Ireland suffered their second defeat of this years Six Nations – they lost 12-8 to Scotland at Murrayfield.
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Ireland were 3-0 up half time thanks to a Paddy Jackson penalty but the Ulster fly-half missed three from four today.
Craig Gilroy scored the Ireland try four minutes into the second half to make it 8-0 but Greig Laidlaw won it for Scotland with four penalties to heap even more pressure on head coach Declan Kidney.
Next up for Ireland is France at the Aviva in two weeks.
It was also a bad day for Munster who lost 34-10 away to Treviso in the Rabo Direct Pro12.
