<?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/2026-10-03/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:03:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Today’s Bible accurately represents what was originally written, despite differences in style]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/04/todays-bible-accurately-represents-what-was-originally-written-despite-differences-in-style/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/04/todays-bible-accurately-represents-what-was-originally-written-despite-differences-in-style/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Canon Ian Ellis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: William Tyndale’s translation of the Greek New Testament into English appeared 500 years ago]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A32IVI3CZFFY3BXPVYKS5IZ77Y.jpg?auth=f31859006d6956395c63e3575748addfa78e90703ecf50b4fabc294163f2365c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[When it comes to the history of the text of the New Testament, there are many twists and turns. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diy13</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson: ‘They can’t have this happening again, just for the players’ welfare’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/they-cant-have-this-happening-again-just-for-the-players-welfare-heimir-hallgrimsson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/they-cant-have-this-happening-again-just-for-the-players-welfare-heimir-hallgrimsson/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FAI will have opportunity to raise question of avoiding Israel at Uefa gathering in Berlin next week]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4DW42QTB7PV4LMBIAYLMMBEYIM.jpg?auth=f5c9aa716b15ade215b7cfe9878c7d1e293d0df5d33f013b6da2bf5ea979e589&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson leaves the press conference in TSC Arena, Bačka Topola, Serbia. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charlie O’Shea produces dream display and guides Munster to important win over Bulls]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/charlie-oshea-produces-dream-display-and-guides-munster-to-important-win-over-bulls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/charlie-oshea-produces-dream-display-and-guides-munster-to-important-win-over-bulls/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Outhalf making his first start for the province scores two tries in URC victory at Thomond Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWTGJSCFNBDTZATQ2JDJ7XEBCU.jpg?auth=4e4e0241f633c149efc79cca87651ce7ca1a57bb6245aa873af413dece9d73b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster's Charlie O’Shea scores his side's third try despite Zak Burger of the Bulls. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin ‘sincerity’ over Garvaghy Road situation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/taoiseach-questions-sinn-fein-sincerity-over-garvaghy-road-situation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/taoiseach-questions-sinn-fein-sincerity-over-garvaghy-road-situation/</guid><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin says one football match is not going to get Israeli government to ‘change direction’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:48:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ECRDY4NUXMWTPQRAXKXISR2UWQ.jpg?auth=87578971c1bb656a5bd918aa0ff5d006c22e1ab180c86761f56bc4cec91051ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Micheál Martin does not agree that the dispute could be solved by telling Andy Burnham to stop the march. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wpa Pool</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are not doing questions like this’: Sound and fury continues to swirl around Ireland and Israel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/we-are-not-doing-questions-like-this-sound-and-fury-continues-to-swirl-around-ireland-and-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/we-are-not-doing-questions-like-this-sound-and-fury-continues-to-swirl-around-ireland-and-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Press conferences for both teams were tense, with the two head coaches saying they wanted to stick to talking about the game]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:20:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OO36NWEWXZEJ7K2HY4AJHYKLIE.jpg?auth=d4ce5e5cd88e0c56af3cc9064e0da34b767f634d5d9661ac4d86a3e325182d59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson being interviewed in the dressing room after exiting the press conference. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taoiseach signals halt to home heating oil carbon tax increases for lifetime of Government]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/taoiseach-signals-halt-to-home-heating-oil-carbon-tax-increases-for-lifetime-of-government/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/taoiseach-signals-halt-to-home-heating-oil-carbon-tax-increases-for-lifetime-of-government/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Micheál Martin also confirms welfare recipients and pensioners can expect Christmas bonus ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:03:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UWEN4MZYJ5EI5OJEPM7EWBPATQ.JPG?auth=cdf8395e8c746482fb91918af422f35ea1fa46745b66fdf4d80c9e9970efb1e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Micheál Martin was speaking in advance of the Cáirde Fáil dinner in Dublin.  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[Young Leinster side outmuscled by physical Sharks in Durban]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/young-leinster-side-outmuscled-by-physical-sharks-in-durban/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/young-leinster-side-outmuscled-by-physical-sharks-in-durban/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Exposing young players to high-level rugby will be arguably more valuable as the season unfurls despite defeat]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:36:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VZFK327QNAH3T6N2EGOGRBCL2A.jpg?auth=8c78b07252b4dcce65538c55c1e379863a26bf88777c91e84c3bf804272e17ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Alan Spicer comes up against Phepsi Buthelezi of Sharks. Photograph: Darren Stewart/Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster draw with Glasgow in high-scoring thriller]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ulster-draw-with-glasgow-in-high-scoring-thriller/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ulster-draw-with-glasgow-in-high-scoring-thriller/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A remarkable game saw both sides reduced to 13 men at different points]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:19:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AQ44BNF7A6VH57HEJD5YHFMKPQ.jpg?auth=e997e74c2b6219d69252dcd2c3d44c90d0352dbbb3c522b9c53956aa4f190f47&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster's Jack Murphy takes a kick against Glasgow. Photograph: Craig Watson/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[England score seven as they turn on style to crush shambolic Croatia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/england-score-seven-as-they-turn-on-style-to-crush-shambolic-croatia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/england-score-seven-as-they-turn-on-style-to-crush-shambolic-croatia/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dominant performance for England with Kane and Saka both scoring twice in behind-closed-doors game]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/POW45DB3YINBP4ZEFIIXRXLZYY.jpg?auth=2f24acd2cebd2131b9cca57d4bf4a48d1b5f2bffda7557d77faf7e860ee922de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Morgan Rogers of England scores his team’s seventh goal past Dominik Livakovic of Croatia. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli and Irish press conferences: Hallgrímsson’s ends after allegation was made]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/live-updates-heimir-hallgrimsson-to-speak-ahead-of-ireland-v-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/live-updates-heimir-hallgrimsson-to-speak-ahead-of-ireland-v-israel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israel manager says ‘we know what we are playing for’ against Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:06:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KZIFYM34B2SUPX2X2E73ZTZARU.jpg?auth=e72b49c5bfc06ce2816d9fd4880d560918a7dc5eab11681fee74583ce1816bf1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson during the Nations League match against Austria. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two US Air Force fighter jets land at Shannon after issue over the Atlantic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/two-us-air-force-fighter-jets-land-at-shannon-after-fuel-issue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/two-us-air-force-fighter-jets-land-at-shannon-after-fuel-issue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Flynn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagles left base in UK earlier on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:52:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJKRTZMHUVEAHGXLVEPMWCQLBY.jpg?auth=ccfb70b071081e8faa1036df46971da9275acf478a11543614ad000a9489c8c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shannon Airport’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted. Photograph: Stephen O'Malley
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen O'Malley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tánaiste Simon Harris and wife Caoimhe welcome baby girl]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/tanaiste-simon-harris-welcomes-baby-girl-one-week-before-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/tanaiste-simon-harris-welcomes-baby-girl-one-week-before-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Finance will take paternity leave after Friday’s duties, it is understood]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RWJF4CMWBVFZXHRHPZGG25MPYQ.jpg?auth=d1eeffad6d87f8e93b63616e0bbd76af503203617c997119db6c6be9d95f50ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris with Jack Chambers, the Minister for Public Expenditure. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times








Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pádraig Harrington in top 25 at Dunhill Links as Liam Nolan wins in Abu Dhabi]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/03/padraig-harrington-in-top-25-at-dunhill-links-as-liam-nolan-wins-in-abu-dhabi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/03/padraig-harrington-in-top-25-at-dunhill-links-as-liam-nolan-wins-in-abu-dhabi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nolan takes big step towards DP World Tour status for next season with win on HotelPlanner Tour]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FRCUHGIA2VZVUH3L2DHUP2FFRI.jpg?auth=f8d017aa796f4912bbcf8a989d5c13482c6e8024688b461ded843c3456e243e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pádraig Harrington of Ireland plays a shot on day three of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jan Kruger</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women urged to document bad experiences of Ireland’s family law system for UN committee  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/women-urged-to-document-bad-experiences-of-irelands-family-law-system-for-un-committee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/women-urged-to-document-bad-experiences-of-irelands-family-law-system-for-un-committee/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Survivors tell Dublin event of being failed by system as group calls for in-camera reform]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NSF5SHQEKFBK7BZ76S2Q44KU2A.png?auth=f00d4e2e67622c2fce6b6a6d980cb5ec638a64cf2d76b26d6e866cecdbb2c069&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan was called on to implement the recommendations of a May 2025 review]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland deliver improved performance to comfortably beat Japan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ireland-deliver-improved-performance-to-comfortably-beat-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ireland-deliver-improved-performance-to-comfortably-beat-japan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Debut tries scored for Alana McInerney and Sophie Barrett at Virgin Media Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:48:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/URZBIOQUYNPSTCTR5R6HY4CQPU.jpg?auth=4932a5b65d3bf23f5e93ddc4dde9db0a219a8320cb6df0437d5140367df93e85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Alana McInerney scores her side's sixth try on her debut. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands attend rallies as Drumcree stand-off enters seventh day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/rival-rallies-planned-as-drumcree-stand-off-enters-seventh-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/rival-rallies-planned-as-drumcree-stand-off-enters-seventh-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘There will be no Orange march down this road, not now and not ever,’ Mary Lou McDonald tells Garvaghy Road rally ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRMRFYFY6Q57O6QO32EOSD7JDA.jpg?auth=0eb838ca1764b4b30884e5f8f5f8d1192730012c671e346b1ebbb47f089d441b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thousands of people attended a rally in support of the Garvaghy Road residents on Saturday. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘State bodies need to know they are being watched’: Government TD launches public spending site]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/state-bodies-need-to-know-they-are-being-watched-government-td-launches-public-spending-site/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/state-bodies-need-to-know-they-are-being-watched-government-td-launches-public-spending-site/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Backbencher wants to create ‘panopticon’ for State entities and says Taoiseach approves]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:57:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QEEO6FTFPBA25HTUNEBRZB6NNI.png?auth=c991c219c23d29f98bd84674ea133bd835c783d8bc024c8123aabdcb1815f22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A screenshot of StateSpend.ie, the tool launched by Fianna Fáil TD Albert Dolan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (20s) seriously injured in crash between jeep and e-bike in Co Louth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/woman-20s-seriously-injured-in-crash-between-jeep-and-e-bike-in-co-louth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/woman-20s-seriously-injured-in-crash-between-jeep-and-e-bike-in-co-louth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[E-bike rider in hospital with serious injuries following collision in Co Louth ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:33:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/APE6R6T6F5E3JAS7MCSV24SJ5Y.jpg?auth=d9ffec8e8648a097e4aebc0207a1a71e7ff9ed9d487035771e0ba8d80401f368&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadly Russian strikes damage Kyiv bridge as aerial assault intensifies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/pa/2026/10/03/deadly-russian-strikes-damage-kyiv-bridge-as-aerial-assault-intensifies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/pa/2026/10/03/deadly-russian-strikes-damage-kyiv-bridge-as-aerial-assault-intensifies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press Reporters]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Six people were killed in latest attack on Ukraine’s capital]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:39:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/THMO22KFAJ2IR3BP73IE3SI6ZE.jpg?auth=b33036a8f06b4da5e2bbae06a322f0a8561d9a95ca897d488c6f56f8449adf80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian strikes are continuing to cause civilian casualties in Ukraine. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrii Marienko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diesel and petrol prices approach April peaks as US and G7 agree strategic reserve release]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/diesel-and-petrol-prices-approach-april-peaks-as-us-and-g7-agree-strategic-reserve-release/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/diesel-and-petrol-prices-approach-april-peaks-as-us-and-g7-agree-strategic-reserve-release/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Average price of petrol in Ireland is €1.99 per litre, while diesel stands at €2.16 per litre, monitoring site reports]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:04:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EU67CSMXCFBTFLCBFDTP6UAR5E.JPG?auth=910d9b2fa745df5e8be47737fd56d55c41790a3b6ead8dbe30d2eb63b8ea350b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fuel prices have remained volatile since the protests in April, exacerbated by global instability, particularly the US-Iran war. Photograph: Alan Betson ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I wrestled with it a lot’: Galway manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice on potentially facing Kerry]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/03/i-wrestled-with-it-a-lot-galway-manager-eamonn-fitzmaurice-on-potentially-facing-kerry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/03/i-wrestled-with-it-a-lot-galway-manager-eamonn-fitzmaurice-on-potentially-facing-kerry/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Timing was just right for the former manager of the Kingdom to take on Galway challenge]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:38:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q34PZVRVNRDDZNZLZ723DSX35M.jpg?auth=94b582d5b20ac2cbcc2b603055200f14da33377d83bdecaf3d3481ea7838e336&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Éamonn Fitzmaurice said he isn’t the first Kerry man to take charge of another county and play the Kingdom. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland captain Dara O’Shea is doubt for Israel match as partner is giving birth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/ireland-captain-dara-oshea-is-doubt-for-israel-match-as-partner-is-giving-birth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/ireland-captain-dara-oshea-is-doubt-for-israel-match-as-partner-is-giving-birth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Defender has expressed a desire to link up with the squad after the baby arrives]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:18:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3KWENI3BX27C2RC2ZYM6VX5T4Q.jpg?auth=bde53bca79b7ccd11329a9ec08a7c5a9f843c20dba5618364dc4fe49390a7b55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland’s Dara O'Shea, who has captained his country in this window in the absence of Nathan Collins. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrímsson’s press conference ended after ‘verbal attack’ from Israeli reporters]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/heimir-hallgrimssons-press-conference-ended-after-verbal-attack-from-israeli-reporters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/heimir-hallgrimssons-press-conference-ended-after-verbal-attack-from-israeli-reporters/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Manager subsequently spoke to the Irish written press in the changing room before training]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:57:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BFDICNGJGWTYHAJ52TVI7C5NAQ.jpg?auth=15d4dbce774c1d39d406821955e91515649e25a9c42d40260afdf06fb1bdb2f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heimir Hallgrimsson, head coach of Republic of Ireland, answered questions in Serbia. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Max Verstappen ends pole wait at Bahrain GP in Malaysia but Russell risks losing more ground]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/03/max-verstappen-ends-pole-wait-at-bahrain-gp-in-malaysia-but-russell-risks-losing-more-ground/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/03/max-verstappen-ends-pole-wait-at-bahrain-gp-in-malaysia-but-russell-risks-losing-more-ground/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton starts second on the front row]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:41:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7M7GBIPELVRLH4CMZRXGONJK4I.jpg?auth=5df827da058c427e9fd44a21aa0279e331653ad73c3af922c272247663701b28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen reacts after qualifying in pole position in Bahrain. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">I-Hwa Cheng</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latvians vote in election in shadow of drone incursions and war in Ukraine ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/03/latvians-vote-in-election-in-shadow-of-drone-incursions-and-war-in-ukraine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/03/latvians-vote-in-election-in-shadow-of-drone-incursions-and-war-in-ukraine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kuba Stezycki, Janis Laizans]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pro-Ukrainian prime minister Andris Kulbergs is likely to hold on to power]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:38:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIENHRO4FAX3ICEZWHQ7TRERBU.jpg?auth=90038fa5d12f8f330ebb7ac1d4f60f6e5aceec7072473851a9c6a740272677bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Latvian prime minister Andris Kulbergs with his son in front of a polling station in Riga during Latvia's parliamentary elections. Photograph: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wojtek Radwanski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ set to run up four-year €960,000 Dublin hotels bill for contributors and celebrity guests]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/10/03/rte-set-to-run-up-960000-hotel-bill-over-four-years-for-contributors-and-celebrity-guests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/10/03/rte-set-to-run-up-960000-hotel-bill-over-four-years-for-contributors-and-celebrity-guests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No alcoholic drinks can be charged to broadcaster at four- and five-star lodgings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:54:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3BF4ZH5TAZGNTMUTDCXV6Y4XCE.jpg?auth=75994ade8ce6941d80407e7fa9a4081f42f6cb6e5a5fc1332e082d254b461459&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ has a varying requirement for hotel services from conference room facilities to celebrity and contributor accommodation. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zinc review: One man’s unusual history becomes a left-field meditation on identity and language]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/03/zinc-review-one-mans-unusual-history-becomes-a-left-field-meditation-on-identity-and-language/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/03/zinc-review-one-mans-unusual-history-becomes-a-left-field-meditation-on-identity-and-language/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max McGuinness]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel direct a multinational, plurilingual cast in their adaptation of David Van Reybrouck’s book]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRENFY4EARCJ3NSLMPDADPB4GU.jpg?auth=c4f83d3bf3cf88de24178d480dd73a47d25dbaf2e0a8a87e419e476f09f4968e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zinc: Fábio Godinho, Cathy Min Jung, Timmy Creed, Mila Moinzadeh and Julie Mughunda. Photograph: Alexandre Fytrakis]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will AI really kill most desk jobs ‘within the next 12 to 18 months’?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/will-artificial-intelligence-kill-off-the-desk-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/will-artificial-intelligence-kill-off-the-desk-job/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people’s jobs entail]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QEMLEDOMYVGH7ANWBW2CT2GX7U.jpg?auth=8da121520cedf0049e0d98dcfee736ca042d160a8d48a2a5c13464d7635ec105&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AI’s ability to supercharge some forms of output could generate the need for more co-ordination and decision-making work. Getty Images/fStop]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Malte Mueller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí trying to track whereabouts of Christy Kinahan snr]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-trying-to-track-whereabouts-of-christy-kinahan-snr-days-after-expiry-of-uae-visa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-trying-to-track-whereabouts-of-christy-kinahan-snr-days-after-expiry-of-uae-visa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cartel founder (69) was told to leave Dubai by September 29th after change of attitude by authorities]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAI72D2P4FFZDJUGTZP2PY7SRQ.jpg?auth=f58d6e0f283c405c73555c4a8697f9b8604ef25e82c792e72355c136a03b30d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There wherabouts of Christopher Kinahan snr is unknown after his reported departure from the UAE ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with emergency axe, UAE says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/reuters/2026/10/03/flydubai-co-pilot-attacked-captain-with-axe-uae-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/reuters/2026/10/03/flydubai-co-pilot-attacked-captain-with-axe-uae-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Alleged suspect has been named as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:20:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QD4R2DUPZ6OJHCQOCISDKTNCFI.jpg?auth=581793d1b900e347266d281ca60e4672b464dfda58b444f43e25203e7e663ca8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The co-pilot of the Flydubai flight attacked the ⁠captain​ ‌and attempted to ​take control of the ⁠Israel-bound aircraft. Photograph: Erik Marmor/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Erik Marmor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí await technical and postmortem results on woman who died after falling from balcony]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-await-technical-and-postmortem-results-on-woman-who-died-after-falling-from-balcony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/gardai-await-technical-and-postmortem-results-on-woman-who-died-after-falling-from-balcony/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Officers say they still want to hear from witnesses who were in Belmayne, north Dublin, at the time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6XUBKJ64UVDQFPUHCD6EHFKUUM.jpg?auth=102ffcace3ac0afb2fe12f274814a9009e0cdf5e8a0a741e0dd84ac0c7487caf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathleen Carey, who died on Wednesday, was described 'as a kind, loving, funny person']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle earners could be €750 better off post-budget, but they may not be impressed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/cliff-taylor-middle-earners-could-be-up-to-750-better-off-post-budget-they-may-not-be-overwhelmed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/cliff-taylor-middle-earners-could-be-up-to-750-better-off-post-budget-they-may-not-be-overwhelmed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is ironic that the hardline fiscal conservative of Irish politics is Jack Chambers because he wants to control spending   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +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[Chief Rabbi: All the good that might have come from Ireland v Israel has been lost]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/chief-rabbi-all-the-good-that-might-have-come-from-ireland-v-israel-has-been-lost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/chief-rabbi-all-the-good-that-might-have-come-from-ireland-v-israel-has-been-lost/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yoni Wieder]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Israeli squad includes a number of Palestinian citizens of Israel. This fact has barely been mentioned in the extensive Irish media coverage]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JR3RERNRRUHEO3KKEXTN77JHMQ.jpg?auth=64dd867bde91e6a8beaa7516b56cbbfa17267eb59aa2809a4374b55f8df97cc0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland’s Killian Phillips prepares to take a corner in the near-empty stadium in Hungary at last weekend’s game against Israel. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake listings, phantom bookings and unhelpful bots: Booking.com’s credibility problem]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/conor-pope-fake-listings-phantom-bookings-and-unhelpful-bots-bookingcoms-credibility-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/conor-pope-fake-listings-phantom-bookings-and-unhelpful-bots-bookingcoms-credibility-problem/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The site deals with 2,000 bookings per minute, usually uneventfully. But when things go wrong, they go very wrong]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUKRLT64IRH4NLN3WD5HN626XY.jpg?auth=e5ce83cd1d014ccec034686446b3a7b95c7368e9b19bf0d209c916cfddcef198&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Booking.com: one Dublin landlord says she did not authorise a listing of her house on the site. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish quartet take on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe challenge on Sunday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/03/irish-quartet-take-on-prix-de-larc-de-triomphe-challenge-on-sunday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/03/irish-quartet-take-on-prix-de-larc-de-triomphe-challenge-on-sunday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French favourite Daryz bidding to be the first colt since Alleged to win Europe’s richest race back-to-back]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2KTGAKE5INDITBXUAK63562JKE.jpg?auth=089d70da725a8d64a9115ef3c33d8919d292097ad61f3e65f2f74621807d7a6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryan Moore onboard Thundering On, who will participate for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dermot Weld ignores French focus to try to break his duck in Canada with Purview ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/03/dermot-weld-ignores-french-focus-to-try-break-his-duck-in-canada-with-purview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/03/dermot-weld-ignores-french-focus-to-try-break-his-duck-in-canada-with-purview/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Colin Keane warms up for Arc ride on Kalpana with Blue Bolt’s Sun Chariot target]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7WNXXZJ42MCULU7OBAX4WXTPFI.jpg?auth=43254454defbf8acbc73a4aaac03c43687ddc498fcc5cc6c4e13921bfd6dbf4b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Purview will line up for the $750,000 Grade One Canadian International. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: Israel’s war in Gaza brings Ireland to remote cornfields in Serbia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/ken-early-israels-war-in-gaza-brings-ireland-to-remote-cornfields-in-serbia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/ken-early-israels-war-in-gaza-brings-ireland-to-remote-cornfields-in-serbia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a country with its own tortured history, small town of Backa Topola hosts divisive Nations League fixture]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M4NSILNPFRDUXAEQPBP3YTRC74.jpg?auth=2ca5b298cf30ded37e3558d07b46ba74686d022b5d2e795d911ce1db895998c0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israel fans cheer on their team against Ireland last Sunday in Debrecen, Hungary. Ireland won 3-0. Photograph: INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From ‘drowning’ in the AIL to starring in a URC final, Jerry Cahir has been on a journey]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/from-drowning-in-the-ail-to-starring-in-a-urc-final-jerry-cahir-has-been-on-a-journey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/from-drowning-in-the-ail-to-starring-in-a-urc-final-jerry-cahir-has-been-on-a-journey/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Still only 26, the prop is aiming to take further strides at Connacht after proving his worth at Leinster]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MH3WJKYNUZASHAPWAYPYJY33UU.jpg?auth=8cc67490c615759f60a0df0f415eb5fb2b3d63f2eba53439f15d1513fc8b4d8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jerry Cahir is in the running to make his first URC appearance for Connacht in next Friday's match away to Glasgow Warriors. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish citizenship reforms should address discrepancy affecting PhD students]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/irish-citizenship-reforms-should-address-discrepancy-affecting-phd-students/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/irish-citizenship-reforms-should-address-discrepancy-affecting-phd-students/</guid><description><![CDATA[A  12-year wait to apply for naturalisation would put off people Ireland should be trying to attract]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Well done to Ireland’s football team]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/well-done-to-irelands-football-team/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/well-done-to-irelands-football-team/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Republic of Ireland squad gave performances that all sports fans should be proud of]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers must not be spared blame when taxpayers money is wasted]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/ministers-must-not-be-spared-blame-when-taxpayers-money-is-wasted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/ministers-must-not-be-spared-blame-when-taxpayers-money-is-wasted/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ministers set the policies that civil servant implement]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don’t want that sectarian mindset down here]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/pat-leahy-what-do-northern-irelands-swing-persuadables-see-in-drumcree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/pat-leahy-what-do-northern-irelands-swing-persuadables-see-in-drumcree/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For those in south, the events highlight the continuing divisions in Northern Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YAG7ZHGIS77UI7VZLDQG5GVJQU.jpg?auth=e8802113986cca26bd69a4ec6ecbbf174dd4c8cf1947c75caa66355a18eb5e12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First Minister Michelle O'Neill (centre left) and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald (centre right) at the Garvaghy road last Sunday. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Morrison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlord must pay €20,000 for evicting tenant from property she then used for short-term lets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/landlord-must-pay-20000-for-evicting-tenant-from-property-she-then-used-for-short-term-lets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/landlord-must-pay-20000-for-evicting-tenant-from-property-she-then-used-for-short-term-lets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RTB tribunal rules Gerda McLoughney should have offered Dublin 2 apartment back to man when her plans changed after husband’s death]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVM6RD76UL47OZ3I3GAZH3IX6A.jpg?auth=bed870f1036498f3639bb18196dc189bfaf95bb06aab079a5172971df4dc7c69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The sum also includes €2,500 in damages for the 'exacerbation of an existing stress disorder'. Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public sector has consistently failed to deliver but feels entitled to better pay]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/public-sector-has-consistently-failed-to-deliver-but-feels-entitled-to-better-pay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/public-sector-has-consistently-failed-to-deliver-but-feels-entitled-to-better-pay/</guid><description><![CDATA[On the very week public sector trade unions decided to take industrial action, a shocking report on child poverty was published]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Living on the buses]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/living-on-the-buses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/living-on-the-buses/</guid><description><![CDATA[Increased traffic could eliminate need for peope to have actual houses]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland demand more rounded performance for second Test against Japan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ireland-demand-more-rounded-performance-for-second-test-against-japan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/ireland-demand-more-rounded-performance-for-second-test-against-japan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head coach Scott Bemand said stringing winning performances together was the first priority of WXV Global Series]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WPUCMLAQSU2MMOKGYEDBPE6VOM.jpg?auth=64a94d45eb393e69c9d9764911c21b5d7f1f8056af748d0dac6e8d81e3336664&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jane Clohessy will make her first start in the second row against Japan. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s hoping for a budget aimed at all]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/heres-hoping-for-a-budget-aimed-at-all/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/heres-hoping-for-a-budget-aimed-at-all/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are many economies within our nation]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Law Society wants talks to resolve solicitors’ payments row before legal year opens on Monday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/law-society-wants-talks-to-resolve-solicitors-payments-row-before-legal-year-opens-monday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/03/law-society-wants-talks-to-resolve-solicitors-payments-row-before-legal-year-opens-monday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister urged to mediate criminal legal aid dispute as more courts disruption looms]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKP6VYLN4JBPFKYHAFX3J2HPHM.JPG?auth=800f6b2eac79c276ed0d19181a6b1b3f43f2e95b07a68f53c8a564ae8b6216f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosemarie Loftus said the Law Society is available 'at any time' to meet  Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and his officials to try to find a solution to the ongoing criminal legal aid dispute. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Measures on pensions, welfare, income tax and more take shape]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/03/budget-expectations-rise-as-corporation-tax-take-surges-in-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/03/budget-expectations-rise-as-corporation-tax-take-surges-in-september/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones, Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Continued acrimony in some quarters on Friday evening as many departments moved towards settling their budget]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WRLBKKMV6VAGDGWMN36P75DQOE.jpg?auth=bcd0e1a37c2fac10b0ed12feaeea81332bb4e5b2b23570247ac24757a5d11deb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Many of the figures in the welfare package will not be finalised until Sunday or even Monday. Photomontage: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In case of emergency, keep an eye on your neighbour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/on-the-run/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/on-the-run/</guid><description><![CDATA[I didn’t receive my booklet in the post]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Ian O’Riordan: Does the Government truly understand the value of sport?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/03/ian-oriordan-does-the-government-truly-understand-the-value-of-sport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/03/ian-oriordan-does-the-government-truly-understand-the-value-of-sport/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Budget tip: investing in sport pays off across other sectors too]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7ODL5OIZ55ERFMVTRRXDATYLDI.jpg?auth=174eb2a142d5ac17bcae923d283015cecceb8715cf352631638bb64640fc4ae2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people are likely to pay the increased price for the Dublin Marathon because they appreciate the benefits taking part brings. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three decades of progress should not be taken for granted]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/three-decades-of-progress-should-not-be-taken-for-granted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/three-decades-of-progress-should-not-be-taken-for-granted/</guid><description><![CDATA[We need to protect what has been achieved]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Raheem Sterling the ‘lost soul’ or ‘hopelessly misguided’? A career gone off the rails]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/raheem-sterling-the-lost-soul-or-hopelessly-misguided-a-career-gone-off-the-rails/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/raheem-sterling-the-lost-soul-or-hopelessly-misguided-a-career-gone-off-the-rails/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Cunningham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From being a player who could produce when it mattered, to one facing the prospect of prison]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RVJJQ4BWDVETVF2X4XZZGK4RXY?auth=bb335bf7789231dc647d84301113bb67084cba055f1713ca6118a35593516239&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Raheem Sterling leaves court, where he pleaded guilty to driving a Lamborghini Urus dangerously before he crashed on May 28th. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Matthews</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/03/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/03/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[October 3rd, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XYECEUGU2RD7VBKW6IOV7SPXLI.jpg?auth=c47a8d9484f1db3088f60b0bbe26a78bf1f6fd89416551f89d62d14f8bf18098&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[If we’re going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/breda-obrien-if-were-going-to-listen-to-women-we-need-to-listen-to-all-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/breda-obrien-if-were-going-to-listen-to-women-we-need-to-listen-to-all-women/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Breda O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The three-day wait protects the essential time needed in a way that voluntary waiting periods do not]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O2W625GL4KZXVA5XTKFNFJBKE4.jpg?auth=c9cc086b4542c980ff7c329c98bda6d6b37df7efe8554204391df5416d94bcc6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Figures obtained by Carol Nolan from the HSE show that between 17 and 19 per cent of women do not return after a first consultation each year. Photograph: Laura Hutton/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Lord − what are we to do without Miriam?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/oh-lord/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/oh-lord/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will never be the same]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[A striking similarity between health insurers on recent changes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/a-striking-similarity-between-health-insurers-on-recent-changes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/a-striking-similarity-between-health-insurers-on-recent-changes/</guid><description><![CDATA[In particular there is a new 40% shortfall in orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations between multiple companies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Tax-rich Ireland at one remove from debt zeitgeist ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/tax-rich-ireland-at-one-remove-from-debt-zeitgeist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/tax-rich-ireland-at-one-remove-from-debt-zeitgeist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland delivers upbeat assessment of economy despite international headwinds]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EVGJNMAAPNFA3PXEXHSPELQ3HY.jpg?auth=8fda2732faaf4203195ad2e568685133b118269bbc289a2d80975cac74a8a469&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland has upgraded its growth forecast for the economy on the basis of 'resilient consumer spending'. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">KanawatTH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judging the scrolling parent]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/judging-the-scrolling-parent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/03/judging-the-scrolling-parent/</guid><description><![CDATA[Modern life, and thus modern parenting, is conducted to an ever-increasing extent online]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s infuriating’: Developers blame planning delays for four-year average wait to build homes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/its-infuriating-developers-blame-planning-delays-for-four-year-average-wait-to-build-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/03/its-infuriating-developers-blame-planning-delays-for-four-year-average-wait-to-build-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Findings by the Central Bank are confirmed by developers who still face huge planning obstacles]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SNJIK7FNJBENRBQG44CPYE3Y7U.jpg?auth=a9ebc35cbcec7298f1513fbd5ae80c827a6bbaace1d1e2e429fc5d9831fe2a1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Central Bank’s recent report on the State's planning process chimes with the experience of housing developers, says Michael Prenty.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ArtistGNDphotography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget builders: the money Ministers who are two sides of the same coin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/budget-builders-the-money-ministers-who-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/03/budget-builders-the-money-ministers-who-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Coyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As they finalise Budget 2027, young-career politicians Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are getting on better than some expected]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G7YTIUJKHVHEJPVBV5RCAGMO4I.jpg?auth=9fadf45fc0a6ec953750565d75404e66935f27f520c94cab3f91141defc7017a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mininster for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers (left) and Minister for Finance Simon Harris. 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[Why has rugby largely avoided gambling sponsorship?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/why-has-rugby-largely-avoided-gambling-sponsorship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/03/why-has-rugby-largely-avoided-gambling-sponsorship/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Other sports are awash with money from betting companies, but rugby is a different story – for reasons that could change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYCF7AWYTZAA3JTL63QHQUADDE.jpg?auth=63433d09bfdf0efc1d8d1b64477c247b2f81d71b7832b72b5db08d9a3edc289d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster in action last week in 10Bet Ellis Park against the 10Bet Lions, formerly known as the Fidelity SecureDrive Lions. Photograph: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gallo Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael McLoughlin: Founder member of North’s civil rights movement and housing campaigner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/03/michael-mcloughlin-founder-member-of-norths-civil-rights-movement-and-housing-campaigner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/03/michael-mcloughlin-founder-member-of-norths-civil-rights-movement-and-housing-campaigner/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dungannon native worked tirelessly for social equality and had friends on both side of the religious divide]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LBXVMM2AZJGQ7MXFMOCZ7TDSRU.jpg?auth=24a97837ef1e95f50e4baf2a1cd9ecee03f1807c24213c8ffdd8767a6149ca80&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael McLoughlin: Civil rights campaigner in the North who wanted same benefits for his Protestant and Catholic neighbours.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘This is not going to be a friendly’: Heimir Hallgrímsson sets tone ahead of Israel rematch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/this-is-not-going-to-be-a-friendly-heimir-hallgrimsson-sets-tone-ahead-of-israel-rematch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/03/this-is-not-going-to-be-a-friendly-heimir-hallgrimsson-sets-tone-ahead-of-israel-rematch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish football’s hardest week since Saipan will reach a conclusion of sorts in a little-known Serbian town]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CWDA2Y7DZJEP5BHZ7CS5B52Q5A.jpg?auth=58bb7777aab4bd374f3fc07975039d68b0b9a74738bcc6b216f94fc97ed92f9d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland forward Adam Idah tries to steal a march on Austria's Stefan Posch during Thursday's Nations League group match at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[James MacGuill obituary: Criminal law expert who won landmark cases against the State]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/03/james-macguill-obituary-criminal-law-expert-who-won-landmark-cases-against-the-state/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/03/james-macguill-obituary-criminal-law-expert-who-won-landmark-cases-against-the-state/</guid><description><![CDATA[MacGuill successfully defended an IRA escapee and the State’s first female genital mutilation prosecution, among other landmark cases]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CSIRGXVJLZXSX4YXEWLOWVL5UY.jpg?auth=d7e591c21088796fb7d8eadc0b568245356709a9ec1c30fa872a2a5254f8b529&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James MacGuill. Photograph: Dave Meehan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increasing number of foreign-born recruits joining Defence Forces]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/increasing-number-of-foreign-born-recruits-joining-defence-forces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/increasing-number-of-foreign-born-recruits-joining-defence-forces/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trend mostly seen as a positive by military management, but can pose operational difficulties in relation to overseas service]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SVTWPRZY32UMCJKHBT6PZFXHDU.jpg?auth=01cb0485758622d704e352e0778dbf98f32e49422d2fae2cd10e00980c5fb82f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Defence Forces celebrate after a commissioning ceremony at the Defence Forces Training Centre in The Curragh, Co Kildare. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘So Westlife, huh? We’re all big fans in our gaff, aren’t we, Honor?