Downturn of results and decrease in crowds seen as underlying problem for province

Company confirms management changes

Cabragh Wetlands Trust has turned the marshes around an old Irish Sugar factory into a bird sanctuary that is also, with its new visitor centre, a hub for environmental awareness

Billy Glynn questions ‘flawed and mismanaged’ process that brought reforms in union

Funding for both the provincial and club game able to increase by €4 million

Ireland captain enjoying preparation for his fourth World Cup campaign with Ireland

Ireland’s Sevens programme begins next month – and team faces uphill battle to Rio

Coach Laurent Labit reiterates Parisian club’s intent to build an empire around former Leinster outhalf

‘The deal for him is simple. Either he signs and ends his career here or he returns to Ireland’

Tom Kiernan, Fergus Slattery and Keith Wood inducted into the IRB’s Hall of Fame

Union exploring the possibility of attracting private money to aid the funding of the sport

Excess due to improved ticket sales and an increase in Six Nations prize money

French and Japanese clubs do the majority of their player recruitment in December

Less than half the 3,700 tickets put of sale for €5,500 and €9,000 were actually sold

Irish province want the IRFU to make a decision on whether Schmidt is preferred choice for vacant Ireland coach position