<?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 07:00:27 +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/munster/arid-41847813.html</id><title>Kerry writes off €655,000 in 'unenforceable' derelict site levies</title><published>2026-05-20T05:49:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T05:49:00+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/munster/arid-41847813.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Kerry County Council had to remove all the sites from its derelict sites register and write off unpaid levies of €655k after 'various inaccuracies' were found in the files</summary> <content>Kerry County Council had to remove all the sites from its derelict sites register and write off unpaid levies of €655k after 'various inaccuracies' were found in the files</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10172/5086350_6_articlelarge_KCC_20Road_20Safety_20Conference_209.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-41847882.html</id><title>Daft.ie housing data says rents rose a record 4.4% after reforms</title><published>2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T00:00:00+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-41847882.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Rents rose at the largest rate on record as the Government’s reforms came into force</summary> <content>Rents rose at the largest rate on record as the Government’s reforms came into force</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10173/5086524_5_articlelarge_iStock-2175987265.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-columnists/arid-41847855.html</id><title>John Fallon: O'Neill and Andrews take contrasting path to final day glory</title><published>2026-05-20T07:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T07:00:00+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-columnists/arid-41847855.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Martin O'Neill may never be chums with Keith Andrews but they’ve both made their homeland proud by operating off edicts different in execution but similar in rewards.</summary> <content>Martin O'Neill may never be chums with Keith Andrews but they’ve both made their homeland proud by operating off edicts different in execution but similar in rewards.</content><category term="ie-sport"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10172/5086323_4_articlelarge_Untitled_20design_20_1_.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/artsandculture/arid-41847501.html</id><title>Comic book icon Frank Miller on Sin City, and coming to West Cork for the Fastnet Film Festival  </title><published>2026-05-19T21:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-19T21:00:00+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/artsandculture/arid-41847501.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>A huge figure on page and screen through the likes of his Batman stories and Daredevil, Frank Miller tells Esther McCarthy about his love for the format he works in, and his plans to trace his O'Neill ancestors when in Ireland </summary> <content>A huge figure on page and screen through the likes of his Batman stories and Daredevil, Frank Miller tells Esther McCarthy about his love for the format he works in, and his plans to trace his O'Neill ancestors when in Ireland </content><category term="ie-lifestyle"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10171/5085822_3_articlelarge_GettyImages-1088519998_1_.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-41847852.html</id><title>Treatment for cocaine use surged last year, with more than 15,442 cases, report shows</title><published>2026-05-20T01:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T01:00:00+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-41847852.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Health Research Board said social disadvantage remained a 'persistent feature' of treatment cases, with six out of 10 people unemployed and almost one in eight homeless</summary> <content>Health Research Board said social disadvantage remained a 'persistent feature' of treatment cases, with six out of 10 people unemployed and almost one in eight homeless</content><category term="ie-main"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10172/5086341_9_articlelarge_Copy_20of_20iStock-157473837_1_.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/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41847930.html</id><title>RTÉ: What is the financial scandal facing the broadcaster? </title><published>2026-05-20T06:05:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T06:05:00+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/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41847930.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Senior RTÉ executives face a fresh grilling by the Oireachtas media committee today after their meeting with the media minister yesterday. Here's why</summary> <content>Senior RTÉ executives face a fresh grilling by the Oireachtas media committee today after their meeting with the media minister yesterday. Here's why</content><category term="ie-opinion"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10173/5086530_20_articlelarge_fe347fad-ec58-472b-978d-3fd77c36b75f.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-columnists-rugby/arid-41847885.html</id><title>Donal Lenihan: A Champions Cup without South African involvement is fine by me</title><published>2026-05-20T06:02:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T06:02:00+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/sport-columnists-rugby/arid-41847885.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Word has emerged that the South African Rugby Union is considering the withdrawal of its team from the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions</summary> <content>Word has emerged that the South African Rugby Union is considering the withdrawal of its team from the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions</content><category term="ie-sport"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10172/5086371_2_articlelarge_94807_2960619_1_.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-41847579.html</id><title>My Wedding Day with Annalise Murphy: 'We planned a cycle with our friends the night before our wedding'</title><published>2026-05-19T20:00:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-19T20:00:00+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-41847579.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>My granduncle is a priest in his 90s. We wanted him to marry us, but he didn’t want to do anything big. So we had two weddings!</summary> <content>My granduncle is a priest in his 90s. We wanted him to marry us, but he didn’t want to do anything big. So we had two weddings!</content><category term="ie-lifestyle"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10171/5085852_10_articlelarge_Outlook-lloakhvq.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/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41847735.html</id><title>Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that story</title><published>2026-05-20T06:10:00+01:00</published> <updated>2026-05-20T06:10:00+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/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41847735.html" rel="alternate"/><summary>Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise</summary> <content>Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise</content><category term="ie-opinion"/><link href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10173/5086557_2_articlelarge_hungarian_20children_20MUST_20BOOK.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>