<?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/2026-10-05/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:14:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[‘The word meningitis came up and I was like absolutely stuck to the floor’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/the-word-meningitis-came-up-and-i-was-like-absolutely-stuck-to-the-floor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/the-word-meningitis-came-up-and-i-was-like-absolutely-stuck-to-the-floor/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Siobhán and Noel Carroll following the death of their four-year-old daughter, Aoibhe, to meningitis]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:14:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7MNQY4IHRZH3VPE4FIMFZ7XCD4.jpeg?auth=f9732acb30c32840e0d3100da8bb58d5787a8d9c4624ec6f59934f0bf800281d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Helena Power, her husband Kelvin Power and their sons Tom (5) and Jack (2)]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northern Ireland rue missed penalty in Georgia draw]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/northern-ireland-rue-missed-penalty-in-georgia-draw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/northern-ireland-rue-missed-penalty-in-georgia-draw/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wins for France and Italy in Group A1]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U2VVAIRKF5IFPBPVJW5PNHNDV4.jpg?auth=1ee14d5ce9e0279a987616475c296a352e2e2626fe9bfc005bcb75878d2ac9a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland's Isaac Price reacts to missing a penalty against Georgia at Windsor Park. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Liam McBurney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former politician and novelist Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/05/former-politician-and-novelist-jeffrey-archer-dies-aged-86/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/05/former-politician-and-novelist-jeffrey-archer-dies-aged-86/</guid><description><![CDATA[Former Conservative MP died suddenly at home on Monday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BFIO55LHWJFPTHVZPVS2HTIOHY.JPG?auth=aa3d2cc35febe371932d3291c25ee681aba8579706e31901371d3b31445e6e4a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer died at home on Monday. Photograph: Toby Madden]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-Ireland winning Armagh captain Aidan Forker announces intercounty retirement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/05/all-ireland-winning-armagh-captain-aidan-forker-announces-intercounty-retirement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/05/all-ireland-winning-armagh-captain-aidan-forker-announces-intercounty-retirement/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maghery man led Armagh to first All-Ireland title in 22 years in 2024]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:43:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C7WL3JF22FEJDDJ6ZTAX4OPWGY.jpg?auth=f411378603ed154c95e2e23d3b936b3188e32a728f93a891d53e0614798701b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aidan Forker lifts the Sam Maguire Cup after Armagh's win over Galway in the 2024 All-Ireland football final. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Bryan Keane ©INPHO/Bryan Keane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air campaign against Houthis under way in Yemen, says Saudi-led coalition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/air-campaign-against-houthis-under-way-in-yemen-says-saudi-led-coalition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/air-campaign-against-houthis-under-way-in-yemen-says-saudi-led-coalition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Wintour]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Houthis have in recent weeks made lightning advances down the west coast of Yemen]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:15:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PFI6P7ZUFB2EE3WBYULLTHXS7Y.jpg?auth=99e5455c81216940facadaba831ba3bee3f64ee399b838307352b2c0a56222fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man in Sana'a, Yemen, reads a local newspaper featuring news of the escalating fighting in the country on Monday. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yahya Arhab</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would-be Galway mosque bombers made video warning they would carry out further attacks, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/would-be-galway-mosque-bombers-made-video-warning-they-would-carry-out-further-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/would-be-galway-mosque-bombers-made-video-warning-they-would-carry-out-further-attacks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court hears ‘Irish Defence Army’ members shared information on making explosive devices in Signal chat group 'Shadows of Eire’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FPZJXSC3LZL7VUPN6WKKNNBBFU.JPG?auth=bde64190790b3e6c5da4d6aef5789e3de1570d04a4b0f7fb76928f12084b9474&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Garrett Pollock on Monday pleaded guilty to a further count of possessing an explosive substance on November 4th, 2025. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of importing crystal meth worth €32m seeks access to witnesses’ phones]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-accused-of-importing-crystal-meth-worth-32m-seeks-access-to-witnesses-phones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-accused-of-importing-crystal-meth-worth-32m-seeks-access-to-witnesses-phones/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State’s case is the drugs were imported from Mexico and stored at the Ballyseedy Garden Centre before being transported to Cork]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:03:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L44RRB6ZEVT5MVDLCA6XHYAFZ4.jpg?auth=e54da2c80e23cfd4fc97b3093af8832203167e163a128356f55b2d27ef7b148e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Counsel for James Leen (43) asked for an adjournment so an expert in Texas in the US can analyse data from phones belonging to various proposed witnesses in the trial. Photograph: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">www.dwalshphoto.ie 0872672033</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all schools to close for second day in coming weeks as unions turn the screw]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/almost-all-schools-to-close-for-second-day-in-coming-weeks-as-unions-turn-the-screw/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/almost-all-schools-to-close-for-second-day-in-coming-weeks-as-unions-turn-the-screw/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leaders of country’s four largest public service unions met on Monday to consider escalation of their dispute over a new pay deal]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:47:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y6C5UDG6YPLZAOSRZ756XJTJXM.jpg?auth=e988e6f8ae209eb1ba70ce97e73df199f793d27422ab536be887d471b31a7f56&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[INTO general secretary John Boyle said the lack of progress since a work-to-rule started across many sectors of the public and civil service last Wednesday had persuaded officials to press ahead with notification of the second strike. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Féin seeks to regulate ‘wild west’ horse-drawn carriage industry in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/sinn-fein-seeks-to-regulate-wild-west-horse-drawn-carriage-industry-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/sinn-fein-seeks-to-regulate-wild-west-horse-drawn-carriage-industry-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arcane Victorian laws allowing ‘unregulated, irresponsible drivers’ to operate in the capital, says TD]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:33:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHY2GYEDCNI3ZKCSAN4LUXEPV4.jpg?auth=77338ff0db30d70c888353d66334ac4379232346fddb4751ddaeff5fe8502614&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West TD Mark Ward said Dublin has a ‘long-standing cultural tradition of proper urban horsemanship’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on Spain’s  snap election: Sánchez plots another escape]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/05/the-irish-times-view-on-spains-snap-election-sanchez-plots-another-escape/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/05/the-irish-times-view-on-spains-snap-election-sanchez-plots-another-escape/</guid><description><![CDATA[Right bloc enjoys a comfortable poll lead, but victory is not guaranteed]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SHMZIUCRAYH2AXFXMEMXAY5RSM.jpg?auth=7570c5465446e7e8f3d2b51266d835e01c8b50612f77c7a871dee0b8963fe20e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has brought forward the country's general election. Photo: Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eduardo Parra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Plaid Cymru’s annual party conference, it wasn’t always clear who the protesters were]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/05/plaid-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside-welsh-nationalist-party-grapples-with-levers-of-power/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/05/plaid-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside-welsh-nationalist-party-grapples-with-levers-of-power/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After destroying Labour in May’s Senedd elections, Plaid Cymru is now in charge]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GF55WGNPHSCUVV6TRJQF3CUSIY.jpg?auth=6174607469fcd477854df14e5c63507c02eda42e393baf2657b7dce76329cf26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leader of Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth during the party's annual conference at The Promenade in Llandudno, Conwy, north Wales. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (43) to be sentenced for manslaughter of mother of two in Mallow stabbing incident]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-43-to-be-sentenced-for-manslaughter-of-mother-of-two-in-stabbing-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/man-43-to-be-sentenced-for-manslaughter-of-mother-of-two-in-stabbing-incident/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joseph Butler inflicted an 11cm wound when he stabbed 31-year-old Paula Canty in Mallow, Co Cork, on January 3rd, 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OWTIY4YTGRHWNAHNO2UMHZRHRQ.jpg?auth=05fa6e615564e951a1a3aeb3cc6a68fb6eaf6e94726d0b3d320212f042f3a553&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joseph Butler's plea of manslaughter in the death of Paula Canty was accepted by the DPP. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Galway City Council ordered to pause tree felling by High Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/galway-city-council-ordered-to-pause-tree-felling-by-high-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/galway-city-council-ordered-to-pause-tree-felling-by-high-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The local authority ordered the felling in response to damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:48:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4XMQZO5SFHYXK4VHUGRS3YMJA.JPG?auth=7ebc2404d2a89cb7f18d376f56dd29b134cb4eb2bc0f3b9ab8a8e8976d10dbd6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The council said it plans to replant native trees at the impacted area. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joe O'Shaughnessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judgment reserved in legal challenge to Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/judgment-reserved-in-legal-challenge-to-orange-order-parade-on-garvaghy-road/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/judgment-reserved-in-legal-challenge-to-orange-order-parade-on-garvaghy-road/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Drumcree standoff: Three senior judges promised to deliver verdict on latest legal challenge to the march ‘swiftly’, but did not provide a date]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:42:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GLNMXYDSBWV56JIBRSNJRNADFM.jpg?auth=ad6067a8cd40fe9415929be3d225485ec6a70a5658bc7b9bc75f2dfac0a58507&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breandán Mac Cionnaith and members of the Garvaghy Road Residents coalition speak to the media outside the High Court in Belfast. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Appalling attack’: Man forced into bin and pushed on to railway tracks at Dublin Dart station]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/man-forced-into-bin-and-pushed-on-to-railway-tracks-at-dublin-train-station/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/man-forced-into-bin-and-pushed-on-to-railway-tracks-at-dublin-train-station/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incident at Harmonstown station on Sunday night ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:41:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XBROJZF44NGFLJSYZFS6KVVMHU.JPG?auth=666fe8d6823c64ca2ab66ea979857ee9442ca47913f8d7d09e003c57f8d6681d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The male youth was hurt in the incident at Harmonstown Dart Station, but managed to climb back on to the platform despite his injuries. 