<?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/2026-10-17/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:26:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[The ‘Irish pope’ who was equally disliked by Irish patriots, Protestants and Britain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/18/the-irish-pope-who-was-equally-disliked-by-irish-patriots-protestants-and-britain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/18/the-irish-pope-who-was-equally-disliked-by-irish-patriots-protestants-and-britain/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Barr ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rite & reason: When Clonliffe was sold, Cullen’s remains had to be moved. 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Photograph: Dan Clohessy/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dan Clohessy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions Cup as it happened: Munster hold off Racing 92 for opening night victory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/live-leinster-face-clermont-in-champions-cup-opener/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/live-leinster-face-clermont-in-champions-cup-opener/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Champions Cup live: Leinster, Connacht and Munster all in action on first day of European competition]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2UJ5LRLSMCSL2VN3H3VRXSUQHU.jpg?auth=97fc53f3bcc3b682292e110902e0f877b9e90e0d3f47ca534d819a8a020dcde5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster's Fineen Wycherley celebrates scoring his side's fourth try. 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Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aidan O’Brien takes over from Andrew Balding in race to be top trainer in Britain]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/17/aidan-obrien-takes-over-from-andrew-balding-in-race-to-be-top-trainer-in-britain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/17/aidan-obrien-takes-over-from-andrew-balding-in-race-to-be-top-trainer-in-britain/</guid><description><![CDATA[O’Brien and jockey Wayne Lordan team up for six winners at Leopardstown]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:59:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U5SMQ6M2TPJZ6I2B65WL4WXS4Y.jpg?auth=5001a1aa48453da1a9b6d5a718cae0e9b28d14b76d65566d3f69e87ba18da690&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zara Tindall presents winning trainer Aiden O'Brien with his trophy after Ryan Moore rode Minnie Hauk to win the Qatar Racing British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot. 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Photograph: Fran Santiago/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Fran Santiago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lions play through the tears against La Rochelle in honour of team-mate Hyron Andrews ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/lions-play-through-the-tears-against-la-rochelle-in-honour-of-team-mate-hyron-andrews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/lions-play-through-the-tears-against-la-rochelle-in-honour-of-team-mate-hyron-andrews/</guid><description><![CDATA[Champions Cup round-up: Unbeaten Glasgow impress in big win over Sale; Bristol suffer heavy loss against Stormers in Cape Town]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:22:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OZMJTHLBFUTVRK5OX4QHM4PUZQ.jpg?auth=113d8ea93ad8dfc33f30c4d17c2984932a3d68c02b90b42fc31ef77bba1b2a46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hyron Diego Andrews’s jersey is laid out in front of the Lions players during the minute of silence ahead of the game against La Rochelle. Photograph: Manuel Blondeau/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Prendergast shifts credit to Leinster pack after big win over Clermont]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/sam-prendergast-shifts-credit-to-leinster-pack-after-big-win-over-clermont/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/sam-prendergast-shifts-credit-to-leinster-pack-after-big-win-over-clermont/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Players relish the atmosphere at Stade Marcel-Michelin as they deliver bonus-point win]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:01:47 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HWKDMHEGUDYJCXY3SW6HZ4AREQ.jpg?auth=fe2910332f28328963f8df216ad118cd45feacd11bd6dde3cbf8454e676e4e7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster’s Ryan Baird competes for a lineout with Clermont Auvergne’s Thibaud Lanen during the Champions Cup game at Stade Marcel-Michelin. Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not acceptable’: Les Kiss blasts humiliated Wallabies as All Blacks claim 13th straight Bledisloe win]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/17/not-acceptable-les-kiss-blasts-humiliated-wallabies-as-all-blacks-claim-13th-straight-bledisloe-win/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/17/not-acceptable-les-kiss-blasts-humiliated-wallabies-as-all-blacks-claim-13th-straight-bledisloe-win/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Snape]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second thrashing in a week makes a mockery of the hosts’ ambitions for next year’s World Cup]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:34:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HLL64T526JPUZNKXUCKNGE45JY.jpg?auth=0a92187cc4caf0fcb682dd204f2c3730f339858aff626e3135f16f9a0c844593&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New Zealand's Rieko Ioane scores a try during the Bledisloe Cup match against Australia at Accor Stadium in Sydney. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Cameron Spencer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Prendergast plays starring role as Leinster secure bonus-point win over Clermont ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/sam-prendergast-plays-starring-role-as-leinster-secure-bonus-point-win-over-clermont/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/sam-prendergast-plays-starring-role-as-leinster-secure-bonus-point-win-over-clermont/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arm injury to Jack Conan the one downside to a seven-try showing for Leo Cullen’s side in France]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:39:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DGS4D7JLD2CIML5KLDGSJ53ZQQ.jpg?auth=8d5711d9de91169c8b742bcd1e1511b774185e5a8c692dafa8c0351980c4c71a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Leinster's Dan Sheehan beats Clermont's Joris Jurand to the ball to score a try during the Champions cup game at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand. Photograph: Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Idriss Bigou-Gilles</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man and woman charged in connection with fatal Waterford house fire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/waterford-arson-attack-house-fire-latest-man-and-woman-charged/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/waterford-arson-attack-house-fire-latest-man-and-woman-charged/</guid><description><![CDATA[Philip and Kim English, and their children Callum (12) and Jayden (9) died last Tuesday  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:11:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UKUSRSIEHACYAR7TYKGAAFDW2A.jpg?auth=d9264926bd9daa621797883664412a5fcf1e61b501c5a63346665efb50017125&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A man (L) charged over a fatal Waterford house fire arrives for a special sitting at Clonmel District Court, Co Tipperary. Photograph: Jonathan McCambridge/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan McCambridge</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster secure bonus-point win away to Zebre in Challenge Cup opener]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/ulster-secure-bonus-point-win-away-to-zebre-in-challenge-cup-opener/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/ulster-secure-bonus-point-win-away-to-zebre-in-challenge-cup-opener/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Richie Murphy’s side secure a first win of the season as they run in six tries in Parma]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AIOWLI5G3A5I2CX6ACMZJ2VHB4.jpg?auth=d853be61552e71028914f6f0c525573ff1e73ee9c02561a85f4c3a3c7eba88eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hooker Henry Walker scores Ulster's first try during the Challenge Cup game against Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma. Photograph: Giuseppe Fama/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Giuseppe "Pino" Fama</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Premier League round-up: Alexander Isak seals comeback win for Liverpool against nine-man Brentford]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/17/premier-league-round-up-alexander-isak-seals-comeback-win-for-liverpool-against-nine-man-brentford/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/17/premier-league-round-up-alexander-isak-seals-comeback-win-for-liverpool-against-nine-man-brentford/</guid><description><![CDATA[Haaland scores twice as Man City hold on to beat Ipswich;  Manzambi scores winner as Aston Villa claim points at Newcastle; Iwobi sinks Hull as Fulham secure first win]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:18:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GAF7TB6NMHOK4HHYY7E52VG3PQ.jpg?auth=b0e4d534bdd4a4c3884f85545002c7412f43348119099ba48430cddf9a5fde23&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alexander Isak celebrates scoring Liverpool's second goal during the Premier League match against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam Davy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin march sees dozens of assorted shoes represent healthcare workers in Gaza ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/dublin-march-sees-dozens-of-assorted-shoes-represent-healthcare-workers-in-gaza/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/dublin-march-sees-dozens-of-assorted-shoes-represent-healthcare-workers-in-gaza/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine group marches in capital ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:11:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WNXFXTQVLNAMLK6NOJTLLSR2CA.JPG?auth=9600a7cd74fc87ff2283dd9b329fea7280f99ba28f038e4a5d6aab57b6a7b690&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Children's Blanket and Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine on a 'silent walk' demonstration down Grafton Street, Drury Street and to St Stephen’s Green. Photograph: Chis Maddaloni/ The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wexford Festival Opera 2026: L’Equivoco Stravagante review – Maria Barakova is remarkable in a production that hardly misses a trick]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/17/wexford-festival-opera-2026-lequivoco-stravagante-review-maria-barakova-is-remarkable-in-a-production-that-hardly-misses-a-trick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/review/2026/10/17/wexford-festival-opera-2026-lequivoco-stravagante-review-maria-barakova-is-remarkable-in-a-production-that-hardly-misses-a-trick/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Dervan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rossini was just 19 when he wrote the soon banned Bizarre Misunderstanding, with its critique of nouveau-riche pretensions and stream of double entendres]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5WCSBKODRFDNPKZZNV5XVNGTMM.jpg?auth=1bf6b489f4b9da8f5ebea5dce5afb78597e44c6cc87faefe84968bbcc407abb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[L’Equivoco Stravagante: Gurgen Baveyan as Buralicchio, Maria Barakova as Ernestina and Stefan Astakhov as Gamberotto. 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Photograph: Victor Magdeyev/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Victor Magdeyev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health budget no longer based on evidence, consultants’ conference told ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/health-budget-no-longer-based-on-evidence-consultants-conference-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/health-budget-no-longer-based-on-evidence-consultants-conference-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork University Hospital CEO says returning to HSE ‘like stepping back in time’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:13:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4QVE6GIAC5DH7M4XQBLOHFZJYA.jpg?auth=75cd8101afbdc60e1849fc6f27653ba896793fbb3048d1cc4645fbe967d1aa5e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall Conroy, acting chief economist at the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC),]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you seen Kevin Bacon’s clothes? Actor appeals for help finding outfits shipped to Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/have-you-seen-kevin-bacons-clothes-actor-appeals-for-help-finding-outfits-shipped-to-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/have-you-seen-kevin-bacons-clothes-actor-appeals-for-help-finding-outfits-shipped-to-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Actor’s beloved outfits have been to Israel, France and the UK but remain unaccounted for]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:42:14 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JXMRTUD3JRVHZUZF2TU2F74BL4.jpg?auth=d06844d0135b023b420731fb045970c64cfc2536f34fbcb191d277f081cdfedb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kevin Bacon has made an appeal for help in locating his clothes. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women in ministry among main issues at historic Irish Catholic assembly ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/women-in-ministry-among-main-issues-at-historic-irish-catholic-assembly-in-meath/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/women-in-ministry-among-main-issues-at-historic-irish-catholic-assembly-in-meath/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patsy McGarry]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Among proposals is that the Church seeks a ‘more respectful and life-giving vocabulary’ on LGBT+ people ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:37:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5M6XNTQLZUWXGVRZDWSW3NXRB4.jpg?auth=8b5073b9d679ad1a65fc25b685c471c1f4a6d630c8b65ccb4906705ee314d136&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cardinal Mario Grech from the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Universal Synod was due to address Saturday's National Synodal Assembly of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tiziana Fabi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedro Neto double at Everton leads Chelsea to victory marred by Emi Martínez head injury]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/17/pedro-neto-double-at-everton-leads-chelsea-to-victory-marred-by-emi-martinez-head-injury/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/17/pedro-neto-double-at-everton-leads-chelsea-to-victory-marred-by-emi-martinez-head-injury/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Hunter at Hill Dickinson Stadium]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Chelsea goalkeeper was stretchered from the pitch following collision with Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:29:15 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SSV5VQUZFVYSW4PE22GCCWBILU.jpg?auth=335a3cc0307eb5b96893fd1baf9793f47347cede8a1ccac84ba1c566c7ed13fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pedro Neto celebrates scoring Chelsea's second goal during the Premier League game against Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Molly Darlington</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy slips out of contention after eight-hole nightmare in India]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/17/rory-mcilroy-slips-out-of-contention-after-eight-hole-nightmare-in-india/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/10/17/rory-mcilroy-slips-out-of-contention-after-eight-hole-nightmare-in-india/</guid><description><![CDATA[McIlroy’s Race to Dubai rival Eugenio Chacarra leads by two shots with third round to be completed on Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:15:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/54NHFLW4IFR3DPAJSG7FEW6BUU.jpg?auth=1638fd632ad71a9997f0c261746d502a654a21fba26c52fa76457704f1f57170&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy hits his second shot on the first hole on day three of the DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club. Photograph: Luke Walker/Getty images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luke Walker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRH analysts play catch-up as Wall Street braces for rare earnings miss]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/10/17/crh-analysts-play-catch-up-as-wall-street-braces-for-rare-earnings-miss/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/2026/10/17/crh-analysts-play-catch-up-as-wall-street-braces-for-rare-earnings-miss/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rising energy costs and slump in US housebuilding have put pressure on building materials group forecasts]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:28:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z6ZJV6VTTNHCDF7EZNSRG7CVGA.jpg?auth=ba914db9e97529b42f54c4ab41c37159f444073c89f9376effc9dcb5bdcee3b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CRH chief executive Jim Mintern took charge of the group in early 2025. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Imagination]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eddie Keogh/Imagination</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viral stars Angine de Poitrine at Vicar Street review: Silly, sublime, scintillating]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/17/viral-stars-angine-de-poitrine-at-vicar-street-review-silly-sublime-scintillating/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/17/viral-stars-angine-de-poitrine-at-vicar-street-review-silly-sublime-scintillating/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even in the TikTok era a band cannot thrive on huge rubber face masks alone. Angine de Poitrine have the tunes to go with the absurdist threads]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:22:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MEJ4SN7XNNFL7K6IY2RVO3LYGU.jpg?auth=f6efcd7f6ed58f0ffc82b92617e6ebe68fb565d6310f0b2fec71f8ae7f619a54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Angine de Poitrine: Khn and Klek on stage earlier in their tour. Photograph: Matthew Baker/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matthew Baker</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry house with couple and three children inside attacked with petrol bombs ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/17/kerry-house-with-couple-and-three-children-inside-attacked-with-petrol-bombs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/17/kerry-house-with-couple-and-three-children-inside-attacked-with-petrol-bombs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche, Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tralee property is damaged, no injuries reported after incident involving a number of males early on Saturday morning]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:49:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E3Y3E2XNGNDGLP7QZEM36SBLMU.JPG?auth=cda9e082529f7bf3aa7d5eff67a47d6be81e532a3f12f8af70c35ec6c1166bce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A house in Tralee was targeted in an arson attack on Saturday morning. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (32) charged with murder of Mark Cullen in south Dublin in July ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/man-charged-with-murder-of-mark-cullen-in-dun-laoghaire-dublin-last-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/man-charged-with-murder-of-mark-cullen-in-dun-laoghaire-dublin-last-summer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Tuite ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Father of three was fatally injured in gun attack at Kill Avenue last July ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:13:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6KN2NI7BVZBSHEOCUHDPB6OGQY.jpg?auth=732bbe499194b22308ebea14b74e7479262527a68f190d0abe1d176c60650379&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Cullen died after being shot in the leg in Dún Laoghaire.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I feel so grateful’: Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh announces birth of child after fertility treatment  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/17/fine-gael-mep-maria-walsh-announces-birth-of-child-following-fertility-treatment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/17/fine-gael-mep-maria-walsh-announces-birth-of-child-following-fertility-treatment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former Rose of Tralee thanks staff at University Hospital Galway]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:14:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KUP5PUKH5BDTJDRU4COYOI6OQA?auth=1617840731bf415251525698b7ddb836d08940b5534e264ec7b8aa9ba9e7093a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh has announced the birth of her daughter. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/pope-leo-to-leave-hospital-on-saturday-after-lung-cancer-surgery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/pope-leo-to-leave-hospital-on-saturday-after-lung-cancer-surgery/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pontiff will lead ​prayers from his Vatican apartment in ⁠St Peter’s Square on Sunday]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:05:33 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YNXR4AZ7DSVTX5RLGYUBU5HWYQ.jpg?auth=1bbb51b8c4429577121c8de187c18a2fb8763f4c1d62ac94284726f57f2ee8eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV, followed by his surgeon Stefano Margaritora, waves to people as he leaves the Gemelli University Hospital. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alberto Pizzoli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella on rehab after ACL injury: ‘I didn’t go full Roy Keane on the machine’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/ruairi-kinsella-on-rehab-after-acl-injury-i-didnt-go-full-roy-keane-on-the-machine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/ruairi-kinsella-on-rehab-after-acl-injury-i-didnt-go-full-roy-keane-on-the-machine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The forward is among four Meath footballers working their way back from knee ligament injuries, one milestone at a time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OGLMPJEJZNEKNOTHC734OEPKYM.jpg?auth=506dc0d7f85c4d8e85c76ace8922f7ee718c83c186555f8bff6396a492825667&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ruairí Kinsella continues to do rehabilitation work after suffering knee ligament damage in June]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls to all-time low ahead of pivotal election vote]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/10/17/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-to-all-time-low-ahead-of-pivotal-election-vote/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/10/17/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-falls-to-all-time-low-ahead-of-pivotal-election-vote/</guid><description><![CDATA[Forest clearing reached record highs approaching 30,000 square kilometers per year in the ‌mid-90s]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:27:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VSYAEJW4IDNYG4OMORDURWCOYI.jpg?auth=69d6f32989d6c24591be0637eb7e75002d3172210e0693c09d772a6fbeed279f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 3,300sq km of Amazon jungle were destroyed in the 12 months through July, an all-time low. Photograph: PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andre Dib/WWF</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US judge dismisses child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/17/us-judge-dismisses-child-sex-abuse-charges-against-actor-timothy-busfield/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/17/us-judge-dismisses-child-sex-abuse-charges-against-actor-timothy-busfield/</guid><description><![CDATA[New Mexico judge says prosecution did not act in a fair and impartial manner in case of actor, who denies the allegations]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:42:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I5R2TFNAPRGFRMD4KTKJMUC3VI?auth=81b552b3faf03599c1b8088c1b8df4db5bb7533223896eb9158c4c9eab94a105&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Timothy Busfield has strongly denied allegations of improperly touching two young boys. Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Pascal Le Segretain</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A public pay deal will be done – and here’s what it will look like]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/cliff-taylor-a-public-pay-deal-will-be-done-and-heres-what-it-will-look-like/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/cliff-taylor-a-public-pay-deal-will-be-done-and-heres-what-it-will-look-like/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Government has to make a show of safeguarding public money. Unions have to fight for every last euro. There will be a few late nights - but a deal is inevitable]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie Zacharia was fired after failing in the one arena Trump cares about: television]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/17/katie-zacharia-was-fired-after-failing-in-the-one-arena-trump-cares-about-television/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/17/katie-zacharia-was-fired-after-failing-in-the-one-arena-trump-cares-about-television/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Smith in Washington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Zacharia’s five days as White House press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiring]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:01:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZMI6Y2NB2ZDYLNROZZDCXH2S34?auth=3cf86aec68fb91308a85b3a02fc5389e1ff6b08e617bd7e226473fc6454b510e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Katie Zacharia departs after her first briefing on Tuesday, October. 13th, 2026. She was fired on Friday. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laois solicitor used client cash to fund Forest Fest music event, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/solicitor-used-client-cash-to-fund-forest-fest-music-event-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/solicitor-used-client-cash-to-fund-forest-fest-music-event-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley, Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Deficit in client funds rose from €450,000 to €1.13m between June and August of this year, says Law Society investigator]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TT42A7IMSD2L6KRGIZPHBV4I7A.jpg?auth=476b8b002affcdd6c69edc82db31a8fc68421597ee803ef1119cdc219f4efbd7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Solicitor Philip Meagher: 'I have commented previously in respect of that matter and in circumstances where issues are still sub judice it would be inappropriate to comment further.' Photograph: Alf Harvey/PA 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alf Harvey</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/sales-of-sally-rooney-books-surge-in-northern-ireland-after-publisher-stops-distribution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/sales-of-sally-rooney-books-surge-in-northern-ireland-after-publisher-stops-distribution/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seanín Graham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tómas Kenny, who co-runs Kennys Bookshop in Galway with his sister Sarah, says sales of Rooney’s books have increased tenfold]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/A5VV2DK2URGFLH6AZIJCAFA464.jpg?auth=e6a4a29895cc1008d1f51493f8a2c6417246af52781d30c6deae2798546d928d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Torrans, owner of No Alibis bookshop on Botanic Avenue in Belfast. Photograph: Seanín Graham]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/trump-puts-new-russia-sanctions-passed-by-congress-on-hold-amid-deepening-row-with-ukraine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/trump-puts-new-russia-sanctions-passed-by-congress-on-hold-amid-deepening-row-with-ukraine/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Guardian staff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Move comes after Trump publicly criticised Volodymyr Zelenskiy and said the US had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:25:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TLAHRF7V2ATYP2BO3W6B36MN7Q.jpg?auth=029f28ce130fa01e58ac3ed5ba9c557296510f8929b99211e1e87fce5159f103&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump speaks at a midterm campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, on October 16th, 2026. Photograph; Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brendan Smialowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connacht prepared for ‘serious challenge’ from Saracens in Champions Cup opener]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/connacht-prepared-for-serious-challenge-from-saracens-for-champions-cup-opener/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/connacht-prepared-for-serious-challenge-from-saracens-for-champions-cup-opener/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Linley Mackenzie]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ciarán Frawley will make his home debut for Connacht at outhalf against English Premiership side]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L5NHFRFGGTBN4K5VVQS6YF2NHY.jpg?auth=f1d9809e32f0e20ecbde51eafeb2b89ba9ecdd3fe833ee75418a04ee4531d149&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ciarán Frawley will make his first start at Connacht's Dexcom Stadium. Photo: INPHO/James Crombie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lesson from Notre Dame]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/a-lesson-from-notre-dame/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/a-lesson-from-notre-dame/</guid><description><![CDATA[Incredible work was done]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Champions Cup: Pau’s young stars host Leicester Tigers on intriguing opening weekend]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/champions-cup-paus-young-stars-host-leicester-tigers-on-intriguing-opening-weekend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/champions-cup-paus-young-stars-host-leicester-tigers-on-intriguing-opening-weekend/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[English champions Johan van Graan’s Bath host last season’s Challenge Cup winners Montpellier in one of the ties of the round]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VMXGZFG34L3DAFGV4TS43ERDG4.jpg?auth=ba30502380752ea9a6478f25093942bff8457521a410f941f067763fae96fd0d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Théo Attissogbé of Pau is one of the star players in the Champions Cup. Photograph: Luca Sighinolfi/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Luca Sighinolfi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inside story of feared loyalist paramilitary Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-inside-story-of-uda-commander-johnny-mad-dog-adair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-inside-story-of-uda-commander-johnny-mad-dog-adair/</guid><description><![CDATA[In the News podcast]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QF4354W6ZJLZB6TJGABKARIRX4.jpg?auth=e6c801683f8a604d3814c07bb655488497851f91383987122936f930ec68ca38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster Freedom Fighters leader Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair walking free from the Maze Prison on September 14th, 1999. He had been jailed in 1995 for directing terrorism, and was the  293rd prisoner to be  released early under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxing issue of LPT rates: How a mansion dweller can pay less than an apartment owner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/taxing-issue-of-lpt-rates-how-a-mansion-dweller-can-pay-less-than-an-apartment-owner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/taxing-issue-of-lpt-rates-how-a-mansion-dweller-can-pay-less-than-an-apartment-owner/</guid><description><![CDATA[Levy for local government is based on property value, leading to disparities between counties]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Waterford murders should remind people who buy drugs of their illegality]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/illegal-drugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/illegal-drugs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Buying 'recreational’ drugs involves complicity in deadly criminal trade]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[What will become of Irish towns when all the independent shops are closed? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/the-demise-of-independent-shops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/the-demise-of-independent-shops/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a shopkeeper and employer I feel duped by the Government in last week's budget]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GVJTWXOI5FYPOLOK3JLHZZVVU.jpg?auth=2781af11b396c223ac2b1f05df19ecc2dafc39caa2ffa2f14069f0e5a11189ee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Letter of the Day]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aidan O’Brien aiming for big Champions Day success to seal British trainers’ title ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/17/aidan-obrien-aiming-for-big-champions-day-success-to-seal-british-trainers-title/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/10/17/aidan-obrien-aiming-for-big-champions-day-success-to-seal-british-trainers-title/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joseph O’Brien and Maurice Regan combine with Starford in bid to land Australia’s prestigious Caulfield Cup  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6PCJ6N3QQ7ZAQL27MXGPZB4EM4.jpg?auth=45d6f92e78387809e31257d0e4608286fb258e0947c76498ff3ff3549d58098f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ballydoyle handler Aidan O'Brien is eyeing another British title. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories of the Citroën 2CV]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/memories-of-the-citroen-2cv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/memories-of-the-citroen-2cv/</guid><description><![CDATA[‘I’ve never seen a car like it, did you make it yourself?’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/17/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/10/17/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[October 17th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R26EUO37SRDW5KZ4BN2AUSD3HU.jpg?auth=0ff58a2f4ac9c14a076038a12a8725ad157331fc563e92c651bcdcf1c972a729&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[Poignant and significant night for Munster as they face Racing 92]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/poignant-and-significant-night-for-munster-as-they-face-racing-92/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/poignant-and-significant-night-for-munster-as-they-face-racing-92/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Must-win match for Munster in Champions Cup comes 10 years after Anthony Foley’s death]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FNXFJAFLUFCK5HH5ILQ7AAX7AE.jpg?auth=f2771ec8807af32dc65689b8c3f326017686abe0181aac4e5dcaf5f3662b2739&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Clayton McMillan’s bold selection has heightened the sense of anticipation for the game against Racing. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farcical Leaving Cert reform must stop now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/breda-obrien-farcical-leaving-cert-reform-must-stop-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/breda-obrien-farcical-leaving-cert-reform-must-stop-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Breda O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Leaving Cert has a good reputation internationally. We are in danger of trashing it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZXLFKX26PFE77J3SD7636754OY.jpg?auth=51497017fa20840c04e34983c4c01c6c8df596cbaa915a0a93ba8cafc8523ec7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Many subjects are in disarray. It is barely credible that rapid reviews are promised in September after the first examinations, which is far too late for the poor guinea-pig students. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consultants’ private healthcare in public settings has ‘ceased’, HSE review finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/consultants-private-healthcare-in-public-settings-has-ceased-hse-review-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/consultants-private-healthcare-in-public-settings-has-ceased-hse-review-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[All regions provided assurance private practice in public settings had ceased, HSE says]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5OZLCYNHHFKWAS5VW6FZW5CILY.JPG?auth=f24d40962d77b7e89764a03dfb50066e12d741185b10390f72ab330ff7bac1f2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public sector strikers cannot expect a raise without working for it]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/public-sector-strikers-cannot-expect-a-raise-without-working-for-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/public-sector-strikers-cannot-expect-a-raise-without-working-for-it/</guid><description><![CDATA[Agreeing to pay increases for obsolete workflows makes no sense]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[When emergency measures don’t amount to much ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/when-emergency-measures-dont-amount-to-much/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/when-emergency-measures-dont-amount-to-much/</guid><description><![CDATA[No danger here apparently]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Sally Rooney books withdrawal should trouble those who care about freedom of expression]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/sally-rooney-books-withdrawal-should-trouble-those-who-care-about-freedom-of-expression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/sally-rooney-books-withdrawal-should-trouble-those-who-care-about-freedom-of-expression/</guid><description><![CDATA[Suppression rarely weakens a cause, but usually hands it a martyr]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[O’Connell Street was always more than a street. Can it start to live up to its potential?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/una-mullally-halloween-is-a-missed-opportunity-for-dublin-we-could-borrow-some-ideas-from-new-york/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/una-mullally-halloween-is-a-missed-opportunity-for-dublin-we-could-borrow-some-ideas-from-new-york/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Halloween would be a good place to begin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HRPUV4LOHRFZ3JTS3LRDKMJ3MM.jpg?auth=1863112d4546538e4a33bf80223adf7198033e33f2f8eace90080f31d1c792ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Una Mullally]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retailers on Dublin’s O’Connell Street hit with legal notices under revamp plan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/retailers-on-dublins-oconnell-steet-hit-with-legal-notices-under-revamp-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/retailers-on-dublins-oconnell-steet-hit-with-legal-notices-under-revamp-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Circle K, Peter Mark and Allcare Pharmacy all face Dublin City Council enforcement cases over alleged non-compliance with planning codes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SABDHPA2GM2TVJHSZ5U7HQ7QZ4.jpg?auth=8a07459b2ce33a87953552c39e70211c0a63b98ed526b341fed5ce4dab0bc15d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin City Taskforce was set up by the Government to advise on revitalising O’Connell Street, tackling dereliction and improving security in Dublin city centre]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster to bring evolved attack against Clermont Auvergne as they begin Champions Cup campaign]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/leinster-to-bring-evolved-attack-as-clermont-auvergne-challenge-bears-signs-of-similar-tussle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/leinster-to-bring-evolved-attack-as-clermont-auvergne-challenge-bears-signs-of-similar-tussle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Champions Cup match has the signs of being a similar tussle, one from which Leinster can again emerge victorious]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PJMF2LAVSFENPALPB2HLGU2ETE.jpg?auth=a9e71dc2f191af6417415b08fed1a771a8cb215ada7dc60798feca4656721d20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niall Smyth, Paddy McCarthy and Ryan Baird at Leinster training in October. Photo: INPHO/Morgan Treacy]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulster target first win of season in European Challenge Cup opener against Zebre]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/16/ulster-target-first-win-of-season-in-european-challenge-cup-opener-against-zebre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/16/ulster-target-first-win-of-season-in-european-challenge-cup-opener-against-zebre/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stuart McCloskey and Nick Timoney absent as Richie Murphy rings the changes for Ulster]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4THYUJ5H5NFE3LXHQ7BABG7FD4.jpg?auth=517991771f3adae829790b78eee3ae7545609fce2ab8b39c2bb737b4c84bbeb2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster's Tom O'Toole, who starts at loosehead prop this Saturday against Zebre. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ryan Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s problems are his own creations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/trumps-problems-are-his-own-creations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/trumps-problems-are-his-own-creations/</guid><description><![CDATA[How will US president react if midterms go against him?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[What is the Department of Education’s plan for primary school consultation?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/primary-school-survey-results/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/primary-school-survey-results/</guid><description><![CDATA[The department committed a year ago to drawing up best-practice guidance but says now only that 'work is ongoing']]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Why you should cut a delayed doctor some slack]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/why-you-should-cut-a-delayed-doctor-some-slack/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/why-you-should-cut-a-delayed-doctor-some-slack/</guid><description><![CDATA[Some day, you might be the patient who needs more of their time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Memories of a station Mass]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/memories-of-a-station-mass/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/17/memories-of-a-station-mass/</guid><description><![CDATA[There could be up to 14 men in the house to be fed, and the preparations were every bit as thorough]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 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[Senior hospital doctors criticise Minister for Health’s ‘closed-door’ approach to engagement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/senior-hospital-doctors-criticise-minister-for-healths-closed-door-engagement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/17/senior-hospital-doctors-criticise-minister-for-healths-closed-door-engagement/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Union says if ‘engagement is being systematically discouraged or prevented, that would be a matter of ‘profound concern’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ETE4WEDKRFDQPXKCBHIMUBYBQA.JPG?auth=708cf35ec4aa5c2883645387e1a50e9175d50bd8874522a20eccf1a5f2b0065b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The relationship between hospital consultants and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has grown increasingly tense in the almost two years she has been Minister for Health.Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos 
