Cian Healy has signed a new three-year contract with the IRFU which will see him remain in Ireland and playing with Leinster up until the end of the Rugby World Cup in 2019.

Leinster Rugby head coach Leo Cullen has made five changes to the team that lost out to the Dragons last time out for tomorrow evening’s game against Zebre.

“We will be picking the best team to go to war with France at the weekend.”

Aviva Premiership side Worcester Warriors have apparently offered the loosehead prop a far better deal than is currently on the table from the IRFU.

Ireland boss Joe Schmidt believes the reigning double champions may have to settle for a mid-table RBS 6 Nations finish.

Joe Schmidt is sweating over his Six Nations front row as Cian Healy and Mike Ross were declared doubts for the opening clash with Wales on February 7.

Leinster prop Cian Healy will have his citing complaint for an incident against Toulon reheard in London on Thursday.

Leinster prop Cian Healy has successfully appealed a two-week ban imposed on him last week but could still be hit with a suspension.

Leinster prop Cian Healy will face an appeal hearing tomorrow as he bids to overturn a two-week suspension.

Healy is free to play until the outcome of his appeal hearing.

The Irish international has been cited for striking an opponent with his knee during Leinster's European Challenge Cup loss to Toulon last Sunday.

Healy is facing the prospect of a long spell on the sidelines.

Cian Healy has admitted Ireland will chase World Cup glory to honour captain Paul O’Connell’s glittering Test career.

Head coach Joe Schmidt has made a raft of changes to Ireland’s starting XV for this weekend’s game, and rugby fans will be delighted to see Cian Healy at loosehead prop.

"Through these first two games the idea would be for them all to get some game time to be prepared for the back end of the pool."

Jack McGrath is delighted to get the start at loosehead prop against Canada but knows Cian Healy will be breathing down his neck in coming weeks.

The decision Joe Schmidt faces now is whether to start the loosehead prop on Saturday.

Loosehead prop Healy has battled neck problems since May, but has recovered just in time and will be available for Saturday’s Pool D opener against Canada.

Cian Healy will have to come cold to the World Cup later this month after the Leinster loosehead was omitted from the Ireland team to face England in the last of the four warm-up games, in Twickenham on Saturday.

For all the trials and tribulations Joe Schmidt experienced in narrowing his World Cup squad down to the requisite 31, at least we have a good idea who will be in his starting XV.

Joe Schmidt’s hopes of a grand unveiling of his World Cup squad today were scuppered after his 31-man panel apparently leaked across the media last night.

Tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong and centre Darren Cave look to be the surprise inclusions.

Looks like the big man from Clontarf is going to make the World Cup squad.

Defence coach Kiss believes “each hour matters” for loosehead prop Healy as he fights to beat his neck injury ahead of Ireland naming their 31-man World Cup squad.

Ireland squad manager Mick Kearney insists Cian Healy’s recovery from neck surgery is “coming on fine”.

"We’re just hoping the picture gets clearer as we get closer so that we can make a decision that would see him fully fit at least to start the tournament."

Class may be permanent but if you’re looking for a place in Ireland’s World Cup squad this September, you better be backing it up with some good form.

Simon Easterby admits it is not ideal that Cian Healy could arrive at the World Cup without full match fitness.

Ireland forwards Peter O’Mahony and Mike Ross have backed pack-mate Cian Healy to pass fit for the World Cup campaign beginning in eight weeks.

Prop Cian Healy’s participation in the upcoming Rugby World Cup is in doubt, according to a number of reports this morning.

Ireland and Leinster prop Cian Healy is satisfied his recovery from neck surgery is on target and he will be fit for the Rugby World Cup.

“If it’s a neck injury it could have left me paralyzed if I didn’t get if fixed and that’s the way my head thinks.

The 2014/15 season proved a tough one for Leinster and Irish prop Cian Healy. Despite playing a significant part in Ireland’s Six Nations Championship success, a series of injuries limited the experienced tight head to nine appearances at provincial level.

There was good news for Ireland fans in Leinster’s squad update, as they reported positive news on prop Cian Healy.

An exact return date remains unclear, but the signs are that Cian Healy will not just make the Rugby World Cup but that the powerful prop will feature in the warm-up clashes.

A judge has ruled that dark tinted windows on Cian Healy's all-terrain Land Rover were unsafe.

Jean Claude Trichet has denied phoning the late Brian Lenihan and instructing him to save the banks, Henry Shefflin selects RTÉ over Sky Sports to launch his GAA punditry career and Cian Healy is spared a conviction despite a judge ruling the tinted windows in his car were ’unsafe’.   These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com this evening.

"Wear and tear" and a desire to freshen up a side playing its fifth Test game in six weeks has prompted Joe Schmidt's decision to draft Luke Fitzgerald and Cian Healy into the Ireland side to face Scotland on Saturday afternoon.

"Lesson: Don't tackle the opposition with your face."