Now his week-to-week challenges under Leo Cullen are how to navigate the competitive secondrow

Bundee Aki, Dan Sheehan and Josh van der Flier also sign deals with James Lowe’s future still to be decided

James Lowe remains unavailable after suffering groin injury in Ireland’s win over England at Twickenham

Ulster player has excelled despite moving from tighthead to loosehead prop

Jack Crowley and Caelan Doris had fine games as Ireland won the Triple Crown

Some officials on the Olympic Council of Ireland weren’t supportive of sending 1,500m runner

The Ireland flanker’s Six Nations profile this season is different from previous campaigns, a change he has had to adjust to

Triple Crown decider makes for an intense build-up to Saturday’s game in Dublin

‘They were never going to sit down and just take a beating’

Andy Farrell’s side take bonus-point win despite Welsh persistence

Wales match offers opportunity for players to show their worth

Inspired by Ulster team-mate Stuart McCloskey’s late rise, backrow now looks to first Six Nations start

Performance against England one of player’s more impressive days in an Irish shirt

Ireland aim to avoid slipping up in potential banana-skin clash

Irish centre had been suspended for four weeks for verbally abusing match officials