<?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/2026-09-26/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:41:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Appeal court overturns ban on Orange Order parade passing through Garvaghy Road]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/garvaghy-road-residents-go-to-court-seeking-to-halt-orange-order-parade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/garvaghy-road-residents-go-to-court-seeking-to-halt-orange-order-parade/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parades Commission had on Friday granted permission for Protestant organisation to march through mainly nationalist area of Portadown]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:08:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KUYAKHMICJS2CNSQYJXG55EXZU.jpg?auth=7cb7c17a70f6f6c4ada5162aad9e8317565df7e811787acce964f572d9773e9f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition after the Belfast Court of Appeal overturned a ban on the Orange Order march. 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Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clayton McMillan encouraged by Munster display despite defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/clayton-mcmillan-encouraged-by-munster-display-despite-defeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/clayton-mcmillan-encouraged-by-munster-display-despite-defeat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head coach said team showed character given an extensive injury list]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:03:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R5TMUBHYDHNBVHZDEFYIMIUNI4.jpg?auth=fdfc8c517e336100b7a6d1e1a15e1193ffa387b36820352b895122bf08e7e254&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster head coach Clayton McMillan. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It would be wrong to participate’: Gavin Bazunu on decision to withdraw from squad for Israel match]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/it-would-be-wrong-to-participate-gavin-bazunu-on-decision-to-withdraw-from-squad-for-israel-match/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/it-would-be-wrong-to-participate-gavin-bazunu-on-decision-to-withdraw-from-squad-for-israel-match/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goalkeeper released statement on social media after leaving Irish squad before Nations League game]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:40:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XMU2ZFCVPRCD5DI75F7WYRCEII.jpg?auth=abcd3c71d298084883bee9bec1e46dbe5a95dd197134e4a142000da4257e8552&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[International Friendly, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 26/3/2024 Republic of Ireland vs Switzerland  Ireland's Gavin Bazunu and Caoimhin Kelleher Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster lose to Glasgow as all Irish provinces suffer defeats in opening URC games]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/munster-lose-to-glasgow-as-all-irish-provinces-suffer-defeats-in-opening-urc-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/munster-lose-to-glasgow-as-all-irish-provinces-suffer-defeats-in-opening-urc-games/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Glasgow’s superior quality off the bench counts as home side suffer disappointing defeat]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:14:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3IJ7D3X62CAWQ4MUH2Y2BERWH4.jpg?auth=766cd53725421005d83fcc4d4007f54753929b5dacef4b36c1be38d625e629a7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glasgow Warriors Dan Lancaster with Ben O'Donovan of Munster. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland decide to play Israel despite Bazunu withdrawal - as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/ireland-v-israel-build-up-live-irish-players-in-meeting-to-decide-whether-to-proceed-with-game/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/ireland-v-israel-build-up-live-irish-players-in-meeting-to-decide-whether-to-proceed-with-game/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu told the Irish team that he does not want to play fixture, with others believed to share his position]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:40:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YGXWZBI6YGNNKRQHWJLBWCVRTA.jpg?auth=a4ce2fc3e13ea3e644f9476a4f5104cd1fd24f6907d25544ebd07794d348fbcb&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 in the press conference before the game against Israel. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo celebrates open-air Mass before 700,000 people in Paris]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/26/pope-leo-celebrates-open-air-mass-before-700000-people-in-paris/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/26/pope-leo-celebrates-open-air-mass-before-700000-people-in-paris/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heavy security in city centre as crowds line streets on second day of papal visit to France]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:15:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5CAFOPOU43ON4LXABKH4BMCFBI.jpg?auth=eb573243a8b447b57d1d13ff6e847726473c55cca1392bf686f3ce6959766422&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo waves to the crowd along the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, before celebrating an open-air Mass in the French capital. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alberto Pizzoli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drumcree dispute overshadows last UUP conference before Stormont election]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/drumcree-dispute-overshadows-last-uup-conference-before-stormont-election/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/drumcree-dispute-overshadows-last-uup-conference-before-stormont-election/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Party should make some gains as DUP reels after Donaldson case, but split vote likely to make it difficult for unionism to speak coherently]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QY7VS2BKBXDA3YKQE2NHY22YKE.jpg?auth=665e95400de63bef6e15c08c8c1ab9b7e8b6ec28429e3e190b3e59ed7b4b0a53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows speaking at the party's annual conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast. Photograph: PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ulster Unionist Party</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchester City chairman says ‘nothing has changed’ and vows to prove club’s innocence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/manchester-city-chairman-says-nothing-has-changed-and-vows-to-prove-clubs-innocence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/manchester-city-chairman-says-nothing-has-changed-and-vows-to-prove-clubs-innocence/</guid><description><![CDATA[City have been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges laid by the Premier League in February 2023]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:18:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HUMI7JYFUBDAONTIHEC5533VNE.jpg?auth=6ff887bc6772854c885b4de30b9f146ab47201195c8f70771025269b1f8768ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak (left) in the stands before the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. Photograph: John Walton/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westlife’s Mark Feehily sues surgeon over weight-loss operation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/26/westlifes-mark-feehily-sues-surgeon-over-weight-loss-operation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/26/westlifes-mark-feehily-sues-surgeon-over-weight-loss-operation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Singer alleges that surgery caused a leak that led to sepsis and the removal of his stomach]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZPTE4TSYPJEWGTEMXEU57NGGLM.jpg?auth=60105975e68b38ba7970bee6fcaae185fe29e92cdef85295291924fb05b7fe12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Feehily pulled out of concerts with Westlife in 2022 because of pneumonia and eventually announced he would be stepping back from the band. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aaron Chown</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel captain Dor Peretz says Irish players should visit Israel then ‘can judge and think’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/israel-captain-dor-peretz-says-irish-players-should-visit-israel-then-can-judge-and-think/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/israel-captain-dor-peretz-says-irish-players-should-visit-israel-then-can-judge-and-think/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head of communications Shlomi Barzel says he takes back using the word ‘stupidity’ when describing Heimir Hallgrímsson]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R2GY63W7IPHHMYLCSPVNFPNFGA.jpg?auth=c3528392df5aea11583b300b6521f74e94501588bbde197da740b910125cd329&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israel captain Dor Peretz speaking before the Nations League match against Ireland. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three-day abortion wait adds ‘unnecessary barriers’ to care, campaigners say ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/26/three-day-abortion-wait-adds-unnecessary-barriers-to-care-campaigners-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/26/three-day-abortion-wait-adds-unnecessary-barriers-to-care-campaigners-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Speakers at March for Choice in Dublin call on the Government to improve timely access to abortion services]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:27:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ANYOQQKAYJDORH4GUOJCOOQWIA.jpg?auth=37c2bdd67e49cc4ea16d61702d4910bb134dcb445f51a823eb3c37a88e5083b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Campaigners called on the Government to remove the mandatory three-day wait for an abortion at the annual March for Choice in Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish unity campaign nothing more than ‘constitutional vandalism’, UUP leader says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/irish-unity-campaign-nothing-more-than-constitutional-vandalism-uup-leader-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/irish-unity-campaign-nothing-more-than-constitutional-vandalism-uup-leader-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jon Burrows says Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill wants to create a new state, but her Ministers at Stormont ‘can’t fix the potholes’ in this one]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:35:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FNAOKJYJ6GT3N44GVFJK3CITGE.jpg?auth=5ac9e3562a7e6e71d4b684d4335946479b0b5f3d60cb80b6b635f2e51b65cd94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/iran-us-war-latest-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/iran-us-war-latest-news/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president privately sceptical Tehran would meet his demands to dismantle its nuclear programme]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NBX7A6G2LDK64FA52GQPEYAUI.jpg?auth=70e5b462dce2f216fc6b245542f5e56c8f4621044d73be36b0ff6fe3856a29b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump outside the White House on Saturday. The US president reportedly told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the US midterm elections. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aaron Schwartz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Russell holds off Max Verstappen to win eventful F1 Azerbaijan GP]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/26/george-russell-holds-off-max-verstappen-to-win-eventful-f1-azerbaijan-gp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/09/26/george-russell-holds-off-max-verstappen-to-win-eventful-f1-azerbaijan-gp/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Russell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The win means Russell has closed the gap to Antonelli to 66 points with eight meetings remaining]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:05:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FEUB2KBRC5LS4BHVTPHGASRLAE.jpg?auth=9187d28525b1067d0e1a3093e3c66243d669a6b0eccc9b04862f061aa51affcf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[George Russell of Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in Baku. Photograph: Altan Gocher/Hans Lucas/ AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Altan Gocher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland to fulfil Israel fixtures after player vote as Bazunu tells squad he will not play]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/gavin-bazunu-tells-irish-squad-he-does-not-want-to-participate-in-games-against-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/gavin-bazunu-tells-irish-squad-he-does-not-want-to-participate-in-games-against-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey, Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson says the pressure is almost at breaking point, with players not to shake hands]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:02:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KUXEN3YC5EDKEO35VMATRRXEMM.jpg?auth=4335b1f752f1b5cbe7bd9265049e29414a13d1348600459314207d24a90fbcda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster impress despite narrow Lions defeat as Fintan Gunne scores hat-trick ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/leinster-impress-despite-narrow-lions-defeat-as-fintan-gunne-scores-hat-trick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/leinster-impress-despite-narrow-lions-defeat-as-fintan-gunne-scores-hat-trick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Young side lose by a point in South Africa but collect two precious bonus points]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:52:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GIKNC5VI2BMOTSGMR26J7EFTTM.jpg?auth=b8b1e7b904eae2337a7773a31d121937ff8c7143d542dfb9fc74c685dc00ba6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Fintan Gunne scores a try against Lions. Photograph: Christiaan Kotze/Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Haag Sports</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Our customers are taking the full value of the tariff – as a business we just couldn’t absorb it’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/our-customers-are-taking-the-full-value-of-the-tariff-as-a-business-we-just-couldnt-absorb-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/our-customers-are-taking-the-full-value-of-the-tariff-as-a-business-we-just-couldnt-absorb-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top 1000: Disruption, inconvenience and some extra costs, yet Irish exporters are holding their own in the face of increased trade tariffs.  Paul Colgan reports]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3GGRXR2CMZBCRJC43QVFZLEDAQ.jpg?auth=76f5254f74b0ee97237c046bf29a7c519adfb0afe1c15febea01a40649d66290&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A realisation is dawning that tariffs brought in under Trump will likely outlive his regime; it's time for long-term strategies]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">wildpixel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyson Fury claims heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua is in doubt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/09/26/tyson-fury-claims-heavyweight-showdown-with-anthony-joshua-is-in-doubt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/boxing/2026/09/26/tyson-fury-claims-heavyweight-showdown-with-anthony-joshua-is-in-doubt/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fury warned fight is now in jeopardy because of Joshua’s long-term promoter Eddie Hearn]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:50:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QLTLD2KZAE5QBNUJRD6DL5IP7U.jpg?auth=33f31fef2e92536334b661d22b6feef445efe23c2094a24a7f8c0146f3a98b88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua were set for a highly anticipated heavyweight clash. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bradley Collyer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish couple who lost €26,000 when wedding planner went bust have ‘perfect day’ at last]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/26/irish-couple-who-lost-26000-when-wedding-planner-went-bust-have-perfect-day-at-last/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/26/irish-couple-who-lost-26000-when-wedding-planner-went-bust-have-perfect-day-at-last/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newlyweds spent another €40,000 on dream event in Tenerife and were ‘saved’ by the generosity of others]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OLO4WPND5AYFEWXHDFUPN5BHA.jpg?auth=26aad943b8d9231b7d2d60f6223980d7119938a9800528adfcbb10dc7e14f067&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Kent and Sorcha McManigan tied the knot last weekend in Tenerife, Spain]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cash rich, challenge laden: Government’s fiscal discipline faces testing times]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/cash-rich-challenge-laden-governments-fiscal-discipline-faces-testing-times/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/cash-rich-challenge-laden-governments-fiscal-discipline-faces-testing-times/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top 1000: Despite strong growth and tax receipts, mounting fiscal, inflation and infrastructure challenges will test the Government’s budgetary resolve, writes Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3V2V3C4VHFAMFN7PBMEU7AT6BU.jpg?auth=5bf3795e768b6ae9cfc5c5537e87432befe7b454d70d9610aadb4057a5e41780&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Most forecasters are predicting the Irish economy will grow by 2-3 per cent this year and next, which is healthy in the context of Europe]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">wildpixel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland and Tuvalu to co-host international climate conference next July]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/09/26/ireland-and-tuvalu-to-co-host-international-climate-conference-next-july/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/09/26/ireland-and-tuvalu-to-co-host-international-climate-conference-next-july/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels will take place on a Pacific island nation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:47:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T5AA5UEKBFG37GB3ALT4EBDTKI.jpg?auth=7f01af1268edf0b0ca4838318d7da82d744f55334f09a5a7097a14c3bb831246&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A collapsed seawall in Tuvalu, which is threatened by climate change and rising Pacific sea levels. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mtcurado</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers lose out on €6.6m in payments amid criminal legal aid dispute]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/26/lawyers-lose-out-on-66m-in-payments-amid-criminal-legal-aid-dispute/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/26/lawyers-lose-out-on-66m-in-payments-amid-criminal-legal-aid-dispute/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Figures for payments in July and August show financial impact on lawyers in dispute with Department of Justice]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CKMWXTX674BJOKU2BX3FER2OL4.jpg?auth=76e146c3ee2e07da6dd111480c6c0b53449e66ffdc0c85663d129a9304053cd4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘House of horrors’ is one of the gravest cases of child abuse in recent times, says judge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/woman-and-children-endured-sustained-brutality-in-house-of-horrors-judge-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/woman-and-children-endured-sustained-brutality-in-house-of-horrors-judge-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Judge says Tusla was found ‘completely wanting‘ in the case and that child protection cannot ‘take back seat to cultural sensitivities’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:29:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GVIOPTF24BAWLOB6MSXUOGMG3Y.JPG?auth=47397af707bf71fb699f30f07a6f98362b41fbd53bed65f425e89e3be42d6586&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A judge found a man had housed his wife and two children 'in conditions of absolute squalor'. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three men released without charge after being questioned over Listowel assault]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/26/three-men-released-without-charge-after-being-questioned-over-listowel-assault/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/09/26/three-men-released-without-charge-after-being-questioned-over-listowel-assault/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man (20) suffered head injury during incident in the Square on Thursday night and remains in hospital in a critical condition ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:24:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3GHTP54SBJDRTEQIEGE2FEGGXI.JPG?auth=f6e9e110ae4510e2c3384617aaa93ee5d66fca9f18de3b727e24c6c7c55456e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí have been harvesting CCTV footage from the Listowel area in an attempt to assist their investigation. 