<?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>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:10:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry need all of their talents to subdue unyielding Tyrone]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/kerry-need-all-of-their-talents-to-subdue-unyielding-tyrone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/kerry-need-all-of-their-talents-to-subdue-unyielding-tyrone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Clifford stars as Armin Heinrich’s late goal puts gloss on battling win for champions in compelling contest]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:52:03 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XVNWRPZY6BCQG5WIVO6JYXZ6WM.jpg?auth=2c9cb2ada4aab4c7b914bc65046a12fc212b82defd3bfa9573039fdb43f34d49&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's David Clifford and Armin Heinrich celebrate. 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Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage kicks as Kobe McDonald and Darragh Beirne shine in Mayo’s win over misfiring Cork]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/teenage-kicks-as-kobe-mcdonald-and-darragh-beirne-shine-in-mayos-win-over-misfiring-cork/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/teenage-kicks-as-kobe-mcdonald-and-darragh-beirne-shine-in-mayos-win-over-misfiring-cork/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andy Moran’s side back up his prediction that Croke Park would suit them down to the ground  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:14:10 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/K4U57NWW6UBENDW2MWPQSYXHXQ.jpg?auth=4fc632618706567639afe446c63d71c2bcf0cf42c2329c31bac1ef68598233d4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo’s Kobe McDonald claims a high ball during the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Cork at Croke Park. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the earthquake in Venezuela: a tragedy of immense proportions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/27/the-irish-times-view-on-the-earthquake-in-venezuela-a-tragedy-of-immense-proportions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/27/the-irish-times-view-on-the-earthquake-in-venezuela-a-tragedy-of-immense-proportions/</guid><description><![CDATA[A country not able to deal with the fall-out on its own needs international assistance on a major scale]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SC4PH3HWWDZYTKBSPCIFDCMH4E.jpg?auth=9cabf14cf057cfe3842f42e7b20793f3225c23a7ff63fb0e73412d8d936c9486&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Local volunteers and emergency workers search for bodies in the wreckage of an apartment building in La Guaira, Venezuela last Thursday (Photo: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adriana Loureiro Fernandez</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/27/hungarians-turn-out-in-thousands-for-first-pride-march-since-viktor-orban-was-voted-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/27/hungarians-turn-out-in-thousands-for-first-pride-march-since-viktor-orban-was-voted-out/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Spike, Associated Press]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Far-right former prime minister had sought to outlaw event among other anti-LGBTQ+ policies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:54:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WQW5MNUBTGJRJTBHPUM3ME273Y.jpg?auth=d38f4dbef1ad3a2e260c9dacdb72ddcf0cfceb5efb10b45cb346621d17f5ed92&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Participants cross the Erzsebet bridge during the 31st Budapest Pride. Photograph: Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Zoltan Balogh</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Late scores help Limerick pip Tipperary to secure a first minor hurling title in 42 years]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/late-scores-help-limerick-pip-tipperary-to-secure-a-first-minor-hurling-title-in-42-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/late-scores-help-limerick-pip-tipperary-to-secure-a-first-minor-hurling-title-in-42-years/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barry at the Gaelic Grounds]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Minor manager Diarmuid Mullins hails senior side for giving belief to the county’s young hurlers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4VWUF3S4JBDGOZ2FWEQCIOUYEU.jpg?auth=f8ba8360e1b077804fb7d6c05beb2d185bdd394aff3d85a78173824587fe7be4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Limerick celebrate with the Irish Press Cup after their victory over Tipperary in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland MHC final at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photograph: Stephen Heaney/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ken Sutto</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man (90s) dies in road collision in Co Laois   ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/man-90s-dies-in-road-collision-in-co-laois/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/man-90s-dies-in-road-collision-in-co-laois/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Moving car struck a parked car on Saturday morning in Tullyroe in Abbeyleix]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:01:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MY5ZLS3I65FWHG7MHSPX4QLDL4.JPG?auth=7fc7300f6cb3d609ffe934591f5d1ceee03b0a469019657ac9d88e28b9c06138&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward. Stock 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[Trump rekindles his global trade war with 100% tariff threat on European countries]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/06/27/trump-rekindles-his-global-trade-war-with-100-tariff-threat-on-european-countries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/06/27/trump-rekindles-his-global-trade-war-with-100-tariff-threat-on-european-countries/</guid><description><![CDATA[US president says he will ‘immediately’ place tariff on any country that imposes digital services tax on US companies]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:39:16 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGYDDIDOC7LVB63FSRCHUBTDFQ.jpg?auth=761d491e42aebbf266a93f3f3bec4b853989bc198bfe536a69dc7a2e08a42cf9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump leaving the White House on Saturday to attend a Maga Inc lunch at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jim Lo Scalzo</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland shock West Indies to secure first Women’s T20 World Cup win at 22nd time of asking ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/27/ireland-shock-west-indies-to-secure-first-womens-t20-world-cup-win-at-22nd-time-of-asking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/27/ireland-shock-west-indies-to-secure-first-womens-t20-world-cup-win-at-22nd-time-of-asking/</guid><description><![CDATA[Orla Prendergast’s knock of 63 helped Ireland secure a six-wicket win in their final game of the tournament]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VLGDGHNLUYQZUYZMYWSY7YB5Y.jpg?auth=35d0707d4474002aed9e77822fb48c0b2af714d5da12c6fd089bb2f75d52af98&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Rebecca Stokell (centre) and Louise Little celebrate in front of the camera following victory against the West Indies in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup match at the County Ground in Bristol. 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Photograph: Tom Tuite]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Tuite	</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Russell snatches controversial Austrian Grand Prix pole after Max Verstappen’s late crash ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/27/george-russell-snatches-controversial-austrian-grand-prix-pole-after-max-verstappens-late-crash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/06/27/george-russell-snatches-controversial-austrian-grand-prix-pole-after-max-verstappens-late-crash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Giles Richards at the Red Bull Ring]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Crash involving Dutch driver brought out yellow flags in the closing seconds of qualifying]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:38:22 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OZPBK633IGZKFC35IADGVE46LI.jpg?auth=f069769cfea4a5d761ffff2d0ec3bde4c1602cc3de9f1b77ecb33fbd402b43f7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[George Russell driving his Mercedes during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Clive Rose</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany, Denmark gripped by record temperatures as European heatwave moves east]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/27/irelands-weather-cools-germany-hit-by-record-temperatures-as-heatwave-set-to-move-east/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/06/27/irelands-weather-cools-germany-hit-by-record-temperatures-as-heatwave-set-to-move-east/</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists say heatwave would have been virtually impossible without man-made climate change]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:27:44 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IV333VVTN66QXNAQQCUXRKQSCA.jpg?auth=2f558426443ed48738a47110c4f50c21388458158383f672367dd0429f3c3dac&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People run over water hoses providing relief from the summer heat in Cologne, Germany, on June 25th. