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            <news:title>Keir Starmer faces open rebellion as over eighty MPs and counting call on him to resign</news:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/energy-sector-ireland-7036561-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-12T00:05:29+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Harris rules out Irish-only windfall tax on energy giants over possible impact on 'investment'</news:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/micheal-martin-virgin-medias-tonight-with-gavan-reilly-7037045-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T23:34:59+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Micheál Martin rejects leadership comparison between himself and Keir Starmer </news:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/middle-age-and-health-7026065-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:title>Body of Evidence: Why your body starts storing fat in your 50s — and how it affects your brain</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Body of Evidence: Why your body starts storing fat in your 50s — and how it affects your brain]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/teen-gang-robbery-dublin-park-7037046-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T22:30:15+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Judge warns park violence 'all too common' as teen admits 'disgraceful' Dublin robbery</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Judge warns park violence 'all too common' as teen admits 'disgraceful' Dublin robbery]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-rose-subjected-to-racist-comments-online-7036991-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T22:10:30+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>'I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised': Dublin Rose subjected to racist comments online</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Dublin Rose, kieran cuddihy, Racism, Racist Comments, Rose of Tralee, RTÉ Radio 1 Liveline, Sligo, Suad Mooge</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Medical scientist Mooge was born in Sligo and raised in Dublin, and is due to represent the capital at the Rose of Tralee in August.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA['I'm shocked, but I'm not surprised': Dublin Rose subjected to racist comments online]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/cork-counting-house-new-library-7037022-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T22:04:30+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Cork's historic Counting House to be reborn as new city library after €35m council purchase</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Cork's historic Counting House to be reborn as new city library after €35m council purchase]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/stephen-comiskey-child-sex-abuse-7037008-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T21:43:23+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Dublin man who had sexually explicit conversations with children online jailed</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Dublin man who had sexually explicit conversations with children online jailed]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/rod-stewart-king-charles-trump-7036993-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T21:32:25+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Rod Stewart congratulates UK's King Charles for putting 'ratbag' Trump 'in his place'</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Donald Trump, king charles, Rod Stewart, royal albert hall</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[King Charles meeting Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood at the Kings Trust celebration at the Royal Albert Hall.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Rod Stewart congratulates UK's King Charles for putting 'ratbag' Trump 'in his place']]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-man-videos-sexual-assault-sleeping-woman-7036974-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T21:03:05+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Wicklow man who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping woman jailed</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Central Criminal Court, court news, Courts, Kathleen Morris, Philip Dignam, Sexual Assault, Wicklow</news:keywords>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Wicklow man who recorded videos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping woman jailed]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/oliver-bond-dublin-city-council-condemn-7036941-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T20:23:45+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Cross-party anger at government over Oliver Bond flats as Dublin councillors demand U-turn</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Dublin City Council, flats, Housing, James Browne, oliver bond, Regeneration, residents</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The Oliver Bond flats in the Liberties area of Dublin city.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Cross-party anger at government over Oliver Bond flats as Dublin councillors demand U-turn]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/news-fix-11-05-26-7036934-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T20:15:39+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Here's What Happened Today: Monday</news:title>
            <news:keywords>evening fix, News Fix</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam at the Mansion House forecourt as he joins American football players from the University of North Carolina, cheerleaders, a brass band, a mascot and the trophy to promote the US college football game taking place in Dublin in August. ]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Here's What Happened Today: Monday]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/we-are-living-in-vile-conditions-dublin-city-council-housing-tenants-protest-rent-hike-7036863-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T19:49:51+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>'We are living in vile conditions': Dublin City Council housing tenants protest rent hike</news:title>
            <news:keywords>catu, DCC, Dublin City Council, oliver bond house, rent hikes, rent increases</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The Community Action and Tenants’ Union, known as Catu, and residents of Dublin City Council-owned housing attended this evening's protest.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA['We are living in vile conditions': Dublin City Council housing tenants protest rent hike]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/white-house-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-assassination-of-trump-7036761-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T17:25:28+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>White House shooting suspect pleads not guilty to attempted assassination of Trump</news:title>
