jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    jQuery.ajax({
        url: "http://www.materfoundation.ie/blog/feed/", // RSS url
        success: function(msg){

            jQuery('#latest_news').html('');

            jQuery('item',msg).slice(0,3).each(function(){ // slice: get only first 3 posts
                var html = '<li>';
                html += '<a href="'+jQuery('link', this).text()+'" title="">' + jQuery('title', this).text() + '</a>';
                html += '</li>';
                jQuery(html).appendTo('#latest_news');
            });
        },
        error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            jQuery('<li>Ooops! It looks like the blog feed is unavailable at the moment.</li>').appendTo('#latest_news');
        }
    });
});