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

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

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

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 ...

The Ireland players will naturally have an advantage with Andy Farrell leading the Lions in Australia, but Horgan insists ...

Interim head coach Simon Easterby believes the availability of Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Jack Conan and Jimmy O’Brien ...

As expected, in what was his first Six Nations squad announcement as Ireland interim head coach, Simon Easterby stuck with ...

There are peculiar challenges for everyone concerned with the forthcoming British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. Some of these are common to all such series and some will be specific to this ...