Irish Examiner rugby writers Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis look back at where it all went wrong for Ireland.

Munster coach Johann van Graan fears that the twelve players returning from the bitter disappointment of the squad’s World Cup flop may well suffer from “mental block” that will not be easily overcome.

This daddy has found a strangely effective way of teaching his toddler her alphabet.

You’ve got to hand it to Ryan Tubridy. A house with one excited child at Christmas is crazy enough, but the Late Late supremo handled 231 kids with ease, even throwing in a dance routine for good measure.

IF YOU want one example that shows that us folk are pretty weird even at the best of times, just consider how often our choice of wine is based solely on the grape variety in it. It’s nuts.