<?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/2026-10-09/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:58:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Trump agrees diesel supply deal with Russia in move condemned by Ukraine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/trump-agrees-diesel-supply-deal-with-russia-in-move-condemned-by-ukraine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/trump-agrees-diesel-supply-deal-with-russia-in-move-condemned-by-ukraine/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘Gifts to Putin will not bring peace ‌or ‌any ​benefit to the civilised world,’ says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:18:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OL36RBNQLI5ROKB4UYIIPKHQY.jpg?auth=c97f1cdcf9b8169556ccdb14bba58b2a526b92a8aaa991d095a1379a4df3718a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russia's president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of state council in Turkmenbashi on Friday. Photograph: Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gavriil Grigorov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterford stun Bohemians at Dalymount to reach FAI Cup final]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/waterford-stun-bohemians-at-dalymount-to-reach-fai-cup-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/waterford-stun-bohemians-at-dalymount-to-reach-fai-cup-final/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul O'Hehir at Dalymount Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Noah Mawene and Tommy Lonergan on target for Graham Coughlan’s side]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:08:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UEWW2BXEIASWETQ2OHSU7N6TEA.jpg?auth=9be7657b3526389dc37be6dc56d9ed73aaa52a2aba6997dc29016aad843c5ca9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Waterford’s Noah Mawene celebrates scoring Waterford's opening goal against Bohemians at Dalymount Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northern Secretary bans Orange Order from marching down Garvaghy Road]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/sinn-feins-michelle-oneill-invited-to-police-interview-over-role-in-drumcree-protest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/sinn-feins-michelle-oneill-invited-to-police-interview-over-role-in-drumcree-protest/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chris Bryant uses power to intervene and quash Parades Commission decision]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BEHESA4EPMMKUCSQ43MKF7IBXA.jpg?auth=ea6cf21b02d68ffed878d8ecc0075f20a3c3ae134bb8ed035eedf2bd5e2dd72a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michelle O'Neill, First Minister of Northern Ireland, speaks to reporters recently alongside Sinn Féin vice-president Mary Lou McDonald at the Garvaghy Road protest in Portadown. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles Mcquillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor discipline costly for Connacht in Glasgow defeat]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/poor-discipline-costly-for-connacht-in-glasgow-defeat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/poor-discipline-costly-for-connacht-in-glasgow-defeat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[High penalty count and two yellow cards spell destruction for Connacht at Scotstoun]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:59:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H62XYJYSFKIZU3QMDDJQF5APAA.jpg?auth=5fab65290131b047f679dece20eee1f6ddca55933aea52da9e2834112ceb7243&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glasgow's Sione Tuipulotu is tackled by Connacht's Sam Illo and Cian Prendergast. Photograph: Craig Watson/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Craig Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Palestinian students granted visas after Minister reverses refusal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/three-palestinian-students-granted-visas-after-minister-reverses-refusal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/three-palestinian-students-granted-visas-after-minister-reverses-refusal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A fourth student lost their appeal to the visa refusal]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/72MRBIA5GQZP77VJDXLUOYLQ5Y.JPG?auth=0a2d83dc1d7414839773e0f8d7146c8c4ee5af0c323ed184e070ae1206b0d54c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters outside the Department of Justice over visa refusals to students from Gaza. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins  
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the budget process: flawed and short-termist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/09/the-irish-times-view-on-the-budget-process-flawed-and-short-termist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/09/the-irish-times-view-on-the-budget-process-flawed-and-short-termist/</guid><description><![CDATA[The system’s shortcomings have been laid bare by the absurd contortions over funding for RTÉ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VJKZI4MOGPX5TTQDZ6PLBMKMRM.jpg?auth=73c877f15d4a270d6d4d7a128fcbc0495cfab29f87a4d938c9bfe2ecd4b98330&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan during a press conference at Government Buildings in Dublin, following the Budget 2027. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryder Cup at Adare Manor set for fireworks on the first with drivable Par 4]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/09/ryder-cup-at-adare-manor-set-for-fireworks-on-the-first-with-drivable-par-4/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/09/ryder-cup-at-adare-manor-set-for-fireworks-on-the-first-with-drivable-par-4/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Decision influenced by need to accommodate a giant horseshoe grandstand]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GJ5FEIIWPCI5CY6KMVEGH75JYE.jpg?auth=46d88e7fe0784c13ef388f5469957f3a777096ed89a5e3eb8ae6fa6d39b7a183&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Luke Donald, Team Europe captain, at Adare Manor. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Richard Heathcote</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order sought against former Clare TD and her six children to vacate rented property]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/order-sought-against-former-clare-td-and-her-six-children-to-vacate-rented-property/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/order-sought-against-former-clare-td-and-her-six-children-to-vacate-rented-property/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Violet-Anne Wynne and John Montaine owe alleged rent arrears of more than €18,000, court heard]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:33:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZ47HGZG7FFC4PWK6YWVRF4WUA.jpg?auth=282e324fcb36413699a4303b34efa1bcfdf69d53ddb5fd49462ca3df19838b2d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Violet-Anne Wynne represented herself in court]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital waiting lists climb above one million people ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/09/hospital-waiting-lists-climb-above-one-million-people/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/09/hospital-waiting-lists-climb-above-one-million-people/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Patients’ Association chief calls on Coalition to advance ‘credible recovery plan’  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7RGGU73YVBFZDHQF5WHGID63HQ.jpg?auth=4b9828f3e07cb493d6bc1f904e12cd19880c00dbf920f6a5f92293337cdd94dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The waiting list figure topped one million for the first time in June. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">andresr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the living wage: firmly on the back burner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/09/the-irish-times-view-on-the-living-wage-firmly-on-the-back-burner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/09/the-irish-times-view-on-the-living-wage-firmly-on-the-back-burner/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Government needs to outline what happens next ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CPBCAK465J2O2STBWFO2EPWL5I.jpg?auth=3008ee124237406908901bdcf8e29ccd1f0c0ea62a3a62ffcd5f4f32b480c946&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minimum wage rules are important in lower paid sectors such as retail.
( Photograph: iStock)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister’s appointee to Inland Fisheries said he was not briefed on blackmail allegation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/ministers-appointee-to-inland-fisheries-said-he-was-not-briefed-on-blackmail-allegation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/ministers-appointee-to-inland-fisheries-said-he-was-not-briefed-on-blackmail-allegation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Bourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former chief executive alleges he was blackmailed by sitting senator]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:04:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NV5RNUF54ZA5ZLUZUSPTKS5TBU.jpg?auth=cc0f6129c30cb2151ccf83e47736bc19834c08aa6b08d02d8333e5d50ab50ead&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland Francis O'Donnell arrives at the Workplace Relations Commission in Lansdowne House, Dublin, earlier this year. IFI is defending complaints of whistleblower penalisation and unfair dismissal brought by O’Donnell. Photograph: Barry Cronin/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Barry Cronin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish children forced into criminality inappropriately punished, major report finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/irish-children-forced-into-criminality-inappropriately-punished-major-report-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/irish-children-forced-into-criminality-inappropriately-punished-major-report-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US State Department says gaps in victim identification mean Irish children are rarely recognised as trafficking victims]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:02:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6RK4ZT6O7BBSFOF3FVD64OB744.jpg?auth=4f92565159dff537f371b6f5916c1384d148ae2ff21fb10ad3069d5fdde19c01&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish child trafficking victims are being punished instead of protected, report says. Photograph: Simon Skafar/Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SimonSkafar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadline closes for further legal challenges to 1,000 affordable Dundrum homes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/10/deadline-closes-for-further-legal-challenges-to-1000-affordable-dundrum-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/10/deadline-closes-for-further-legal-challenges-to-1000-affordable-dundrum-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As Central Mental Hospital site build begins, Taoiseach plays down Land Development Agency ‘go away’ payment ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MQL5GGU3ZLKA2S7NHJJ3SEQZVE.JPG?auth=7e225ff2c0b3a42d5e5458e13ba9b244ccd69984176b572289c0b7ca64701b43&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Land Development Agency chief executive John Coleman and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the turning of the sod of Dún Brí development on Friday. Photograph: Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce’s Nighttown]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/10/09/darkness-into-light-frank-mcnally-on-a-history-themed-quiz-in-joyces-nighttown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/10/09/darkness-into-light-frank-mcnally-on-a-history-themed-quiz-in-joyces-nighttown/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The pub quiz was just around the corner from World’s End, and one of the more famous corners in world literature]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NQ6AFLLR6NHFDN46LB3NPKH5SU.jpeg?auth=230645dc60ff3c25b1a64fe28995a03212994262c5697b0d2f5c6993871f8353&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cleary’s was an apt venue for a history quiz]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global stocks rise despite US bonds ticking higher]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/global-stocks-rise-despite-us-bonds-ticking-higher/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/global-stocks-rise-despite-us-bonds-ticking-higher/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ Dublin market ends week on a negative note]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:38:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S2CX6JQLF6MVAQ5QXKFKZMRZGI.jpg?auth=18aea833e8e24dba44c1bfa7a3cbbbcea2f9bea300fa6202248b67568ab1eed7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vodafone, Airtel Africa and BT Group fell between 2.4% and 6.3%. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hollie Adams</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US sanctions International Criminal Court, hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/09/navi-pillay-wins-nobel-peace-prize/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/09/navi-pillay-wins-nobel-peace-prize/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Milne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move against court came just hours after South African jurist Navi Pillay was honoured for her work on international justice and human rights]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K7PNIWSZJTQRR5JWJQWLAQ26ME.jpg?auth=a04032ff6646db87c45430d5a7f2431f9c9ee2ac537386db88ac45867795b131&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[South African human rights lawyer and jurist Navi Pillay after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize at Nuremberg's Palace of Justice. Photograph: Frank Boxler/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Boxler</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Managers react to Manchester City’s guilty verdict: ‘Uncertainty is not good for anyone’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/managers-react-to-manchester-citys-guilty-verdict-uncertainty-is-not-good-for-anyone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/managers-react-to-manchester-citys-guilty-verdict-uncertainty-is-not-good-for-anyone/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fallout continues after City found guilty of breaking financial rules over a nine-year-period]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:34:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q3OPJWNP6LIKVJCFHW2QYB4KCI.jpg?auth=6c5242e4e6b492269ab8c504843fba3a50464fb3fa0bb6fa598eda061ae26812&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[City has appealed the verdict of an independent commission which last week ruled the club broke more than 100 Premier League financial regulations from 2008 to 2019. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carl Recine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[English language school owner gave materially misleading statements to court ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/english-language-school-owner-gave-materially-misleading-statements-to-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/english-language-school-owner-gave-materially-misleading-statements-to-court/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mostly South American non-EEA students paid school fees in advance pending approval of visas ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:24:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FHEWBJYGBFKZAB3JBGKTDKSJ4.JPG?auth=6a9c4890630bccb60e2853ab8834231ff4442cc98f6ba6aa8a07da4fb18ba399&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The High Court said the owner of an English language school gave sworn statements which proved 'materially and inexcusably misleading'. 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[Fianna Fáil Minister of State Robert Troy ordered to pay €500 in damages after tenant left without working oven]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/fianna-fail-minister-of-state-robert-troy-ordered-to-pay-500-in-damages-after-tenant-left-without-working-oven/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/fianna-fail-minister-of-state-robert-troy-ordered-to-pay-500-in-damages-after-tenant-left-without-working-oven/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Troy’s Co Westmeath tenant Priscilla Ryan alleges she was hospitalised after receiving notice of termination over rent arrears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:12:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5F3IRBKGFGOGTAI2WBS2GUXZVU.jpg?auth=eca6abe0d9aace2fdee34bd199c7afc33ef64b2abb211f312b66f00dc1ef29ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil Minister of State and TD for Longford-Westmeath Robert Troy.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘One fall without a helmet changed my life forever’: Cyclist fronts new road safety campaign]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/one-fall-without-a-helmet-changed-my-life-forever-cyclist-fronts-new-road-safety-campaign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/one-fall-without-a-helmet-changed-my-life-forever-cyclist-fronts-new-road-safety-campaign/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Niall Connor was left with a permanent brain injury after coming off his bike aged 14]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:06:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PV6KRK755RFALJSGNNSBGTDH6U.jpeg?auth=458721684b3686d3bc2095c043e771e15a5d66506486c277465ee594c2df4144&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall Connor suffered a brain injury in a fall from his bike when he was 14. Photograph: RSA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manchester United’s early wobble makes Tottenham visit a must-win for Carrick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/manchester-uniteds-early-wobble-makes-tottenham-visit-a-must-win-for-carrick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/manchester-uniteds-early-wobble-makes-tottenham-visit-a-must-win-for-carrick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Unwin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After a scratchy start in the league, injuries and an underwhelming Rashford, Spurs’ visit to Old Trafford is already crucial for the hosts]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:04:05 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCGR3RIKGFFDTISNPMVO5PLI3Y.jpg?auth=3c85caa7e49b989029b671bf56b54b28516871710d1bdfa0910911991a244672&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick is interviewed after a press conference at Carrington. Photo by Zohaib Alam/Manchester United via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zohaib Alam</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recall notice issued over three Marks & Spencer ready-to-eat meal products]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/09/recall-notice-issued-over-three-marks-spencer-ready-to-eat-meal-products/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/09/recall-notice-issued-over-three-marks-spencer-ready-to-eat-meal-products/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FSAI notice issued on behalf of food firm Greencore amid concerns over possible presence of Salmonella in pistachios]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:57:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LITGL3JGGJD2ZKFHWN4DNOW67I.jpg?auth=6799c4983055c99215e8babc56d29367d0cdcf16ef21a6d0babfc03abbe4e47f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Greencore is recalling certain Marks and Spencer ready-to-eat products due to the possible presence of Salmonella in pistachios. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration condemned for plans to livestream execution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/us-says-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-gunman-will-be-livestreamed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/us-says-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-gunman-will-be-livestreamed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Gedeon in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,’ says Hegseth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:53:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6W7UWZHD5LOY6YQJCVLVZDAZEU.jpg?auth=068e2385d496c13067947fdc63690ce3dcf386c84b61e7144049e54ac9213c32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be,' Pete Hegseth said. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Watson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU and China strike deal to curb car exports and avert trade war]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/09/eu-and-china-strike-deal-to-curb-car-exports-and-avert-trade-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/09/eu-and-china-strike-deal-to-curb-car-exports-and-avert-trade-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brussels claims Beijing will more than halve hybrid vehicle exports as bloc secures concessions on rare earths and market access]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:51:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DJMOELGVD5GN3DOGOO22AB3UWM.jpg?auth=bfc8695fd2eb46d7cf0f673787cd463e6e688d4fbc52366c4e850e5b43e3be8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chinese-made cars in the eastern Zhejiang province awaiting export. Photograph: CN-STR/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">-</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who planned Galway mosque attack claim they have distanced from radicalising groups]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/men-who-planned-galway-mosque-attack-claim-they-have-distanced-from-radicalising-groups/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/men-who-planned-galway-mosque-attack-claim-they-have-distanced-from-radicalising-groups/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Reynolds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Garrett Pollock (36) and Darren Gorman (34) made pleas in mitigation after pleading guilty]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:46:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EMQISBLUEHXHCBI4WW4O55YJUE.JPG?auth=c63dd06ca476633fb3d8da4551ed31ecb84fc16ee8e6d62e69c453aa292166c9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The solicitor for Garrett Pollock said his client is deeply ashamed of his behaviour and apologises ‘unreservedly’ to everyone impacted. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman (49) who sublet room as ‘weed’ store to help pay her rent is jailed for four years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/woman-49-who-sublet-room-as-weed-store-to-help-pay-her-rent-is-jailed-for-four-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/woman-49-who-sublet-room-as-weed-store-to-help-pay-her-rent-is-jailed-for-four-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oana Onofrei told gardaí she found it hard to pay rent on her Lucan house and was offered €1,000 a month for the room]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:41:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CETNUODRBNFO3PM2QCROBBMDBQ.jpg?auth=c055cf5b646282ccc3f51d0ca30bf4b9e5bdf0d6d363c69c2fc774185415479c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oana Onofrei, St Edmunds Grove, Lucan, who was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for sale or supply at her home there on November 13th, 2025. 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[Men benefit more from budget tax reforms, National Women’s Council says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/men-benefit-more-from-budget-tax-reforms-national-womens-council-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/men-benefit-more-from-budget-tax-reforms-national-womens-council-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Feminist analysis criticises lack of investment in hormone replacement therapy and fertility treatment ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:16:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y6WAMGCIHJDDVJHRJO5LLFPPEY.jpg?auth=735bc95c32021b886f2328105692cc4b2559170f3ae64e277f0c83e1610533b9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The National Women’s Council of Ireland's feminist analysis of Budget 2027 found 'many early years educators continue to be underpaid and undervalued'. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">skynesher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government nominates Síofra O’Leary for appointment as judge of European Court of Justice]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/government-nominates-siofra-oleary-for-appointment-as-judge-of-european-court-of-justice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/government-nominates-siofra-oleary-for-appointment-as-judge-of-european-court-of-justice/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O’Leary was previously first female president of European Court of Human Rights]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:04:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M67PDLBV574NXRAZJ5LIU674E4.jpg?auth=fc85c4d56c718c5e5f9c70c3fdf6d5150160b1e7784b984991b874eed9e3f280&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Síofra O’Leary. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody wants to see teachers go on strike but preparations are being made, Minister says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/09/nobody-wants-to-see-teachers-go-on-strike-but-preparations-are-being-made-minister-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/10/09/nobody-wants-to-see-teachers-go-on-strike-but-preparations-are-being-made-minister-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Almost all schools likely to close next Wednesday and again a week later as public service dispute escalates]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:58:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KQXO4JUBSVFEBORU64T3NOXX3I.jpg?auth=02e60109c9a42b90209810d2d449de85cb9e9b24e7e354dc429675dc21c93d6b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton and NAPD president Brian Doran at the NAPD conference in Galway on Friday]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget 2027 continues extraordinary rise in State spending]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/state-spending-shoots-to-125bn-for-2027-as-covid-hangover-continues/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/state-spending-shoots-to-125bn-for-2027-as-covid-hangover-continues/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: Hard to know who’ll blink first in standoff between Government and public sector unions]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:56:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UMTLABYLRSG6T32FE4G3U7I72Q.JPG?auth=1a02cb9c64e3489645ee1005e188132658a458d4e669af23fb19d083da6a9550&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 informing the media of the details of Budget 2027 in Government Buildings. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos 


