"You can always reflect on who you’re missing but you’ve got to focus on who you’ve got."

Ireland’s record in Paris means the squad will be on its guard when they travel there next month, but Sean O’Brien has no qualms about admitting that Joe Schmidt’s side should be winning in the Stade de France if they are to be the team they aspire to be.

There’s a new Irish music video spreading the festive feels across Ireland fast.

The way the latest boundary extension story was leaked, compounded by repeated delays of a meeting to discuss its fallout, seriously angered many county councillors, writes Sean O’Riordan.

It’s true what they say really, the Irish are fond of a sup of the good stuff in their local, writes Breda Graham.

Rob Howley has reportedly accepted an apology from Sean O’Brien after the Leinster man’s controversial remarks about his coaching on the Lions tour to New Zealand.

Former Ireland Rugby player, Joy Neville, will become one of the first two women to referee a men’s international match later this month.

It’s not for nothing that Rory Best is captain of Ulster and Ireland and the studied diplomacy so often required in such roles was evident even when he administered a light slap on the wrists yesterday for Sean O’Brien.

British & Irish Lions legend JJ Williams has come out in defence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley in the wake of Sean O’Brien’s scathing attack of their coaching on the summer tour to New Zealand.

West Cork islanders Olive and Sean O’Neill have been forced to put their home up for sale and are moving to the mainland so their children can attend school.

Sean O’Leary Hayes didn’t watch last year’s All-Ireland minor hurling final. He couldn’t.

Sean O’Riordan examines a UL report which highlights the high numbers leaving the Defence Forces

Sixty-five cars were seized last year for not paying Dublin’s M50 toll.

When Sean O’Hagan returns to Cork this week he hopes to visit the Apple complex in Hollyhill.

Ahead of a conference on Parkinson’s disease, Dr Sean O’Sullivan emphasises the key role that support groups can play in the battle against the illness

Rory Best is set to captain the British & Irish Lions against the Chiefs on Tuesday after Warren Gatland named a matchday squad missing tour skipper Sam Warburton in the final game before Saturday’s first Test with the All Blacks.

Sean O’Brien will not be poring over every injury report the British & Irish Lions issue about tour captain Sam Warburton. 

Sean O’Riordan examines how the government is willing to turn a blind eye to some incursions into our territory by other nations but finds others to be unacceptable

IT was hard to tell which infuriated INMO leader Liam Doran the most — the suggestion by Dr Kevin Kelleher, assistant national director of the HSE’s Health Protection unit, that nurses be given chocolates to entice them to take up the flu vaccine or RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke’s opening question when interviewing him: “Well, Liam, Roses or Milk Tray?”

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors, Guinness PR12: Leinster flanker Sean O’Brien admits it was tough to watch from the outside as his team-mates fell to a 27-22 defeat at the hands of Clermont Auvergne in the semi-final of the Champions Cup last Sunday.

Here is the possible make-up of a squad charged with targeting a first Test series triumph against the All Blacks since 1971.

The Garda Commissioner has insisted she knew nothing about an alleged smear campaign targeting a whistleblower in the force.

Update: Fine Gael deputy leader James Reilly has spoken on the Sean O’Rourke show on RTE radio one about the donation fiasco.

Rhode (Offaly) 0-12 Sean O’Mahony’s (Louth) 1-5: Niall McNamee fired Rhode into their fifth Leinster final in 11 seasons as the Sean O’Mahony’s fairytale was finally halted in Drogheda.

Sean O’Brien and Peter O’Mahony may not have agreed with it, but Ireland assistant coach Simon Easterby believes the decision to leave the pair behind when the squad flew out to Chicago early last week was wholly justified.

Sean O’Brien has told Leo Cullen he wants to play the full 80 minutes against Connacht this Saturday, after admitting to being ‘p*ssed off’ after he was replaced in France on Sunday afternoon.

Historian says the almost forgotten underground facility could be a major draw for tourists, writes Sean O’Riordan

Sean O’Brien has revealed that any recurrence of the serious hamstring injury which has sidelined him for the past seven months — and counting — would likely bring his career to a premature end.

IFA dairy chairman Sean O’Leary has called upon dairy co-ops to commit their milk price to year end.

Suspension of superlevy repayments and interest-free cash loans for dairy farmers must be a priority for the incoming Minister for Agriculture, says IFA dairy chairman Sean O’Leary. 

IFA national dairy chairman Sean O’Leary says Glanbia has shortchanged farmers by seeking to keep the cost of milk well below that paid for by other co-ops.

Our vineyards could be producing vintage wines but we won’t be able to grow a spud. Sean O’Riordan talks to climate change experts about the difficulties facing future generations

Sean O’Brien insists Ireland coach Joe Schmidt would have taken a “huge risk” had he selected Leinster prodigy Garry Ringrose during the Six Nations.