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Ina Fassbender</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We’re here, organised, and not going anywhere’: thousands participate in Dublin Pride ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/were-here-organised-and-not-going-anywhere-thousands-participate-in-dublin-pride/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/were-here-organised-and-not-going-anywhere-thousands-participate-in-dublin-pride/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘Pride is not just visibility’ for LGBTQ+ community, ‘it’s solidarity and resistance,’ pre-parade gathering told ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:06:09 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OPKYXDGMGNGJ6K6E3CY7ZENQ64.jpg?auth=812ce0555325117c7cf4c15cd33ea22b8e9c5a5dd91ea7a3aa30da02345d6c4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People taking part in the Dublin Pride parade on O'Connell Street in Dublin on Saturday. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">SPORTSFILE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estrange puts Oaks winner Thundering On in the shade at the Curragh]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/estrange-puts-oaks-winner-thundering-on-in-the-shade-at-the-curragh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/estrange-puts-oaks-winner-thundering-on-in-the-shade-at-the-curragh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Trainer David O’Meara could take a tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after missing out with the filly last year]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:55:26 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DBHU7KLI534RQESXL4LZYMIE54.jpg?auth=3ad7557c597f3c47ec735576bfd3938478a77c10de226b09a0864adc64eeaee9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Danny Tudhope on Estrange wins the Paddy Power Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martina McMahon and Robbie McCarthy claim All-Ireland handball titles at Croke Park]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/martina-mcmahon-and-robbie-mccarthy-claim-all-ireland-handball-titles-at-croke-park/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/martina-mcmahon-and-robbie-mccarthy-claim-all-ireland-handball-titles-at-croke-park/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Fitzpatrick at Croke Park]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two of the sport’s all-time greats take softball singles titles in front of a sold-out crowd ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:30:34 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZZN4RJITA5HJ3I3NHEYGTYFQ7E.jpg?auth=8a82bbcb980924c81f53b78440160b002f0878be0a2d979c079730ed457ce899&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Martina McMahon in action against Mollie Dagg in the final of All-Ireland senior softball singles at the National Handball Centre in Croke Park. Photograph: Stephen Marken]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish woman on board hantavirus-hit cruise ship ‘surprised’ she didn’t become infected ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/irish-woman-on-board-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-surprised-she-didnt-become-infected/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/irish-woman-on-board-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-surprised-she-didnt-become-infected/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Slater]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anne Lane (79) and a travel companion were quarantined for six weeks at HSE facility following outbreak of deadly virus]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:07:08 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NO4SNUUGM33TIKY5RNVQIIOZQU.jpg?auth=72362740ad8b26e528db8de49eea9cdd13767fff65005afaf1e06c61bf5964d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Passengers are evacuated from the MV Hondius on the island of Tenerife on May 10th. 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Photograph: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under-20 World Championship: Ireland authors of their own downfall in opening loss to England]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/under-20-world-championship-ireland-authors-of-their-own-downfall-in-opening-loss-to-england/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/under-20-world-championship-ireland-authors-of-their-own-downfall-in-opening-loss-to-england/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andrew Browne’s side take two bonus points away from a game they could easily have won in Tbilisi]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:14:53 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MHVJSM4PZCUFMWV7XXJPU5E2OQ.jpg?auth=12213c439700bffac63f4d07ddac0ba8eb4c15ca24f502d7deed852536d9fa8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daniel Ryan celebrates with his team-mates after scoring Ireland's first try in the World Rugby Junior World Championship Pool C game at Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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Photograph: Alamy/PA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alamy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark UK study warns ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/27/screen-time-can-damage-under-twos-development-landmark-uk-study-warns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/27/screen-time-can-damage-under-twos-development-landmark-uk-study-warns/</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers warn screen use at such a young age may increase overstimulation and have implications for eye health and childhood obesity]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AF5CJIJEU5DJLITBHE4IYL75SY.jpg?auth=a0df1410ed46820852ad337f436505bdadcd366d0ae32d05a54bb8233e8914e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The new study warns of potential harms associated with screen time for babies. Photograph: iStock ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Milica Zivkovic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran says it hit US-linked targets in response to Friday’s American air strikes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/27/iran-says-it-hit-us-linked-targets-in-response-to-fridays-american-air-strikes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2026/06/27/iran-says-it-hit-us-linked-targets-in-response-to-fridays-american-air-strikes/</guid><description><![CDATA[US military said its attacks were response to an Iranian drone strike on a ship in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:52:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D5KO2WAIY5BZNAXIBS2DRB45NQ.jpg?auth=8c4b4caf65fc8eed6760047d5731b3a2275a90f0b75261925cde7f3230e66c63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cargo ships and commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">AP Photo/Amirhosein Khorgooi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full Circle: A History of Cricket  – a discussion of the sport’s politics, stars and memorable matches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/full-circle-a-history-of-cricket-a-discussion-of-the-sports-politics-stars-and-memorable-matches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/full-circle-a-history-of-cricket-a-discussion-of-the-sports-politics-stars-and-memorable-matches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Lysaght]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Authors Richard Heller and Peter Oborne bat for the greatest thing on God’s Earth in this well-researched book]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R3KYNPRMVWH3GDEKLSMV2JT2R4.jpg?auth=2c58a9281c0de6eba577eb1878069027c1ca30613caa929cddbd62f094f6b933&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland vs West Indies: Ireland's Louise Little at the batting with Orla Prendergast at the Evara Women’s International Tri-Series, Clontarf Cricket Club, Dublin, on June 1st. 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Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup standings: Who has qualified, who needs what, and the third-place race]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/world-cup-standings-who-has-qualified-who-needs-what-and-the-third-place-race/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/25/world-cup-standings-who-has-qualified-who-needs-what-and-the-third-place-race/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the group stages draw to a close, 16 teams will be cut ahead of the knockout stages]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:02:07 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DEGUGBCFNBHNXK7TM73ZW2PJFE.jpg?auth=7b2282158d33c5691220006036ec1af6106d325a5ff1a3adf73b6f8a8ea6dbbc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pico Lopes celebrates with an Irish flag after Cape Verde secured qualification for the Round of 32 with a draw against Saudi Arabia in Group H. 