Winter sports competitions in Ireland have been a key part of the country’s national sporting culture since the late 1800s.
However, a new sport has been gaining momentum in recent years, and the National Rugby Championship is set to take place in 2018.
It has attracted huge support from both sides of the Atlantic, with the Irish Rugby Union and the Football Association of Ireland both bidding to host the tournament.
The bid for the World Cup is supported by the Irish Government and will bring Irish teams from all over the world together.
It will also see Ireland take on England and Wales in the first ever European Rugby Championship, with England hosting in 2019 and Wales hosting in 2020.
The World Cup bid is expected to cost €40m (£30m), which is about half the cost of the 2016 tournament, which was hosted by the Netherlands.
However, there is a further cost to the bid as it will see Ireland lose the right to host games in Europe.
There will be two World Cups, which will take place between 2019 and 2022.
This year, the tournament will be hosted in the United Kingdom, with Wales and Ireland competing in each round.
The two teams will play each other twice, but the winner of each match will qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup, which is scheduled for 2021.
However the Irish FA has rejected any move for the tournament to be moved to England.
It said: “It is in the best interests of the game to play all games in the European Rugby Cup in 2019.”
The tournament will take places in 2019 in Dublin, with Ireland hosting the second and final match.
The competition is set for 2019, but if the bid is approved, it will take the tournament away from Ireland.
The Welsh FA said:”We are disappointed that the bid to host World Cup 2018 has been rejected.
We are not prepared to play the 2022 World Cup in the UK in 2021 as it would put us at a disadvantage for the 2022 competition.”
The Irish FA also rejected the bid for a World Cup to be played in the US, saying it would have “unrealistic” financial implications for the sport.
However they added that it would be “a huge boost” for the game in the coming years, as Ireland would be playing in the home of the sport, the United States.
Irish Rugby Union chairman Conor O’Brien said: “It’s a great opportunity to bring this game to the US and to the Irish people.”
However, the bid was rejected by the International Olympic Committee, which said it was the highest bid ever.
