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It is a vintage year for biographies, memoirs and deep dives into sport’s darker sides
It is a vintage year for biographies, memoirs and deep dives into sport’s darker sides
Referee Matthew Carley rolls with decisions made in the opening minutes, even if they don’t apply by the hour mark
Visitors at the end of a long season, while Ireland are rediscovering that winning groove after putting 46 points on the Wallabies
Ireland’s lineout has been a problem. We have the people to sort it out
Ireland won’t be using Tadhg Beirne’s sending off as an excuse for All Blacks defeat
A look at the mental preparation behind Andy Farrell’s team and the influence of Gary Keegan and Caroline Currid
Ireland cannot go to the next World Cup with the same side that starts against New Zealand on Saturday
Malachy Clerkin: We think we can read the minds of sportspeople. What a dopey conceit
Munster man won the battle of the outhalves against Leinster, but Andy Farrell gets the deciding vote
The quiet man of Irish rugby has lots to say in his criticism of the province
The last Lions group to go unbeaten on tour were Willie John McBride’s 'Invincibles'
Munster will be on the road in the quarter-finals and may be heading for South Africa depending on Saturday’s results
Musgrave Park hosts winner-takes-all shoot-out for a place in URC playoffs and next season’s Cup
Scotland’s Sam Grove-White, Ireland’s Eoghan Cross and Wales’s Adam Jones could all up their games in charge of the whistle
This is a playoff to reach the playoffs for next season’s Champions Cup as Peter O’Mahony, Stephen Archer and Conor Murray bow out
Bulls start as five-point underdogs with the bookies and a close contest is anticipated at Thomond Park
Seamus Hanrahan pleaded guilty to careless driving causing serious bodily harm to Gerry Murray after running through a stop sign
Big-name players and a bumper crowd in store as Castlebar hosts critical URC showdown
Alan Spicer in line for Leinster debut when they take on the Sharks in South Africa
As Leonardo Marin raced up the touchline, thoughts of just a second Six Nations win for Italy in 26 meetings against Ireland flashed before our eyes
Error-strewn display in Rome raises concerns that this Irish team is not what it was
This is a key moment in preparation for next Rugby World Cup, says former Ireland scrumhalf Eoin Reddan
Ireland and Andy Farrell have to plan for the future but that means adding up more than just numbers
Leinster stalwart and inspirational Munster pair have served Ireland with distinction over their long careers
Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy and Conor Murray will depart international rugby with a collective 43 years of service
The Munster man who was once rated as the best scrumhalf in the world will step away from international rugby after the Six Nations
O’Mahony and Healy will retire from the game entirely at the end of the season with Murray set to continue his career abroad
Munster without Tadhg Beirne, Jack Crowley, Conor Murray, Calvin Nash and Peter O’Mahony who are with the Ireland squad in Portugal
Province ended the Champions Cup pool stages with a 34-32 away loss to the Northampton Saints
Attack coach Mike Prendergast believes the deciding factor for Munster will be their ability to take their chances
All three centurions are out of contract at the end of this season
Munster scrumhalf was criticised for kicking to touch in the end game of the defeat, a decision which he said he would come to again
RG Snyman’s availability a timely boost for Munster as they brace themselves for Champions Cup visit to Premiership leaders Northampton
No update given on Peter O’Mahony’s future at the province
Garry Ringrose in line for first Six Nations appearance this season against Scotland
Province recently offered contracts to be topped up by the IRFU to Murray and Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony
Extensions advanced to the pair will predominantly be Munster deals with the IRFU topping up those salaries
Munster and Ireland scrumhalf Conor Murray believes he still has plenty to offer in a green shirt
Sense of a missed opportunity will linger for a long, long time as All Blacks deny the prize of a semi-final against Argentina
‘I think that we can take a lot of confidence from our previous encounters with them. I am just backing our own ability’
Ireland v Tonga: Scrumhalf will partner Johnny Sexton for a 69th Test having first paired up at halfback in 2011 World Cup
Head coach hopeful his open-minded approach pays off as 18 Irish players to make their World Cup debuts
Samoan scare and subsequent victory down to enduring value and qualities of this Irish team, says scrumhalf
Six Nations 2023: Italy v Ireland: Craig Casey will partner Ross Byrne as Johnny Sexton sits out Rome clash
That the Ireland scrumhalf was able to play against France, let alone put in the display he did, makes it one of his greatest individual performances
Home side’s success may well turn on attacking waves off lightning quick ball, but visitors capable and more than able
The Munster scrumhalf will start against France on Saturday after a traumatic few days
Scrum coach John Fogarty says there was never talk of standing down scrumhalf after his father suffered serious injuries while cycling
Gerry Murray was cycling on the N20 near Patrickswell when his bike and a truck collided on Tuesday afternoon
Head coach places his trust in inexperienced talent as Conor Murray and Keith Earls miss out
Joey Carbery forms exciting 10-12 axis with Crowley as Jack O’Donoghue returns to the backrow
Ryan Baird, Joe McCarthy and Ciarán Frawley all to miss Saturday’s Fiji clash
Conor Murray will win his 100th cap for Ireland when he lines out at scrumhalf against South Africa
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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