The 33-year-old Ireland centre will win his 50th Ireland cap this weekend in Paris.

Railway Union are bidding for another title as the Women’s AIL kicks off this weekend.

Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’ll still be around this time next year?

Test your memory with these 10 questions.

The team behind the podcast run through their favourite explanations from the past year.

Donald McRae’s In Sunshine or in Shadow and some of the other standouts from the past 12 months.

A list of the Instagram accounts with the most followers has also been released.

Bundee Aki’s red card was a blow but Schmidt feels Ireland have good cover in the midfield.

Joe Schmidt’s men were much more convincing in their 19-10 win over Wales on Saturday.

Big couple of days for Conor McKenna, Mark O’Connor and Zach Tuohy.

There’s a strong Connacht contingent included in Peter Smyth’s 26-man group.

The 26-year-old Connacht man won his first Ireland cap in Rome.

‘Let’s enjoy it,’ proclaims the ex-Cameroon midfielder ahead of Friday’s opening round of games.

1999 gave us The Sopranos, Futurama and The Amanda Show.

This is going to be a pretty good year (in terms of music, anyway).

No pressure.

Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty said the staff of Irish hospitals have acted with responsibility and in a mature manner and stated that the government has decided to “disengage”.

In what could be Leo Varadkar’s toughest year yet, there are a number of huge issues barrelling towards him from day one.

It’s 2019!

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A baby was born at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda just three seconds past midnight.

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There’s plenty of sporting events on the horizon in 2019, including the Rugby World Cup and Euro 2020 qualifiers.

There’s plenty of events happening around the country to ring in the New Year.

The Taoiseach said it is unfair that some pay while others do not.

Pauric Fanning and Benji Whelan have been appointed to the respective roles.

The country in May won the right to host next year’s Eurovision when Israeli singer Netta Barzilai won the 2018 contest.

The Kiwi is out of contract after the 2019 World Cup and plans to put his family first.

The European Tour has today announced that the event will take place at the County Clare course from 4-7 July 2019.

Joe Schmidt’s plans after 2019 remain uncertain but the All Blacks have been following his success with interest.

Charly Musonda will spend an extended spell with the Scottish champions, despite interest from the Premier League and La Liga.

29-year-old Sergio Aguero dreams of turning out for his former side again before he retires.

John Caulfield has joined a number of players in signing new deals at Turner’s Cross.

The 33-year-old has agreed to remain in Ireland with native province Leinster.

The likes of Pat Lam and Andy Farrell would be among the favourites to succeed Schmidt.

The loosehead has signed a two-year extension to his current deal.

The government hopes to pass new legislation by Christmas.

World Rugby has demanded updated plans from Japan’s 2019 World Cup organising committee to allay concerns about the event’s viability.