The chief executive of the Children’s Grief Centre. Sr Helen Culhane, said 'there should be a children's grief centre in every county in Ireland'

Munster have confirmed that full back Mike Haley and prop forward Roman Salanoa won't be back in action until the new year due to injury

Six days out from the opening Pool B match of the campaign against Romania in Bordeaux, Ireland have successfully settled into their hotel and training base since arriving in the Loire Valley city of Tours last Thursday.

The Musgrave Park factor is 'a massive thing' for Munster according to head coach Niamh Briggs who says it is a 'spiritual home' for her squad

New Ireland Women’s head coach Scott Bemand could not have hoped for a better fixture to come at the end of his first week based at the IRFU High Performance Centre

They may have qualified for the Interprovincial Championship final with a round to spare, but Munster will not take their foot off the pedal in pursuit of a third straight title

It is her role as Munster Women’s head coach that has the former Garda’s full attention for the next three weeks

The Ballincollig player's world was turned upside down at the end of 2020 when her brush with the coronavirus developed into long covid

"During my career, when you’re playing you like to have honest conversations with people - there’s nothing worse than someone not speaking their mind and agreeing with you"

We learned yesterday that Munster are set to host Crusaders, the Super Rugby champions, in a “Clash of Champions” match next February — Munster, of course, being current URC champions.

Munster and Ireland rugby player O’Mahony is used to being grilled by the media but he had to watch his step at Scoil Bhríde Eglantine in Douglas, where his daughter Indie is a pupil

The Munster ten is going to have a bigger role than most people think at the World Cup in the autumn

Munster try against Toulouse was named the Champions Cup best try

Supporters can attend the homecoming in Thomond Park from 6pm, with the team expected to arrive at about 7pm with the URC trophy

Munster defence coach Denis Leamy proud of the way a relatively inexperienced side had dealt with the burden of expectation the former Ireland back rower insists should be embraced at Munster.

The Thomond Park legend is part of a backroom staff trying to impose a new way of playing.

The outburst of joy over Munster’s thunderous trophy-winning victory in Cape Town against the highly dangerous Stormers is hugely deserved

Ben Healy - part of a group of twentysomethings who have stepped up in red this term - departs for Edinburgh this summer.

You can have no regrets when you save your best performance of the season, and in this case their best performance in years, for the URC Grand Final

The newly crowned BKT URC champions will be sure to get a huge welcome in Limerick following their 19-14 victory over the Stormers on Saturday.

The travelling red army were treated to a number of stellar performances from the new URC champions 

Munster supremo toasts the end of the province's trophy drought and looks forward to the enormity of URC Grand Final glory sink in, preferably with a good glass of plonk

John Hodnett crashes over for the decisive try four minutes from time after a brilliant and brave Munster display in Cape Town decider

Veteran points to province's road warrior mentality as Graham Rowntree pays tribute to his side's fighting spirit after 19-14 URC Grand Final victory 

At one stage, it seemed fanciful to consider that Munster could finish the season with silverware and Leinster wouldn't

Munster find themselves on the brink of achieving something special. The big question now is, can they deliver?

Jack Crowley had practised kicking drop goals alongside starting fly-half Ben Healy at Aviva Stadium the day before the game against Leinster

The week began with La Rochelle's Irish backroom staff watching Jack Crowley emulate a former Munster out half at Lansdowne Road. It will end in the Aviva Stadium too and the French club's third Champions Cup final on the trot. 

Two precious points pushed Munster ahead of the Bulls in the standings

There are three changes and one positional switch to the side that beat Ospreys two weeks ago.

Head coach Graham Rowntree will have Gavin Coombes, Keith Earls and Roman Salanoa back from Irish camp for the Round 14 game, while Ben Healy has been released from the Scotland squad

John Hodnett led the way with a powerful performance as Munster stormed back from poor start

John Kelly unveiled as a partner in Deloitte’s audit and assurance practice after a 10-year rugby career with Munster and Ireland

That Munster came up just short at Stade Ernest-Wallon yesterday does not matter in the grand scheme of things

Munster can look forward to the return of Peter O’Mahony and Tadhg Beirne for this Saturday’s European home clash with Northampton Saints

Security personnel not 'proactive enough' in getting latecomers to seats as 2,500 people filed into  Blackrock Terrace in 10-minute period

"It’s a real luxury/headache for us as coaches when guys are playing that well in various positions," the Reds boss said after the Sunday evening win.

Graham Rowntree has repeated his confidence in the trajectory his evolving Munster squad and gameplan are on as he prepares for Sunday’s New Year date with Ulster in Belfast

644 solar panels expected to provide enough power on sunny days to meet energy consumption needs of entire Musgrave Park sports campus

Munster have made two changes to the side which defeated Northampton for Monday's sold-out interprovincial clash with Leinster at Thomond Park

The 2002 Heineken Cup final at a packed Millennium Stadium ticks into the final minute with Leicester clinging to a six-point lead but preparing desperately to defend a 5-metre Munster scrum in front of the posts...

It’s no secret that Munster has become so Limerick-centric that the connection that existed between the team and its support base in Cork has been diluted

The Munster players are saying the same thing the lads in Ireland camp were saying 20 months ago. The atmosphere is great, they are enjoying themselves and there is no doubt Rowntree, Prendergast and Leamy are the right men for the job

Jerry Holland