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[Ireland v Israel was no ordinary match assignment. Irish journalists were watched and filmed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ireland-v-israel-was-no-ordinary-work-assignment-irish-journalists-were-being-watched/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ireland-v-israel-was-no-ordinary-work-assignment-irish-journalists-were-being-watched/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recurring presence of out-of-place people combined with blatant filming of reporters made for a deeply uncomfortable week]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:40:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HZ5TW3JTCJGQJD6HNS7OFE47QU.jpg?auth=924c21707608cf58fe8d8451d5a499e1802828c9b4d335055daf4d1aee2ac0ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson speaks to Irish journalists last Saturday at TSC Arena, Backa Topola, Serbia. Photograph; Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the PTSB sale: stick with the plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/05/the-irish-times-view-on-the-ptsb-sale-stick-with-the-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/05/the-irish-times-view-on-the-ptsb-sale-stick-with-the-plan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Another expression of interest has appeared, but the only offer on the table is from Bawag ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UDPQHCX34VBWTAN2UX4YVW2ECM.JPG?auth=e5a1ce0b91be90cb5466fd86ae620e4c5895474d8cdae3321e1dcd9c0d954b43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Julie O'Neill, PTSB chair and Eamonn Crowley, chief executive officer at the extraordinary general meeting in July to approve the sale of the bank. 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[Ethiopian government forces claim control of Tigray’s capital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/10/05/ethiopian-government-forces-claim-control-of-tigrays-capital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/africa/2026/10/05/ethiopian-government-forces-claim-control-of-tigrays-capital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Wallis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Government-allied militia says it gained control of Mekelle after rebel offensive left country on brink of civil war]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:23:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOIJ22OSPQXFMDTABRIODQE2EQ.jpg?auth=b207d86270535606209008f75504a1893b5f6ecf036df8eb262e3c7b2903e953&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Ethiopian pro-government Tigray Peace Force (TPF) gesture as residents welcome them while they ride in a pickup truck during a street patrol after Ethiopian federal and allied forces entered the Tigray capital of Mekelle, on October 4, 2026. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw Switzerland’s Alpine treasures melting away. It was a sobering experience]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/10/05/seeing-the-beauty-of-switzerlands-alpine-treasures-melt-away-was-a-sobering-experience/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/10/05/seeing-the-beauty-of-switzerlands-alpine-treasures-melt-away-was-a-sobering-experience/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis McClean]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It remains a spectacular vista, but the snow caps and glaciers are now fading before our eyes]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6K24TORZFHRNDWE7Q4EBXLXB4.jpeg?auth=48a4d34a2ee8ae0c2c2317b483c5c73e447fa62098399187746c1bcd673c3c85&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Great Aletsch Glacier viewed from the tourist plateau at Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. Photograph: Denis McClean]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave, restaurant critic of The Irish Times, dies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/05/corinna-hardgrave-restaurant-critic-of-the-irish-times-dies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/05/corinna-hardgrave-restaurant-critic-of-the-irish-times-dies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Úna McCaffrey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave was widely respected for her skilled food writing, but always ensured her first duty as a critic was to the reader]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:08:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EWDLKXC5RVHKVIG2FQN3GWOXX4.jpg?auth=b792da35fce03d999e6448cbc8a6464b3342a78672e4a1cf3f018330ac63ffa2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave, restaurant critic at The Irish Times, has died aged 64. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniil Medvedev disqualified from China Open semi-final after ball hits fan in the eye]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/10/05/daniil-medvedev-disqualified-from-china-open-semi-final-after-hitting-fan-with-ball/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/tennis/2026/10/05/daniil-medvedev-disqualified-from-china-open-semi-final-after-hitting-fan-with-ball/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Brewin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russian player struck rebounding ball into the crowd]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7YN62QE56BXEWO7HSFA7YMEVKA.jpg?auth=dd5e560a8d11592ae16173d934cbcb1fac93af7608f28a7de568bb0da5db237b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniil Medvedev after being disqualified for hitting a ball into the stands at the China Open. Photograph: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Greg Baker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Cost-of-college crisis’ locking people out of higher education, says advocacy group ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/cost-of-college-crisis-locking-people-out-of-higher-education-says-advocacy-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/cost-of-college-crisis-locking-people-out-of-higher-education-says-advocacy-group/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students want Government to reduce contribution fees by €500 and address the price of transport]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:05:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7526CGTWYRD5NAHVNL27OZQFPU.jpeg?auth=1a251d7b0c68fd2e0e58c60e9e59cadef3c3502ba68a34617649fa413009c2fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AMLÉ president Daniel Walsh says students are ‘impoverishing themselves’ to get through their studies]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why reducing the €2,500 student registration charge would be a double-edged sword]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/why-reducing-the-2500-student-registration-charge-would-be-a-double-edged-sword/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/why-reducing-the-2500-student-registration-charge-would-be-a-double-edged-sword/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Do we really want our universities to be much cheaper than others in the EU?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/INDOFQA7MJGINPXCKGQEY3BV34.jpg?auth=80472d9c669ab3ca4c57a4c101dbe3b2807ad8c1f2870f0498e5089281b2a5e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Students from anywhere in the European Union have the same right to a place in an Irish university as Irish students do. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">monkeybusinessimages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They deserve to be on a good wage’: Dublin parents back teachers on industrial action]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/they-deserve-to-be-on-a-good-wage-dublin-parents-back-teachers-on-industrial-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/they-deserve-to-be-on-a-good-wage-dublin-parents-back-teachers-on-industrial-action/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parents who spoke during school pickups on Monday were supportive of action, though acknowledged it may ‘upset’ jobs]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:56:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JVLZHEDNDRGLNCPFIMKYPQ34LA.jpg?auth=c9ed67bf5175f5686da51a747cdce11bbeee62f37a311fd7e3940447dbe5a893&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathy Foley says she will 'of course' be affected should the 24-hour teacher strike go ahead, with her 10-year-old daughter Nancy saying she 'won't mind'.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash into Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, say Israeli officials]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/flydubai-co-pilot-planned-to-crash-into-israels-ben-gurion-airport-israeli-officials/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/flydubai-co-pilot-planned-to-crash-into-israels-ben-gurion-airport-israeli-officials/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Cornwell, Maayan Lubell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Co-pilot told interrogators in United Arab Emirates he planned the attack before being hired by the airline]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:47:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GFDMFVOKTUXPYWBD2RKZWUFCAA.jpg?auth=1ec88a10671dc7c3da7f5af5e2d022447f7034a895a1552d63a8a3c8304bd5e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Israeli airline parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jack Guez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland v Kazakhstan World Cup playoff: Team news, kick-off time, where to watch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ireland-v-kazakhstan-world-cup-playoff-team-news-kick-off-time-where-to-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ireland-v-kazakhstan-world-cup-playoff-team-news-kick-off-time-where-to-watch/</guid><description><![CDATA[Everything you need to know ahead of Ireland’s trip to Kazakhstan]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:34:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P55FQBCC6VCDHPBWJ4HMPRPV3Q.jpg?auth=7e927966c7c849dac5fac442063dd392c4ef5c698f47aad94d33ac5b34364a7f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland travel to Astana to play Kazakhstan in the first leg of the first-round World Cup qualifying playoffs. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland records one of lowest rates of house price inflation in euro zone]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/ireland-records-one-of-lowest-rates-of-house-price-inflation-in-euro-zone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/ireland-records-one-of-lowest-rates-of-house-price-inflation-in-euro-zone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Latest Eurostat figures provide more evidence of slowdown in Irish house prices
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:29:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OIVDJLCQ4RAL5BHDYUWLSZW53Q.jpg?auth=a38f40198af001cd234c0223cdd4256b5e39b8e35e672abdba39af5ca404e656&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eurostat figures suggest a moderation in house price growth here. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">OwenPrice</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Rent tax credit could increase to €1,200 per person at higher level]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/increase-in-rent-tax-credit-on-the-table-as-budget-talks-enter-final-phase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/increase-in-rent-tax-credit-on-the-table-as-budget-talks-enter-final-phase/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Universal reduction of €150 in college fees on the cards]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U3NE55HRIFFQRDDPTKB3JJ3WE4.jpg?auth=7eb24b39bf499bc34b47c538254c3e3b2c34f49b38644c6d35439322b638d6c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The higher level of rent tax credit could increase to €1,200 per per person. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[O’Neill accused of choosing politics over ministerial responsibilities in Drumcree standoff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/oneill-accused-of-choosing-sf-politics-over-ministerial-responsibilities-in-drumcree-standoff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/oneill-accused-of-choosing-sf-politics-over-ministerial-responsibilities-in-drumcree-standoff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emma Little-Pengelly said First Minister ‘chose to follow the law of the mob instead of the law of the land’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7NJX7OQG7ROPTD7QZSXGQJZDM.jpg?auth=2173d6540ed5c912849995f396de6044a90f061ad8503a73ccb9288d05dac819&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald attending a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents in the Drumcree parade dispute. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí seized nearly 2,000 fireworks, worth €347,000, in past 10 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/gardai-have-seized-nearly-2000-fireworks-worth-347000-in-last-decade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/gardai-have-seized-nearly-2000-fireworks-worth-347000-in-last-decade/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Operation Tombola targets the importation, sale and distribution of illegal fireworks]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6MRFVIEMGCGX6KDPBMBFLYTRU.jpg?auth=02a94d87fe39030d5961feac69e742aea1c7f3dd7402dde25c47266085b305b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It is illegal to possess or use fireworks without a permit. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s Stoxx 600 gains on banks boost but fiscal fears hit French stocks  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/europes-stoxx-600-gains-on-banks-boost-but-french-stocks-slide-on-fiscal-fears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/europes-stoxx-600-gains-on-banks-boost-but-french-stocks-slide-on-fiscal-fears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Euro sinks to 17-month low amid renewed sovereign-debt worries]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:13:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7TN3UJULGNTXANUAHZSK4F7KHE.jpg?auth=076b4ff2bfb1b13b0351795631e038b023b6b696e14fe22a2b1ea80e5110987d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The benchmark S&P 500 rose and ‌the Nasdaq reached all-time highs on Monday as most megacap and growth stocks advanced. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Timothy A. Clary</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal aid dispute a matter of concern, says Chief Justice ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/legal-aid-dispute-a-matter-of-concern-says-chief-justice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/legal-aid-dispute-a-matter-of-concern-says-chief-justice/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Revised payment structure provides a flat €520 solicitor fee irrespective of the number of clients or appearances]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:13:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C446AM3UQZEORAANQKH4NLAC5U.jpg?auth=4d9cfd9ac7c80b9855fe0fb962b4c7224b9e0a87f9da050e94e6fd58a3a16be2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell acknowledged constitutional guarantees against reducing judicial pay, but noted this protection 'has less real effect in an era of growth and inflation'. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michelle O’Neill says the law is ‘wrong’ in Orange Order Drumcree march row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/fresh-legal-challenge-to-the-orange-march-to-be-heard-as-drumcree-stand-off-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/fresh-legal-challenge-to-the-orange-march-to-be-heard-as-drumcree-stand-off-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court of Appeal in Belfast has reserved judgment on a fresh legal challenge to Portadown march]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZ5VGX2Y6VS54D6HUUVT3WKDOY.jpg?auth=2fd679495a94b4754cfa850e00a2303a00d01a9fb2b87438d2bd696928dc61d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A PSNI vehicle at the Garvaghy Road. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s the schedule for Budget 2027 and how to follow it on Irishtimes.com ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/budget-2027-what-time-schedule-of-the-day-and-how-to-follow-it-on-irishtimescom/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/budget-2027-what-time-schedule-of-the-day-and-how-to-follow-it-on-irishtimescom/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conn Ó Midheach]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[News, comment, analysis, live blog, videos, live stream, newsletters, podcasts, social media, plus your budget questions answered in live Q&A]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:28:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UQFXBLNTZ5ECXHAV7AHV5P3OWY.jpg?auth=c71a7098858c581c71f041740f4aacff066a415986b92fb61b646d45b5e78f33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will address the Dáil in the afternoon. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste firm Panda sent for trial over worker’s death at Dublin plant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/waste-firm-panda-sent-for-trial-over-workers-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/06/waste-firm-panda-sent-for-trial-over-workers-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company failed to ensure the safety, health and welfare of its employees, according to the charges]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6OZP32BL4FOX5DSXWRGJ4EWL7E.jpg?auth=7edcd7965b2b722b7a565e56b0560c5b31a2b349deddfc5da8001edfecf27f50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company faces six charges under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ticketmaster trial over prices for 2025 Oasis Croke Park concerts delayed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/ticketmaster-trial-over-prices-for-oasis-concert-delayed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/ticketmaster-trial-over-prices-for-oasis-concert-delayed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Case now set to be heard in new year as company is obtaining an expert report]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:25:55 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2ZHGHRGA7NF3NP37XCMQI7FP5Y.jpg?auth=001652818998b21320777bf76e88a3250b6935df624955800b261822cb8411bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oasis fans without tickets listen nearby to the last night of Oasis at Croke Park in August 2025. Photograph: Dan Dennison/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Dennison</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heimir is the right man for the job, and four other things we learned from international window]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/heimir-the-right-man-for-the-job-midfield-problems-remain-what-we-learned-from-international-window/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/heimir-the-right-man-for-the-job-midfield-problems-remain-what-we-learned-from-international-window/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FAI will continue discussions around future Israel fixtures]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OWXAGNTBRRFRRKYRRAET53LNNQ.jpg?auth=6916b49e03bf2796ed5a358c56aff9b32863e0d68057d480d44823878d5d712a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson dealt with a difficult week with decency and calmness. Photograph Ben McShane/Sportsfile via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben McShane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Ministers put finishing touches to package as final measures agreed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/budget-2027-ministers-put-finishing-touches-to-package-as-final-measures-agreed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/05/budget-2027-ministers-put-finishing-touches-to-package-as-final-measures-agreed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Childcare costs, student fees and public service pay among issues still in focus ahead of Tuesday’s budget]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:05:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CNZ5IELSQZARICNGVULHDYYTME.jpg?auth=75a366d8b1034ce3c371ce82c48cc0e8b284ebe1b0587e885f4c2fa145e13211&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers and Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photo Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They want to kill all of us’: Life on Israel’s anxious frontier]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/they-want-to-kill-all-of-us-life-on-israels-anxious-frontier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/they-want-to-kill-all-of-us-life-on-israels-anxious-frontier/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three years after the October 7th attacks, real security feels elusive in the Israeli community nearest the Gaza border fence]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KXJGOCDZVJBSPDVAJ32IHW43GU.jpg?auth=916dfc82369d6e4e9aa6a794d93d407b92ecaa06a66f2fca80a705e8e324d602&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An Israeli soldier near a security barrier near the border fence with the Gaza Strip in Netiv HaAsara, southern Israel. Photograph: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Key Limerick hurling management team members return for 2027]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/05/key-limerick-hurling-management-team-members-return-for-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/05/key-limerick-hurling-management-team-members-return-for-2027/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Paul Kinnerk and Caroline Currid have recommitted for another season alongside John Kiely]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:56:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TW36GYEN5FEOLO2JLEZPDN6SFA.jpg?auth=87488aaaad9bce27107b882985d6c892683bbe1e77e350eba16e8643571351e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick's sports psychologist Caroline Currid. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountjoy prison officer killed in Madrid road incident]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mountjoy-prison-officer-killed-in-madrid-road-incident/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mountjoy-prison-officer-killed-in-madrid-road-incident/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Liam Donoghue (52) died after being hit by a taxi early on Sunday morning]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:54:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MUUAS6QJCNUPJMYS2RESQCALTA.jpg?auth=2f904b775c03e1ba8640081d93e6349efb62986bb10c9a1e7f76133d82893345&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam Donoghue worked in Mountjoy Prison as a prison officer. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicken producer Moy Park paid £143m dividend to US parent as it cut 1,000 jobs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/10/05/chicken-producer-moy-park-paid-143m-dividend-to-us-parent-as-it-cut-1000-jobs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2026/10/05/chicken-producer-moy-park-paid-143m-dividend-to-us-parent-as-it-cut-1000-jobs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle, Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meat firm reports 34% jump in operating profits]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IGS3BRQ5ZZPX2L7KRRO7QUTIRA.jpg?auth=ff19509953c0637509459c5941f13b4c29dfcec476fbbc6a6a83aa1fd5bfbc33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Moy Park, one of Northern Ireland’s largest companies, has 35 million chickens on the ground at any given time. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris/Bloomberg]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fitzwilliam tennis club seeks permission to enclose two padel courts with 10.5m-high cover]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/fitzwillam-tennis-club-seeks-permission-to-enclose-two-padel-courts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/fitzwillam-tennis-club-seeks-permission-to-enclose-two-padel-courts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin 6 organisation already in dispute with some residents over plans to put ‘air dome’ over tennis court]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FKNTKZOSCE4VSHSM3RFTG45LSE.jpg?auth=fa8b35a544dcfbd2c866084f1a619edcf3c4e6fb6899ae43f14c0fc28d7262e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Planning consultants said the padel enclosure would not have any adverse effect on those living near the club. Photograph: INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Hospital Kilmainham conservation plan edges closer as OPW and Imma tensions ease]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/royal-hospital-kilmainham-conservation-plan-edges-closer-as-long-running-tensions-ease/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/royal-hospital-kilmainham-conservation-plan-edges-closer-as-long-running-tensions-ease/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Office of Public Works and Irish Museum of Modern Art hold ‘constructive’ talks following previous disagreement ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:47:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2CAKXCH5G5FIHA3EUNSYKRHHWA.jpg?auth=1c85b59c90404921c69b46ec8867ccdc640f99991b19968776e0c072866488c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Work by Sam Gilliam on show in the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Photograph: Louis Haugh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">LOUIS HAUGH</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We can all see you’: Gillian Anderson addresses ‘distracting’ fans in front row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/10/05/we-can-all-see-you-gillian-anderson-addresses-distracting-fans-in-front-row/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/10/05/we-can-all-see-you-gillian-anderson-addresses-distracting-fans-in-front-row/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Joyce]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anderson was filmed outside Soho Place theatre where she’s performing in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:44:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M2E2JDQRB5A3HFXKQLHWY2H7OM.jpg?auth=e2b40859373650c86e962830a286c616147684e0ec72e0dfd0ec829dfb6a82eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gillian Anderson was filmed outside the Soho Place theatre where she’s performing in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Photograph: Valery Hache]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">VALERY HACHE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Denmark breach exposes personal data of 8.8 million people]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/denmark-breach-exposes-personal-data-of-88-million-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/denmark-breach-exposes-personal-data-of-88-million-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Sjolin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hackers gain access to names, addresses and personal identification numbers]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:19:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6ITSSD2UBZAXZGMXIZIYYVX2LM.jpg?auth=eb7ee0335fc97558c356812cf5d86e45ffc50166b67baf2f2833b2593c96bf00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christina Egelund, Danish digitalisation minister, has described the breach as a "serious incident". Photograph: Focke Strangman/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FOCKE STRANGMANN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the school protests in France that have spiralled into arson and street violence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/how-school-protests-in-france-spiralled-into-arson-vandalism-and-street-violence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/how-school-protests-in-france-spiralled-into-arson-vandalism-and-street-violence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sense