            <news:keywords>California, cole allen, press dinner, Trump, Washington, White House</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[This image contained in a court filing by the US Department of Justice shows Cole Tomas Allen inside his hotel room, on 25 April in Washington, using his phone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[White House shooting suspect pleads not guilty to attempted assassination of Trump]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/abuser-raped-urninated-on-poured-bleach-on-partner-dublin-7036699-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T17:05:47+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Violent abuser who raped, urinated on and poured bleach over partner fails in appeal</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Assault, Court of Appeal, Domestic Violence, Dublin, Ireland, Rape</news:keywords>
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        <image:loc>https://c2.thejournal.ie/media/2026/05/court-of-criminal-justice-at-the-phoenix-park-entrance-dublin-ireland-d1b15671-3762-41e3-a94c-541c6b5e868c-630x420.jpg</image:loc>
        <image:caption><![CDATA[In December 2022, Mr Justice Michael McGrath at the Central Criminal Court sentenced the man to 12 years with six months suspended.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Violent abuser who raped, urinated on and poured bleach over partner fails in appeal]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-monday-184-7036643-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T16:55:09+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>The 5 at 5: Monday</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Monday]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/energy-providers-in-ireland-not-making-excessive-profit-regulator-says-7036627-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T16:31:56+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Energy providers in Ireland are not making ‘excessive profit’, regulator says </news:title>
            <news:keywords>CCPC, Competition, cru, energy costs, high prices, Ireland</news:keywords>
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        <image:loc>https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/05/hand-regulates-the-heat-in-the-house-on-the-radiator-handle-6887a795-89de-4237-b447-c269e7fc2bbf-630x403.jpg</image:loc>
        <image:caption><![CDATA[A new report from the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities has found that high energy prices are driven by wholesale costs, pass-through charges and network investments.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Energy providers in Ireland are not making ‘excessive profit’, regulator says ]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/wordle-game-show-7036588-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T15:34:25+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>New Wordle game show to be presented by Today host Savannah Guthrie</news:title>
            <news:keywords>game shows, Jimmy Fallon, NBC, savannah guthrie, The New York Times, wordle</news:keywords>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-recruitment-drive-garda-band-7036563-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication>
                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T15:04:35+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Garda trainee recruitment drive gets under way, with applications closing in three weeks</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Application, Garda, garda band, garda recruitment, Recruitment, Templemore, Training</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Newly attested gardaí now start on a salary of €39,194, which rises incrementally.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Garda trainee recruitment drive gets under way, with applications closing in three weeks]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/liam-murray-murder-search-rathfarnham-7036535-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T14:50:51+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Gardaí investigating 2009 murder of Liam Murray begin searching land in Rathfarnham</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Cold Case, Dublin, Gardaí, Liam Murray, Murder Investigation, Rathfarnham</news:keywords>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/arya-satheesh-eco-purge-competition-7036492-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
            <news:publication>
                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T14:18:20+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Irish student takes European prize at world's largest teen environmental competition</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Arya Satheesh, Environment, good news, GoodNews, Ireland, microplastics, Science, sustainability, The Earth Prize</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Arya Satheesh, aged 18, won the European prize at The Earth Prize 2026.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Irish student takes European prize at world's largest teen environmental competition]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-west-bank-settlers-sanctions-israel-mcentee-7036441-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T14:04:46+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Ireland leads push for EU-wide sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank</news:title>
            <news:keywords>EU, European Union, Israel, Palestine, Sanctions, settlers, West Bank</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinian children pictured in front of Israeli soldiers Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Ireland leads push for EU-wide sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-man-who-sexually-abused-two-young-cousins-jailed-for-nine-years-7036493-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T14:01:54+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Man who sexually abused two young cousins he was babysitting jailed for nine years</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The judge said the abuse has taken an immense toll on the lives of the victims, impacting their mental health and ability to trust people.]]></image:caption>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T12:26:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The 999 phone service will be fully operational and priority will be given to patients experiencing emergencies]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Unions said ambulance personnel will provide emergency cover during strike action]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/guinness-littleconnell-kildare-diageo-7036297-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T11:00:20+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Diageo is selling so much Guinness right now that it needs a new brewery</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Built in under 18 months, the brewery is on a 40‑acre site and is powered by 100% renewable electricity.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Diageo is selling so much Guinness right now that it needs a new brewery]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/on-the-spot-litter-fine-fixed-penalty-notice-increase-poll-7036323-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:genres>Opinion</news:genres>
