It has almost been a meteoric rise by Ian Madigan this season. And may yet be. Consistently ignored by the previous Ireland coach, despite a st(...)

Rory Best will captain Ireland on the tour. Photograph: Inpho

Les Kiss, Ireland’s interim head coach, will be part of Joe Schmidt’s management team on a three year contrac(...)

Fergus McFadden has moved to outside centre to replace Brian O’Driscoll in the Leinster team to face Stade Francais. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Brian O’Driscoll has failed to recover from his back problems and will miss Leinster’s Amlin Challenge Cup decider again(...)

Brian O’Driscoll: a decision on Brian O’Driscoll’s back injury will be postponed until tomorrow morning. Photograph: Inpho

Gordon D’Arcy’s campaign is over, paving the way for Ian Madigan to wear the number 12 jersey in Friday’s Amlin Challenge Cup final against Sta(...)

Seán O’Brien in action against the Ospreys at the RDS. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

Seán O’Brien faces a late fitness test on a calf muscle problem ahead of Leinster’s RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final against Glasgow Warriors at the(...)

 Ian Madigan is presented with his award by Damien Daly (marketing director, Bank of Ireland Group) on Saturday night.

Ian Madigan was named as the Bank of Ireland Leinster Players Player of the Year at the Mansion House on Saturday night. A graduate of the pro(...)

Ian Madigan in action for Leinster against Biarritz in the Challenge Cup semi-final. Photograph: Inpho

Two players who will not feature on the Lions tour to Australia this summer, Leinster’s Ian Madigan and Glasgow’s Tim Visser, have polled highest i(...)

After this try by Brian O’Driscoll in Saturday’s Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final, the entire stadium broke into a chant of “one more year”. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

A spring day with firm ground and apart from a few missed chances early on that in different circumstances may have come back to haunt L(...)

Leinster’s Jamie Heaslip makes a break against Biarritz during the Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final at the RDS on Saturday. Photo: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Leinster 44 Biarritz 16: All Leinster’s Lions contenders enhanced their credentia(...)

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt is expected to be named as new Ireland boss by Wednesday. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

The IRFU are expected to confirm Joe Schmidt as the new Ireland coach by Wednesday. “I think they (the IRFU) are trying to get things do(...)

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