<?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/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/digest-resolver/homepage-top/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:16:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Four men charged over Galway mosque terror plot to face Special Criminal Court]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/four-men-charged-over-galway-mosque-terror-plot-to-face-special-criminal-court/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/four-men-charged-over-galway-mosque-terror-plot-to-face-special-criminal-court/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Magennis]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two accused also face explosives and weapons charges]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:36:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/GBNQ6J364NSLMIILYSWG3SEUDI.jpg?auth=e53f6ef0f6282befe940432fdc7829918bc0c501e9339e845f68e9629f5b1a8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Darren Gorman from Portlaoise pictured at Portlaoise District Court where he and three co-accused faced terrorism charges. Photograph: Colin Keegan/ Collins ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Colin Keegan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man due in court over fatal Edenderry house fire]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/man-due-in-court-over-fatal-edenderry-house-fire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/man-due-in-court-over-fatal-edenderry-house-fire/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed in the blaze last December]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:16:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MXBNM3BRXKR7LLI67CCRVMJ7FA.jpg?auth=fc1aebb14dbcf06e5cf27cdef8b2edeb36875a44f41033404b484275e33febe4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Members of the fire service and Garda Technical Bureau at the scene of the fatal house fire in Castleview, Edenderry, Co Offaly, last December. 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Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Autism]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sdominick</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property developer jailed for ‘truly shocking’ assaults on three teenage boys]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/property-developer-jailed-for-truly-shocking-assaults-on-three-teenage-boys/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/property-developer-jailed-for-truly-shocking-assaults-on-three-teenage-boys/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sorcha Crowley]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cathal O’Connor (40) ‘lost all sense of reason’ during incident in a Co Sligo warehouse in March 2024, court told]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FOICSGWARRD57KLVEYFIEVH4XI.jpg?auth=8786c819f8f2d44a2f2d5a77d8e14843204aa5ab410d569648e9aa78a02724bb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cathal O'Connor pleaded guilty to three counts of assault causing harm to three 13-year-old boys at the Northwest Business Park, Collooney on March 18th, 2024.]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Scales of Justice]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">sasar</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tonight’s Late Late Show could be Patrick Kielty’s last. Who needs the other more?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/01/tonights-late-late-show-could-be-patrick-kieltys-last-who-needs-the-other-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/01/tonights-late-late-show-could-be-patrick-kieltys-last-who-needs-the-other-more/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: With contract-renewal negotiations seemingly in limbo, there’s a chance the RTÉ host won’t be back next season ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:45:05 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XGWXBR7UWUUUP7JHYXFYIFHJ3E.jpg?auth=b58bb8c643565339e0b6e783b546c6df9eb1d30691e05d0835b3059ba0ae6066&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Late Late Show: Patrick Kielty. Photograph: RTÉ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Late Late Show]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">RTE</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Kinahan cartel’s secret messages: ‘Nobody is stopping until they’re all dead’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/02/inside-the-kinahan-cartels-secret-messages-nobody-is-stopping-until-theyre-all-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/02/inside-the-kinahan-cartels-secret-messages-nobody-is-stopping-until-theyre-all-dead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Lally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Case against gang lieutenant Sean McGovern pulls veil back on how the Irish drug gang planned to murder rivals in feud with the Hutch gang ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:03:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7VNVSLPFHFGVZH5LAXGSGROMIU.jpg?auth=3c2b66cf84857d0a1498555b298d914ef40ca2e15c5aee077a9394a4ef450d63&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sean McGovern inadvertently left a trail of data that helped gardaí understand some of the workings of the Kinahan cartel]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Dubai arrest]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young man who suffered traumatic brain injury in car crash settles action for €215,000]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/young-man-who-suffered-traumatic-brain-injury-in-car-crash-settles-action-for-215000/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2026/05/01/young-man-who-suffered-traumatic-brain-injury-in-car-crash-settles-action-for-215000/</guid><description><![CDATA[Judge says litigation risk in the case over Co Westmeath incident so overwhelming that any offer should be accepted on behalf of Dean Quinn Garry]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:22:18 +0000</pubDate><category>Courts</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PBASXBG6EXJ2NNIFVJVQQYTPJE.jpg?auth=c5e9c4aa48f9f3b595b9f390bc4041be10861502552bd0599c98dfb5c5dddf50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Judge Paul Coffey told Dean Quinn Garry’s mother it was a very tragic case and she had his sympathies. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burglar climbed through open window at Irish billionaire’s London home, court hears ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/01/burglar-climbed-through-open-window-at-irish-billionaires-london-home-court-hears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/01/burglar-climbed-through-open-window-at-irish-billionaires-london-home-court-hears/</guid><description><![CDATA[Paul Coulson’s Knightsbridge townhouse was targeted in a series of burglaries over four days]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7ZROJHPBEROI7JO23ZSODH57EA.jpg?auth=73199cc92f127896965ddef1be2db35e91355a6cfc3f1065c58041bd3fe9c350&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Coulson. Photograph: Frank Miller]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Frank Miller</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinking of Irish-born billionaire’s superyacht was not due to storm – reports]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/01/sinking-of-irish-born-billionaires-superyacht-was-not-due-to-storm-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/05/01/sinking-of-irish-born-billionaires-superyacht-was-not-due-to-storm-reports/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mike Lynch and daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the Bayesian yacht sank off Sicily]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:07:11 +0000</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7FSSXSD37UZ6LZJ3OS7REW26DM.jpg?auth=c443a4915dddf0756b3f612e281b23ab44402005a998a0ce7df3b7c1ed3a72b3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht the Bayesian was lifted to the surface near the fishing town of Porticello, Sicily, last year. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Bayesian yacht accident]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Peter Byrne</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump plans to hike tariffs on cars from EU]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/trump-plans-to-hike-tariffs-on-cars-from-eu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/trump-plans-to-hike-tariffs-on-cars-from-eu/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Flanagan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[US president says he will increase levy to 25% from next week]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/P336O3XX2FJL7RXAQZCNHFFNMA.jpg?auth=495a91f8eabe92197d45967fa8c2cbd936a0988de5d7ab335f5e9c400975f436&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[US president Donald Trump said he would hike tariffs on cars and trucks from the EU. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks during the signing of an executive order regarding retirement savings in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning permission to be sought for College Green hotel]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/planning-permission-to-be-sought-for-college-green-hotel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/planning-permission-to-be-sought-for-college-green-hotel/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Deegan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links get go-ahead for swimming pool]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:08:39 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/F3ZQIMXB2FIL5HQIEO2F6URBLQ.jpg?auth=da79abb805c2360ebe6569c9ecedcf8239ad40f386bed6ea8427403b01794e39&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links has secured planning permission from Fingal County Council for an outdoor fresh water swimming pool 
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]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alan Betson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[PrepayPower first to hike energy prices due to Iran war, others expected to follow suit]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/prepay-power-first-supplier-to-hike-electricity-and-gas-prices-since-start-of-iran-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/05/01/prepay-power-first-supplier-to-hike-electricity-and-gas-prices-since-start-of-iran-war/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Average household’s annual electricity bill will rise by €168 and gas by €171]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:10 +0000</pubDate><category>Business</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J3AFYPAIZFE6DBMQEJGMH4KQUI.JPG?auth=a0843bf04d7f07e9be1b2baab013a2cf14eb1500fb39be60b35d303c0e2611ed&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[PrepayPower has become the first domestic energy supplier to hike its rates in the wake of the war in IranPhotograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Business Cathal Fay of Prepay Power]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Irish activists on Gaza flotilla detained by Israel released in Greece]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/01/irish-on-gaza-flotilla-say-israeli-interception-was-like-game-of-pac-man/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/05/01/irish-on-gaza-flotilla-say-israeli-interception-was-like-game-of-pac-man/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne, Katie Mellett]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seven Irish citizens are being held by Israel after boats from the flotilla were intercepted in international waters off of Greece]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 09:34:28 +0000</pubDate><category>Ireland</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HUP5FFEE4ZF2PMEJIQOP2TK6CU.JPG?auth=0c914e9d0077a7714d0bcc1a64830ca78c532a386ff83e9f94fc053e35da0d5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cormac Daly, Dr Margaret Connolly and Louise McCormack on the Global Sumud Flotilla]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Cormac Daly, Dr Margaret Connolly and Louise McCormack]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whisky diplomacy of King Charles and Donald Trump can’t mask depth of US-UK political breach]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/01/whisky-diplomacy-of-king-charles-and-donald-trump-cant-mask-depth-of-us-uk-political-breach/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/05/01/whisky-diplomacy-of-king-charles-and-donald-trump-cant-mask-depth-of-us-uk-political-breach/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[British king to ‘raise a dram’ to teetotal US president but soft power of recent state visit does not erase hard realities of politics]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate><category>UK</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YUVU4PEKAZKDYJZYWNA63TLXTQ.jpg?auth=62d013835779987c2b7364f86e7995dd052d9d3e3543bc48f86a65c39ee179b8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Britain's King Charles and US president Donald Trump during an arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington this week. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[King Charles III walks with President Donald Trump through the Rose Garden during an arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington, April 28, 2026. Kenny Holston/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Kenny Holston</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Gerry Hutch to Ray McAdam: Candidates lists finalised for Dublin Central and Galway West byelections]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/01/line-up-of-candidates-finalised-for-two-byelections-on-may-22nd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/01/line-up-of-candidates-finalised-for-two-byelections-on-may-22nd/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cormac McQuinn]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fourteen candidates are running in Dublin Central and there are 17 candidates in Galway West]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:41:12 +0000</pubDate><category>Politics</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/WFF2FHWBMO5MYAJ3T2F25D3PSQ.JPG?auth=5780bfbcebc7f1544e41b2c8e43ed30cc6d69bffac4063a603ea6c88a19da7ae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Election posters in Drumcondra for the upcoming Dublin Central byelection. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>