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Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Kemp</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get out in the garden: Pavilion, planters, fountains and bronze birds in Laois sale]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/06/27/get-out-in-the-garden-pavilion-planters-fountains-and-bronze-birds-in-laois-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/06/27/get-out-in-the-garden-pavilion-planters-fountains-and-bronze-birds-in-laois-sale/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In Dublin, art is accessible at Whyte’s summer auction, with estimates starting at €400]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3UNPKQ3RXJCMNJUJGWVPWSZQRA.jpg?auth=0be33f6bfd5674a313c1c0f867fe60122c6322fc6b291cd42e1e42c12ba06ac4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Life-size pair of Macaws cast in bronze (estimate: €2,500-€3,500), on sale at Sheppard's auction of garden furniture and ornaments, June 30th]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new threat visits this Spanish tourist town: the scorching sun]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/27/a-new-threat-visits-gernika-as-the-spanish-run-for-shade-under-a-scorching-sun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/06/27/a-new-threat-visits-gernika-as-the-spanish-run-for-shade-under-a-scorching-sun/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For Spaniards from the interior, to be forced indoors on their prized holidays felt desperately unfair]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GDJUUZS66ZFKJEDJC6CNIQ5INQ.jpg?auth=065f1476a5c200ac058f2950c5eeb92322ca0f03b2418da1363e244eba460e4c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Temperatures hit the high 30s in northern Spain in June as the country dealt with a severe heatwave. Photograph: Caroline O'Doherty]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Window for rescuing survivors narrows on third day after Venezuela earthquakes]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/27/window-for-rescuing-survivors-narrows-on-third-day-after-venezuela-earthquakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2026/06/27/window-for-rescuing-survivors-narrows-on-third-day-after-venezuela-earthquakes/</guid><description><![CDATA[At least 920 people are dead, but one estimate has more than 51,000 others missing]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:04:49 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/X57MVJ43LNPTLFZGGHFYXBQVHE.jpg?auth=020b337a14307a524e5f7efd50e829faabb753c48e6cba93b339ff00863f430e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[People search for survivors after two devastating earthquakes struck the city of La Guaira, Venezuela. Photograph: AP]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matias Delacroix</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran’s footballing fantasy holds for now as US bomb strikes and reality hit home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/irans-footballing-fantasy-holds-for-now-as-us-bomb-strikes-and-reality-hit-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/irans-footballing-fantasy-holds-for-now-as-us-bomb-strikes-and-reality-hit-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Duggan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Iran drew with Egypt after a 93rd-minute goal was ruled out but may still qualify as one of the eight best third-placed teams]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:31:35 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RWEPWAQPTA6NWJKBSWBHC7RCYE.jpg?auth=94bbbe6af8e5e547c0737fe2db6fc4c6506e9b5578e6ad2084e7067819758282&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mehdi Taremi (bottom) of Iran in action against Mohamed Hany (C) and Omar Marmoush (R) of Egypt during their World Cup group match in Seattle. Photograph: EPA]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Stephen Brashear</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘When it melts, it’s ruined’: We need act on this week’s wake-up call]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/john-sweeney-climate-records-are-normally-broken-slowly-now-extremes-are-being-topped-up-by-4-degrees/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/john-sweeney-climate-records-are-normally-broken-slowly-now-extremes-are-being-topped-up-by-4-degrees/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Sweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Jet stream holds key to whether extreme heat will become more frequent and severe]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RDFWC7RFPREL5CG5FIBCTCEBR4.jpg?auth=6c53da1b102fbada403b87a107ba87db83e73573edee750d996ba4e2925b3990&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Derek Smyth takes the sun from a deckchair outside his city-centre home on Sheriff Street Lower in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What should Ireland do as EU president? A to-do list by Fintan O’Toole, Lara Marlowe and others]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/what-should-ireland-do-as-eu-president-a-to-do-list-by-fintan-otoole-lara-marlowe-and-others/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/what-should-ireland-do-as-eu-president-a-to-do-list-by-fintan-otoole-lara-marlowe-and-others/</guid><description><![CDATA[The EU budget, online safety, Ukraine’s accession, removing red tape from green energy, or neutrality – what should the Government prioritise?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:50:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KLMW6FULKGB3OPH5DTLRFQ7T2Q.jpg?auth=3e527765447d00169469c52fc732d1dc557693c08023e2f4c7d322907c4dbe12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the Irish Defence Forces walk past Dublin Castle, which will be the focus of the presidency. Photograph: European Pressphoto Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup 2026: Pico Lopes and Cape Verde advance, as keeper’s error knocks out Uruguay]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/world-cup-2026-pico-lopes-and-cape-verde-advance-as-keepers-error-knocks-out-uruguay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/world-cup-2026-pico-lopes-and-cape-verde-advance-as-keepers-error-knocks-out-uruguay/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciarán Kirk]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[France, Spain and Belgium top their groups, while Iran may advance despite late heartache against Egypt]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/U76XW4DKJS3FTC57LICJAV3ULA.jpg?auth=d46938b00d72d6ddf85f6d0ee1ac71d4dad388e262453bd1e92c37a48f2768de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Pico Lopes put in another great display as Cape Verde claimed second place in Group H of the World Cup. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Charlotte Wilson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Fake Jews’: German play explores psychological minefield of identity and the Holocaust]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/fake-jews-german-play-explores-psychological-minefield-of-identity-and-the-holocaust/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/fake-jews-german-play-explores-psychological-minefield-of-identity-and-the-holocaust/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Scally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The deeper you dive into what is known as Wilkomirski Syndrome, the stranger it gets ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PIICDH274BD3ZKASK2E7OXWNLQ.jpg?auth=ed4f3ae3fdf1ec705f30ca10325a2c02c4d48987ed7d8deee83cf6c2216e8ea6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fake Jews: Playwright Noam Brusilovsky and actor Moritz Kienemann]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jasmin Schuller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New battery rules set to boost green electricity use]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/new-battery-rules-set-to-boost-green-electricity-use/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/new-battery-rules-set-to-boost-green-electricity-use/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Regulations will give certainty to developers seeking to build “long-duration” storage into power network]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JEWIAEQST5OGCP2FJ4I3Z4FZI4.jpg?auth=8545d12be13846b734141b2e591119db2b099133036deecb2f6737ccebb22af8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Increased battery use will boost the system's ability to exploit green power. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Yahya Arhab</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing the art of handwriting]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/losing-the-art-of-handwriting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/losing-the-art-of-handwriting/</guid><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, my grandchildren tap their screens with serene confidence ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[There’s more for women in Stem than an academic career]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/theres-more-for-women-in-stem-than-an-academic-career/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/theres-more-for-women-in-stem-than-an-academic-career/</guid><description><![CDATA[Most science graduates never become academics, nor do they intend to]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Ireland needs more outdoor swimming pools]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/ireland-needs-more-outdoor-swimming-pools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/ireland-needs-more-outdoor-swimming-pools/</guid><description><![CDATA[Our beaches are bursting in hot weather]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Revolut drops the hammer on hybrid working for graduates]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/revolut-drops-the-hammer-on-hybrid-working-for-graduates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/revolut-drops-the-hammer-on-hybrid-working-for-graduates/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Cantillon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Neobank’s move makes clear work from home becoming less common for many]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEPBB3KCQW5JLS45XYZYQFA7QQ.jpg?auth=e71ab91ab4754a5caa150894acf513f8ae35d2cb3335a7391a5a8326f813b663&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Revolut boss Nikolay Storonsky has previously championed hybrid working. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Al Drago</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to school already?