]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish nun is first woman appointed to lead Vatican’s network of missionaries  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/irish-nun-is-first-woman-appointed-to-lead-vaticans-network-of-missionaries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/irish-nun-is-first-woman-appointed-to-lead-vaticans-network-of-missionaries/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donegal native has worked as missionary in Nigeria and Tanzania, helping to improve status of women]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:46:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/O4UKDNNJZFCMJOQJ4VUF7YXTL4.jpg?auth=5f0c2d5d338925b5c7a5e19e693ce01d5d387c57e7f6190a723c8f204f45fcfa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sr Mary Barron is a past pupil of Loreto secondary school in Letterkenny. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits at Denis O’Brien’s Algarve golf resort rise marginally]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/profits-at-denis-obriens-algarve-golf-resort-rise-marginally/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/profits-at-denis-obriens-algarve-golf-resort-rise-marginally/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Quinta do Lago has three golf courses, hotels, a sports campus and residential units]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:17:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4AK7UII3AIUDEGBHYXRFANKDBE.jpg?auth=0b726671d51495ac5eaa8681bcc9ee9dd5427b762089a85bfac37c469517ea8e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Quinta do Lago finished the financial period with capital and reserves of £35.6 million. Photograph:  Luke Walker/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mona McSharry wins second 100m breaststroke title of World Cup series]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/mona-mcsharry-wins-second-100m-breaststroke-title-of-world-cup-series/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/mona-mcsharry-wins-second-100m-breaststroke-title-of-world-cup-series/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sligo swimmer on track for $10,000 ‘triple crown’ bonus next week in Kazakhstan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NLJ2HWV2F5MLNC5P74P6R4ZBSI.jpg?auth=65bcfc8a80809e716c725d5fa3ce41a775a8f89d3730a13e7bb8dfe838a33812&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mona McSharry finished first in the 100m breaststroke in Tashkent on Friday in 1:04.25. Photograph: Andrea Staccoli/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childcare providers face squeeze with fees due to drop further despite funding increase]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/childcare-providers-face-squeeze-with-fees-due-to-drop-further-despite-funding-increase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/childcare-providers-face-squeeze-with-fees-due-to-drop-further-despite-funding-increase/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle, Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister announces record €650m-plus funding for next year for sector ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6NN6NL5MENFBFANBOY6ZL3P67I.jpg?auth=eac4e221a6ee311f43da78c88ad0b58efdf53333258051f65f2332eea45baad7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Childcare providers face a gap in funding next year as State support will not fully offset new lower fees they can charge. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vanessa Nunes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany’s political centre is not holding. It is tearing itself apart ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/10/mutual-recrimination-brings-german-coalition-close-to-collapse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/10/mutual-recrimination-brings-german-coalition-close-to-collapse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party lose support, each accuses the other of flirting with political extremists]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:52:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VIWHJ5HA6J2TQGLUPOWVAKNY6Y.jpg?auth=f9c5cb734e315ea0a802c0db0edd81ad0008cce1e454e9bbde38603575521724&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz is the head of a government in which the coalition partners are openly criticising each other. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clemens Bilan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[McEvaddys clear Bain debt on Dublin Airport lands after sale of Omega Air ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/mcevaddys-clear-bain-debt-on-dublin-airport-lands-after-sale-of-omega-air/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/mcevaddys-clear-bain-debt-on-dublin-airport-lands-after-sale-of-omega-air/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Confirmation of the repayment has come soon after Ulick and Desmond McEvaddy sold Omega Air to defence industry investor Augustus Global]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:49:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJC4X77JRTDFGH5DEAOW4VHKME.jpg?auth=9d9dbebab5509eebc230c2b29b26b2c84650b5d84ed42b69fffe3e0270862c26&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aviation entrepreneur Ulick McEvaddy along with his brother Desmond owns a large parcel of land adjacent to Dublin Airport. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former US soldier charged with murdering Mike Gaine wants new barristers, court told ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/former-us-soldier-charged-with-murdering-mike-gaine-wants-new-barristers-court-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/former-us-soldier-charged-with-murdering-mike-gaine-wants-new-barristers-court-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Kelley, a native of Maine in the US but of no fixed abode in Tralee, Co Kerry, charged with single count of murder]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:37:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KJXRJF3VY57KXTCBVVQX4TXPUQ.jpg?auth=9f1d7ece3dee34d8a569c1d157fbe545b1ae9263a222f39d7a37de97244720c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Kelley (54) is charged with a single count of murdering Mike Gaine. File photograph:  Niall Carson/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tributes paid to former Irish Times journalist Dick Hogan, who has died  aged 76]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/tributes-paid-to-former-irish-times-journalist-dick-hogan-who-has-died-aged-77/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/tributes-paid-to-former-irish-times-journalist-dick-hogan-who-has-died-aged-77/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘His career in journalism reflected his strong values and his many talents,’ says former editor Conor Brady]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GEZSSK3WTBEMTKXVZ7P7XZXLLI.jpeg?auth=7de68ad81efeecc902d52f0832a80ec37bc65d7f2826dc91f2698805a9bfc806&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dick Hogan, former southern correspondent of The Irish Times, has died at the age of 77. Photograph: RIP.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mary McAleese questioned the GAA’s attitude towards women – now they’ve replaced her with a man]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/mary-mcaleese-questioned-the-gaas-attitude-towards-women-now-theyve-replaced-her-with-a-man/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/mary-mcaleese-questioned-the-gaas-attitude-towards-women-now-theyve-replaced-her-with-a-man/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Horan is well qualified to chair the Integration Steering Committee, but were there really no women who could have done it?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:29:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6FP7LIJ3HNAN7NML6QVN26FCOY.jpg?auth=05bc8e5aacaae9562afd3afb968d5cadaa3df04c42660957a4b6c02daaa69480&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary McAleese said the GAA's management committee was "lacking in vision for the future of the GAA" after she stepped down as chair of the Steering Group on Integration last month. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia confirms that Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/09/saudi-arabia-confirms-that-houthi-strikes-on-riyadh-airport-killed-three/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/09/saudi-arabia-confirms-that-houthi-strikes-on-riyadh-airport-killed-three/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Timour Azhari, Tala Ramadan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yemen’s civil war now the fiercest front in regional fighting triggered by the US and Israeli ⁠attack on Iran]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:12:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EV6HT4EMEMSFVLAL67OYCBRR5Q.jpg?auth=69aab16f5f8bb0429b57eeecf9d5a7bb6228c90d7d38fe161123ef628acac376&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man inspects the damage at the site of a warehouse hit by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Sana'a, Yemen, on Friday. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yahya Arhab</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy injured while playing hurling settles action over hospital care for €165,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/boy-injured-while-playing-hurling-settles-action-over-hospital-care-for-165000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/boy-injured-while-playing-hurling-settles-action-over-hospital-care-for-165000/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fionn Barrett sustained corkscrew fracture to thigh and alleged failure to treat it appropriately]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:11:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QARHUZHSBG3TKSGQLH4RFE4FSI.jpg?auth=dba5046d683b9a707226de6e38611adfc5607b3f24978e27b68576e6311b19c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The boy was in University Hospital Kerry for two weeks and later had to have three surgeries, the court heard. Photograph: Google Street View]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ funding snub not a good look for Patrick O’Donovan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/rte-funding-snub-not-a-good-look-for-patrick-odonovan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics/rte-funding-snub-not-a-good-look-for-patrick-odonovan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:50:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/45JKZEOBYYS2PKG3YU3WVI5D54.jpg?auth=ae0c6201866f903089565cc5a6af67c8075a2e3d3d8869c28a9d63de488f3154&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan during a press conference at Government Buildings in Dublin, following the Budget 2027. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan 0 Ireland 8: Ireland stroll to World Cup playoff win – as it happened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/kazakhstan-v-ireland-live-updates-follow-the-action-from-world-cup-playoff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/kazakhstan-v-ireland-live-updates-follow-the-action-from-world-cup-playoff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tuesday’s second leg at Páirc Uí Chaoimh now a formality for Carla Ward’s side]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:46:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y5VLZO7BZMXMFVNWBVAWCFRPSY.jpg?auth=dbe5243573ebe7c00abf23cbac99a115c1118c2b28e8574133ff67c99114f516&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abbie Larkin gets a shot on goal during Ireland's 8-0 win over Kazakhstan in Astana. Photograph: Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight-goal Ireland move closer to World Cup spot as they outclass Kazakhstan in Astana ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/eight-goal-ireland-move-closer-to-world-cup-spot-as-they-outclass-kazakhstan-in-astana/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/eight-goal-ireland-move-closer-to-world-cup-spot-as-they-outclass-kazakhstan-in-astana/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Abbie Larkin and Chloe Mustaki put in fine performances as Carla Ward’s side show ruthless streak ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:42:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5KK73MLKRKS2BT2MVJ6PB75QHA.jpg?auth=d7fa549aa42a16f97131cfbcd377b74c09d7cfca2d95454c249617e1f3ac23c6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jamie Finn celebrates scoring Ireland's sixth goal goal with Chloe Mustaki during the Women's World Cup playoff semi-final, first leg against Kazakhstan at Astana Arena. Photograph: Inpho
