<?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/latest/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:05:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Dave: Thousands of homes and businesses without power]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/04/met-eireann-forecasts-100kmh-gusts-and-rain-on-easter-weekend-as-storm-dave-nears-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/04/04/met-eireann-forecasts-100kmh-gusts-and-rain-on-easter-weekend-as-storm-dave-nears-ireland/</guid><description><![CDATA[Several flights cancelled over weekend following strong winds around country]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:45:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V2CMWSMRV5HGBFL2D65S2ZZQ6U.JPG?auth=921270c0146a9bb9f9f246beb68ba72d0366fcf3d7d3cef6e2d7b1039c7f0788&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sudden heavy squalls of rain hit Dublin in between bursts of sunshine on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighter jet crew member safe, says Trump, after ‘daring’ rescue mission]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/05/iran-war-live-updates-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/05/iran-war-live-updates-oil-latest-trump-us-news-israel/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president says weapons officer suffered injuries but ‘will be fine’ after plane shot down over Iran]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:43:50 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PTX6RJ6VXD7MQC7CTJUH2RJ7FU.jpg?auth=4c8231a2677f98cf219c6bb9b1f8441280e3ec3aade6c7dfc722c73731fb1d75&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 said the service member whose plane was shot down over Iran is injured but “will be just fine”. Photograph: Al Drago/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Al Drago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US rescues second crew member from downed fighter jet in Iran]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/05/us-rescues-second-crew-member-from-downed-fighter-jet-in-iran-trump-says/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/05/us-rescues-second-crew-member-from-downed-fighter-jet-in-iran-trump-says/</guid><description><![CDATA[Airman injured but ‘will be just fine’, US president says after two-day search and rescue mission behind enemy lines]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:31:58 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GOOKEOWFTZJURNUM7FFEO3CLDM.jpg?auth=4b6c71456b2ec87330e7effb047b2c25a97b486e41c3108bafd1e15acbdbeb5e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A US Air Force airman pushes a cart past an F-15E Strike Eagle at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo/AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Maya Alleruzzo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheer prevalence of AI prose is giving rise to a new and extreme kind of suspicion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/mark-oconnell-sheer-prevalence-of-ai-prose-is-giving-rise-to-a-new-and-extreme-kind-of-suspicion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/mark-oconnell-sheer-prevalence-of-ai-prose-is-giving-rise-to-a-new-and-extreme-kind-of-suspicion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark O’Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We exist, increasingly, in a cultural environment where we can never be quite sure whether what we are reading was written by a human or LLM]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BPBOOLC5PX5DBSK7BSG7FRHXZY.jpg?auth=7f5fb40cbf2966ce8bdb12cba2556d21c088949e9867bdb3961799c9231d839d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Author Jean-Baptiste Andrea: The New York Times Book Review published a review by writer Alex Preston of Andrea's book, Watching Over Her, that was largely generated by AI. Entire paragraphs were lifted from a previously published Guardian review of the book. Photograph: Teresa Suarez/EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Teresa Suarez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along Route 50, a solitary stand against Trump’s immigration raid]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/05/along-route-50-a-solitary-stand-against-trumps-immigration-raid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/04/05/along-route-50-a-solitary-stand-against-trumps-immigration-raid/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On the wind‑scoured plains of rural Colorado, one student’s weekly protest draws on a local history shaped by hardship, endurance and quiet resistance]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AMGGLYO7RBFAVE3V7BZUIWWB7U.jpg?auth=dcfd26c77ad8a45822051fdc0278618b9e22bc8a8053d4e99186ec9e79fd92ac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A sign marking Highway 50 in Lamar, Colorado. Photograph: Rachel Ellis/Bloomberg via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bloomberg</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnificent seven no more as Big Tech stocks hit bear market territory]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/05/magnificent-seven-no-more-as-big-tech-stocks-hit-bear-market-territory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/05/magnificent-seven-no-more-as-big-tech-stocks-hit-bear-market-territory/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As investors rotate away from high-flying tech, the era of effortless outperformance seems to be over]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:11:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FKOA6IAZYBEOFKHC75A4UNMZXU.jpg?auth=42b1bb77f00d6e1d6ef273908d76dcf28a628d977618be2906055bea7740810c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Six of the so-called magnificent seven stocks – Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Tesla – have lost at least 20 per cent of their value. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">D-Keine</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Rasputin to Putin: Why Russia will never learn from its history]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/from-rasputin-to-putin-why-russia-will-never-learn-from-its-history/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/from-rasputin-to-putin-why-russia-will-never-learn-from-its-history/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWEN6RQVDRCCPKGM3LI33KH2WI.JPG?auth=dec5a530500fa459d077e3ac067e9e0c85d8f7aadfa2d625a90c005e48986ed0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jan. 1, 1910 - Grigori Rasputin (1872-1916), Russian Mystic, Portrait, 1905 (Credit Image: © Glasshouse/ZUMAPRESS.com)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">JT Vintage</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. Here are four things we can do now]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/04/sinead-osullivan-we-need-a-national-strategy-for-the-fuel-crisis-here-are-four-things-we-can-do-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/04/sinead-osullivan-we-need-a-national-strategy-for-the-fuel-crisis-here-are-four-things-we-can-do-now/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinéad O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And when we’ve done them, we need to build a long-term energy security strategy]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XNKC4MK2O4EZOT6SGDOLQA5P2Y.JPG?auth=76a9c4f605f4f3392c1d46625964840801d729089fc58cddb82c35d04c524487&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Can Ireland organise itself to use less fuel while this lasts, and to build structures that make the next shock hurt less? 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[Ministers warned of delays in writing EU rules into law as presidency approaches ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/05/ministers-warned-of-delays-in-writing-eu-rules-into-law-as-presidency-approaches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/04/05/ministers-warned-of-delays-in-writing-eu-rules-into-law-as-presidency-approaches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Correspondence shows Government keen to avoid getting rap on the knuckles from Brussels ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IEPCJZVDP5EUZF3JN7ELLL6A7E.jpg?auth=804eaba0faa3be5e06516087b44f7506c48f026d972cdac00bb789c469ff497b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne wrote to all Ministers late last year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy seeks entry into elite club of players who have defended Masters titles]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/04/rory-mcilroy-seeks-entry-into-elite-club-of-players-who-have-defended-masters-titles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/04/rory-mcilroy-seeks-entry-into-elite-club-of-players-who-have-defended-masters-titles/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have managed the feat]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LNHW26FW5YTPV2LDPP662K3SLY.jpg?auth=8d4a20fd085aaf055ccb320a5a4f339b188590b1ffd7e590ed48db04f032af1a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy will play in his 18th Masters. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Richard Heathcote</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTÉ’s Kate McDonald: ‘At the moment, life and death feel quite close together’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/rtes-kate-mcdonald-at-the-moment-life-and-death-feel-quite-close-together/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/rtes-kate-mcdonald-at-the-moment-life-and-death-feel-quite-close-together/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RTÉ’s Clarity Correspondent on pregnancy, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and losing her wedding outfit]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BIWNELN7MJDIXO5PAF36QBDR6M.JPG?auth=20d25fbadbd4f818ce6063ba6e1e94e25526b2b4f18d7fcbefc5e1e7d138303b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate McDonald: 'I’m definitely intense; I’m a textbook Scorpio']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I had an affair and ended my marriage, and I keep obsessing over why’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/04/05/i-had-an-affair-and-ended-my-marriage-and-i-keep-obsessing-over-why/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2026/04/05/i-had-an-affair-and-ended-my-marriage-and-i-keep-obsessing-over-why/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Roe McDermott]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ask Roe: I am now in midlife, regretful that I wasted years, and broke my own moral code. I am grieving for many reasons]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXUN3GZASZDY7O3VIMLZTH3FJM.jpg?auth=b1c7ecfab2b30bfac9840fcb7164f08daa67d9e57819895c168b2aedd2bc9eb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Some well-meaning people say I need to move on.' Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Olga Pankova</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, Easter is largely a festival of chocolate. No, that’s not anti-Catholic bias]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/catholics-are-not-being-persecuted-in-ireland-but-christian-teaching-is-being-ignored/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/catholics-are-not-being-persecuted-in-ireland-but-christian-teaching-is-being-ignored/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Catholics are not being persecuted in Ireland but Christian teaching is being ignored - and that’s a pity]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RZ77GJ5V5VDJ7KO3XSSKCEXVHE.jpg?auth=1c1797dc9ba70672361a792630b5cf7c59f9adb37bde4d63525d3138f867cd54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Joe Humphreys]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s strange to say to Irish people that you miss the bad weather’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/05/its-strange-to-say-to-irish-people-that-you-miss-the-bad-weather/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2026/04/05/its-strange-to-say-to-irish-people-that-you-miss-the-bad-weather/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Dillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wild Geese: Nick O’Conor, Nice]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4DM7FPFFDRFATHADJQNF4GS4KM.jpeg?auth=d920eca652ea3827f18b9f333ca477ce5cc12512515119613a8cb85c26f9ce29&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Nick O'Conor: 'Irish investors didn’t understand what they were getting into. A very common complaint was that "it is not like that at home".']]