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/back-to-school-already/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/back-to-school-already/</guid><description><![CDATA[A radio ad for the school return before many schools have even closed for summer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[An irony in attitudes to abortion Bill and timing]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/abortion-waiting-times/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/abortion-waiting-times/</guid><description><![CDATA[Undue haste is dangerous, reflection vital in matters of life and death]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Jockey Ronan Whelan hoping it’s Christmas again as he targets Derby double]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/jockey-ronan-whelan-hoping-its-christmas-again-as-he-targets-derby-double/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/jockey-ronan-whelan-hoping-its-christmas-again-as-he-targets-derby-double/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Benvenuto Cellini is Ballydoyle number one as Aidan O’Brien pursues an 18th Irish Derby success ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NRKO2N34ABGAPMI36HTOWNRX6I.jpg?auth=c279be7b6e98d4749cecd60acf9a17a9340cd492a036c92651d1a32a8885950b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ronan Whelan celebrates riding Christmas Day to victory in The Betfred Derby at Epsom on June 06th, 2026. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Warren Little</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swedish second guessing as third-place qualification confusion spreads to the pitch]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/swedish-second-guessing-as-third-place-qualification-confusion-spreads-to-the-pitch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/swedish-second-guessing-as-third-place-qualification-confusion-spreads-to-the-pitch/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Classic Scottish optimism, a Messi statue and why the stats say Netherlands will lift the trophy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H2XCK2L6MVHYJG4SKBVKRQOJXU.png?auth=ba46bda62a424b4950ad988598cd08ee0023dec9419253dceabd558d03963b06&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A dejected Anthony Elanga after Sweden's draw with Japan.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken Early: My friend is right, TV replays from the World Cup are different this time]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/ken-early-delayed-replays-crowd-shots-and-superstar-worship-show-how-world-cup-has-evolved/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/ken-early-delayed-replays-crowd-shots-and-superstar-worship-show-how-world-cup-has-evolved/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Early]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Goals are almost secondary to emotion, celebrity and spectacle]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6BH7Z5RZJHBSL3NKSVRZFJ7KCQ.jpg?auth=cca26e2a8dfc843f31058047ec6ced27211817fccac34fb5780f665dbf650bc2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Fans use their mobile phones during the 2026 World Cup Group H football match between Saudi Arabia and Uruguay at the Miami Stadium in Miami Gardens on June 15, 2026.  Photograph: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Patricia De Melo Moreira</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epsom Oaks winner hoping to Thunder past older rivals in Pretty Polly Stakes ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/epsom-oaks-winner-hoping-to-thunder-past-older-rivals-in-pretty-polly-stakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/2026/06/27/epsom-oaks-winner-hoping-to-thunder-past-older-rivals-in-pretty-polly-stakes/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Joseph O’Brien-trained Thundering On is top-rated three-year-old lining up at Curragh over Derby weekend]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ENKD3OKUXEHJTVD5XLSXDCTLQI.jpg?auth=7088dc3b5909777dd34b7aa2806d27195ede3e6c05b59a0dfcd1993434b3c1a9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Thundering On ridden by jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle winning the Oaks at Epsom on June 5th, 2026. Photograph: Mike Egerton for The Jockey Club/PA ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Mike Egerton for The Jockey Club</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the logic in reducing Ireland’s hedgerows to ecological deserts?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/restoring-nature/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/restoring-nature/</guid><description><![CDATA[Such destruction should be regarded as an ecological emergency, not routine maintenance]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Former Labour Court chief engaging with top management in HSE South West after concerns raised]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/27/former-labour-court-chief-engaging-with-top-management-in-hse-south-west-after-concerns-raised/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/06/27/former-labour-court-chief-engaging-with-top-management-in-hse-south-west-after-concerns-raised/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Wall]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Senior managers sent letters to national Health Service Executive leadership setting out concerns]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/535DEZDIUBSH5BSUB65ENYOTRQ.jpg?auth=ab99a5e669e28a14d9b94ef59c84f590086dc64bf86b10c9c448bf507551974b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Managers in the region are understood to have contacted HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor several weeks ago. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish ad executives take top awards at Cannes Lions ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/irish-ad-executives-take-top-awards-at-cannes-lions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/irish-ad-executives-take-top-awards-at-cannes-lions/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[TBWA\Ireland junior art director Hannah Murphy and junior copywriter Kate Dempsey win gold in Cannes Young Lions Print competition]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LSBHZ57T5RGENFMOEXZPMESVZM.jpeg?auth=bb8ddfbfc62087864bacd48917cbe2ba3f1ee801aaca381bf37979326070c0df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kate Dempsey (left) and Hannah Murphy, TBWA\ Ireland, were awarded gold at the Cannes Young Lions Print competition]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunderrow abuse victims failed by the State]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/dunderrow-abuse-victims-failed-by-the-state/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/dunderrow-abuse-victims-failed-by-the-state/</guid><description><![CDATA[The track record of large swathes of the civil service in implementing reports and policy commitments is atrocious]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/27/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/06/27/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[June 27th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWPCAYUML5BPRFBO7L3EKXSUB4.jpeg?auth=1091c81f5210111be69fb718dc23aab9ff70f415c807e9dc1a6d54653e28e247&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go-slow or proper scrutiny? The divide over Bill scrapping three-day wait for abortion]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/27/go-slow-or-proper-scrutiny-the-divide-over-bill-scrapping-three-day-wait-for-abortion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/27/go-slow-or-proper-scrutiny-the-divide-over-bill-scrapping-three-day-wait-for-abortion/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Horgan-Jones]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SYMCRRQRQFB4RHRMXBSFLKGM4A.JPG?auth=c798b121e4d26423eb99b7fd2b104bcf838254244c73586952338fe3d81e9b3e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There is a push on to see what amendments Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is planning for the Bill before it goes further. 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[SpaceX shares will face test as insider lock-ups unwind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/27/spacex-shares-will-face-test-as-insider-lock-ups-unwind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/06/27/spacex-shares-will-face-test-as-insider-lock-ups-unwind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Proinsias O'Mahony]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Swathes of SpaceX shares are set to hit the market in the coming months]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CJC4FVWBMNDR4R3QRZU7JEST7E.jpg?auth=083bc5b531bdd7e35b45c5180a0ebf049f070b399908341fffd3520400b1bf32&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Feverish hype drove SpaceX skyward immediately after the company’s initial public offering. Photograph: Andres Kudacki/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Andres Kudacki</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of Ireland’s drivers do not believe in little green men]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/many-of-irelands-drivers-do-not-believe-in-little-green-men/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/many-of-irelands-drivers-do-not-believe-in-little-green-men/</guid><description><![CDATA[For pedestrians, don’t walk, but rather reflect]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[The media should treat this heat as the very bad news it is]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/the-media-should-treat-this-heat-as-the-very-bad-news-it-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/27/the-media-should-treat-this-heat-as-the-very-bad-news-it-is/</guid><description><![CDATA[Photographs of ice-cream vans and crowded beaches could be seen to celebrate our abnormally hot weather]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Leaving Cert holidaymakers are packing: ‘It’s so expensive, my nails are €70 alone’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/leaving-cert-holidaymakers-are-packing-its-so-expensive-my-nails-are-70-alone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/leaving-cert-holidaymakers-are-packing-its-so-expensive-my-nails-are-70-alone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Beauty treatments, fake tan and last-minute outfit buys are part of the pre-holiday frenzy]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KGDGSVIC4JHZXBXLC52L6E3S3A.jpeg?auth=c67a336cd465aaf1375612c59b7a595d2673238a6469d87660f6c35137808866&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Isabelle Hawthorn Byrne shopping in Penneys to pick up last-minute bits for her leaving cert holiday in Zakynthos, Greece.