There's been an addition to the Irish squad ahead of the Six Nations opener against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
Isaac Boss has been drafted into the panel following on from the news that reserve scrum half Eoin Reddan's officially rated as highly doubtful with a calf problem picked up in training.
Another problem amongst the backs is that Luke Fitzgerald is suffering with a slight groin strain.
While Mike McCarthy's apparently fit for selection despite the second row needing 23 stitches in the dreadful facial wound picked up against Ospreys.
