Munster will press ahead with this weekend’s Champions Cup match with Glasgow in spite of having to modify their training schedule this week to allow players and coaches time to sign various books of condolences to coach Anthony Foley.

Brian O’Driscoll will flex his superstar muscle to boost Ireland’s battle to host Rugby World Cup 2023.

The numbers of people visiting Northern Ireland has mushroomed in the years since ‘The Troubles’ was still a phrase that merited common usage on this island. 

The 2015 Guinness PRO12 final will be held in Kingspan Stadium, the home of Ulster Rugby.

Now new ground has been broken, Jim Gavin sees no reason why Kingspan Stadium can’t be used to host competitive GAA matches in the future.

“I am delighted to have signed a new contract with the IRFU and Ulster,” said Bowe, who has won 55 caps.

Les Kiss will leave the Ireland set-up after Rugby World Cup 2015 to become Ulster’s full-time director of rugby.

Neil Doak may have ambitions to become a head coach but that does not necessarily mean he would be comfortable succeeding Mark Anscombe at Ulster in the near future.

Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has been sacked with Ireland assistant Les Kiss stepping in as interim director of rugby at Ravenhill.

Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss has been appointed as Ulster’s interim director of rugby.

It may be the Rugby Champions Cup now, but the inaugural pool draw for the new competition will have elicited reactions that are all too familiar from the days when the tournament was known as the Heineken Cup.

Ulster director of rugby David Humphreys’ decision to quit his position and take up a similar role at Gloucester was a surprise to his Irish chief executive.

Ulster's Director of Rugby David Humphreys is leaving the province to take a job at Gloucester, it has been announced.

Ulster’s Ravenhill ground in Belfast is to be known as the Kingspan Stadium after the announcement of a 10-year naming rights agreement.

Shane Logan and David Humphreys are overseeing a radical overhaul of Ulster rugby and its future ambitions — the physical manifestation of which is a €40m refit of Ravenhill, writes Rod Nawn.

Ulster Rugby have confirmed they are seeking to secure naming rights for their proposed redeveloped stadium at Ravenhill after announcing how they plan to utilise the €18.3m injection from Northern Ireland’s Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure for the final stages of construction.

A major redevelopment at the home of Ulster Rugby will get under way later this month after the club secured almost £15m (€18.7m) of promised British Government funding.

A woman who survived a farming accident which killed a young rugby star, his father and brother has been released from hospital.

The rugby star killed in a farming tragedy alongside his brother and his father was hailed by teammates as a wonderful sportsman and person.

The death of a young rugby star, his brother and their father in a farming tragedy in Northern Ireland has caused deep shock and disbelief, community leaders said tonight.

The young rugby star killed in a farming tragedy alongside his brother and his father in Northern Ireland was today hailed by teammates as a wonderful sportsman and a wonderful person.

Ulster Rugby chief executive Shane Logan has denied the decision not to offer coach Brian McLaughlin a new contract has been a PR disaster — but accepted the issue “could have been handled better”.

Ulster’s head coach Brian McLaughlin looks set to lose his job at the end of the season, despite pulling the side out from the depths of despair.

HEINEKEN CUP organisers are likely to confirm this morning that the competition quarter-final between Munster and Ulster at Thomond Park will take place on Easter Sunday, April 8.

Ulster Rugby has announced that Heineken is to become its new pourage partner at Ravenhill.

IRELAND prop Tom Court and Scottish winger Simon Danielli have confirmed that they will extend their stay at Ulster until June 2012 following new two-year deals.

ULSTER RUGBY has named Bangor-based Shane Logan as their new chief executive following the resignation of Michael Reid early last month.