Huge welcome home for triumphant girls in green, as IRFU announces annual €1.1m grant

The Irish women's rugby team received a rapturous welcome at Dublin airport this afternoon when they arrived home with their first ever Six Nations trophy.

Hundreds dressed in green, white and orange turned out in the arrivals hall to greet the squad, who also clinched the Grand Slam with their 6 - 3 win over Italy in Milan yesterday.