Sunday’s game will mark O’Mahony’s first Ireland start since he captained his country in the opening Test of last July’s series opener in South Africa.

This time the “deputy dawg” with the interim sheriff’s badge on his tracksuit is Ireland’s Simon Easterby ... the tales in his 2011 autobiography Easter’s Rising, he was not averse ...

DAVID HUMPHREYS is confident Ireland will be okay without Andy Farrell in the Championship - but he insisted he still wants him leading the team long-term. Ireland kick off their Six Nations ...

“All cathedrals are facing considerable financial challenges at the moment,” confirms the Very Revd Dr Simon Jones, Dean of Lincoln Cathedral. Like Peterborough, he says, Lincoln, for all ...

Things look a little bit different this time around and yet the switch over from Andy Farrell to Simon Easterby — while Farrell does his Lions gig — ought to really be quite seamless.

Andy Farrell’s handover to Simon Easterby included a to-do list that’s longer than either man would have liked. Across 2024 there was an alarming, if understandable, drop off from the ...

Interim boss Simon Easterby believes back-to-back champions Ireland are “up for the challenge” of chasing Six Nations history in the absence of Andy Farrell. Ireland are bidding to become the ...