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New National Concert Hall boss: ‘I hope to be here for the grand reopening’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/new-national-concert-hall-boss-i-hope-to-be-here-for-the-grand-reopening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/new-national-concert-hall-boss-i-hope-to-be-here-for-the-grand-reopening/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New chief executive Nigel Flegg hopes the NCH’s long-planned redevelopment will start in 2028 and transform it into a ‘cultural mother ship’]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/73MCPNYTQBA2TGZ4SNBWCO3IYE.JPG?auth=953225d65637fc8fc4f644819271a9dd86e169d8fe0d2f91f39e829e254e9188&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[National Concert Hall chief executive Nigel Flegg: 'When you invest in culture, you are really investing in the people of Ireland.' Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Ikea made savings plans: Here’s how Simon Harris’s Swedish-style plan might work]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/cliff-taylor-if-ikea-made-savings-plans-heres-how-simon-harriss-swedish-style-plan-might-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/05/cliff-taylor-if-ikea-made-savings-plans-heres-how-simon-harriss-swedish-style-plan-might-work/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ISK accounts are popular examples of Swedish minimalism but there are two key questions that may decide if the Irish version is as successful]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4T2MS6BQZFBXK66H3ABO4POWU.jpg?auth=0f1cfcb6102b21709a469ee785b7faa0ed29873db27c74e320decf2edbda6331&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cliff Taylor]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Ireland have correct policies in place to build 50,000 homes?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/does-ireland-have-correct-policies-in-place-to-build-50000-homes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/04/05/does-ireland-have-correct-policies-in-place-to-build-50000-homes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Glenveagh boss Stephen Garvey believes the Government has got the policy mix right]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IK44QRNYRNAWLDIO5MSSTUT23E.JPG?auth=f92c2630fdbc58b15df77f5c26480f0f074495f060eb974163d425e92553a746&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey and independent non-executive director Emer Finnan. Photograph: Barry Cronin]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Barry Cronin</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harder, faster, stronger: Cork-Limerick rivalry has rewritten the rules on intensity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/04/harder-faster-stronger-cork-limerick-rivalry-has-taken-hurling-intensity-to-new-levels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/04/04/harder-faster-stronger-cork-limerick-rivalry-has-taken-hurling-intensity-to-new-levels/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[League final has much to live up to and could set the tone ahead of the championship]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/66L5AZUZ3ZHJHKEPHDLNV75SCA.jpg?auth=840771012d73614786b5deaa898e7ba6e77e8998bfe8b066ceb7fe5ed98450ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Walsh of Cork steals a march on Limerick's Sean Finn during the teams' National Hurling League Division 1A match at TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, last month. Photograph:
James Lawlor/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/James Lawlor</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Masters: Five players that could be putting on the Green Jacket next Sunday]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/05/the-masters-five-players-that-could-be-putting-on-the-green-jacket-next-sunday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/2026/04/05/the-masters-five-players-that-could-be-putting-on-the-green-jacket-next-sunday/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Reid]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Matt Fitzpatrick is in the form of his life, while Jon Rahm is impressing on the LIV Tour]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HYSYUWIUH3447HQ4HVGYA2G7KI.jpg?auth=f2ecc84320d99bc2ec84bf48b7f27fcd522a4f2508ee2b3a3295f8586dc5cfeb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Matt Fitzpatrick reacts on the 18th green at the Valspar Championship. Photograph: Julio Aguilar/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Julio Aguilar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Only the head was sticking out’: Mobile Irish relic causes a surprise in Scotland]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/05/only-the-head-was-sticking-out-mobile-irish-relic-causes-a-surprise-in-scotland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/05/only-the-head-was-sticking-out-mobile-irish-relic-causes-a-surprise-in-scotland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Carroll]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wicklow GAA’s April Fool bombs; Children’s hospital seeks ‘economically advantageous’ provider; Musk praises ‘cunning’ Irish breakthrough for Starlink]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XT3KAV3MENEVZO75VJ62W77TNA.jpg?auth=6ae809988391e2c02f6679371a22d00a4464dbc86d776578a9dc5dc46b9d389b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The branded toy duck travelled some 300km from the River Liffey in Dublin to Islay in Scotland's Hebrides. Photograph: Daniel Wrede]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion: How to wear the colour of the season - yellow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/05/dare-to-bui-add-a-little-sunshine-to-your-outfit-with-a-splash-of-yellow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2026/04/05/dare-to-bui-add-a-little-sunshine-to-your-outfit-with-a-splash-of-yellow/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Deirdre McQuillan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Banana, butter, canary, daffodil – you name it – fashion has surrendered to yellow in its many guises yet again this season]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XIEH2ZKSYJFM5NF66PJMCJBMOY.jpg?auth=ca088a48bc60f73bf336b1167ac5a341b2729f615ba3a8df4a69af41dbc3aeeb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gorse sweater from Ireland's Eye Elemental Collection]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland’s retrofit reality: From ‘amazing’ home energy results to ‘miserable’ and costly experiences]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/irelands-retrofit-gap-from-amazing-home-energy-results-to-miserable-and-costly-experiences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/05/irelands-retrofit-gap-from-amazing-home-energy-results-to-miserable-and-costly-experiences/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Retrofitting offers cosy home and energy cost cuts but can also come with financial burdens and bureaucratic nightmares]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVQP5V73VFBJJENTH544P2WTAM.jpg?auth=5aa11d81029866bca2669b507a146650cb8a209ed6381c218f72d6761f3c684d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Retrofitters Garrett Fox in Claregalway, Aisling Walsh and Leon Callan in Cork and Catherine Young in Laois (from left to right). Graphic: Paul Scott ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The fear doesn’t go away’: the merchant seamen stuck in the Gulf ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/05/the-fear-doesnt-go-away-the-merchant-seamen-stuck-in-the-gulf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/04/05/the-fear-doesnt-go-away-the-merchant-seamen-stuck-in-the-gulf/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aie Balagtas See]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thousands of civilian sailors have been stranded for more than a month in waters surrounded by a conflict zone because of the US-Israeli war on Iran]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6WXOB5OKF5AFDMZR5OBFNXA7UM.jpg?auth=e7c76f5e805c4d8b7f85e8245c5c3897fc6b52109acf6d2ca9417ea8edc3292c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Smoke rising from a Thai bulk carrier near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack. Photograph: Royal Thai Navy ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">HANDOUT</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vinegary and funky or lively and pure? Natural wine is rightly having a moment]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/05/vinegary-and-funky-or-lively-and-pure-natural-wine-is-rightly-having-a-moment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/04/05/vinegary-and-funky-or-lively-and-pure-natural-wine-is-rightly-having-a-moment/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How to Drink Better: Some natural wines are great and some are substantially less so, but they definitely have a future]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5DOK2JKABFELBQFDVX5W2FCJQ.jpg?auth=0999a4622a79fab7aacbc9c7fab463c7669dc97ca93c35706e4a9215bdaa1b5a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Natural winemaking is a rebellion against industrial wines. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">mythja</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaun Ryder: ‘Bez and I have had a sexless marriage for 32 years. I’m with him all the time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/05/shaun-ryder-bez-and-i-have-had-a-sexless-marriage-for-32-years-im-with-him-all-the-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/04/05/shaun-ryder-bez-and-i-have-had-a-sexless-marriage-for-32-years-im-with-him-all-the-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Happy Mondays frontman on living in Ireland, the band’s drug-fuelled Madchester years, and being back on tour]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MF7J7OKAHRGWNDZBKRVUU3UO7I.jpg?auth=4bf079a1c0ed9267a475038e8417c95ca4585f3975d3ada089d8b7a266390010&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Happy Monday: Shaun Ryder on stage in 1991. Photograph: Niels van Iperen/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niels Van Iperen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine dining and cocktails, street food and pints: 20 perfect bar and restaurant pairings]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/04/05/fine-dining-and-cocktails-street-food-and-pints-20-perfect-bar-and-restaurant-pairings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/04/05/fine-dining-and-cocktails-street-food-and-pints-20-perfect-bar-and-restaurant-pairings/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joanne Cronin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When it’s in the right spot, a drink before or after dinner can help to create the perfect evening]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OVMCQNETKZB5ZNYQ5UGN3QUKZY.jpg?auth=875e4615dc113066a865ff2613b9375b5e1ce257b0983e3f1e6651ca65f7fc52&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Sidecar at the Westbury hotel in Dublin 2, a calm spot for a pre- or post-dinner cocktail.