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[Boots ordered to pay Roma woman €800 for racial discrimination]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/boots-ordered-to-pay-roma-woman-800-for-racial-discrimination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/boots-ordered-to-pay-roma-woman-800-for-racial-discrimination/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Security guard tried to turn away woman with sick child, Workplace Relations Commission told]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WTASUNBKVNOFCQ46BIWRIGYKTU.jpg?auth=6316624601d3b8519d592f98e6d4d414334500df7706b9c321d31cb1fd586c9d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator awarded €800 in compensation for discrimination, a little over 5 per cent of the maximum jurisdiction under the Equal Status Act, calling this 'proportionate and sufficiently dissuasive'. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war between Donald Trump  and the Fed ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/26/the-war-between-donald-trump-and-the-fed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/09/26/the-war-between-donald-trump-and-the-fed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wolf]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What happens when a fundamentally strong economy faces an irresponsible government?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CXSEQUVGJRBEFP67JTA63GWKZY.jpg?auth=f440bea29d1c2ab89cf3a76f43dd01597729052b68afadcdd47e4a75a3265aa3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh and US President Donald Trump:  The rise in interest rates did not go down well with the president. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man arrested after teenager (17) killed in Listowel hit-and-run]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/pedestrian-dies-after-hit-and-run-incident-in-listowel-co-kerry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/pedestrian-dies-after-hit-and-run-incident-in-listowel-co-kerry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pedestrian (17), from west Co Limerick, died at scene of incident on N69 road early on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:01:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHMTYZZN5FFZ7JCQ2Z54ER26AE.jpg?auth=c0bb1ba48fef1f3234730e37b658ecfcf3e4a0fd05082eef8bcbc263819cc5ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A section of the N69 near Listowel was closed on Saturday morning while Garda Forensic Collision investigators examined the scene. Photograph: Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlow entrepreneur Illann Power charged with forging documents to ‘hinder’ criminal prosecution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/entrepreneur-illann-power-charged-with-forging-documents-to-hinder-criminal-prosecution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/09/26/entrepreneur-illann-power-charged-with-forging-documents-to-hinder-criminal-prosecution/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carlow entrepreneur refused bail faces 10 charges, five for forgery and five for deception]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YM4FD3P4OFD7PFY6QEUHZHGAAY.jpg?auth=d693e60e682b9a4656206d62c12fb8e3503a53b43efc5db405666e8f71971397&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Illann Power was remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court on October 2nd. Photograph: Paddy Cummins/PCPhoto.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paddy Cummins/PCPhoto.ie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (20s) seriously injured after e-bike and 4x4 collide in Drogheda]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/woman-20s-seriously-injured-after-e-bike-and-4x4-collide-in-drogheda/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/woman-20s-seriously-injured-after-e-bike-and-4x4-collide-in-drogheda/</guid><description><![CDATA[Incident happened on John Street in Co Louth town on Friday evening]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:54:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A3R67JA4EBFYDMKNORESXNC444.jpg?auth=f2d0547652c421a753d763be9f2ff7f2f7c81d511a4d107206727e0cddf9f9b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a crash on John Street in Drogheda.  Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derick Hudson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House blocks CNN from Air Force One in latest escalation with news media]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/white-house-blocks-cnn-from-air-force-one-in-latest-escalation-with-news-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/white-house-blocks-cnn-from-air-force-one-in-latest-escalation-with-news-media/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uwa Ede-Osifo]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move comes a week after Trump revoked White House access for CNN, MS Now and Politico]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:08:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TUR5SV47KAA6YKUI7BD6LR2PRY.jpg?auth=df433835a44ed13e370ace85ab636a25328856d3b2e0e99a36d3ab6677da538a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The White House has blocked CNN from travelling on Air Force One. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anna Moneymaker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘What’s happening is not working’: Dublin needs homelessness ‘tsar’, says charity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/dublin-needs-homelessness-tsar-says-charity-as-numbers-continue-to-climb/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/dublin-needs-homelessness-tsar-says-charity-as-numbers-continue-to-climb/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Latest data shows Dublin’s emergency accommodation population reached 12,429 last month]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OBTAP4EYYNCGHKGHWCEE7MWUAI.jpeg?auth=cca90f5ea5f69d4cf1d6e900b9b15fdcb9a272be5fe9e93cc401dc350f1dcb57&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catherine Kenny, chief executive of Dublin Simon Community: 'What’s happening is just not working']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I found the focus to rebuild my life here’: Irish libraries offer much more than books]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/26/here-i-found-the-focus-to-rebuild-my-life-irish-libraries-offer-much-more-than-books/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/09/26/here-i-found-the-focus-to-rebuild-my-life-irish-libraries-offer-much-more-than-books/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Semir Saleh is one of 792,000 people with a library card – it has helped open up new possibilities for him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5QMI5PCL3BEFDKPNLKCXJ475HM.jpeg?auth=90b8c90ef48aa1788098aedc1460e02a4e87a1bd481671d7570808a5f2dcffe1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Samir Saleh at Gorey Library, Co Wexford, ahead of National Public Libraries Open Day on September 26. Photograph: Mary Kearney]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The bigger risk may be an earnings bubble rather than a valuation bubble’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/the-bigger-risk-may-be-an-earnings-bubble-rather-than-a-valuation-bubble/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/the-bigger-risk-may-be-an-earnings-bubble-rather-than-a-valuation-bubble/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Top 1000: The AI boom looks bubbly. But should investors really panic? Proinsias O’Mahony reports]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A5A6WVKR2FASLCVZLNU5AVYYVA.jpg?auth=d7602a31d8b179986638f16266ab473b667befc67ddd387fdc119a0cbc91edad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In the US technology sector earnings have been growing so fast that although the stock market keeps increasing, valuations have actually fallen]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kris Hoobaer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI systems go rogue and meddle with US state sites ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/openai-systems-go-rogue-and-meddle-with-us-state-sites/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/09/26/openai-systems-go-rogue-and-meddle-with-us-state-sites/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Conger, Ana Swanson, Cecilia Kang]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Incidents involving US education and commerce departments and SEC took place without company’s knowledge]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:40:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U2SPFFDDIZDRFKQZXS2DHAGYPQ?auth=8543442941e5ab5645d86508bc9ad796d41446ef67fff7dc2c4d4d889bea9c66&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[OpenAI Sam Altman (C) said his company had 'not been as fast as we would have liked' in disclosing AI incidents. 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[My son has missed a lot of school. Like many parents, I’m not too worried]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/my-son-has-missed-a-lot-of-school-like-many-parents-im-not-too-worried/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/my-son-has-missed-a-lot-of-school-like-many-parents-im-not-too-worried/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel O'Dwyer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New research suggests today’s parents may be more willing than previous generations to allow their children to stay home. I saw myself in the findings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BF4MYKOZLNACPGN6BJYQNFKHHM.jpg?auth=b3ef70f00e93661d2c6931227bb82aa741e3d5e776f2df7a122b285684984819&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Disliking school appears to be more predictive of absence in young people today than in previous cohorts. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">bradleyhebdon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something big happened to the ‘most important price in the world’ this week]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/cliff-taylor-something-critical-happened-to-the-most-important-price-in-the-world-this-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/cliff-taylor-something-critical-happened-to-the-most-important-price-in-the-world-this-week/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Interest rate on US government 10-year debt reached its highest level since 2007, with Ireland on an inflationary knife edge]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: New smartphone makes advances but feels like a place holder]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/09/26/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-new-smartphone-makes-advances-but-feels-like-a-place-holder/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/09/26/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-new-smartphone-makes-advances-but-feels-like-a-place-holder/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite camera upgrades and a better battery, this is neither the most interesting device Apple will launch this cycle nor the cheapest]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRBE5ALP764CFRKFVVLLKFPEOQ.jpg?auth=c0ee072c301aa8bda40f146cbf81ef2f75a233f3caa6dd1d2da21efa6c365a76&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new iPhone 18 Pro. Photograph: Annice Lyn/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Annice Lyn</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr built a hospitality empire – now the man with €270 in the bank owes €27.7m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/paddy-mckillen-jnr-built-a-hospitality-empire-now-the-man-with-270-in-the-bank-owes-277m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/paddy-mckillen-jnr-built-a-hospitality-empire-now-the-man-with-270-in-the-bank-owes-277m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Press Up Group, which he lost control of in 2024, was rapidly expanded by McKillen jnr following the financial crash]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F76FORTYTFGEVFR6U4EZ7SVS74.jpg?auth=9efca75cd3ee62861e1613bd1380ac1ececde7ca6cfd1ed3c4f68acf152a8491&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr built up a network of entertaintment venues around Dublin, including The Workman's Club. 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[Fiercely competitive AIL season in store as top flight takes on distinctly Dublin flavour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/fiercely-competitive-ail-season-in-store-as-top-flight-takes-on-distinctly-dublin-flavour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/fiercely-competitive-ail-season-in-store-as-top-flight-takes-on-distinctly-dublin-flavour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Champions St Mary’s open with tricky test against Lansdowne, who have already served notice of their intentions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2MA3ZC7D7HEL7TSGVB4KUSH5CU.jpg?auth=2cdbdae45b2cfeabfd1fef6c9f35d383632745da63d7f3308754fc497bde6762&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Billy Corrigan of newly promoted Old Wesley, whose AIL Division 1A campaign starts with an away fixture against Clontarf. Photograph: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchester City’s inglorious saga is without precedent in English football]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/manchester-citys-inglorious-saga-is-without-precedent-in-english-football/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/manchester-citys-inglorious-saga-is-without-precedent-in-english-football/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Conn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Club’s ruthless approach was always at odds with their image and the story of their alleged cheating still has further to run]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MF4MKPXPTMJ3CAJZ7S54FQNQWQ.jpg?auth=ea37fcbb5da584a9bf74410e29350810175d2da1da18ff8cf50209b34acb0c7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view of the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, home to Manchester City who have been found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching the Premier League's financial rules. Photograph: Gary Oakley/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gary Oakley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We feel exposed’: Ireland players expected to donate Israel match fees to Gaza aid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/we-feel-exposed-ireland-players-expected-to-donate-israel-match-fees-to-gaza-aid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/we-feel-exposed-ireland-players-expected-to-donate-israel-match-fees-to-gaza-aid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dara O’Shea makes his discomfort with matches clear while Chiedozie Ogbene points finger of blame at Uefa]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDGH637JQ5CXZD4LWV3VO7B7VM.jpg?auth=c054aa704bb1adb56b985d11a53a186a6c3cd8e922777007f396bd5ba8f42522&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Troy Parrott encourages teammate Chiedozie Ogbene following a missed chance against Kosovo during Thursday night's Nations League match at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LDA closes in on €21m deal for UCC’s IMI campus in Sandyford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/lda-closes-in-on-21m-deal-for-uccs-imi-campus-in-sandyford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/lda-closes-in-on-21m-deal-for-uccs-imi-campus-in-sandyford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The executive education group, the Business Post and RedC Research & Marketing have offices based on the land near Dundrum Town Centre  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L5JOH5R3RNCQDJ6IE7MDGMA5SQ.JPG?auth=05bd79f408012c8b13184ef031cb64998d85e1468a4ae533fdfa8a738b3a8df4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Management Institute campus in south Dublin, which spans 5.2 hectares and is valued at €21 million. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Ireland still a place ‘open to everything except for God’? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/hugh-linehan-is-ireland-still-a-place-open-to-everything-except-for-god/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/hugh-linehan-is-ireland-still-a-place-open-to-everything-except-for-god/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Linehan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Public professions of faith induce a kind of culture cringe in post-Catholic Ireland. But when someone like Katie Taylor tells us what they believe, the least we can do is listen]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G4HC7ACMCVAQ7AOVZ2MDHZQ2QI.jpg?auth=af8d1db0d58bc6e32082408a5213806d61c99ff3850ec421301d0f512e790515&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taylor has never been shy about her evangelical Christianity. Photograph: Inpho/Gary Carr]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/26/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/26/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[September 26th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVXFVJUYOZBQ3LU7M2SZI3P3Q4.jpg?auth=cfbc010c7c7b7bc8bb66e5ea63f5cc485379275430d857eed8d079d68aaae273&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster with the greater need for positive start in URC opener against Glasgow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/25/munster-with-the-greater-need-for-positive-start-in-urc-opener-against-glasgow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/25/munster-with-the-greater-need-for-positive-start-in-urc-opener-against-glasgow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Warriors come to Limerick with experience and recent form on their side]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P4MEWJOXI47Z4UI3H4C4HVOIUM.jpg?auth=db467855bbb38716463b43a7f11da587125902b951aa343d118958b1cee290a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmuid Barron will captain Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heads, hearts and hands]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/heads-hearts-and-hands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/heads-hearts-and-hands/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meditation is only beneficial for students if they have been exposed to its benefit from a young age]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 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[Dozens of rental bans issued at ‘horrible’ Dublin flat complex]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/09/26/dozens-of-rental-bans-issued-at-horrible-dublin-flat-complex/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/09/26/dozens-of-rental-bans-issued-at-horrible-dublin-flat-complex/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Problems at Buckingham Village extend to common areas, including pitch-dark hallways and various obstructions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V3D4X2FAMRCBZIL5ICXGAPXC4E.JPG?auth=239bd91e5c3cac779524a731f93bf472dcee58850e5ac801ca11c4b62f1f2cf6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[By 2022, more than one-fifth of the flats at Buckingham Village complex in Dublin were subject to rental prohibitions. 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[Race kicks off for top ECB jobs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/race-kicks-off-for-top-ecb-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/race-kicks-off-for-top-ecb-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde, Philip Lane and Isabel Schnabel all due to step down next year]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3673L5PBGK3N3QVGBKOA53VFXE.jpg?auth=f63648d053f58390c0cb4cf18932203a8566af19f109558900e179bfa46eaa6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Philip Lane's term as chief economist of the European Central Bank ends next year. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Samuel Corum</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on data centres: a rift  between voters and Government]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/26/the-irish-times-view-on-data-centres-a-rift-between-voters-and-government/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/26/the-irish-times-view-on-data-centres-a-rift-between-voters-and-government/</guid><description><![CDATA[Current policy deserves more rigorous scrutiny from Opposition and civil society]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7UFGBWT3HYIEFLQHMQA54MQZIQ.jpg?auth=30cc831c95947568d789e388cb8c17a5d08bd3aba1d1e13838d8182a5f0d561c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Echlon Data Centre in Clondalkin Industrial Estate, Dublin. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aer Lingus to offer up to €180,000 redundancy to office staff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/aer-lingus-to-offer-up-to-180000-redundancy-to-office-staff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/aer-lingus-to-offer-up-to-180000-redundancy-to-office-staff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deal includes five weeks’ pay for every year worked, unions insist on voluntary departures]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C7R2ALXA4FCCZCNSHHWXXMJ6EU.JPG?auth=689d5d20e5fe01edc672d1783f24992e104851e2f6ed0edae3c1820c3a3b2eb4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aer Lingus could cut up to 500 jobs across pilots, cabin crews and head-office staff. 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[Decision to drop German from school syllabus in North a big mistake ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/decision-to-drop-german-from-school-syllabus-in-north-a-big-mistake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/decision-to-drop-german-from-school-syllabus-in-north-a-big-mistake/</guid><description><![CDATA[German literature has much to offer us]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 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[Aoibheann Reilly excited to return to starting line-up as Ireland prepare for Japan Test]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/aoibheann-reilly-returns-to-starting-line-up-as-ireland-prepare-for-japan-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/aoibheann-reilly-returns-to-starting-line-up-as-ireland-prepare-for-japan-test/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scrumhalf missed a year after getting injured in the World Cup quarter-final with a broken fibula]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7CJUM42SQ2SRSLDPOBDBIGEXCU.jpg?auth=7c9f3b510f75b1154326311ea6cd60fdc393f27bde25590b3ecf1dabb2de5aaf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Aoibheann Reilly is back starting after coming off the bench last weekend. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel v Ireland: Geopolitics and sport clash as FAI face into a week like no other]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/israel-and-ireland-preview-fai-and-irish-soccer-divided-as-geopolitics-and-sport-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/israel-and-ireland-preview-fai-and-irish-soccer-divided-as-geopolitics-and-sport-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘I’m not a psychologist, but the preparation has definitely been unorthodox’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HR7HCXKDCNBNFEOMV3ACAQQATI.jpg?auth=f4d854e267f95367abd232bf138457101e6ea9d39470866b81354b47701dc271&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Finn Azaz, left, and manager Heimir Hallgrímsson dejected after Thursday's 1-0 away defeat to Kosovo. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposal for Julianstown bypass and public realm works enjoys widespread support]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/proposal-for-julianstown-bypass-and-public-realm-works-enjoys-widespread-support/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/proposal-for-julianstown-bypass-and-public-realm-works-enjoys-widespread-support/</guid><description><![CDATA[Residents have campaigned for more than 40 years for this project to reverse neglect and dereliction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 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[Irish citizens are already ashamed of Israel and inaction, Taoiseach]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/irish-citizens-are-already-ashamed-of-israel-and-inaction-taoiseach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/irish-citizens-are-already-ashamed-of-israel-and-inaction-taoiseach/</guid><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin needs to act now and use his current position in the EU]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 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[Aidan O’Brien hopes Sun Goddess can continue to shine in latest Group One target]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/26/aidan-obrien-hopes-sun-goddess-can-continue-to-shine-in-latest-group-one-target/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/26/aidan-obrien-hopes-sun-goddess-can-continue-to-shine-in-latest-group-one-target/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael O’Callaghan aims for first top-flight success with Push The Boat Out]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2YCIBRBZDRGRNFLX6IP2BQDQIM.jpg?auth=6ddae1ee12c6ae9afeb10e58a9c7059272ce8d34185698a5e0437b4774525545&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sun Goddess, with Ryan Moore on board, wins the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on September 13th. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/still-time-for-fai-to-withdraw-from-ireland-israel-match/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/26/still-time-for-fai-to-withdraw-from-ireland-israel-match/</guid><description><![CDATA[National soccer federations must make a stand after so many deaths in Gaza]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 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[Doyle aiming to be ‘Big Money James’ after jetting in from New York for Irish Cesarewitch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/26/doyle-aiming-to-be-big-money-james-after-jetting-in-from-new-york-for-irish-cesarewitch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/09/26/doyle-aiming-to-be-big-money-james-after-jetting-in-from-new-york-for-irish-cesarewitch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Europe’s richest two-year-old race opens lucrative prizemoney weekend at the Curragh ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2JTT5WK54ZGWJBCYT5XMSK3JPQ.jpg?auth=0bc88a3c67a2086a616272596044f13097bef56bf76a16a5f4e442c15acaf354&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carry The Flag runs for Ballydoyle in the lucrative Goffs Million at the Curragh on Saturday. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: Why the discomfort over Israel fixtures? Because we know Ireland’s position is a fudge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/ken-early-why-the-discomfort-over-israel-fixtures-because-we-know-were-fudging-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/09/26/ken-early-why-the-discomfort-over-israel-fixtures-because-we-know-were-fudging-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland are anxious to get through these games without creating any unnecessary trouble. Israel are long past caring about that]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TBS3EZVDSND27IUG63RNYS4OLI.jpg?auth=9abe7e8faea23839a4c813f5c5bd0730c14e1080b4eb302bf15bef73a06b5d4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson at the Nations League match between Kosovo and the Republic of Ireland at Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina on Thursday. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writers behind Blue Lights: ‘I think I fell in love. I thought, I have to work with this guy’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/the-writers-behind-blue-lights-i-think-i-fell-in-love-i-thought-i-have-to-work-with-this-guy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/the-writers-behind-blue-lights-i-think-i-fell-in-love-i-thought-i-have-to-work-with-this-guy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson say that despite the ‘love’ in the North for their hit PSNI-centred drama, they were petrified to take on such a ‘hot potato’ topic]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIRQYQKLNBCZJF3MYSOZQLUM3Q.JPG?auth=352dbc0cd9d3a338964ebfbb579f4df6fe19024463112dd3304efd6b0a61589b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn: 'We really love the city. We want to build a place that means people can dream here and stay here if they want to be creators.' Photograph: Evanna Devine for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evanna Devine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-grown managers dominate intercounty football appointments for 2027]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/26/home-grown-managers-dominate-intercounty-football-appointments-for-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/09/26/home-grown-managers-dominate-intercounty-football-appointments-for-2027/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Only three counties remain without a senior football manager as Micheál Cahill prepares to take over in Limerick]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KHX4ZFNRR5AOBECQSBKWKVBNQA.jpg?auth=655db30e2983e80610e71e312d3a2dd39bdeca427f0884491a97a90e9ef58172&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Waterford's Ephie Fitzgerald. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonnie Greer obituary: Writer, broadcaster and warmly wry cultural critic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/26/bonnie-greer-obituary-writer-broadcaster-and-warmly-wry-cultural-critic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/26/bonnie-greer-obituary-writer-broadcaster-and-warmly-wry-cultural-critic/</guid><description><![CDATA[Her one regret about her TV success was that it overshadowed her writing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ENIZ7WSPGPFULSQKY6QQAA5AMY.jpg?auth=25d518c66e9403553043721f0b112fa86e59301127ec98ba23352cdd9cf6035f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bonnie Greer:  Won the hearts and minds of many Irish people after an appearance on BBC's Question Time opposing Brexit. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Jewish lives not count?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/do-jewish-lives-not-count/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/do-jewish-lives-not-count/</guid><description><![CDATA[If we’re going to display images of Palestinian victims, can we also include the victims of the October 7th attack?