of chaos feeds into election campaign, with Marine Le Pen promising to reestablish ‘order’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:17:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKECMAKGFYBGHTWXYZXCBXOWKU.jpg?auth=81129b87a744a036fc558f77872e7a61c0c0eae1b3bbce207879b25a6ac7e5c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French police officers operate in the foreground as demonstrators stand amid tear gas during student protests near the Kerichen high school in Brest, western France, on October 2nd, 2026. Photograph: Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fred Tanneau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US ‘monitoring’ suspected case of plague in Russia after lab worker dies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/us-monitoring-suspected-case-of-plague-in-russia-after-lab-worker-dies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/us-monitoring-suspected-case-of-plague-in-russia-after-lab-worker-dies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anastasia Stognei in Berlin and Katya Arenina in Vilnius]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mystery death at plague research institute in Irkutsk sparks quarantine measures across Siberia]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:07:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEHMCYA4QNW63Q4DLV5U5T2M6I.jpg?auth=aa0beee05bae4401373fd20df12a2ee930f460eec36c1abbd1346d69d6b363ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers in a lab at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug barons ‘a cancer’ on State, says judge, as two boys sentenced for drug-debt intimidation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for-drug-debt-intimidation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/drug-barons-a-cancer-on-state-says-judge-as-two-boys-sentenced-for-drug-debt-intimidation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Teenagers were 16 at the time of incident in Mullingar in which home-made shotgun was fired, houses were attacked and four cars set ablaze]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NUK67MJCRLTXBXR2P6KFIUFEE4.jpg?auth=fd39d34fb3fb10f1a160a21e86274cc01c4b2ea8b498e4fcf313aea5c49bdb6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Keenan Johnson said 'all State resources should be used to catch' and lock up drug barons using children as foot soldiers]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the mystery that first set off fears of Iranian threats at a UK military base]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/05/behind-the-mystery-that-first-set-off-fears-of-iranian-threats-at-a-uk-military-base/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/05/behind-the-mystery-that-first-set-off-fears-of-iranian-threats-at-a-uk-military-base/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael D Shear, Eric Schmitt, Megan Specia and Adam Goldman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A mysterious call near Fairford airbase set in motion a huge counterterrorism response and days of uncertainty ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:51:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OLU35B3X3MRZHNIOISXKOEVHBQ.jpg?auth=13068b4cfa03ba22bfb54dea8fa4a4c8b25e55bf16abb0dc387dbe2743bcf1b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Police patrol the perimeter as a US Air Force Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire last week.  Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Birchall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan case adjourned for one week to allow solicitor to apply to represent him ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/daniel-kinahan-case-adjourned-for-one-week-to-allow-solicitor-apply-to-represent-him/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/daniel-kinahan-case-adjourned-for-one-week-to-allow-solicitor-apply-to-represent-him/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kinahan appears via video link for brief mention but will attend court next week]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:49:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GJJ4EYVYRVCZJNCT3F3GR6NL6A.jpg?auth=466b1c2b8575b7ee1b8f0769bb0b3013308de1cdff0bfe62b4bc3264220bdd22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Kinahan (circled) leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin in August. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Ireland players who impressed in a difficult international window]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/green-shoots-five-ireland-players-who-impressed-in-a-difficult-international-window/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/green-shoots-five-ireland-players-who-impressed-in-a-difficult-international-window/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gorman]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson appears to have a solid foundation to build on]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SSW6YXWR5L75I3DN22UZUK253E.jpg?auth=bc6ae183cbf5e58d42ef9a834c6a099695ec57d01e72a1c08ae51762f6b2ff51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's James Abankwah gets to the ball before Phillipp Mwene of Austria during last Thursday's Nations League match at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social media influencer pays herself €1.9m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/social-media-influencer-pays-herself-19m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/social-media-influencer-pays-herself-19m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tullamore-based fashion entrepreneur Lisa McGowan’s company returns to profit]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:29:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TZB7URUPUCSNWHPMQ4BQOC6ZZ4.jpg?auth=d3b634479c581a6b4632027141d6453777ae94ccec1c40cfd9aa728b519f21ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lisa McGowan, from Tullamore in Co Offaly, started a  website promoting fashion and beauty items after  winning the best dressed lady competition at the Galway Races in 2016. File photograph: Ryan Byrne/INPHO.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s oil stockpiles are ‘scarily thin’, says Saudi Aramco boss]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/saudi-aramco-boss-warns-worlds-oil-stockpiles-are-scarily-thin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/saudi-aramco-boss-warns-worlds-oil-stockpiles-are-scarily-thin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malcolm Moore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Amin Nasser says inventories depleted by Middle East conflict could take up to two years to rebuild]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:13:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5NZVI6QKJOYLUNLIV2YPTVQLPY.jpg?auth=dd00884bcb64eaf8cd5e326b3565b44f78af24331066c7d82e677ff991275286&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flames at a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh on October 3rd. In recent weeks, Iran has hit ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz while its proxies in Iraq and Yemen have attacked Aramco’s pipelines, refineries and ports. Photograph:  Getty Images.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norway becomes first major country to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in public places]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/norway-first-country-to-propose-temporary-ban-on-ai-glasses-in-public-places/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/norway-first-country-to-propose-temporary-ban-on-ai-glasses-in-public-places/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Milne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proposed law would prohibit use of the technology in parks, beaches, schools and kindergartens]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:02:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QTGNBZ6ATI3ZMMU6UJPQTEG3MU.jpg?auth=078dfe0b8d21ec2cb133117319775e02f5bdb674a86d400c7037529855b37898&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates the latest Meta smart glasses. Photograph: Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gabriela Bhaskar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s prime minister calls snap election after protests over housing crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/spains-prime-minister-calls-snap-election-after-protests-over-housing-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/spains-prime-minister-calls-snap-election-after-protests-over-housing-crisis/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Hedgecoe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Political crisis over housing started last month with the eviction of an 87-year-old woman with a disability]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:56:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FTPFQMQOQZP45W3CMYZPQ2KMUU.jpg?auth=4b8c17f977d95b59a64e079d27e12c0e716261915815b1bd528085456d8b777e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Spainish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called the election for November 29th, the earliest date possible. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Javier Soriano</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 200 solicitors and barristers protest outside  Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/barristers-support-solicitors-as-criminal-legal-aid-services-withdrawal-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/05/barristers-support-solicitors-as-criminal-legal-aid-services-withdrawal-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister urged to enter talks before High Court decision next week on challenge to new payment model]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:50:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RCG6C7SCUFJYCSVUUXPP6WZSEI.jpg?auth=6e557797f466333faeb5f2f8836a3ed911ca5c9c2b46fa115dcd2737ae3b522f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Criminal defence solicitors stage a protest over legal aid reforms on the first day of the new legal term outside Central Criminal Court in Dublin. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyna</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seapoint links set for temporary closure in 2027 as Pádraig Harrington leads €7m redesign]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/05/seapoint-links-set-for-temporary-closure-in-2027-as-padraig-harrington-leads-7m-redesign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/05/seapoint-links-set-for-temporary-closure-in-2027-as-padraig-harrington-leads-7m-redesign/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Course will close in January for project work to take place, with estimated reopening in spring 2028]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2NBFFBHMBB7LO76352YJ2JGC4.jpg?auth=5ed55493a3d3a59161d44a354b6493cf3884baa2e44547a8691f071f824e187e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CGI image of redesinged 18th hole at Seapoint golf club.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deepfake Ireland on Virgin Media One: Gráinne Seoige’s distress in this grim film is palpable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/05/deepfake-ireland-on-virgin-media-grainne-seoiges-distress-in-this-grim-film-is-palpable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/05/deepfake-ireland-on-virgin-media-grainne-seoiges-distress-in-this-grim-film-is-palpable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: Seoige revisits her experience of AI-generated deepfake images while looking at the wider issue of misogyny on the internet]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OAJZSES4HFBDVCYNKSCIWWLXBU.JPG?auth=10d8668014949e15065820a0e15b5ec7a74d96aed8de6800c39d2372bb61a324&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gráinne Seoige looks at the traumatic impact of deepfake images in Deepfake Ireland with Gráinne Seoige, Monday, Virgin Media One, 9pm]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It turns out the magnets don’t work through double-glazed windows’: Fiachra Garvey on money]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/it-turns-out-the-magnets-dont-work-through-double-glazed-windows-fiachra-garvey-on-money/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/it-turns-out-the-magnets-dont-work-through-double-glazed-windows-fiachra-garvey-on-money/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The concert pianist on his first car, buying a London flat and learning to haggle in Morocco]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:56:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73IW3ZP3RZHQLPWEI7FX4FEX7M.jpeg?auth=2e80ab47a6b6a885346dbd47adff2c5a9c3d6557b4ecffb86cadac8178ad0102&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Concert pianist Fiachra Garvey: his first paying gig as a pianist was on the Late Late Toy Show in 2000, performing a waltz by Chopin. 'I was 13, and I was paid £100.']]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kestrel Capital swoops on Dublin-based wealth and investment manager Kinsale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/kestrel-capital-swoops-on-dublin-based-wealth-and-investment-manager-kinsale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/kestrel-capital-swoops-on-dublin-based-wealth-and-investment-manager-kinsale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deal reported to be worth around €10m]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:44:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G4AFOYQCGZDFVP7SDXN6PIXS4U.jpg?auth=fa28bb11c61e680a41e71640a67bfae4c0b2a7cb0d939ca694f96ab3eb00821f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kestrel Capital chief executive John Crowe said Kinsale Capital is one of Ireland's most respected wealth managers.