Ulster Rugby is maintaining a ban on news reporters attending pre-match press conferences following the sacking of rape acquitted stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

Ireland rugby player Paddy Jackson is attempting to recover legal costs from his rape trial, it has emerged.

Latest: A former captain of Ireland and the Lions has told the 'Today with Sean O'Rourke' programme on RTÉ Radio 1 that Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding should be "back to doing what they do best and that is playing rugby".

Police in the North are investigating online comments by one of the jurors in the Belfast rape trial.

Latest:The jury in the rape trial of two Ireland rugby players has been released for the day without reaching a verdict.

Latest: A woman who accused two Irish rugby internationals of rape has refuted claims that her memory was clouded by alcohol or an unwillingness to accept reality.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has refused to comment on the presence on Wednesday of his team captain Rory Best and another of his players, Iain Henderson, at the Belfast rape trial of two fellow Ulster and Ireland players.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of raping his wife on Christmas Day in 2003 has failed to reach a verdict, reports Isabel Hayes and Brion Hoban.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a man accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder told Gardaí they had consensual sex.

The trial of a banker accused of raping an Irish student in the US two years ago has heard a man in an agitated state called a taxi company from the area that morning.

A document has been discovered by Gerry Adams’ former solicitor which appears to contradict part of his evidence during his brother’s rape trial, the Court of Appeal in Belfast was told today.