IRFU performance director David Nucifora has not ruled out a return to the Ireland team for sacked internationals Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, should they return home to play for a province in the future.

A review is underway to make the rape trial system fairer for victims.

Belfast Crown Court will today hear Paddy Jackson’s attempt to recover his legal costs arising from his nine-week rape trial.

Should these two men, found not guilty by a jury, be consigned to the fringes of society, unable to get work for the rest of their lives asks Alison O’Connor

A sponsor has confirmed that they contacted Sale Sharks to 'discuss the uncertainty' surrounding speculation that the club may sign Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

Latest: Sale have announced there is "no substance" to reports they are interested in signing former Ulster players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

Some victims of sexual violence were traumatised by reporting of the recent rugby rape trial, the chief executive of Nexus NI said.

A support organisation saw 14 new referrals a day after the Belfast rugby rape trial.

Ulster Rugby's ban on news reporters attending pre-match press conferences following the sacking of two rape-acquitted stars has been criticised as an "unacceptable attempt to control media coverage".

A retired judge will lead an independent review into how cases of serious sexual offences are dealt with in Northern Ireland.

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.

Ulster Rugby has moved to clarify events around its decision to bar news reporters from the first team press conference since the sacking of rape acquitted stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

Northern Ireland's Justice Department is expected to launch a review of how serious sexual offences are addressed.

Stuart Olding's defence solicitor says all rape and serious sexual assault cases in Northern Ireland should now be reviewed.

Brian O'Driscoll says the IRFU had no option but to part company with Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

For many years there has been a concern that industry, through the research grants offered to universities, unduly influences those institutions.

THE joint decision by the IRFU and Ulster Rugby to cancel the contracts of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding was hardly a surprise, even to the two players themselves.

For some, the very fact that Irish professional players may need dedicated programmes on respectful relationships, the meaning of consent, etc, will be seen to reflect badly on Irish sport, writes Jack Anderson

Sacked by Ulster Rugby and the IRFU, the two rugby stars acquitted of rape this month look likely to end up playing in France.

Aggravated or straightforward, they’re variations on the same malfeasance. One isn’t benign. Both are bad, writes Terry Prone

The IRFU and Ulster Rugby have "revoked" the contracts of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding with immediate effect.

Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding's departure from Ulster Rugby is expected to be announced imminently.

A few weeks ago, a soccer club in which I have an interest was invited to an under-10 tournament in Kilkenny, writes Michael Clifford.

Around 250 people have staged a protest outside Ulster Rugby's stadium this evening ahead of the team's first home game since two players were acquitted of rape.

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

Ulster Rugby sponsor Bank of Ireland are "highly concerned" by the issues raised by the high-profile rape trial, which saw two players, Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, acquitted of all charges.

Reporting restrictions surrounding the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals have been lifted.

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".

The head of the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) said a conversation of “competition” developed around the Belfast rape trial.

Labour senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has apologised for a tweet about the Ulster rape trial.

Labour Senator Aodhan O'Riordain has apologised for comments he made about the Belfast rape trial.

A hearing is due to be heard today on whether reporting restrictions relating to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding’s rape trial should be lifted.

An open letter to the Ireland and Ulster rugby leadership demanding that Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding never play rugby for the province or national team again has appeared in a Northern Ireland newspaper.

Ireland and Ulster rugby star Paddy Jackson, who was last week acquitted of rape, has told the Press Association he is ashamed the woman who accused him left his home distressed, has apologised for engaging in "degrading and offensive" WhatsApp chats and said he has betrayed his family's values.

Women who have suffered sexual abuse were “retraumatised” by the details of the Belfast rape trial and the way in which the woman at the centre of the case was treated in court.

As someone who teaches sports law and criminal law in Melbourne, but who lived and lectured in Belfast for 15 years, I followed the trial and acquittal of Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison with deep and obvious interest, writes Jack Anderson.

The off-field controversies and the unfolding daily ramifications must be extremely difficult to deal with for Ulster utility back Louis Ludik, who has a deep Christian faith.

A Government minister has insisted new laws to curb the threat of social media to criminal cases are immediately introduced in the wake of the Belfast rape trial.

A legal challenge to overturn reporting restrictions on the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals will go before a judge next week.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said that giving rape complainants access to their own legal representation needs to be part of a wider overhaul of the system.

An Ireland and Ulster rugby star has apologised unreservedly for sending a sexually explicit message to a teammate following an incident that would later see the fellow player charged with rape.

Drogheda United soccer player Luke Rossiter has said he “doesn’t really know” why he tweeted that he was “delighted for Paddy Jackson” and why he criticised the complainant following last week’s Belfast rape trial verdict.

Drogheda United soccer player Luke Rossiter has said he “doesn’t really know” why he tweeted that he was “delighted for Paddy Jackson” and why he criticised the complainant following last week’s Belfast rape trial verdict.

Ulster coach Jono Gibbes' whose players were cleared of rape following a high-profile trial said it had been a difficult time.