Ahead of this weekends 6 Nations Clash with Italy, the Irish squad has been trimmed down.
Peter O’ Mahony and Chris Farrell have joined the squad today - having departed their province.
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Dave Kearney and James Tracy who trained with the national squad last week have returned to Leinster while Harry Byrne, Craig Casey and Fineen Wycherley have also returned to their provincial teams.
The young Munster scrum half has put in some stellar performances in recent weeks for his province, but has been deemed surplus to Andy Farrell's requirements.
James Lowe will remain with the national squad having donned the Irish training kit for the first time since he came to Irish shores.
The entire squad is available to train today (Monday)
