<?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-life-style/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:52:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff: Humans are innately political, but when does an issue become a moral one?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/24/sean-moncrieff-humans-are-innately-political-but-when-does-an-issue-become-a-moral-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/24/sean-moncrieff-humans-are-innately-political-but-when-does-an-issue-become-a-moral-one/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seán Moncrieff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For the Eurovision and international sporting competitions, you can’t have a rolling beauty contest where only ‘approved’ countries can take part]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IF4YIOMFHFAKVHFHVEN7REJUSE.jpg?auth=2493570fbdbec1a43b0ebb7757ac8f9d463a0252c0ff4fa156ed6e7ae6ad6c4f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[25/3/2026.  - H&S - Staff - Byline -Sean Moncrieff, columnist, The Irish Times. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[SEAN MONCRIEFF]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Dara Mac Dónaill</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We knew that Ireland had a housing problem, but we did not know the extent of it before we came’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/23/we-knew-that-ireland-had-a-housing-problem-but-we-did-not-know-the-extent-of-it-before-we-came/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/23/we-knew-that-ireland-had-a-housing-problem-but-we-did-not-know-the-extent-of-it-before-we-came/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hosanna Boulter]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Daria Bilyk and her husband Nikita moved to Ireland from Russia in 2021]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/BYML3W5N2VGOJKEYYHOM75OZ6U.JPG?auth=3330f467d6582079fd729e2e8c480cf7eafdb00b76f9398c96abd675710b9cb4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Daria Bilyk: 'We read about Ireland. We thought that it's a perfect place because of the economy, which is growing, and that people would be welcoming and nice.' 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I need to get comfortable with not being any good for a long time’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/15/im-learning-irish-i-need-to-get-comfortable-with-not-being-any-good-for-a-long-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/15/im-learning-irish-i-need-to-get-comfortable-with-not-being-any-good-for-a-long-time/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I can see echoes of Catalan education in my new Irish lessons conducted over a few pints ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DMTQS76Y55CP5DJBHDGQBSUZHE.jpg?auth=e4674c6fe56ada47ba1e084d021721edbe2a6b0d5ce0a49d7e3b5310b8a99af7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Even Irish people feel awkward speaking the language because they think they should know it better than they do.' 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Photograph: Emmet Riordan ]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[wales pic 5]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Irish herbalists finding new purpose in ancient remedies]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/the-irish-herbalists-finding-new-purpose-in-ancient-remedies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/the-irish-herbalists-finding-new-purpose-in-ancient-remedies/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosanna Cooney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is a growing movement of people reviving the ancient Irish healing tradition of an bean feasa]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YJWR6X7EKNETXMDL2U2E3ZR5GM.jpg?auth=2aff840ea96cfab1c733fb3ce54633f258de4372a55a422eb46ad19e0d040069&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Herbalist Marina Kesso and her husband, Ross, at home in Co Clare. 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Photograph via Karyn Walsh]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Eye on Nature     Éanna Ní Lamhna]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A close shave with a Dublin bus made me reconsider commuting by e-scooter’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/conor-pope-a-close-shave-with-a-dublin-bus-made-me-reconsider-commuting-by-e-scooter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/conor-pope-a-close-shave-with-a-dublin-bus-made-me-reconsider-commuting-by-e-scooter/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Conor Pope]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Traumatic brain injuries among child e-scooter users in Ireland have jumped by 50% in just 12 months. Alarmed medics say it is time to take action]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y35W6VKGUOGXPNVCGLQWPYQM6Y.jpg?auth=0d90582b3148e76f5dfd83c2159928738e13dab7ad0bbaba29bb86182b710c3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Conor Pope: I decided scooting was not for me after a close call in 2019. Photograph: Dave Meehan]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gordon D’Arcy’s Birdstyle breaks the mould by mixing natural science with imaginative art]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/21/gordon-darcys-birdstyle-breaks-the-mould-by-mixing-natural-science-with-imaginative-art/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/21/gordon-darcys-birdstyle-breaks-the-mould-by-mixing-natural-science-with-imaginative-art/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella McSweeney]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Six decades of birdwatching, drawing, writing and sharing and the author’s passion still shines through in new book]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Life &amp; Style</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RL7JHWGLANBQXAVJFNK2KDF42M.jpg?auth=de76e083769c9fcfe97937c07c274cf22dc04c9cc03b625ffff0b58c40785d2d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Ringed plovers have an ingenious way of disguising their nests]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly: How I ended up watching Spike Lee laugh his head off at a cartoon of me tripping on drugs]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/seamas-oreilly-an-insane-sequence-of-events-led-to-me-to-quit-the-office-job-i-hated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/seamas-oreilly-an-insane-sequence-of-events-led-to-me-to-quit-the-office-job-i-hated/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An