The ABs assistant coach says Sonny Bill Williams is different to any player he's ever seen.

Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney says his players are confident of thwarting the All Blacks' Grand Slam ambitions .

The affliction is hereditary and it's one Daniel Braid has grudgingly learned to live with.

After an unconvincing win over Samoa, Ireland are lacking confidence as they seek to break a 105-year losing streak.

Former Black Cap Hamish Marshall's request to be allowed to play for Ireland at next year's World Cup has been denied.

New Zealand is the third-best country to live in the world, according to the latest United Nations index, which is aimed at measuring development.

Irish rugby fans are being urged to boycott "rip-off" Auckland hotels.

Graham Reid samples the delights of an Irish institution in Dublin.

The country may have to suffer the indignity, like Greece, of asking for a bailout to keep it afloat.

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is battling for political survival.

Many years ago I was sitting with a friend at a pub in Ireland when an American tourist came in and began studying the menu. He approached the bar and asked the barmaid for "a quicky".

Irish author Cathy Kelly talks to Stephen Jewell about her new novel and the importance of multi-tasking.

Working NZ families pay 28 per cent of their net income on childcare, according to an OECD study. Dita De Boni examines the costs.

Irish republican dissident groups are targeting the British Conservative party conference.

The release of a man suspected of several abductions of young women in Ireland has caused a frenzy of fear among locals.