<?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/feed-opinion/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:34:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: It’s time for a compensation scheme that recognises the pain and suffering of victims]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/opinion-its-time-for-a-compensation-scheme-that-recognises-the-pain-and-suffering-of-victims/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/opinion-its-time-for-a-compensation-scheme-that-recognises-the-pain-and-suffering-of-victims/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scheme must be designed so that the vast majority of applicants should not require a lawyer’s assistance]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SGZ46YKFWPUF3FU4ON3F243QZ4.jpg?auth=c32bc7dea9a7e2e31e67981419c38dbd85aff8904d44de3909c4894a0208c7af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Law Reform Commission has recommended the creation of a new victim-centred statutory scheme]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newton Emerson: One in five desks are empty in Northern Ireland’s classrooms. Pragmatism is needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/newton-emerson-one-in-five-desks-are-empty-in-northern-irelands-classrooms-pragmatism-is-needed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/newton-emerson-one-in-five-desks-are-empty-in-northern-irelands-classrooms-pragmatism-is-needed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An extraordinary 40 per cent of all schools in Northern Ireland will be unviable by 2033, up from a quarter today]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DUNONFPAHVBBPJ636QOJWRFGFI.jpg?auth=e2037f4368a87c8a81908d1d8ad59c2a066847253ac4163811d183a8fdbbfb78&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Newton Emerson]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Columnists 21/02/25]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond: The British government has no business in banning Kanye West from the country]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/finn-mcredmond-kanye-west-should-not-have-been-invited-to-a-uk-festival-but-since-he-was-let-him-play/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/09/finn-mcredmond-kanye-west-should-not-have-been-invited-to-a-uk-festival-but-since-he-was-let-him-play/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finn McRedmond]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Free-speech absolutism is the only logical position in modern democracy. Yes, even when the speech is as base and bigoted as this]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4QMN3DXOQYP3YPNCCBC4YCFZME.jpg?auth=453ac9805a408ec3b3905863d24408141a7d787f386e7bb05518414f8cef5cef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kanye West: Would you invite this man to perform at a music festival? Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kanye West show cancelled]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jonathan Brady</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the fuel protests: unacceptable disruption]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/08/the-irish-times-view-on-the-fuel-protests-unacceptable-disruption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/08/the-irish-times-view-on-the-fuel-protests-unacceptable-disruption/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is wholly unacceptable to block thousands of people going about their daily lives ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LXCL7PJVGBDXJFDFNNG2IQYRNY.JPG?auth=f9e3720fe003d663038cb60663834107db92b889317124041f38a0783b8b2820&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin City centre on Wednesday, where drivers and owners of large vehicles, tractors trucks and vans blocked areas of the city. (Photo: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish Time)]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Fuel Prices protest in Dublin]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the Middle East ceasefire: uneasy and unstable]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/08/the-irish-times-view-on-the-middle-east-ceasefire-uneasy-and-unstable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/08/the-irish-times-view-on-the-middle-east-ceasefire-uneasy-and-unstable/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is an alarming sense that the leader of the world’s most powerful nation is psychologically untethered]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VVOGODPOQ7FXDYXRMGIPMXXVUQ.jpg?auth=000d263bd09f0d47ec6bf5a5bbb9bc4955903cd19c46c45b3bdd8c011beeb6d1&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 speaks during a news conference at the White House ment. Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, April 6, 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[Frank McNally: A heart-stopping epitaph on the grave of a little-known teenager ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/08/frank-mcnally-a-heart-stopping-epitaph-on-the-grave-of-a-little-known-teenager/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/08/frank-mcnally-a-heart-stopping-epitaph-on-the-grave-of-a-little-known-teenager/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A stone in Rome’s ‘Protestant Cemetery’ commemorates Rosa Bathurst, who drowned in 1824, aged 16]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7KEE6Q4ATVFTLN3WUI4WSBAUZY.jpg?auth=28303ce589a3f2a261d64708c4a876c93dcbf51d3ad331fe6ccf4b2714ab99e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The most moving epitaph in Rome’s 'Protestant Cemetery' is on the grave of a little-known English teenager Rosa Bathurst]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Rosa Bathurst]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis: Court reports can be distressing reading. There’s a good reason for that]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/court-reports-can-make-for-distressing-reading-there-are-good-reasons-for-that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/court-reports-can-make-for-distressing-reading-there-are-good-reasons-for-that/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabel Hayes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Press Ombudsman’s recent comments on graphic language in court reports highlight an issue court reporters have been attuned to for years]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4DVPYFNPHBKKFGNQINLETABGPA.jpg?auth=d29843d146141dfb8dfc2f175e942a259547979ed54af82e2cc3952f74108195&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Court reporters don’t have carte blanche to pick and choose more appropriate language as we see fit – we are bound by the charges as set out in law.' Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[News Four Courts Restoration ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael McDowell: Dublin’s dereliction problem has been obvious for decades. A new approach is needed]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/michael-mcdowell-theres-a-bermuda-triangle-of-dereliction-in-dublin-the-solution-lies-in-leinster-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/michael-mcdowell-theres-a-bermuda-triangle-of-dereliction-in-dublin-the-solution-lies-in-leinster-house/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McDowell]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We are well past the point at which ‘pilot’ implementation projects and ‘independent’ special-purpose vehicles are put on some vague delivery schedule]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/J7R3EENZ4BHR3A6NSGMRCQWKHE.JPG?auth=661f05d17e030bff296ea638a6882ae114058004a5d992677f40110873058faf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Two derelict houses at 8 and 10 Ferguson Rd in Drumcondra. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/The Irish Times ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland Dublin housing]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/08/martyn-turner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/04/08/martyn-turner/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[April 8th, 2026]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Cartoon</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5Y2M2TLMFCIZNKROL5YAJR4WU.jpg?auth=783c4faf5749bbd45ffbc064dafc26911a73101d91d1f4d6ae102c521ce13feb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:title><![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martyn Turner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan: The real Donald Trump is the Trump of the foul-mouthed, late night rant]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/kathy-sheridan-the-real-donald-trump-is-the-trump-of-the-foul-mouthed-late-night-rant/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/08/kathy-sheridan-the-real-donald-trump-is-the-trump-of-the-foul-mouthed-late-night-rant/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Sheridan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The real Donald Trump is the Trump of that foul-mouthed diatribe, the man seen in the late night and early morning posts on social media]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7S6M2ZGDDXLWAWENQD6RZRTODQ.jpg?auth=f9299f9fd5dd69b577d868cf0e6bfd07e16faaea1464e92acac7e31e534539be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump at the White House Easter Egg Roll event. Photograph: Tom Brenner/The New York Times
                      ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[President Donald Trump walks through the crowd before taking part in the White House Easter Egg Roll event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Tom Brenner</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on school divestment: painfully slow]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/07/the-irish-times-view-on-school-divestment-painfully-slow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/07/the-irish-times-view-on-school-divestment-painfully-slow/</guid><description><![CDATA[A substantial minority do not want  religious patronage and the State , has a duty to meet that demand]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3VUPBYP4VYGEUMGBFV7TQT3IAY.jpg?auth=dfee604f6a951d4dcfed3307ed334d3f9e550f5641d1c43b94f0e12b9972d3da&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[ Minister for Education & Youth Hildegarde Naughton. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the exchequer returns: steady but not spectacular ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/07/the-irish-times-view-on-the-exchequer-returns-steady-but-not-spectacular/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/07/the-irish-times-view-on-the-exchequer-returns-steady-but-not-spectacular/</guid><description><![CDATA[The figures give the Government some leeway to respond further to higher energy costs]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SXOS47RZRZWOMU423F4AVJG4XA.JPG?auth=b192b10bc9e1b386c2d9af53937d5fe75d78d7b61fe488bfb14739d965d7eb90&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Simon Harris   and Minister for Public Expenditure,  Jack Chambers ,  at a press conference on the publication of the End Q1 2026  Exchequer Returns at Government buildings Dublin on Monday. (Pic Stephen Collins/Collins Photos)
]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘That’s the wrong Ireland’: The eternal quest to find a pub showing Czechia v Ireland in Rome]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/07/thats-the-wrong-ireland-the-eternal-quest-to-find-a-pub-showing-the-game-in-rome/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/07/thats-the-wrong-ireland-the-eternal-quest-to-find-a-pub-showing-the-game-in-rome/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank McNally]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After finding myself lost in translation, it didn’t help that every available TV was showing Italy v Northern Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OY7PQDKRWFDEROTB4SBWZ2BRUA.jpeg?auth=781ce4ad2f45ac7dcaf9808de8f855823f9c90214acab5df36d9aa33d473e3d1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The O’Connell plaque in Rome’s Pontifical Irish College]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For use in Frank's Irishman's Diary, April 8th, 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fintan O'Toole: Trump’s random gibberish is more terrifying than lies. It is a sign of derangement]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/fintan-otoole-trumps-random-gibberish-is-more-terrifying-than-lies-it-is-a-sign-of-derangement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/fintan-otoole-trumps-random-gibberish-is-more-terrifying-than-lies-it-is-a-sign-of-derangement/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fintan O’Toole]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US president isn’t making this stuff up – it’s making him up]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DFNQFL3Q3E7LIZAHOTRE7YVTSQ.jpg?auth=3920f1f2a25ae7e172f82066950006513067540395b76ac8f24cfd7e598a8aae&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Donald Trump's framing of the war in Iran is devoid of logic. He has surrounded himself with so many sycophants that it appears no one will intervene. Photograph: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Trump Order Directs Use Of AI To Boost Childhood Cancer Research]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Francis Chung</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerard Howlin: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has big ambitions - but can she succeed in health?