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will El Niño and the polar vortex bring snow to Ireland this winter? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/09/will-el-nino-and-the-polar-vortex-bring-snow-to-ireland-this-winter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/09/will-el-nino-and-the-polar-vortex-bring-snow-to-ireland-this-winter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UK Met Office prediction has led some commentators to fear a very cold winter across Northern Europe]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:32:17 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LJLQWN73EVKC7OZ24YRAZZ7UF4.jpg?auth=eba607a8031a6f42677981542fcc5d71064148e174fa22b3c6a151314ca96798&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sledging at the Hill of Tara in Co Meath during the Beast from the East in 2018. 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[Get FREE tickets to the PTSB Ideal Home Show this October]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/10/09/get-free-tickets-to-the-ptsb-ideal-home-show-this-october/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/competitions/2026/10/09/get-free-tickets-to-the-ptsb-ideal-home-show-this-october/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a media partner, readers of The Irish Times get complimentary tickets to the day of your choice.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:56:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L6ORLJFM4FFFTGIHMAVYXXIOIQ.jpg?auth=d702501c5a20962fad6a1e60339e7dd2cb68f461fa70d193956d41c293260d6f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PTSB Home Show]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill due on Late Late Show]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/sinn-feins-michelle-oneill-due-on-late-late-show/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/sinn-feins-michelle-oneill-due-on-late-late-show/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy, Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[North’s First Minister has been prominent in opposing the Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:48:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PB5XOIQXV5A5XEBDBAV55KYZ64.JPG?auth=919c602393f3529d99afd97cbb7ec54a7c433dd76661133b2feb3f5f28ff68a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First Minister Michelle O'Neill is set to appar on the Late Late Show. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O'Dowd</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s new personal investment accounts: What you need to know]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/09/irelands-new-personal-investment-accounts-what-you-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/09/irelands-new-personal-investment-accounts-what-you-need-to-know/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On The Money: How will this new savings scheme work and is it right for you?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:23:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GPB4UHEDFFBIFKZUVASSL2XM5I.jpg?auth=fc3058f522ec496d5e3423195ecf81a9a6e4b0173d944e713db6ee867834909b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Personal investment accounts will be designed to offer people the chance to get a better return on their savings but there will be a measure of risk. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour holds on to Starmer’s seat as Polanski and Greens lose sheen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/09/labour-holds-on-to-starmers-seat-as-polanski-and-greens-lose-sheen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/09/labour-holds-on-to-starmers-seat-as-polanski-and-greens-lose-sheen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Greens have been on the slide in polls since Polanski became the target of intense media scrutiny]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:18:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FYG64ULRWJOBYAAVLBRHPUL7UE.jpg?auth=fdff51cf8a3367a81b9d15c25ebfaa939ca3fc4747b0775d30ea755f49982829&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Education Secretary Lucy Powell (left) celebrates with newly elected MP Sagal Abdi-Wali who won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, at the London Irish Centre. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jordan Pettitt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garda watchdog Fiosrú logs breaches including laptop left in Dublin taxi ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/garda-watchdog-fiosru-logs-breaches-including-laptop-left-in-dublin-taxi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/garda-watchdog-fiosru-logs-breaches-including-laptop-left-in-dublin-taxi/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Foxe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sensitive personal information sent to wrong recipient and correspondence delivered to the Garda Commissioner in error]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:17:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3LWYEY2GMZABXM6YWNHL6JEJA4.JPG?auth=3433b415ee418349c3d07dbfea82f914fd25cc10d879a3bb934314a0f3a79c95&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fiosrú data breaches included sensitive details sent to wrong recipient. 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[Enzo Maresca refuses to confirm he will stay at Manchester City if club lose appeal ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/enzo-maresca-refuses-to-confirm-he-will-stay-at-manchester-city-if-club-lose-appeal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/enzo-maresca-refuses-to-confirm-he-will-stay-at-manchester-city-if-club-lose-appeal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Jackson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Appeal is expected to be heard before Christmas, with a verdict due in the new year]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:13:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GAO2H7VYWW75EVLXHOF67UOJJI.jpg?auth=d55e2bef1164365e4736d2d4f2eba1d939ab1f6778ee4ebd4cae2d65eb7b5757&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca speaks to the media on Friday morning. Photograph: Andy Hampson/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andy Hampson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepper hikes rates by up to half a point]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/pepper-hikes-rates-by-up-to-05/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/pepper-hikes-rates-by-up-to-05/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Increase will add around €30 to the monthly repayments on a €100,000 loan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:56:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/74UTSY35KNDJ5MIEKNQDBXKJTI.jpg?auth=e3e3f2f55f097c810d4cb9398ac66badfa313c5483034456a1aa4d7e556d9bb7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[About 13,000 people with mortgages managed by Pepper Advantage will be hit with interest rate hikes of up to 0.5 per cent from next month, the mortgage service provider has announced. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">seksan Mongkhonkhamsao</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are the unions right? Did the Government’s budget abandon workers? If they lost, who won?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/09/are-the-unions-right-did-the-governments-budget-abandon-workers-if-they-lost-who-won/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/09/are-the-unions-right-did-the-governments-budget-abandon-workers-if-they-lost-who-won/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For most people the value of tax cuts looks likely to be more than cancelled out by inflation]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:31:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4T5SKKZVRZFXBEZNJDDUJK4T24.JPG?auth=0d04c336723f5424bab15ce2eea324b4db50d16e219a2e12efaf67443c792e09&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Chambers and Simon Harris presented what was a billed as a 'workers' budget' but most households are likely to be worse off next year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eoin Murphy went from being a reluctant goalkeeper to a peerless source of miraculous saves]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/eoin-murphy-went-from-being-a-reluctant-goalkeeper-to-a-peerless-source-of-miraculous-saves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/eoin-murphy-went-from-being-a-reluctant-goalkeeper-to-a-peerless-source-of-miraculous-saves/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Murphy’s retirement means that only TJ Reid remains from the last Kilkenny team to win the All-Ireland title in 2015]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:58:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XQ54QXUK7ZFRJGOKSEN6MGA5Z4.jpg?auth=44035d33cd57108f3d9d318324030e646b8482f6261b5609d3d9ff4d8a6835ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kilkenny's Eoin Murphy in action in the 2025 All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary at  Croke Park. Photograph: INPHO/Leah Scholes]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Leah Scholes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr consents to judgment over €2.3m owed to lender]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/paddy-mckillen-jnr-consents-to-judgment-over-23m-debt-owed-to-lender/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/paddy-mckillen-jnr-consents-to-judgment-over-23m-debt-owed-to-lender/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneur now in personal insolvency process, High Court hears]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:44:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PKIA3TQAIRECTIWQUL5NIUL3VE.jpg?auth=ded2862d126a7d6865850aa2018b632637d04201d52c9f8cfd1ec0d3a776c22b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy McKillen jnr was co-founder of the hospitality group Press-Up. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">w-ings</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[October 7th was a piercing, shrieking alarm call for all Jews]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/ed-abrahamson-october-7th-was-a-piercing-shrieking-alarm-call-for-all-jews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/ed-abrahamson-october-7th-was-a-piercing-shrieking-alarm-call-for-all-jews/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Abrahamson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[To some people it makes no difference whether we are Zionist or not, distressed by images of Gaza or not. We are Jews]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GGKCN3JCFRN2LKLMZBGEEJ4FW4.jpg?auth=e97a60afa2b1a34ef6b61f2e7beb968d2535af18e78f1d7d3829552f7ed11431&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Israeli family members visit a memorial site for victims on the third anniversary of the attacks of October 7th, 2023, near Re'im, southern Israel, near the border with Gaza. Photograph: European Pressphoto Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Atef Safadi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU governments agree on long-stalled capital markets reform ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/eu-governments-agree-on-long-stalled-capital-markets-reform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/eu-governments-agree-on-long-stalled-capital-markets-reform/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deal shifting more financial oversight to European regulator ‘biggest move in decades’, Simon Harris says ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:15:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6EFU3MP2XOZ7UAS5FANZOXWUXA.jpg?auth=4128c61fc6629d06108cdc0839c0141162a904165628811c5a445a4ba104406d&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 speaking before a meeting of EU finance ministers, where a package of capital markets reforms was agreed. Photograph: Wiktor Dabkowski/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wiktor Dabkowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visions review: Eoghan Quinn’s play has a lot to say. But rarely has so much been asked of a lamp]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/09/visions-review-eoghan-quinns-play-has-a-lot-to-say-but-rarely-has-so-much-been-asked-of-a-lamp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/09/visions-review-eoghan-quinns-play-has-a-lot-to-say-but-rarely-has-so-much-been-asked-of-a-lamp/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Higgins]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Derbhle Crotty and Ghaliah Conroy give especially strong performances, but Visions is weighed down by its symbolism]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:03:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4QTQLF7DZRCKXOQVRPCOCCZTGY.jpg?auth=ebf4e6e060b96ec4514fb05ba6ba95b160a870e7c578054a25e729f22f1f3b59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Visions: Derbhle Crotty, Mark Lambert, Lauren Larkin and Oliver Flitcroft. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driver (20s) seriously injured in single-car crash in Co Cork]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/driver-20s-seriously-injured-in-single-car-crash-in-co-cork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/driver-20s-seriously-injured-in-single-car-crash-in-co-cork/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Another man has been discharged from hospital following N71 incident near Clonakilty]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:02:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ESIUC3OAEMIBBQHA5XO425VSOQ.jpg?auth=775379443043740676cb5fc6cf75258843afee5a83d64340809bd6dd58a22567&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A single-vehicle incident on the N71 injured two men in their 20s on Thursday night.