Ireland’s October 4th rugby World Cup qualifying match up against Italy will be played at Olympic Stadium in London while the 3 other Pool D games will be played at Millenium and Wembley. The Irish will play their first Pool D game at Millenium against a representative from the Americas, second at Wembley facing an opponent from Europe, third at Olympic against Italy, then back to Millenium for the last qualifier against France.  

The 2012 London Olympics has come to a close and the United States finds itself in a familiar situation.

Ireland has had a hand in winning some medals for other countries at this summer’s Olympics. The country has bred 15 horses that are competing in London, with only five of them riding with Irish competitors.

An ESPN commentator has been slated for suggesting Ireland should have teamed up with Britain to win Olympic gold.

Irish boxer Katie Taylor raised the roof and the noise levels in London as she moved closer to an Olympic gold medal.

Boxer John Joe Nevin won Ireland’s first medal at the London Olympics – and dedicated it to his late cousin David.

As Britain hosts the Summer Olympic Games in London, we look back on the first great modern Olympic confrontation between the United States – most of whose top athletes were Irish – and Britain, which took place in London in 1908. Notably, they were the last Olympic Games at which the judging committee was made up entirely of people from the host country.

Gold-winning athletes from around the world at London’s 2012 Olympics rely on a great diet to keep them at peak performance. And it’s the task of an Irishwoman – Catherine Toolan from Coolaney, Co Sligo – to ensure the thousands of athletes and others in the Olympic Village are properly fed and watered as they bid for sporting glory.

Time to brush up on your "Amhrán na bhFiann" ("The Soldier's Song").

Police officer Adam Nolan is on the boxing beat in London and through to the last 16 in the 69kg class at the Olympics.

From Judo to sailing, shooting to the pentathlon, here is an exclusive IrishCentral preview of who to watch from Ireland in this year’s Olympiad XXX.

Irish actor, Chris O’Dowd is encouraging anyone living in London to take a break from the craziness of the city during the Olympics and to tour across the pond to Ireland.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is to meet GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney this Friday at the opening of the London Olympics.

Gear up for the Olympiad XXX with a test of your Irish Olympics Knowledge.

Keith Barry is currently doing some mental work with our Irish athletes, stating that the mind is a powerful force in overcoming obstacles on the way to gold.

Cork's Derval O’Rourke has vowed to make the London Olympics and beat the back injury that forced her out of the national championships in Santry last Sunday.

Nineteen-year-old Grainne Murphy is joined by fellow teenager Sycerika McMahon as one of Ireland’s main hopefuls in the London Olympics.

Tori Pena will compete for Ireland in the pole vault competition in London in just a few short weeks. Born near Huntington Beach in California, the 24-year-old is eligible to represent Ireland through her Derry-born grandmother and got her dual citizenship in 2010 before deciding to represent the Finn Valley Athletic Club in Donegal.

A shiny new cable car system has opened in London in time for the start of the Olympic Games later this month. And, as usual in the UK, Irish construction firms were at the forefront of its innovation.