Latest news: Ireland

Canberra's Mack Hansen and Finlay Bealham are making good progress after injury and are set to play in the European champions' Six Nations clash with Scotland.

Finlay Bealham and Mack Hansen, Ireland's Canberra rugby recruits, have been selected to face England in the Six Nations opener in Dublin.

Sione Tuipulotu tormented the Wallabies for Scotland and now Joe Schmidt's men face two more Australian threats In Ireland duo Finlay Bealham and Mack Hansen.

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii's tour may not be over as first feared after a more positive update on the arm injury he suffered in the Wallabies' defeat to Scotland.

Mack Hansen, another of the Australian aces who got away from the Wallabies, looks in the mood to torment them after scoring two tries for Ireland against Fiji.

Former Wallaby Brett Robinson has been elected as the chair of World Rugby, the first official from the Southern Hemisphere to take the reins of the sport.

The Wallaroos have been beaten 36-10 by lower-ranked Ireland in a one-sided women's rugby international in Belfast.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, known for topping the charts around the world with the 1990 song Nothing Compares 2 U, has died at the age of 56.

Australian cricket star Ellyse Perry has hit 91 in an ODI against Ireland, before suffering knee soreness during her side's comfortable 153-run win in Dublin.