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It was a tough year’: David Clifford on Kerry, red cards and the demands of being David Clifford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/david-clifford-it-was-definitely-a-tough-year-for-the-greatest-footballer-of-all-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/david-clifford-it-was-definitely-a-tough-year-for-the-greatest-footballer-of-all-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kerry forward reflects on All-Ireland final loss in exclusive interview]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:56:11 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OFO7HYLA5ZRUX4IQRYB2H2EFE.jpg?auth=17782598029d1e2252fd95f14b36b82b8353270e3618f6bf19bd6bbf836f5c99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Clifford of Kerry celebrates a score during the All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin. Photograph: James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">james lawlor photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland under-21s to face Finland in Euro 2027 playoffs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/ireland-under-21s-to-face-finland-in-euro-2027-playoffs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/ireland-under-21s-to-face-finland-in-euro-2027-playoffs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Evan Ferguson is still eligible to play if he can return from ankle surgery in time]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:55:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V5DHYZSL6RWENFFKL4UM23WM5M.jpg?auth=c2053d617acd9082ffa57c8e3a63c80cfb77de8499c1b920e1db0b2f7e5094d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Grady McDonnell, Rory Finneran, Noah Jauny and Michael Noonan celebrate after the win over England. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PTSB dissident shareholder Scotchstone latest to signal possible bid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/ptsb-dissident-shareholder-scotchstone-latest-to-signal-possible-bid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/ptsb-dissident-shareholder-scotchstone-latest-to-signal-possible-bid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[PTSB agreed in April to be taken over by Austria’s Bawag in €1.62 billion deal]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:26:08 +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 acquired by Austria's Bawag.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to talk to your children about school strikes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-school-strikes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-school-strikes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While it might be tempting to air your frustrations, a better approach might be a clear, open discussion]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:21:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IWP42WQQQBNGRDBFAB7PQBWBEI.jpg?auth=b4d625348abb6e4278a8dc9a72882870c2ff0e984201b6b76696635776f4929a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Almost all schools across the country are likely to close for two 24-hour periods. Photograph: Cyril Byrne]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cyril Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DCC investors to receive a lower extra payment as tech unit sells below target price]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/dcc-investors-to-receive-a-lower-extra-payment-as-tech-unit-sells-below-target-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/dcc-investors-to-receive-a-lower-extra-payment-as-tech-unit-sells-below-target-price/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DCC said its shareholders are set to receive 42 pence per share from that Nexora deal]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:06:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GA47PY67TZDIXM2C6RBI7QXPPA.JPG?auth=16da93e481e651cd7ef59335c14068dec3f418e198d1d5667319653fbd4c843f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donal Murphy, chief executive of DCC Energy.  Photograph Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 700,000 people estimated to have died due to USAid cuts, Minister to say]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/up-to-700000-people-estimated-to-have-died-due-to-usaid-cuts-minister-to-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/up-to-700000-people-estimated-to-have-died-due-to-usaid-cuts-minister-to-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Neale Richmond to tell EU ministers that cuts to international development cost lives]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WG4476HLVZE3DKQ5GTUZPN2LMY.jpg?auth=5d78ed2464326b6b00db6b4f3a633a6bbde1c923e2390d08842cdecc01c51b24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Neale Richmond will address a meeting of EU development ministers on Friday. 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[A Man from the Future review: What took Pet Shop Boys so long to release this wonderful album?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/09/a-man-from-the-future-review-what-took-pet-shop-boys-so-long-to-release-this-wonderful-album/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/09/a-man-from-the-future-review-what-took-pet-shop-boys-so-long-to-release-this-wonderful-album/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of Alan Turing’s life is at the heart of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s synth-pop rock opera about the gay computer pioneer]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:35:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MCHWCI7XMNEJNK35STF3Y5BE6U.jpg?auth=115c45e0c41af3507497638cf36fa27149cca52ecadbde6681119f533d905e69&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pet Shop Boys: Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant. Photograph: Eva Pentel]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland ready for midday meeting with Kazakhstan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/ireland-ready-for-midday-meeting-with-kazakhstan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/ireland-ready-for-midday-meeting-with-kazakhstan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carla Ward’s team face into first leg of World Cup playoff in Astana]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:06:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DALB6F7XVF6VT5HVDIQNS2WY6M.jpg?auth=84349552d92a3fcd8decb12e658acb4ac8cf276f4da116f9d72ee3359012419b&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 Carla Ward. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alleged victims of paedophile priest may seek winding up of school if damages not paid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/alleged-victims-of-paedophile-priest-may-seek-winding-up-of-school-if-damages-not-paid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/alleged-victims-of-paedophile-priest-may-seek-winding-up-of-school-if-damages-not-paid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Erwin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lawyers threaten petition against St Colman’s College in Newry over alleged abuse by paedophile priest Malachy Finegan]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RTFPB3R3MZRUHE3ZE75MQKCDQU.jpg?auth=a53fed582fba59ad8a72af5acd68575efde821fa423ab79be0ed1ce61ed30cf7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Case centres on the alleged activities of priest Malachy Finegan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showers and sunshine forecast for the weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/09/showers-and-sunshine-forecast-for-this-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/09/showers-and-sunshine-forecast-for-this-weekend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unsettled weather will continue into next week, Met Éireann says]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:39:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/62KRE5Z6LVGSJLG5OM3HDROTW4.jpg?auth=f3a6df47326c655116359cbca22815a88051940f8835ec34f4c24c2e7c01b2ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Showers are forecast this weekend. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">xphotoz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley on hopes for a new era at Munster ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/a-new-era-for-munster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the-counter-ruck/a-new-era-for-munster/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Counter Ruck Podcast]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:04:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BU7GJ5UXMBAUHD6LSITEHR67DM.JPG?auth=fb40b289dac8c5fe7da78cd40ef4f1c6c6555101a3f92d54cb6d783fafcfd750&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley is on the latest Counter Ruck rugby podcast
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing of Polish man who imported cocaine valued at €8.4m delayed again]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/sentencing-of-polish-man-who-imported-cocaine-valued-at-84m-delayed-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/09/sentencing-of-polish-man-who-imported-cocaine-valued-at-84m-delayed-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Farrell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michal Luczak flew Cessna plane that transported drugs to Abbeyshrule aerodrome in Co Longford]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EDV77VUZ45E47CGTOOWIFDOTWU.JPG?auth=d43f05efaa2ebb9ff9e8cf994500a01c62a828de581cfcdaeaa0d1fe20bbba1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pilot Michal Luczak was found guilty of importing €8.4 million cocaine into the midlands in 2022. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI tells investors revenue run rate is $20bn below earlier indication]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/openai-tells-investors-revenue-run-rate-is-20bn-below-earlier-indication/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/openai-tells-investors-revenue-run-rate-is-20bn-below-earlier-indication/</guid><description><![CDATA[The AI firm previously indicated its annualised revenue for September was $70 billion (€62.36 billion)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:53:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOX3YUQER7IK2N6OD3G7ZYMS7U.jpg?auth=6056561a9908c9210cd245a06cbf33b86adcb01a161feda19f7b94507c77f0ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman speaks at OpenAI DevDay conference for developers in 2025. Photograph: Benjamin Legendre/AFP via Getty Images          ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Benjamin Legendre</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour retains Keir Starmer’s seat in London byelection]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/09/labour-retains-keir-starmers-seat-in-london-byelection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/09/labour-retains-keir-starmers-seat-in-london-byelection/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sheppard and Jim Pickard in London]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sagal Abdi-Wali defeats Green Party’s Zack Polanski]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:52:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M6C7QNVR32DBBEHRWRKFYYK4QY.jpg?auth=7b90b92de00f67d74f42a216e3b6243d7fc8f9f3b303ef2f2d5c9bd83a612a1b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sagal Abdi-Wali celebrates after being declared the winner of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jordan Pettitt</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Liam will be forever missed’: Teen who died following ‘tragic accident’ in Tuam named]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/09/liam-will-be-forever-missed-teen-who-died-following-tragic-accident-in-tuam-named/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/09/liam-will-be-forever-missed-teen-who-died-following-tragic-accident-in-tuam-named/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White, Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí treating death of youth in Tuam on Wednesday as a ‘tragic accident’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:51:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YBJNIEUU3ZDTBK7VL34QDXKECQ.jpg?auth=d4e54cb3320a59bf687ebd432bc53a720753a22ac80d4fcd1910fb8d3eed6410&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Liam Mannion died in an incident involving a vehicle in Tuam, Co Galway. Photo: RIP.