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The benefits of making time for silence and reflection at school]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/the-benefits-of-making-time-for-silence-and-reflection-at-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/the-benefits-of-making-time-for-silence-and-reflection-at-school/</guid><description><![CDATA[In a world of noise and anger, meditation gives children something they are missing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builder-TV presenter Harrison Gardner: ‘Ireland felt like the most welcoming country I’d ever been to’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/builder-tv-presenter-harrison-gardner-ireland-felt-like-the-most-welcoming-country-id-ever-been-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/builder-tv-presenter-harrison-gardner-ireland-felt-like-the-most-welcoming-country-id-ever-been-to/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosanna Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author, TV presenter and podcaster has taught hundreds of people through his building-for-beginners courses in Clare]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L46YIIBUAZHAZOVASGVGRX5KQE.JPG?auth=a63e5cba8c47dcaa73153a8228aac370b22dff033519cf372e2447ecc04a3abf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eco-builder, author and broadcaster Harrison Gardner at his home near Ennistymon, Co Clare. 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[Inside Budget 2027: ‘The meeting was brutal’ - the tensions on the road to new spending package]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/26/how-a-budget-is-made-warnings-pitches-bilaterals-and-the-end-of-the-world-memo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/09/26/how-a-budget-is-made-warnings-pitches-bilaterals-and-the-end-of-the-world-memo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In 10 days Simon Harris and Jack Chambers will present their budget – in Government back rooms the horse-trading with fellow Ministers is in full swing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QVH5JA4MGFF4JL3J56IGVNVZKU.jpg?auth=e20bc9616ba08741d01f707ed53ebb2cfa8e859e8d1283009fcd46b0b69e77ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Simon Harrisand Jack Chambers will present the budget on October 6th. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ireland feels about data-centre construction revealed in new Irish Times poll]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/majority-of-people-want-data-centre-construction-to-stop-irish-timesipsos-ba-poll-shows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/majority-of-people-want-data-centre-construction-to-stop-irish-timesipsos-ba-poll-shows/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than two-thirds of respondents say they support Ireland’s ‘current model of neutrality’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKBCD76WCBGYLI2KIDSZUDQKCQ.jpg?auth=252713e58f7002fb3b12782b4d3f673652f8b9c2a2f8672ee1b3305eb52eecfb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Data centres accounted for almost a quarter of the electricity consumed in Ireland last year. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buckingham Village was supposed to reinvigorate Dublin’s inner city. By 2022, it was its worst slum ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/buckingham-village-was-supposed-to-reinvigorate-dublins-inner-city-it-became-one-of-its-worst-slums/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/buckingham-village-was-supposed-to-reinvigorate-dublins-inner-city-it-became-one-of-its-worst-slums/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The north inner city flat complex has had more warning notices in recent years than any other development in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GH3V47RNKBH5XDRTM25HLBAS7M.jpg?auth=db063f82d88ec3cd3ca215bc1f8d678ca000995fd04126fcf97cc4ac77db98b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Buckingham Village complex is in Dublin's north inner city. Graphic: Paul Scott/The Irish Times and Google Earth]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This creature sways menacingly from side to side looking like a small snake]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/09/26/this-creature-sways-menacingly-from-side-to-side-looking-like-a-small-snake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/09/26/this-creature-sways-menacingly-from-side-to-side-looking-like-a-small-snake/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Biologist and environmentalist Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your notes and queries]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7RKUETPPLZFTLEGUWB53G23WHE.jpg?auth=66c0fa3e703692eb5ecc5325c83930ababdacffbb8244a7282e52f16a89dd9c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Caterpillar of the elephant hawk moth. Photograph via Carole Mahon]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s menu of chicken and AI fails to excite investors as US diners tighten belts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/mcdonalds-menu-of-chicken-and-ai-fails-to-excite-investors-as-us-diners-tighten-belts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/26/mcdonalds-menu-of-chicken-and-ai-fails-to-excite-investors-as-us-diners-tighten-belts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[World’s biggest fast-food chain grappling with changing consumer habits ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7HUAFTN2KSXLO4JLX7D3SAPGYM.jpg?auth=9822078b6f58010c52fe6a0a0f51da47c96890dffddb0fd7e2b69c697d645f54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[McDonald's new strategy has earmarked $8.5 billion (€7.46 billion) to help franchisees modernise restaurants over the next decade. 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Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In your 50s it feels like time is rapidly running out. Time for what though? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/in-your-50s-it-can-feels-like-time-is-rapidly-running-out-time-for-what-though-whats-so-urgent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/in-your-50s-it-can-feels-like-time-is-rapidly-running-out-time-for-what-though-whats-so-urgent/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Research tells me that 55 is an ‘angel number’ and could be a sign of ‘upcoming life changes, personal growth and fresh starts’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7BLA2DCZJC4TN44R56CKGE6M4.JPG?auth=0406a9cd885969dede8c59a244cf012d634e8a8edebbcb5c9a84c40c98f3b386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: I’ll be 55 in a couple of weeks, which is pleasing from a symmetrical point of view]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fare point]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/a-fare-point/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/a-fare-point/</guid><description><![CDATA[Commuters will save money when the buses fail to turn up]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters from America: ‘I would not advise anyone to come here that can live comfortable at home’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/letters-from-america-i-would-not-advise-any-one-to-come-here-that-can-live-comfortable-at-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/letters-from-america-i-would-not-advise-any-one-to-come-here-that-can-live-comfortable-at-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Breandán Mac Suibhne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From tenements to wagon trains, a book comprised of letters sent from the US between 1818 and 1972 illuminates the history of Irish emigration in an intensely personal way]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JR4BHNDOLBDYVBPFHQBTGMDJ2I.jpg?auth=8e6d78ffe8c1e023cc53aa385fcd9de541d30ee7d1ef4f8c2e52b14b05cee276&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emigrants leaving Derry for New York, 1948. From the Bigger and McDonald Collection, copyright LibrariesNI. Photograph: Derry Central Library]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Derry Central Library</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naomi Klein: The super rich need to be abolished and ‘prescribed a middle-class life’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/naomi-klein-the-super-rich-need-to-be-abolished-and-prescribed-a-middle-class-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/naomi-klein-the-super-rich-need-to-be-abolished-and-prescribed-a-middle-class-life/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[End Times Fascism by noted author and her collaborator Astra Taylor contains a hopeful prescription for neighbourly resistance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPVCVWMDURBRPCLJFWYQEN2YUE.jpg?auth=093ad1873280785ddcb82fab96e1437bfc826c7ffa095c470b0f226847bb4850&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Naomi Klein, social activist, filmmaker and co-author of End Times Fascism. Photograph: Kamil Bialous]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kamil Bialous</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re all groping in the dark]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/were-all-groping-in-the-dark/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/09/25/were-all-groping-in-the-dark/</guid><description><![CDATA[What TK Whitaker whispered to me while I had my dinner in Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Schwatschke: Irish artist who lived in world of Rolls-Royces and Hollywood hell-raisers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/26/john-schwatschke-artist-who-painted-de-valera-and-robert-mitchum-died-surrounded-by-nuns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/09/26/john-schwatschke-artist-who-painted-de-valera-and-robert-mitchum-died-surrounded-by-nuns/</guid><description><![CDATA[Irishman who lived in world of Rolls-Royces and Hollywood hell-raisers credited cut of his suits by Johnson’s tailors of Tullow with easing his passage into wealthy society]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YE2DUOMIJBCWNHJQAU5ECCQMWM.jpg?auth=dfe3edd43533c2de38bc68bfea8e3cd897e7d03f687362541353eb961ae3519c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Schwatschke: Humour remained central to his appeal; one collector told him that, when feeling down, she would sit before one of his paintings and feel her spirits rise]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demolition of 52 partially completed homes at Rock of Cashel to begin ‘shortly’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/demolition-of-partially-completed-estate-at-rock-of-cashel-to-begin-soon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/09/26/demolition-of-partially-completed-estate-at-rock-of-cashel-to-begin-soon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Local authority to undertake bat survey before works can finally get under way]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JBMKOX6HV5BQ5OSURZ3FKQYRBA.jpg?auth=dfb9073d714f4f77c9d9c4d93a4117007c5056140d2df9d26f9b50563511ef82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Some of the 52 partially completed homes in Ballypadeen in Cashel, Co Tipperary, that are due to be demolished by the council. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Ireland ready for a monster El Nino? Expect ugly potatoes, transport chaos and widespread disruption]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/is-ireland-ready-for-a-monster-el-nino-expect-ugly-potatoes-transport-chaos-and-widespread-disruption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/is-ireland-ready-for-a-monster-el-nino-expect-ugly-potatoes-transport-chaos-and-widespread-disruption/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Climate scientists warn the impending super-strong El Niño will have ripple effects worldwide and have implications for more than just the national weather]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ITO66YRGMRGFVH3OKZH2C3YSQU.jpg?auth=69b1c412d889bd62070e0e4892a69f4c11070843e702a7539ccde7202c68cd37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hurricane Karina southwest of Baja California]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FrankRamspott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Government may face battle to remove triple lock as voters align with Opposition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/triple-lock-may-prove-tough-to-remove-as-poll-shows-many-voters-aligning-with-opposition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/26/triple-lock-may-prove-tough-to-remove-as-poll-shows-many-voters-aligning-with-opposition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Times poll results suggest Irish public strongly backs ‘current model of neutrality’ but hasn’t definitely made its mind up ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFPNWULVQRDTNIHEYWMIQ7I73E.jpg?auth=5d07ec965389a333ca628e6f9697ec36f8ef3bc0c9b9b3bc7b6ac4fd1e7ca8a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Under the law as it stands, it would be illegal for Irish troops to be part of an EU mission in Lebanon to replace the UN Unifil mission there. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bord Bia chairman faces fresh criticism over imported chicken at Dublin restaurant he part-owns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/bord-bia-chairman-faces-fresh-criticism-over-imported-chicken-at-restaurant-he-part-owns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/bord-bia-chairman-faces-fresh-criticism-over-imported-chicken-at-restaurant-he-part-owns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[IFA accuses Larry Murrin of ‘making a mockery’ of Bord Bia]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2GHFU6EKZBHGPPODNCFLIAIECY.JPG?auth=82f6f2e568e1a04658389d5a2f03901015e68cbc4d0a28aa8db18c67c0be1c00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Larry Murrin, who is also the chief executive and founder of the Dawn Farms food group, came under fire earlier this year as a result of his company’s importation of beef from Brazil. 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[Revealed: Ireland’s Greenest Places 2026 shortlist ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/revealed-irelands-greenest-places-2026-shortlist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/26/revealed-irelands-greenest-places-2026-shortlist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eleven entries have made it to the final stage of deliberation in this year’s competition]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B3A2ZMIFIRH47OQ5FXKABJZT2E.png?auth=3da04d01ed5f14a806ca0e8c4e303ba5dacfb1a872f97cf5d160adc8fcd2c286&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Greenest Places 2026 entries have been narrowed down to a shortlist of 11. Photographs: Nick Bradshaw/Chris Maddaloni/ The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builder-TV presenter Harrison Gardner on five things every Irish home should do to prepare for the unexpected]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/09/26/broadcaster-builder-harrison-gardner-on-five-things-every-irish-home-should-do-to-prepare-for-the-unexpected/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/09/26/broadcaster-builder-harrison-gardner-on-five-things-every-irish-home-should-do-to-prepare-for-the-unexpected/</guid><description><![CDATA[These tips are about closing small gaps in an ordinary home that can cause anxiety when things aren’t going to plan]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QKQ22RMJIBGBZGYGMB432L2IVI.JPG?auth=021af3a6b83e4d274e0a2a7fe10f9a25b5cec8bc4e6cb381dd0c34068bf37901&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Harrison Gardner at his home in Maurices Mills, Ennistymon, Co Clare. 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[‘We’ve been trying to break them up, haven’t we? A year or two in the clink – he won’t wait for her’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/weve-been-trying-to-break-them-up-havent-we-a-year-or-two-in-the-clink-he-wont-wait-for-her/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/weve-been-trying-to-break-them-up-havent-we-a-year-or-two-in-the-clink-he-wont-wait-for-her/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hennessy suddenly smiles at the old man. ‘Damn it,’ the old man goes, ‘you’ve got an idea, haven’t you?’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K6HG33I77FBY5NRE4L65OEMXHU.jpg?auth=2bfa0399589f0938e3e5c57a6c2577af1ced24e063e9d1c476c14daf184a2719&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charles O'Carroll-Kelly: 'I was pulled over for driving – shall we say – erratically on the Rock Road.' Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I always had massive doubts about myself’: Peter O’Mahony on Munster and the aftermath]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/peter-omahony-autobiography-all-in-rugby-munster-ireland-lions-doubts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/09/26/peter-omahony-autobiography-all-in-rugby-munster-ireland-lions-doubts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In his autobiography, the rugby great talks leadership, loyalty and the day Graham Rowntree said it was over]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QEYBNXMZXNH3RPNOO34VHXF7A4.jpg?auth=6f8df6123f937a68ebbb6fddee20f78360a4b39d2b47afbe6bb2c5ea6e951b97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter O’Mahony applauds fans at Virgin Media Park, Cork, in May 2025 on one of his last appearances for Munster. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could the Australian health service website hack happen in Ireland? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/26/could-the-australian-health-service-website-hack-happen-here/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/09/26/could-the-australian-health-service-website-hack-happen-here/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The incident is the first publicly reported breach of a government website by an AI ‘agent’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFNVDMCP3BJU2LRBUOAI2TEQBY.jpg?auth=23ac99fe4a3d10674175cd5d49922d997a35d3fcf4e181baaf47a8c5c8f9a1d9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An ‘agent’ from ChatGPT-maker Open AI hacked an Australian statistics portal. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Asanka Ratnayake</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland is experiencing a surge in immigration. This raises questions for our tax and welfare system]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/irelands-tax-and-welfare-system-must-change-to-keep-up-with-migrant-workforce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/09/26/irelands-tax-and-welfare-system-must-change-to-keep-up-with-migrant-workforce/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If we want to take in lots of low-skilled migrants – to do the jobs the Irish won’t do – financial realities must be addressed]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2APABF4MJBOREPQO2RKIKLKHU.jpg?auth=7522f406fbc04f17f76d30f4608255ef78f400b709eff5f2435d10cf0e0d92d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No scrub: Aran Island goats for hire to combat nuisance plants and protect biodiversity ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/no-scrub-aran-island-goats-for-hire-to-combat-nuisance-plants-and-protect-biodiversity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/26/no-scrub-aran-island-goats-for-hire-to-combat-nuisance-plants-and-protect-biodiversity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Hamilton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Under an agricultural scheme, Fionn Ó Flaithearta can be paid for targeted grazing and thriving wildflowers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BLON7HB5B5CPVLGK6YAWZKCPY4.jpg?auth=04a0f3a7c5d3051962408396b4006bc21cfe6815f3ecdacdfc385ef77df53924&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Inis Mór farmer Ó Flaithearta. Photograph: Ciarán MacChoncarraige]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bono on U2’s first days, 50 years ago: ‘Edge and Larry could play. Adam and myself were bluffing’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/26/bono-on-u2s-first-days-50-years-ago-edge-and-larry-could-play-adam-and-myself-were-bluffing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/26/bono-on-u2s-first-days-50-years-ago-edge-and-larry-could-play-adam-and-myself-were-bluffing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[U2 talk about the truth behind their now legendary origin story at Mount Temple school in Dublin, what has kept them together since 1976, and their new album]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LMXKWNHYMBA45JRASU42JEXBQA.jpg?auth=7b34a1726db6a64c3cbdaee34135e7561d718880ad94d248fdf84fda440d3cea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[U2 in October 1981. Photograph: Ian Finlay]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Society director Rachel Kavanaugh: ‘Jukebox is often used disparagingly. But a jukebox musical can be brilliant’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/09/26/high-society-director-rachel-kavanaugh-jukebox-is-often-used-disparagingly-but-a-jukebox-musical-can-be-brilliant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/09/26/high-society-director-rachel-kavanaugh-jukebox-is-often-used-disparagingly-but-a-jukebox-musical-can-be-brilliant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Keating]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Musicals are a formidably expensive business, and the jukebox variety offer a sense of security to both producers and spectators]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GPAHT6UAKBBVBOXR7FNBYJDU7U.jpg?auth=d6fa66d1c187f3cf99681443c5256482d1c4eeccba2878601a83617602d0d96d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High Society: Helen George as Tracy Lord, with the ensemble. Photograph: Pamela