Person: Aidan Wray

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Double-digit growth in new karting cegories

The Tillotson T4 Series will be showcased at the Motorsport Ireland National Karting Championships in Whiteriver Karting Complex in Louth on Sunday.

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Declan Boyle secures championship after eighth in Ballybofey

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Top seeds look a class apart in Clonmel this weekend

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Moffett and Moriarty claim spoils in Cavan Rally

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Boyle/O’Reilly make perfect championship start

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McGonigle begins defence of Mayo crown at Achill

Motorsport: Kellys lead home charge in Donegal

The first day of the Joule Donegal International Rally in Letterkenny was a battle of the Kellys — Frosses driver Donagh Kelly and Letterkenny’s Manus Kelly — while Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings remains very much in touch.

Sat, 17 Jun, 2017

Motorsport: Donegal’s Donagh Kelly desperate to strike on home soil

Donegal’s Donagh Kelly has won numerous Irish rallies some of which culminated in National and Tarmac Championship titles — one of three drivers to win both in the same season. Yet, the one rally that has eluded him is, ironically, the Joule Donegal International Rally.

Fri, 16 Jun, 2017

Circuit of Ireland Rally 2015 - Friday 3rd April

Battling Boyle cousins dominate Cavan Rally

Taking the lead on the third stage, Donegal cousins Declan and Brian Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC) won the Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally finishing 32.1 seconds ahead of the Subaru WRC of Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings and his Letterkenny co-driver Rory Kennedy. 

Mon, 29 May, 2017

Some progress made on resolving insurance crux

Motorsport Ireland (MI) chief executive Alex Sinclair has described this week’s meeting with rally competitors in Athlone as “something positive” as officials seek solutions to a number of problems facing the sport.

Fri, 26 May, 2017

Boyles blitz the Donegal Harvest Rally field

Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC) blitzed the opposition in the Martin Howley Donegal Harvest Rally in Killybegs, the final round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2016

Declan Boyle stands out in hot entry for Harvest Rally

The Triton Showers National Rally Championship concludes tomorrow in Killybegs with the Martin Howley Memorial Donegal Harvest Rally.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2016

Roy White closes in on Triton Showers National Rally Championship

The GAA stadia are not the only places where Tipperary are illustrating their sporting prowess this season. Success for the Premier county natives has also transcended the highways and byways of Ireland and one is on the cusp on landing Irish rallying’s National title.

Fri, 05 Aug, 2016

Manus Kelly and Donal Barrett edge to win in Donegal International Rally

An absorbing and pulsating Joule Donegal International Rally in Letterkenny ended in dramatic fashion when locals Manus Kelly and Donal Barrett (Subaru WRC) edged out the Cork/Kerry combination of Keith Cronin/Mikie Galvin (Citroen DS3 R5) by a mere half a second. 

Mon, 20 Jun, 2016

Motorsport: Veteran Hurson looks to make his mark in Kerry Rally

Although it is almost a quarter of a century since Peadar Hurson won the National Rally Championship on board an Opel Ascona 400, the Warrenpoint driver remains a potent threat in Irish rallying.

Fri, 01 Apr, 2016

Circuit hopeful David Bogie’s entry boosts Midland Rally

Scottish rally driver David Bogie will contest Sunday’s Longford Arms Hotel Midland Rally as a shakedown for the Circuit of Ireland Rally. His entry on board a Skoda Fabia R5 is a boost for the Midland Motor Club.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2016

Elfyn Evans injects pace into championship race

Drivers from 11 countries will tackle the revamped British Rally Championship that begins tomorrow with Rally Mid Wales, while here at home four national champions compete in Sunday’s opening round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, the Hotel Ballina/Kennedy Motors Mayo Rally in Ballina.

Fri, 04 Mar, 2016

Daragh O’Riordan rules Fastnet Rally

Midleton’s Daragh O’Riordan (Ford Fiesta WRC) celebrated his 34th birthday in style with an emphatic and record-breaking fourth victory in the Bantry-based Westlodge Hotel Fastnet Rally that brought an end to the first season of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Daragh O’Riordan eyes fourth Fastnet Rally

Aiming to win the Westlodge Hotel Fastnet Rally for an unprecedented fourth time, Daragh O’Riordan (Ford Fiesta WRC) heads a close-to- capacity entry for what is the final counter in the Tritons Showers National Rally Championship and the PlasticBags.ie Southern 4 series.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2015

Peadar Hurson leads all the way in Galway Summer Rally

Warrenpoint driver Peadar Hurson secured a splendid victory in the 4x4 Exporter Galway Summer Rally, the penultimate round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2015

Donegal Motor Club’s surprising U-turn

The timing of a press release from the Donegal Motor Club on Wednesday lunchtime stating its intention to continue as part of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship is hugely surprising.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2015

Kelly and Flanagan poised for first title

All season long Donagh Kelly (Ford Focus WRC) has been a consistent barometer of pace in the Triton Showers National Rally Championship. 

Fri, 10 Jul, 2015

Donegal ace Kelly ready to turn on the power

Donagh Kelly’s record in this season’s Triton Showers National Rally Championship is near perfect.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2015

Declan Boyle looks to defend title in Donegal

The Joule Donegal International Rally that begins this afternoon is the best-supported event within the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship and also the only three-day event in Irish rallying.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan continue to dominate rally championship

The Donegal/Derry combination of Donagh Kelly/Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC) continued their dominance of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship with a facile victory on the Deebert House Hotel Circuit of Munster Rally that was based in Kilmallock.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2015

Kelly taking nothing for granted in Munster

Donagh Kelly - the dominant driver in the Triton Showers National Rally Championship - will again be the one to beat in Sunday’s fourth round Circuit of Munster Rally.

Fri, 29 May, 2015

Donagh Kelly bids for four wins on the trot

There is another capacity entry for a round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship with the Midland Moto Rally in Roscommon providing the latest episode of the eight round series. 

Sat, 28 Mar, 2015