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-so-westlife-huh-were-all-big-fans-in-our-gaff-arent-we-honor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-so-westlife-huh-were-all-big-fans-in-our-gaff-arent-we-honor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The bouncers are on us like seagulls on a waffle cone]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/76PFUHT66JBTND3MVBTHPU5NME.jpg?auth=4df7010b0f7f8aa6338f41d1d6323edd485ecf67fd88a110b4d407fd86b41547&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Honor O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/03/ireland-is-the-last-stand-for-rare-coastal-machair-habitats-in-the-eu-but-its-failing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/03/ireland-is-the-last-stand-for-rare-coastal-machair-habitats-in-the-eu-but-its-failing/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funding nature restoration looks like an easy line to leave blank in the budget. That would be an expensive mistake]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZNGQQGGYGNFLJJHZA3HKWDQJDU.jpg?auth=b7dfaf92a9452310a40ae1b9b0447b3372f0b34db12f05517ec8f677d8db784a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Machair habitat on the Mullet peninsula. Photograph: Pádraic Fogarty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: All-Ireland Hedge Laying Championships]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/in-pictures-all-ireland-hedge-laying-championships/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/in-pictures-all-ireland-hedge-laying-championships/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clodagh Kilcoyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘There’s something really ancestral about staying in touch with the land, staying in touch with the old ways’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEQGYVISJBGNDMCISX3H2WF5QA.jpg?auth=b9d35c06940502331bddd7811f74d149b57984efd82adb898141386073ce4e67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pat Boylan, a 78-year-old from Co Westmeath, competing in the novice class. All photographs: Clodagh Kilcoyne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackBee founder claims liquidators failed to exhaust all assets before compensation call]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/blackbee-founder-claims-liquidators-failed-to-exhaust-all-assets-before-compensation-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/blackbee-founder-claims-liquidators-failed-to-exhaust-all-assets-before-compensation-call/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blackrock Office Bond II was first BlackBee investment to be classified a ‘compensatable event’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NSVW4ZHTXBCMPCPX4PQTHQIUSQ.jpg?auth=8923ddbb086acc20749379bcd44895b9537bf661a59172ba572345860e213e18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[BlackBee founder David O’Shea, along with accountant and adviser Carl Dillon, will be examined in early November in the High Court on the affairs of the BlackBee entities in liquidation. Photograph: OPW ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipped by the Pope to the restored Notre-Dame cathedral]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/02/pipped-by-the-pope-to-the-restored-notre-dame-cathedral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/02/pipped-by-the-pope-to-the-restored-notre-dame-cathedral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Much of the city was closed off to the public during Leo’s visit]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[Doing business with Olive: The sports star, the fitness guru and the minister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/richie-sadlier-and-mr-motivator-on-how-partnerships-with-entrepreneur-brendan-kavanagh-soured/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/richie-sadlier-and-mr-motivator-on-how-partnerships-with-entrepreneur-brendan-kavanagh-soured/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kavanagh boasted of his connections with Tánaiste Simon Harris and proposed hosting a podcast with him]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZNQFZ4MFJE4TAX62FSSICBQVU.jpg?auth=6407ca29c417ba6ac1dd28fcc83f207a499734c3919f7ef27294428d35b101fc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Irish international footballer Richie Sadlier (left), entrepreneur and head of the Olive Group Brendan Kavanagh (centre), and fitness instructor Mr Motivator. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s triple-murder trial and Riad Bouchaker’s sentencing among cases coming in new legal term]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/03/mans-triple-murder-trial-and-riad-bouchakers-sentencing-among-cases-coming-in-new-legal-term/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/03/mans-triple-murder-trial-and-riad-bouchakers-sentencing-among-cases-coming-in-new-legal-term/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan expected in court on opening day of new legal year]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A6SKAXHHABDZHKL2XIY5YMVPNY.jpg?auth=092ad3247dd7fca8bf43954ed3437b9fd775377a7d6eb24036568edafc3ee1f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new legal year opens on Tuesday amid mounting concern about the effect on the entire criminal justice system of the continuing withdrawal of services by criminal defence solicitors. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">noel bennett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back on the Garvaghy Road, people are wary and rather worried]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/drumcree-we-dont-want-to-go-back-we-all-thought-those-days-were-long-gone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/drumcree-we-dont-want-to-go-back-we-all-thought-those-days-were-long-gone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 20 deaths have been linked to Drumcree, a problem most people thought was settled. On Portadown’s Garvaghy Road, its resurrection is causing deep apprehension]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJCMQTSCF5D57G35NECQ45JSWM.jpg?auth=c5dbd07a8558b52704fd6e5874404547bcb177c47920248beba9f8d83544490c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Drumcree church: Orangemen and their supporters approach police lines last Sunday following a High Court ruling overnight permitting a contentious Orange Order march along Portadown's Garvaghy Road. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles McQuillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Litter Robot 4 review: Fed up with scooping cat litter? Try this]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/03/litter-robot-4-review-fed-up-with-scooping-cat-litter-try-this/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/03/litter-robot-4-review-fed-up-with-scooping-cat-litter-try-this/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It senses when your pet has visited and scoops away the waste into a sealed, bagged bin underneath]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JN22JQZXFNAHHMXE6VMZ2R76KE.jpg?auth=a1b0cf146ee47e326e98f49e03ad31fea70446ce8b4aa057225f4c1a392099bd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Litter Robot 4: your pet gets a nice clean tray within minutes and you avoid unpleasant smells without having to touch a scoop]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shairoze Akram: Pakistan-born All-Ireland winner pushing Castleknock to new highs in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/03/shairoze-akram-pakistan-born-all-ireland-winner-pushing-castleknock-to-new-highs-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/03/shairoze-akram-pakistan-born-all-ireland-winner-pushing-castleknock-to-new-highs-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Mayo player had mixed emotions watching old friends win Sam Maguire. Mostly, though, he ‘was just delighted’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WC7W6ZREXT6YZJSTWGNZGNAVIA.jpg?auth=02687fc8a2bc65e5dea9a66102bfe82f0f5dfff055c9386706cdac9f1fecea38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shairoze Akram of Castleknock passes to a teammate during the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship second-round match against Ballyboden St Enda's at Parnell Park, Dublin, in August. Photograph: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micheál Martin’s Palestine contradiction ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/01/micheal-martins-palestine-contradiction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/01/micheal-martins-palestine-contradiction/</guid><description><![CDATA[If his Department of Justice perseveres in its obduracy, the shame will not stop outside the door of Government Buildings]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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[More than 50 people expressed interest in becoming new Arts Council director]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/more-than-50-people-expressed-interest-in-becoming-new-arts-council-director/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/more-than-50-people-expressed-interest-in-becoming-new-arts-council-director/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three people were shortlisted for high-profile role before Shona McCarthy secured job in August]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSIQ7RCRDBEYFM2U4KD7X5Y3FI.jpg?auth=6c027c04ce7d32e0200f4d244a18f6350df7a7909f62dc5136c899449ad3a541&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shona McCarthy: 'an experienced cultural leader with an outstanding track record of leading complex, high-profile organisations']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What terrifies me most is a fear that I am inherently not good enough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/what-terrifies-me-most-is-a-fear-one-that-many-others-possess-that-i-am-inherently-not-good-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/what-terrifies-me-most-is-a-fear-one-that-many-others-possess-that-i-am-inherently-not-good-enough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’d prefer a politician who occasionally gets it a bit wrong but at their core is evidently a decent person]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5YX5TIYR4FBUNH2DWJMEMNQICU.jpg?auth=8e44042dd9c5c6ada05ced972c8db36e525a3da062d00f0122431a53ec7440f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The friends I partied with 20 years ago are now parents and bosses. They get hangovers from two glasses of rosé. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pressmaster</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barings bets on Ires’s 20% rental upside and softer ECB rate hikes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/10/03/barings-bets-on-iress-20-rental-upside-and-softer-ecb-rate-hikes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/10/03/barings-bets-on-iress-20-rental-upside-and-softer-ecb-rate-hikes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Portfolio of the State’s largest apartment owner has an average age of about 18 years]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WFOJBSK7STVCD5IZBSELVXRYJQ.jpg?auth=8a69fd83d73f8a51a09d775568e9f4b26ffa867a5ef8e0808717c3f83af00219&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Barings proposal values Ires’s shares within 0.2 of a cent of their reported net asset value at the end of June. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">XXX</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon I will be three years off alcohol. I find singsongs more difficult in sobriety]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/soon-i-will-be-three-years-off-alcohol-i-find-singsongs-more-difficult-in-sobriety/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/soon-i-will-be-three-years-off-alcohol-i-find-singsongs-more-difficult-in-sobriety/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Luckily, the rest of the assembled company are well Chablied and not shy about singing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 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 don’t generally bring my reading glasses to the bathroom in the morning but it appears I will have to start doing that.' 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[Crisis must not ‘derail’ peace process: church leaders urge restraint over Drumcree]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/crisis-must-not-derail-peace-process-church-leaders-urge-restraint-over-drumcree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/03/crisis-must-not-derail-peace-process-church-leaders-urge-restraint-over-drumcree/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and Church of Ireland’s John McDowell call for tempered language]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3HZCJROVZRABVK5RCWCVBSMMOI.jpeg?auth=ea7dabcb773d7c819c42e85c6be4c16e7b7c3c4587cac907c31833644a8aad84&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and his Church of Ireland counterpart John McDowell at Archbishop Martin's home in Armagh.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Hennessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brown Thomas considers launching Planet Beauty concept as separate brand online]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/brown-thomas-considers-launching-beauty-concept-online-as-a-separate-brand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/03/brown-thomas-considers-launching-beauty-concept-online-as-a-separate-brand/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brown Thomas Arnotts department stores post after-tax profit of €23.5m on revenues of €344m ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MAKAKKNWLJDYVGW5VD3V2MGAXA.jpg?auth=0eeec64a765ffa6dded1dd7ca3988ce257267d1320d7d2e41b0e58a225896b3d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Brown Thomas Arnotts chief executive Donald McDonald: 'Business is strong.' Photograph: Kieran Harnett

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kieran Harnett</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza war heralds era of ‘technologically advanced barbarism’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/03/gaza-war-heralds-era-of-technologically-advanced-barbarism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/03/gaza-war-heralds-era-of-technologically-advanced-barbarism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara Marlowe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pulitzer-winning journalist accuses western governments of forfeiting their moral authority through support for Israel’s war in Gaza]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KMPIFQM4OJC7DGVPUFXFKC37ZM.jpg?auth=6c195406a906419b8c197c712b4fa971da35aff456c8ac40ae6d0720f256b93d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view from the air from a Jordanian military aircraft dropping aid and humanitarian supplies in Gaza last year. Photograph: Salah Malkawi/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Salah Malkawi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Cathal Coughlan and The Fatima Mansions made one of Ireland’s greatest rock songs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/03/how-cathal-coughlan-and-the-fatima-mansions-made-one-of-irelands-greatest-rock-songs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/03/how-cathal-coughlan-and-the-fatima-mansions-made-one-of-irelands-greatest-rock-songs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Filled with regret after the demise of his forerunner band Microdisney, the Cork songwriter brought all his wrath to bear on Blues for Ceaușescu, a prescient warning about western complacency]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XFQ245ZJIRE5PCM2ECHW4MN2EE.jpg?auth=84c1a15907c2be37bc5e562fb078b41d56c400be5e55b43bab31243cd8b7fec7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Fatima Mansions in 1990. Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Putland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie on watching himself being stabbed: ‘Triggering? That’s a little too military for my liking’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/03/salman-rushdie-on-watching-himself-being-stabbed-triggering-thats-a-little-too-military-for-my-liking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/03/salman-rushdie-on-watching-himself-being-stabbed-triggering-thats-a-little-too-military-for-my-liking/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After Rushdie was stabbed in 2022, his wife began to film his recovery. Now the footage has become part of Knife, a striking documentary about the attack on the writer and its aftermath]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z53OB6NVXNDRHGCCLOTQV6HBWA.jpg?auth=842d1b48a5051058be126ef99fae5d88384c7b25f5fb4502e9ce09b439159708&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Salman Rushdie: 'I have envied those writers who were deeply rooted in one place and have made a lifetime’s work out of it.' Photograph: Clement Pascal/The New York Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">CLEMENT PASCAL</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a local Irish cafe can manage to sell 200 cups of hot chocolate every day]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/03/how-a-cafe-can-manage-to-sell-200-cups-of-hot-chocolate-every-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/03/how-a-cafe-can-manage-to-sell-200-cups-of-hot-chocolate-every-day/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aideen O'Flaherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Quality, cacao content and sourcing are key to delivering the best-quality hot chocolate to the Irish market]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5DYOU6PZFRHMJGUPTW5ONXQAIM.JPG?auth=ff2b9ebf21c2be2b990aa6bc7def874f9f552f5f0b114f598cc686947ca4fa44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emily Keane of Koko in Kinsale, where hot chocolate powder will never be found. Photograph: Clare Keogh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">© Clare Keogh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty: Embrace true Spanish flavours and dining styles with these two easy recipes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/03/mark-moriarty-embrace-true-spanish-flavours-and-dining-styles-with-these-two-easy-recipes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/03/mark-moriarty-embrace-true-spanish-flavours-and-dining-styles-with-these-two-easy-recipes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now is your time to master patatas bravas while wowing fellow diners with the seasoning of your lamb]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QFWUZCYDT5CIBCCIJGMIN7D5OE.jpg?auth=d5f98620bea5e14c624a80aea7f86813dc09f81720d6bb3d4d57d84da291955c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Transport yourself to northern Spain with roasted lamb shoulder and black pudding croquettes. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make mine a malbec: four ways to try this seductive grape, starting at €8]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/03/make-mine-a-malbec-four-ways-to-try-this-seductive-grape-starting-at-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/03/make-mine-a-malbec-four-ways-to-try-this-seductive-grape-starting-at-8/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Malbec thrives around the Argentinian city of Mendoza, but came originally from France]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KTTBZJKMMVAMJIMBCOSZZT4Y3Y.jpg?auth=9d9740c02a56211617f4a8db60bc381fe0886ce6d8954d8ef15eafc2bca990f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Malbec is the signature wine of Argentina, but we shouldn't forget its French origins.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camille O’Sullivan on her cancer: ‘You have to go further than a smear test’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/03/singer-camille-osullivan-i-had-cancer-during-covid-i-was-so-scared-it-was-caught-by-chance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/03/singer-camille-osullivan-i-had-cancer-during-covid-i-was-so-scared-it-was-caught-by-chance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After cancer,  a hysterectomy, menopause and years of stage fright, O’Sullivan talks about fear, ageing, performance and why she is determined to keep finding joy in the chaos]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EE6ZRS26MRHS3LWSNVEUJXSEPA.jpg?auth=6cc62bca4e763ed3609900a98f3f64fa25021080c128f47c265668d2148c3450&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Camille O’Sullivan at home in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish-made watches showcased and a 1960s microcar goes under the hammer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/10/03/irish-made-watches-showcased-and-a-1960s-microcar-goes-under-the-hammer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/10/03/irish-made-watches-showcased-and-a-1960s-microcar-goes-under-the-hammer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Timepieces by Oileán, Nomadic and Dodecagon to feature in Smock Alley event, while diamonds, sapphires and pearls feature at auctions around Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UYOPUDCP4ZFPHFDGV6COCYFPDU.jfif?auth=7e905a9dfca6242325baf285e0a1b3e919da1c441b1448b9244f18d9b81b7167&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Dodecagon, by Mauritz Schurmann]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How evergreens can elevate your winter garden]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/10/03/how-evergreens-can-elevate-your-winter-garden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/10/03/how-evergreens-can-elevate-your-winter-garden/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They may take years to establish, but your future self will thank you eventually]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A2MDIV42GBDHTL6WOJAJYQMA5E.jpg?auth=72e915bf6c79b15459f7a40e3ca167f98b9b35aa21a9e64d6b7c2005f184dd22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vibrant green tones from hostas and ferns. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dhoxax</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is really going on in the Irish housing market? The numbers don’t add up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/is-the-irish-housing-market-beginning-to-turn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/03/is-the-irish-housing-market-beginning-to-turn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The current easing is not driven by new supply - buyers have reached the limit of what they can afford and the homes available don’t match what people want]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEZDY4G7EJHINMKHLJCMQ7MVJU.jpg?auth=60ed838659825c9248ff77bc3c3ac411d2ed51ddc265286caa66fccedd49084a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[McWilliams]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s Spanish recipe for lamb shoulder with patatas bravas]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/03/mark-moriartys-spanish-recipe-for-lamb-shoulder-with-patatas-bravas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/03/mark-moriartys-spanish-recipe-for-lamb-shoulder-with-patatas-bravas/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every wondered how to perfect the seasoning on patatas bravas? Look no further]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L3WZQGB6INGXBA7TP6GPO5VH5A.jpg?auth=1191f1db4b09dcc1e68047ed38832fae608802ab8a32a573a4d468eb28bbcc69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spanish splendour: lamb shoulder with patatas bravas. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s Spanish recipe for black pudding croquettes with red pepper aioli]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/03/mark-moriartys-spanish-recipe-for-black-pudding-croquettes-with-red-pepper-aioli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/03/mark-moriartys-spanish-recipe-for-black-pudding-croquettes-with-red-pepper-aioli/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looking for a way to use up leftover mash? This will elevate it to heights it would never otherwise have reached]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A75DDLO5RRH7RNL3NAE2DPWIP4.jpg?auth=370c1c84eded4dd4b1fe8dcb2d8567977c1ffd3f32b584e608c92c7943557ea5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Black Pudding Croquettes with roasted red pepper aioli. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing the Nation by Lorcan Sirr and Brittle by Ronan Lyons: indictments of an untenable system]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/housing-the-nation-by-lorcan-sirr-and-brittle-by-ronan-lyons-indictments-of-an-untenable-system/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/housing-the-nation-by-lorcan-sirr-and-brittle-by-ronan-lyons-indictments-of-an-untenable-system/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosemary Hennigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Insightful, illuminating works by leading housing commentators both ultimately ask: remembering our past, while looking to the future, what kind of Ireland do we need to build?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YZUCQNT5DW7OEUD5BITEG62HAA.jpg?auth=bb4540fe8ad07a9b2867246445f22136d68928ed835629d73ed85ad98aaac8f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In Housing the Nation Lorcan Sirr points to an anti-urban bias that dominated for decades, and the idealised vision of a rural, agrarian lifestyle that left the planning and development system with a cultural distrust of dense housing, where illicit activities and subversive ideas might spread]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not the Perfect Victim by Nikita Hand: An immense and ongoing act of courage]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/not-the-perfect-victim-by-nikita-hand-an-immense-and-ongoing-act-of-courage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/not-the-perfect-victim-by-nikita-hand-an-immense-and-ongoing-act-of-courage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roe McDermott]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The voice is clear, natural and readable, staying within the realm of personal testimony]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JCUB6JBO7JEL5GT3XSAGTVV7RA.jpg?auth=1a40ecbd47e20c7865db6ce3d814a32875e2ae9d020090eb01eeb98423caff4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nikita Hand]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi: Too many perspectives, not enough of an emotional thread]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-too-many-perspectives-not-enough-of-an-emotional-thread/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-too-many-perspectives-not-enough-of-an-emotional-thread/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Djamel White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite qualms, the ending comes together beautifully ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDSBG737Y5FHZG6CDIIJ76VSZ4.jpg?auth=a9205dc31176047ded4f4c9c7e285e5ec1871c65ddfcc7b8d956828e50ad66e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Laleh Khadivi. Photograph: Jesse Dittmar]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glorious Monsters by Martina Devlin: An engrossing novel about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/glorious-monsters-by-martina-devlin-an-engrossing-novel-about-frankenstein-author-mary-shelley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/glorious-monsters-by-martina-devlin-an-engrossing-novel-about-frankenstein-author-mary-shelley/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Boyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There’s a breathless energy to this novel that celebrates real-life figures in all their genius and flaws]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DSJCDZZTCH264K3WTWMAI7YSSI.jpg?auth=0cba7b29af3e0cb5c2d65d788fbc565a4d7f6fff902f9c581dc2bca4cc13f053&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A painting of writer Mary Shelley. Photograph: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shauna Lawless: ‘This is always what I’ve loved about Irish mythology: the drama and the magic’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/03/shauna-lawless-this-is-always-what-ive-loved-about-irish-mythology-the-drama-and-the-magic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/03/shauna-lawless-this-is-always-what-ive-loved-about-irish-mythology-the-drama-and-the-magic/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author of historical fantasy on the latest book in her Gael Song: Era II series, the importance of research, and reasserting women’s perspectives]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LQMTSHS6CVED3F2PCP53VSMT6I.jpg?auth=d1d7ad54cd43525b6a78fae6b208e62b61d62f47b67bb8dcd78e9192d33a9934&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Shauna Lawless]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Towards Rapture]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/03/poem-of-the-week-towards-rapture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/03/poem-of-the-week-towards-rapture/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Buckley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Charlotte Buckley]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QKOAQIBPJETFFIPD6BJCC6PT4.jpg?auth=91eee7427e1d302bbe71f7ecd8acd88027f8dcc6b0517ab8322636ee4cd2cbfb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlotte Buckley]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A most enjoyable memoir from a great sportswriter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/a-most-enjoyable-memoir-from-a-great-sportswriter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/a-most-enjoyable-memoir-from-a-great-sportswriter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[NJ McGarrigle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Lost Sportswriter: A Life Up Close with Irish Sporting Greatness by Vincent Hogan]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/27TQVKIB4AKFX4DNM34MPBF57A.jpg?auth=22c492cafcb7a7116dd50d43ce46868be0d42fcbfeb7f4fe69c494cb1e153e95&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Journalist Vincent Hogan receives a presentation from then Munster Council chairman Ger Ryan while working on a GAA game for the last time, in 2023. 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Kathryn Paige Harden seeks an answer    ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/how-much-is-anyone-to-blame-for-anything-kathryn-paige-harden-seeks-an-answer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/how-much-is-anyone-to-blame-for-anything-kathryn-paige-harden-seeks-an-answer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Plus a wonderful and unflinching book from Trish Bourke and an enlightening read from Christopher Insole on questions about God]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJOWEVHKVNDEBB3KGLKYCKVKHI.jpg?auth=bcdc49f82e7dc95b57fa3cb12116797538328a330b968756cb78fcc8654aef7d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathryn Paige Harden shows in Original Sin problems with the piece of logic that has underwritten most jurisprudence and moral philosophy for centuries ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All About My Mother: An engaging account of family life from Diana Rigg’s daughter ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/all-about-my-mother-an-engaging-account-of-family-life-from-diana-riggs-daughter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/all-about-my-mother-an-engaging-account-of-family-life-from-diana-riggs-daughter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Desmond Traynor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Intimate family interactions explored in portrayal of an evolving mother/daughter relationship ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E3KUCDCKCZAFBOTOCDFR2QOR34.jpg?auth=a07acfea4af16020465c10bc655d0b872ad7eeb749018b04f86f9904764e7f78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[English actress Diana Rigg as Emma Peel: a cool all of her own. Photograph:   Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gathering at John McGahern’s grave became a ritual for my friends ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/gathering-at-john-mcgaherns-grave-became-a-ritual-for-my-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/03/gathering-at-john-mcgaherns-grave-became-a-ritual-for-my-friends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Shovlin ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Writing a biography of an author with quiet, unshowy charisma has been a humbling and exciting experience]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7Y5TTHVFVJFFHK5YAF4ZSRSYMU.jpg?auth=2f40858652b950dad8f00eb71cb31535c122140d2875887856a20a2fbc532333&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John McGahern on his farm. Photograph: Courtesy of the John McGahern archive, University of Galway]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>