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent mergers may face investigation by regulators following Irish Government error]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/recent-mergers-may-face-investigation-following-government-error/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/recent-mergers-may-face-investigation-following-government-error/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister’s order increasing value for competition law scrutiny lapsed]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B4IMFGL4MBE5NNSAK3TIRX2F7U.jpg?auth=eebd3d8c3b23a9e769e77fdeb1f07e38c2df9c14c20ef75107e07159a2f8d0b6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke's order changing merger notification rules lapsed after the Oireachtas failed to approve it on time. Photograph: Orla Murray/Coalesce]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Orla Murray/Coalesce</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sabena Power, matriarch of Paddy Power bookmaker family, leaves estate valued at €861m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/sabena-power-matriarch-of-paddy-power-bookmaker-family-leaves-estate-valued-at-861m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/sabena-power-matriarch-of-paddy-power-bookmaker-family-leaves-estate-valued-at-861m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Artist Anne Madden le Brocquy leaves estate valued at more than €6.5m]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IPRP677MT5DBXCJNL23AWJ56MU.jpg?auth=f5c93dfdca525ef69e8f25484cf87aa2e9eea3802bf3cba96812bb2420a790ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sabena Power's estate is one of the largest recorded by the Probate Office. Photograph: rip.ie]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wore my own wedding dress to my friend’s wedding. I felt foxy and fabulous]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/roisin-ingle-i-wore-my-own-wedding-dress-to-my-friends-wedding-i-felt-fabulous/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/roisin-ingle-i-wore-my-own-wedding-dress-to-my-friends-wedding-i-felt-fabulous/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The bride insisted on my wearing it so vociferously that it would have been rude not to]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7BLA2DCZJC4TN44R56CKGE6M4.JPG?auth=0406a9cd885969dede8c59a244cf012d634e8a8edebbcb5c9a84c40c98f3b386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: At one point an impossibly posh-sounding usher came up to me, in morning dress, tails and all, and told me authoritatively that I was the most glamorous woman in the room. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Times journalists receive 33 nominations for 2026 Irish Journalism Awards]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/10/17/irish-times-journalists-nominated-for-33-awards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/10/17/irish-times-journalists-nominated-for-33-awards/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Annual NewsBrands Ireland awards take place on November 12th in Dublin’s Mansion House]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBU77A6NWBFDBEFP5IUPLH2YAE.JPG?auth=0b1602db2bd8a3d7fe47e4061408b0851032a811d7107a5a0b4866926a202c52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister Jim O’Callaghan giving the keynote address at the NewsBrands Irish Journalism Awards 2025. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Niamh Flatley: Riverdance star who played leading role in troupe’s global success]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/17/niamh-obrien-flatley-riverdance-star-who-played-leading-role-in-troupes-global-success/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/17/niamh-obrien-flatley-riverdance-star-who-played-leading-role-in-troupes-global-success/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meath-born dancer who was a member of original Eurovision 1994 line-up was strongly protective of her family’s privacy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JDH4BZX6YFD6TIFQXWDVLITUNI.jpg?auth=7151537143389ce95bf5b947268ae540eb369afbf3d6da60630c925fc652f91f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Niamh O’Brien Flatley with her husband Michael Flatley and their son Michael St James Flatley in 2022. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Waterford village revolting against a data centre: ‘The country has been sold out to big tech for profits’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/an-irish-village-takes-on-data-centres-who-wants-to-live-beside-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/an-irish-village-takes-on-data-centres-who-wants-to-live-beside-that/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A proposed new development in Kilmeaden village in Co Waterford has got local residents asking pointed questions including: who are data centres good for, and at what cost? ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R7YJAEDKE5FFZNX5BX2WW6NY64.jpg?auth=4f7992d6279a4bb170037c0aee5115fef165fbc8b282d3f2aa18d73a96dcab18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Local resident Mary Sue Connolly at the proposed site of data centre in Kilmeaden, Co Waterford. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Donaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was abused by swim coach Derry O’Rourke. The George Gibney case raises similar questions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/karen-leach-its-a-relief-to-see-another-god-of-swimming-jailed-but-i-still-have-many-questions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/karen-leach-its-a-relief-to-see-another-god-of-swimming-jailed-but-i-still-have-many-questions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Leach]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Swimmers who were abused by Irish swimming coaches have never received an official, public apology from anyone in Irish sport]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BQ2QK6BL3RCUFBGPORMKNAJEG4.jpg?auth=21000e8b7e35cd6e539b660d84198beadb4589f7f5082a43a46c60683bcb9e29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former Olympic swim coach George Gibney was jailed this week. Illustration: Paul Scott]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Irish diplomat Denis Halliday dies aged 85]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/former-irish-diplomat-denis-halliday-dies-aged-85/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/former-irish-diplomat-denis-halliday-dies-aged-85/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Halliday was a passionate advocate for human rights and resigned from the UN over the Iraq sanctions plan]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NIQZKMYAWU2DBAVTPTKOL22UDI.jpg?auth=76004775b731e7d144f97b5d01f67643941ac2fe6cbc08437e1b2dfb3eff6abb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former UN assistant secretary-general Denis Halliday travelled the world advocating for human rights. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning actor who lived to 102]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/17/eva-marie-saint-oscar-winning-actor-who-lived-to-102/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/10/17/eva-marie-saint-oscar-winning-actor-who-lived-to-102/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aljean Harmetz]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The American actor won an Oscar for her first film and became one of Hollywood’s most memorable leading women, starring opposite Marlon Brando and Cary Grant]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C2Z3PG7S7NCEVBMEPE6I4OSXOM.jpg?auth=80ab80f14d456698752eeedbc503929c5a8be0339a493b9e3dd0f707fffda283&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Eva Marie Saint sitting on a sun lounger in a garden in the US, circa 1950. Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Archive Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Drop the Carmela Soprano act, Rosser,’ Ronan goes when I ask him if Sorcha’s ring was stolen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/drop-the-carmela-soprano-act-rosser-ronan-goes-when-i-ask-him-if-sorchas-ring-was-stolen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/drop-the-carmela-soprano-act-rosser-ronan-goes-when-i-ask-him-if-sorchas-ring-was-stolen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: She’s lost the engagement ring she thinks cost me 50 grand and wants the receipt to claim insurance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2AFSRKRDSREVXD5VP2CKVZ6UK4.jpg?auth=1f4384d2e4a4a0c2d75606be89bc2333d32b1f9e3639aa5536ad0fe616d41511&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ronan O'Carroll-Kelly. Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eamonn Casey did good as well as bad]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/16/eamonn-casey-did-good-as-well-as-bad/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/16/eamonn-casey-did-good-as-well-as-bad/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trócaire has and continues to save the lives of thousands of people in the developing world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You couldn’t ignore that madness’: The comedians turning the GAA into a laughing matter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/you-couldnt-ignore-that-madness-the-comedians-turning-the-gaa-into-a-laughing-matter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/you-couldnt-ignore-that-madness-the-comedians-turning-the-gaa-into-a-laughing-matter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From D’Unbelievables to club-match vloggers, each generation of comic talents casts the GAA in a new light]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QZUUX5W62ZAKJFVWHHHC7PEFI4.png?auth=3e81021bbe2746a5d6706004e404bbbd400b3ba11e9f3f4981b113d2b268bbcc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pat Shortt and Faye Shortt on RTÉ2's No Worries If Not. Elements of Pat's comedy is inspired by the GAA personalities he has met in life.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Withings BodyScan 2 review: Would you spend €500 on keeping tabs on your health? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/17/withings-bodyscan-2-review-smart-scale-provides-comprehensive-readings-at-a-hefty-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/10/17/withings-bodyscan-2-review-smart-scale-provides-comprehensive-readings-at-a-hefty-price/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Longevity station’ measures muscle and fat across six zones and flags diabetic or heart issues]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NAYGT2PCEBHJ7MDL4NXXE4ORC4.JPG?auth=6a84e670e8d1967e17a6981b1488655dd5e82796e4de4340909c60f89fdd99a0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Withings BodyScan 2 measures a significant number of data points, from the muscle mass in your legs to your blood oxygen level]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Leave my health out of it’: Anonymous briefings, a defiant response and a dramatic turn of events]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/17/patrick-odonovan-and-those-pressing-matters-of-health-and-state/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/17/patrick-odonovan-and-those-pressing-matters-of-health-and-state/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones, Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Patrick O’Donovan characterises anonymous Fine Gael party briefings on health as ‘sad day for Irish politics’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J3HFK2E5S54T36IYEPO2XVKWSA.jpg?auth=1f9f38fe636360a576710195d3f2a59e43ec45b3d88caf32e1382d3cec8c85d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minster for Communications Patrick O'Donovan has railed against unauthorised briefings from Fine Gael colleagues as 'the ultimate in betrayal'. Photograph: Michael O'Scannail/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Micheal O Scannail</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Historic Dún Laoghaire racing yachts return to the waves]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/historic-dun-laoghaire-racing-yachts-return-to-the-waves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/historic-dun-laoghaire-racing-yachts-return-to-the-waves/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe St Leger]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A project is under way to revive the entire fleet Dublin Bay 21-footer cruiser vessels, the older racing class in the world]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6TF7RMQULJGKLN4ZWL6WJARKIY.jpg?auth=079671b7104935f18e235fa019f3cf23129acf5652cfb0ed252204d1661ef1ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Three restored Dublin Bay 21-footer yachts, Estelle (left), Naneen (centre) and Garavogue, head out from Dún Laoghaire harbour. Photograph: Joe St Leger]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vincent Browne: Haughey loved Terry Keane. She made his life miserable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/vincent-browne-haughey-loved-terry-keane-she-made-his-life-miserable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/vincent-browne-haughey-loved-terry-keane-she-made-his-life-miserable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colm Keena]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Journalist says he shed tears on hearing of Haughey’s death in 2006 but says the former taoiseach would have hated his upcoming book and viewed it as a ‘betrayal’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SOEK6DUC3NEPJE3XX4ZPFCQRTE.JPG?auth=ba5d053b8207ca5caf6cfe3220a5ba372f4f8dff134ada0a7e93e35ab6b40a86&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Vincent Browne at his home in Dún Laoghaire. His new book Charles Haughey: Glory, Greed and Guns is published next week. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating imperfect gardens in all their glory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/10/17/celebrating-imperfect-gardens-in-all-their-glory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/10/17/celebrating-imperfect-gardens-in-all-their-glory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New book highlights the hard graft, ingenuity and love that 27 well-known people including Nigel Slater and Jimi Blake have poured into plots they tend]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SZPOKFOQRZCYFJVVXQ2B62DAO4.jpg?auth=75cb4fec923f190dfc5feb9d3c71810d199d387bb7a7e21f872b65f62da97dce&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Campbell’s photograph of John and Fiona Little’s old blue Citroen van half-buried in the ground and surrounded by a drift of hops, sweet pea and teasels tells us a thousand words about the latter's maverick approach to the art of garden-making. Photograph: John Campbell]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Campbell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ger Loughnane: ‘I was on the verge of a massive heart attack, and there’d have been no coming back’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/ger-loughnane-i-was-on-the-verge-of-a-massive-heart-attack-and-thered-have-been-no-coming-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/17/ger-loughnane-i-was-on-the-verge-of-a-massive-heart-attack-and-thered-have-been-no-coming-back/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kieran Cunningham]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 73-year-old still has an athlete’s ranginess and cleanliness, and he shakes hands with a hurler’s grip]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCC2RIBM4ZDWXE2PXRYMC475QY.jpg?auth=08d109c1589696907c530067be84e5487f42c4a8158abf0d9ba282f5ba4ff88f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ger Loughnane in Co Clare this week. He chose to leave The Sunday Game back in 2018 after what he thought was 'hurling's greatest year'. Photograph: Eamon Ward]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Copyright : Eamon Ward</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We all call him baby Jesus’: Welcome to Marty Morrissey’s Marty Party on tour in Alicante]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/we-all-call-him-baby-jesus-welcome-to-marty-morrisseys-marty-party-on-tour-in-alicante/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/17/we-all-call-him-baby-jesus-welcome-to-marty-morrisseys-marty-party-on-tour-in-alicante/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kindness and community are to the fore at the Alicante event hosted by Marty Morrissey and featuring six of Ireland’s seven Eurovision winners ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SOX5JADGJFCG7CUQL7BXWOI2S4.JPG?auth=ec3eebba8657213b633996a778af1d4b7a7c1f15f38a3b36679234c1f8a542ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Marty Party: Marty Morrissey with the Newbridge Gospel Choir. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ireland’s first national public sector strike in 17 years left unions strong and Jack Chambers ‘scrambling’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/17/strike-success-leaves-unions-in-position-of-strength-and-jack-chambers-scrambling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/17/strike-success-leaves-unions-in-position-of-strength-and-jack-chambers-scrambling/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Negotiating a deal that is good for the Government will still be a challenge once Chambers gets all parties around a table]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DGD2UQDJBBFGVBXXYCJC2CU724.JPG?auth=6b0e2b0bb3745d313e9c5263358e78e12c9dcd155aa8b7c5f9287a29c26f09c1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers on the picket line at Desmond College, Co Limerick, during Wednesday's national strike of public sector workers. Photograph: Don Moloney]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Don Moloney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From dereliction to Airbnb, the Gaeltacht is being destroyed by the housing crisis]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/the-gaeltacht-is-being-destroyed-because-we-wont-build-houses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/17/the-gaeltacht-is-being-destroyed-because-we-wont-build-houses/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Young families make communities – and if they have no place to live, the community dies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NMSOOX4J3FAPRM7I6XG6FTZAMM.jpeg?auth=f292db36a538dbed7e5d5762ccba8328bf2ffcb0677497a92fafcb1bd349994e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A sign showing the direction of the library on Inis Meáin, Aran Islands. Photograph: Jade wilson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jade W </media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI ecosystem may be booming but at what cost? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/ai-ecosystem-may-be-booming-but-at-what-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/ai-ecosystem-may-be-booming-but-at-what-cost/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The technology’s threat to junior positions could lead to companies creating their own future skills gap]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5GZX5R5YKBXEVIMFZEG77FTCCM.jpg?auth=c940ca14749eac64e4fcdac70a81d79bf8a32be9fef1a7e2b69377e67103ec2b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Protesters gather to demonstrate against data centres outside the AI Summit at the RDS in Dublin this week. Photograph: Bryan Meade/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It never gets easy:’ 10 years on, Anthony Foley is still inspiring Munster]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/ten-years-on-anthony-foley-is-still-inspiring-munster/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/17/ten-years-on-anthony-foley-is-still-inspiring-munster/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Thornley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That Munster are due to host Racing just a day after the 10th anniversary of Foley’s death is uncanny. But then, so much of the spirit of ‘Axel’ seems to live on ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7I532RO4IJFNXAR5N6UTZBLTL4.jpg?auth=df53ec93054ed16bb2a4797ee66148771e38918d0f78e84bcfabb7b4f5417b94&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Munster players observing a minute's silence in honour of Anthony Foley before their match against Glasgow Warriors in Thomond Park a week after Foley's death in October 2016. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Dan Sheridan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rome to consider sainthood for Irish Jesuit priest killed in bloody first World War battle   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/rome-to-consider-sainthood-for-irish-jesuit-priest-killed-in-bloody-first-world-war-battle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/rome-to-consider-sainthood-for-irish-jesuit-priest-killed-in-bloody-first-world-war-battle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Pope will make final decision on Fr Willie Doyle once panel of theologians satisfied he fulfilled life of heroic virtue]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EBTFYVMKXV3BLGVYNTZTR3XMJ4.jpg?auth=c01635ef558b87363b04a232b3286e7dd4a421a050d413cf7b6f964ab848556b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fr Willie Doyle was killed when he went to the aid of two wounded Irish officers during the Battle of Paschendaele in 1917. Photograph: Irish Jesuit Archives]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Paris can teach Ireland about clean water]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/17/what-paris-can-teach-ireland-about-clean-water/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/10/17/what-paris-can-teach-ireland-about-clean-water/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We’re paying a lot to clean polluted water, while investing little in restoring the rivers, wetlands and farmlands that could keep it pure in the first place]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HHXK2N5D3ZAI7BONCP6RRYAHJA.jpg?auth=e7e940c13d9c4fa606ac7214221b0b800103567ccd9534f29f3d07d5045eb7ba&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paris: Farmer Jérôme Forgeot grows wheat, barley, alfalfa and lentils on 300 hectares in the Vanne valley, southeast of the city. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Christian Kruemmel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We could be facing a dire situation’: Irish aid agencies on the impact on the ground of funding cuts]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/irish-aid-agencies-feel-the-pinch-on-the-ground-from-cuts-in-overseas-funding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/17/irish-aid-agencies-feel-the-pinch-on-the-ground-from-cuts-in-overseas-funding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Colgan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[International aid is being cut everywhere – what does this mean for the world’s poor and the Irish charities trying to help them?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OAME45JF2BAXDIZI74LCW72EYU.jpeg?auth=bcb10a0a3452aae72e0fc66059f362021820b7731d338e68eb6646ae76f76f7c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Concern country director Richard Nunn (centre) in Somalia. The charity's staff in the country has fallen from 170 to 100 in recent years]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the State is paying out millions to objectors to big infrastructure projects, despite ‘ransom’ money concerns]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/legal-deals-with-planning-objectors-raise-concerns-over-risk-of-ransom-money/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/17/legal-deals-with-planning-objectors-raise-concerns-over-risk-of-ransom-money/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Millions in taxpayer money has been paid out to prevent further delay of infrastructure projects]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UGRFKZUCF5H4ZFTYUXR2M3WCTQ.JPG?auth=ed13fc204976fa9757e18db79998d09750d606b6c9ba9ea6e0155179cb4515b2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four homes at Dartmouth Square in Dublin were purchased by Transport Infrastructure Ireland after residents withdrew a High Court case against MetroLink. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple’s $5tn milestone comes with a hefty price tag]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/17/apples-5tn-milestone-comes-with-a-hefty-price-tag/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/17/apples-5tn-milestone-comes-with-a-hefty-price-tag/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tech giant has struggled to maintain landmark market valuation but does it matter?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S4N2CBJ64Y4BH23MVP34OJCM7A.jpg?auth=f5e03a8d695d769bfd967fc588360aee06fe5e00415913bbd26f6d55425356d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Apple keeps knocking on the door of a $5tn (€4.45tn) market valuation. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA Wire]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lena Dunham’s Girls will be glorious again as long as it sticks to this one principle]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/17/lena-dunhams-girls-will-be-glorious-again-as-long-as-it-sticks-to-this-one-principle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/17/lena-dunhams-girls-will-be-glorious-again-as-long-as-it-sticks-to-this-one-principle/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The HBO show’s revival offers an intriguing chance to move on from the woeful way it ended in 2017]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQU6ROCWDZEBZP6LCJEB62OXYU.jpg?auth=bf2752002e579e8583a92695e9c604998300b546baf729b85a64bc8b06f39312&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Girls: Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Lena Dunham and Zosia Mamet in the original HBO series. Photograph: Jojo Whilden/HBO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life-changing work of Alice Maher, an artist to her bones]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/10/17/the-life-changing-work-of-alice-maher-an-artist-to-her-bones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/2026/10/17/the-life-changing-work-of-alice-maher-an-artist-to-her-bones/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gemma Tipton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Irish artist has spent decades making the everyday uncanny. With her work on show at the Venice Biennale, she talks about myth, misogyny and the power of art]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JNPU3FIZDNGWPDDOJSQRNQZBZI.jpg?auth=102fa7ed7d52f13e748ce798c8d1543ba9bd68b6ba08b5668678fdd678d8427e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alice Maher. Photograph: Conor McKeown]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty: Let them eat the most simple cakes imaginable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/17/mark-moriarty-let-them-eat-the-most-simple-cakes-imaginable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/10/17/mark-moriarty-let-them-eat-the-most-simple-cakes-imaginable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No need for loads of equipment or complicated effort here, just basic and gorgeous baking]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5LE2VTQLJ5E5ZBGS7MZIMVY3QI.jpg?auth=698df1094991c8eb640679bf3f6d48fedf3317afa7129cd1e67b26365ebf1862&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's loaf tin classics: carrot cake and chocolate swirl cake. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maverick Languedoc wines: ‘The French AOC rules don’t suit us’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/17/maverick-languedoc-wines-the-french-aoc-rules-dont-suit-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/10/17/maverick-languedoc-wines-the-french-aoc-rules-dont-suit-us/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Wilson: Jean-Claude Mas is a fourth-generation grower but the first in his family to make wine]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RYLGRLOO3JEBDGLFN5CX2L7DTY.jpg?auth=f920e5e08c9dd7cf6f9ea250ca3554a78c36c5dc833cad86d8119573e67c006c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Four wines from Jean-Claude Mas, a maverick Languedoc producer.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the scenes at Blas: ‘A last hurrah before winter’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/behind-the-scenes-at-blas-a-last-hurrah-before-winter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/behind-the-scenes-at-blas-a-last-hurrah-before-winter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Blas is when Dingle welcomes Ireland’s food producers as they meet and celebrate with their peers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6NQRJ5G3GZC43JHJRRXP2FTDUU.jpg?auth=33487927f5dd2672b080ae82e1bae4efd7d0cdec70872d414c402ee88e748749&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Siopa Uí Lúing: Sisters Róisín and Eibhlís stock many Blas na hÉireann winners' products in their family shop at Ventry Post Office in west Kerry]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits jump more than 25% for Shannon Foynes port firm on record tonnage ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/profits-jump-more-than-25-for-shannon-foynes-port-firm-on-record-tonnage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/17/profits-jump-more-than-25-for-shannon-foynes-port-firm-on-record-tonnage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Work continuing on development of deepwater port in addition to enhanced road and rail links, says chief executive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6LY6B6QLJ7VJYNUMFCAARRRL4.jpg?auth=19634227346a0239a5cb097ced5eec2a8644f3146a12114177c4aaea44a7e675&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shannon Foynes port handled record tonnage last year. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin DJ Jazzy: ‘Calvin Harris messaged me on Instagram to say he loved my song’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/17/dublin-dj-jazzy-calvin-harris-messaged-me-on-instagram-to-say-he-loved-my-song/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/17/dublin-dj-jazzy-calvin-harris-messaged-me-on-instagram-to-say-he-loved-my-song/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadine O’Regan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Naturally modest and down to earth, she is still coming to grips with her changed circumstances – from working in Tesco’s bakery section to touring with Calvin Harris]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HV3W372XFVB57N5VOXZNYMQJGA.jpeg?auth=dc9def4e9f0c0e87228cacfade4ddb06a4b86e5061518fe45be878af106f0391&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jazzy: In 2025 she became the most popular female DJ on Spotify, with 10 million monthly streams. Photograph: Stefan Waldeck]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stefan Waldeck</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best in Blas 2026: This year’s top three Irish Food Awards champions]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/best-in-blas-2026-this-years-top-three-irish-food-awards-champions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/best-in-blas-2026-this-years-top-three-irish-food-awards-champions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Laffan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 2026 Blas na hÉireann champions paint a clear picture of what Irish food is: rooted in place and created with the best ingredients by people with the confidence to be themselves]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WLFFAJT4ENFEPKEWVMPJR262SE.jpg?auth=0799f6ab980c723ea378427471d6c44def055d8becaa29dca34c80a99312ccb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Husband and wife Bart Pawlukojć from Poland and Nicole Server-Pawlukojć from The Philippines own Arán Bakery and Bistro in Kilkenny]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little sticker that can. Why a win at Blas is a recipe for food business success ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-little-sticker-that-can-why-a-win-at-blas-is-a-recipe-for-food-business-success/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-little-sticker-that-can-why-a-win-at-blas-is-a-recipe-for-food-business-success/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandra O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Being able to put a coveted Blas sticker on a food item is a game changer for producers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ILO5PYUZDNFBXM7PC5NIGQUMSY.jpg?auth=b3688ca23dfe0811d9250c401bb61690aef53d88ceeddd2c26c12e1334f371bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nick and Cass McCarthy of Lúnasa Farm with their children outside their butcher shop in Clarecastle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nathalie Marquez Courtney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The taste of Ireland today  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-taste-of-ireland-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-taste-of-ireland-today/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alongside the foods for which Ireland has long been known, Blas entries and award winners increasingly reflect a more adventurous national palate]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFCRB5EI55GPZKIKSVYN2D57WY.jpg?auth=12e0f01061435013f72d25234cd2ef01240ecf72ca4dc5301e027851a35c7b55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Steen and John Mallon of Baska Bakery

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of Blas: Awards matter but this competition is about more than prizes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/blas-awards-matter-but-competition-is-about-much-more-than-prizes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/blas-awards-matter-but-competition-is-about-much-more-than-prizes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Laffan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What is it that makes Blas na hÉireann so distinctive and highly regarded? Dee Laffan unravels the story behind the Irish Food Awards to find out]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PZQFG27U2ZGATH2UK6AXMYYSFQ.jpg?auth=e89070c0e4f0744fd3743f6a5a880f8feb887446224521ef84cb98c6a1c21fed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Blas na hÉireann: Artie Clifford, chairman, and Fallon Moore, event co-ordinator, in Dingle at the 2025 awards weekend]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Allen Kiely</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The taste of Ireland today  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-taste-of-ireland-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/2026/10/17/the-taste-of-ireland-today/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alongside the foods for which Ireland has long been known, Blas entries and award winners increasingly reflect a more adventurous national palate]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IFCRB5EI55GPZKIKSVYN2D57WY.jpg?auth=12e0f01061435013f72d25234cd2ef01240ecf72ca4dc5301e027851a35c7b55&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Steen and John Mallon of Baska Bakery