Raith]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">PAMELA RAITH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love good French sauvignon blanc? Try a white Bordeaux]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/09/26/do-you-love-good-french-sauvignon-blanc-try-a-white-bordeaux/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/09/26/do-you-love-good-french-sauvignon-blanc-try-a-white-bordeaux/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bordeaux tends to be known for its reds, but wine insiders have been admiring its whites for years]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XNJTZOOSHBGIDCLGVT5NJYGGHM.jpg?auth=bcef3b031358e3da09f9533ef29bae94eeaf4ab13192b384156a0cfca60c9a68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four sauvignon blancs priced between €15 and €35]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mainie Jellett at Whyte’s auction: a unique marriage of cubism with religious and Celtic motifs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/09/26/mainie-jellett-at-whytes-auction-a-unique-marriage-of-cubism-with-religious-and-celtic-motifs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/09/26/mainie-jellett-at-whytes-auction-a-unique-marriage-of-cubism-with-religious-and-celtic-motifs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two particular pieces mark the artist’s concerns: La Pietà and Nude by the Sea]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I3OHGR4TVNGW5DQOT6A5JG36SA.jpg?auth=a352939d756f1bb183cdfc168caad296d39db0cb2afece4b20f5bcf28e8b6804&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mainie Jellett, Nude by the Sea, 1941]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">gillian buckley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eating in: It doesn’t get better than a movie night at home with classic, elevated snacks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/eating-in-it-doesnt-get-better-than-a-movie-night-at-home-with-classic-elevated-snacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/eating-in-it-doesnt-get-better-than-a-movie-night-at-home-with-classic-elevated-snacks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Who needs a cinema when you’ve got loaded nachos with chilli beef and parmesan?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y7RREWBE7NGYZPWN3WGIH3NAVI.jpg?auth=643125196a66a6479e449343d70abff64628e1078e214d7ccda896597c97b196&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's movie night: two easy ways to make watching a film at home feel really special. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to set your garden ablaze with autumn colour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/09/26/set-your-garden-ablaze-with-autumn-colour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/09/26/set-your-garden-ablaze-with-autumn-colour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It’s the season for trees and shrubs to steal the limelight through a process of radical transformation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVKB2DVHFZC6XFVSCZJUAQBIJI.jpg?auth=b524f5d64791f7a91358fe9b0cfff83ee0e30a40a91d1bc19ffa388dcd2041b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It’s the season for trees and shrubs to steal the limelight. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sabine Wagner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exposed – The Scandals that Shook the Irish State: Drawing a line from the past to today’s hot issues]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/26/exposed-the-scandals-that-shook-the-irish-state-drawing-a-line-from-the-past-to-todays-hot-issues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/26/exposed-the-scandals-that-shook-the-irish-state-drawing-a-line-from-the-past-to-todays-hot-issues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Higgins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stories of envelopes exchanged in pubs and Mafiosi-like politicians are familiar, but they still shock]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TZMQ45XMHNODJEEWSN4777PTAE.jpg?auth=a72f4b8c7303705ee5410191f217a5226bc122706c57874e2cc2f459a7d76807&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Developer Tom Gilmartin leaving the Mahon Tribunal at Dublin Castle. His Kafkaesque experiences as described in Frank Connolly's book are 'particularly evocative'. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matt Kavanagh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s movie night recipe for loaded home-made hot dogs with crème fraîche and jalapeño]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/mark-moriartys-movie-night-recipe-for-loaded-home-made-hot-dogs-with-sour-cream-and-jalapeno/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/09/26/mark-moriartys-movie-night-recipe-for-loaded-home-made-hot-dogs-with-sour-cream-and-jalapeno/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Make sure you warm the brioche buns just before serving]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NKNJNUDO4VGNTG7RPWITL546YQ.jpg?auth=2d964180bc264db648b2d3e46f5285e8a16d214de96b81a84d769e3758fff710&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Movie night: Mark Moriarty's recipe for loaded home-made hot dogs with sour cream and jalapeno. Photograph: Harry Weir
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s movie night recipe for loaded nachos with chilli beef and Parmesan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/26/mark-moriartys-movie-night-recipe-for-loaded-nachos-with-chilli-beef-and-parmesan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/09/26/mark-moriartys-movie-night-recipe-for-loaded-nachos-with-chilli-beef-and-parmesan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember to start off with a pot that can be placed in the oven with a lid on ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XMSFQIRVOFDM7EEGK5WOVQPJ7U.jpg?auth=84ef50347a643183d5573e6c68ed44f2e4b9b61eb6faaefeeaf6c3b1825c6f60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Movie night: Mark Moriarty's loaded nachos with chilli beef and parmesan. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukrainian Lessons - Art in a Time of War: A plea about a conflict in the here and now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/02/ukrainian-lessons-art-in-a-time-of-war-a-plea-about-a-conflict-in-the-here-and-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/02/ukrainian-lessons-art-in-a-time-of-war-a-plea-about-a-conflict-in-the-here-and-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Cunning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Guardian’s chief culture writer offers Ukrainian art as something happening now, not work to be interpreted later]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YX7TDFIMVX56TZQJR445NA7N4I.jpg?auth=5e720c68d1d0f7d2aa698d20b6881f1f9e3d2aef053d41f7545ec48c587de98c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Visitors take shelter following an air raid alert during Ukrainian Fashion Week in the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex in Kyiv on September 4th, 2026. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Roman Pilipey</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Equality of All Things by Carlo Rovelli: A sceptical eye on humanity’s grand claims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/26/on-the-equality-of-all-things-by-carlo-rovelli-a-sceptical-eye-on-humanitys-grand-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/09/26/on-the-equality-of-all-things-by-carlo-rovelli-a-sceptical-eye-on-humanitys-grand-claims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Banville]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Italian theoretical physicist’s most ambitious work so far is marvellous, insouciant and liberating]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CDUHVRTQGNFV7EB4KI32PUZTEQ.jpg?auth=f2d703a3e8483e68eb3b4ff3f1b844b788d82cf7b4354b2b3a9a044519908f7a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carlo Rovelli, author of On the Equality of All Things: Physics and Philosophy. Photograph: Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stefania D'Alessandro</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Boyne: ‘Wilde was gay, he went to Trinity, he went to England. That’s me, me, me’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/john-boyne-i-cant-compare-myself-to-oscar-wilde-but-i-certainly-feel-a-connection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/john-boyne-i-cant-compare-myself-to-oscar-wilde-but-i-certainly-feel-a-connection/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish author’s new novel is an alternate history in which Wilde lives a long life. It has been on his list of books to write for years, he says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MNHXTWXIINH4JPGD2FDNQGXTCQ.JPG?auth=7e183ad64deccfe5348f1e27b2f1f758abb58482eaaaecee14c8d511f74f3525&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Literary inspiration: John Boyne with a statue of Oscar Wilde in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AK Blakemore: ‘The best historical fiction is comfortable living with the sheer weirdness of the past’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/ak-blakemore-the-best-historical-fiction-is-comfortable-living-with-the-sheer-weirdness-of-the-past/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/ak-blakemore-the-best-historical-fiction-is-comfortable-living-with-the-sheer-weirdness-of-the-past/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author on new novel Doom Painting, the parts of English history that are ‘intentionally minimised’, and her memories of 2005 bombings of London]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AHPDB6QDDFGPJB5OI3MUOTV4LU.JPG?auth=ef6dc48004bb200f5d89db896ed09f987e344fe98341b9b1bbc624aea757c27a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AK Blakemore. Photograph: Alice Zoo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alice Zoo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Dublin Eclipse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/poem-of-the-week-dublin-eclipse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/09/26/poem-of-the-week-dublin-eclipse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Wyeth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Adam Wyeth]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z57JLF7O4FFLJJKKMJIWWF2EVM.jpeg?auth=1cbcb90005cd29ad3277f310a98cc9f1d69d8b550234fe0d8e5c37fb595fcdf3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Using a colander to take in the solar eclipse, August 2026.]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>