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Niamh Browne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘He did what?’: Alex Freeman, son of an American football great, becomes a World Cup hero]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/he-did-what-alex-freeman-son-of-an-american-football-great-becomes-a-world-cup-hero/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2026/06/27/he-did-what-alex-freeman-son-of-an-american-football-great-becomes-a-world-cup-hero/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Hannigan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The right back was unknown even to some of his team-mates when first called up to the US squad a year ago; but he is certainly making a name for himself now]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UA2QD2QNKFLEORLXQZR7PTMHCA.jpg?auth=c2012fee135f8c5187d9d32fcbcdf76bb503558aada3812d81ac10d1246b1f08&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alex Freeman and his USA team-mates celebrate after his goal in the 2-0 win over Australia in the World Cup Group D match last week. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jamie Squire</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayo’s Andy Moran still fighting the slope, but always looking up]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/mayos-andy-moran-still-fighting-the-slope-but-always-looking-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/mayos-andy-moran-still-fighting-the-slope-but-always-looking-up/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Walsh]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In his topsy-turvy first season as manager, he has brought the county back to Croke Park]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M7F2ACYHIOVK3HEC7RSX2JZ7VM.jpg?auth=84243f0ade219dcdf4056632ae68708aac821b9be4c4e5f957f2065c6933a2e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mayo manager Andy Moran will watch his side take on Cork in the SFC quarter-final on Saturday. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/INPHO]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Camogie permutations: Who can make quarters and semis with one game to go in group stage?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/camogie-permutations-who-can-make-quarters-and-semis-with-one-game-to-go-in-group-stage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/camogie-permutations-who-can-make-quarters-and-semis-with-one-game-to-go-in-group-stage/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muireann Duffy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Galway and Waterford seek semi-final berths, while Kilkenny have secured their quarter-final spot]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7LM5WDS65BH7BN3AQXWYXMZW6Y.jpg?auth=a5c534ff9884b4099f93ea8d35bcb65c9942dd88474aeb9f722edc4735cfb0cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dervla Higgins of Galway. Galway and Waterford have a chance to make the semi-finals. Photograph: David Ribeiro/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/David Ribeiro</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland seeks EU money to keep Aughinish Alumina open]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/government-to-seek-eu-money-to-keep-aughinish-alumina-open/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/government-to-seek-eu-money-to-keep-aughinish-alumina-open/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Beesley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company may nationalisation due to Ukraine war sanctions against Russian owners]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AHPM7WDUJ5A35ETZJWWDDZTPPQ.JPG?auth=a5dba1e58b151f203d151aea9ba7dc6cfa1e564bebfe90eb1685f0a1e953fe02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The loss of Russian sales would leave Aughinish with large losses, reducing scope for a trade sale to another metals company and, as a result, prompting reluctant discussion in Dublin about State control. Photograph: Alan Betson]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mastering the code: Kerry boss O’Connor lines up the latest battle with old foe Tyrone]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/mastering-the-code-kerry-boss-oconnor-lines-up-the-latest-battle-with-old-foe-tyrone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/mastering-the-code-kerry-boss-oconnor-lines-up-the-latest-battle-with-old-foe-tyrone/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moran]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ulster rivals have been a huge influence on the Kingdom manager’s career but the trajectory has changed]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VRCPON752NHIJNKZBEAFIBOVLE.jpg?auth=351d8f0fb984899e5689155f3e03b06620101335f90df99e670f23e2df3c4708&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tyrone's defensive style in action in the 2003 All-Ireland semi-final against Kerry. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/©INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Morgan Treacy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victims of abuse in school must get a voice that was denied us as children]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/26/victims-of-abuse-in-school-must-get-a-voice-that-was-denied-us-as-children/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2026/06/26/victims-of-abuse-in-school-must-get-a-voice-that-was-denied-us-as-children/</guid><description><![CDATA[Teachers inflicted cruelty on young pupils in primary and industrial schools]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 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[Weekend GAA fixtures: All-Ireland football quarter-finals throw-in times and TV details]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/weekend-gaa-fixtures-all-ireland-football-quarter-finals-throw-in-times-and-tv-details/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/weekend-gaa-fixtures-all-ireland-football-quarter-finals-throw-in-times-and-tv-details/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Manning, Malachy Clerkin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kerry meet Tyrone in the last eight, resurgent Dublin face Galway; Limerick and Tipperary contest minor hurling decider]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OT2GL6WROVWFRUZXGVVQS5SHAA.jpg?auth=49b6c671e6048b24d237d6c4ce2ef1f69fed4c70324e5a1ac4677919091ee9f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tyrone’s Eoin McElholm in action against Kerry's Jason Foley. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enabot Ebo Max review: part companion, part security guard for your home]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/27/enabot-ebo-max-review-part-companion-part-security-guard-for-your-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/consumer-tech/review/2026/06/27/enabot-ebo-max-review-part-companion-part-security-guard-for-your-home/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ciara O'Brien]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How useful this robot can be depends on what data you are willing to share with it, and it does occasionally get lost]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ISWLZZUAKRAIFKQZILIOXAQEJ4.jpg?auth=61515d91d3024923143f46d60ddc551b5840df6b7eaa302cde9dc77c8c3e220e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Enabot Ebo Max FamilyBot: The big eyes watching your every move are a little unsettling, and the cat certainly doesn't like it]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo story: A dark new vision of Oklahoma! at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/photo-story-a-dark-new-vision-of-oklahoma-at-bord-gais-energy-theatre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/photo-story-a-dark-new-vision-of-oklahoma-at-bord-gais-energy-theatre/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Bradshaw, John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A dark new vision of Oklahoma! at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OHMUFCKCI5GZLFESMFCFFYJVNM.JPG?auth=07b9978dffc082545c05be490401c648153a6cc419f97cd65203b97892dff60e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Oklahoma! at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish museums hold artefacts from around the world. Should they give them back?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/irish-museums-hold-artefacts-from-around-the-world-should-they-give-them-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/irish-museums-hold-artefacts-from-around-the-world-should-they-give-them-back/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The State is both victim and perpetrator when it comes to cultural artefacts. Until now, there was no policy on how to deal with it]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SEQHPSDORCOP55AHQMJJP4GZHM.jpg?auth=a9acefeb4d95c1e5362bc55027d5da27dbb6dec5389271dfe6d72a789fa1f80d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A view of the 36ft totem pole which is soon to be moved from the National Museum of  Scotland to British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. Photograph: Getty ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff J Mitchell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRH’s US mega deal stokes chatter of a European spin-off]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/crhs-us-mega-deal-stokes-chatter-of-a-european-spin-off/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/crhs-us-mega-deal-stokes-chatter-of-a-european-spin-off/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Brennan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Arcosa purchase may be latest step to CRH becoming a pure US business]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Z6ZJV6VTTNHCDF7EZNSRG7CVGA.jpg?auth=ba914db9e97529b42f54c4ab41c37159f444073c89f9376effc9dcb5bdcee3b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[CRH chief executive Jim Mintern. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Imagination]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Eddie Keogh/Imagination</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happened to the Irish under-20s who defeated New Zealand in 2016?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/then-and-now-what-happened-to-the-irish-under-20s-who-defeated-new-zealand-in-2016/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/then-and-now-what-happened-to-the-irish-under-20s-who-defeated-new-zealand-in-2016/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nigel Carolan, then head coach, offers an insight into the players who pulled off the remarkable 33-24 victory]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XOA3G4U4LVE6VGSFUA2LWHQQLI.jpg?auth=14cc494d065e6fcce3a1d0c0c09612722cf963c605d6dbdd6501bd6ff627d520&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland players celebrate victory over New Zealand in June 2016 in the World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester. Photograph: Dave Howarth/INPHO]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">©INPHO/Camerasport/Dave Howarth</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man of the church: How Jeffrey Donaldson weaponised his faith to cover up sexual abuse]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/27/man-of-the-church-how-jeffrey-donaldson-weaponised-his-faith-to-cover-up-sexual-abuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/06/27/man-of-the-church-how-jeffrey-donaldson-weaponised-his-faith-to-cover-up-sexual-abuse/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DUP leader fits pattern of abusers who use religion ‘to put pressure’ on victims to stay quiet, says child protection expert]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EJJYEYD5FUYCWZI4SXBJVQRWXM.jpg?auth=9ab0908d4e431ccc88ebd1e783fb035d9b60bcd8d48b0eb8b8236a3b9bdb576b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jeffrey Donaldson: 'At the heart of all these scandals lies control and power,' says a solicitor contacted by victims and survivors of sexual abuse after Monday's verdict.  Photogrph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Paul Faith</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pitter-patter of little feet in the Áras? No, Michael D’s not back]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/27/the-pitter-patter-of-little-feet-in-the-aras-no-michael-ds-not-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/27/the-pitter-patter-of-little-feet-in-the-aras-no-michael-ds-not-back/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Becoming President was good news for Catherine Connolly, but becoming a grandmother for the first time is just as good]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BQRTHGOKGZEMRBGGLSEX4OSIV4.jpg?auth=3727d6abbbaf6af6b71b6ecee24f7054c390eab4219465d30232704b0a018b75&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Miriam Lord]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two elections are shaping war and peace in the Middle East]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/opinion-two-elections-are-shaping-war-and-peace-in-the-middle-east/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/opinion-two-elections-are-shaping-war-and-peace-in-the-middle-east/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Smyth]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Trump’s once-automatic endorsement of Netanyahu is now unlikely]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ENYYTALLMPFXWNON4LBQYQ7E6Y.jpg?auth=5e8b0817c3f9f39176b177dca02d3db9b36d443c07197c1f1f1334d54ca2133f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu in more harmonious times. Photograph: Tierney L Cross/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tierney L. Cross</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Margaret Kerry obituary: American actor and inspiration for Tinker Bell in Peter Pan]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/27/margaret-kerry-obituary-american-actor-and-inspiration-for-tinker-bell-in-peter-pan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/27/margaret-kerry-obituary-american-actor-and-inspiration-for-tinker-bell-in-peter-pan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Chance remark on love by a D-Day veteran sparked fairytale late chapter in Hollywood performer’s life]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/I2S3BR3TXJG7TA63IIQXF2G5H4.jpg?auth=5ea8df4c5383c8b2a78785142d0a254114d3a6ae96a9167f45c6b355d219bdfd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Margaret Kerry: With her help Disney’s original animated film adaptation, Peter Pan (1953), produced a version of Tinker Bell that became definitive. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bobby Bank</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property developer Dean McKillen adds upmarket grocery store to Los Angeles interests ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/property-developer-dean-mckillen-adds-upmarket-grocery-store-to-los-angeles-interests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/property-developer-dean-mckillen-adds-upmarket-grocery-store-to-los-angeles-interests/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Killian Woods]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Son of Belfast entrepreneur Paddy McKillen already has a string of restaurants in California ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SGQFQBMWY5A27PK6UT3SKCTIFY.jpg?auth=2921cda3c19be40000aaf1e8ddab0354d109e149b0f80cf8a99df6e91a7cd9de&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The business sells many high-end foods. Photograph: Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Matej Kastelic</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conor McManus: Ulster power cuts leave Kerry’s surge looking irresistible]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/conor-mcmanus-ulster-power-cuts-leave-kerrys-surge-looking-irresistible/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2026/06/27/conor-mcmanus-ulster-power-cuts-leave-kerrys-surge-looking-irresistible/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor McManus]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For Jack O’Connor, once again a Croke Park plan is coming together at just the right time]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EFVE3EK5OBJMY6V4CPFJEL2XEM.jpg?auth=6dd18a1af5e7b584f2dad4b3c47dd1b9d1039ee34f2f1260387020a5317bd7bf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kerry's Paul Murphy and Gareth Murphy of Armagh in Killarney last Saturday. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">James Crombie</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls growing up in Ireland: ‘I’m sitting on the bus and there’s grown men making comments’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/girls-growing-up-in-ireland-entering-womanhood-i-had-a-growing-feeling-of-dread/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/girls-growing-up-in-ireland-entering-womanhood-i-had-a-growing-feeling-of-dread/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Towey]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four teenagers reflect on issues that affect them, including unwanted male attention, social media and the importance of female friendship]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IDBLZHPULFFZHIDMGPOJVPFTTQ.png?auth=6a9dcb9d4ce45c178214ab37eb4a1aed8714e6e31b2bbcc6e95cc7c2643d551a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/png" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Myla Jain, Saoirse McHugh and Bel Aghedo. Photographs: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision/Natalia Campos]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It gives me the shivers to think what may happen if I can’t manage,’ my mother told a newspaper in 1981]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/it-gives-me-the-shivers-to-think-what-may-happen-if-i-cant-manage-my-mother-told-a-newspaper-in-1981/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/it-gives-me-the-shivers-to-think-what-may-happen-if-i-cant-manage-my-mother-told-a-newspaper-in-1981/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I recall a picture in a newspaper of my mother years ago, only to unearth it and find the story behind it as real today as it was back in 1981 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/B7BLA2DCZJC4TN44R56CKGE6M4.JPG?auth=0406a9cd885969dede8c59a244cf012d634e8a8edebbcb5c9a84c40c98f3b386&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: 'Finding that newspaper article entertained us for a whole afternoon while the waves crashed onto the promenade. There she was in black and white in the late lamented Irish Press, looking harried but capable in her shift dress and trusty Scholl sandals, bags of groceries in either hand. '
