The family of a motorcyclist have said he would still be alive if his helmet had not come off in the collision that killed him.

A biker who took selfies and pulled wheelies on a motorway before speeding at up to 117mph has been jailed for eight months and given a 28-month driving ban.

Cork driver Keith Cronin in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 faces a difficult task in winning a fourth British Rally Championship crown that will be decided over the two-leg 138.com Rally Isle of Man that began last night.

Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Ford Fiesta WRC) produced a start-to-finish victory in the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally, to increase his chances of winning all three major Irish rally championships.

A motorcyclist, believed to be in his early 40s, was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a van in North Cork yesterday.

If you’ve ever travelled the South Ring road that skirts Cork City, particularly on a weekend, you may have heard the engines scrambling and the occasional guttural roar from up behind the Kinsale road roundabout.

This is the moment a suspected robber is filmed running across a field with bags of stolen cash in the UK.

I didn’t expect to like this car. I didn’t expect to like it at all. I mean, look at the evidence.

THEY once called themselves the “biggest small car maker in the world” and, in many ways, it summed up Suzuki perfectly.

Immersed in a test programme with Citroen’s new challenger for the 2017 World Rally Championship, this weekend’s Rally Finland, round eight of the WRC, offers the Irish crew of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle the opportunity to return to competitive action in the Abu Dhabi Total WRT-run Citroen DS3 WRC to pit their skills against the WRC regulars.

Meath driver Stephen Daly became only the fifth ever driver to make a successful defence of the famed Leinster Trophy.

The most prestigious award in Irish motor racing, the Leinster Trophy, awaits the winner of Sunday’s Formula Ford race in Mondello Park. Drivers like John Watson, Eddie Jordan, Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen have all lifted the famous trophy at the Kildare venue and on Sunday Meath’s Stephen Daly will be hoping to retain the trophy for another 12 months.

It was love at first sight for Damien O’Brien when he saw his 1985 Chevy van

Former National Rally champion, Warrenpoint’s Peadar Hurson (Subaru WRC), and his Monaghan co-driver Damien Connolly took a start to finish victory in the POC NI Distribution Tyrone Rally.

Brendan O’Laoire shows off his stunning collection of motorbikes.

Gardaí are warning boat owners to protect their valuable outboard motors after a spate of thefts in the southwest by a highly professional gang, who it’s believed are smuggling them abroad for resale.

John Lancaster tells the Irish Examiner about his Mini Cabriolet and how it was love at first sight.

Ray Byrne and his 1930 Levis

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With their fourth win of the campaign Donegal’s Declan Boyle/Brian Boyle (Subaru WRC) remain in contention to win back-to-back Dunlop titles.

Gardaí are hoping CCTV footage may give clues that will help trace a boat worth an estimated €25,000 which has been stolen in a popular tourist area.

Motorsport: A strong performance over the first run of the stage paved the way for Lisburn’s Wesley Patterson (Ford Escort) and his co-driver Johnny Baird to claim victory in the Cloyne-based AceSigns-sponsored Imokilly Single Stage Rally.

An iconic music shop where rock legend Rory Gallagher bought his first guitar has closed after almost 90 years of trading.

On a rainy morning in Dec 1968, a police motorcyclist screeched to a halt in front of a cash-laden Tokyo bank vehicle and ordered four men to get out, warning it was about to explode.

Gardaí are trying to track thieves who stole eight outboard engines from angler and passenger boats near Ross Castle, Killarney, one of the country’s best-known tourist attractions.

The penultimate round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship and the final round of the CarryduffForklift Northern Ireland Rally Championship dovetail on tomorrow’s Omagh-based McKelvey Bushwhacker Rally that has attracted 100 entries.

A motorcyclist has been given a suspended sentence for leaving a pedestrian severely brain damaged after a judge noted “we all make mistakes.”

Gardaí are investigating two raids at post offices in Dublin and Cork, only one of which was successful and netted the robbers €14,000.

Elton John has been hospitalised with a "serious respiratory infection."

Police raided the French school gunman’s home as he was poised to carry out another series of shootings, a prosecutor said.

French police have said they will storm the flat where the suspected Jewish school massacre gunman is holed up if he does not surrender.

French police stepped up the search for a gunman who filmed his carnage as he shot dead three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school, fearing the killer could strike again.

World stock markets were mixed today, as encouraging signs about the US economy were tempered by investors’ fears that time was running out for Greece to fix its debt crisis.

Elton John is returning to Las Vegas for a three-year headlining gig at Caesars Palace.

A PROTECTED witness relived in court yesterday the moment he saw a man shoot a pub drinker who was allegedly targeted for revenge after a row.

WITH victory in the opening two rounds of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship, Cork driver Owen Murphy aims to continue the trend in Sunday’s third round, the Lismore-based Munster Moonraker Forest Rally.

THE highway to Heaven never looked this cool. This bike with a lot of “hearse power” belongs to Peadar Byrne, coach builder and motorbike enthusiast who thought that, for people like himself, it’s the only way to go.

Japan’s green transport drive moved from four wheels to two today with the unveiling of a new zero-emission electric scooter.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for witnesses to a road crash in Baldoyle yesterday evening.

Valentino Rossi has won the German Moto Grand Prix at Sachsenring.

Giniel De Villiers remains overall leader of the Dakar Rally despite Spaniard Nani Roma winning today’s 13th special stage.

US federal marshals yesterday intensified their search for an investment manager they believe faked a distress call before parachuting from his plane over Alabama and disappearing on a motorbike he had stashed in advance.

French motorcyclist Pascal Terry died of a lung edema which caused a respiratory and cardiac arrest according to an autopsy.