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublime evenings and empty  downtowns: Democrats threaten comeback in America’s heartland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/welcome-to-ohio-where-trump-says-haitians-eat-dogs-and-democrats-threaten-a-comeback/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/welcome-to-ohio-where-trump-says-haitians-eat-dogs-and-democrats-threaten-a-comeback/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I drove across Ohio on Route 40, one of the many states in which Republican strategists are responding to distant sirens]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6R47H6LODVF4DIPV5J6UQTRRZM.jpg?auth=c2b84e74c02268eb1ced7a210f6c726a87dbb331ba1afba0decd659119e3dfca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ohio voted for Donald Trump by 11 points in the 2024 election, but it is now a state of concern for Republicans. Photograph: Jason Mowry/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jason Mowry</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Flatley thanks people for ‘beautiful gestures of sympathy’ after wife’s death]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/michael-flatley-thanks-people-for-beautiful-gestures-of-sympathy-after-wifes-death/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/michael-flatley-thanks-people-for-beautiful-gestures-of-sympathy-after-wifes-death/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelleher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Funeral Mass for Niamh O’Brien will take place on Saturday at the Church of St Thérèse, Mount Merrion, Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:52:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKK2TD4XKMH5N4SGY22VZXJ2QM.JPG?auth=79341e7c70098c8ae74818f5eb6dd6efda2380bcd5d1f7b78501d6ecc001e91b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niamh O'Brien and Michael Flatley at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin in 2023. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ice agent shoots and wounds man in New York City with five-year-old reportedly in car]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/ice-agent-shoots-and-wounds-man-in-new-york-city-with-five-year-old-reportedly-in-car/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/09/ice-agent-shoots-and-wounds-man-in-new-york-city-with-five-year-old-reportedly-in-car/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Levin in Los Angeles, Lex McMenamin in New York]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mayor Zohran Mamdani says child unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ situation amid angry protests in Bronx neighbourhood]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:26:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q4CX7UUKDPALQUVGFI7CO7ORWU.jpg?auth=27380bd020176996aec8dd3a0faa78330d8ffebdb916887577aa9f5abe248bfe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters gather after an Ice officer shoots a man in New York City. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sarah Yenesel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colin Hunt’s AIB share awards, and AI’s impact on the labour market]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/colin-hunts-aib-share-awards-and-ais-impact-on-the-labour-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/colin-hunts-aib-share-awards-and-ais-impact-on-the-labour-market/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Hancock]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:15:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZSMSUBU72NB5JJ5OOGZBMUGIZA.JPG?auth=0375e6ad3e30ca3f268ce36d6185108c38da71a958e310b99df016b7a7331830&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AIB chief Colin Hunt, who is on track to receive stock this year worth 100 per cent of his salary. 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[Paternity leave shouldn’t be a privilege only the likes of Simon Harris can afford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/justine-mccarthy-paternity-leave-shouldnt-be-a-privilege-that-only-the-likes-of-simon-harris-can-afford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/justine-mccarthy-paternity-leave-shouldnt-be-a-privilege-that-only-the-likes-of-simon-harris-can-afford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fatherhood is not so visible in the workplace where patriarchal conventions persist]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KIDTK4VVFNBPXIEZY7UU6JM6MA.jpg?auth=1083d2b8ac65aaaf83817c8f9a4ead80e0baca8072a06d0ffde6cca5f63564db&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Justine McCarthy]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAI Cup semi-final preview: In-form Bohemians can overcome revitalised Waterford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/fai-cup-semi-final-preview-in-form-bohemians-can-overcome-revitalised-waterford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/09/fai-cup-semi-final-preview-in-form-bohemians-can-overcome-revitalised-waterford/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gypsies unbeaten in seven since 3-1 away defeat to Blues in August]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RL67FYAJQVESXKOWLKHSPAW2MI.jpg?auth=8bd9d8d659d7c3c4f6d22934c0ef24600a242c0e6b3e74c4a6ebd0c283a74266&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[But Waterford FC's Tommy Lonergan and Pádraig Amond could cause Bohs trouble on Friday night. Photograph: Stephen Heaney/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ken Sutton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[France is caught in the politics of emergency, oscillating between nostalgia and extremism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/diarmaid-ferriter-france-is-caught-in-the-politics-of-emergency-oscillating-between-nostalgia-and-extremism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/diarmaid-ferriter-france-is-caught-in-the-politics-of-emergency-oscillating-between-nostalgia-and-extremism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron did much to upend the traditional two-party system in France but has fallen between stools]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QOJSJFG5OBFHREJSKZYT42NE6I.jpg?auth=c39636f962231444962ad68e2df83590bd8f2127e47af87a4c5247ea124706ef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Diarmaid Ferriter]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cut costs and abolish Ifac]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/cut-costs-and-abolish-ifac/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/cut-costs-and-abolish-ifac/</guid><description><![CDATA[Watchdog is consistently ignored with a gentle pat on the head]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[HSE deducted €100,000 from autism charity after governance concerns raised]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/hse-deducted-100000-from-autism-charity-after-governance-concerns-raised/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/hse-deducted-100000-from-autism-charity-after-governance-concerns-raised/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers, Mark Tighe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Autism a Chara, which previously traded as Autism Initiatives Ireland, provides specialist care and support for adults with autism]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/24K3QH33XFBYFGZ3S52SYVMRYE.jpg?auth=7c093743330b0dc1a915d3704aff0c2601b4de1e916e7e38e804ec24dc3d8177&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Autism a Chara said it had 'fully complied' with the HSE’s monitoring and reporting requirements]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sdominick</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racing’s true greats are obvious and dual Arc winner Daryz isn’t one of them]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/09/racings-true-greats-are-obvious-and-dual-arc-winner-daryz-isnt-one-of-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/09/racings-true-greats-are-obvious-and-dual-arc-winner-daryz-isnt-one-of-them/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There have been just two indisputably great racehorses in our expert’s time scribbling on the game]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IHSHWS3TL5ENQRM574ZJN3DAOQ.jpg?auth=0f9b41ee7edf78573eaa0207c31bbe674c7f0134be58d3a032d607dd005a756d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mickael Barzalona on Daryz after winning Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mehdi Fedouach</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tips from Australia for public transport]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/tips-from-australia-for-public-transport/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/tips-from-australia-for-public-transport/</guid><description><![CDATA[The horse has bolted for most of our motorway network in Ireland, unless retrofit is considered]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Church services]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/09/church-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/09/church-services/</guid><description><![CDATA[Week beginning Saturday, October 10th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IN7OZZ6E2NGO5KX2KLF2SIQGJU.png?auth=d4b9e121d137a9aeef92fc18438df403b5c177f6a3855de62a93ccfae6ccb05d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Church Services]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Declining overseas aid illustrates worrying pattern]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/declining-overseas-aid-illustrates-worrying-pattern/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/declining-overseas-aid-illustrates-worrying-pattern/</guid><description><![CDATA[The suspension of foreign aid by the US administration has set the trend, but Ireland must not follow it]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Getting up later to avoid extra childcare costs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/getting-up-later-to-avoid-extra-childcare-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/getting-up-later-to-avoid-extra-childcare-costs/</guid><description><![CDATA[We were told this budget was intended to reward those who ‘get up early’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[‘Cool, quirky, lots of character’: Leo Cullen wants Laya Arena to be special place to play]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/cool-quirky-lots-of-character-leo-cullen-wants-laya-arena-to-be-special-place-to-play/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/cool-quirky-lots-of-character-leo-cullen-wants-laya-arena-to-be-special-place-to-play/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After absence of more than two years, Leinster host Cardiff on return to redeveloped home ground]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YAVDHXBLGBFOPMDD2PBMLG36KY.jpg?auth=76c48e735e6e41fdf2bfc6d7a75f703762a3cf2d54b639a53c6941682ddf1a9d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster head coach Leo Cullen wants to 'get a performance right that fans ultimately want to come and see and support'. Photograph: Christiaan Kotze/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Haag Sports</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Massive challenge’ for Connacht as they look to upset the odds against Glasgow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/massive-challenge-for-connacht-as-they-look-to-upset-the-odds-against-glasgow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/09/massive-challenge-for-connacht-as-they-look-to-upset-the-odds-against-glasgow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bundee Aki will start as all Irish internationals return to starting lineup for URC clash]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVIRIB5WKJDHRP66I2SGHG6MTM.jpg?auth=46e599ecb7ee8caa19e73af68024f36b612ccca8864851da34b563e1960fd6ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connacht's Bundee Aki, who has been a talismanic figure for the province. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land Development Agency buys Dundrum objector’s house for €2.15m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/09/state-agency-buys-south-dublin-house-from-objector-to-new-homes-in-dundrum/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/09/state-agency-buys-south-dublin-house-from-objector-to-new-homes-in-dundrum/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Land Development Agency pays more than €2m to buy dormer bungalow to settle High Court case]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5ANOR4KY7FBWLBETIBUXGDZAIE.JPG?auth=b997398a5d67b4f84a511c99079908bd3d5c0a32794aa2876dcaa8772a05cf32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Number 36 Friarsland Road in Goatstown was acquired for €2.15 million on April 30th, official data shows. 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[RTÉ likely to get back €20m lost in Budget 2027 ‘if it proves reforms are on track’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/rte-likely-to-get-back-20m-lost-in-budget-if-it-proves-reforms-are-on-track/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/09/rte-likely-to-get-back-20m-lost-in-budget-if-it-proves-reforms-are-on-track/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Cormac McQuinn, Marie O’Halloran, Ian Curran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taoiseach and Tánaiste’s offices intervene with Patrick O’Donovan ahead of crunch meeting with broadcaster’s leadership]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ATOPSVY7B5BLHOKZCZZYW5HHEA.JPG?auth=38dc567da13292dac29e94e8695a0527521a134587edd9e769750a64fa03ad2c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst leaves a meeting with Minister for Communications Patrick O'Donovan on Thursday. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Enda O Dowd