            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T10:35:26+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Do you think increasing litter fines is a good idea?</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Alan Dillon, Dublin, Environment, Ireland, littering, Poll, The Daily Poll, Waste Management, Your Say</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam previously said that stronger fines will help tackle littering offences]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Do you think increasing litter fines is a good idea?]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/around-40-businesses-severely-damaged-after-fire-at-waterford-city-industrial-estate-7036285-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T10:34:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Asbestos identified in buildings severely damaged by fire at Waterford city industrial estate</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Waterford City Fire Service tackling the blaze on Saturday]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Asbestos identified in buildings severely damaged by fire at Waterford city industrial estate]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/woman-seriously-injured-after-hit-and-run-collision-involving-car-and-e-bike-7036315-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
            <news:publication>
                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T10:17:39+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Woman seriously injured after hit-and-run collision involving car and e-bike in Co Tipperary</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Fethard Road, Hit-and-Run, Killusty, Lisronagh, Tipperary</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The collision occurred at around 2am on Saturday, 9 May.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Woman seriously injured after hit-and-run collision involving car and e-bike in Co Tipperary]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/morning-news-rundown-monday-may-7036238-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T09:00:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>The 9 at 9: Monday</news:title>
            <news:keywords>8 at 8, the 8 at 8</news:keywords>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[The 9 at 9: Monday]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-passengers-from-hantavirus-hit-ship-begin-quarantining-after-landing-home-7036218-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
            <news:publication>
                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T08:38:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit ship begin quarantining at HSE-run facility</news:title>
            <news:keywords>hantavirus, HSE, Ireland, MV Hondius, quarantine</news:keywords>
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        <image:image>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Two ambulences were seen leaving Baldonnel Aerodrome just before 9.30pm]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit ship begin quarantining at HSE-run facility]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/procurement-ireland-7033260-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
            <news:publication>
                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
            </news:publication>
            <news:genres>OpEd</news:genres>
            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T07:20:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Hear me out: Every new school building site should also be a classroom</news:title>
            <news:keywords>column, Education, next generation of builders, Opinion, Procurement, Schools, Students, voices</news:keywords>
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        <image:loc>https://c1.thejournal.ie/media/2026/05/house-construction-clydeside-glasgow-scotland-uk-f787a095-7d06-4cfb-9da1-41fefd69e0df-630x366.jpg</image:loc>
        
        <image:title><![CDATA[Hear me out: Every new school building site should also be a classroom]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/local-community-safety-partnership-media-7028887-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T06:30:45+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Newspapers criticise 'à la carte approach' to allowing reporters into local safety committees</news:title>
            <news:keywords>councils, Local Community Safety Partnership, local community safety partnerships, local policing, Media Ban</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The justice minister has insisted there is no ban, but media organisations remain unhappy about the meetings taking place behind closed doors.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Newspapers criticise 'à la carte approach' to allowing reporters into local safety committees]]></image:title>
    </image:image>
    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/derelict-vacant-buildings-cpo-purchase-an-coimisiun-pleanala-7032092-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-11T00:05:26+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Here are the 12 vacant and derelict buildings that Ireland's councils asked to CPO in March</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Cork, derelict ireland, dereliction, Housing, Housing Crisis, Kildare, Laois, Mayo, Pretty Vacant, Roscommon, The Morning Lead, TML, Vacancy, Waterford</news:keywords>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Here are the 12 vacant and derelict buildings that Ireland's councils asked to CPO in March]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/shrek-2-quiz-7032242-May2026/</loc>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T22:00:02+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Quiz: How much do you know about Shrek 2? </news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Sabrina Carpenter revealed it as her favourite film on the Met Gala carpet this week ]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Quiz: How much do you know about Shrek 2? ]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/student-nurses-2-7034261-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T21:32:24+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>'I'd no money for food, the diesel light was on in my car': Student nurses on cost of living</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Cost of Living, Frontline staff, Healthcare, INMO, Ireland, Midwives, Nurses, Nursing, student nurses</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Final year nursing students Rebecca Brennan and Christopher O'Dwyer.