<?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/2026-10-10/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/11/role-of-women-celibacy-and-sexuality-featured-early-in-the-synodal-pathway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/11/role-of-women-celibacy-and-sexuality-featured-early-in-the-synodal-pathway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julieann Moran ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & Reason: Not everything we heard in those early conversations has travelled through the process in the same way]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2QWX7UAYG7FQLYBKY7H6PNVWAY.jpg?auth=9a900bebdd12b98c4e3c952ab600113b709a714feef531f15cdce8a1894a18a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV visited the Institut Catholique de Paris to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gregorio Borgia</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster live up to the occasion of long-awaited homecoming to blow Cardiff away]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/leinster-live-up-to-the-occasion-of-long-awaited-homecoming-to-blow-cardiff-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/leinster-live-up-to-the-occasion-of-long-awaited-homecoming-to-blow-cardiff-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sam Prendergast in fine form with man-of-the-match display at redeveloped Laya Arena]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:15:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UUDCFDIDOQ5V233HQAHYKH5SZQ.jpg?auth=a3baa04ee5a008f7d52f7d64c7c20ce8eebd53ee3c43b28f8a76fa0e3958f173&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Sam Prendergast in action against Cardiff. Photograph: Andrew Conan/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re playing matches like they’re training sessions’: Richie Murphy frustrated by Ulster’s lack of intensity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/were-playing-matches-like-theyre-training-sessions-richie-murphy-frustrated-by-ulsters-lack-of-intensity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/were-playing-matches-like-theyre-training-sessions-richie-murphy-frustrated-by-ulsters-lack-of-intensity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Head coach urges consistency after Ulster fight back for second week running ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:33:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QDDOW5CLLFVDL675IVFL22RDAE.jpg?auth=a959b65249dce40f9d8cf5c2a3b26222faa5016a92b025f3c9ec02499e2474f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster's James McNabney looks on as the ball goes loose from a line out during Saturday's URC game against Munster. Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Clohessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solanke strikes late as 10-man Spurs salvage point at Manchester United]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/solanke-strikes-late-as-10-man-spurs-salvage-point-at-manchester-united/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/solanke-strikes-late-as-10-man-spurs-salvage-point-at-manchester-united/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Jackson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rodrigo Bentancur sent off for Luke Shaw challenge]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:48:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OOL4TJALF4CRE67RQP623R5CDQ.jpg?auth=c2a83b3e95b325c246f8fe92fb35d53324a1cd1d0b9761a9391bac190b32ff24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dominic Solanke (right) celebrates scoring for Spurs with team-mate Archie Gray. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Ellis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster overcome slow start to claw back draw against Munster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/ulster-overcome-slow-start-to-claw-back-draw-against-munster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/ulster-overcome-slow-start-to-claw-back-draw-against-munster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jacob Stockdale with a brace of tries on his 150th appearance for Ulster]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:41:12 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K2MTPZOMROQFP5HNDMLRJNPM4A.jpg?auth=7173ddd6dbfe4c3bb25780b577159427ab2f825ee6681d8098bf83f06e84a4b7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jacob Stockdale scores a try for Ulster. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man dies after entering tiger enclosure at Yorkshire wildlife park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/10/man-dies-after-entering-tiger-enclosure-at-yorkshire-wildlife-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/10/man-dies-after-entering-tiger-enclosure-at-yorkshire-wildlife-park/</guid><description><![CDATA[Animal was uninjured and remained in enclosure following incident and there is no wider risk to the public]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:10:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DLODU7GVGW6WEHWOGTHO26PZVQ.jpg?auth=204bf045e6711aae47014f87ee50a340058db3d2da2b51e002244cbe1696aae7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster. Emergency services were contacted after the man entered the enclosure and was attacked by the tiger shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday. 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Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">MattGush</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump says it is time for Ukraine to get rid of Zelenskiy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/russian-attacks-kill-seven-in-ukraine-after-trump-strikes-diesel-deal-with-putin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/russian-attacks-kill-seven-in-ukraine-after-trump-strikes-diesel-deal-with-putin/</guid><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary intervention came after Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KFR34FE5XTXP2KZXTFL2A62JB4.jpg?auth=f39904a18d1701ddf556ece505d2be3cad80c93529b2c1aec12e647cf46a713c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rescue workers carry a body from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday. Photograph: Kateryna Klochko/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kateryna Klochko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shane Lowry eight shots off leaders at Open de Espana]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/10/shane-lowry-eight-shots-off-leaders-at-open-de-espana/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/10/shane-lowry-eight-shots-off-leaders-at-open-de-espana/</guid><description><![CDATA[Early eagle helps Offalyman to four-under third round]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:36:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJJV6L7EXZAU3XV4RH5PWQFTRQ.jpg?auth=3a95de9a8199da9f58ebf03c076944ed9f0780e196163486f1d3007f5e1f46fb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shane Lowry on the first hole during Saturday's third round. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stuart Franklin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[About 10,000 people march through Dublin in support of Palestine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/about-10000-people-march-through-dublin-in-support-of-palestine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/about-10000-people-march-through-dublin-in-support-of-palestine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin has failed Gaza, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairwoman Zoe Lawlor says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:48:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UN6MBINPWRCAVM2CZMPC7DK7U4.jpg?auth=d1a2b0d7f6899b9f6f205ef753568aef8303fc071db6e36df3cc5d7b3fde4007&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protestors hold a banner during a march highlighting that 'There is no ceasefire in Palestine' and call on government to sanction Israel during a national demonstration, in Dublin on October 10, 2026. 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Photograph: Tennessee department of corrections via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Uncredited</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Duffy brace sends Derry City to FAI Cup finale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/michael-duffy-brace-sends-derry-city-to-fai-cup-finale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/michael-duffy-brace-sends-derry-city-to-fai-cup-finale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Ferry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Candystripes to meet Waterford in Aviva decider on November 8th]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:20:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WETM2AHKJGRTE4Y4SB3GF7TGII.jpg?auth=703c079f0841b1904922c51a959e9bbb2b25ac5d0fd8f2c0492389c8be9e8b88&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Duffy celebrates scoring Derry's opening goal against Galway. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bruno Guimarães completes Arsenal comeback to end Leeds’ unbeaten run]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/bruno-guimaraes-completes-arsenal-comeback-to-end-leeds-unbeaten-run/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/bruno-guimaraes-completes-arsenal-comeback-to-end-leeds-unbeaten-run/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul MacInnes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dara O’Shea sends Ipswich to victory, Brentford fight back to draw at Villa]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:06:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYESR5GSFWQULXZ5WJGU4F3SQM.jpg?auth=d5b73d242338fd63e576732e4b3b7c99e0e95fbf0ce425c3f8fabda8c9ec8da3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bruno Guimarães celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal. Photograph: John Walton/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Walton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Max Verstappen takes Singapore GP pole after sprint win]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/10/max-verstappen-takes-singapore-gp-pole-after-sprint-win/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/10/max-verstappen-takes-singapore-gp-pole-after-sprint-win/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charles Leclerc pushed into second, Lewis Hamilton to start from third]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:37:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBBIKDXV7IHLTTZOHXJXRHQOKM.jpg?auth=8def70e02532ec152d394a0f6c7667231a5954909ab07d3a7fa87d479aa4b7fe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates taking pole position in Saturday's qualifying session. Photograph: David Davies/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Press Association</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mona McSharry adds to World Cup medal haul]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/10/mona-mcsharry-adds-to-world-cup-medal-haul/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/10/mona-mcsharry-adds-to-world-cup-medal-haul/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sligo swimmer secures silver in Uzbekistan ahead of final stop in three-meet series]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3BKGUYN6WBBNTF7RYDTBC46BIY.jpg?auth=4cf5f6e8f8e5d807b03de12a7dd208945f15945f53b95bdf21bf1d927dae0a93&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mona McSharry took second in the 50m breaststroke behind Russia's Aziz Ralina Giliazova. Photograph: Karimov/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aziz Karimov</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo provisionally suspended after Portugal walkout]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/cristiano-ronaldo-provisionally-suspended-after-portugal-walkout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/cristiano-ronaldo-provisionally-suspended-after-portugal-walkout/</guid><description><![CDATA[Striker subsequently apologised for his actions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:06:37 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7IA37HQL2MDEGDBQCPALTLFUW4.jpg?auth=f98f6ff2b87b309692d0b54403b6c59a13aef49b5d66256eabd35711e9cee1b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo walked out of the Portugal camp ahead of their Nations League fixture against Denmark last week. Photograph: Fayez Nurekdine/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fayez Nureldine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Flatley pays tribute to his wife Niamh O’Brien at funeral Mass]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/michael-flatley-pays-tribute-to-his-wife-niamh-obrien-at-funeral-mass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/michael-flatley-pays-tribute-to-his-wife-niamh-obrien-at-funeral-mass/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘I’m looking forward to our next dance in heaven together,’ Flatley says in eulogy in Dublin on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:59:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D6MATWNV4FC4FJNO7R5TJ3FF5I.jpg?auth=195821fe6f2a5b46e587cf4474ee3f5f3334187119c6b7453c10d2c8d810d5be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Flatley and his son Michael St. James carry the coffin of his wife Niamh O’Brien-Flatley after her funeral mass, at the Church of St. Thérèse, Mount Merrion in Dublin on October 10, 2026. Photography by Clodagh Kilcoyne for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unlikely rise of India’s Gen Z rebels]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/11/the-unlikely-rise-of-indias-gen-z-rebels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2026/10/11/the-unlikely-rise-of-indias-gen-z-rebels/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Somini Sengupta, Pragati K.B.]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Abhijeet Dipke started the Cockroach movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over dysfunctional college entrance exams, younger people say they want to save democracy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RFVXIV5UC3HEHKQTBFCP4XE54E.jpg?auth=1ab994541d465cd76168abfde194594eb7994ccf89cdc3350e91f037ab0d2eb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, visiting children in class in Nandubar, India. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Anindito Mukherjee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland in line for a kicking from all sides after publishing EU budget]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/analysis-government-in-line-for-a-kicking-from-all-sides-after-publishing-eu-budget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/analysis-government-in-line-for-a-kicking-from-all-sides-after-publishing-eu-budget/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish diplomats privately remarked that if everyone ended up unhappy, they had done their job]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NCCDB3LEGJDWNA6VSI4VKOGGEI.jpg?auth=7e83c316d90e701f3c2eeb3433a6182b8b9e8ce89a95801a9823d3d4d23357fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland, in its role holding the EU presidency, was preparing to propose a compromise on the size of the union’s next seven-year budget. Photograph: 
Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Vector</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orange Order legal challenge to Garvaghy Road parade ban adjourned to Monday]]></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>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:50:09 +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[Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas postpones legislative elections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/10/palestine-president-mahmoud-abbas-postpones-legislative-elections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/10/palestine-president-mahmoud-abbas-postpones-legislative-elections/</guid><description><![CDATA[New date in September 2027 set for elections, as well as a vote on the presidency]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:02:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FLWZPX5PXFDB5P7ATG62IDC7TA.jpg?auth=94f817e0127a5ddab55f8eab6ddf91751a646c720e257aec4c46173d67ae2ef6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president, postponed legislative elections scheduled for November. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wallabies blown away by All Blacks blitz to retain Bledisloe Cup]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/wallabies-blown-away-by-all-blacks-blitz-to-retain-bledisloe-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/wallabies-blown-away-by-all-blacks-blitz-to-retain-bledisloe-cup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Snape]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Les Kiss’s side given second-half reality check in Auckland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:59:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7AQUKY6BOJ2T7GWLAIC4WZFAGA.jpg?auth=43bd71c7fda4bd830c75e047f10d7689a506c73cb519d829c2cb2e0887f0a5b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Codie Taylor lifts the Bledisloe Cup for New Zealand after their win over Australia at Eden Park in Auckland. Photograph: Andrew Cornaga/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">www.photosport.nz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most interesting assessment of the budget is the one you haven’t yet heard]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/the-most-interesting-assessment-of-the-budget-is-the-one-you-havent-yet-heard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/the-most-interesting-assessment-of-the-budget-is-the-one-you-havent-yet-heard/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite the corporate tax boom, Irish budgets are not boosting real spending power. There’s one good reason for that]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dáil sitting next Wednesday cancelled due public sector workers’ strike]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/10/10/dail-sitting-next-wednesday-cancelled-due-to-strike-by-public-sector-workers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/10/10/dail-sitting-next-wednesday-cancelled-due-to-strike-by-public-sector-workers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry McGee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business but this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UAREQKWCNJHSRAC2HNIUHESEXU.JPG?auth=545708d47b33cdab249ce65fb85dff507304d84344f471251871153a435044f1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Government had provisionally scheduled a full day of Dáil business for Wednesday. However, this was contingent on staff at Leinster House being available to facilitate the sitting. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O Brien / The Irish Times,Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Income from ‘broken’ television licence fee down €5.7m in first nine months]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/income-from-broken-television-licence-fee-down-57m-in-first-nine-months/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/income-from-broken-television-licence-fee-down-57m-in-first-nine-months/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Projected 715,401 television licences to be sold for the year likely to generate about €114.46m, down €8.5m on last year]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:02:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7SQAERT2QFEVLLIMUGSF273ZNY.jpg?auth=7cf569810db49b03c7b7a68018f863a3fbbf89bfc235bffe8c271653136bb88d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New figures provided by Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan show 536,551 licences have been sold for the first nine months. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAI reveals ‘inconsistencies’ in Garda vetting process for coaches and match officials]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/fai-reveals-inconsistencies-in-garda-vetting-process-for-coaches-and-match-officials/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/fai-reveals-inconsistencies-in-garda-vetting-process-for-coaches-and-match-officials/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Up to 60 coaches in the League of the Ireland have yet to be approved by the vetting system, a source informed The Irish Times]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:30:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GZL4FPXN7YIUVLZY7LX5WHBOCU.jpg?auth=05f12bf0dcbe22bbef1221722d9754c88c81a4b4c494eb19f2593352c294d486&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[FAI chief executive David Courell: 'We are pivoting the organisation from a child welfare and safeguarding focus to an expanded adult and child welfare safeguarding focus.' Photograph: Evan Treacy/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Evan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s EU presidency proposes budget cut of €141bn for the bloc]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/eu-presidency-proposes-8-cut-to-2028-2034-eu-budget-to-16tn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/10/eu-presidency-proposes-8-cut-to-2028-2034-eu-budget-to-16tn/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Compromise package follows months of behind-the-scenes negotiations]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:07:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AKIBKABCGXR5NDG37S7G6YXIUI.jpg?auth=b1c7e55911ee3e5d57617367ef3c7ab5f4f0282970607eb127aaa3ff2cb0152f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[European flags fluttering outside the Berlaymon building, the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nicolas Tucat</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Offaly man (30) pleads guilty to sexual assault and rape of younger sister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/10/offaly-man-30-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-assault-and-rape-of-younger-sister/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/10/offaly-man-30-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-assault-and-rape-of-younger-sister/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Watching my parents continue to support my abuser while I try to rebuild my life is one of the most painful experiences,’ victim says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VKDF5OJ6ZEAPBSI3GK3PCUDRM.jpg?auth=18b41a51b975ae12cf8d01cf5bb74fc24a8c71015242a2e24b7ed2d52bdf0994&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A now 30-year-old Offaly man pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual assault and one count of raping his younger sister in their family home on dates between 2010 and 2017. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">The_Irish_Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/one-child-has-been-killed-in-gaza-every-day-since-the-so-called-ceasefire-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/one-child-has-been-killed-in-gaza-every-day-since-the-so-called-ceasefire-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[The killing and deprivation cannot be normalised ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:32:04 +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[Cyclist killed following collision with a van in Co Clare]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/cyclist-killed-following-collision-with-a-van-in-co-kildare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/cyclist-killed-following-collision-with-a-van-in-co-kildare/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Gleeson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The driver of the van, a man aged in his 30s, was uninjured, while road remains closed with local diversions in place]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:47:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VTLL6UKL65EOFLVDFUHTKPVP6M.JPG?auth=f3a68f7e54f804419f5ae97228520871f7394b61e00171f9efae3f0b2ae169b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí have appealing for witnesses following a fatal two-vehicle road traffic crash in Kilrush, Co Clare]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurricane Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after making landfall in Florida Panhandle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/10/hurricane-isaias-weakens-to-post-tropical-cyclone-after-making-landfall-in-florida-panhandle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/10/hurricane-isaias-weakens-to-post-tropical-cyclone-after-making-landfall-in-florida-panhandle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Ovalle, Rick Rojas, Soumya Karlamangla, Laura Chung]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emergency services urge residents to shelter in place and watch for hurricane conditions]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:53:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H7Z5PGFSMZETXRFWKHAQYYGQOI.jpg?auth=7533a95092fc5eadf91528ee4c37ea8cef0bf5ce72f534346f1efc49956f1727&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A woman walks her dog along a beach in Destin, Florida, ahead of Hurricane Isaias, on Friday. Photograph: Hilary Swift/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hilary Swift</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can runaway spending in the health service be reined in?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/10/how-can-runaway-spending-in-the-health-service-be-reined-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/10/how-can-runaway-spending-in-the-health-service-be-reined-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The budget overrun in the health service could reach €1bn by the end of year, despite spending curbs being put in place]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7AL3UA5KZXAUIXKBPVCBZLDKGU.JPG?auth=b20f976a2d95679af6f731b49f57993a21595c8d522738d5834fab21939f5b52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill outlining details of Budget 2027 at Government Buildings, Dublin. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never mind the ‘risk to humanity’, Anthropic’s IPO raises more prosaic concerns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/10/never-mind-the-risk-to-humanity-anthropics-ipo-raises-more-prosaic-concerns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/10/never-mind-the-risk-to-humanity-anthropics-ipo-raises-more-prosaic-concerns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anthropic has plans to raise up to $100bn, part of a trend that could result in too much stock coming to market]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JDX5WVJLFBPSFTPHCT7IFMLC64.jpg?auth=1126607dfca86a1e34350555925276aab894c3c6d1493abf92a123ba3bec2309&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Anthropic’s Code W/ Claude event in San Francisco on May 7th. The company Anthropic has plans to raise up to $100bn via an IPO. Photograph: Jason Henry/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Avishag Shaar-Yashuv</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstar medical team deserves recognition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/superstar-medical-team-deserves-recognition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/superstar-medical-team-deserves-recognition/</guid><description><![CDATA[Surgeon John Reynolds is a brilliant man surrounded by a great team at St James’s Hospital]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remaking of Jack Chambers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/pat-leahy-the-remaking-of-jack-chambers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/pat-leahy-the-remaking-of-jack-chambers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Not yet restored as a leadership contender perhaps, but the Minister for Public Expenditure’s stock is higher than it has been for a long time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KRYQO5Z22ZXDSZYR7USMTWV2Z4.jpg?auth=a4c1bd90d2253351bbf670b3f6be04f300baadeac126fd64482e36d77a716cc8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Chambers: In setting his 6 per cent target in July and achieving it in October, the Public Expenditure Minister has displayed competence. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/one-child-has-been-killed-in-gaza-every-day-since-the-so-called-ceasefire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/one-child-has-been-killed-in-gaza-every-day-since-the-so-called-ceasefire/</guid><description><![CDATA[The killing and deprivation in Gaza cannot be normalised under the cover of a ceasefire agreement]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Navi Pillay’s staunch defence of international law makes her a worthy Nobel winner ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/navi-pillays-staunch-defence-of-international-law-makes-her-a-worthy-nobel-winner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/navi-pillays-staunch-defence-of-international-law-makes-her-a-worthy-nobel-winner/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now we await the reaction of Donald Trump]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Lots of Ministers floated budget ideas that failed to materialise, Simon Harris says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/lots-of-ministers-floated-budget-ideas-that-failed-to-materialise-harris-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/lots-of-ministers-floated-budget-ideas-that-failed-to-materialise-harris-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No desire in Government to ‘rerun’ drama over RTÉ governance, Simon Harris says ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +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[Tánaiste Simon Harris in Luxembourg. Photograph: Wiktor Dabkowski/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Wiktor Dabkowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster look to restore their home fortress against Cardiff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/leinster-look-to-restore-their-home-fortress-against-cardiff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/leinster-look-to-restore-their-home-fortress-against-cardiff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Province return to competitive action at the redeveloped Laya Arena]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W3X36LSTWCDB4SBVDY23DD3KGY.jpg?auth=89be8cbc955e86b33643bf204ca0c6cf1c7b33af8ff76e37c9ab12776de6b3ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster welcome Cardiff to the Laya Arena on Saturday, hoping to restore the venue to its former fortress. Photograph: Eoin Burke]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The river Slaney needs to be protected, not dredged]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/the-river-slaney-needs-to-be-protected-not-dredged/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/the-river-slaney-needs-to-be-protected-not-dredged/</guid><description><![CDATA[We dredge gutters but it is no way to treat a river or its inhabitants]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Nostagia for the days when budgets were met with muted relief]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/nostagia-for-days-when-budgets-were-met-with-muted-relief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/nostagia-for-days-when-budgets-were-met-with-muted-relief/</guid><description><![CDATA[Government tax and spending announcements used to be anxiously awaited]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[True meaning of Irish unity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/true-meaning-of-irish-unity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/true-meaning-of-irish-unity/</guid><description><![CDATA[Work, not tiresome rhetoric, required by all to achieve desired objective of united Ireland  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[James McClean standoff with Derry City looms over FAI Cup trip to Galway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/james-mcclean-standoff-with-derry-city-looms-over-fai-cup-trip-to-galway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/10/james-mcclean-standoff-with-derry-city-looms-over-fai-cup-trip-to-galway/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Candystripes travel to Eamonn Deacy Park for FAI Cup semi-final against John Caulfield’s side]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CGYCFMNAQOEA4ZMS3CUXKLJ5HI.jpg?auth=f03b8f7003001bfd1c7734d331fd5f5a3353380ec35a51b992c100f42289aa73&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[James McClean, who has not featured for Derry City since July, with captain Michael Duffy (left). Photograph: Lorcan Doherty/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Lorcan Doherty</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaky start for AIL standard bearers has challengers eyeing away wins]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/shaky-start-for-ail-standard-bearers-has-challengers-eyeing-away-wins/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/shaky-start-for-ail-standard-bearers-has-challengers-eyeing-away-wins/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lansdowne, Clontarf and Cork Constitution host Old Belvedere, UCD and St Mary’s respectively in round three]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CG4U4K67IC32ND3HESNHLISFYI.jpg?auth=958a95d7cfb9e56de435cb35dba641f78953a94a6cc8280f413be3edca4ca672&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Lansdowne's Todd Lawlor featured for Leinster in the province's recent URC games in South Africa. Photograph: Darren Stewart/Steve Haag Sports/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[LDA does not ‘pay ransom money’, chief executive says after €2m bungalow deal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/10/lda-does-not-pay-ransom-money-chief-executive-says-after-2m-bungalow-deal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/10/lda-does-not-pay-ransom-money-chief-executive-says-after-2m-bungalow-deal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olivia Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move was ‘pragmatic’ one so former Central Mental Hospital site could be turned into homes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SAOTQNF6SFHNRBE5INQTESBKG4.JPG?auth=fd6ac11375d2ea2d2fe37d4fd78a3c7b84f114e69c462a201218a3032d850ebb&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 at a sodturning ceremony on Friday at Dún Brí, the site of the former Central Mental Hospital. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government to propose EU budget compromise as conservative states push for more cuts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/government-to-propose-eu-budget-compromise-as-conservative-states-push-for-more-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/government-to-propose-eu-budget-compromise-as-conservative-states-push-for-more-cuts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Republic’s revision to €1.7tn EU common pot intended to narrow gap between opposing camps]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3DANGU25LNM3RPRCW3COWHGNMY.jpg?auth=702e1fd0b6208307372280485e669db48d211ac93a4e549c8281f96cdd60eede&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Taoiseach Micheál Martin has discussed the Republic’s budget compromise with several EU leaders. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump blind to irony or just a sneering bully?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/trump-blind-to-irony-or-just-a-sneering-bully/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/trump-blind-to-irony-or-just-a-sneering-bully/</guid><description><![CDATA[Keith Duggan’s portrayal of the president’s indifference to division and strife inflicted on the midwest hits the mark]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Public sector strike ‘inevitable’ and will see up to 150,000 medical appointments cancelled]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/public-sector-strike-inevitable-and-will-see-up-to-150000-medical-appointments-cancelled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/public-sector-strike-inevitable-and-will-see-up-to-150000-medical-appointments-cancelled/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First of two scheduled walkouts will bring widespread disruption, with further escalation possible in November]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AM73P6JK6FGHNPC3UMBIEPBIOE.jpg?auth=5581f0e792c4a6868574e9cff1a1e6105bf3839eedb2dd69df90d47058dabcdf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) hold a lunchtime protest outside St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clodagh Kilcoyne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank McNally solves the mystery of columns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/12/frank-mcnally-solves-the-mystery-of-columns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/12/frank-mcnally-solves-the-mystery-of-columns/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jostlestones prevented damage to the wheels of carriages and traps in days gone by]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Lionel Messi’s World Cup behaviour tarnishes his legacy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/lionel-messis-world-cup-behaviour-tarnishes-his-legacy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/lionel-messis-world-cup-behaviour-tarnishes-his-legacy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cristiano Ronaldo does not have a monopoly on unsportsmanlike conduct]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Improving Ulster can claim home win against revitalised Munster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/improving-ulster-can-claim-home-win-against-revitalised-munster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/improving-ulster-can-claim-home-win-against-revitalised-munster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But visitors hope return of captain Tadhg Beirne could tilt game in Clayton McMillan’s side’s favour]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YGIJ7W7ZVCC3HZI3TQZKIWL7LY.jpg?auth=0ff1f5eba77dab297be4f5d65d53a022d3fda583335de789e076e2b5ab1ebc5d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Promising Evan O’Connell, above, joins Munster captain Tadhg Beirne in secondrow. Photograph: Ben Brady/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/10/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/10/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[October 10th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U4SEG2XMPRCL3BUM7HGPBTABOY.jpg?auth=5588255c843e1cc031e6f228c8a0364d893ed680d1691bd0a1f79f4328cc9116&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[Coimisiún na Meán has no business taking sides in RTÉ funding row]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/coimisiun-na-mean-has-no-business-taking-sides-in-rte-funding-row/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/coimisiun-na-mean-has-no-business-taking-sides-in-rte-funding-row/</guid><description><![CDATA[The regulator should not be acting as an advocacy organisation for the entities it regulates ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Coolmore and Godolphin superpowers pursue racing’s next big star in Dewhurst clash ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/10/coolmore-and-godolphin-superpowers-pursue-racings-next-big-star-in-dewhurst-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/10/coolmore-and-godolphin-superpowers-pursue-racings-next-big-star-in-dewhurst-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Darkness Falls leads Aidan O’Brien’s hopes for a record ninth success in Europe’s top two-year-old prize ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OYT4SIBYBH4BGLJOZ4AAVGIZM.jpg?auth=2fb03729e949436f5cd34138507d28c996297b41989fe3f13caeadb37cc4b2f4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ryan Moore on Darkness Falls wins The HKJC World Pool Golden Fleece Stakes at Leopardstown. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellent Junior Cycle results did not receive the media recognition they deserved]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/excellent-junior-cert-results-did-not-receive-the-media-recognition-they-deserved/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/excellent-junior-cert-results-did-not-receive-the-media-recognition-they-deserved/</guid><description><![CDATA[A significantly high number achieved grades in the top three bands]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Barbarous botched execution and livestreaming a firing squad ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/botched-execution-and-livestreaming-a-firing-squad-shame-the-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/botched-execution-and-livestreaming-a-firing-squad-shame-the-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[Washington has lost its moral compass at home and its respect abroad]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times – Letters to the Editor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Government won’t raise carbon tax again but promises to decarbonise the economy – how?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/the-government-wont-raise-carbon-tax-again-but-promises-to-decarbonise-the-economy-how/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/the-government-wont-raise-carbon-tax-again-but-promises-to-decarbonise-the-economy-how/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Climate change and energy experts have their say on the reasons for the budget U-turn – and whether they will work]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NW4U7Y4Z7EHFKUCGPTM2KM7ZAE.jpg?auth=0cc039b53b332786f9f782d3ca8cfd4ebda41f985019af9a0540bf7e95787d32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[By cutting the carbon tax rate on home heating oil and gas, and pausing increases on petrol and diesel, revenue will be down €177 million annually. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yui Mok</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Location tracking: ‘I can easily see where 80% of the people I know currently are’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/is-location-tracking-the-new-norm-i-can-easily-see-where-80-of-the-people-i-know-are/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/is-location-tracking-the-new-norm-i-can-easily-see-where-80-of-the-people-i-know-are/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We live in a world of surveillance. Our phones, our apps, security cameras and doorbells can track us. Does this enable or inhibit people’s development?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GO6C6PZVBVGEFK5M4N47X55OYY.jpg?auth=889fe71d77456679a72a2dcbf57f56ad753a5e1621ac1070f4a0b39784329a68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More and more people are volunteering to have their locations tracked. Illustration: Cathal O'Gara]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhasidat Adeleke on burnout; Kate O’Connor on her ‘turning point’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/10/a-vision-shared-rhasidat-adeleke-and-kate-oconnor-on-their-la-2028-olympic-aspirations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/10/a-vision-shared-rhasidat-adeleke-and-kate-oconnor-on-their-la-2028-olympic-aspirations/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Athletes explain what they learned from Paris and how they hope to navigate the next 21 months to the LA Games ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YLZXMEGQNOLV65EVKNW7BQEW44.jpg?auth=40f6f8a350b79b1437b70b32e566d2dacbab9b8f0c740003c766873210feebc7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rhasidat Adeleke at Venice Beach in Los Angeles last week, when she visited with Kate O'Connor. Both athletes hope to return to the city for the 2028 Olympic Games. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety-four people from US sought asylum in Ireland last year, none were successful]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/10/school-shootings-transgender-rights-among-reasons-for-us-citizens-seeking-asylum-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/10/school-shootings-transgender-rights-among-reasons-for-us-citizens-seeking-asylum-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ninety-four people from United States sought protection here last year, up from 22 the year before]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BR5MNF76GFHA5PXEXMZPJZLKPM.JPG?auth=18eb5533749d937fc25a0b92dde5be21c631757845179ea19f019567244b4342&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Asylum applications are initially heard by a civil servant from the International Protection Office. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carmel Heaney obituary: Diplomat who took on dissident Irish republicans and sympathisers in US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/10/carmel-heaney-obituary-diplomat-who-took-on-dissident-irish-republicans-and-sympathisers-in-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/10/carmel-heaney-obituary-diplomat-who-took-on-dissident-irish-republicans-and-sympathisers-in-us/</guid><description><![CDATA[Republicans would ring her home at all hours of the day to abuse her and play rebel songs down the line]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5QHQNTJTREI3P6RQ6BR6ZE52E.jpg?auth=282536c142adfdde9f1e00727e8cef08ac83bd723b0cb3fde7c507d9466bff77&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Carmel Heaney was the only woman on the Irish delegation to the UN between 1966 and 1971, where she vigorously presented the Irish government's opposition to Britain’s policy of internment without trial in Northern Ireland.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/they-were-all-sick-of-each-other-by-then-inside-the-government-rooms-where-the-budget-was-made/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/10/they-were-all-sick-of-each-other-by-then-inside-the-government-rooms-where-the-budget-was-made/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXTSIDDRW7YBTMKYHVXB4IPNK4.jpg?auth=d9aa18a8246180597868e313960339360bec768cdbb1ea74cf3c893756b5636c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers at the RTÉ Radio Centre in Dublin on Wednesday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is labour intensive but vital work’: An island-hopping GP on the west coast]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/10/it-is-labour-intensive-but-vital-work-an-island-hopping-gp-on-the-west-coast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/10/it-is-labour-intensive-but-vital-work-an-island-hopping-gp-on-the-west-coast/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Áine Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dr Noreen Curtis takes a curragh out to remote islands off the Co Mayo coast in her role as a medicine-dispensing GP]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MKCFELOWGFBVBEDL6FUV64PJBY.jpg?auth=6d24037c145950e2bea99202f32b096aaa493b404ebb6e3488ce259f17b20034&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Achill Island GP Dr Noreen Curtis, who provides services for islands the region, travels to Inishbiggle by currach. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land Development Agency staff share €2m in bonuses]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/10/land-development-agency-pays-out-2m-in-staff-bonuses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/10/land-development-agency-pays-out-2m-in-staff-bonuses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[State’s affordable homes builder says rewards help it compete with private-sector firms for workers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZJA7F5YK5CI7M3V5Q4ZEBRO54.jpg?auth=2e251f897abaa7df34d542c10a144179f406881d57f6d234c01400a034134f19&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Coleman leads the Land Development Agency, which is one of the biggest developers in the State. File image. Photograph: Mark Stedman/Stedman Photography]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Stedman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Pablo doesn’t patronise’: The Irish animated show with an autistic star]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/pablo-doesnt-patronise-the-irish-animated-show-with-an-autistic-star/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/pablo-doesnt-patronise-the-irish-animated-show-with-an-autistic-star/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eleven-year-old Alexander Myles, from Co Antrim, takes over the main role for Pablo: Next Level, as the protagonist wrestles with the move to secondary school]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V4BM3HXEBNDQVMAXERMBADC6TQ.jpg?auth=438922ae6a1b132442003f700dd587ec78ed74403bbe073f9bdc89a91c717079&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the premiere of Pablo: Next Level in Belfast are Gráinne McGuinness, creative director of Paper Owl Films, and voice actor Alexander Myles]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woojer Vest 4 review: This vibrating vest might be the weirdest gadget I’ve ever reviewed ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/10/woojer-vest-4-review-this-vibrating-vest-might-be-the-weirdest-gadget-ive-ever-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/10/woojer-vest-4-review-this-vibrating-vest-might-be-the-weirdest-gadget-ive-ever-reviewed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It can all be a bit much after a while instead of making you feel more immersed in the content]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I4LJJ54HONADJBLKYDOPPSDASE.jpg?auth=af143b88cfeecf9c9a43a17ee9a4a84772e4a30e469eb5293c8c25ea1adeb210&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Woojer Vest 4: aimed at gamers, movie fans and music lovers who want to feel the audio]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Zebo: Joe Schmidt’s double standards drove me mental, made me dislike the Irish camp]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/simon-zebo-joe-schmidts-double-standards-drove-me-mental-and-made-me-dislike-irish-camp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/10/simon-zebo-joe-schmidts-double-standards-drove-me-mental-and-made-me-dislike-irish-camp/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ireland’s head coach nailed the build-up to the clash with the All Blacks in 2016; if he’d always been like that, I’d never have gone to France]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SBA4OZ6EORHMFB7JJAGFYETP4M.jpg?auth=d0a47880c992e199249f6b93a04ac8ff1e4b8b415db11e25b13f8f260a254a64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Simon Zebo with then Ireland Joe Schmidt at a training session in February 2017. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siobhán Fenton: Sinn Féin might have an ulterior motive for its actions at Drumcree]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/siobhan-fenton-sinn-fein-drumcree-garvaghy-road-orange-order-michelle-oneill-stormont-dup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/siobhan-fenton-sinn-fein-drumcree-garvaghy-road-orange-order-michelle-oneill-stormont-dup/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Siobhán Fenton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michelle O’Neill’s confident and defiant responses appeared almost to goad the DUP into walking out of Stormont]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DZIGJLO2FDPUO3DZQ3U7H4357A.jpg?auth=605e6c1ebe5356a7ab539d46d0c38664a6918b90cebc79616a0f170fef2efb5c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern First Minister Michelle O'Neill attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘An intelligent, nonconformist man’: Galway’s homeless millionaire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/galways-homeless-millionaire-the-story-of-an-italian-man-who-died-in-a-city-hostel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/galways-homeless-millionaire-the-story-of-an-italian-man-who-died-in-a-city-hostel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosita Boland, Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘An intelligent, interesting, nonconformist man’ – we speak to the people he interacted with in the city]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QG2NQ3UVWFGZBB7P5OBFIBZYBQ.png?auth=e25931764926307acb36b7ffddee51d0dd0bb0ea5e72b17e59a683f5549a2f13&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Victor Spaggiari died in Galway in May 2024]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Founder of Peploe’s in Dublin leaves more than €2.8m in will]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/restaurateur-barry-canny-founder-of-peploes-in-dublin-leaves-more-than-28m-in-will/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/restaurateur-barry-canny-founder-of-peploes-in-dublin-leaves-more-than-28m-in-will/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former UCD professor and philanthropist Tony Hourihan left €2.1m, Probate Office records show]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3ZZDOZPYBFMSBFAHWY7K36GCDY.jpg?auth=70a7e7c268ea49321049d040a6588f3faf3acec31524b5487bd6122b2c2d05e9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Barry Canny established Peploe’s on St Stephen’s Green in 2003. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brenda Fitzsimons</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man had found one of the scarcest craneflies around in Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/10/daddy-yellow-beak-first-discovery-of-a-rare-cranefly-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/10/daddy-yellow-beak-first-discovery-of-a-rare-cranefly-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of us have encountered a daddy-long-legs, but that is just one of 211 known cranefly species in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEWKMJY66VHWTMJHVVJSMPKOOY.jfif?auth=aeef107fd26b6da482ada238c1d6064e8bb663850218b517d2df92e8056d9776&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tipula luridorostris. Photograph: Ryan Mitchell]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have just seen a perfect example of Ireland’s fiscal incontinence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/david-mcwilliams-we-have-just-seen-a-perfect-example-of-irelands-fiscal-incontinence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/10/david-mcwilliams-we-have-just-seen-a-perfect-example-of-irelands-fiscal-incontinence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish State has become a monstrously bloated organisation that has lost all sense of value for money]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EYDUHM5IBVUPAWICNY22NN6SPQ.jpg?auth=83338008e290b873bfa2677a6f6bdfe615561295a634540c49ad256cbc30bfac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers outside Leinster House, Dublin, following the announcement of Budget 2027. 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Photo: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepper rate hike to heap more misery on distressed borrowers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/10/pepper-rate-hike-to-heap-more-misery-on-distressed-borrowers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/10/pepper-rate-hike-to-heap-more-misery-on-distressed-borrowers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Someone with a €200,000 outstanding loan at Pepper worse off by around €300 every month]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LKGPXEPPDBHADP45WKQCHYWOHY.jpg?auth=ea85b338f8955892e7f7cceafef0a27849f8181897ecc2ce0f082230614f37e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Many Pepper Finance borrowers who have been unable to refinance elsewhere are facing interest rates 2 percentage points worse than those available with the market leaders. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Scott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is wine really going out of fashion? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/10/is-wine-really-going-out-of-fashion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/10/is-wine-really-going-out-of-fashion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to Drink Better: There is a slump, particularly in red wine, but not necessarily in this market]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WLF3SSPUZFGZDCYZDQ234RXTTM.jpg?auth=006dbb14d8e529e141429c02a37c3dea5018847a0a57be452ba9f605dbf28e21&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wine is just not that cool any more in some of the countries that produce it in large quantities. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">IL21</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The late photographer Colin Keegan’s best work ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/the-late-photographer-colin-keegans-best-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/the-late-photographer-colin-keegans-best-work/</guid><description><![CDATA[Keegan won awards through the Press Photographers’ Association of Ireland for work capturing news, politics and entertainment ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TBM6BXK2PBHVXPQEIKDDYUOEIY.jpg?auth=897691d66d64e7ffb85e2f6c7ac6f8bedccf711e08a251f1ee5a4db04ffd719a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea lines up his sights with an automatic pistol under the eye of members of the Army Rangers Wing during an exercise at the Curragh Camp, Co Kildare, November 2005. 