Despite an impressive collective records amongst the Irish rugby greats Brian O’Driscoll (33), Ronan O’Gara (35) and Paul O’Connell (33), their days in the limelight may be dwindling.

Irish captain Paul O’Connell has warned his team to cut-out the silly mistakes when they face France in Paris on Sunday.

Irish captain Paul O’Connell has warned his players that they cannot afford any repeat of their Welsh mistakes when they face France in a freezing Paris on Saturday night.

Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has removed any blame from flanker Stephen Ferris after the dramatic Six Nations loss to Wales in Dublin.

In a family tradition that has come to span centuries, the wife of Daniel O’Connell’s great-great-grandson was laid to rest last Tuesday in the O’Connell family tomb on Derrynane Abbey Island in Co Kerry.

Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has signed a new deal to stay with Munster for at least another two years.

Paul O’Connell is the new captain of the Irish rugby team – for as long as regular skipper Brian O’Driscoll is out injured.

The parents of 40-year-old Michelle Rounds have spoken out about the shock they felt when they learned their daughter is dating Rosie O’Donnell.

Writing in the second edition (1940) of his monumental and influential study The American Novel, Carl van Doren wrote: “Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind not only gave a revised version of the Civil War in the South, so often the subject of more conventional novels, but also told, with remarkable verve and narrative energy, the story of Scarlett O’Hara’s rise from desolate circumstances in which the war had left her and her Georgia community.”

On 23 May 2011, President Obama made an historic visit to the Republic of Ireland. While in Dublin, he addressed the people in College Green. In his opening comments, Obama joked about having returned to his ancestral home “to find the [O’] apostrophe that we lost somewhere along the way.”

An Irish American is in the driver's seat of a new $100,000 electric car.

British & Irish Lions captain Paul O’Connell is in no doubt that the tourists can defy the odds by beating reigning world champions South Africa in Durban on Saturday.

Munster ace Paul O’Connell says revenge over Northampton Saints will not be a major spur for his side when they kick off another Heineken Cup campaign later this year.

Paul O'Connell will lead the British & Irish Lions for the third time on tour against the Sharks in Durban on Wednesday.

Munster are keeping a tight rein on expectations ahead of Saturday's Heineken Cup semi-final clash with Leinster at Croke Park.