXW2NUNE7D6E.jpg?auth=17f6252fbf3300be2f56a0421375aaaaefe6fcbc6e5805087b11802c441d8055&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There is 'disregard' for different opinions on what material Leaving Certificate subjects should contain, teachers say. File image. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">skynesher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scéal agus saol John Ford faoin spotsolas sa Spidéal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/09/21/sceal-agus-saol-john-ford-faoin-spotsolas-sa-spideal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/09/21/sceal-agus-saol-john-ford-faoin-spotsolas-sa-spideal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Ó Cualáin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Díríodh ar an stiúrthóir clúiteach, arbh as Conamara a thuismitheoirí, ag Féile John Ford le gairid]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JC3CQ6U2TJA5JF4RIV4UHJHRSA.jpg?auth=4d6b2d86295f76abbe17b6472e3de3baa8844e2db09c010f7512c7e6d0a87019&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An t-aisteoir Aidan Quinn a d'oscail Féile John Ford sa Spidéal. Grianghraf: Johanna Ní Mháille]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve lived in city centres for 20 years, and my dream of planting a native Irish forest is getting urgent]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/ive-lived-in-city-centres-for-20-years-but-my-dream-of-planting-a-native-irish-forest-is-getting-more-urgent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/ive-lived-in-city-centres-for-20-years-but-my-dream-of-planting-a-native-irish-forest-is-getting-more-urgent/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Manchán Magan and Eoghan Daltun have shown us we can improve the world right here on our doorstep, acre by acre]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2RTNSOCJA5FARKLCTRFEP74T7Y.jpg?auth=7583e90532b758d096412ebd80b34167fec0fcbd9b05081a04ae06ed997c350b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[I think it would be an incredible legacy if we all left the future generations a country covered with 10 per cent native woodland. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BuckleyPics</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens when a tech billionaire moves to an Irish town?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/what-happens-when-a-tech-billionaire-moves-to-town/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/21/what-happens-when-a-tech-billionaire-moves-to-town/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents of Abbeyleix on what five years of John Collison’s ownership of a local estate has brought to the area]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z5EH266N3BFPHCSOX6SR23FWTY.jpg?auth=fd2d1382ed203c4529ce0be80323c445a8563ac7aa65b5334dcacf244a042fdd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In 2021, tech billionaire John Collison acquired Abbeyleix House and Farm]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We came to the best place on earth. Irish people have been so generous to Palestine’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/we-came-to-the-best-place-on-earth-irish-people-have-been-so-generous-and-so-kind-to-palestine-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/we-came-to-the-best-place-on-earth-irish-people-have-been-so-generous-and-so-kind-to-palestine-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Izzedeen Alkarajeh runs Café Izz in Cork city, serving authentic Palestinian food, with his wife Eman]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NBUFWLHXYNAG3HTNIPENKNV7YA.jpg?auth=1c2b02f69afb0b7e83c08d602a594d6e6eea3326ec749aea7600b7bbd18c11a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Izzedeen Alkarajeh of Izz Café, George’s Quay, Cork.
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[Kevin Kilbane: The FAI will come to regret letting the Ireland-Israel match go ahead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/kevin-kilbane-the-fai-will-come-to-regret-letting-the-ireland-israel-match-go-ahead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/21/kevin-kilbane-the-fai-will-come-to-regret-letting-the-ireland-israel-match-go-ahead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Kilbane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I do not believe Ireland would have been left out in the cold if we had taken a stand ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FAQRRAML3ZC67M6Q2BC66MYTFU.jpg?auth=b8ac772cc47c41744d34bdb4bde56f5a954046d4e06d07950693c579d93ee84d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Football Association of Ireland has blown an opportunity to show it has a moral compass, and so the Republic of Ireland will play against Israel. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish in Hong Kong: ‘I don’t feel at home anywhere: that idea is becoming less important’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/09/21/irish-in-hong-kong-i-dont-feel-at-home-anywhere-that-idea-is-becoming-less-important/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/09/21/irish-in-hong-kong-i-dont-feel-at-home-anywhere-that-idea-is-becoming-less-important/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Genevieve Carbery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emergency shelter design: ‘We have a housing crisis, but we also have a lot of vacant office space’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VN46UAZDHJGRPPIYKON3EYY4LU.jpg?auth=fab160b865f4b8fb9484573f82149dc7be516b5459dcf092ab900d7c711b1a92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abroad: Elspeth Lee and Donn Holohan in Hong Kong. Photograph: Raffaella Endrizzi]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The customer will decide who wins’: Battle for Ireland’s fast-food chicken market rages]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/the-customer-will-decide-who-wins-battle-for-irelands-fast-food-chicken-market-rages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/the-customer-will-decide-who-wins-battle-for-irelands-fast-food-chicken-market-rages/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A slew of US brands – Popeyes, Wingstop and Dave’s Hot Chicken – have set up in Ireland recently, threatening the established players in the market]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRGMJ56PGRHSXBKPBC6Y253YIM.JPG?auth=87d5201c573028c08e19e7ac798ce3bf91828758cb48121727fd562b98038d97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People queued for over 24 hours for the opening of Popeyes in Blanchardstown in June. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anyone end the Netanyahu era?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/21/can-anyone-end-the-netanyahu-era/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/09/21/can-anyone-end-the-netanyahu-era/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Arab party could decide Israel’s future – with a new deputy who is a Jewish lawmaker and paratrooper]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IWJPBU3SQVEQDDMU53HQVAERSE.jpg?auth=4096af6cd09d59882d4aa548a99c33147b3ce00011837ca69db5c776a2452218&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The election polls show prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing and religious parties with no clear path to a majority of seats. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">OHAD ZWIGENBERG</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large five-bed houses at bespoke Enniskerry scheme from €1.775m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/large-five-bed-houses-at-bespoke-enniskerry-scheme-for-1775m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/large-five-bed-houses-at-bespoke-enniskerry-scheme-for-1775m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Five homes form part of crescent of eight A-rated units near entrance to Powerscourt Estate]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/24D5K6OS5NDOXFF5KPNH3377VM.png?auth=d9ac4b919938bc5107de14efb9df09c10519aa64bf5e631afd097d3240ee36e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Merlin's Way, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret life of the man who stood on O’Connell Street in Dublin for 40 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/09/21/the-secret-life-of-the-man-who-stood-on-oconnell-street-in-dublin-for-40-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/09/21/the-secret-life-of-the-man-who-stood-on-oconnell-street-in-dublin-for-40-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Louise Lowe and Anu are charting the extraordinary life of a man many would have recognised but few knew well]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VIQ6ZSCVRVFXLPDCFEMBAO5ZNE.jpg?auth=f593e6b46001cf0a79fc0ee87ba060080caed47c57e690723410e73a134115e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anu: Sheik Bah as Billy Warren in Cyclone. Photograph: Patricio Cassinoni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patricio Cassinoni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demand for office space in Dublin is weak, largely because remote working is expanding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/demand-for-office-space-in-dublin-is-weak-largely-because-remote-working-is-expanding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/demand-for-office-space-in-dublin-is-weak-largely-because-remote-working-is-expanding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Demand for office space in Dublin is clearly quite thin, even for the best properties]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2F2C4OXPK5GM3P5MXSETXFUZ2M.JPG?auth=3de633b15430210278bfd600b35d30ccea1fbf6dd31bd9ff2062dbdaa0df7ce5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The building at 16 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 ticks every box that is supposedly important to tenants but it took more than four years from its reported completion in 2022 for this property to be leased]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake news: why investors keep believing stories they know are false]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/fake-news-why-investors-keep-believing-stories-they-know-are-false/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/fake-news-why-investors-keep-believing-stories-they-know-are-false/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Markets are awash with stories, and AI-generated deepfakes intensify the problem]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X6UJA2O7WJG33NVTWKN4IBCS44.jpg?auth=364df95ee8b0ff1e269ee6c5833f169ffe3aa666668cec30e5f01788593538ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It seems that even when investors know something is false, part of us may continue to act as if it is true]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Dazeley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I had a job in a department store’s Christmas shop. To this day, I know all the words to every classic Christmas song’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/we-just-renovated-our-house-fixing-the-wiring-and-the-leaks-and-bought-lots-of-exciting-things-like-radiators/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/21/we-just-renovated-our-house-fixing-the-wiring-and-the-leaks-and-bought-lots-of-exciting-things-like-radiators/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crime writer Jane Casey on her €1,200 antique table, her leaky London house and why she’ll never retire]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBQZPKGCWBFHLIR7CSEMLMJKT4.jpg?auth=995c1a1c3b4908b75e9c46147742120ca97bfd2a69b75df1bdb37af3efbc3394&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Jane Casey: 'I don’t plan to retire. I don’t think writing is the same as a proper job.' 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[I suspect that my landlord is improperly claiming rent-a-room relief. What should I do?