Andrew Trimble has been named The Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year at the annual Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards.

For the past few days Irish Examiner readers have been sending us their photographs of working life around Ireland. Here, we list some of the best photos we have received.

Ireland have been seeded tenth of twelve competing nations for the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup finals in Edmonton, Canada.

A poor international weekend continued for Irish rugby this afternoon as both the Under-19s and women's side went down to their English counterparts in Dublin.