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Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leitrim housing body linked to FF council chair under investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/10/leitrim-housing-body-linked-to-ff-council-chair-under-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2026/10/10/leitrim-housing-body-linked-to-ff-council-chair-under-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inquiry into Cluainín Voluntary Housing Association by regulatory authority under way]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QPDI5TNWGRA2JJFRCJ5LYAEQ6E.png?auth=392c1445e917670df90ef6ed000035f78a31846736b18f4aecd90ed03bd140d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leitrim County Council offices in Carrick-on-Shannon. Photograph: Google Street View]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omagh bombing witness says suspected bomb car passenger ‘made eye contact and grinned’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/omagh-bombing-witness-says-suspected-bomb-car-passenger-made-eye-contact-and-grinned/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/10/omagh-bombing-witness-says-suspected-bomb-car-passenger-made-eye-contact-and-grinned/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Another eyewitness says suspected driver let her and her daugther cross road and thought at the time it ‘was decent of him’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LWE32NENAVJ2PZMWMT3P7UHD5A.JPG?auth=18ccfce74da8d85792c3283fe80e426d12340eabba68155699889a5a7254dd0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The scene of the dissident republican bombing in Omagh town centre on August 15th, 1998]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conor O’Clery: I forced myself to attend an execution in the US and came away sickened]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/conor-oclery-i-forced-myself-to-attend-an-execution-in-the-us-and-came-away-sickened/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/conor-oclery-i-forced-myself-to-attend-an-execution-in-the-us-and-came-away-sickened/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor O’Clery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The condemned man was truly evil but I found myself shaking after the experience]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X6EFXHZIYNH2HCOR3HK6NXDLIU.jpg?auth=2e22f1083fbb1b34c197ed98fff8c1b43df5d90f6e7204af258fb21a83c384c4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Christa Pike, now 50, and her boyfriend were convicted of the 1995 stabbing and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Photograph: TDOC via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AP</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie Taylor named Sportswoman of the Month for September ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/katie-taylor-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/09/katie-taylor-named-sportswoman-of-the-month-for-september/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Peerless boxer signs off storied career with a magical night in Croke Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XJ7YWT5G4OCVQ7REZJ5KDQOF64.jpg?auth=e99833f8e309218090064da5f0650c3fd117d6db9ed69be6a9bc83500368e118&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katie Taylor makes her entrance at Croke Park for her fight against Flora Pili in September. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you’ve a foot fetish or an appetite for real talk, this column is for you]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/if-youve-a-foot-fetish-or-an-appetite-for-real-talk-this-column-is-for-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/10/if-youve-a-foot-fetish-or-an-appetite-for-real-talk-this-column-is-for-you/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three years after wondering if I’d still be around to do anything much at all, I’m grateful to be preoccupied with something so mundane ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4KVYXE4NLNFSROGQI3DCWQJTSQ.JPG?auth=a19ee18dbd16b8daec504bc5846604040bbc629c1b76b63c7c1c758d4df76f38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: 'I write about my cancer because I can. I write because it’s a big part of me.' Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times 
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Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The driver talked all the time for the three-hour journey. I understood maybe 20%’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/10/10/the-driver-talked-all-the-time-for-the-three-hour-journey-i-understood-maybe-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2026/10/10/the-driver-talked-all-the-time-for-the-three-hour-journey-i-understood-maybe-20/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Dervan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rosetta Cucchi, Wexford Festival Opera’s artistic director, on discovering Irish hospitality, revisiting past works for the event’s 75th anniversary and letting the public choose what to perform]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVEVTX436NH55G5ATHEQHXCE7A.jpg?auth=aecb9d55a2852a5462281de86d447ad395c43005227a78a8ca7d5ee956dce3e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Wexford Festival Opera artistic director Rosetta Cucchi. Photograph: Amati Bacciardi]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">silvano bacciardi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish cosy gaming: Where the stakes are low and the stress is lower]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/10/irish-cosy-gaming-where-the-stakes-are-low-and-the-stress-is-lower/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/10/irish-cosy-gaming-where-the-stakes-are-low-and-the-stress-is-lower/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Forget about high-octane car chases. Sushi on Wheels and Éalú are about relaxation, creativity and mindfulness]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DETG64YG6FCMLCON5MPWLBPR6M.jpg?auth=9924e3f337cd5c92134684167aeb9f5657fb3a3bcd2974cc086b18d02c1184c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cosy gaming: a screenshot from Sushi on Wheels, released by the Irish developer Greene Rapture, founded by Neil O’Sullivan Greene]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who needs takeaway? Fake it with two of Mark Moriarty’s easiest and tastiest dishes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/10/who-needs-takeaway-fake-it-with-two-of-mark-moriartys-easiest-and-tastiest-dishes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/10/who-needs-takeaway-fake-it-with-two-of-mark-moriartys-easiest-and-tastiest-dishes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You might not realise it, but even the half an hour you spend in the kitchen putting together these meals will help with winding down]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SEIZTUXYTBFMDMXDOYJE4C7AWY.jpg?auth=80f4bda7a132513b80071ff588dd8b4647dcdaeb9fdeb60a8e2e230c2a117f97&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's cumin and chilli lamb skewers and honey chilli chicken. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorcha’s old dear singing sounds like a fox with its head trapped in a gate]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/sorchas-old-dear-singing-sounds-like-a-fox-with-its-head-trapped-in-a-gate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/sorchas-old-dear-singing-sounds-like-a-fox-with-its-head-trapped-in-a-gate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brian is giving up rugby to play the port of Sam Cormichael in Mamma Mia! and I’m actually seething]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5FMD327V6BAWBF3HKRS23EE4TE.jpg?auth=0af7614a1e0efbd144442291a111f7bb296512e37e86c0ffc7cd3dd58c145799&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rules of the road – a suggestion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/rules-of-the-road-a-suggestion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/rules-of-the-road-a-suggestion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Who can join and who can’t join?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Victorian silver tea service from the Maud Gonne collection for auction]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/10/10/victorian-silver-tea-service-from-the-maud-gonne-collection-for-auction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/10/10/victorian-silver-tea-service-from-the-maud-gonne-collection-for-auction/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meissen porcelain, landscape paintings and a stunning marble chimney piece are some of the finds at country house sales this month ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DL6GY3POGNGZ7A6IX57VPELAKI.jpg?auth=1ace08d7f1bfb7ec8dba8f8f6ecdafbc190dfc6bb1ed05a77355062a2f2dfbbc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Victorian silver tea service owned by the descendants of Maud Gonne McBride]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam's Auctioneers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave obituary: A widely respected food writer and restaurant critic]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/10/corinna-hardgrave-obituary-a-widely-respected-food-writer-and-restaurant-critic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/10/corinna-hardgrave-obituary-a-widely-respected-food-writer-and-restaurant-critic/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Irish Times restaurant critic was known for her astute palate, elegant writing style and attention to detail]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5HURETX2MZG3TN3IW2H5A4QC2A.jpg?auth=132a4d47b0febf00c6328bfbd87f003ac9070c7dd9ce815825215efd1145a627&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Corinna Hardgrave: Her deep knowledge of the restaurant world, finely honed palate and sheer love of dining out made her columns authoritative and rigorous, but above all joyful to read.