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/i-suspect-that-my-landlord-is-improperly-claiming-rent-a-room-relief-what-should-i-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/i-suspect-that-my-landlord-is-improperly-claiming-rent-a-room-relief-what-should-i-do/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shirleen Rigby]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Property Clinic: The landlord doesn’t live here but they’re presenting my tenancy as a rent-a-room situation]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PO57OYEERVGWVEJEQGPVIVFMKE.jpg?auth=7497fc86b3ad7e75c6befe3b190f96106df02fd6efc4a916f55dfcaab3e69f91&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[As with most property matters, taking a measured approach and seeking clarity before drawing conclusions can often lead to a better outcome for all involved. Photo: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">urbazon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The craic of Colorado: a trip to Aspen and Snowmass in the off-season]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/the-craic-of-colorado-a-trip-to-aspen-and-snowmass-in-the-off-season/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/21/the-craic-of-colorado-a-trip-to-aspen-and-snowmass-in-the-off-season/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From horse riding to the ‘sticky bar’ scene, Aspen and Snowmass are tremendous fun in the off-ski season, even with a dose of altitude sickness]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UMYOK7RXCJFBFOPJIRS4LNCPWM.jpg?auth=4704bf2d5da0c2ae7af98b761cb89ddb8094792f8e8c37304d80eccde7f0e44d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hiking in the Aspen-Snowmass area of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tamara susa</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AI-proof office: Why flexibility is a growth strategy, not just a hedge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/09/21/the-ai-proof-office-why-flexibility-is-a-growth-strategy-not-just-a-hedge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/09/21/the-ai-proof-office-why-flexibility-is-a-growth-strategy-not-just-a-hedge/</guid><description><![CDATA[As artificial intelligence reshapes the way we work, companies are rethinking long-term leases and how they plan for an unpredictable future]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YDM3K2UADRFPLMQNZV4IMROYQY.jpg?auth=de0293598f676694eb7ae80969d64d4acabd5f6d39c0c1cf3795ec21c9e337b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Iconic Offices space at Hume Street House, Dublin 2]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s great Greenways, a perfect way to commute for walkers and cyclists]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/09/21/irelands-great-greenways-a-perfect-way-to-commute-for-walkers-and-cyclists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/09/21/irelands-great-greenways-a-perfect-way-to-commute-for-walkers-and-cyclists/</guid><description><![CDATA[Safe, fun and offering amazing health benefits, Greenways are growing in popularity with tourists and locals]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQEWHL4SA5DYLHQSU7XZWMGCZA.jpg?auth=d660cdd331a486c9949fb556db6f9629cdac608970a80e0d033fc61672830631&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Suzy, Emma, Hannah and Brian Lowe, from Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, on the Waterford Greenway. Photograph: Douglas O'Connor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Douglas O'Connor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get on the right track at these new homes on Luas and rail lines]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/get-on-the-right-track-at-these-new-homes-on-luas-and-rail-lines/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/09/21/get-on-the-right-track-at-these-new-homes-on-luas-and-rail-lines/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why not focus on existing public transport lines when searching for your new home?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A2Q5DWGJDRFVTPM6NK66FHYGPM.JPG?auth=1be90f48307b1e6f84a176e99dc7a0cbf699b144684bcc039f1a4dc47b22bed5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Can you easily access public transport for your work commute from your new home? Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet provider Siro targets companies stuck in Ireland’s ‘fibre broadband deserts’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/internet-provider-siro-targets-companies-stuck-in-irelands-fibre-broadband-deserts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/21/internet-provider-siro-targets-companies-stuck-in-irelands-fibre-broadband-deserts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Firms based in the Republic’s 600 business parks are particularly likely to be stranded and in need of upgrades]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VH2BN3TBQBFSNGDRKC6KOVBI5Y.jpg?auth=09295f1c6dbbc3c071b60299cb23526b77d4498a9e571627c7f92d72a27745fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Siro said that poor connectivity can have consequential effects for businesses. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">piranka</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fearless! Vincent Browne’s Magill and Ireland in the 1980s: Skilful acknowledgment of a valuable legacy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/21/fearless-magill-vincent-browne-and-ireland-in-the-80s-skilful-acknowledgment-of-a-valuable-legacy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/21/fearless-magill-vincent-browne-and-ireland-in-the-80s-skilful-acknowledgment-of-a-valuable-legacy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kevin Rafter narrates tale of an Ireland seeking public accountability, a new assertiveness in the media, and impetus towards liberalism and tolerance]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K7YQFNTNZ3AVIOWTNJUBQCEUII.jpg?auth=c8a54a1dc9988949baff504ed4def88efcfff4a8a7c4cb4885a9be567892da05&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Then Sunday Tribune and Magill magazine editor Vincent Browne (left) with Paddy Prendiville (later editor of the now-defunct The Phoenix magazine) in the paper's offices in the early 1980s. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eamonn Farrell</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>