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA['I'd no money for food, the diesel light was on in my car': Student nurses on cost of living]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/money-diaries-spending-saving-86-7032003-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:genres>OpEd</news:genres>
            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T20:00:16+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Money Diaries: A software engineer on €100K living in Dublin</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Finances, HISMM, How I Spend My Money, Money, Money diaries, Saving, Spending, spending and saving</news:keywords>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[Money Diaries: A software engineer on €100K living in Dublin]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/news-fix-10-05-26-7036151-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T20:00:12+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Here's What Happened Today: Sunday</news:title>
            <news:keywords>evening fix, News Fix</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Joni Scott-Mulcahy (age 12) with Nuala O'Connell, Andrew Parkes and Margaret Casey is pictured ahead of The Conference of Birds, a unique intergenerational performance taking place at the DLR Mill Theatre Dundrum from May 15 to 16. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Here's What Happened Today: Sunday]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/missing-schoolgirl-located-safe-and-well-7036136-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T18:51:46+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Gardaí thank public for their assistance after missing schoolgirl found safe and well</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Dublin, Dundrum, France, Gardaí, Missing Person, public appeal</news:keywords>
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        <image:loc>https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2026/05/river-2026-05-11t073647-551-e693918d-4f99-46e1-b9da-3f68dc5128d3-630x410.jpg</image:loc>
        <image:caption><![CDATA[The missing schoolgirl was found safe and well last night]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Gardaí thank public for their assistance after missing schoolgirl found safe and well]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/belfast-restaurants-wndow-smashed-disorder-7036111-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T18:19:22+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Belfast restaurants close after window smashed during youth disorder</news:title>
            <news:keywords>Anti-social behaviour, Belfast, Crime, East Belfast, PSNI, Youth disorder</news:keywords>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The PSNI said there would be consequences for those involved in offending (Niall Carson/PA)]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Belfast restaurants close after window smashed during youth disorder]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/hantavirus-cruise-ship-mv-hondius-tenerife-repatriation-7035749-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T18:10:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Government jet leaves Tenerife with two Irish passengers who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[ Passengers wave inside a bus after being disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Government jet leaves Tenerife with two Irish passengers who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/nas-industrial-strike-action-national-ambulance-service-7035854-May2026/</loc>
        <news:news>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T16:44:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>HSE 'regrets' decision for some National Ambulance Service workers to begin industrial action</news:title>
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        <image:title><![CDATA[HSE 'regrets' decision for some National Ambulance Service workers to begin industrial action]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/fire-waterford-city-tycor-business-centre-7035760-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T15:55:00+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Public asked to avoid area after major fire at Waterford city industrial estate</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The fire earlier this morning. ]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Public asked to avoid area after major fire at Waterford city industrial estate]]></image:title>
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        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/rivals-season-2-poll-7035946-May2026/</loc>
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                <news:name>thejournal.ie</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:genres>Opinion</news:genres>
            <news:publication_date>2026-05-10T15:31:53+01:00</news:publication_date>
            <news:title>Will you watch season two of Rivals?</news:title>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[David Tennant as Lord Tony Baddingham in season one of the hit show, based on the novels of Jilly Cooper.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA[Will you watch season two of Rivals?]]></image:title>
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    </url>    <url>
        <loc>https://www.thejournal.ie/jim-o-callaghan-payments-ukrainian-refugees-return-home-7035919-May2026/</loc>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan.]]></image:caption>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[Flutter was formed in 2016 following a merger between Irish gambling firm Paddy Power and its British rival, Betfair.]]></image:caption>
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        <image:caption><![CDATA[The apartment was rented in Galway from June 2024 to July 2025. File photo.]]></image:caption>
        <image:title><![CDATA['We need clear rules': Couple charged over €1k in monthly service fees for Galway flat]]></image:title>
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