Ireland v Italy off - so what happens next?
The decision to postpone next month’s Six Nations match will cause chaos with the rugby calendar. Deciding when to play it again is just one of the big problems rugby’s top brass have to solve.
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The decision to postpone next month’s Six Nations match will cause chaos with the rugby calendar. Deciding when to play it again is just one of the big problems rugby’s top brass have to solve.
There has been an increase in the number of confirmed cases in Italy
Ireland now turn their attention towards a visit to Paris on 14 March.
Here at home the National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting to monitor the situation and advance preparedness plans.
A number of Irish nationals staying in the area have made contact with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The State has a “mitigation” strategy ready to roll out if the “containment” strategy fails.
“Myself and my wife are lucky because we can work online most of the time,” Vincent Healy said.
A fifth person has died from Covid-19 today in Italy.
Three people have died in Italy, which is experiencing Europe’s first major outbreak of the virus.
Lazio kept the pressure on the league leaders.
A dozen towns in northern Italy effectively went into lockdown on Saturday after the deaths of two people.
Over 50,000 people have been asked to stay at home.
Italian health minister Roberto Speranza said the country is now seeing the same sort of ‘cluster’ of cases as Germany and France.
Gregor Townsend’s team will kick off the weekend’s action against Italy on Saturday afternoon.
Salvini insisted he would be proud to stand trial.
Les Bleus have gone two from two in front of their own fans.
The incident occurred earlier this morning on the Milan-Bologna line.
Josh Adams scored a hat-trick in a facile 42-0 win.
The accident happened in the South Tyrol region bordering Austria.
Michael Bradley is in his third season as head coach of Italian club Zebre.
The study found people who often eat chilli peppers have a mortality risk for every cause reduced by 23%, compared to those who do not.
The new artwork sparked a backlash on social media but the artist explained that he wanted to turn the derogatory term on racists who use it.
The 49-year-old has joined the English union as its new performance director.
Conor O’Shea worked with the Englishman in Italy from 2016 until the recent World Cup.
The Irish documentary Shooting the Mafia tells the story of photojournalist Letizia Battaglia.
People have been trapped in their cars and roads have been closed by the floods.
Two people in France were also killed after historic levels of rain fell in the south of the country.
The South African will take over from Conor O’Shea, who stood down over the weekend.
Italy coach Roberto Mancini believes rivals would prefer to avoid playing his team at Euro 2020.
Roberto Mancini’s Italy turned on the style in their final Group J game.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte described the flooding as ‘a blow to the heart of our country’.
Sandro Tonali isn’t worried about his valuation ahead of a big season.
The exceptionally intense high waters peaked at 1.87 metres.
Leo Cullen’s side extended their lead at the top of Conference A after a low-scoring victory in Parma.
Sandro Tonali made his debut as his team equalled a national team record with a 5-0 win over Liechtenstein.
The Italy U21 star was dismissed for pushing Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott in the chest.
Keith Earls and CJ Stander also underlined that they’re focused on their own jobs against Samoa.
The Italians’ World Cup clash with the All Blacks has been cancelled.
Relive the action as South Africa put seven tries on Italy in Shizuoka, with a second half red card killing the game as a contest.
Ireland’s U21 qualifier against Italy at Tallaght Stadium next Thursday is a sell-out.