Ward one of six Ulster players in Emerging Ireland squad

Ulster wing Zac Ward says his "next goal" is to play for Ireland after wearing green in the sevens game at the Olympics.

Two of Ireland's biggest political parties are close to finalising a deal to form a coalition with independent politicians to return to power for another..

A key port connecting Wales and Ireland has partially re-opened a month after it was closed due to storm damage.

Ulster announce full-back Ethan McIlroy sustained a "significant" knee injury in Saturday's defeat to Leicester Tigers.

Ulster's trend of "snowballing" in games continues as Leicester rack up 38 unanswered points in Saturday's Investec Champions Cup match.

Rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in South Africa, police said - adding that the survivors would all face illegal mining..

At least 100 people who were trapped in a South African mine have died, a group representing them has said.

Dragons must win next week in South Africa, but Ospreys qualify from Pool 3 in the European Challenge Cup.