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is traumatic for the parents’: How Irish drug gangs are using teenagers’ addresses in operations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/irish-drug-dealers-use-impressionable-teenagers-to-receive-cannabis-by-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/irish-drug-dealers-use-impressionable-teenagers-to-receive-cannabis-by-post/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cannabis grow houses that once boomed in Ireland have become a smaller part of the trade]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EMISMMLMABR5LRATUKJZ7VRFAQ.jpg?auth=b3f0eb6866978f7afe1685d0be0a28eb4cc0cc1485801083c8d2c5dc3b8f5c3f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Criminals are buying cannabis abroad and posting it back to Ireland in parcels in quantities of 5kg or less]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Me In review: A brilliant premise, but this play ultimately feels underdeveloped]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/05/let-me-in-review-a-brilliant-premise-but-this-play-ultimately-feels-underdeveloped/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/05/let-me-in-review-a-brilliant-premise-but-this-play-ultimately-feels-underdeveloped/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Esosa Ighodaro is interested in the emotional reality of belonging to a country that doesn’t always seem to want you]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:21:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WGDKDXUUYBCTZG7LXD6TB2RXQE.jpg?auth=95cfd65f218ee03f831670e7d3a70c18a6895ecb9bd4a27697e21cdc9e83b54b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Let Me In: Alexandra Conlon and Ebby O'Toole-Acheampong in Esosa Ighodaro's play. Photograph: Izzy Hamilton]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female-looking AI agents were paid less than male ones in virtual office, study finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/10/05/female-looking-ai-agents-were-paid-less-than-male-ones-in-virtual-office-study-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/10/05/female-looking-ai-agents-were-paid-less-than-male-ones-in-virtual-office-study-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workplace gender bias may be replicated in interactions with artificial intelligence, according to research from University of Limerick]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:19:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NWABAI4PLFC6JBX5STYREQASIQ.jpg?auth=8b7b2edc11a30136d9b927831104eee5441b49af5195fb55ff0d173ea6cea57d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A study examined whether the way AI assistants are presented influences how people treat them in a workplace. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Userba011d64_201</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former prince Andrew seeks judicial review of police searches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/pa/2026/10/04/former-prince-andrew-suing-police-over-his-arrest-report-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/wires/pa/2026/10/04/former-prince-andrew-suing-police-over-his-arrest-report-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Younger brother of King Charles will this week ask UK court to rule warrants issued by central criminal court  were unlawful]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:12:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3PFGPTKROFPF43ASNISK62ONLA.jpg?auth=1389dd7f1446e93a5a6e3fabf337b6804e8c4e82c05b2e6b03785f934b642f8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was last year stripped of his right to be a prince. File photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire


]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jordan Pettitt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I didn’t even dream of it’: Ciarán Frawley enjoys a madcap Connacht debut]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/05/i-didnt-even-dream-of-it-to-be-honest-ciaran-frawley-enjoys-a-madcap-connacht-debut/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/05/i-didnt-even-dream-of-it-to-be-honest-ciaran-frawley-enjoys-a-madcap-connacht-debut/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Outhalf loving life out west as he renews partnership with ‘mentor’ Stuart Lancaster ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FRZQ7AKPXWXP5NQZPH42STPODE.jpg?auth=500f85f9c8d9049e340cb168c14af5434044e8ffa059e1c517ddb6f43dc57c21&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht’s Ciarán Frawley scores a try despite tackle from Benetton's Matt Gallagher. Photograph: Matteo Ciambelli/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matteo Ciambelli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The terrifying, unbeaten Chiefs would like you to know your predictions were wrong]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/the-terrifying-unbeaten-chiefs-would-like-you-to-know-your-predictions-were-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/the-terrifying-unbeaten-chiefs-would-like-you-to-know-your-predictions-were-wrong/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Farrar]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kansas City beat the surprisingly feisty Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. They already look like a very real contender after a lost season in 2025]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WMMZFZGAAWTYV43DZ7PIVXS6MQ.jpg?auth=83fe25fa872907d070feccb1ee8e04cd0282d8b11b80be1eb4dc7ed72f0b2b46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patrick Mahomes in action during the Chiefs’ win over the Raiders on Sunday. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Marcus</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trio awarded Nobel Prize in medicine for research on mysteries of brain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/trio-awarded-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-research-on-mysteries-of-brain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/trio-awarded-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-research-on-mysteries-of-brain/</guid><description><![CDATA[Optogenetics makes it possible to switch on, ​or off, the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:21:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZJVWENXIT4EZDWSGVAYXEUBJOY.jpg?auth=94790a1e53870fedfefcd781515fe5339c7116b59ebd6f443b62fe9721693603&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. Photograph: TT News Agency via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pontus Lundahl</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Hypocrisy of the Irish is unbelievable’: Israeli media reacts to draw with Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/let-the-irish-stew-in-their-hatred-for-us-israeli-media-reacts-to-draw-with-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/let-the-irish-stew-in-their-hatred-for-us-israeli-media-reacts-to-draw-with-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Weiss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Just like the first game, the most important thing for the Irish team was to show disrespect’, says Israeli daily newspaper Yisrael Hayom ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:53:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5SKZCVQZJLBFR233WZOBBMUJGE.jpg?auth=5ebdc72f3dd69f08f40bfec427cefcda3e8157401c46a486b6fe5e6320fd3fef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland-Israel was 'another tense and ugly game', said Israeli outlet Sport5. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survey seeking information on sexual abuse at Irish schools opens ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/survey-seeking-information-on-sexual-abuse-at-irish-schools-opens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/survey-seeking-information-on-sexual-abuse-at-irish-schools-opens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[People who were sexually abused at schools between 1927 and 2013 are being invited to take part in survey]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:38:40 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SCX3BYFB4NCVXBCSRK6LWODRDM.jpg?auth=eabeae04f25d72fa2159e2a41edb343b8d59fa126050396b966fb33812269806&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All day and boarding schools are within the scope of a new survey]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicola Tree</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Traitors to creation’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the far right’s apocalypse alliance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/traitors-to-creation-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-the-far-rights-apocalypse-alliance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/traitors-to-creation-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-the-far-rights-apocalypse-alliance/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:30:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YPVCVWMDURBRPCLJFWYQEN2YUE.jpg?auth=093ad1873280785ddcb82fab96e1437bfc826c7ffa095c470b0f226847bb4850&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Naomi Klein, author, social activist and filmmaker. She is the co-author with Astra Taylor of End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Photograph: Kamil Bialous]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kamil Bialous</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake Xerxes Fussell: Why I’m bringing my Napoleonic sea shanties to Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/05/jake-xerxes-fussell-why-im-bringing-my-napoleonic-sea-shanties-to-ireland-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/05/jake-xerxes-fussell-why-im-bringing-my-napoleonic-sea-shanties-to-ireland-2/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The American singer has become a category of one: a singer with two feet in the past and his head in the present]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:11:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/POG22MPFDJFOZF4JNOCYNBJJCE.jpg?auth=73dead525effb9ecb8c73ce94a76a6936035e34e4ca50ce7b328d2949d11b348&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jake Xerxes Fussell. Photograph: Kate Medley]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kate Medley</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Éanna, have I spotted a penguin in Portmarnock?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/05/dear-eanna-have-i-spotted-a-penguin-in-portmarnock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/05/dear-eanna-have-i-spotted-a-penguin-in-portmarnock/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our readers bring their pictures and queries to wildlife consultant Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKZWVW7HNZG7TCZXBFILPIGQAM.JPG?auth=1bc31c1e873edcf843e8eface8410a2f3ddc61716a5cc28817c01eced2823aa5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A juvenile razorbill auk on Portmarnock shores in mid-September. Photograph courtesy of Marie Purcell]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannabis now as profitable as cocaine as supply from legal markets surges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/profits-from-cannabis-in-ireland-now-rival-cocaine-trade-as-supply-from-legal-markets-surges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/05/profits-from-cannabis-in-ireland-now-rival-cocaine-trade-as-supply-from-legal-markets-surges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cannabis herb trade from US, Canada and Thailand is now so significant that economics of Irish drugs market have shifted ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LTTFLLBMMJGFDOQLZCWELHGQSI.jpg?auth=44dc4507204d640ee5f38ad9059dac61b820c5b8babf1509fb0b0d334c086094&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannabis worth an estimated €10.12 million seized by the Garda in Louth in January of this year, put on display by Revenue's Customs service and the Garda.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hallgrímsson relieved difficult international window is over]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/hallgrimsson-relieved-difficult-international-window-is-over/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/hallgrimsson-relieved-difficult-international-window-is-over/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two Dublin greats set up a county final shootout]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WPC5IN3L2MQW4ZEXP65E6MWUJI.jpg?auth=92305f5e5e27f7dfdfc4324e5ace5a537de7502b4033ca2b30249550be1fe868&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Republic of Ireland players bow their heads during the Israeli anthem in Bačka Topola, Serbia on Sunday night. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: the works of Colin Keegan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/10/05/in-pictures-the-works-of-colin-keegan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/photography/2026/10/05/in-pictures-the-works-of-colin-keegan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Award-winning photographer died in a Co Meath crash on Saturday, October 3rd]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:52:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BKPAMIP77BHBHLSIJPOTLUTB4I.jpg?auth=353de086352ec7ee1da2cbd65b7a70d16b85c20ffa5f183d207dd1bc64e9aadb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bertie Ahern surveys the damage after the River Tolka burst its banks in November 2002. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refuge review: A thrillingly weird opening becomes a true story from Ireland’s past]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/05/refuge-review-a-thrillingly-weird-opening-becomes-a-true-story-from-irelands-past/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/05/refuge-review-a-thrillingly-weird-opening-becomes-a-true-story-from-irelands-past/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: In her new play, directed by Jim Culleton, Deirdre Kinahan focuses on the persecuted Palatines who arrived in Co Limerick]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:29:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J446TGPFS5HJ5LVEVWIIRFUZWE.jpg?auth=4326f7839193d68984e24a5928d46a34f72f6bdfe6b8cababa3d919ba67c2b40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Refuge: Mary Murray, Sabah Qalo, Hannah von Peinen and Holger Kraft. Photograph: Andreas Etter]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seasamh prionsabálta poiblí]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/10/05/seasamh-prionsabalta-poibli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/10/05/seasamh-prionsabalta-poibli/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Titley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Is féidir ceacht a fhoghlaim ó Kylian Mbappé]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYBCN65JMNEXDNPDPOOLA4XQR4.jpg?auth=a1dfc482fa758798e0fc3f6a599aba9a84bea1cca9ba6e397915d66b1491ae59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vinicius Junior agus Kylian Mbappé: “Sula rabhas im imreoir peile, ba dhuine daonna mé.” Grianghraf: Jose Breton/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NurPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[France closes up to 500 schools on Monday as more protests planned]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/france-closes-up-to-500-schools-on-monday-as-more-protests-planned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/france-closes-up-to-500-schools-on-monday-as-more-protests-planned/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rory Carroll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lessons will be ‘totally or partly suspended’ in some second level schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France’s education minister says.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:34:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKECMAKGFYBGHTWXYZXCBXOWKU.jpg?auth=81129b87a744a036fc558f77872e7a61c0c0eae1b3bbce207879b25a6ac7e5c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[French police officers during student protests near the Kerichen second level school in Brest, western France, last week. Photograph: Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fred Tanneau</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild, cloudy, occasionally wet weather to continue until midweek ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mild-cloudy-occasionally-wet-weather-to-continue-until-midweek/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/mild-cloudy-occasionally-wet-weather-to-continue-until-midweek/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann expects temperatures to hit 20 degrees on Monday but dip expected on Wednesday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:31:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S2VFKQR5KFEYDOJDRAJH6MTONQ.JPG?auth=4bf7418ba40dc7f85b3b8d939f7c45a1b37048510fcf67450152ffc605e43778&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Met Éireann says most places in Ireland will be cloudy throughout Monday morning, with patches of rain. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oíche mhór na n-amhrán is ansa linn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/10/05/oiche-mhor-na-n-amhran-is-ansa-linn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuarascail/2026/10/05/oiche-mhor-na-n-amhran-is-ansa-linn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éanna Ó Caollaí]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Beidh an cheolchoirm speisialta Cóisir Cheoil – An tAmhrán is Ansa Linn ar siúl i dTír Chonaill an tseachtain seo.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EW7VAKRVJVCRDBQHSAD6XZFLY4.JPG?auth=d9929447bc6c074c9494ad68aa760ba129a2aff4a1651fc789f7151b604660b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Láithreoir an chláir Cóisir Cheoil ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Dónall Mac Ruairí le baill de Cheolfhoireann Coirme RTÉ faoi scáth na hEaragaile i nDún na nGall.  Grianghraf: Joe Dunne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOE DUNNE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PTSB says takeover by Bawag still on track despite ‘highly speculative’ bid by Axis Capital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/10/05/ptsb-says-takeover-by-bawag-still-on-track-despite-highly-speculative-bid-by-axis-capital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/10/05/ptsb-says-takeover-by-bawag-still-on-track-despite-highly-speculative-bid-by-axis-capital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Axis, cofounded by former boom-era banker Mark Duffy, has yet to line up funding needed to make offer for bank]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:25:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6KKUCYNAP5FWTJR6HI4YMLRK34.JPG?auth=fcf22fcb079535eb51c080c2dccea1ceb262b6dfb6e367e2c920085dd3fbd614&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PTSB agreed in April to be bought by Austria's Bawag for €1.62 million. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil turns right: Bolsonaro in pole position as election goes to run-off]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/10/05/brazils-turns-right-bolsonaro-in-pole-position-as-election-goes-to-run-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/10/05/brazils-turns-right-bolsonaro-in-pole-position-as-election-goes-to-run-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Hennigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If Flávio Bolsonaro wins, Brazil will be the latest country to swing right in Latin America, a trend championed by Donald Trump]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:02:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZOVJA26DH25YMNA4L6E2MRBHC4.jpg?auth=940a62c88099202c35a1a717a36fda4eaebf9a8c31e9183c2532a0c181a2689d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro during the official launch of his campaign at the Liberal Party’s National Convention in São Paulo. Photograph: Victor Moriyama/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Victor Moriyama</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Andy Burnham says ‘Brexit has done more harm than good’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-andy-burnham-says-brexit-has-done-more-harm-than-good/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/why-andy-burnham-says-brexit-has-done-more-harm-than-good/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R64SB7SW7JBENJBJ2SWRYQBKG4.jpg?auth=78c64c80005249b8f9619172b8c1cec307c3847b162bbf2c44ae0c18c7b6b0a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[UK prime minister Andy Burnham at the Labour Party conference last week]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-minute budget lobbying and the challenge of keeping money in the family]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/last-minute-budget-lobbying-and-the-challenge-of-keeping-money-in-the-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/last-minute-budget-lobbying-and-the-challenge-of-keeping-money-in-the-family/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Business Digest: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:41:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VUC63PP6TZGXBH5P2XWW56FHOU.JPG?auth=b9107f30deae0958460adec87fa2f89b417e8b71fa71bd8b4bb1b6b6235bc37f&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 (right) and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers are putting the finishing touches to Budget 2027.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil refiners US and China have the leverage amid rising fuel prices]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/05/oil-refiners-us-and-china-have-the-leverage-amid-rising-fuel-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/05/oil-refiners-us-and-china-have-the-leverage-amid-rising-fuel-prices/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s recent threat to halt diesel exports would have had calamitous consequences for Europe]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:39:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2UNFPIUJIYJIRJDK7AXCUGENSI.jpg?auth=29d6ef42f136d8693282af32f990ff2df5c5feb6d8eda6a31740bade52696695&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High petrol and diesel prices at a station in Newark, New Jersey last week. A global shortage of refining capacity is contributing to rising diesel prices. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times 
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/una-mullally-on-capel-st-about-six-people-approached-us-for-money-one-held-a-small-girls-hand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/una-mullally-on-capel-st-about-six-people-approached-us-for-money-one-held-a-small-girls-hand/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When we talk about those on the ‘margins’, we are talking about real people]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRPUV4LOHRFZ3JTS3LRDKMJ3MM.jpg?auth=1863112d4546538e4a33bf80223adf7198033e33f2f8eace90080f31d1c792ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesday’s budget may be the worst since Charles Haughey’s wild spending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/gerard-howlin-tomorrows-budget-may-be-the-worst-since-the-days-of-charles-haugheys-wild-spending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/gerard-howlin-tomorrows-budget-may-be-the-worst-since-the-days-of-charles-haugheys-wild-spending/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerard Howlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite all the promises, the day after tomorrow will be one of disappointment]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/35GP7IUMYNBRFBJHRH66HFPQQQ.jpg?auth=5239c1d4c541aea3e0e4b5eda796b11ea4d35cce40ef115a1e7f3d010cd76ffb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon Harris and Jack Chambers: For the first time since 2011 there is a split team in the Government managing the economy. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munster have been digging this hole for years as they slide into tortured mediocrity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/05/munster-team-too-often-dwarfed-by-legacy-of-the-jersey-as-they-slide-into-tortured-mediocrity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/05/munster-team-too-often-dwarfed-by-legacy-of-the-jersey-as-they-slide-into-tortured-mediocrity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Change of leadership at the top of the organisation is desperately needed but there are no miracle cures]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZXK45UVB3BCJBB75SNLQEYWHHU.jpg?auth=d81841c8020b6b8eb395c6750dd5d0482b8448548e262f5fe8ea35331040d459&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Peter O’Mahony of Munster before extra time against the Sharks in Durban, 2025. Photograph: Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most neurodivergent children have a neurodivergent parent – diagnosed or not]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/10/05/most-neurodivergent-children-have-a-neurodivergent-parent-diagnosed-or-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-family/2026/10/05/most-neurodivergent-children-have-a-neurodivergent-parent-diagnosed-or-not/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Sharry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Part two: Neurodiversity and your parenting style ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IW44NO7LONHLHJS2K7JQTZHV7A.jpg?auth=9784a2046ee754b91b56381ebd5968ddf0567d4750af1a8c19439a8bc033291b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[As parents, we are called to empathically understand our children but we are equally challenged to empathically understand ourselves. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">andreswd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My son has just started secondary school and seems a little overwhelmed’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/my-son-has-just-started-secondary-school-and-seems-a-little-overwhelmed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/my-son-has-just-started-secondary-school-and-seems-a-little-overwhelmed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Mooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Should I be worried?’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IRVHR2IMQRCMDCLLKP5LM2QR7Y.jpg?auth=a03cca60c37abccb8a4a9a71b7f7874cd3575aff6fa9f98bbab0d1f31159d39b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The transition from primary to second level is a huge one in any child’s life. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mixetto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the end, Ireland’s players just wanted to get out of the nightmare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ken-early-at-the-end-irelands-players-just-wanted-to-get-out-of-the-nightmare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/05/ken-early-at-the-end-irelands-players-just-wanted-to-get-out-of-the-nightmare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finn Azaz’s creativity was missed against Israel but leaving him on the bench spared him from the criticism that would inevitably have come his way ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YIBXQN6WFP4UANJYNFRSDIXN6U.jpg?auth=3d1a7b77dcafbc05907b27a6a235723d7754992e7e02812b4174e1840226ba10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jayson Molumby was on the receiving end of plenty of aggression during Ireland's draw with Israel on Sunday. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents scramble for childcare as Dublin creche announces it is closing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/parents-left-scrambling-for-childcare-after-dublin-creche-signals-closure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/parents-left-scrambling-for-childcare-after-dublin-creche-signals-closure/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oakview Tallaght, located on grounds of locality’s TU campus, issues three months’ notice]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VFSMDHCQBFAIDBUEKCKEBJ2ZMU.jpg?auth=b5f20a9bd6f53701686c4a73bae4d5599f33b1136935ed60271a77b14abb847a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciara Kirby's three children, Liam, Michael and Leo at Oakview creche, Tallaght. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erling Haaland turns to the law to protect his signature hairdo]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/erling-haaland-turns-to-the-law-to-protect-his-signature-hairdo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/05/erling-haaland-turns-to-the-law-to-protect-his-signature-hairdo/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thierry Henry singing Zinedine Zidane’s praises, Ronaldo’s posse wade in]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E4X2YI5GMBDBXKCGBH66OLTNZY.png?auth=3ed8ecc0eb0060d565cc530c79ab303efe822bf2ed26c6e614be43c0ee45b22d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Photoshopped image posted by Norwegian Air Shuttle featuring Erling Haaland's (former) hair-do.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service sector activity strengthens despite price pressures]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/service-sector-activity-strengthens-despite-price-pressures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/service-sector-activity-strengthens-despite-price-pressures/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Latest PMI for State’s services sector indicates growth with inflationary pressure]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F4JLNXQZS6SM6O7QMCIWSLOSLI.jpg?auth=9e30282e8ecbc8e7ef9baa99778ffa4da4786ae2643e694d307e4fea1a17c609&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The State's services sector covers everything from hotels and hairdressers to IT firms and telecoms. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drumcree court hearing and delays to the national children’s hospital]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/booming-cannabis-trade-drumcree-court-hearing-and-delays-to-the-national-childrens-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/early-edition/booming-cannabis-trade-drumcree-court-hearing-and-delays-to-the-national-childrens-hospital/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew McNair]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Early Edition with Andrew McNair]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GI4CSW6DBGU54VKCTUFAJLENIY.jpg?auth=b03c4e92efa8d09c759c0463a28929ce59ccaf38a6279a86d55cb36a39a3f9c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The construction of the facility on the St James’s Hospital site in Dublin began in 2016 and was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022, but has faced numerous delays. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pilita Clark: Dear all ... how bosses should talk to the troops]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/10/05/pilita-clark-dear-all-how-bosses-should-talk-to-the-troops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/10/05/pilita-clark-dear-all-how-bosses-should-talk-to-the-troops/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pilita Clark]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What matters most is understanding priorities and conveying them as thoughtfully as possible]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IDOQ5C7FKRYXKDLJ7IKR6E2KMY.jpg?auth=6ed7bca60319f4b4e99ec9774b3452e050f839080f186ad2385da41cab5e5c48&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Octopus Energy chief executive Greg Jackson has an individual style of engagement. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris J. Ratcliffe</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over-regulation is choking the property market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/05/over-regulation-is-choking-the-property-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/05/over-regulation-is-choking-the-property-market/</guid><description><![CDATA[The law now tilts almost entirely towards tenant protection]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 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[Greece and Turkey’s increasingly blatant hostility could turn lethal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/greece-and-turkeys-increasingly-blatant-hostility-could-turn-lethal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/05/greece-and-turkeys-increasingly-blatant-hostility-could-turn-lethal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Pine]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Greece Letter: Turkey, to extend its claims over the eastern Mediterranean, plans to create two marine parks]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJCI7X4YM5GIFH52D5VPX5VFAA.jpg?auth=74efac9bb718419fd5064e193cdc33ca92489323d331aca4634215649c31e340&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kastellorizo, one of the easternmost islands of Greece, is a short distance from the coast of Turkey. Photograph: Diego Cupolo/NurPhoto via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">NurPhoto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public service work-to-rule to affect pupils from Monday ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/public-service-work-to-rule-to-affect-pupils-from-monday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/05/public-service-work-to-rule-to-affect-pupils-from-monday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Insurance companies have advised schools that, where no alternative cover can be arranged, access to schools should only be provided during core hours]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QN7MZLXVJFFFNESDRLPP2ETXCE.jpg?auth=66f87abe98f92aee1c74a49772e5b2e294c54fd0acc1703abc4c219260ea5bd3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 70,000 members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation and Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland are to join the wider work-to-rule. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">bymuratdeniz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inheritance tax reform could unlock €170bn sitting on deposit, expert says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/inheritance-tax-reform-could-unlock-170bn-sitting-on-deposit-expert-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/inheritance-tax-reform-could-unlock-170bn-sitting-on-deposit-expert-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Current system incentivises families to hold assets until death because of tax implications]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FKGOXI2VBC6LMDH46NPV7O7OM.jpg?auth=3e495d8b41b9ac077c449211c9b988bf35f713bb309bebb3f6ddf1fa723d0575&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dave O’Brien is head of tax at business advisory group Xeinadin Ireland. Photograph: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM PHOTO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael O'Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visible speed limit signs often nowhere to be seen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/05/visible-speed-limit-signs-often-nowhere-to-be-seen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/05/visible-speed-limit-signs-often-nowhere-to-be-seen/</guid><description><![CDATA[In my experience this is common all over the country and especially in cities]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 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[‘We’re not going back, are we?’: Courts may be the only way to end Drumcree standoff ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/were-not-going-back-are-we-solution-to-drumcree-standoff-likely-to-come-from-courts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/were-not-going-back-are-we-solution-to-drumcree-standoff-likely-to-come-from-courts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Hennessy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garvaghy Road residents return to the Court of Appeal on Monday]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2KG7VZ5LFLC7A35ZI6ZPSAXWTE.jpg?auth=6496fdf7d671d48f817c6a7d9f76aee44104afb628f10451549cf287bf2331fa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The danger is that the poison released by Drumcree’s latest chapter will seep into broader society’s bloodstream. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027: Improved childcare supports to include after-school care]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/budget-2027-improved-childcare-supports-to-include-after-school-care/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/budget-2027-improved-childcare-supports-to-include-after-school-care/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Families with a young child in creche could save €1,000 a year, while an income-tax package is expected for workers]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G6CHBV2FNVFVTKHT5HPE4DCGM4.jpg?auth=aedf5af40e02864bb5688e5f723fd7b5b3f4ff8022241077ef4a32f5a4d45005&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cuts are expected in fees for after-school care services. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">romrodinka</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dua Lipa to Dior: How books became fashion’s hottest new accessory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/10/05/dua-lipa-to-dior-how-books-became-fashions-hottest-new-accessory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/10/05/dua-lipa-to-dior-how-books-became-fashions-hottest-new-accessory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Shafique]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dior has chosen Trinity’s Old Library for it’s first runway show in Ireland in December – it’s no coincidence]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LBQOBNMA7BE4ZGBLPG6LMKZSOM.jpeg?auth=fb237c5cabc73509aa41173e7640727a9130b5b9b129aca6a4e4f074a4d593e4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elle Fanning models a Coach bag charm. The US fashion brand teamed up with Penguin Random House to create a collection of mini book charms containing the text of literary works ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should I start a message with ‘I hope you’re well’? If not well, should I say so?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/joe-humphreys-please-dont-tell-me-you-hope-i-am-well-because-i-might-just-answer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/joe-humphreys-please-dont-tell-me-you-hope-i-am-well-because-i-might-just-answer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Suppose I’m in the depths of existential dejection; are you really ready for me to offload my feelings on you?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZ77GJ5V5VDJ7KO3XSSKCEXVHE.jpg?auth=1c1797dc9ba70672361a792630b5cf7c59f9adb37bde4d63525d3138f867cd54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish film and TV industry mounts late push for enhanced regional tax break in budget]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/irish-film-and-tv-industry-mounts-late-push-for-enhanced-regional-tax-break-in-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/irish-film-and-tv-industry-mounts-late-push-for-enhanced-regional-tax-break-in-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Film producer David Puttnam calls for Government to ‘spread Ireland’s screen industry across the country’]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AP22FXU3BBAO5NELUISSQ2PXLQ.jpg?auth=a15be0dfea2f8f0944d743e0e940f2c271e668531ac4b42c17158dcd93942f9e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Everybody Digs Bill Evans, which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, was made in Skibbereen. Photograph: Break Out Pictures]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three firefighters killed in 1936 Pearse Street tragedy to be honoured]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/10/05/three-firefighters-killed-in-1936-pearse-street-tragedy-to-be-honoured/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/10/05/three-firefighters-killed-in-1936-pearse-street-tragedy-to-be-honoured/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It remains the greatest loss of life suffered by Dublin Fire Brigade in a single incident]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OLB7BMNHWBOEPHU7ZMNLXGZJOU.jpg?auth=4e886f0a5da2c52874bd54558548fd3f2cf52c6df140a5e8cb9745fe85bf656c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Dublin chief fire officer Stephen Brady seen talking with Jim Haugh during the 2021 unveiling of a commemorative plaque on Pearse Street Dublin in memory of three firefighters who died while firefighting in 1936. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons/ The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brenda Fitzsimons</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack Rowan: It’s ridiculous how many people say I look like a Hollywood star who was huge in the 80s]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/05/jack-rowan-its-ridiculous-how-many-people-say-i-look-like-matt-dillon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/09/05/jack-rowan-its-ridiculous-how-many-people-say-i-look-like-matt-dillon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The English actor on his Irish roots, filming in Connemara, and striving for happiness]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AFEJAFEPZDUNKJGV6B2U3QD44.jpeg?auth=454e0b4125812e314762cd63e6c62278182109455073b76cf4c9cbfc957deafb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Jack Rowan, whose dad is from Co Tyrone. Photograph: Satellite414]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A message for Ireland from one of the lesser-known Irish-American Kennedys]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/10/05/a-message-for-ireland-from-one-of-the-lesser-known-irish-american-kennedys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/10/05/a-message-for-ireland-from-one-of-the-lesser-known-irish-american-kennedys/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Letter to Ireland: One Patrick Kennedy left for Boston, but mine went to New Orleans, never to return home]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QPRA4D4VLNBL5OYLZT76M27DKE.jfif?auth=78537a38b908e93820e4f6645d03ad058321c3b4f9f0065d0039859b618624ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Catherine Kennedy lives in New Orleans]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year won’t see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/daniel-geary-this-year-wont-see-the-end-of-trumpism-but-it-might-see-the-beginning-of-the-end/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/05/daniel-geary-this-year-wont-see-the-end-of-trumpism-but-it-might-see-the-beginning-of-the-end/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Geary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worldview: Unless the polling is very wrong, Democrats are on course to retake the House of Representatives. But they also have a strong chance of capturing the Senate]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN5NE6P4OYIGJZGGVZ5PNSYCQY.jpg?auth=25b82068b983ff26ff3ed264e5ca0ba1d304bb9898c3a809eb275a32f3245f4d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for the US Senate in the battleground state of Michigan. Photograph: Nick Hagen/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Hagen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business owner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/what-i-want-from-the-budget-people-across-ireland-share-their-key-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/what-i-want-from-the-budget-people-across-ireland-share-their-key-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dara Bradley, Jack White, Emmet Malone, Barry Roche, Kitty Holland, Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parents, homeowners, professionals, farmers, healthcare workers and people with disabilities discuss their priorities]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SKRETLA3N5HB7MBM4FDSLUNGXY.jpg?auth=280717d1b980be986dbf558c252df5d2377cab27236ab74a899455c1f330040a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ailish Scully has delayed ordering heating oil. 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[‘It’s a fashion thing, to show your Irish identity’: Belfast’s GAA jersey surge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/its-a-fashion-thing-to-show-your-irish-identity-belfasts-gaa-jersey-surge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/its-a-fashion-thing-to-show-your-irish-identity-belfasts-gaa-jersey-surge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students move around the campus in a variety of county shirts, including Armagh, Donegal and Kerry – in contrast to the Troubles era]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XY4DYDGQP5CX5M3IADVEHVB6QY.JPG?auth=a1d5d41222f5dfd8095def88411151218d06e16a263a3465e9f79f77cceecae7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Queen's University student Éanna Nig Riabhaigh wearing her Antrim GAA top during freshers week at the Belfast university.
Photograph: Stephen Davison]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s off the charts’: Satellite images show how three years of war have devastated Gaza]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/off-the-charts-satellite-images-show-scale-of-gazas-devastation-a-year-after-ceasefire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/05/off-the-charts-satellite-images-show-scale-of-gazas-devastation-a-year-after-ceasefire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jansen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UN says number of destroyed structures in Gaza up by 9% since ceasefire of October 2025, amid mass displacement and acute humanitarian need]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MRNNA6HDMNB37DGEWGPEFNLGOY.jpg?auth=855c97266e53c75b62b14389ccd01e13d658271c54de8a8f8ce214b6b0f7c087&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view from a Jordanian military aircraft flying over Gaza. Photograph: Salah Malkawi/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Salah Malkawi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I decided to take a leap of faith’: Largest ever number of GPs graduate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/05/we-see-them-for-their-newborn-check-and-into-old-age-largest-number-of-gps-graduate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/05/we-see-them-for-their-newborn-check-and-into-old-age-largest-number-of-gps-graduate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Largest ever graduation of GPs, as State moves to increase numbers to meet demand]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M3L773CYDJESRJYKEFJQTX4FGE.jpg?auth=635c3c0903319f8118dc1dd4f1b5522196380eafbd63843c9900b2aeda554912&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr Hannah McCauley pictured at the conferring ceremony at the Irish College of GPs. Photograph: David Coleman]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">DAVID COLEMAN</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/delay-of-childrens-hospital-would-impose-considerable-additional-costs-minister-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/05/delay-of-childrens-hospital-would-impose-considerable-additional-costs-minister-warns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Carroll MacNeill issued warning to contractor earlier this year over continued delays ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/62TBUJ6JLBAJLPLX5CXDYCDZZ4.JPG?auth=7589357630b820ead9d7fd7aa783b8606a3d416625911ea8b7bc57d71b0daa40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the AA justify a 300% jump in travel insurance prices in under five years?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/can-the-aa-justify-a-300-jump-in-travel-insurance-prices-in-under-five-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/05/can-the-aa-justify-a-300-jump-in-travel-insurance-prices-in-under-five-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It really pays to keep an eye on your auto-renewal documentation. For years I  didn’t - and just look at how much it cost me ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GFOQTME6C5ECVP4MTUIWPJ3LMQ.jpg?auth=027e87a64ae295a35bbd78305a5b4dcec93a058673537fd14d0c4fa426312ce3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[It's worth having travel insurance - but at what price? It could cost you plenty, particularly if you don't vet any auto-renewals you have. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">poco_bw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much protein should I eat in a day?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/05/why-are-protein-products-taking-over-the-shelves-are-we-not-getting-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/05/why-are-protein-products-taking-over-the-shelves-are-we-not-getting-enough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Q&A: Protein bars. Protein ice cream. Protein yoghurts. High-protein cheese ... but does the Irish public really need all of this protein-enriched food?]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JNAX5TDDH5HIBEBMVYZKAMBX7A.jpg?auth=42c8405c53db1de0cf6eeab757467657a7fb18b0b681e74ff300841f7afb5c94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[High-protein yoghurts and quark, dairy drinks and smoothies surveyed were found to be high in added salt and sugar. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SimpleImages</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing the world of organ transplants while fearing he could die waiting for one]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/10/05/changing-the-world-of-organ-transplants-while-fearing-he-could-die-waiting-for-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/10/05/changing-the-world-of-organ-transplants-while-fearing-he-could-die-waiting-for-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roni Caryn Rabin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dr Robert Montgomery pioneered the use of pig organ transplants – after his time on waiting list led to heart surgery in clinical trial]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XOOJWNFZN5BGHHHKFTHFRCOC4Y.jpg?auth=e01e8ea62a7ecd101034e5d07c470aecc2ce64f1327c6212e4044efdaa9fe7c2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emily Sammartano, who gave birth a few months earlier while on dialysis, shares a baby photo with Dr Robert Montgomery before receiving a kidney transplant at NYU Langone Health in New York. Photograph: Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">ANGELINA KATSANIS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to add a dormer attic to my home. What do I need to know?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/05/i-want-to-add-a-dormer-attic-to-my-home-what-do-i-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/05/i-want-to-add-a-dormer-attic-to-my-home-what-do-i-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brigid Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’ve looked at the new planning exemptions, but am not sure if I fully understand them ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F5FI4XMFB5HCLOW3CYDHK5GITU.jpg?auth=27806df8d9fd7d1b09bf6244ba82b88e0b88983480ed8a258149695a7995612c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If you are converting your attic, it is always advisable to get an experienced, qualified,  insured designer to assist with the process.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">kali9</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Replacing beef farming with forestry would boost incomes and help meet climate goals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/replacing-beef-farming-with-forestry-would-boost-incomes-and-help-meet-climate-goals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/replacing-beef-farming-with-forestry-would-boost-incomes-and-help-meet-climate-goals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Kearney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Afforestation is the most significant climate change mitigation option available to Ireland’s land use sector]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FTQMFH6HTD3W6ICDYM45OZRUOE.jpg?auth=406a8007553ebf485005801d07b280b7d6b6c9c4b7d0ec06fe050da790166c50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Switching agricultural land use to forestry would boost farm incomes and help the State hit is net zero climate targets by 2050. Photograph: E+/Getty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising debt burden poses threat to economic growth ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/10/05/rising-debt-burden-poses-threat-to-economic-growth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/10/05/rising-debt-burden-poses-threat-to-economic-growth/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John FitzGerald]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland and the other ‘PIIGS’ find themselves in a better position than the US, UK and France]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILF47XEQNZHEDKNXGOBNIYVAVM.jpg?auth=91da296dae52869935f02873c18f9c03f84f5d51b05c91efc1782220dca663da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Government debt:  The sustainability of public finances in the US, UK and France is in serious doubt.  Photograph:  iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">wildpixel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sandymount Hotel’s John Loughran: ‘I don’t see this as an asset that you flip’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/i-dont-see-this-as-an-asset-that-you-flip/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/05/i-dont-see-this-as-an-asset-that-you-flip/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Loughran on passing the baton at the Sandymount Hotel to a new generation]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LL47BDNULRE3ZNIWJUUJL2DK3E.jpg?auth=e3ec9654932999b2c4876837d2e7d75edf6828c5b9a6223d11dd52cfb02b218e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Sandymount Hotel was opened by John Loughran's parents in 1955. It has 190 bedrooms across eight Victorian buildings. Photograph: The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alice Cooper’s new book lacks bite, but the definitive story of The Shadows is masterful]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/05/alice-coopers-new-book-lacks-bite-but-the-definitive-story-of-the-shadows-is-masterful/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/05/alice-coopers-new-book-lacks-bite-but-the-definitive-story-of-the-shadows-is-masterful/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus an enlightening overview of Ultravox and the fickleness of fame, and an eloquent broadside against the US country music industry]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KTM55KUEX5EQTIQE36TBI2ILAA.jpeg?auth=c8407045a40d82577cbb79070545cff67754469d4b5d774aa7fd62b6aa7ea16e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alice Cooper has written another autobiography, this time to unravel 'embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications'. Photograph: Jenny Risher]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>