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be more Ryan Gosling: Why AI and the media need us to be curious]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/05/be-more-ryan-gosling-why-ai-and-the-media-need-us-to-be-curious/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/04/05/be-more-ryan-gosling-why-ai-and-the-media-need-us-to-be-curious/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[News outlets are built on curiosity. Now they’re having to defend the kind the powerful don’t like]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/E7CYYPI6YJGLNCZ5HKXATVMWMI.jpg?auth=c5341da124f3c3d5c7da1316fb8079efd3844bc5630d3093c3058e906fcfef37&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary: Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace in the biggest Hollywood film of 2026 so far]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aer Lingus has begun its free in-flight wifi. Bang goes a rare oasis of tranquillity]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/05/aer-lingus-has-begun-its-free-in-flight-wifi-bang-goes-a-rare-oasis-of-tranquillity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/05/aer-lingus-has-begun-its-free-in-flight-wifi-bang-goes-a-rare-oasis-of-tranquillity/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Soon the only place a person will get free of online badgering is when under general anaesthetic]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GEFYBM6NSRG6JOEJ7AH4Y5JCUM.jpg?auth=37427cb99f8e47e88d9395299844e00f76b2a8843ec675f7baf23254fad4ded7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Aer Lingus: the Starlink connection, to be rolled out ‘over the coming years’, will be free to all passengers]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eoin McGirl</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[My tulip flowers are dying off before opening - what’s wrong?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/04/05/my-tulip-flowers-are-dying-off-before-opening-whats-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/04/05/my-tulip-flowers-are-dying-off-before-opening-whats-wrong/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Do these withered, dirty grey-brown patches mean my plants have the dreaded tulip fire disease?]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GYLLAKECTVBRDJB3F6OC6PML5E.jpg?auth=69f36047377531e67949eafc8d0f5a427f598469095699d772b979d4b6821f15&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tulip fire (Botrytis tulipae) on tulips: A wet spring exacerbates the symptoms, allowing the disease to hop easily from plant to plant. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">matunka</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/05/tv-guide-the-best-new-shows-to-watch-starting-tonight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/04/05/tv-guide-the-best-new-shows-to-watch-starting-tonight/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Courtney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 5th-10th highlights, including Other Voices presents Foo Fighters; Intinní Áille – Beautiful Minds; Tracks & Trails and The Testaments]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LHJWRFKOBBAFZCYXB3JCDDNJLY.jpg?auth=3b56fe5e0f23394ef552f854f90d682d24b50a8ccb0b4f36b587467ec544c869&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[For Peat’s Sake: Independent councillor Tomás Ó Curraoín on Moycullen bog, Co Galway. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four new films to see this week: Fuze, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Amélie]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/05/four-new-films-to-see-this-week-fuze-kim-novaks-vertigo-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-amelie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/04/05/four-new-films-to-see-this-week-fuze-kim-novaks-vertigo-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-amelie/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke, Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kim Novak and Audrey Tautou feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 3rd, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DLJPWDBAUJGAHCL6UUUTHK2OGE.jpg?auth=babc456d58e23e9bcdf383903e3f72e5bbffbefce31adb615e0a9d8f455f4f8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Amélie: Audrey Tautou in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 film]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New poetry: John McCullough; Paddy Bushe; Raquel F Menéndez; Wendy Cope]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/05/new-poetry-john-mccullough-paddy-bushe-raquel-f-menendez-wendy-cope/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/04/05/new-poetry-john-mccullough-paddy-bushe-raquel-f-menendez-wendy-cope/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mícheál McCann ]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Reviews of Crowd Voltage; Uncertain Passage; The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad; and the Collected Poems of Wendy Cope]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PMVOM32L27KFWEJ75P7BCHI36Q.jpg?auth=43fafb27f5de8f612ca34e1c0ed5da2f1bc15cb98376edddf40f8e50e92206f0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paddy Bushe: In Uncertain Passage the poet pendulums between the cathedral register of classical music and the raw melodies of his Kerry environs. Photograph: Pat Boran]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author Susannah Dickey: ‘With each book I find myself more invested in writing Ireland’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/05/author-susannah-dickey-with-each-book-i-find-myself-more-invested-in-writing-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/04/05/author-susannah-dickey-with-each-book-i-find-myself-more-invested-in-writing-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the author’s Donegal-set third novel Into the Wreck the vessel of the title ‘represents in some ways the plethora of suppressed histories harboured by families’ across the island]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPAY5A67RBGSJPHN6UWGF6BLPI.jpeg?auth=9edcf05b3b007921506c88773a167a97c09a675aa704168f18a3cc97eefdfdfd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Susannah Dickey: 'Women continue to die at the hands of men across the North, and I was trying to think about how language gets weaponised to reduce, dehumanise, and vilify victims']]></media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>