The Taoiseach is sending congratulations to Ireland rugby captain Paul O'Connell.

The Limerick lock will earn his 100th international cap when Ireland taken on Wales at the Millennium Stadium this afternoon in a crucial fixture in this year's Six Nations.

Victory today would mean only Scotland - who have not won any of their games so far - could prevent an Irish Grand Slam.

Enda Kenny is in currently in Atlanta, Georgia where he'll be the grand marshal of today's St Patrick's Day parade.

But he says he hopes to see some of the match, and is congratulating Ireland's talismanic captain: