<?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/2026-10-22/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:03:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Gardaí appeal for information on 40th anniversary of disappearance of Philip Cairns ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/23/gardai-appeal-for-information-on-40th-anniversary-of-disappearance-of-philip-cairns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/23/gardai-appeal-for-information-on-40th-anniversary-of-disappearance-of-philip-cairns/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gardaí renew appeal for information on disappearance in Dublin of schoolboy who went missing 40 years ago aged 13]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYMM7GRMW6Q2XXESRWYGPGSF74.jpg?auth=3add7dbc69c8c5a8a1f499ba0806d6e172c03d50e0ee61968ff7cf18ce7e1f79&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Philip Cairns, who went missing on October 29th, 1986]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carla Lockhart resigns from DUP position amid row with party leadership]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/carla-lockhart-resigns-from-dup-party-officer-position/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/carla-lockhart-resigns-from-dup-party-officer-position/</guid><description><![CDATA[MP’s move stems from differing in opinion on withdrawal of Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly from Stormont Executive]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:46:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P7GHUNF7D7UG7WP3XUJ4W3ABX4.jpg?auth=cafcf67eb9d2cd2ce1aec29573eb91ef9ab52d2880931348ab605f32dd3f7d9c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DUP MP for Upper Bann Carla Lockhart. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mark Marlow</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raye wins 2026 Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope album]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/22/raye-wins-2026-mercury-prize-for-this-music-may-contain-hope-album/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/10/22/raye-wins-2026-mercury-prize-for-this-music-may-contain-hope-album/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Wilkinson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Singer beat other nominees including Galway-born singer-songwriter Dove Ellis, Paul McCartney and Olivia Dean]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YFQNZPWLE53WO24NIK2G5LXQRE.jpg?auth=9fb64a9e08ed602ad0b1494f4cf844ac0df58904b42720b0b96fd88d2995bb2a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Singer Raye speaks after winning the 2026 Mercury Prize in Newcastle on Thursday night. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Owen Humphreys</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celtic sunk by Celta Vigo as European woes continue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/celtic-sunk-by-celta-vigo-as-european-woes-continue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/celtic-sunk-by-celta-vigo-as-european-woes-continue/</guid><description><![CDATA[European wrap: Bournemouth stun 10-man AC Milan to claim famous win in Europa League]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:27:31 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XV26FSY2LGLEEQXSPQQYM6VG3Y.jpg?auth=e70bafde9de35dd2880da10f511d273da367021248bac01fb25a11bfea42ae1e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Celta Vigo's Andres Antanon and Celtic's Liam Scales battle for the ball. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andrew Milligan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank holiday travel disruption ahead with Dublin Marathon road closures and rail line works]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/22/bank-holiday-travel-disruption-ahead-with-dublin-marathon-road-closures-and-rail-line-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/10/22/bank-holiday-travel-disruption-ahead-with-dublin-marathon-road-closures-and-rail-line-works/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy, Glen Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More than 22,000 set to compete in long-running event as Irish Rail puts on extra early morning services to capital]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IS5A6W5TK6MH55UHQA3NMWIHFE.JPG?auth=16d7e31b17bcff28d92f0069acc430da0b7802ec0a0895e772e120a75b28ee9c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[No Dart services will operate between Grand Canal Dock and Bray or between Howth Junction and Howth on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen: Orange weather warnings for six counties as Met Éireann forecasts intense rain across Ireland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-weather-ireland-live-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-weather-ireland-live-updates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cox]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Waterford, Cork and Kerry under second highest alert level for rain until early hours of Friday]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:04:45 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LYY6GAOW4ZEF3BVRGA5QBPSS6E.JPG?auth=6a2375966e27d9623ac69c64d2ac2940865a6aa3fc9587aa41ffc784dab6529e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flood defence barrier in place on a shop on Middletons Main street, Co Cork  in preparation for Storm Austen. 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[The Irish Times view on protests in France: uncertainty and discontent ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/22/the-irish-times-view-on-events-in-france-uncertainty-and-discontent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/22/the-irish-times-view-on-events-in-france-uncertainty-and-discontent/</guid><description><![CDATA[A rudderless government looks unable to respond 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/76RSZX7COZTGAOKFMFDNCEYDFY.jpg?auth=3aeb5363a37e88635d0c41bae5fd6fa7e077ee96374559bfd90b59f225e23195&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A French firefighter at a burning street barricade during last weekend's protests.
(Photo:EPA)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mohammed Badra</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Josie Ray murder accused told her daughter one of them would have to leave, court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/josie-ray-murder-accused-told-her-daughter-one-of-them-would-have-to-leave-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/josie-ray-murder-accused-told-her-daughter-one-of-them-would-have-to-leave-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Raleigh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hasan Ali Gori (52) was living in victim’s home and in a relationship with her daughter]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XNYEURDVE5FN5MUY5JX6U5H3HE.jpg?auth=4113b5724565bcc974136013fb7d801a44643d3910ab49142ed439c01652d07d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Josephine Ray (89) of St Joseph’s Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, was found strangled and suffocated in her bed on August 4th, 2024.  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the UNEP climate report: shocking but not surprising]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/22/the-irish-times-view-on-the-unep-climate-report-shocking-but-not-surprising/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/22/the-irish-times-view-on-the-unep-climate-report-shocking-but-not-surprising/</guid><description><![CDATA[The key goals of the Paris agreement will not be achieved ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4GIQXISN7SQNACXO34MJLO7KVI.jpg?auth=c9bc4a00c66bc88ab7ba1a0be025fbccd4b2af0b8c6c2fca96e6c166d1c2358b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A firefighter in the Gironde region of southwestern France in June: extreme weather-related events are becoming more and more common. (Photo by Philippe Lopez / AFP via Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Philippe Lopez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Toxic’ Bruno Fernandes is symptom of Manchester United’s culture of entitlement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/toxic-bruno-fernandes-is-symptom-of-manchester-uniteds-culture-of-entitlement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/toxic-bruno-fernandes-is-symptom-of-manchester-uniteds-culture-of-entitlement/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie Jackson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Michael Carrick must now deal with more dressingroom unrest after Lisandro Martínez’s attack on the board]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:42:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EEYPSJNR364KW2B7C6KYXOA42E.jpg?auth=0a18f3b5917cca6473fdde516f6d81c618e209d88491c65ae8c6e93215d57eb9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manchester United's midfielder Bruno Fernandes reacts against Como as his team lost 4-1 in the Champions League. Photograph: Piero Cruciatti/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Piero Cruciatti</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advert showing grandparents hugging grandchildren is taken down amid criticism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/advert-showing-grandparents-hugging-is-taken-down-amid-criticism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/advert-showing-grandparents-hugging-is-taken-down-amid-criticism/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Burns, Vivienne Clarke, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dublin Rape Crisis Centre removes online video, saying it does not want ‘negativity’ to impinge on its work]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:36:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OJGVJZF36ZGPZJJWEBK5MYWUYU.jpg?auth=9648786267e903e0f479db15100be2fc2505363eefd80bc2f7c7ccc05ee4d646&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A screengrab from the 'We Consent' video featuring grandparents hugging their grandchildren. Image: Dublin Rape Crisis Centre]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three staff members at school received €1,000 each from free school meals provider, committee hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/financial-controls-to-be-tightened-on-the-hot-school-meals-programme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/financial-controls-to-be-tightened-on-the-hot-school-meals-programme/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Financial controls to be tightened on the hot school meals programme amid questions over contract arrangements]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D62GC7AX5BEQZAWIUU5ZGFAL2I.jpg?auth=3a0d4d1489eaad35e344052e0e92c044f047a5540578b233769d9ddfd1509456&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A hot school meal of chicken and gravy with potatoes, carrots and cabbage.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple allege their Meath home built without planning permission was wrongfully demolished]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/bohermeen-demolition-should-have-been-halted-pending-european-court-bid-couple-claim/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/bohermeen-demolition-should-have-been-halted-pending-european-court-bid-couple-claim/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rose and Chris Murray’s house near Navan was demolished in March after two-decade battle]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SUAPXYLGXRCCFBYKIMUIJYWB3A.JPG?auth=01a39626ed007cbcae6ddf9374da02ad50390d9690e0d2842839ff9b080fa094&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The demolished ruins of the house owned by Chris and Rose Murray near Navan in Co Meath. 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[Erin King hoping to cap memorable week with victory in inaugural away Test against South Africa ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/erin-king-hoping-to-cap-memorable-week-with-victory-in-inaugural-away-test-against-south-africa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/erin-king-hoping-to-cap-memorable-week-with-victory-in-inaugural-away-test-against-south-africa/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Scully]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ireland head coach Scott Bemand makes two changes with Stacey Flood and Dorothy Wall named for Cape Town clash]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:15:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DHBZ5ACVSY7TPBTKKQWFBTRL5U.jpg?auth=6ea49dc5604a7b2c56679d1d64900cbd9d90601a1116b8efc043e88d547b7708&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erin King captain Ireland for the first of two Tests against South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Laszlo Geczo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martina and Ammi Burke lose appeals over two-week jailing for criminal contempt]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/martina-and-ammi-burke-lose-appeals-over-two-week-jailing-for-criminal-contempt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/martina-and-ammi-burke-lose-appeals-over-two-week-jailing-for-criminal-contempt/</guid><description><![CDATA[Evidence shows pair were shouting loudly and continuously during court hearing, not ‘speaking up’, judge says]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:11:24 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HVZFRHML3HGFBHA5GRU2PMP2KU.JPG?auth=d025439303280ea400ad5428060c2ed564d0ef907615c8884c3abaf28c8b80d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ammi Burke (right) with mother Martina at the Labour Court in Dublin on October 12th. Photograph: Collins Courts]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals over super junior ministers at Cabinet ‘fundamentally flawed’, Supreme Court hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/appeals-over-super-junior-ministers-at-cabinet-fundamentally-flawed-supreme-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/appeals-over-super-junior-ministers-at-cabinet-fundamentally-flawed-supreme-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiachra Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Attorney General says attendance at meeting is being conflated with full ministerial status]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:05:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/76KPXK4CF5CURPJESZRVXJNXDE.JPG?auth=b725a3b3afec4e26d21b02c72f6cb952ec8a9a469d1967e8c4c4bbeb42214a11&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A three-judge High Court last December dismissed the challenges by the TDs. 