The former Connacht and Leinster player has had to cancel at attempt at Everest

Curry and Underhill set the tone for home side as Ireland’s backrow overrun

Andy Farrell's Ireland travel to the lions’ den on Sunday with the Triple Crown up for grabs

Last four national coaches have all left Irish rugby in a stronger place

RTÉ NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respects

National Concert Hall brings musicians from across the generations for a new year bash

South African-born doctor looking to be part of third triumph at a Rugby World Cup

One-sided games can prove a challenge but not to Tommy Bowe and the team

The 2003 Rugby World Cup hero says that worry made him a ‘dim, weak, being’

‘Let’s say I was working for Ireland now and they were playing England. I’d want Ireland to win for everyone in the group’

Review: RTÉ’s history of the game pulls no punches, tackling colonialism, class war and sexism

Saracens boss is favoured successor to Eddie Jones but prizing him away could be tricky

Greening of Saracens part III, Morrow has Saracens in train, numbers game, team talk

Two young locks already achieving greatness and destined for stellar careers

Key figures in the pack that bullied Ireland at the Aviva now have Munster in their sights

It all started badly and quickly got worse at the Principality Stadium on Saturday

Mutual respect is obvious as Martin Johnson and Paul O’Connell means good TV

Joe Schmidt, Johnny Sexton, Tadhg Furlong and Stuart Lancaster all nominated

Leinster’s head coach overcame a turbulent start to prove his mettle in spectacular style

Geordan Murphy’s remark on Leicester red card comes amid new focus on head injuries

Ireland’s Tombeau to Debussy includes new pieces from seven Irish composers and a trio of NCH concerts

Also: Billionaire orchestra Würth Philharmoniker, and Pipeworks at Christ Church

Former number eight played in all of Leinster’s quarter-finals up until last year

Thousands who travelled for Six Nations decider witness true ‘I was there’ occasion

Blaze which has been burning for two weeks has destroyed more than 1,000 structures

Leicester’s assistant coach favourite to take top job at Cardiff Blues next season

Members of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra talk about the ailments that beset classical musicians

And the Tallis Scholars delivered a masterful programme

Looking back at the 10 times when the series was still alive going into the final game

Wales backrow Sam Warburton will captain the tourists for the series in New Zealand

Spare a thought for the backroom staff and coaches, whipping tired players into shape

New Zealand Herald and the English press react to Ireland’s record-crushing victory

England prodigy is captain-material and will seek to tick off Dublin on way to greatness

England travel to Lansdowne Road for fourth time seeking Six Nation’s ultimate prize

Eddie Jones’s side look unstoppable with their potent mixture of power, pace and skill

After the game is over... ‘with every year that goes, you become less relevant. That is life’

Ivor Roberts’s 2003 dispatch credited Brussels with bringing the two nations together

Scottish lock will look to hit the ground running against Ireland

I say it every year. I can’t go through another championship sitting next to the old focker

A sop to the Ulster players who won’t sing Amhrán na bhFiann, Ireland’s Call is wrong