]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charlie McKean obituary: Solicitor, drummer and old-school swashbuckler]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/27/charlie-mckean-obituary-solicitor-drummer-and-old-school-swashbuckler/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2026/06/27/charlie-mckean-obituary-solicitor-drummer-and-old-school-swashbuckler/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cambridge-born Leinster and Ireland fan who was always fond of devilment fell head over heels in love with his adopted country]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3VHL7EVCTVF63LSHW2CL547MVU.jpeg?auth=401d739484cd61d965fccc36416e0e7379af5210d6975044fdd5fb58c17a84cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Charlie McKean took his sailing very seriously and was involved in winning  regattas in Ireland and Scotland in recent years]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The scenes were incredible’: When Ireland under-20s made history by beating New Zealand]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/ireland-rugby-under-20s-new-zealand-2016-win-nigel-carolan-bill-johnston/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/06/27/ireland-rugby-under-20s-new-zealand-2016-win-nigel-carolan-bill-johnston/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nigel Carolan, who was head coach, and outhalf Bill Johnston recall that momentous day in June 2016]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PIGGLTD2YRBIDEBZEJRYXL5VTA.jpg?auth=2d1d65d31d1fd64b0969ad342308b42606ddb3372414da6aa9a7422c5a9eb769&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[New Zealand's Malo Tuitama attempts to block a kick by Bill Johnston of Ireland during the World Rugby U20 Championship match in June 2016. Photograph: Tony Marshall/Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tony Marshall</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/27/something-is-happening-in-the-underwater-world-of-irish-kelp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/27/something-is-happening-in-the-underwater-world-of-irish-kelp/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L4RNSRTZIVDMNK46QOKPPY5XHM.jpg?auth=5617dd807a189bcdf3c8fa3d721d8a4c772b0f7ce325850244d541658f2cb950&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Phoenix magazine failed after 43 years of pestering those in power]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/why-the-phoenix-magazine-failed-after-43-years-of-pestering-those-in-power/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/27/why-the-phoenix-magazine-failed-after-43-years-of-pestering-those-in-power/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Leahy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I used to work for the Phoenix, and I felt its lash plenty of times in recent years. I always thought: fair enough]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P64JNVMTMZBTFGRW7JN23XM6ZI.jpg?auth=e7b9f21688f8e31794277b3f63a8b0031db13dcec130bf35f6d6eb329d1c3fa6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Phoenix intended to be more down and dirty – the magazine with the inside stories, that no one else would print, that the powerful and well-connected didn’t want you to read]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan was so able and yet so blind]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/alan-greenspan-was-so-able-and-yet-so-blind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/27/alan-greenspan-was-so-able-and-yet-so-blind/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McWilliams]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hibernian Greenspan-ism was embraced from the Galway tent to the Central Bank’s bulletins, and celebrated as Ireland became increasingly indebted]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LTA4D2ZOE6HUFIC6VBJ5PT4RTI.jpg?auth=253e6fd5a5a146b4458ed69f8178999a9373b82ea69dbb505229dfe2058c4560&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Alan Greenspan: How could a true believer in free markets espouse socialism for the rich and capitalism only for the poor? 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[Ireland’s Greenest Places: Community is the catalyst that can create change]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/27/irelands-greenest-places-community-is-the-catalyst-that-can-create-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/27/irelands-greenest-places-community-is-the-catalyst-that-can-create-change/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cian O'Connell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/M5VCWE5HTZH6TIWOSFX4RLIOVY.jpg?auth=0b7e8aad688ca07d6f85cf281a0361d5378fd41715580edecec3027ed7cadd90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ireland's Greenest Places 2026: Sustainability consultant and ‘de-influencer’ Shannen Healy and consultant Éanna Ní Lamhna, new judges, launch this year's competition. Photograph: Julien Behal]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer wine: three rosés worth a splurge plus one for all budgets]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/27/summer-wine-three-roses-worth-a-splurge-plus-one-for-all-budgets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2026/06/27/summer-wine-three-roses-worth-a-splurge-plus-one-for-all-budgets/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Wilson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Provence rosé has somehow bucked the trend of falling wine consumption in recent decades ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LYREZILRTVAYVGOI6T2YILSFMM.jpg?auth=89050cf25779df7b01052d9e4528b1c930b802bc886ac6a2f99b4fe9d9ba7c59&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[All Provence rosé is made from a blend of different grape varieties]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Madonna’s albums rated, in reverse order – from unlistenable to sublime]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/27/madonnas-best-albums-in-reverse-order-from-unlistenable-to-sublime/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/27/madonnas-best-albums-in-reverse-order-from-unlistenable-to-sublime/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With Confessions II out next week, it’s time to get into the groove and press play on the queen of pop’s back catalogue]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6PLGPR4XSJHGDDOY4VS4YFH4N4.jpg?auth=077cf59437fb939678993b59d6af40722f02f902a2cdda720ae56974fd485f54&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Madonna in New York, 1984. Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Michael Putland</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[If water bottle rules at gigs can be relaxed in extreme heat, are they ever necessary?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/27/if-water-bottle-rules-at-gigs-can-be-relaxed-in-extreme-heat-are-they-ever-necessary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/27/if-water-bottle-rules-at-gigs-can-be-relaxed-in-extreme-heat-are-they-ever-necessary/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Slattery]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the age of global heating, water stations at outdoor events must be a priority, not an afterthought]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/R53QTDOLKXRY2XRQF3TYBWDRGE.jpg?auth=309c954d4d76c5b7e4bc79959baab9cf5fc8f82fa676dab28b7d601a1f4f8d1d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Heatwave: music fans are sprayed with water in France last week. Photograph: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sebastien Salom-Gomis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sculptural evergreens, ferns and grasses to add drama to urban gardens]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/27/sculptural-evergreens-ferns-and-grasses-to-add-drama-to-urban-gardens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/27/sculptural-evergreens-ferns-and-grasses-to-add-drama-to-urban-gardens/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Small city gardens are akin to theatrical stages just waiting for the right props to set the tone]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T4QRYDFIRREJTAND4A5QCRC4Q4.jpg?auth=564caa550c479d7960bff7dddf5ae79258b08171ece30e2e7e9c4f823e787701&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The elaborately structured passion flower (Passiflora caerulea). Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">imv</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost and tax treatment helping deter people from investing their savings, survey finds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/cost-and-tax-treatment-helping-deter-people-from-investing-their-savings-survey-finds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/06/27/cost-and-tax-treatment-helping-deter-people-from-investing-their-savings-survey-finds/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominic Coyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Study shows 35% of adults who do not currently invest would do so if tax-free investment account introduced]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FO7PPDXFVJBTZKFPK6JDZFSERY.jpg?auth=8014cecd659545681bb74de5f974f921dc829072b2c80eaca3210ca6e8b11f12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The survey comes against a backdrop of a promised new, stripped down investment account option from Minister for Finance Simon Harris. Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Francisco Martins</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Wait a minute, are you telling me there’s a World Cup in soccer?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-wait-a-minute-are-you-telling-me-theres-a-world-cup-in-soccer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-wait-a-minute-are-you-telling-me-theres-a-world-cup-in-soccer/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’ve arrived home to find my wife, my four sons and my in-laws watching, quite literally, a soccer match]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PHF3Z6W255E25EUUOLTZ7QO7RQ.jpg?auth=ccad3fe67253eb356a6f30109e66271e659e04f876616b66e28d0a1a49501c71&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: 'Wait a minute, are you telling me there’s a World Cup in soccer?' ... 