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[Irish Book Awards: Maggie O’Farrell, Vincent Browne, Sally Hayden and Louise Kennedy on shortlist]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/22/irish-book-awards-maggie-ofarrell-vincent-browne-sally-hayden-and-louise-kennedy-on-shortlist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/10/22/irish-book-awards-maggie-ofarrell-vincent-browne-sally-hayden-and-louise-kennedy-on-shortlist/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Debutant Djamel White, whose literary crime thriller was longlisted for the Booker Prize, is up for two awards]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W3JIUCEGUVCYDNUFFECWHZN44U.jpg?auth=c36276e86828642b8675c8ec906775d621abba86773015bafc35e8e94ed7a6a8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A number of the authors shortlisted for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump says he asked Google CEO to rename Atlantic Ocean on Maps]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/trump-says-he-asked-google-ceo-to-rename-atlantic-ocean-on-maps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/trump-says-he-asked-google-ceo-to-rename-atlantic-ocean-on-maps/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maya Yang]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tech company previously complied with president’s demand to rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:57:51 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DEEXHQVZGST2ZT5AGJCJVODKXQ.jpg?auth=eca3b3fde44e58800b54656bb8542b0dfc5be6f32bc239cfb60000ebc6e6a71b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump dancing onstage during a midterm election campaign rally at Clemson University in Pendleton, South Carolina. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Doug Mills</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia drops cluster warheads on Kyiv after Witkoff-Putin peace talks]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/zelenskiy-mocks-trump-envoys-humanitarian-praise-for-putin-after-fresh-attacks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/zelenskiy-mocks-trump-envoys-humanitarian-praise-for-putin-after-fresh-attacks/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabrice Deprez in Kyiv, Katya Arenina in Vilnius]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russian missiles bombard Kyiv hours after Witkoff-Putin talks in St Petersburg]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:48:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MI54XE7QQZBP5IPLTCI5WWSVUE.jpg?auth=e30f26a86cfc74c2e40c42cfe5b018af36ababe5a87aed72e09956e5daa3a874&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russia fired around 30 ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight. In Kyiv, six people were injured, according to mayor Vitali Klitschko. Photograph: Diego Fedele/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Diego Fedele</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (32) thought ‘shadow men’ were after him during rooftop standoff with armed gardaí]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/man-32-thought-shadow-men-were-after-him-during-rooftop-standoff-with-armed-gardai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/man-32-thought-shadow-men-were-after-him-during-rooftop-standoff-with-armed-gardai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Martin Cunningham threw oranges around Lidl in Clonsilla before threatening to kill security guard in separate incident]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:42:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HJTECYWF6ZGRNK4T3KNBSMLEMI.jpg?auth=3cae3fb58e613925a7e42c7edcc606629a8d0c62401f75b022dcdc78538212f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[During the rooftop standoff incident, Martin Cunningham had been under the influence of cocaine, vodka and a 'few bumps' of ketamine.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">iStock</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland still relies on fossil fuel for almost 80% of energy as demand rises]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/ireland-still-relies-on-fossil-fuel-for-almost-80-of-energy-as-demand-rises/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/ireland-still-relies-on-fossil-fuel-for-almost-80-of-energy-as-demand-rises/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Increasing flights, traffic and data centre expansion complicating efforts to switch from carbon-polluting fuels]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FYYHLL7WIVCB7ARLPSMQJKQHSE.JPG?auth=62cbbe155e91d1a73376d7ee9c3e00514843cbc86a55b5bd677c3cce120fc38e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Grange Castle data centre campus in west Dublin. Data centres used 22.5% of all electricity in the State last year. Photograph: Naoise Culhane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland open ODI series with 55-run victory over Namibia in Windhoek]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/22/ireland-open-odi-series-with-55-run-victory-over-namibia-in-windhoek/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/22/ireland-open-odi-series-with-55-run-victory-over-namibia-in-windhoek/</guid><description><![CDATA[Paul Stirling’s half-century and wickets for spinners and Gavin Hoey and George Dockrell help secure win ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:33:18 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WOD62VV4P5EMFDTM6DD5UBF5HY.jpg?auth=ae54ee0fea8de3e029fb907a54039a8ed446bb3f157b275bd9403465167e144b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland captain Paul Stirling made a half-century in the win over Namibia in Windhoek. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Nick Elliott</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spinal surgeon who said he would not practise in Ireland now working in US]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/spinal-surgeon-who-said-he-would-not-practise-medicine-in-ireland-now-working-in-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/spinal-surgeon-who-said-he-would-not-practise-medicine-in-ireland-now-working-in-us/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dr Connor Green, who was on leave for three years, resigned from Temple Street children’s hospital this year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:13:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZ5ECWMMIPNWT3766EZRPRK3SE.jpg?auth=8f9ea89cbc047a44f6a7edcadd71241bc5856950bce6fba9c32ebbf52d9e70ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Connor Green, consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Temple St Children’s hospital, carried out the first Irish hip joint transplant using a donor femoral head bone. Photograph: Dave Meehan]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fitzwilliam Hotel in Dublin checks in again with a profit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/fitzwilliam-hotel-in-dublin-checks-in-again-with-a-profit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/fitzwilliam-hotel-in-dublin-checks-in-again-with-a-profit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Company behind the five-star hotel on St Stephen’s Green made a profit last year of €1.6m ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HBUXOUY75RA5VIS5SXY4VJHCAY.jpg?auth=bf819eb46ef9413e6db395b47f46d953490f26f5f2dc79e51dda20216fa2434a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company’s staff numbers declined to 200 from 211 a year earlier. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Newton</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booyakasha! Welcome back, Ali G. Sort of. And maybe just this one last time ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/22/booyakasha-welcome-back-ali-g-sort-of-and-maybe-just-this-one-last-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/22/booyakasha-welcome-back-ali-g-sort-of-and-maybe-just-this-one-last-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sacha Baron Cohen has returned to the character who made his name. People are already annoyed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JWOQKBAJPNCONB5N6H4CSZZ33Y?auth=1368c17a259854c881d4d90755dd1bbd0090b0d204ccef666f6e1733821ea3b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ali G: Who Iz I?: Sacha Baron Cohen returns nearly 25 years after his previous film. Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff Spicer</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global stocks dip after AI boom stalls and motor industry slows ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/global-stocks-slump-as-ai-boom-proves-dangerous-game-and-motor-industry-slows-down/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/global-stocks-slump-as-ai-boom-proves-dangerous-game-and-motor-industry-slows-down/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stocks on either side of the Atlantic end trading session in the red]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RP7HLN5F6PNJ6OJILVOGJTM6PY.jpg?auth=88cc49bf2f7334c18c67049862ee8c249001bd6bf72df60f7b477f598f3e9e38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Luxury goods giant Hermes saw its share price fall after investors lost confidence that the French house can truly compete with Chinese competitors. Photograph: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Christophe Petit Tesson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night divers in Cork make rare sighting of long-snouted seahorse ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/night-divers-in-cork-make-rare-sighting-of-long-snouted-seahorse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/night-divers-in-cork-make-rare-sighting-of-long-snouted-seahorse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is believed to be the first time a wild seahorse has been filmed in Irish waters]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:40:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7JI6PUB4VFHHGLCND5LJ3WXFU.jpg?auth=f653da0f49cf0b34aab9b9041a0e8b6d2746e15442dc35b039319df32b3dab33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Images of a seahorse spotted by a group of divers in the seagrass beds at Oysterhaven, Co Cork, on Monday evening. Image: Cork Sub Aqua Club]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Number of young people dying on Irish roads increases by half this year, gardaí say ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/number-of-young-people-dying-on-irish-roads-increases-by-half-this-year-gardai-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/number-of-young-people-dying-on-irish-roads-increases-by-half-this-year-gardai-say/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Individuals aged between 16 and 25 years make up one quarter of all road fatalities for 2026 to date]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7W7O54FNZD6JMYBJS7W3GOQ55I.jpg?auth=c0bac7a07f05ed38f110e26c6f0af6118e4330cc6c27ef25eb3913e6d5634982&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The M9 crash saw the largest number of deaths in a single collision this year. Photograph: PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niall Carson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[BMWs, Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches seized amid charity money-laundering allegations]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/bmw-cars-louis-vuitton-bags-rolex-watches-seized-by-gardai-investigating-charitable-body/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/bmw-cars-louis-vuitton-bags-rolex-watches-seized-by-gardai-investigating-charitable-body/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charity at centre of investigation is based in Dublin and has national reach, dozens of staff and association with national figures]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PPRIKDIBCRCIZI4EGP6TMLZKN4.png?auth=5ca2b605e701ef23cac6524bbd8e9830e4f85bd31d7018203fb4c9f194ea5b53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches have been seized by gardaí. Photograph: An Garda Síochána]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel kills at least four people in latest attacks on Gaza Strip]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/22/israel-kills-at-least-three-people-in-latest-attacks-on-gaza-strip/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/10/22/israel-kills-at-least-three-people-in-latest-attacks-on-gaza-strip/</guid><description><![CDATA[Some 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since beginning of US-brokered ceasefire one year ago]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:16:29 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DMNEYBSYBYOAMANOY2IFLNOR2U.jpg?auth=be77fa96d8674a8d3752a3dc78af676db5f9a62c7b61daa923fb25903838bc41&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Palestinian firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire in a vehicle destroyed in an Israeli air strike south of Gaza City on Thursday. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mohammed Saber</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[First human case of Shamonda virus is reported in France]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/france-reports-first-human-case-of-livestock-virus-shamonda/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/france-reports-first-human-case-of-livestock-virus-shamonda/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicola Davis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French authorities say there is no risk to general population ​at this stage]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:15:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SCPIUWMGOHMO2ZH5RBUGXDANNU.jpg?auth=22426d563ec38c02511f134f04fe0bfa7287354bad23dc41f454a07d1f631b38&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Transmitted by biting midges and most commonly found in cattle, Shamonda has also been found in horses, alpaca, sheep and goats. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Joel Saget</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley claims FAI disciplinary system ‘not fit for purpose’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/shamrock-rovers-boss-stephen-bradley-claims-fai-disciplinary-system-not-fit-for-purpose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/shamrock-rovers-boss-stephen-bradley-claims-fai-disciplinary-system-not-fit-for-purpose/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cummiskey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hoops will have to do without three players in final two games of the season following suspensions]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:02:06 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/376CRRU5WCRKHXZYW3ZLYJF6JI.jpg?auth=cae20f4ddbe976bbcb5fd38d5c3d73c3c8ab9db6b2b46d134237d831ee8f38a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley feels 'everything around' the League of Ireland's disciplinary process could be improved. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court grants Rathwood injunction over stock held in warehouse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/court-grants-rathwood-injunction-over-stock-held-in-warehouse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/court-grants-rathwood-injunction-over-stock-held-in-warehouse/</guid><description><![CDATA[Carlow Warehousing ordered to preserve Rathwood goods it holds pending further order from the court ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QQTPHBMZBRCKPAHQTLAMOSDAJE.JPG?auth=eb4e6a93b8b9bbace67a56a3be3fbc8551dde8921e0ac9793ec49d94486c7c99&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Rathwood home and garden furniture company has obtained a temporary High Court injunction restraining a warehouse company from disposing of furniture that it claims is held for its benefit. File 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[Andy Burnham is removing a Victorian-era law that singled out Catholics and Jews. Why now? ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/22/andy-burnham-is-removing-a-victorian-era-law-that-singled-out-catholics-and-jews-why-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/22/andy-burnham-is-removing-a-victorian-era-law-that-singled-out-catholics-and-jews-why-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[House of Commons fast-tracked a Bill related to the prime minister’s religion]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAPCQQ3GY7TOXNY3B6GJG32IKU.jpg?auth=e0b26379dd4cbd1ae55e006b63982da866a4bf5d422a96ee963a5474a44acf8c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Andy Burnham blessing himself after laying a wreath during a visit to the Aberfan Cemetery in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Photograph: Ben Birchall/Press Association]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ben Birchall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macron tightens curbs on protests and accuses far left of ‘seditious acts’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/macron-tightens-curbs-on-protests-and-accuses-far-left-of-seditious-acts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/macron-tightens-curbs-on-protests-and-accuses-far-left-of-seditious-acts/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi O’Leary]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Combined yellow-vest and student protest to go ahead in Paris on Saturday as Italy calls in soldiers to patrol Milan streets]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:57:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PNNOGZCYW4RN3BEUZI2QNDEVCM.jpg?auth=4a6227f6e7c93edeccda6903b757aa4e91a30426e964839def1241f4f7446369&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[France's president Emmanuel Macron announced that protests would be 'prohibited' unless organised by trade unions. Photograph: Teresa Suarez/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Teresa Suarez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (20s) becomes sixth arrest in fatal Waterford arson attack investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/man-20s-becomes-sixth-arrest-in-fatal-waterford-arson-attack-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/10/22/man-20s-becomes-sixth-arrest-in-fatal-waterford-arson-attack-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Man and woman previously charged with criminal damage over fire that killed Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum and Jayden]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:57:38 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NRGNONY2G3T6CPWN3NL6UJPQCM.JPG?auth=90398c90e4f11189b3326f3bee03777bd90462cc54d445f0f25191c45d1b1cf7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The English family home after the fire at Birchwood Avenue, Birchwood, in Waterford city. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Boarded out’ children must be included in redress scheme, says survivors’ advocate ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/boarded-out-children-must-be-included-in-redress-scheme-says-survivors-advocate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/boarded-out-children-must-be-included-in-redress-scheme-says-survivors-advocate/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse calls for Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to be extended ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:54:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XWYZDL3IRFHNROA6OYN2XZJISI.JPG?auth=659222c01b180e4e608ca07d50d255bacae16da0c21ad259348fe2a40a1f5ed6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Patricia Carey urged a consistent level of support for survivors of institutional abuse. 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[Most Defence Forces personnel fear mental health disclosure could harm careers, study finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/most-defence-forces-personnel-fear-mental-health-disclosure-could-harm-careers-study-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/most-defence-forces-personnel-fear-mental-health-disclosure-could-harm-careers-study-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack White]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just 22 per cent of respondents indicated they would make such a disclosure to seek medical support]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:50:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EOZHWGC6FZA3BIUYAAPXTM74EY.png?auth=62d60f715d8b32015fc8ab2302c5077fe951fa0c616a89ff0ee657d8900eeeda&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Defence Forces deputy chief of staff support, Colm Ó Luasa, said he did not recognise the 'level of reluctance' found in the study among members to seek support.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tour de France 2027 routes revealed with British stages, time-trials and a volcano]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/10/22/tour-de-france-2027-routes-revealed-with-british-stages-time-trials-and-a-volcano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cycling/2026/10/22/tour-de-france-2027-routes-revealed-with-british-stages-time-trials-and-a-volcano/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Whittle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Next summer’s men’s and women’s race will start in Edinburgh and Yorkshire respectively]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E2QR735GO5UMUSAOW4D5M536KE.jpg?auth=e64c3faa08ddcff7a20c49ef374371b97be1e11070a7e3a7a27b90c97f2c2c70&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme and the Women's Tour de France general director Marion Rousse talk during the presentation of next year's event. Photograph: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Christophe Petit Tesson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Department not capable of ‘great conspiracy’ to oust Labour Court member, official says]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/official-says-department-not-capable-of-mounting-great-conspiracy-to-oust-labour-court-member/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/official-says-department-not-capable-of-mounting-great-conspiracy-to-oust-labour-court-member/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unfair dismissal and other employment rights breaches are being claimed]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:40:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WZU3ML2RT7QSQEMYL32E4M5MGU.jpg?auth=3c9c4e1e758c9d6dcde95132e324b64bc90708339856c643462d2c3efabc42a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A senior civil servant has said the Department of Enterprise could not mount the 'great conspiracy' she said had been alleged by a former Labour Court member to oust him from his seat, the WRC was told. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors seek 11-year sentence for John Gilligan if convicted of Spanish charges]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/prosecutors-seek-11-year-sentence-for-john-gilligan-if-convicted-of-spanish-charges/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/prosecutors-seek-11-year-sentence-for-john-gilligan-if-convicted-of-spanish-charges/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerard Couzens]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Previously released footage shows the moment armed officers used battering rams to smash into his Costa Blanca property]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:34:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DNMGGYRATNBVBAGO3BVFBCAQEA.JPG?auth=0e374ee1b6f16f79c4d221a88dfae16d6776ac79244be4911f279178fc2f47dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[As well as the prison sentence, prosecutors want Gilligan fined €120,000 if convicted as charged. Photograph: Solarpix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JHR/GC</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Duffy’s Axis to ask court to delay ratifying Bawag’s PTSB takeover  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/mark-duffys-axis-to-ask-court-to-delay-ratifying-bawags-ptsb-takeover/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/mark-duffys-axis-to-ask-court-to-delay-ratifying-bawags-ptsb-takeover/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company seeking to put together 11th-hour bid]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6KKUCYNAP5FWTJR6HI4YMLRK34.JPG?auth=fcf22fcb079535eb51c080c2dccea1ceb262b6dfb6e367e2c920085dd3fbd614&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PTSB, which is 57.5 per cent State owned, has not met Axis or provided access to information to carry out due diligence, Axis said.   Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rail IT contract awarded to firm that did not own intellectual property, Minister says ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/22/rail-it-contract-awarded-to-company-that-did-not-own-intellectual-property-minister-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2026/10/22/rail-it-contract-awarded-to-company-that-did-not-own-intellectual-property-minister-says/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Darragh O’Brien says procurement issues around the Irish Rail project are now being addressed ‘very seriously’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BOZOEB65UNHK3LRAICR2A73BZY.jpg?auth=2d6ceb8be8d71b45cc53f6ec23a8562469f6b955c0f3c8f737652216e9c5b38a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien said procurement arrangements for an Irish Rail information technology programme was fundamentally where the problems began. Photograph: Eric Luke 

]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Luke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen: ‘Challenging’ weekend ahead with second storm to follow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-orange-warnings-issued-by-met-eireann-as-ireland-cork-dublin-braces-for-torrential-rain-and-wind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-orange-warnings-issued-by-met-eireann-as-ireland-cork-dublin-braces-for-torrential-rain-and-wind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Warnings of possible transport and power disruptions, with ‘blustery’ conditions for Dublin marathon runners]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:06:28 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SLOVQQZEN5CQJH5BYEPWZY5QEI.JPG?auth=c03d002162fa320c08a7f3b1441f1b881b1f6bf9888550bdb240f8e97553bcef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of Cork County Council clearing drains along the main street of Enniskeane, Co Cork in preparation for Storm Austen.  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[Law Society seeks to meet O’Callaghan ‘in person’ to solve legal aid payments impasse ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/law-society-seeks-to-meet-ocallaghan-in-person-to-solve-legal-aid-payments-impasse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/law-society-seeks-to-meet-ocallaghan-in-person-to-solve-legal-aid-payments-impasse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Carolan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for Justice offers talks to hear Law Society’s viewpoint as four-month withdrawal of services escalates]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:03:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRUZN4O7XB26KUKAU4NAXXZYUQ.JPG?auth=f344b6256af2d0316603a8b977ea9a476f672e6d11a5972196de06d2385ff21a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[No link between healthcare staff recruitment and hospital performance, says Minister]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/10/22/no-real-link-between-healthcare-staff-recruitment-and-performance-minister-for-health-claims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/10/22/no-real-link-between-healthcare-staff-recruitment-and-performance-minister-for-health-claims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Carroll MacNeill compares Cork to Beaumont, where fewer patients are on trolleys]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:58:43 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PXROSVNBVRCK5L7VBHMMFMUT74.jpg?auth=bccddd85874eafdd5333d3130885f583734e269cb09c14c2ac55daf122991a2e&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 McNeill says there is no direct correlation between recruitment and performance in Irish healthcare. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did huge swathes of the internet suddenly go offline yesterday?