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/gerard-howlin-jennifer-carroll-macneill-has-big-ambitions-but-can-she-succeed-in-health/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/gerard-howlin-jennifer-carroll-macneill-has-big-ambitions-but-can-she-succeed-in-health/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerard Howlin]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Articulating the scale of the challenge will be a test of the Health Minister’s willingness to make the changes required]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5WB6LSURL67TJXECCGPI7WDEBA.JPG?auth=5d4e7c5f20d25e9b3a8dcd3199fe1660bdac3fd4299f0385ac85550ad0fa0aab&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This is the moment Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill should take full responsibility. 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[Eamon Ryan: Ireland’s future energy needs must be met by renewables and nuclear]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/eamon-ryan-irelands-future-energy-needs-must-be-met-by-renewables-and-nuclear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/eamon-ryan-irelands-future-energy-needs-must-be-met-by-renewables-and-nuclear/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eamon Ryan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Critical effort must go into balancing both so we have a competitive, secure and affordable energy system]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BIAAFCCPSRAJRHGREEKY5NXNDY.jpg?auth=719546d2fa28b68ebbec234c37dbd921a888bcd94621b2f7d9a834b59e3ae765&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[If we buy all our software from the West and all our hardware like solar panels from the east, how do we pay our own way? Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Installing solar panels on the roof of a house.]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">anatoliy_gleb</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on education overspending: a worrying annual pattern]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/06/the-irish-times-view-on-education-overspending-a-worrying-annual-pattern/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/06/the-irish-times-view-on-education-overspending-a-worrying-annual-pattern/</guid><description><![CDATA[Departmental overspending is nothing new under this Government or its predecessor]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3QQR6ME2O4NVDWXQQYUW5QSYZA.JPG?auth=5134f9472c269ae17142fedef56fc54d8e4531fdb1d77671acbdac46f09e5352&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Minister for Education & Youth Hildegarde Naughton: her department's spending is over budget.
 Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Sam boal/Collins Photos</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish Times view on the sale of PTSB: not all about the money]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/06/the-irish-times-view-on-the-sale-of-ptsb-not-all-about-the-money/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorials/2026/04/06/the-irish-times-view-on-the-sale-of-ptsb-not-all-about-the-money/</guid><description><![CDATA[Private equity firms do not always make the most suitable owners of banks]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Editorials</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4A7YWOML667WEBVOJ23ANPBF5I.jpg?auth=af98a8c32c61e5fc6718956cea7b3a22543d1ea5dcd1d88e7ee65cb9f04a3079&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The  PTSB  branch in Finglas, Dublin. There are three bidders for the majority State-owned bank . ( Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire )]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[PTSB sale]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Brian Lawless</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard lessons – John Mulqueen on how ministers fared at past teachers’ annual conferences]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/06/hard-lessons-john-mulqueen-on-how-ministers-fared-at-past-teachers-annual-conferences/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2026/04/06/hard-lessons-john-mulqueen-on-how-ministers-fared-at-past-teachers-annual-conferences/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mulqueen]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Each conference was a shooting gallery, with the minister the target]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate><category>An Irish Diary</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SL3Z7EWSMJCZBPZ3U4DSUB3NP4.jpg?auth=6f30419cab2b03bc42c988283c8ec629c5982e184a05c4bc3e07562a3410ee03&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Mary O'Rourke: A former teacher herself, as minister for education she knew she would have a rough time when she faced the unions]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Mary O'Rourke: For use in An Irishman's Diary, April 7th]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuropsychologist Ian Robertson: The rise of toxic overconfidence]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/06/neuropsychologist-ian-robertson-the-rise-of-toxic-overconfidence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/06/neuropsychologist-ian-robertson-the-rise-of-toxic-overconfidence/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Robertson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unhealthy kind of confidence is on the rise - an arrogance that tips into hubris]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JTUAND2WUVC6NCKIJN4VIKDJRM.jpg?auth=4a659050b33a929922210d8dd838a010cacddc8d749d96ed5553077e969bb215&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[At the heart of it, Tate’s philosophy is about building yourself up by knocking someone else down - the ancient practice of the domination of one group by another. Photograph: Alexandru Dobre/AP]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Romania Andrew Tate]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Alexandru Dobre</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>