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Opel Ireland and the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have announced a four-year sponsorship renewal. The continued partnership will see Opel remain as a sponsor of Irish Rugby and the exclusive car partner to the IRFU until 2028.

Queen’s College Galway Rugby Club was founded in 1874, 150 years ago, making it the oldest rugby club in Connacht. They have a long and proud history and have helped nurture and boost many rugby careers helping players to the highest levels. They were a founding club of the Irish Rugby Football Union. They won their first Connacht Senior Cup in 1897 and have managed to hold that trophy aloft many times since. Their first victory in the Dudley Cup, played for by the three Queen’s Universities, was in 1905. They have featured many times in the Bateman Cup, an exclusive competition in which clubs participate by invitation only.

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Galway sporting communities are mourning the loss of Micheal (Mick) Grealish, a much-loved and respected sports personality who passed away last week.

The Irish Rugby Football Union has cancelled this season’s Energia All-Ireland League due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.

Irish Rugby internationals Ultan Dillane and Dave Heffernan took advantage of Specsavers’ latest hospital-quality technology ahead of the Guinness Six Nations to help ensure they are at the top of their game.

Well it’s been a busy week again, but to begin this column this week I’m going to start on a gentler note.

So much to talk about, so little space.

Jarrad Butler took top honours in this year's Connacht Rugby awards, winning the coveted Players' Player of the Year Award.

A sport seminar held and organised by AIT recently probed a number of key ethical issues that we are facing in sport today and the impact of these issues on the various stakeholders in the industry.