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s simple recipe for chocolate swirl cake in a tin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/17/mark-moriartys-simple-recipe-for-chocolate-swirl-cake-in-a-tin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/17/mark-moriartys-simple-recipe-for-chocolate-swirl-cake-in-a-tin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Achieving the swirl is much easier than you might think, and the visual effect will be impressive]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LTXBWNEVSBBI5B4TOABOPHIU34.jpg?auth=b3c9a3d4b6c8009315e673bd387676f9bc43efa5f1f8fb0d5f0a4ba97d8da91d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's chocolate swirl cake. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s very easy recipe for carrot cake in a loaf tin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/17/mark-moriartys-very-easy-recipe-for-carrot-cake-in-a-loaf-tin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/10/17/mark-moriartys-very-easy-recipe-for-carrot-cake-in-a-loaf-tin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Make sure you follow the syrup trick when this delight emerges from the oven]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ODH5INRF25CL7HRSDD2FN6LYYE.jpg?auth=85653b449fe3f47c8c40c4b9f000b8c186e9d2f43f255f07a77cefee821b5e52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's loaf tin carrot cake. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New poetry by Lorna Shaughnessy; Philip McDonagh; Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh; and Padraig Regan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/new-poetry-lorna-shaughnessy-philip-mcdonagh-ailbhe-ni-ghearbhuigh-and-padraig-regan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/new-poetry-lorna-shaughnessy-philip-mcdonagh-ailbhe-ni-ghearbhuigh-and-padraig-regan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catriona Clutterbuck]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Catriona Clutterbuck on Throat Full of Feathers; Estuary; This Deep; The Matter]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M3BUPJ3Y5BBQ5GJD4UNQWBXF4E.jpg?auth=31aead712babe0b168dcfdf9600b612a4fdc798793be443ad2c2bb2ce0565168&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This Deep is Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh’s second dual-language volume. Photograph: Claire Keogh/The Gallery Press]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Barnes: ‘I would extend the basic income scheme to all professionally trained working artists’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/17/ben-barnes-i-would-extend-the-basic-income-scheme-to-all-working-artists-35-and-under/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/17/ben-barnes-i-would-extend-the-basic-income-scheme-to-all-working-artists-35-and-under/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Theatre and opera director on his new book, Side Stage: Theatre Writing 1984-2025; his wariness of celebrity actors; and his admiration for John Cleese]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N4UD4YTXMJEWXMWMWFYFLOCXPU.jpg?auth=eb317efbc7a626b66b46c31e73b1ba70e84371dca13ef707a8e559b99c71e295&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ben Barnes directing at the National Opera House. Photograph: Colin Shanahan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Shanahan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus: A novel that starts with great promise but falls short]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/peck-peck-by-bonnie-garmus-a-novel-that-starts-with-great-promise-but-falls-short/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/peck-peck-by-bonnie-garmus-a-novel-that-starts-with-great-promise-but-falls-short/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Goulding]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of the characters are puppet-like, reduced to stereotypes]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WDFYMM64EOHATVVR4HRO6WQI3A.jpg?auth=5ff062f9fd59cf4673408550f2a34e89dcdb8e9e000c5332629c2ed4d12f92d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bonnie Garmus: a great scene-setter. Photograph: Frances F Denny/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frances F. Denny</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinéad Gibney on The Fall of The West by Owen Jones: ‘We all need to read this book’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/sinead-gibney-on-the-fall-of-the-west-by-owen-jones-we-all-need-to-read-this-book/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/sinead-gibney-on-the-fall-of-the-west-by-owen-jones-we-all-need-to-read-this-book/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad Gibney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Despite us being brought up to believe the West is a place of democracy and peace, for many it’s justifiably linked only to death, destruction and corruption]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QTVHHT2UWVFFQSY2OOE6ME765U.jpg?auth=5241d346448412d762d43c7de49e1a4a8c9dfb5ca446baa586ab3aac08e2c3b5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Owen Jones (centre) holds a microphone up to right-wing British politician Nigel Farage in 2023. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Tallis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Song of Stork and Dromedary: the story of the Brontës reimagined]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/24/the-song-of-stork-and-dromedary-based-on-the-story-of-the-bronte-sisters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/24/the-song-of-stork-and-dromedary-based-on-the-story-of-the-bronte-sisters/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Baume]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Supernatural a pervasive preoccupation, as is the relationship between sisters, and the circular nature of time ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PVFL45NLIO5H3NQBYQTG4UXRJ4.jpg?auth=93a118336fcb2919289a440f1c60039fb831da027574d12b328e57f4ead9b191&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Brontë Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte, which can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph: VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elif Shafak: ‘This is the age of anger, anxiety, and AI’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/elif-shafak-this-is-the-age-of-anger-anxiety-and-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/elif-shafak-this-is-the-age-of-anger-anxiety-and-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aimée Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The author reimagines Gustave Flaubert in her new novel, asking what literature can offer us in a time of war, political upheaval and uncertainty]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ISK54BKICVBNPDHTMOPBJOOLPI.jpg?auth=1637e152b7ad3a2d8b21268bd96613235cea71cbf965cb0b84399effe0ef1333&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elif Shafak: Her latest novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity, imagines the life of Flaubert and how he came to write Madame Bovary. Photograph: Ferhat Elik]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Silence of October by Sharon Guard: Black humour mixes with mystery and foreboding]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/the-silence-of-october-by-sharon-guard-black-humour-mixes-with-mystery-and-foreboding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/the-silence-of-october-by-sharon-guard-black-humour-mixes-with-mystery-and-foreboding/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Céire Sadlier]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rich writing on dealing with grief could have undertaken a slower, deeper exploration]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IZZSLY5M4BC7BCYVMQP6L6FKKI.jpg?auth=bee59e551f27fb138a96f4be6516c7ac08aa9b0594d106e96f5e175bc11abdd5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Sharon Guard. Photograph: Asta O’Sullivan/ConastaPhoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Asta O’Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Good Day on the Internet, and The Internet We Could Have Had: How it started vs how it’s going]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/the-last-good-day-on-the-internet-and-the-internet-we-could-have-had-how-it-started-vs-how-its-going/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/the-last-good-day-on-the-internet-and-the-internet-we-could-have-had-how-it-started-vs-how-its-going/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karlin Lillington]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Books by Mark Little and Christopher M Kelty take radically different approaches to the web’s lost promise]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QR26NCT43NAYNF6263NDUKSNGA.JPG?auth=5be96641ab7db36765968b56cbc9209de17c0e833cc96b934e0faddbb6171efa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Little has written a perceptive book packed with fascinating insights. 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[Poem of the Week: Before This New World Turns Us into Robots]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/17/poem-of-the-week-before-this-new-world-turns-us-into-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/17/poem-of-the-week-before-this-new-world-turns-us-into-robots/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Oxley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Elizabeth Oxley]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5JJK25CCQ5HG3D24KNSLUDNUEY.jpg?auth=697ceed2e0b2a93d7c5ce01969a8a0082d63fefc330f7365634b37b45905c952&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Elizabeth Oxley: Before This New World Turns Us into Robots]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books in Brief: A revolt against injustice, an artistic coming-of-age tale and a haunting myth]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/books-in-brief-a-revolt-against-injustice-an-artistic-coming-of-age-tale-and-a-haunting-myth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/10/17/books-in-brief-a-revolt-against-injustice-an-artistic-coming-of-age-tale-and-a-haunting-myth/</guid><description><![CDATA[Novels by Sorj Chalandon, Alex Hyde and Madeline Miller ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BO7U5MPV5BA6PD22QDXNAKAU24.jpg?auth=b69a02fef4adf5218caf14fdb42932a3ecbca64d2b32304e3d04c1f93e3197de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sorj Chalandon convincingly depicts the political climates of Paris and Beirut ]]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>