BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

IRELAND are “not as good as they used to be” and will lose the Six Nations to France. That is according to former France ...

Simon Easterby is interim head coach for Irelands Six Nations defence while Andy Farrell leads the British and Irish Lions in ...

World Player of the Year Thierry Dusautoir gives his verdict on who will win the Six Nations - and gives his judgement on the ...

There are peculiar challenges for everyone concerned with the forthcoming British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. Some of ...

Simon Easterby is due to name his first full Irish squad on Wednesday amidst Andy Farrell's Irish sabbatical for his role ...

Robbie Henshaw doesn't believe there will be a fall-off when Simon Easterby takes over from Andy Farrell for the Guinness Six ...

More info The first thing to remember is that selection is purely down to the head coach, Andy Farrell - he is not under any ...

Ronan O'Gara will go up against Jacques Nienaber when La Rochelle host Leinster, but they could also do battle when the ...

Interim head coach Simon Easterby has decided against taking the chance to put his own stamp on the Ireland squad with just ...

Simon Easterby stuck with the tried and tested in his first squad as interim coach of two-time defending Six Nations ...

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six ...