As the soul-searching continues within Munster Rugby in the wake of their European Champions Cup exit, chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald has admitted he too has considered his position with the provincial set-up.

It would be tempting to say Munster could do with a week or two off to sort out the numerous issues that have them, in CJ Stander’s words, heading towards the waterfall, but that is not an option for the men in red.

Celtic’s Champions League hopes are in the balance after a narrow 3-2 win over Malmo in the first leg of their play-off which saw former Hoops attacker Jo Inge Berget return to haunt the Parhead club with a double.

Celtic 0 St Johnstone 1: A magnificent strike from St Johnstone midfielder Danny Swanson inflicted a first domestic defeat of 2015 on Celtic.

Low-paid public service workers will be the first to see their pay restored under a new round of pay talks but the process of reinstating previous salary levels could take years, it has emerged.

Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3: Substitute John Guidetti gave Celtic a dramatic Europa League lifeline with an injury-time leveller to draw 3-3 draw with Inter Milan at Parkhead.

Celtic 2 Rangers 0: Ronny Deila criticised the Hampden pitch but Celtic cruised to the final of the Scottish League Cup at the national stadium with a 2-0 win over Rangers.

Scottish Premiership:

Celtic 0 Legia Warsaw 2 (Aggregate 1- 6)

Legia Warsaw 4 Celtic 1

Champions League 2nd round qualifier 2nd leg

The last time Cardiff staged the final, there were 12 Irish on the pitch and another 30,000 or so packed into the Millennium Stadium to witness Leinster’s second European conquest.

CELTIC 6 INVERNESS 0

Italian club Benetton Rugby have decided not to compete in the RaboDirect PRO12 after this season, citing the uncertainty of the tournament.

Tony McGahan may be opening a new chapter in his rugby life but Munster memories still burn brightly.

Celtic crashed out of Europe after a thumping 3-0 defeat by AC Milan in their Champions League Group H clash at Parkhead.

Ajax 1 Celtic 0

Celtic 0 Barcelona 1

Celtic fans’ favourite Henrik Larsson hopes to return to Parkhead to play in a legends charity match.

As it turned out, Doug Howlett’s last act on a rugby pitch was to do what he did best during an illustrious career for the All Blacks and Munster — scoring a try.

Celtic 4 Inverness CT 1

Paul O’Connell refused to rule out making a third Lions tour this summer but suggested the odds would be long given he is likely to miss the RBS 6 Nations this spring.

It comes as no surprise that a marketing executive should have a positive outlook about the future but a year into its sponsorship of Celtic League rugby, RaboDirect’s Maeve Moriarty has proof her company’s association is already reaping dividends.

Spartak Moscow 2 Celtic 3

Celtic 2 Helsingborgs 0

Neil Lennon looks likely to be locking horns yet again with the Scottish Football Association following Celtic’s William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Hearts at Hampden yesterday which saw him march on to the pitch to confront referee Euan Norris after the Hoops lost to a late penalty.

All 62 students who graduated from the Shannon Hotel College of Management yesterday secured jobs before sitting their final exams.

AN Irish ultra runner has revealed a bottle of beer helped him become the only man on the planet to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days.

A major “health plan” is to be drawn up for Cork City following its designation by the World Health Organisation as a “healthy city”.

It was once the star performer of the Celtic Tiger. Now those still working in the building sector are being asked to take a 20% wage cut. Stephen Rogers wonders if it will help the industry

CELTIC moved to within seven points of Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders Rangers after defeating Dunfermline at Parkhead last night.

IRELAND’S senior men gave coach Paul Revington plenty more to chew on as they came away from Lille with the Champions Challenge II title in the bag following a 4-2 final defeat of France.

CELTIC kept their Clydesdale Bank Premier League title hopes alive with a win over Hearts in a match that will be remembered for a fan’s attack on manager Neil Lennon.

GARY HOOPER claimed a double as Celtic reclaimed top spot in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a comfortable win over Hibernian last night.

ITALY coach Nick Mallett believes the country’s rugby federation and its two Magners League franchises need to work together to help the national team improve.

BARRY McGUIGAN wants the winner of Saturday night’s all-Irish European title fight between Willie Casey and Paul Hyland to give Carl Frampton a shot at the belt.

CELTIC gave themselves a mountain to climb bigger than the rockface overlooking AXA Stadium after crashing to Braga in last night’s Champions League third qualifying round first leg.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON is going into hospital for a knee operation after this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and will not play the Wales Open at Celtic Manor from June 3-6.

CELTIC began the process of bouncing back from their shock Scottish Cup defeat by Ross County as Josh Thompson atoned for gifting Motherwell the opening goal by netting a match-winning double.

FAI chief executive John Delaney has confirmed that the FAI will still be running the forthcoming Cork City v Glasgow Celtic friendly game, even though the club has already paid its debt to the Revenue Commissioners.