The Northern Irishman shot a 65 to go with Thursday’s 67 to post at 12 under, three shots better than any other defending champion had managed after two rounds.

Back in green: Dorothy Wall targets fast Ireland start at Twickenham

For Ireland, success will not necessarily be defined by dominance, but by control.

He's used to being called Mr Rachael Blackmore, but the Cork pilot is still keen to make his own headlines in the race that stops the world.

At the Masters, precision is everything and forgiveness is scarce. Tom McKibbin’s difficult second at Augusta was a clear example

Six days on from their helter skelter victory over Edinburgh, Leinster face Sale in the Champions Cup quarter-finals

Silva looks set to leave City when his contract expires this summer, and assistant manager Pep Lijnders all but confirmed as much last week.

The championship opener at Twickenham has already attracted 75,000 supporters but Ireland captain Erin King says their focus will be on their own performance.

Peter McKenna thinks the Man Utd-Leeds fixture could showcase GAA HQ.

The Six Nations kicks off with Scott Bemnad's side heading for Twickenham. 

Ireland start their Six Nations campaign in London this weekend. 

The Scottish international leaves Anfield as a club legend.

World champions England will be favourites to repeat last year’s grand slam but France and Ireland will eye an upset.

It is bullish confidence from a squad beaten 49-5 in the last season’s reverse fixture at Cork’s Virgin Media Park

The 37-year-old Corkman has played 256 times for his province across three spells, during which time he earned 24 Ireland caps. 

The 1926 census will be released publicly -- and for free -- in the coming weeks. 

The Irishman’s play-off victory over Justin Rose a year ago secured a long-awaited green jacket to become only the sixth player to win all four majors.

Sport has always been a powerful vehicle for men to communicate with each other and golf is peculiarly suited to that given its leisurely pace of play.

In both teams' first outings since the World Cup, Ireland will kick off their Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign in the toughest of arenas.

As for Ireland’s overall expectations for the championship, they centred around on home clashes.