Beibhinn Parsons’s length of the pitch intercept try the highlight at Donnybrook

Forwards coach McGinnis believes side is primed for a big performance

High winds claim Muckross head of the river at the National Rowing Centre

Sarah Doyle (31) arrested after Philip Doyle (33) found with apparent stab wounds in garden

Ireland could have as many as six boats competing in the Olympics at Tokyo

The Irish-born restaurateur wants to drag the funeral business into the 21st century

Powerful Leinster hooker looks a potential ready-made replacement for Rory Best

Irish lightweight group head for Spain to continue preparations for Olympic pre-selection trial

Philip Doyle and Ronan Byrne earlier took silver in the double scull

Defending champion wins by over 15 seconds as Irish boats excel in Austria

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are pipped at the death by Germany

Rowing: Spotlight on Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy partnership in Rotterdam

‘I’ll just have to put in more time and more effort and keep trying to get back in’

Rower holds off stern challenge from home favourite Gmelin to top European podium

Fintan and Jake McCarthy also qualify for A finals after fine showing in Lucerne semis

520 crews heading to the banks of the River Shannon for Saturday’s event

UCC women impress with wins in the eights and fours at Skibbereen Regatta

Maurogiovanni is frank about his ambition for this year of Olympic qualification of a number of boats with competitive crews

Puspure takes the A Final at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja regatta in Piediluco

Fionnan Crowley and Andy Harrington beat Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll

Women’s rugby heading towards permanent professionalism elsewhere but not here

This is the year when Olympic qualification for boats can be nailed down by good performances at World Championships in Linz

Rio silver medal winner will now be funded through Irish Sailing Association

Maurogiovanni defends tough junior programme following criticism

Irish Infrastructure Fund to buy remaining stake in former broadband bidder

Ireland player says arrival of new coach Philip Doyle to Blackrock is ‘fantastic’

Irish crews set for big weekend at World Championships in Bulgaria

Another impressive day for the Irish at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv

Cork brothers are through to the quarter-finals of the lightweight double sculls in Worlds

Skibbereen duo say lightweight doubles will be ‘tighter than ever’ this weekend in Bulgaria

Paul and Gary O’Donovan and single sculler Sanita Puspure win World Cup semi-finals

Acquisitions bring Valley’s portfolio to six

A new heavyweight group has been named to train at the National Rowing Centre

Men’s Championship quadruple win gold and women’s Beginners’ eight take silver

Clash of junior eights of Enniskillen and Shandon might be the race to watch

Top sculler Sam McKeown has left Irish system for financial reasons

Irish international gives her version of events surrounding Ireland’s World Cup campaign

England look too strong for France in second World Cup semi-final at Kingspan Stadium

Irish Infrastructure Fund expects to close broadband firm deal by end of 2017

Three crews take gold at the British University Regatta