Apparently the Italian Federation had to stop the sale of tickets to rugby supporters in Ireland, and Italian sources estimate that on the basis of ticket sales as many as 25,000 Irish fans are ...

This weekend is only fractionally better as Ireland have opted to meet the French ... the growing use of forward-heavy benches at a World Rugby meeting recently. He suggested the Bomb Squad ...

Confirming the pending international departures of rugby greats Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and Cian Healy was classy planning on Ireland's part. By announcing the retirements last week ...

Ireland rugby greats Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and Cian Healy will make their last home appearance in Dublin on Saturday. The Irish host France in a huge title-swaying match between the No. 1 ...

Senior Sinn Fein figures were among the mourners at the funeral of former IRA prisoner and veteran republican Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane. McFarlane was sentenced to life in prison for his role in ...

France took charge of the Six Nations title race in sensational style as they produced an outstanding performance to dash Ireland’s grand slam dreams with a 42-27 thrashing. The hosts’ hopes ...

The natural human instinct is not positive, I suppose." The Irish Mirror has a rugby WhatsApp group where you can get breaking new and top stories on Ireland's Six Nations campaign straight to ...