Joe McCarthy was with the Ireland squad at their Dublin city centre team hotel the day after he suffered what interim head coach Simon Easterby described as a “nasty blow” to the head ...

Ireland assistant Andrew Goodman says Joe McCarthy has been spoken to about his "stupid" yellow card in Saturday's Guinness Six Nations defeat to France. The Leinster lock received one of two ...

BIG JOE: Joe McCarthy has made quite the imppression since he first lined out for Ireland. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady Things that have, against all the odds, survived rugby’s shift from amateurism ...

Ireland lock Joe McCarthy says taking on France brings a "big game feeling" as the pair prepare for their latest Six Nations meeting on Saturday afternoon (14:15 GMT). The sides have finished in ...

Ireland are three points ahead of France going into Saturday's game in Dublin Ireland lock Joe McCarthy says taking on France brings a "big game feeling" as the pair prepare for their latest Six ...

Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images Ireland are hoping to continue ... health with the return of Tadhg Furlong, Mack Hansen and Joe McCarthy from injury. The Leinster duo of prop Furlong and ...