BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

Ireland stand-in boss Simon Easterby will name his Six Nations squad for the 2025 tournament on Wednesday afternoon. Easterby will be the man tasked with picking the squad for the back-to-back defending champions, with Andy Farrell taking the reins as British and Irish Lions boss ahead of a tour down under in the summer.

Andy Farrell is sitting out the Guinness Six Nations in his temporary role at the helm of the 2025 British & Irish Lions.

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six Nations. The 22-year-old Boyle has been selected ahead of Ulster’s Tom O’Toole, who is unavailable for his country’s first two games of the tournament due to suspension following his red card against Munster.

Ireland's squad for this year's Six Nations tournament is due to be announced at around 2pm this afternoon. Simon Easterby will be the man tasked with picking the squad for the back-to-back defending champions, with Andy Farrell taking the reigns as British and Irish Lions boss ahead of a tour down under in the summer.

As interim head coach Simon Easterby prepares to announce his Ireland squad on Wednesday, BBC Sport NI looks at his options ahead of the Six Nations.

This was never going to be a squad featuring lots of uncapped players and fresh faces, all the more so given that Ireland travel to Georgia and Portugal this summer when many of t