President Michael D Higgins ... open the gates of Croke Park to rugby, and then other grounds around the country, has been transformative in the story of Irish sport. Most likely Connacht were ...

The 27-year-old, who has won four caps for Ireland, made his comeback from 11 months out in the province's United Rugby Championship ... Duffy saying playing a team of the calibre of Bordeaux ...

Stuart McCloskey and his Ulster team-mates ... as the Irish province trailed 17-0 after only eight minutes before fighting back to beat the Stormers 38-34 in the United Rugby Championship.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and President Michael D Higgins have been invited to attend the ... Earlier this week, the Connacht rugby team received a talk from Mayo senior football ...

The election is due to be held in October after the end of outgoing President Michael D Higgins’s second seven-year term. Candidates need nominations from four city or county councils or at ...

Irish rugby has traditionally offered a “Céad míle fáilte” to rugby players who came to play here, an embrace that didn’t diminish as the sport transitioned from amateur to professional.

Last Saturday against France at the Kingspan Stadium, Niamh O’Dowd put in her biggest shift yet in an Irish jersey ... her progress to the backing of her team-mates and coaches.

Following defeat to France in the opening game of the Women’s Six Nations Championship, Irish coach Scott Bemand reported that his team had no injuries for their second match against Italy this ...

The opening Championship loss to France in Belfast last week was typical of a team that is still ... and Linda Djougang of Ireland during the Women's Six Nations Rugby Championship match between ...

It could even see a situation where all four South African teams are in the top eight. It may be a long shot now, but it could easily happen. That would really set off the Irish rugby talk shows ...

Lions head coach Andy Farrell has turned to three of his assistants from the Irish set-up – Simon Easterby, Andrew Goodman and John Fogarty – to form the spine of his coaching team for the ...