insane and arbitrary sequence of events led to me getting to write about things for a living, instead of toiling away in an office job I hate]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PWWEK4HJTBBGZLGSL7C46WAVRM.jpg?auth=91a56e9412451d4e38cfdf6e9a7d66793f3e3f1ce2db987945830bc43f93f6f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Séamas O'Reilly. Photograph: Steve Ryan]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Writer Séamas O'Reilly]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Steve Ryan</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photographer Eric Luke brings Ireland’s most remote inhabited island to life in new book]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/photographer-eric-luke-brings-irelands-most-remote-inhabited-island-to-life-in-new-book/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/21/photographer-eric-luke-brings-irelands-most-remote-inhabited-island-to-life-in-new-book/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Luke, John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wild seas, turf-filled boats and an old way of living are key themes in Toraigh/Tory Island  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/T5N6LA3CFFHJRLINEH2QTD7WGM.JPG?auth=8ac13d5decb5fa0cd587714ab0bb9ee8fe662106e5ef7e14adb4788eb8dda02b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Islanders and fishing boats at the old pier on Tory Island in the 1970s. Photograph: Eric Luke]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[For photo essay slot in Weekend on June 20th 2026. 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Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening Q&A: ‘Where can I buy organic flower bulbs?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/21/gardening-qa-where-can-i-buy-organic-flower-bulbs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/gardening/2026/06/21/gardening-qa-where-can-i-buy-organic-flower-bulbs/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fionnuala Fallon]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, this is still a relatively niche market in Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Gardening</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TDF7BH4BFFF4JHA5QA4JYW2IL4.jpg?auth=a2883cff48027ef68780e4da882556162bd70098fbe1eab9277717cc9aad8997&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The good news is that the use of neonics is now largely banned in Europe. Photograph: Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Close-up of two hands holding a bunch of tulip bulbs]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">cjp</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writer Victoria Kennefick: ‘Women’s anger is very underexplored and misunderstood’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/victoria-kennefick-i-am-from-what-is-called-a-double-barrel-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/victoria-kennefick-i-am-from-what-is-called-a-double-barrel-family/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John O'Connor]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cork poet Victoria Kennefick on her relationship with being agreeable, her acquaintance with anger, and fond childhood memories]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NJULRWT46CGZCSQ6Q64EUY3ZNY.jpg?auth=4462b0be99811e3464e31b46f88c373b3564684290b791d3b791ad457ea457f5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Writer Victoria Kennefick]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Porn before puberty in Ireland: ‘It is horrible, and it’s in every school’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/porn-before-puberty-their-first-exposure-to-sex-makes-them-feel-it-should-be-violent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/porn-before-puberty-their-first-exposure-to-sex-makes-them-feel-it-should-be-violent/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Hogan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Half of schoolchildren have seen pornography by age of 13, including ‘very, very disturbing images’. Is there a case for a UK-style social media ban for under-16s? ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HGHRYM76LVGBDIK4KJRLW5CSU4.png?auth=bb14160e948567230f55f5392102bc3dfc7040d18d675d720d2f25fcda80401c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Clockwise from left: Pam O'Leary; Erin Lloyd; Eoghan Cleary; and Olivia Scott. Photographs: Nick Bradshaw/Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Porn before puberty]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham’s Britain appears to be moving towards reality. What would it look like?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/andy-burnhams-britain-appears-to-be-moving-towards-reality-what-would-it-look-like/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/20/andy-burnhams-britain-appears-to-be-moving-towards-reality-what-would-it-look-like/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Paul]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After his resounding byelection victory in Makerfield, what is the so-called King of the North’s vision for the UK if he unseats Keir Starmer as prime minister? ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/Y4RHI2H3ONFEPLCOQ6GQ2GPQRU.jpg?auth=5f67074cad3eac8aa73396f4df169b8df47aabbf49e7126adef2830016a52898&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The concept of Burnham’s Britain appears to be moving towards reality. Illustration: Cathal O'Gara]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the summer solstice important in Ireland?]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/20/why-is-the-summer-solstice-important-in-ireland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/06/20/why-is-the-summer-solstice-important-in-ireland/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronan McGreevy]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every year on June 21st, people gather on the Hill of Tara to watch the sun rise]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Life &amp; Style</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/3XLCWMIFIZAEFM37EHLCGTAO4I.jpg?auth=b70da2a744df62df87ac130d5b721ab9dc700882a242043cdbc3a5a16a7a8803&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Yvonne Van Ieperenburg from the Netherlands welcomes the summer solstice at Drombeg stone circle outside Glandore, Co Cork, in 2024. 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