<?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, 27 May 2026 00:46:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[Five Dublin spots for a dip, a walk and food during the hot weather]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/05/26/five-dublin-spots-for-a-dip-a-walk-and-food-during-the-hot-weather/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/travel/2026/05/26/five-dublin-spots-for-a-dip-a-walk-and-food-during-the-hot-weather/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looking for a spontaneous micro-escape and want to avoid crowds? 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That’s astonishing by any metric.' 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People think I’m a recovering alcoholic and that’s fine by me]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/25/i-dont-like-alcohol-people-think-im-a-recovering-alcoholic-and-thats-fine-by-me/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/25/i-dont-like-alcohol-people-think-im-a-recovering-alcoholic-and-thats-fine-by-me/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Moss]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I’m not insulted and if it makes others more comfortable to think that’s why I’m not drinking, it’s fine by me]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SPN6DFVFRRFWHF3JYPQNY5SX3U.png?auth=b42763a8e1c5bc0b54a162297d8f3190b2f25345dbb21d9d7c41f48f35ee0e10&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/png" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Sarah Moss: When I first tried drinking I hated that first feeling of alcohol in my body. 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Kurachi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the scenes at one of Ireland’s oldest jewellery stores Weir & Sons: workshops, rare jewels and €100,000 watches]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/24/behind-the-scenes-at-one-of-irelands-oldest-jewellery-stores-weir-sons-workshops-rare-jewels-and-100000-watches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/24/behind-the-scenes-at-one-of-irelands-oldest-jewellery-stores-weir-sons-workshops-rare-jewels-and-100000-watches/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosita Boland]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[‘People might come in with a budget, but they often leave with something way above.’ To spend time behind the scenes at Weir & Sons jewellers is to understand a little of the meticulous skill these craftspeople possess ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/V6G24R266JHGZBPOZEQSMRTNGM.jpg?auth=eb6fe3f63e33a9414104e8e2cd53b5eb36bbaa966f11ceecf1e3d9e96b236dee&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Chris Andrews, managing director of Weir & Sons: 'People appreciate vintage and antique pieces a lot more now.' 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I felt I had this identity taken away’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/i-couldnt-get-an-irish-passport-i-felt-i-had-this-identity-taken-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/i-couldnt-get-an-irish-passport-i-felt-i-had-this-identity-taken-away/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freya McClements]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The BBC broadcaster on how Brexit sent her searching for her Irish roots, reporting the Troubles in Belfast, and the ‘joy and privilege’ of hosting Round Britain Quiz]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/5PICXCMQYJA3LGJLRHMR3YKWEI.jpeg?auth=caf512a7eef0376a871209fe443ab8d1929bec38939eaff650c1a3d818a74093&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kirsty Lang, journalist and broadcaster with the BBC. 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Photographs: Bryan O’Brien]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: ‘I am very high,’ my friend told ChatGPT. ‘How can I get to sleep?’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/i-am-very-high-my-friend-told-chatgpt-how-can-i-get-to-sleep/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/i-am-very-high-my-friend-told-chatgpt-how-can-i-get-to-sleep/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I was recently offered a go of some edibles by a fellow 50-something, I thought about it for a moment]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EZ4P4WBGGZF5BMMAX46Q4Q5W6E.JPG?auth=d491b3d855e6ad91a5bfbb31d3968c40f7b7a03e10716386666a8f6d8d0e9a02&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Róisín Ingle: 'My friend did what any right thinking elder millennial alone, in a foreign country and off their bin on drugs would do.' 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]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Magazine Byline photos of Roisin Ingle for her column ]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Bryan O'Brien</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why native Irish bluebells are under threat ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/05/23/why-native-irish-bluebells-are-under-threat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/05/23/why-native-irish-bluebells-are-under-threat/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline O'Doherty]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our native common bluebell is facing competition from its invading Spanish cousin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Life &amp; Style</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DZWXMHID5BCTTMDILFS5P7R26Y.JPG?auth=d4e3a47199e5519b770e0b4e5f95f2ed71d047ae065c6da9b222e310ed860084&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Native bluebells in Killinthomas Woods, outside Rathangan, Kildare. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pictures: An EastEnders actor transforms into Judy Garland in Dublin]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/in-pictures-an-eastenders-actor-transforms-into-judy-garland-in-dublin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/23/in-pictures-an-eastenders-actor-transforms-into-judy-garland-in-dublin/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Bradshaw, Niamh Browne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Musical theatre and EastEnders actor Anna-Jane Casey prepares for her role as Judy Garland in the upcoming stage production Judy – End of the Rainbow]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DTOAVZNNT5BTXF6MOFDCG3CYHE.JPG?auth=be3f5f8982c020ffc79099e32d5d2927bfb9e94fbf92d4d8276abf3cb8dd4008&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Make-up artist Val Sherlock and Anna-Jane Casey at the Mill Studio in Dublin as the actress prepares for her performance as Hollywood star Judy Garland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NEWS]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nick Bradshaw</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Co Down bookmakers’ art collection, ‘one of the finest in Ireland’, on sale at Adam’s]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/05/23/co-down-bookmakers-art-collection-one-of-the-finest-in-ireland-on-sale-at-adams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fine-art-antiques/2026/05/23/co-down-bookmakers-art-collection-one-of-the-finest-in-ireland-on-sale-at-adams/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia Thompson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Private collection of Reeta and Frank Hughes, featuring works by Gerard Dillon and Frank McKelvey, to go under the hammer]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Fine Art &amp; Antiques</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQDC6XPQ55EDRGTMUMBCP3YFUU.jpg?auth=942f257cabf757de3706274cbf48a82e8c5b01f5e647013c17b1afe260acfa7b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Frank McKelvey’s The Fair Day at Camlough, Co Armagh (estimate: €20,000-€30,000), one of the paintings from the Hughes collection at Adam's Irish art auction on May 27th]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Fine Arts Column, May 23]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Adam's Auctioneers</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marita Conlon-McKenna: ‘I write what I see and what I feel. I can sense things. I always have’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/22/marita-conlon-mckenna-i-write-what-i-see-and-what-i-feel-i-can-sense-things-i-always-have/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/22/marita-conlon-mckenna-i-write-what-i-see-and-what-i-feel-i-can-sense-things-i-always-have/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marita Conlon-McKenna]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our senses lead a pathway to what’s going on in a story, says the bestselling author]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate><category>People</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PGCU4XKE6BMA7GSJ7ZMAMFKZOY.jpg?auth=0dae99478ed2430f53a57c7405236eac34d9341529d2e5f6f9a846ebfb677b33&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marita Conlon-McKenna: 'People sometimes say I’m scatty or that I’m a bit dreamy.' 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