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/explainer-why-did-huge-swathes-of-the-internet-suddenly-go-offline-yesterday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/explainer-why-did-huge-swathes-of-the-internet-suddenly-go-offline-yesterday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A computer programming language supporting an estimated 70 per cent of all websites was found to have ‘critical vulnerabilities’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:49:59 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LLK67CMXI2P3TIVTXS5GBL5LEM.jpg?auth=cd78f3d9a170cc393509b4c7b4fa7acd3fd3a9e571fcedcf9790520234d97f46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Countless websites suddenly went offline on Wednesday due to security vulnerabilities found in the widely used programming language PHP. Photograph: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yong Teck Lim</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Rooney preliminary inquest hearings private ‘to protect safety of Defence Forces’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/sean-rooney-preliminary-inquest-hearings-private-to-protect-safety-of-defence-forces/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/sean-rooney-preliminary-inquest-hearings-private-to-protect-safety-of-defence-forces/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Several hearings held ‘in camera’ in advance of  inquest next month ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:46:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZVI4RQVVEZA3BO7ONTF3WPQBEY.jpg?auth=398a7c27971c315daf2ed501297f7f341a04548b9c2e627064a4ddaeac99a7d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Seán Rooney was killed in an attack on a convoy of Irish peacekeepers on a United Nations mission in Lebanon in December 2022. Photograph: Defence Forces/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Defence Forces</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government rows back on promise to hold tribunal into scoliosis and spinal surgery scandal]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/government-rows-back-on-promise-to-hold-tribunal-into-scoliosis-and-spinal-surgery-scandal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/government-rows-back-on-promise-to-hold-tribunal-into-scoliosis-and-spinal-surgery-scandal/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers, Marie O’Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Issues include unauthorised springs implanted in children, alleged waiting list irregularities and unnecessary hip surgeries]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:26:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4TS64DGC7D5II6NGKTR5OY4P4M.jpg?auth=1601352fcd7cc35fe91ef1dbd38c0879fbf78c62f6b174d45050d944735fb1ff&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison, parents of Harvey Morrison Sherrat, who had scoliosis and other health issues when he died. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gareth Chaney</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heated exchanges at Yves Sakila inquest after solicitor questions Garda investigation]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/heated-exchanges-at-yves-sakila-inquest-after-solicitor-questions-garda-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/heated-exchanges-at-yves-sakila-inquest-after-solicitor-questions-garda-investigation/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Órla  Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Congolese man died from cardiorespiratory arrest after period of restraint with a number of contributory factors, court hears ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:20:39 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZ7FUH3MSBGNVCZXQYQPJFSQLI.JPG?auth=cf64844699a51b7edb55ba23ddf7cd2d738bb3812e3d8088c3d351fc853fc327&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Flowers left for Yves Sakila on Dublin's Henry Street in May. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Bank inquiry made ‘fundamental errors’ in former PTSB chief tracker mortgage case]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/central-bank-inquiry-made-fundamental-errors-in-former-ptsb-chief-tracker-mortgage-case/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/central-bank-inquiry-made-fundamental-errors-in-former-ptsb-chief-tracker-mortgage-case/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Guinane wins tribunal appeal against Central Bank sanctioning of him for his role]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:55:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MGTQ2JCYWJFMZODFFIFAASWVYA.jpg?auth=7c2425f933c52d9155341a5fa4bb714777f5bd5015d74c336f79192f84e60128&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Former chief executive of PTSB, David Guinane, claimed that he was being made a “scapegoat” for the industry-wide tracker mortgage scandal. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sam boal</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody Wants This on Netflix: Chicken dipper TV – not unpleasant, but eminently disposable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/22/nobody-wants-this-on-netflix-chicken-dipper-tv-not-unpleasant-but-eminently-disposable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/22/nobody-wants-this-on-netflix-chicken-dipper-tv-not-unpleasant-but-eminently-disposable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: This third season bobs along in a pleasant middlebrow haze, with no sense that anything is ever at stake]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:50:13 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2QACEFIULGCNN7POGAFN3CR4SQ.jpg?auth=b72f7f0818a1ed3f04ad674278f27f36a8be277554905aca7c0e58c31d38cc60&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah. Photograph: Katrina Marchinowski/Netflix]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Netflix,Inc./Katrina Marchinowski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halloween festivals, spooky parades and ghoulish galas to consider this midterm]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/22/halloween-festivals-spooky-parades-and-ghoulish-galas-to-consider-this-midterm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/10/22/halloween-festivals-spooky-parades-and-ghoulish-galas-to-consider-this-midterm/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A round-up of the best activities, concerts and family-friendly events to attend around Ireland over the October break ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QUSMZGMMCWVQYYB6RWPCFHJTCE.jpg?auth=ac0074d27f4c9b32b56470035e201b055369cd4324194361cf8112b487dd48a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Derry skeletons turn out for the Halloween festival. File photograph: Tourism Ireland]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leinster’s Sam Prendergast injured for Munster clash as Dan Sheehan starts at number eight ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/leinsters-sam-prendergast-injured-for-munster-clash-as-dan-sheehan-starts-at-number-eight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/leinsters-sam-prendergast-injured-for-munster-clash-as-dan-sheehan-starts-at-number-eight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan Johns]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joey Carbery will line up against his old team, marking his first run out in the 10 shirt since rejoining Leinster]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:30:57 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OU5WH2T5PBMZH34YBNTW75UVLM.jpg?auth=2fb510ab3a7f7e2ef2e17077685638fcfb3c411b91e7b6af640eed5f5e5ad9c9&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 will start as number eight instead of hooker against Munster. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complacency led to energy squeeze in Republic, conference told]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/complacency-led-to-energy-squeeze-in-republic-conference-told/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/complacency-led-to-energy-squeeze-in-republic-conference-told/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Data centre industry conference hears of planned electricity grid investment]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:17:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FYYHLL7WIVCB7ARLPSMQJKQHSE.JPG?auth=62cbbe155e91d1a73376d7ee9c3e00514843cbc86a55b5bd677c3cce120fc38e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ Microsoft’s Grange Castle data centre campus in west Dublin. Complacency created the energy squeeze in the Republic that has ignited controversy over data centres and is hindering investment, a tech industry veteran told a conference on Thursday. Photograph: Naoise Culhane]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Naoise Culhane</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manic Street Preachers in Dublin review: Masters of euphoric melancholy play an emotionally charged 22-song set]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/23/manic-street-preachers-in-dublin-review-masters-of-euphoric-melancholy-play-an-emotionally-charged-22-song-set/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/10/23/manic-street-preachers-in-dublin-review-masters-of-euphoric-melancholy-play-an-emotionally-charged-22-song-set/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Éamon Sweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nearly 30 years after they first played the Olympia, James Dean Bradfield and his bandmates are defiant, life-affirming and always uplifting]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:11:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5J7ILKSWP5CFTMCQ526RVBAE2Q.jpg?auth=e9966eed2f01614d0df9b5bafc5df2938fe3394991b43430bf2863667786a3aa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Manic Street Preachers: James Dean Bradfield onstage at an earlier gig. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Shirlaine Forrest</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish doctors say UK bid to crack down on ‘cosmetic cowboys’ does not go far enough]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/irish-doctors-say-uk-bid-to-crack-down-on-cosmetic-cowboys-does-not-go-far-enough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/irish-doctors-say-uk-bid-to-crack-down-on-cosmetic-cowboys-does-not-go-far-enough/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Bowers]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Under new rules, procedures including ‘Brazilian butt lifts’ could only be performed by doctors]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:07:04 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M26R4RFEJRGRPOGFVS33QNPTV4.jpg?auth=d37d4f0312204f37e6aa5aa7d75bf60516b4ea675ee96c1e3064c6debef3e44b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The UK government has announced new rules on the cosmetic industry in England but medics in the Republic have called for stronger protections. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">koldo studio</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judi Dench: ‘I can’t be on stage... I can’t do a film any more. I can’t read’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/judi-dench-i-cant-be-on-stage-i-cant-do-a-film-anymore-i-cant-read/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/judi-dench-i-cant-be-on-stage-i-cant-do-a-film-anymore-i-cant-read/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dench is no longer able to work as an actor due to age-related macular degeneration]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:59:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AS6KSEQAKIZPCTTS6DQCDI65HY.jpg?auth=2c62113010f5f0dd9556757a775b17a4ee7c34ec3ae2106355ddc6d6603e983b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Actor Judi Dench was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2012. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aaron Chown</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[International investors give Ireland the thumbs up, ignoring corporate tax warnings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/22/international-investors-give-ireland-the-thumbs-up-ignoring-corporate-tax-warnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/10/22/international-investors-give-ireland-the-thumbs-up-ignoring-corporate-tax-warnings/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Markets are pricing today’s tax windfall, not tomorrow’s risks’, warns fiscal council]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:51:36 +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[Stryker charged over alleged health and safety breaches after worker’s death at Cork plant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/stryker-charged-over-alleged-health-and-safety-breaches-after-workers-death-at-cork-plant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/stryker-charged-over-alleged-health-and-safety-breaches-after-workers-death-at-cork-plant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Roche]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[John Murphy (41) died from injuries sustained while carrying out at work at company’s plant at Carrigtwohill]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:40:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G4NY62YMFBZSYTYNTSPFJBLVCI.jpg?auth=6b66fa60fc70a0dab163c2c7e9348931b536ceb9508041db7dedc80a587783e5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[John Murphy (41) died in 2023 after sustaining injuries while working at Stryker's plant in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russell Brand accuser ‘didn’t think she would be believed’, rape trial hears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/22/russell-brand-accuser-said-alleged-rape-really-hurt-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/10/22/russell-brand-accuser-said-alleged-rape-really-hurt-court-hears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Kirk and Ted Hennessey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Former comedian denies rape and sexual assault after being accused by six different women]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:29:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRMPQJH4IASONRJB5IS323555A.jpg?auth=2b70443f748fa604edb4ee6d7fc48a7bd2c1b4f1af998c4adcabcc01d87396a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russell Brand arriving at Southwark Crown Court, London, on Thursday. Photograph: James Manning/Press Association]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Manning</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Manchester United became a club too big not to fail]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/how-manchester-united-became-a-club-too-big-not-to-fail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/10/22/how-manchester-united-became-a-club-too-big-not-to-fail/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gavin Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[United’s ongoing problem is that everyone always has someone else to blame]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:26:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FF4MQEYBZJC6DFOQRKEF4MLNHI.jpg?auth=7b3139ff7d417fa134848b46e06695d73b669b08f8ccc6b1c8124ef59c9df9dc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Michael Carrick will be the latest fall guy because Manchester United has become too big not to fail. Photograph: Marco Luzzani/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Marco Luzzani</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man accused of Dublin mosque arson attack has date set to enter plea]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/man-accused-of-dublin-mosque-arson-attack-has-date-set-to-enter-plea/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/man-accused-of-dublin-mosque-arson-attack-has-date-set-to-enter-plea/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugh Dooley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saeid Khosroabadi did not enter a plea on Thursday due to the ongoing solicitor strike]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:03:30 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5QQG5IUDKBEKVBBTGZ55MFUTCU.JPG?auth=d770386b3318c0b29edffe8328d2ea8e1a6b03e824cd454851f71869cbba026e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Saeid Khosroabadi at a previous court appearance. Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A town called Schengen: After decades of seamless travel, European border checks are back]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/a-town-called-schengen-after-decades-of-seamless-travel-european-borders-checks-are-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/a-town-called-schengen-after-decades-of-seamless-travel-european-borders-checks-are-back/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Creeping reintroduction of checkpoints inside Schengen travel area a nuisance for town where Luxembourg, France and Germany come together ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:12:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KRCI2GCECJE33ENJPH7ZAHC3I4.jpg?auth=28679b45f21ce2348f5c1947118760c7410d715799053f419b2b83544efc25c7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Schengen village, where the Schengen agreement was signed on June 14th, 1985. Photograph: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Thierry Monasse</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Bank fines Irish-based unit of crypto giant Coinbase €3.3m]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/central-bank-fines-irish-based-unit-of-crypto-giant-coinbase-33m/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/central-bank-fines-irish-based-unit-of-crypto-giant-coinbase-33m/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Coinbase Global is the largest crypto exchange in the US and the world’s biggest custodian of Bitcoin]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:55:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PG3WIGPQHI3MWNCFBCDJM3PLJI.jpg?auth=21303734613232d1b4699a6225b58e1b96cce549a6f6bc5db81e635a745141d5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Coinbase Global is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US and the world’s biggest custodian of Bitcoin. Photograph: Gabby Jones/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gabby Jones</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aughinish Alumina exports not included in draft EU Russia sanctions package ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/new-eu-sanctions-package-does-not-propose-to-target-aughinish-alumina-exports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/new-eu-sanctions-package-does-not-propose-to-target-aughinish-alumina-exports/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power, Conor Gallagher, Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Measures cutting Aughinish Alumina’s exports to Russia not included in draft of EU’s next round of economic sanctions targeting Moscow ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:35:52 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YUWJQHNBGVA3HPGURE64LAJLDI.JPG?auth=e0a519a2d7bb6d3ce6a203d40643e48c6932b9111242533786f0ce5f079a0fe0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Exports to Russia from Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick have significantly increased since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down two-time All-Ireland winner Kevin O’Neill passes away]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/22/down-two-time-all-ireland-winner-kevin-oneill-passes-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/22/down-two-time-all-ireland-winner-kevin-oneill-passes-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[O’Neill was part of the Down teams of 1960/’61, the first team from north of the border to win Sam Maguire]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:26:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DQ76SDVLYFDR5OCQOMLUWS6Q7A.jpg?auth=7c2f77e578839072ff2a0a02a96f15e350a367931ad710d39323a2e464ce8d82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Down GAA has paid tribute to two-time All-Ireland winner Kevin O’Neill, who died on Wednesday. Photograph: Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sportsfile</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland and PTSB raise interest rates on products for first time since June ECB hike  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/bank-of-ireland-and-ptsb-raise-interest-rates-on-products-for-first-time-since-june-ecb-hike/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/bank-of-ireland-and-ptsb-raise-interest-rates-on-products-for-first-time-since-june-ecb-hike/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Changes, which are effective from today, follow recent moves by non-banking lenders]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:02:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/54G6NAKUVM3BSXOTJHN7P62UEY.jpg?auth=ef97b162e831588af790322f87beab88842fd95e5fce94feb455f546b2879c03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The ECB is expected by many economists to increase rates again in December. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kirill Kudryavtsev</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The long history of runners taking shortcuts in the marathon]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/22/the-long-history-of-runners-taking-short-cuts-in-the-marathon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/athletics/2026/10/22/the-long-history-of-runners-taking-short-cuts-in-the-marathon/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian O'Riordan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is an extensive track record of men and women somehow cheating their way to the finish line]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NLLFMQPSANDFBJM7P3SG73OIAA.jpg?auth=d0ed2a124a4d64069d359a3d1733c3f7e11f0f7db1584efa71fc4607c01a1364&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rosie Ruiz appeared to win the Boston marathon in 1980. But suspicions about her victory arose immediately after claims that no one had seen her at checkpoints along the 26-mile course]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bettmann</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Farrell goes with a tried and trusted formula for Autumn internationals]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/22/andy-farrell-goes-with-a-tried-and-trusted-formula-for-autumn-internationals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/10/22/andy-farrell-goes-with-a-tried-and-trusted-formula-for-autumn-internationals/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ciarán Murphy bemoans the loss of Finnbarr Roarty to the AFL; a new book by Siobhán Doyle captures Ireland’s sporting past]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:56:02 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MIS2LPKMQBGEZKO6SRDWMNIEMU.jpg?auth=818bf85bd0c4c470dfe85999e45fb85912365ecd752f55586695e9b70f0ca5d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster’s James McNabney who has been named by Andy Farrell in his squad for next month’s Nations Championship. Photograph: Nick Elliott/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US and Israel draw up plans for renewed strikes on Iran after midterm elections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/us-and-israel-draw-up-plans-for-renewed-strikes-on-iran-after-elections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/us-and-israel-draw-up-plans-for-renewed-strikes-on-iran-after-elections/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Julian E Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has repeatedly cancelled plans for a return to major combat]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:23:25 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CFB2B3KWXPX5TLZTOYPNOKW6RE.jpg?auth=fe25c5956d54b9ebe256e358df074fa6fb0d2eacf5db9a808ebe3c46c57f2357&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Throughout this year, Donald Trump has vetoed multiple proposals to return to large-scale combat operations against Iran. Photograph: Eric Lee/The New York Times                    ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eric Lee</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is Storm Austen named after?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/who-is-storm-austen-named-after/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/who-is-storm-austen-named-after/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meteorologist at the centre of a storm: Englishman Austen H Nagle was a ‘tough and very capable administrator’  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:15:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L6BP2OEN7ZEPNFPTF7AV4L7QPA.jpg?auth=2315f8597b2e59b45279e5bc26ff01a3410cd26834d9a4c6d5a3e9044edb3058&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Austen H Nagle (centre), who became the first director of the Irish Meteorological Service. Photograph: Met Éireann]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister wants role for Irish Navy in EU mission targeting Russia shadow fleet]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/ireland-looks-to-increase-troop-numbers-in-bosnia-and-kosovo-after-lebanon-mission-ends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/ireland-looks-to-increase-troop-numbers-in-bosnia-and-kosovo-after-lebanon-mission-ends/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Gallagher]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lebanon mission due to wind down early next year, ending five decades of Ireland’s presence in the region]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GJU4SKRBJ5CQZE2Q2HASVRKIDQ.jpg?auth=65993d0cd6251f797ab80d4198b50aaa0924d04016d0ef03664c6c85402e84f6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Considerations come as the Government progresses a contentious piece of legislation abolishing the triple lock. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Barnes</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 70,000 people left Irish emergency departments before completing treatment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/more-than-70000-people-left-before-completing-emergency-department-treatment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/10/22/more-than-70000-people-left-before-completing-emergency-department-treatment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivienne Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Figures for first seven months of 2026 show issue most prominent at Dublin’s Mater and St James’s hospitals]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:06:19 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VFTZEDG5CJC6RKC7CGEB6PPO2E.jpg?auth=cd024e270a47f1ea7ec5267263156e99d1c25d2e7f4e228bc769756bd4d2cec0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[More than 70,000 people did not wait or left before completing their treatment in emergency departments. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">unknown</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joanne McNally is every Irish woman’s best friend. The begrudgers won’t make a dent in her]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/joanne-mcnally-is-every-irish-womans-best-friend-the-begrudgers-wont-make-a-dent-in-her/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/10/22/joanne-mcnally-is-every-irish-womans-best-friend-the-begrudgers-wont-make-a-dent-in-her/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emer McLysaght]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This brilliant comic deserves every opportunity coming her way]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:23 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6LLROVIOZBJGVAMKBXH7ZHZBCE.jpg?auth=9965e26bebdb1441458043febef7c1b03ac9ec9ba4bd2b8f9eff08d6ec8a3d68&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joanne McNally on The Celebrity Traitors. Photograph: BBC/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/BBC Creative</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convicted gang rapists say trial was prejudiced by allowing woman to give evidence behind screen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/convicted-gang-rapists-say-trial-was-prejudiced-by-allowing-woman-to-give-evidence-behind-screen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/convicted-gang-rapists-say-trial-was-prejudiced-by-allowing-woman-to-give-evidence-behind-screen/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Dunne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Court of Appeal also told that trial judge did not give clear explanation in response to jury question on rape laws]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IVGHM663BFGQBLO6NM667GDLGA.jpg?auth=c9cc8a664ecb1713064dac8848b4b1713998e7e8d728478b0fed35bdc902566c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Matin Zolfaghari, Anthony Hickey and Fabio Vicente were convicted of the rape and sexual assault of a woman they met in a Dublin nightclub in August, 2019. Photographs: Collins Courts]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Courts</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish politics is in a fragile holding pattern, with serious stress tests ahead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/irish-politics-is-in-a-fragile-holding-pattern-with-serious-stress-tests-ahead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/irish-politics-is-in-a-fragile-holding-pattern-with-serious-stress-tests-ahead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Inside Politics: From triple lock to public sector strikes, the mood is ill-tempered]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:37:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KYMQPNBXLS5KVOMCVTR7AXCIKM.JPG?auth=b667982a01dd21a84b40f21f236c97cafeec34840f3accf35420b3a7ad62f7fd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[We don’t have to look far back to know dissatisfaction can take over Irish streets. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta ordered to pay $25bn in New Mexico, faces new class action in Australia]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/10/22/meta-ordered-to-pay-25bn-in-new-mexico-faces-new-class-action-in-australia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/10/22/meta-ordered-to-pay-25bn-in-new-mexico-faces-new-class-action-in-australia/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Riley Griffin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company strikes deal with Zuckerberg to keep CEO in California]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:22:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAXDXSFJ4G3PYCAXZSZPCQNDSY.jpg?auth=f7b07b8847d6dd854f5eb80fae85e9c9e4c5e54f7e2ea1fd2104595bb0927977&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg at his home on Lake Tahoe in California. The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home in Palo Alto for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass a proposed wealth tax. Photograph: Victor Llorente/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Victor Llorente</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clare man (92) on trial accused of indecently assaulting two orphan girls in his care over 50 years ago]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/clare-man-92-on-trial-accused-of-indecently-assaulting-two-girls-more-than-50-years-ago/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/10/22/clare-man-92-on-trial-accused-of-indecently-assaulting-two-girls-more-than-50-years-ago/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alleged offences happened between 1973 and 1975 when orphaned girls were in man’s care]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BP32NUJAW4V64YBCJKAQBXDEJQ.jpg?auth=931e58a5ff1ec18709ce41107677eb5613fc0d6c38e7ef35eb93d708c2fe6958&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ennis Circuit Court heard that at the time of the alleged offences, the accused was aged 39-40 and the girls between seven and nine]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight-loss drug revolution proves ‘accelerator’ for Kerry Group]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/kerry-sees-rising-volumes-in-third-quarter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/kerry-sees-rising-volumes-in-third-quarter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy, Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But weaker dollar hits revenues in year to date]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VBH3DUPZTJGT62EY6B24MU2X4.jpg?auth=8b72825e7f3d05b0f3ce22ccbcea673e133145ac2593df81e8c3b2a96d4a2130&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry Group chief executive Edmond Scanlon. Photograph: Colm Mahady/Fennells]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avant Money profits rise 21% in first nine months of 2026 as loan book expands]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/avant-money-profits-rise-21-in-first-nine-months-of-2026-as-loan-book-expands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/avant-money-profits-rise-21-in-first-nine-months-of-2026-as-loan-book-expands/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spanish-owned bank launched Irish deposit accounts earlier this year]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:43:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3YEJQKSY3ZB6JDPGXNXWD7BRR4.JPG?auth=ba9981a0235ad3e74849da5b1793a3f447642606081cacd72e7dfbaa51533ed2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The company, led by chief executive Niall Corbett, became a branch of Madrid-headquartered Bankinter last year. 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[Elon Musk sets lower sales target for Tesla as it explores SpaceX merger]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/elon-musk-sets-lower-sales-target-for-tesla-as-it-explores-spacex-merger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/elon-musk-sets-lower-sales-target-for-tesla-as-it-explores-spacex-merger/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Davies, Stephen Morris, Kana Inagaki]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Carmaker reports flat revenue and falling profits as it pivots from electric vehicles to AI]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:25:46 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SKW4S2XNMITNOF2UUH3T2CEXJQ.jpg?auth=0a99a315213987d4b65aa162d66e2aa71b26940808f6e4cb3a3c9ac11e47da28&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tesla has suffered from a drop in electric vehicle sales in the latest quarter as higher demand in Europe, driven by petrol prices, failed to compensate for the loss of EV incentives in the US under president Donald Trump. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Justin Sullivan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe’s president stays put as succession drama plays out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/22/zimbabwes-president-stays-put-as-succession-drama-plays-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/10/22/zimbabwes-president-stays-put-as-succession-drama-plays-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Staunton]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Emmerson Mnangagwa (84) will remain in office after his term ends in 2030, as vice-president accuses him of following Mugabe’s path ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:11:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3KNYB6AT2CHB2XMK3SF6QBIC7I.jpg?auth=9fec5234c9b282e20ed71b63b4bb0c9092bda7d585f04e40d7146237fd6d5fe9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Aaron Ufumeli</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darragh O’Brien backs Phil Hogan for key UN post despite pushing for his resignation in Golfgate row ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/darragh-obrien-backs-phil-hogan-for-un-post-despite-pushing-for-his-resignation-amid-covid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/10/22/darragh-obrien-backs-phil-hogan-for-un-post-despite-pushing-for-his-resignation-amid-covid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minister for the Environment says Covid-era golfgate controversy that cost EU commissioner his job ‘is done’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IQXZYUF6JPOEMNYHWP4K4WBMWE.JPG?auth=817e8c87737b5e88351cd20e17fadb7c0b1c845156e40f73e600e53b82cb31f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Darragh O’Brien, who as Fianna Fáil minister for housing in 2020 called on Phil Hogan to resign his EU commissioner role over the Golfgate controversy, has said that issue was in the past. 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Photo: 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[Leinster and Munster face the same choice ahead of Aviva Stadium clash]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/a-year-after-munster-humbled-leinster-the-much-changed-foes-are-ready-to-battle-again/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/a-year-after-munster-humbled-leinster-the-much-changed-foes-are-ready-to-battle-again/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Clayton McMillan and Leo Cullen must chose between tried and trusted or twist towards youth on Saturday]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NMCPSDCHANGIRGM4OWLM6NNGZQ.jpg?auth=a172283b08a4f1cea20c1126b347438d59636f51b0477600f157e9b49509c7d6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jack Crowley, second right, celebrates a penalty late during Munster's victory over Leinster a year ago. Photograph: Ben Brady/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Ben Brady ©INPHO/Ben Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ardstone faces another legal challenge to plan for 562 new homes in Dublin 6]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/ardstone-faces-third-challenge-to-milltown-housing-plan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/ardstone-faces-third-challenge-to-milltown-housing-plan/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Residents of South Dublin suburb seek High Court review of planners’ decision on €69m site]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FR6SEGBNH5DFFJ7OUPTOOWT2EM.png?auth=bc3a5b965aaaf2d3100355114566510477eb42b96838d14a2effd62e14e9011f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[An artist's impression of Ardstone's proposed Milltown development in Dublin 6]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budget was missed opportunity to provide disabled people with meaningful help]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/budget-was-missed-opportunity-to-provide-disabled-people-with-meaningful-help/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/budget-was-missed-opportunity-to-provide-disabled-people-with-meaningful-help/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cost of disability payment falls way short of what is needed and cannot be claimed by those who work]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Not even Jim McGuinness could persuade Finnbarr Roarty to stay – that’s a bad omen]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/22/ciaran-murphy-finnbarr-roarty-donegal-afl-australia-jim-mcguinness-gaa-kobe-mcdonald/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/10/22/ciaran-murphy-finnbarr-roarty-donegal-afl-australia-jim-mcguinness-gaa-kobe-mcdonald/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Murphy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[GAA must stem the trickle of top players to the AFL now before it becomes a flood]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3RIGOYOX75GUBEOIJROZGTBUFI.jpg?auth=08809e399c5a17913baa48f088f8913049d9eab5a0cd2eeee842638cdd297f4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donegal's Finnbarr Roarty is off to play Aussie Rules with AFL side Collingwood of Melbourne. Photograph: Tom Maher/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Tom Maher</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When red means go]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/when-red-means-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/when-red-means-go/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are both cyclists and pedestrians ignoring red lights?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Regulation of food industry is needed to tackle obesity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/regulation-of-food-industry-is-needed-to-tackle-obesity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/regulation-of-food-industry-is-needed-to-tackle-obesity/</guid><description><![CDATA[Drugs like Mounjaro are not the only solution to problem]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Safe as eggs in a Citroën 2CV]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/safe-as-eggs-in-a-citroen-2cv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/safe-as-eggs-in-a-citroen-2cv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Apparently its designer said he wanted ‘an umbrella on wheels’]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Forgotten pension levies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/forgotten-pension-levies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/forgotten-pension-levies/</guid><description><![CDATA[Private sector pensions faced a controversial emergency 0.6-0.75% pension levy from 2011 to 2015]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Were bad landlords partly to blame for race riots in Northern Ireland?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/newton-emerson-were-bad-landlords-partly-to-blame-for-race-riots-in-northern-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/newton-emerson-were-bad-landlords-partly-to-blame-for-race-riots-in-northern-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Riots drove out three-quarters of Ballymena’s Roma population. One in three left Northern Ireland altogether]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPDM52AIKJDBPMRXGWI3JMLC6Y.jpg?auth=5f3f7d298a11e6530c0ff74fe0c9437229036fec9934a735bd2c3fc02cc5cf12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rioter targeted by a PSNI water cannon in Ballymena in June 2025. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles McQuillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GP services should not lose the human touch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/gp-services-should-not-lose-the-human-touch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/gp-services-should-not-lose-the-human-touch/</guid><description><![CDATA[People need to be heard, understood and valued]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Connecting Galway]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/connecting-galway/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/connecting-galway/</guid><description><![CDATA[Our gridlocked city cannot wait any longer for the BusConnects corridors]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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 red means go]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/when-red-means-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/when-red-means-go/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are both cyclists and pedestrians ignoring red lights?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[No obvious indications mother who died at Bray home had suffered violence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/no-obvious-indications-mother-who-died-at-wicklow-home-had-suffered-violence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/10/22/no-obvious-indications-mother-who-died-at-wicklow-home-had-suffered-violence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally, Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bodies of Bridget ‘Biddy’ O’Brien and Jamie McGinn discovered at their home in Bray ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AGOLPTZL7FB3FEYJMKXALLNYLI.png?auth=f7b555adb8bd25017ed8e937d722e2329829deb745005adc48634d6d66fe8051&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The bodies of Jamie McGinn and Bridget 'Biddy' O’Brien were found at their home in Bray, Co Wicklow]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were bad landlords partly to blame for race riots in Northern Ireland?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/newton-emerson-were-bad-landlords-partly-to-blame-for-race-riots-in-northern-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/newton-emerson-were-bad-landlords-partly-to-blame-for-race-riots-in-northern-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Riots drove out three-quarters of Ballymena’s Roma population. One in three left Northern Ireland altogether]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EPDM52AIKJDBPMRXGWI3JMLC6Y.jpg?auth=5f3f7d298a11e6530c0ff74fe0c9437229036fec9934a735bd2c3fc02cc5cf12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rioter targeted by a PSNI water cannon in Ballymena in June 2025. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charles McQuillan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham making TikToks about parking tickets seems to be missing the point]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/finn-mcredmond-andy-burnham-making-tiktoks-about-parking-tickets-seems-to-be-missing-the-point/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/finn-mcredmond-andy-burnham-making-tiktoks-about-parking-tickets-seems-to-be-missing-the-point/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why does politics feel more parochial than ever at a time when global affairs are king?