Anthony Foley will be out of action until the New Year after sustaining a shoulder injury in the Heineken Cup game against Leicester Tigers on Sunday.

Meanwhile there is no place in the Ireland squad for Alan Quinlan or Mick O'Driscoll for the November internationals.

Ireland Squad:

Forwards (17):

Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Simon Easterby (Llaneli)

Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)

Keith Gleeson (St.Mary s College/Leinster)

John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)

Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster)

Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)

Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Matt McCullough (Ballymena/Ulster)

Donncha O Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Paul O Connell (Young Munster/Munster)

Malcolm O Kelly (St.Mary s College/Leinster)

Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)

David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)

Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster)

Backs (15):

Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster)

Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)

Gordon D Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)

Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Denis Hickie (St.Mary s College/Leinster)

John Kelly (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Geordan Murphy (Leicester)

Brian O Driscoll (Blackrock College/Leinster)

Ronan O Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Eoin Reddan (Wasps)

Jeremy Staunton (Wasps)

Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)

Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)