No, but seriously – how few players could Ireland afford to field and still beat Wales this weekend? And would they even all need to be rugby players ... Head into Frank O’Brien’s some ...

Even Kilkenny’s hurlers in 2015 didn’t endure a team upheaval like that facing Dessie Farrell The Dublin team that lost to Galway in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final last year. Brian Fenton ...

Nicotera heads for the bin. It won’t matter. He won’t be back anyway. Ireland’s best passage of attacking rugby should have ended in a try for Ireland. Replays show that Lowe wasn’t in ...

HAT TRICK: Dan Sheehan of Ireland during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Italy and Ireland at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile 4.30pm ...

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 ...

It is a mark of Ireland’s elevation to world rugby’s top table in the last few years that a Triple Crown is overlooked by many in the disappointment of a third-place finish. Ireland’s bid ...

The evening is rightly regarded as one of the most consequential in Irish history since independence. The leader of the opposition, Fianna Fáil’s Charlie Haughey, was calling the head of state ...

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 ...

Kevin Lynch is a London-born, Dublin-based writer and journalist. The author of Steve Jobs: A Biographic Portrait, Kevin is a regular feature writer for a number of tech sites and the former ...