</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no dignity in not being able to heat your home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/there-is-no-dignity-in-not-being-able-to-heat-your-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/there-is-no-dignity-in-not-being-able-to-heat-your-home/</guid><description><![CDATA[Older people deserve the right to live without fear of poverty or loneliness]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Dublin City Council proposes tree preservation order at Kenilworth Square]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/dublin-city-council-proposes-tree-preservation-order-at-kenilworth-square/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/dublin-city-council-proposes-tree-preservation-order-at-kenilworth-square/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Owner of south Dublin square, St Mary’s College in Rathmines, plans expansion of sports grounds]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QL4WZPI23FDLZDDBZLEM6LL5TQ.JPG?auth=d343fb3f0a2d3ce2811602d3110e1e0d3658e9899b455f61c7630c73419ec717&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A proposed pitch under St Mary's College plan for Kenilworth Square, Rathgar. Image: projectkenilworth.ie]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jason Michael</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘With great privilege comes great responsibility’: Evan Comerford on Dublin keeper role]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/with-great-privilege-comes-great-responsibility-evan-comerford-on-dublin-keeper-role/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/09/with-great-privilege-comes-great-responsibility-evan-comerford-on-dublin-keeper-role/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ballymun player sets his sights on a long stint between the posts after injury woes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LODG37XWFZCV5FTHUEAPOTMY4Q.jpg?auth=af1b79c837a857f0fb87c80f9a16a05941cfc7fbbb7432acf39828546ce42953&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin goalkeeper Evan Comerford has struggled with injuries. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donore Avenue on the big screen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/donore-avenue-on-the-big-screen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/donore-avenue-on-the-big-screen/</guid><description><![CDATA[TV had yet to reach us in 1950]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Border poll is about reunification of the island]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/border-poll-is-about-reunification-of-the-island/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/border-poll-is-about-reunification-of-the-island/</guid><description><![CDATA[We must reverse wrong done to those who were shut out 100 years ago]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Proper river management, not dredging, will help prevent flooding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/proper-river-management-not-dredging-will-help-prevent-flooding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/proper-river-management-not-dredging-will-help-prevent-flooding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Removing silt from riverbeds just sends floodwater downstream to somewhere else quicker]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Government should apply transparency standards to themselves and their bike sheds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/government-should-apply-transparency-standards-to-themselves-and-their-bike-sheds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/government-should-apply-transparency-standards-to-themselves-and-their-bike-sheds/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or is accountability something best demanded of others, like RTÉ?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[AI music has become ‘the Ozempic of the industry’. Everyone is on it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/jennifer-walshe-ai-music-has-become-the-ozempic-of-the-industry-everyone-is-on-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/09/jennifer-walshe-ai-music-has-become-the-ozempic-of-the-industry-everyone-is-on-it/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Walshe]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One platform, Suno, outputs the equivalent of Spotify’s entire catalogue once a fortnight, but it’s impossible to know who’s using it]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVNX4HHT2WG3W7I3WWLQUANSKE.jpg?auth=0b6151d180d6314f4d5424daa5524b7d8ece66e50e745efa1b4b36da38595378&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mikey Shulman, cofounder and chief executive officer of Suno. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kyle Grillot</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three-day abortion wait must be removed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/three-day-abortion-wait-must-be-removed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/three-day-abortion-wait-must-be-removed/</guid><description><![CDATA[No health-related reasons have been shown for the imposition of the mandatory waiting period]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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 knew we weren’t being rescued’: Irish survivor of Mozambique massacre gives evidence at inquest]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/we-knew-we-werent-being-rescued-irish-survivor-of-mozambique-massacre-gives-evidence-at-inquest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/09/we-knew-we-werent-being-rescued-irish-survivor-of-mozambique-massacre-gives-evidence-at-inquest/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara Cassidy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Philip Mawer was killed during a 2021 jihadist attack on the TotalEnergies gas project]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G23WGAFUW5BKBBI5E5DY6Y4O6Q.jpg?auth=d96c2fa7791ca5db2563cb97036e027936e30f428b5e9438726e4bc4eebed148&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Philip Mawer (58) from Shaftesbury, England, was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade which struck his vehicle as he tried to escape. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US-backed social housing landlord returned €15m to investors ahead of sale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/us-backed-social-housing-landlord-returned-15m-to-investors-ahead-of-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/us-backed-social-housing-landlord-returned-15m-to-investors-ahead-of-sale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First Step Homes was sold to Home For Life for close to €70m in April]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CIHWVJC6EJHGBF2LHGCTR3SWNU.jpg?auth=b4e3435beb192e2cfdad775dc1bfc3e2bc646acf1509369f461c93fe3562d23e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[First Step Homes controlled a portfolio of 800 homes in Ireland at its peak before it began to divest due to new government policy. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MediaProduction</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/09/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/09/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[October 9th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRGN7INSWBHGHF62JPRQZ4BVXA.jpg?auth=847d46bd138ceff017d9feb04d9470611a6dd9f140b1e3c469b865b03e6cc37d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[French riots a wake-up call for us to heed the grievances of our young people, too]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/french-riots-a-wake-up-call-for-us-to-heed-the-grievances-of-our-young-people-too/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/french-riots-a-wake-up-call-for-us-to-heed-the-grievances-of-our-young-people-too/</guid><description><![CDATA[Students here and elsewhere need proper structure to express their concerns]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 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[Who’s hiring and who’s firing in Ireland’s technology sector? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/whos-hiring-and-whos-firing-in-irelands-technology-sector/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/whos-hiring-and-whos-firing-in-irelands-technology-sector/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some firms see AI as ‘an easy way to reduce headcount’, but what is really behind recent layoffs?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGFKAYIV3ZEJJNIIK7IEU5MQTY.jpg?auth=3c0f5f12b706f5ffa4eef560429675612d5ce298c82d4e591c8424d96f4d473b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish tech sector has been rocked by jobs cut among big names as the impact of AI bites. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actor Tadhg McMahon: ‘Going to Ireland always feels like going home. My accent is gone’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/actor-tadhg-mcmahon-going-to-ireland-always-feels-like-going-home-for-me-my-accent-is-gone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/actor-tadhg-mcmahon-going-to-ireland-always-feels-like-going-home-for-me-my-accent-is-gone/</guid><description><![CDATA[McMahon appears in The Westies, a drama series about Irish gangsters in New York City in the early 1980s]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OORNNNKZYVHQVH77D7J7KCMJ3Q.jpg?auth=1538ef5c3240d41cc455e840680939afe014a8c31310c29279a50a1f56517fae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Tadhg McMahon. Photograph: Tim Leyes]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victorian home with vibrant garden overlooking a leafy Dún Laoghaire square]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/09/victorian-residence-with-vibrant-back-garden-overlooking-leafy-square-in-dun-laoghaire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/09/victorian-residence-with-vibrant-back-garden-overlooking-leafy-square-in-dun-laoghaire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Courtney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Number 23 Royal Terrace West is a spacious four-bedroom home laid out over three levels]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6DTTKE7JTNHKJJGNNTSLIM67VM.jpg?auth=da9d56d84f6912fa537e5f037536132bb5039e4864d44d0a781cfc1bcbce59ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fortrose, 23 Royal Terrace West, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve tried many red lipsticks over the years – these are my favourites, old and new]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/10/09/ive-tried-many-red-lipsticks-over-the-years-these-are-my-favourites-old-and-new/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/10/09/ive-tried-many-red-lipsticks-over-the-years-these-are-my-favourites-old-and-new/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone  Gannon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From classic favourites to head-turning new launches, these are the best red lipsticks across a range of price points and finishes]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XKLUKADXHBDHVA4TX3LARG3YX4.jpg?auth=0be367d23c91f91e8500bcfbd66dad111f88700183e72bf64169c8a99ecda209&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Red lipstick is incredible for lifting the mood and elevating a look]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I routinely have intrusive thoughts about horrible things that could happen to my children]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/i-routinely-have-intrusive-thoughts-about-horrible-things-that-could-happen-my-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/09/i-routinely-have-intrusive-thoughts-about-horrible-things-that-could-happen-my-children/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I imagine the GP asking ‘When did you first realise your daughter had grown antlers?’, ready to call social services]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWWEK4HJTBBGZLGSL7C46WAVRM.jpg?auth=91a56e9412451d4e38cfdf6e9a7d66793f3e3f1ce2db987945830bc43f93f6f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly: 'I always feel slightly nervous taking my kids to the doctor.' Photograph: Steve Ryan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Ryan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Game over: Inside the ruins of Gaza’s football stadiums ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/09/game-over-inside-the-ruins-of-gazas-football-stadiums/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/09/game-over-inside-the-ruins-of-gazas-football-stadiums/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Lavin, Hannah McCarthy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sports stadium, bomb site, detainment yard, refugee camp – the three-year evolution of Gaza’s football stadiums ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XXZNIQRI6ND37DXLGTC6EQG44M.jpg?auth=9271d1a3d340c4aaecf7831557167c299ba33059ad3fbef3716be20ee05fe6e1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Beit Hanoun Municipal Stadium in Gaza after the Israeli forces' ground invasion in November 2024. Source: Google Earth]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIB chief Colin Hunt eyes shares worth 100% of salary as bank expected to raise targets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/10/09/hunt-eyes-shares-worth-100-of-salary-as-aib-is-seen-raising-targets-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2026/10/09/hunt-eyes-shares-worth-100-of-salary-as-aib-is-seen-raising-targets-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bank set up new share awards plan to get around continuing limit on bonuses ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UOEMKWIBOBBU7JHVHXFT75MXGA.JPG?auth=eb4b3283d21a813353638f3cac2b73b9214dce159c2400c89fbafe78d25a1664&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AIB chief executive Colin Hunt is on track to receive stock this year worth 100 per cent of salary. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergency electricity plants to cost customers €1.4bn]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/emergency-electricity-plants-to-cost-customers-14bn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/emergency-electricity-plants-to-cost-customers-14bn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last resort power stations to remain on grid for next two winters as energy pressures grow ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Q4O5JBFDRVC2BJTTTCNCXKIPQI.jpg?auth=2d56d09b1674588aa80d11a5cfad37cc6a4f6a44855d1ee0a3634127d8cc2b6c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Emergency power plants will cost consumers €1.4 billion over their six-year lifetime, it has emerged. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">yul38885 yul38885</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is the German spy chief accused of spying? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/who-is-the-german-spy-chief-accused-of-spying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/who-is-the-german-spy-chief-accused-of-spying/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernice Harrison]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QM4BYVZ5JBDJRPERZYPD3XBTPQ.jpg?auth=d50b9dee045402f88c8b8bd0ac0ed5efc2651207f7049763f2624bfc0ac06f5b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former BND (Federal Intelligence Service) chief August Hanning in 2008. Photograph: Carsten Koall/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Carsten Koall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A police raid on a gay bar, in Asia’s most liberal jurisdiction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/09/police-raid-on-taiwan-gay-bar-awakens-memories-of-state-oppression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/09/police-raid-on-taiwan-gay-bar-awakens-memories-of-state-oppression/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mayor’s apology did little to cushion the shock that such an action could take place in Taiwan, the most liberal jurisdiction in Asia for LGBTQ+ rights]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AQRGFGJQVAXZBV7KM4N4XU75Y.jpg?auth=9a4815941f44b6fcd3bcc34a34a155fbcbbf3b9ba052be5d6ff267ac42d62ac0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denis Staunton Columnist Pic]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will €975,000 buy in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cork?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/09/what-will-975000-buy-in-france-italy-spain-portugal-and-cork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/09/what-will-975000-buy-in-france-italy-spain-portugal-and-cork/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Gill]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One price, home and away: from a traditional Alpine villa to a home overlooking Blackrock Castle]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C4TT4UZKVBFU3OPD7YIHW56NZY.jpg?auth=fe4f6b3832149cd94c8d72e092cbf9b7e65ad14436dc68960beb2edfe01fa73c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Lodge, Blackrock, Cork]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I only ever heard Jeremy speak in Mark Zuckerberg’s voice until his last day of shooting’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/09/i-only-ever-heard-jeremy-speak-in-mark-zuckerbergs-voice-until-his-last-day-of-shooting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/09/i-only-ever-heard-jeremy-speak-in-mark-zuckerbergs-voice-until-his-last-day-of-shooting/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aaron Sorkin’s new film, The Social Reckoning, dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistle-blowing on Facebook and Meta’s approach to business]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D47HTQZGFP7J3ERNNN3NBIIGQA.jpg?auth=f8c284ef9afa44e027a1050f06e825dbdd7198e9d7aa2616785bbc8ee2ea07e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeremy Strong in Aaron Sorkin's film The Social Reckoning, in which he plays the Facebook and Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. Photograph: Sony Pictures
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Press Association</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lethal Katie Hannon dismantles the budget and dismisses Jack Chambers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/09/katie-hannon-lethally-dismantles-the-jack-chambers-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/09/katie-hannon-lethally-dismantles-the-jack-chambers-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mick Heaney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Radio: RTÉ host’s precision-guided dismantling of Government’s thinly spread profligacy is arguably more lethal than the brickbats of Opposition TDs]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WAJ7224K75FWNJGDGS45IVPB74.jpg?auth=00e91db7b156a778023f30ba3f8967ad2115340e01642278259ec8530cfecdc3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[RTÉ Radio 1's Drivetime host Katie Hannon grills Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers on budgetary measures. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar panel mounting firm’s former CEO set up rival business, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/solar-panel-mounting-firms-former-ceo-set-up-rival-business-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/09/solar-panel-mounting-firms-former-ceo-set-up-rival-business-court-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Judge grants orders at ex-parte hearing for preservation of company’s property and documents]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFKBEGV73JCMBGNYI6VKKVFLDY.jpg?auth=623a3ba01bc73b42fa848dc3274e5eb3fb6e3ed7ba9367a807992d7bf271d4ce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A row has broken out between a business specialising in roof mounts for solar panels and its former CEO. File image. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">tbradford</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to panic?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/time-to-panic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/09/time-to-panic/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have not received my Be Emergency Ready booklet]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Hi Leo, from the Piglet!’: Dublin wine bar at the centre of a 2021 political scandal prepares to close]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/10/09/hi-leo-from-the-piglet-dublin-wine-bar-at-the-centre-of-a-2021-political-scandal-prepares-to-close/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/2026/10/09/hi-leo-from-the-piglet-dublin-wine-bar-at-the-centre-of-a-2021-political-scandal-prepares-to-close/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ahead of Piglet’s final service, owners Enrico Fantasia and Thibaut Harang reflect on ‘Piglet-gate’]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z7HQGJFGMNE5NNB3QCTCUCNWKU.jpg?auth=205682cd0bcaa54ca2c16059b19fa23d8388bb76168cc1888dd4701372653be1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Enrico Fantasia (right) and Thibaut Harang of Piglet on Cow's Lane, which is closing. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affordable wines: A red and white from Bordeaux, both discounted]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/09/affordable-wines-a-red-and-white-from-bordeaux-both-discounted/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/09/affordable-wines-a-red-and-white-from-bordeaux-both-discounted/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wines for the Weekend: This bone-dry white and easy-drinking red come from the same producer
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GL3N4ZWIWBFLBMI4AD3JWPDNBQ.jpg?auth=1393c8628d564f75f74b187d7ad5b703d0f349a46daf26d295e45e7ea0687689&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The producer of these wines is part of a wine dynasty that spreads across the world. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Retirement is the start of the next stage of my life’: Rachael Blackmore on life after the racecourse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/09/retirement-is-the-start-of-the-next-stage-of-my-life-rachael-blackmore-on-life-after-the-racecourse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/09/retirement-is-the-start-of-the-next-stage-of-my-life-rachael-blackmore-on-life-after-the-racecourse/</guid><description><![CDATA[The first woman to win the Grand National features on Detours with Craig Doyle, a podcast by Irish Times Content Studio created in association with Volvo]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6KXVBYPG4FG75KB6OXQSFKUCAY.jpg?auth=9cd6d86b08a34a2a7ea34537fea005e30d775866cba8947f73eb1fb23218f1b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Detours host Craig Doyle is pictured with Rachael Blackmore and the Volvo EX60 at Punchestown Racecourse. The fully electric EX60 matches the range of petrol and charges as fast as refuelling, offering drivers the freedom to move]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[There’s a good chance Ireland will come to regret this boomtime period as a missed opportunity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/10/09/norway-knows-when-its-tax-windfall-will-end-ireland-doesnt-yet-we-spend-it-anyway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2026/10/09/norway-knows-when-its-tax-windfall-will-end-ireland-doesnt-yet-we-spend-it-anyway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Country acts like it’s poor when it’s actually rich and should be thinking more strategically about its wealth]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F4HYWIQZJJFXPK5FF2CZS7QWOI.jpg?auth=46d2e77c7d7f5195dc0830a6a6ba993e9ef543af5d813ae9e4eda4c907f3de73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If we had saved the windfall element of corporation tax since 2015, the State would now have a war chest of €130 billion. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">simonkr</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget the tech stack. 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Photograph: Julien Behal]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning a new kitchen? Here’s how to choose appliances that make life easier]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/10/09/planning-a-new-kitchen-heres-how-to-choose-appliances-that-make-life-easier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/10/09/planning-a-new-kitchen-heres-how-to-choose-appliances-that-make-life-easier/</guid><description><![CDATA[Once you understand how you use your kitchen, it becomes easier to identify the features that will make a genuine difference]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5XMQMN52JCGNB4K3LI4YSUFGA.jpg?auth=d75ed3037f2b28ba0d4b4a28e58be39308258b665ff24bb8a36394cd4cb9b08b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Installing a Miele oven at a higher, more comfortable height makes it easier to check and remove food]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Movie Quiz: Which band’s song plays over the end credits to Fight Club?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/09/the-movie-quiz-which-bands-song-plays-over-the-end-credits-to-fight-club/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/10/09/the-movie-quiz-which-bands-song-plays-over-the-end-credits-to-fight-club/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus: What is Tony Manero carrying the first time we see him?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6NAVG5OT2J3YMKUDNMNGGE5TCA.jpg?auth=0e35671fcd41a299db73fa4c68bb352b266fde880b5ae79ad3d18ea982292ffa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fight Club: Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in David Fincher’s 1999 film.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doom Painting by AK Blakemore: A dense, finely crafted narrative  of the Peasants’ Revolt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/doom-painting-by-ak-blakemore-a-dense-finely-crafted-narrative-of-the-peasants-revolt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/03/doom-painting-by-ak-blakemore-a-dense-finely-crafted-narrative-of-the-peasants-revolt/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Mulkerns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s full-on, pitch-perfect retelling blends visceral brutality with pure poetry]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AHPDB6QDDFGPJB5OI3MUOTV4LU.JPG?auth=ef6dc48004bb200f5d89db896ed09f987e344fe98341b9b1bbc624aea757c27a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AK Blakemore's prose is mesmerising in its beauty. Photograph: Alice Zoo]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alice Zoo</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>