IRELAND expect to learn today the new date for their postponed RBS 6 Nations clash with France with the Irish Rugby Football Union also keen to discuss with tournament organisers who will pick up the estimated €45,000 tab for the additional weekend in Paris.

A French TV cameraman has been killed in Syria during a government-authorised trip to the troubled city of Homs.

LAURENT Labit sits comfortably into a seat outside an auditorium at France Televisions, minutes after the Paris launch of the Heineken Cup.

LANSDOWNE ROAD could host the 2011 Heineken Cup final in the same year the FAI hopes to bring the UEFA Cup showpiece to the venue.

Reigning champions Munster will be in action in the first quarter-final in the 2006/2007 Heineken Cup when they travel to Stradey Park to face Llanelli Scarlets on Friday, March 30 (kick-off 7.30pm).

The Heineken Cup goes from strength to strength as the ERC announced a new four-year broadcast agreement with their long-standing French partners, France Televisions.

MUNSTER have suffered another injury blow ahead of the Heineken Cup with star signing, Christian Cullen diagnosed with a serious shoulder injury which could sideline him for up to eight weeks.