<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</id> <title>IrishExaminer.com</title> <updated>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:47:47 +0100</updated> <rights>Examiner Group</rights> <subtitle>Ireland's premier breaking news website providing up to the minute news and sports reports. With e-mail news releases following breaking stories throughout the day.</subtitle> <link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/feed/35-top_news.xml" rel="self"/><xhtml:meta content="noindex" name="robots" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41848065.html</id><title>Taoiseach 'appalled' by video of Israeli security minister Ben-Gvir taunting bound flotilla activists</title><published>2026-05-20T15:02:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T15:02:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41848065.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Video shows Itamar Ben-Gvir walking among detained activists waving a large Israeli flag and and telling them, 'Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords'</summary> <content>Video shows Itamar Ben-Gvir walking among detained activists waving a large Israeli flag and and telling them, 'Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords'</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10174/5087295_28_articlelarge_Activists-detained_by_Israel.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41848275.html</id><title>Dáil row sees McDonald asked to retract comment during clash over rents </title><published>2026-05-20T14:08:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T14:08:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41848275.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Government is engaging in a 'very special kind of sleeveen politics'</summary> <content>Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Government is engaging in a 'very special kind of sleeveen politics'</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10174/5087202_9_articlelarge_RTE_20ELECT_20LEADERS_20DEBATE_20_20MAX-5.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41848347.html</id><title>Aaron Wolfe, 28, jailed for kicking 'kind' West Cork man Florrie O'Sullivan to death</title><published>2026-05-20T15:37:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T15:37:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41848347.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>A 28 year-old man has been jailed for 11 years after he kicked to death a kind and good-natured 69-year-old West Cork man who had approached him in a ...</summary> <content>A 28 year-old man has been jailed for 11 years after he kicked to death a kind and good-natured 69-year-old West Cork man who had approached him in a ...</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7024/3512053_10_articlelarge_Florrie_20O_27Sullivan.jpeg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41844411.html</id><title>Sinéad Kennedy: My life is busy and chaotic, I embrace every moment of it</title><published>2026-05-20T14:32:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T14:32:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41844411.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>As Sinéad Kennedy wraps up another season of Today, she chats to Deirdre McArdle about summer plans, navigating a long-distance marriage and why she thrives in the chaos</summary> <content>As Sinéad Kennedy wraps up another season of Today, she chats to Deirdre McArdle about summer plans, navigating a long-distance marriage and why she thrives in the chaos</content><category term="ie-lifestyle"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10157/5078829_19_articlelarge_EXM_2084.jpeg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> 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<email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41848140.html</id><title>Meta to cut around 350 Irish jobs as part of AI push</title><published>2026-05-20T10:21:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T10:21:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41848140.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Meta employs approximately 1,800 workers in Ireland, and the impacted staff have been notified that their roles are being cut</summary> <content>Meta employs approximately 1,800 workers in Ireland, and the impacted staff have been notified that their roles are being cut</content><category term="ie-business"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10173/5086818_15_articlelarge_TECHNOLOGY_20Meta_20_2011173967.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41847918.html</id><title>Cork, Clare, or Limerick: Who is motivated more to make the Munster SHC final?</title><published>2026-05-20T11:56:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T11:56:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41847918.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Now that the preliminary quarter-finals are gone, finishing third in Munster is as good as second with a build-up of four weeks as opposed to two to an All-Ireland quarter-final.</summary> <content>Now that the preliminary quarter-finals are gone, finishing third in Munster is as good as second with a build-up of four weeks as opposed to two to an All-Ireland quarter-final.</content><category term="ie-sport"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10172/5086407_14_articlelarge_3459953.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41844378.html</id><title>The agonies and ecstasies of adopting a rescue dog — or two</title><published>2026-05-20T14:33:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T14:33:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41844378.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>There’s a particular kind of love that comes with a rescue dog. It’s definitely not easy, but it is real and worth it.</summary> <content>There’s a particular kind of love that comes with a rescue dog. It’s definitely not easy, but it is real and worth it.</content><category term="ie-lifestyle"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10157/5078772_12_articlelarge_MixCollage-13-May-2026-04-14-PM-6075.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry><entry><id>https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41848308.html</id><title>Mother of Yves Sakila expected to address protest outside Leinster House</title><published>2026-05-20T14:15:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T14:15:00+01:00</updated> <author><name>Irishexaminer.com</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></author><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41848308.html" rel="alternate"/><summary> The mother of a Congolese man who died after he was restrained following an alleged shoplifting incident in Dublin last Friday, is expected to ...</summary> <content> The mother of a Congolese man who died after he was restrained following an alleged shoplifting incident in Dublin last Friday, is expected to ...</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10174/5087229_3_articlelarge_471736380_477574502027348_541216691993115923_n.jpg" rel="enclosure" type="image/jpeg"/><contributor><name>Examiner Group</name> <email>digitaldesk@irishexaminer.com</email> <uri>https://www.irishexaminer.com/</uri></contributor></entry></feed>