'You bethor believe there’s a Wurdled Cup in soccer.' Illustration: Alan Clarke]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Clarke</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chef Mark Moriarty’s new restaurant: ‘It is something pretty new for Ireland’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/27/chef-mark-moriartys-new-venture-i-didnt-work-in-all-these-top-restaurants-to-only-be-on-tv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/06/27/chef-mark-moriartys-new-venture-i-didnt-work-in-all-these-top-restaurants-to-only-be-on-tv/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Reddan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As he prepares to open new Dublin restaurant Studio, the storied chef talks hard work, multitasking and the importance of family life
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SP4NFPOLFJBGZF4SAOSH7UINOU.JPG?auth=36ce5a4fc1a70f499cb16a0b1d59c6d39a32cc06db0fe35c075e8ce09b94a68a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty at Wilton Park. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dermot Bolger: ‘In Slane I was pinned to a squad car until I recited two Francis Ledwidge poems’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/27/dermot-bolger-in-slane-i-was-pinned-to-a-squad-car-until-i-recited-two-francis-ledwidge-poems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/27/dermot-bolger-in-slane-i-was-pinned-to-a-squad-car-until-i-recited-two-francis-ledwidge-poems/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Dublin writer on his new short story collection, his literary pilgrimage to Meath, and the latest betrayal of Ireland’s youth]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L3VX5RXXPFAOJEWARWO22Z22YU.jpg?auth=8bd583a1a801df4d395ffddb011c8a5be2d71873c5ad18c4357a934376fc5178&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dermot Bolger: 'I’d never bestow the term “wise” on anyone with my taste in clothes.' Photograph: Bryan Meade]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan Meade</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for black bean and roasted root vegetable chilli with coriander rice and sour cream]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/27/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-black-bean-and-roasted-root-vegetable-chilli-with-coriander-rice-and-sour-cream/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/27/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-black-bean-and-roasted-root-vegetable-chilli-with-coriander-rice-and-sour-cream/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Once you’ve chopped the celeriac and parsnips, this dish will come together very easily]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6U6EIUQ42NEXVAVJP7C5Y3HLXU.jpg?auth=6fd83058903336ae5eef45cf8f04925dddcec9cab9592ccde71754500779dd44&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for black bean and roasted root vegetable chilli with coriander rice and sour cream. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty’s recipe for slow-cooked mushroom and halloumi burgers]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/27/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-slow-cooked-mushroom-and-halloumi-burgers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/food/recipes/2026/06/27/mark-moriartys-recipe-for-slow-cooked-mushroom-and-halloumi-burgers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Don’t forget the the lime yoghurt, which is gloriously simple to make]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5VNQ6NOVIBDRBKNOUQIIUVPNCU.jpg?auth=6a27da9d883c4349ee1b5dfeafb6680ed48c3c24f2d41be6d2117fb551d2a992&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mark Moriarty's slow-cooked mushroom and halloumi burgers. Photograph: Harry Weir]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body - the rage of this writing must continue]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-the-rage-of-this-writing-must-continue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/presence-a-hidden-history-of-the-female-body-the-rage-of-this-writing-must-continue/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Kissane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There was, the author writes, ‘no history of what had happened to me’ or historical women, of ‘experiences long considered to be too private... to be admitted as true history’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IO7ZGXK5OFGZTELI4UFARGO7WI.jpg?auth=01426bc3ff386e40a218ececdd8cabe4087242d7cd7e0dee7ba7dead108c5fca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Erin Maglaque: the pain of labour brought her 'before or beyond' her thinking mind, and the experience 'fractured her sense of time'.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collapse by Édouard Louis: A brother’s life]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/collapse-by-edouard-louis-a-brothers-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/collapse-by-edouard-louis-a-brothers-life/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Final instalment in French author’s family cycle project reconfigures the nature of autobiography]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3AEBWXG4ZZNZ3TLTEZIIUSPZDA.jpg?auth=492c6c5e4549c141140db0b3ed503725a4498f12e81837219199bedf68d4932f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Collapse by Édouard Louis explores the death of his brother from alcoholism at the age of 38. Photograph: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sara Krulwich</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviews in brief: Irish Stories; Fieldwork as a Sex Object; and Catholicism: End or Beginning?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/reviews-in-brief-irish-stories-fieldwork-as-a-sex-object-and-catholicism-end-or-beginning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/reviews-in-brief-irish-stories-fieldwork-as-a-sex-object-and-catholicism-end-or-beginning/</guid><description><![CDATA[New books from Christopher Morash, Meena Kandasamy and Mary Daly]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SJIGO72XPTCX3WHK3FKBKMYTJE.jpg?auth=718d302f09b15266619a2643c93464fa4ce95e622c5b437a9e8d833bb821754f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Meena Kandasamy'a latest novel deals with the traumatic fallout from a deepfake porn. Photograph: Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Revolution Comes: Exposing corporate America’s skulduggery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/when-the-revolution-comes-exposing-corporate-americas-skulduggery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/when-the-revolution-comes-exposing-corporate-americas-skulduggery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Horan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Modern-day Grapes of Wrath describes how Chris Smalls set out to unionise Amazon warehouse workers]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CQZDU2IJKVH2FO7FH3YMBI6YNU.jpg?auth=82f9312ee24d66a98053309b5065c3f9bac0430f1ca71674ec1a5c283a4fa592&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chris Smalls is founder of the Amazon Labor Union. Photograph: Tom Honan ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Honan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer: High jinks in the Tuscan countryside]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer-high-jinks-in-the-tuscan-countryside/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/villa-coco-by-andrew-sean-greer-high-jinks-in-the-tuscan-countryside/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helen Cullen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author of Less returns with a warm, hopeful novel set in Italy ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NU3UC43BZZHIMXIXC2Z2F25I7E.jpg?auth=dfeec8663b08c5dc8d7df2a1b47bf88932c41389351fb31a60e2efff70da07f8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Novelist Andrew Sean Greer's latest novel is a coming-of-age story narrated by a floundering young American archivist. Photograph: Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/ The New York Times]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sara Naomi Lewkowicz</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem of the Week: Remind Me How Often]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/27/poem-of-the-week-remind-me-how-often/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/06/27/poem-of-the-week-remind-me-how-often/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Ormsby]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new work by Frank Ormsby ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:10:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AI7KUW2UIPIK4I7H4GSCFOTABM.jpg?auth=1869754975ac76f2adbdd373996c6e6feaa9a64781e768a8f978b8ccaaaefcd0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Frank Ormsby: a new work from his latest collection, The Tumbling Paddy. Photograph: Parkway Photography]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scotland, edited by Kathleen Jamie & Don Paterson: Dour, oh dour]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/scotland-edited-by-kathleen-jamie-don-paterson-dour-oh-dour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/06/27/scotland-edited-by-kathleen-jamie-don-paterson-dour-oh-dour/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Sweeney Byrne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘What a glum mood runs through this anthology’]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5AQISOMTRKTUYLRPCZRZZZDTME.jpg?auth=cea4b1ed77baa68583ddf2719e219f1f465aa2d714041a8fabc28c7324b59606&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=800" type="image/jpeg" height="800" width="1200"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A curiosity of this collection is that Scottish artists were feeling so bitter and depleted. File photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jeff J Mitchell</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>