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5SRZ6VMF2NDI5LPZNV2TXNWHYY.jpg?auth=fa6057b7e1deb7832c621df24656ecb85e91259e9f18e867198af116f0e6638b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universal review: A little bit of sauce would go a long way in this Michelin-listed Galway pub]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/review/2026/10/15/the-universal-review-a-little-bit-of-sauce-would-go-a-long-way-in-this-michelin-listed-galway-pub/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/review/2026/10/15/the-universal-review-a-little-bit-of-sauce-would-go-a-long-way-in-this-michelin-listed-galway-pub/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Cronin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Provenance is very strong at this cosy city spot and the food is good, but some tweaks would enhance the experience ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GKPHG6JTXFCVHLRNL7XT67BCKA.jpg?auth=6c21546abba657f2448423bd7872c3d8dd8a0d42b9de5bca33515afd5fb2576d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Universal in Galway, recently added to the Michelin Guide. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micheál Martin was unwise to call Sinn Féin Nazi sympathisers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/micheal-martin-was-unwise-to-call-sinn-fein-nazi-sympathisers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/micheal-martin-was-unwise-to-call-sinn-fein-nazi-sympathisers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil founder Éamon de Valera infamously conveyed his condolences on the death of Hitler]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Bank of Ireland ‘accelerating’ AI’s role in fraud detection and financial guidance ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/bank-of-ireland-accelerating-ais-role-in-fraud-detection-and-financial-guidance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/bank-of-ireland-accelerating-ais-role-in-fraud-detection-and-financial-guidance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Conneely]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Bank says generative artificial intelligence tool has identified €55m in potential tax refunds to customers since April launch]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7O2CPRMJR5B3ZEWSRFWF2Y3ZXA.JPG?auth=01e695d32f8a56c2bcbc45dc31e566f15ae5283ddd1546c9192f9a8f78a4a0ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland said almost 7,000 employees have completed training courses on how to utilise AI services such as Microsoft Copilot. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Semitism is serious enough without conflating it with legitimate criticism]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/anti-semitism-is-serious-enough-without-conflating-it-with-legitimate-criticism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/22/anti-semitism-is-serious-enough-without-conflating-it-with-legitimate-criticism/</guid><description><![CDATA[Israel is a democracy that claims western values, and so invites the standard that it professes]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[‘Some specimen of a man’: Why Andy Farrell has faith in uncapped James McNabney]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/some-specimen-of-a-man-why-andy-farrell-has-faith-in-uncapped-james-mcnabney/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/10/22/some-specimen-of-a-man-why-andy-farrell-has-faith-in-uncapped-james-mcnabney/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ulster’s 6ft 5in solid young backrow is athletic and has excellent pace and footwork]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MIS2LPKMQBGEZKO6SRDWMNIEMU.jpg?auth=818bf85bd0c4c470dfe85999e45fb85912365ecd752f55586695e9b70f0ca5d2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ulster’s James McNabney comes up against Cam Jones of Ospreys in a preseason friendly in September. Photograph: Nick Elliott/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the best way to transfer trust fund to our daughter when she turns 18?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/what-happens-to-our-daughters-trust-fund-at-18/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/what-happens-to-our-daughters-trust-fund-at-18/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Hunt]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We need guidance on how to transfer funds to our daughter in a way that best serves her needs]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4NE4YDKCIJCW5ETP2YAMTGWTUQ.jpg?auth=84a966c21cb77655515e41f247e5531c7062188108d1fb7d0a5557021da3ff17&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Parents considering gifting money via a bare trust should ensure the account is designated as a trust at the outset.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany offers a stark vision of Ireland’s possible future]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/eoin-drea-ireland-big-tech-tax-fine-gael-spending-united-states-european-union/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/22/eoin-drea-ireland-big-tech-tax-fine-gael-spending-united-states-european-union/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Drea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SYXXNDRSIRFMPCFRBRI5L452KE.jpg?auth=21dffbbf916b392183b1aa0e8b2d0f836756987e157d9fa6866f6a629601d307&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[European Commissioner Michael McGrath was a guest at a Google party to celebrate Ireland's presidency of the Council of the EU as protesters demonstrated outside. Photograph: John Thys/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JOHN THYS</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Austen: Unions confirm council staff on industrial action to carry out emergency work as needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-council-staff-on-industrial-action-to-carry-out-emergency-work-as-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/storm-austen-council-staff-on-industrial-action-to-carry-out-emergency-work-as-needed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emmet Malone]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Met Éireann issues status-orange rain warnings for Thursday night when the storm tracks past Ireland’s south coast]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGMAWTAKMVA3LPBGWKMIAW5EO4.JPG?auth=725054391b387cd8a03e072adfed00135aa0fd16c8fc5a12ad8db98684fcb572&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin City Council said its flood response team was 'preparing for the potential impacts of heavy rainfall across the city'. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Maddaloni</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This one scientific advance could help reduce energy use and bills. The key is the human heart]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/10/22/human-heart-could-hold-key-to-energy-efficiency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2026/10/22/human-heart-could-hold-key-to-energy-efficiency/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shauna Corr ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Small science can beat Big Tech at finding solutions to the real problems facing the planet ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M4CD5H5OIZD2VBPVIKF5DRFM24.jpg?auth=63c4e89ccc5ade74549e4dfd2fa1cb1b3951b7f11e47f6b40d5ff764b10d88b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Scientists in Austria are investigating the potential of the human heart and circulatory system to solve the problem of energy loss by liquid swirling through pipes]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">magicmine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axa enters Irish life insurance market through its Laya brand]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/axa-enters-irish-life-insurance-market-through-laya-brand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/axa-enters-irish-life-insurance-market-through-laya-brand/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[French insurer is targeting further growth in life market through partnerships]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6GSY4JKTWBDINPZMC7JG6PDAKI.jpg?auth=c821b7abf8a4f657b2e4ee19b82fe55657b3f65aeb5f051eac82180b324e64ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[AXA Life Europe is now actively seeking additional Irish partners, including credit unions and non-bank mortgage lenders, to offer its protection products to their own customers.  Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">shapecharge</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerns over living longer]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/21/concerns-over-living-longer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/21/concerns-over-living-longer/</guid><description><![CDATA[I worry about a future full of people succumbing to senility in their 60s]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Dublin Marathon: Former drug addict to run 2026 race on ‘the streets where friends died over the years’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/dublin-marathon-former-drug-addict-to-run-the-streets-where-friends-died-over-the-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/10/22/dublin-marathon-former-drug-addict-to-run-the-streets-where-friends-died-over-the-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Holland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After overcoming 40 years of drug-taking, Paul Killeen says running helps him to stay healthy]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/W5F55MALCBAKLG2F5VGP5DAT4Y.JPG?auth=86815715e8c00cf6b3351f8f8263d84d45e6e4e320876e5262bdaf2513800755&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Killeen: 'It will be emotional to run the streets.' 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[Why foreign governments are paying lobbyists to make their case in Brussels]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/why-foreign-governments-are-paying-lobbyists-to-make-their-case-in-brussels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/22/why-foreign-governments-are-paying-lobbyists-to-make-their-case-in-brussels/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More countries are turning to public affairs consultants instead of diplomats to make their case ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NX5WDUCGCNEJVOOX6M7BUQDUV4.jpg?auth=5c25015c8f722623d6e8ae9abadad062d59e0b76811b005aad867c464b12dc51&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sixty years of fighting hunger yielded results but another food crisis looms ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/10/22/sixty-years-of-fighting-hunger-yielded-results-but-another-food-crisis-looms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2026/10/22/sixty-years-of-fighting-hunger-yielded-results-but-another-food-crisis-looms/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Arnold and Cary Fowler]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nutrition quality rather than calories is now key to food security but conflict and climate change make the task harder]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3WPMCFFLTJQTCCDUMHTPSOHQ3E.jpg?auth=0a274e364446d06e0ffd9b56a9aed98e9a04b4ac741913b187c2dc472190c1c5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Food from the now closed US Agency for International Development are delivered in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2023. Future US governments may revert to playing a positive role in global food politics. Photograph: Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times                    ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Huylebroek</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence can’t replace the benefits of nature intelligence  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/artificial-intelligence-cant-replace-the-benefits-of-nature-intelligence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/10/22/artificial-intelligence-cant-replace-the-benefits-of-nature-intelligence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Buckley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As AI changes what and how we learn, real world learning will grow in value]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PRAFD7NDJC35AKSEHOS3EAOG5M.jpg?auth=2d0ffc275377ca255ae21ca8bb9bcea66070c41399feb8e5f21e6a01c93d3985&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oliver Goldsmith among the ‘wildflowers’ at Trinity College Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Donald Trump]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/21/understanding-donald-trump/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/10/21/understanding-donald-trump/</guid><description><![CDATA[The only hope for the United States is for the Democrats (with the help of Independents) to win big in the midterms]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 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[Top Ires investors sell down stakes below Barings proposal price as deadline nears]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/top-ires-investors-sell-down-stakes-below-barings-proposal-as-deadline-nears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/top-ires-investors-sell-down-stakes-below-barings-proposal-as-deadline-nears/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FMR, Starwood and Janus Henderson have sold most of their shares since bid approach announced]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QLUXBT5MGFBCXEGYXJACWSADYU.JPG?auth=03c538d51ef640431f179b8ac3e81e4c36b1876a5f3ef6fd24aedb9ff6987d49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Eddie Byrne is chief executive of Ires Reit, which is being pursued by Barings. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New townhouses and apartments with sleek interior finishes for sale in Shankill]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/three-bed-town-houses-with-sleek-interior-finishes-for-sale-in-shankill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/three-bed-town-houses-with-sleek-interior-finishes-for-sale-in-shankill/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Courtney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Boutique new development by Winterbrook sits between bustling Shankill village and Dart station]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U4YBISTSINBSBC2IWGVUQAJHOY.JPG?auth=f6ebd93716620867e54f30c52b561c9abe42f287af151a3670a2768a3b8bc81a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Poplars in Shankill, south Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Branded ‘lazy’ by Trump, a Democrat is mounting an unexpected challenge in a Republican stronghold]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/the-wheelchair-warrior-taking-on-trumps-heartland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/10/22/the-wheelchair-warrior-taking-on-trumps-heartland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Democrat Josh Turek is mounting an unexpected challenge in Iowa, a traditional Republican bastion]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3XLAH5U5WZBE64UFC3ARQ2JT3I.jpg?auth=e746e846e7356b61e793708d9b089a5852a4944e8561813ee85ea2efcadbd3cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Democratic US Senate candidate Josh Turek during a campaign stop at the Dubuque Farmers' Market in Dubuque, Iowa, on October 17th, 2026. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kamil Krzaczynski</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘People mistake innovation for creating something new’: Apple’s former head of music on keeping things simple]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/people-mistake-innovation-for-creating-something-new-apples-former-head-of-music-on-keeping-things-simple/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/people-mistake-innovation-for-creating-something-new-apples-former-head-of-music-on-keeping-things-simple/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Dillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New book discusses Steve Jobs, U2’s automatic album download and the culture of secrecy at one of the world’s biggest companies]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JS6V7CVCEZCCXB55S2MRLWDIDA.png?auth=d71ec2a744eb3f063a746f62c1a5bf75081136ed57ce63c32df3c36cfac0166c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Steve Jobs unveiling the first iPhone in January 2007. In his new book, Neil West says Jobs could be 'abrasive, rude and extremely direct', but colleagues understood it 'wasn't personal'. ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five homes on view this week in Dublin from €695,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-695000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/five-homes-on-view-this-week-in-dublin-from-695000/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Quinlan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New to the market in Cabinteely, Glasnevin, Templeogue, Glenageary and Drumcondra ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BYUCCRBZWZFADHJDF3Z7D7KM6Q.jpg?auth=5fe796d1a5af00b5f5795b229880b03b29cbdbe98313302041f37dc344052228&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3 Sycamore Lawn, The Park, Cabinteely, Dublin 18]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workplace conflict is said to be costing Irish firms €239m annually. What can be done about it?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/10/22/workplace-conflict-costs-millions-annually-but-what-can-be-done-to-remedy-this-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/10/22/workplace-conflict-costs-millions-annually-but-what-can-be-done-to-remedy-this-problem/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Ward]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Value of lost productivity due to conflict more than €239m, with in excess of €187m in the private sector and almost €52m in the public sector, according to NUIG study]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K22JYJFGMBHNLDQTCXDIHUHGWQ.jpg?auth=f6da928dc45f78215b773729a85a71ed9b45c81015a98d6b7609657ad7e6e3c8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Workers who reported being bullied were much more likely to report that they were often or always stressed. Photograph: Getty Images
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">VioletaStoimenova</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-bed apartment in grand Georgian building in Ballsbridge]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/two-bed-apartment-in-grand-georgian-building-in-ballsbridge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/two-bed-apartment-in-grand-georgian-building-in-ballsbridge/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Mulcahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Second-floor home on Pembroke Road is one of eight apartments in D4 building with off-street parking]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SRIMO3SC4ZDA3CJVPC7L5PJB5Y.jpg?auth=fcea3f420db887ac779ea6739d6f72c7a788e9f9fb12f6a17a5bf7e9309d3f18&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Apartment 4 is on the second floor of 51 Pembroke Road]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charming end-terrace Victorian in Dún Laoghaire ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/charming-end-terrace-victorian-in-dun-laoghaire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/charming-end-terrace-victorian-in-dun-laoghaire/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances O'Rourke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spacious Mosaphir Terrace home retains period details such as deep bay windows and ornate plasterwork]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R6QLCVXMWFB4FOZBSOX5QIFSXM.jpg?auth=7465b2dfa142164a5589fd2f6b7a343ae42098cc8a9d7032b9dd8d0591a7c1a4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[3 Mosaphir Terrace, Corrig Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old meets new in extended Ranelagh redbrick mere metres from Luas stop]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/old-meets-new-in-extended-ranelagh-redbrick-mere-metres-from-luas-stop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/property/residential/2026/10/22/old-meets-new-in-extended-ranelagh-redbrick-mere-metres-from-luas-stop/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin McCafferty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Modernised Victorian Villa with period features and contemporary styling occupies excellent location near Beechwood green-line stop]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MA5MUKVO7NGD7NLA5JROUJAEMQ.jpg?auth=31d2b74cd5af5597bd9cbf16e56c5178c322d067cf540ace0859525fda87eac2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[9 Beechwood Avenue Lower, Ranelagh, Dublin 6]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merz hopes to cash in chips with Nvidia investments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/merz-hopes-to-cash-in-chips-with-nvidia-investments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/merz-hopes-to-cash-in-chips-with-nvidia-investments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jensen Huang was guest of honour at the inaugural Invest in Germany event]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NFWJSQ5PIYQFTW3EN4OBKH4SQM.jpg?auth=0febee8a60cf147330741ad06e9dc0619cf039d487a6f7e8c3615e835b984d20&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang on stage at the Invest In Germany conference in Berlin this week. Photograph: Nadja Wohlleben/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nadja Wohlleben</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Philip K Dickens is Marvel up to with VisionQuest?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/22/what-the-philip-k-dickens-is-marvel-up-to-with-visionquest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/10/22/what-the-philip-k-dickens-is-marvel-up-to-with-visionquest/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Can the MCU’s latest TV offering match the depth of much-celebrated predecessor WandaVision?]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6UIT3VFCLFDRPIXGUF2UBK67FM?auth=376a00a1d0f65dec83e90e953c20b1bea766325222cb36e19e03413f04dee26b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[VisionQuest: James Spader as Ultron and Paul Bettany as Vision. Photograph: Marvel]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Press Association</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Klara and the Sun review: Aran Murphy is lovely. Otherwise, this film is best forgotten]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/10/22/klara-and-the-sun-review-aran-murphy-is-lovely-otherwise-this-film-is-best-forgotten/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/10/22/klara-and-the-sun-review-aran-murphy-is-lovely-otherwise-this-film-is-best-forgotten/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Taika Waititi’s adaptation of the admired Kazuo Ishiguro novel is like an underdeveloped, overly long, candyfloss-swathed episode of Black Mirror]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPULG24QRVBJNEGROUPYDL2OXY?auth=899685443ebb7586cf37ba642d56ba73b7907ba10e18965449af0ec2f7ac0785&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Klara and the Sun: Jenna Ortega and Aran Murphy. Photograph: CTMG]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Courtesy Sony Pictures Entertainment</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatherland review: Ravishing-looking final part of Pawlikowski’s trilogy falls short]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/10/22/fatherland-review-ravishing-looking-final-part-of-pawlikowskis-trilogy-falls-short/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/10/22/fatherland-review-ravishing-looking-final-part-of-pawlikowskis-trilogy-falls-short/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It seems churlish to complain that Fatherland is the weakest of the director’s historical trilogy, but it is]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XZOD7OHMPRFDRGNHVRKMSZFBLQ.jpg?auth=bfaffe0ffd605f8769938148a19fee6fa928e7d430f93c748e002692dbe77ae6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fatherland: Sandra Hüller in Pawel Pawlikowski's film. Photograph: Agata Grzybowska]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warmer, cosier and cheaper to run – how a home energy upgrade is helping one committed homeowner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/warmer-cosier-and-cheaper-to-run-how-a-home-energy-upgrade-is-helping-one-committed-homeowner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/warmer-cosier-and-cheaper-to-run-how-a-home-energy-upgrade-is-helping-one-committed-homeowner/</guid><description><![CDATA[Warmer, cosier and cheaper to run – how a home energy upgrade is helping one committed homeowner]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TSZN4AUQFZGWRBBZZUNWENVV6A.jpg?auth=791acad638255f63477b0dda68fc133a84f23747455bfce2b7a1ce42f3f7de64&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Environmentalist Deirdre De Burca at home]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish company at centre of large energy project for West Bank ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/irish-company-at-centre-of-major-energy-project-for-west-bank/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/10/22/irish-company-at-centre-of-major-energy-project-for-west-bank/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eoin Burke-Kennedy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Energy consulting firm Azorom working to bring two new solar and battery storage systems to Palestinian territory]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UOPJPFZK35MV3ZXRVY46UHIVOE.jpg?auth=da0f21ea95327893efe89a933ff84a6e73b5beb60627716a8ea068800b7367ec&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Irish energy consulting firm Azorom has just completed a six-month feasibility study to assess existing solar generation, electricity demand and the distribution network in the West Bank. Photograph: Mason Trinca/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mason Trinca</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applications open for Research Ireland Industry Fellowship Programme]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/applications-open-for-research-ireland-industry-fellowship-programme/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/applications-open-for-research-ireland-industry-fellowship-programme/</guid><description><![CDATA[The overall aim is to strengthen the linkages and interplay between industry and the research community]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6ENRSV7HZHB5ODPJNN5HBWSVI.jpg?auth=e7d863768d6c8f02bc40fe7d976788d28bceb0bb90f44a46c16c768a4d96a3bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sanjeri</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make time for Dublin this winter]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/10/22/make-time-for-dublin-this-winter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/advertising-feature/2026/10/22/make-time-for-dublin-this-winter/</guid><description><![CDATA[From autumn rugby and city shopping to good food and leisurely mornings, there’s plenty to enjoy a stay at InterContinental Dublin this winter]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EBJK4KTM75D7VFAN6PVHK46LN4.jpg?auth=61a35f708c1e4d6d0c5195ddfad664a46e23cae9309cb8add594ca5a156ea4bc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Discover winter moments at InterContinental Dublin]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 50,000 households are being rewarded for flexible electricity use]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/more-than-50000-households-are-being-rewarded-for-flexible-electricity-use/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/more-than-50000-households-are-being-rewarded-for-flexible-electricity-use/</guid><description><![CDATA[ESB Networks aims to give customers practical and relatable ways to participate in the move towards a more renewable net-zero future]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7NUW4774SBBI5GR36FBJGLLHXU.jpg?auth=e06b6e18571736964294058f9e7559a6b2818bf42ed17ca275ade0d3a4ada792&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aisling Walsh, customer and strategy manager at ESB Networks]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food Drink Ireland launches new Food Safety Incident Management Guide]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/food-drink-ireland-launches-new-food-safety-incident-management-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/2026/10/22/food-drink-ireland-launches-new-food-safety-incident-management-guide/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aimed primarily at manufacturers, the new guide is designed to protect and maintain Irish food safety standards]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7H73G7KMFBM5GBNX7OFJJB7VY.jpg?auth=fa2f5faa8a3d07dfb5e4510d0fd787de20995d80f7572c179bf3c2a5938d800f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The overall objective of the guide 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