Munster defence coach JP Ferreira is the first to acknowledge that Faf de Klerk and Craig Casey are at contrasting points in their careers but he can think of nobody better than the World Cup winner for the young Limerick scrum-half to follow.

The Irish Examiner Rugby World Cup Tournament Preview panel warn of red card risks as squads train 14-man scenarios

England have beaten Ireland 57-15 in their World Cup warm-up Test at Twickenham.

Having the right health insurance coverage is becoming more important for customers than the cost, the Health Insurance Authority has found.

Edinburgh Airport, Saturday evening, March 30. As the Munster squad and supporters prepare to fly home after a tense quarter-final victory at Murrayfield, there are numerous emotions on display.

Ulster’s Iain Henderson suffered a concussion during the defeat by Munster at Thomond Park last week, suffering memory loss. It was the Ireland international’s first concussion and he immediately came off the field and didn’t return; Henderson was named yesterday in the Ulster team to face Connacht tonight. He describes how the incident affected him and walked us through the Head Injury Assessment (HIA) protocols

A company providing bespoke health insurance cover for certain foreign students here is challenging a notice that it must stop selling the policy to those whose courses last more than one academic year, the High Court heard.

Health insurance is a topic I have covered in the past but it is worth returning to as a number of recent developments in the market could mean good news for consumers.

This is as good as it gets for the players and supporters, writes Simon Lewis.

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

Jonathan Sexton has addressed the confusion over his head injury assessment (HIA) last month while again highlighting his frustration at the “stigma of concussion” that has attached itself to his career.

More than 600 people joined a major consumer switching campaign after broadband and energy price hikes were announced over the weekend, writes Conall Ó Fátharta. 

Victims of historical child abuse have urged Northern Ireland's politicians to release compensation which has been blocked due to Stormont's collapse, as talks aimed at restoring powersharing enter their final hours.

The son of "Disappeared" murder victim Jean McConville brought his family back together, his daughter told his funeral.

A brother of abuse victims campaigner Billy McConville has urged politicians in the North to fulfil his dying wish and compensate those who suffered.

A "courageous" victims campaigner orphaned and allegedly abused in Northern Ireland following the murder of his mother Jean McConville has died.

The number of people with private health insurance has risen for two years in a row, with trends showing a further 30,000 covered by inpatient plans last year than in 2015.

British and Irish Lions bosses insist they have not gambled by handing their players two days off in Queenstown ahead of Saturday's Test series decider with New Zealand.

The number of people securing health insurance increased by 30,000 in the past year, it has emerged.

Centre Jonathan Davies has claimed “it just didn’t seem right” after Wales’ RBS 6 Nations campaign ended in controversial and crushing fashion against France.

Ireland 7 England 34: England’s women captured their first Six Nations title since 2012 as they swept to victory in a pulsating Grand Slam decider at Donnybrook last night.

An organisation set up to address the abuse of young unmarried women in mother and baby homes in the North is calling on those affected by the Catholic institutions to make contact.

A Catholic bishop has said the recommendations of Northern Ireland’s child abuse inquiry should be implemented with goodwill.

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) have launched an inquiry into Munster’s handling of a head injury to Conor Murray during Saturday’s Champions Cup win over Glasgow Warriors.

Consumers have been warned to expect double-digit premium hikes on their health insurance in 2017.

Private health insurance might be good for your well-being but could be harming your pocket, according to the Health Insurance Authority whose research shows that less than a quarter of policy holders have swtiched plans.

We are spending less on health insurance, with the average premium paid last year €1,173 — a 2% decline on €1,200 in 2014.

Nothing in the environmental impact statement (EIS) accompanying Indaver Ireland’s planning application to build an incinerator in Ringaskiddy adequately explains the health impact it could have, according to a specialist in public health.

Nearly one in four people with private health insurance have switched providers, it has emerged.

A Catholic religious order has accepted notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth abused children while they were in the care of nuns in the North, a lawyer told a public inquiry yesterday.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is recuperating from an emergency appendectomy that tempered the enjoyment of his side’s victory over Australia on Saturday.

A religious order under scrutiny at a historic abuse inquiry in the North has said some of the allegations were inaccurate.

One of the first boys to enter a children’s home in the North has said he was abused by a religious brother the day after he arrived.

Sexual abuse was rampant at a children’s home in the North run by a Catholic order of brothers, a former senior police officer has said.

The number of people with health insurance is set to drop below 2 million for the first time in a decade as almost 4,000 people a month abandoned their health cover between April and June.

Children from the North who were sent to Australia shortly after the Second World War faced grave sexual and physical violence after arrival in institutions, witnesses have told a public inquiry.