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn’t get an emergency booklet, just an alarming flyer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/i-didnt-get-an-emergency-booklet-just-an-alarming-flyer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/10/i-didnt-get-an-emergency-booklet-just-an-alarming-flyer/</guid><description><![CDATA[This correspondent is concerned]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 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[Mark Moriarty’s fakeaway honey chilli chicken]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/10/mark-moriartys-fakeaway-honey-chilli-chicken/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/10/mark-moriartys-fakeaway-honey-chilli-chicken/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You won’t believe how easy it is to make a sauce to beat anything you’ll order from a takeaway menu]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SP5SGJZILFG4DBO6TQB7UV5OSU.jpg?auth=dd5a719c7de0d5c4c30d3d1077c7e2b279395187909b1fe2f4cb28fa6b56e23b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's honey chilli chicken. Photograph: Harry weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for cumin and chilli lamb skewers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/10/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-cumin-and-chilli-lamb-skewers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/10/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-cumin-and-chilli-lamb-skewers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A little bit of advance preparation for this dish will make life very easy when you start to cook]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FHJHOFKBTFEPTPW2UXHRIHCRAI.jpg?auth=c1b0e2a4e4ea8115e4ebc4a9e25b1caa0ac62789b9fdcb84f22d129cb0474443&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's cumin and chilli lamb skewers. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John McGahern, A Writing Life: Biography of literary giant who understood the human condition]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/john-mcgahern-a-writing-life-biography-of-literary-giant-who-understood-the-human-condition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/john-mcgahern-a-writing-life-biography-of-literary-giant-who-understood-the-human-condition/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Maher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Frank Shovlin provides an authoritative insight into a reclusive figure who was dedicated to his craft]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IXTKZB3QKDWISOR7CGJNTKTYFQ.jpg?auth=b49875bf97396fa898baa0196ede4fae997c87222e754208d8f94ce4efa589f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Describing John McGahern at his funeral Mass, Fr Liam Kelly said: 'John was a gifted writer and his work, like all good art, is essentially spiritual.' Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy by Mark Gyves: Promising underworld premise diluted by attention to detail]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/the-boy-by-mark-gyves-promising-underworld-premise-diluted-by-attention-to-detail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/the-boy-by-mark-gyves-promising-underworld-premise-diluted-by-attention-to-detail/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Djamel White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork-based story at its strongest when focusing on The boy and a villainous land baron with eyes on the gangland throne]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/63R5M7H34FF2LARPH37LH6TILA.jpeg?auth=f3cf613a03305607c2e4b21108a265388388b4a9bfb6d0b90fca2d09e4aed298&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Boy is Mark Gyves's debut novel]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[John McPhee: Encounters in Wild America; Hemingway Knows Nothing; Ninety-Two: A Life in Football Grounds ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/john-mcphee-encounters-in-wild-america-hemingway-knows-nothing-ninety-two-a-life-in-football-grounds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/john-mcphee-encounters-in-wild-america-hemingway-knows-nothing-ninety-two-a-life-in-football-grounds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[NJMcGarrigle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Showcasing the natural world; Ukraine from the front line; football, ground by ground]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASR7D2OTRTHENDASMR4AWELUAA.jpg?auth=86a1e8d76f48d460b20f696881ac4eccd3d29d0d0e883ff24d296a7ec40ff15e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sergey Dolzhenko</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind: An optimistic book about AI]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/what-should-my-children-do-by-daniel-susskind-an-optimistic-book-about-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/what-should-my-children-do-by-daniel-susskind-an-optimistic-book-about-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Gibney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Susskind leans heavily on the analogy of the calculator as a disruptor to maths education]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E6VHT7NH45DILOXJZTDWTPLNWA.jpg?auth=9bea3e483ba1b43932b840270695dc259cdfcba2d5b7bd9e2cd01def04243032&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Susskind imbues the pages with genuinely helpful suggestions and themes that can assist us in navigating this transformational period in our journey as a species. 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Photograph: James Fraher]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Fraher, james@bogfire.com</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protocols by Andrew Huberman: A book about the brain that could change lives]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/protocols-by-andrew-huberman-a-book-about-the-brain-that-could-change-lives/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/protocols-by-andrew-huberman-a-book-about-the-brain-that-could-change-lives/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neasa MacErlean]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is science made accessible in the golden age of neuroscience]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NZS4LJE7Q5BG3ERLJG2KACPDV4.jpg?auth=60fdb20d0617ba83509903a48e76242e68e567987a68f65cfbbbad63fb4d8f59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andrew Huberman. Photograph: Mike Blabac]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the week: Old Walls]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/10/poem-of-the-week-old-walls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/10/poem-of-the-week-old-walls/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán O'Rourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Ciarán O’Rourke]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:43:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7QLG7OQIE5FX5FN24KCYYMGF5I.jpg?auth=f93b2a4c2749016fb573edec39610fa4712d7321d43378c72da991945f91065e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack B Yeats. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Hulton Archive</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ply by Hernan Diaz: Sci-fi thriller and philosophical treatise a marvel of breadth and concept]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/ply-by-hernan-diaz-sci-fi-thriller-and-philosophical-treatise-a-marvel-of-breadth-and-concept/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/ply-by-hernan-diaz-sci-fi-thriller-and-philosophical-treatise-a-marvel-of-breadth-and-concept/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Mulkerns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Multiple threads converge into a research-crammed, physics-dense exploration of consciousness and human essence]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XLMYBOPFRZARDPBPCM2UEILLPM.jpg?auth=ca66a8845bac40b754f552bbb1140c8d45263989694443ae9f5ebade27dec83f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hernan Diaz's latest will undoubtedly challenge and perplex the reader. Photograph: Pascal Perich]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleepers in the Snow by Joanne Harris: Novel is a mix of ghost story and personal tragedy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/sleepers-in-the-snow-by-joanne-harris-novel-is-a-mix-of-ghost-story-and-personal-tragedy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/sleepers-in-the-snow-by-joanne-harris-novel-is-a-mix-of-ghost-story-and-personal-tragedy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henrietta McKervey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author’s elegant prose captures the anguish of dementia]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4H7RGJX5GW33X57ASN25564V2E.jpg?auth=90b6256993ba2a1d79614d77ab308a43a18da7951d2d65d4ede65d448fb18225&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joanne Harris's interpretation of dementia feels authentic and empathetic. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Press Association Images</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[X + Y = K by Ciaran Carson: Excellent examination of reality in the context of art and war]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/x-y-k-by-ciaran-carson-excellent-examination-of-reality-in-the-context-of-art-and-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/10/x-y-k-by-ciaran-carson-excellent-examination-of-reality-in-the-context-of-art-and-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Fee]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Novel about modern Spiritualism mixes investigative journalism, ekphrastic essay and swampy detective fiction]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4OTNGTHSNNFUZGSIRFW54DV2FU.jpg?auth=c17e4e7dcc0d2b1e521e745978c8500bb92525d1d37e3f1f976e66a41e1f72a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciaran Carson has always been known for his ability to contextualise everything. Photograph: Gerard Carson]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>