The intricacies of a farmyard lane network proved to be a major factor in the Carbery Navigation Trial in Leap in West Cork where the Ovens/Drinagh duo of Donal Healy/Denis O’Donovan (Toyota Starlet) triumphed to move into the lead of the Munster Navigation Trial Championship.

Tomorrow night’s Carbery Navigation Trial in Leap in West Cork is the second round of the Munster Navigation Trial Championship. Local crews will be expected to dominate the 115km event although Limerick’s Alan Shinnors and George Shinnors (Subaru), who won last week’s Cork Startrek Navigation Trial, should again be to the forefront.

Dominant through the opening stage, Cork’s Denis Moynihan and his Kerry co-driver Ger Conway in their Airflow Services/Daikin backed Mk 1 Ford Escort went on to take a deserved victory in the Rentokil-Initial Killarney Historic Rally, the first round of the 2015 Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Historic Championship.

An Irish man has died in hospital in Melbourne, Australia, this morning after sustaining head injuries last weekend.

Senator David Norris has come under further criticism for failing to apologise for using what was described as “sexist” language when he said a female TD was “talking through her fanny”.

Former presidential candidate Senator David Norris has withdrawn remarks he made during a Seanad debate which were branded sexist.

It was initially excused as “horseplay” by Fine Gael - behaviour more befitting of a bar that the Dail chamber.

This Sigerson Cup tie at Gurteen Ennis was as one-sided as the scoreline suggests.

WAYNE QUILLINAN takes his IT Tralee players into McGrath Cup action tomorrow afternoon, fully aware that they have an array of priorities.

NORWAY’s Petter Solberg and Irish co-driver, Chris Patterson begin today’s second stage of the Neste Oil Rally Finland in first position after setting the fastest time on last evening’s opening stage.

REIGNING Intercontinental Rally champions, Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in their Peugeot 207 S2000 are sixth overall after the opening leg of three stages of the Sata Rallye Acores, the seventh round of the series.

FROM a season where little went wrong, culminating with victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle, the current defence of their crown is proving almost the total opposite.

REGIONAL Championships are important to former triple national champion, Niall Maguire, who is the top seed for Sunday’s Ennis-based Auburn Lodge Clare Rally, the fifth round of the Top Part West Coast Championship.

THE Tarmac Rally Organisers Association (TROA) meet in Dublin on Sunday against the backdrop of a changing demographic in the Irish Tarmac Championship. The top contenders in the ITC have stated that the series should continue without any dramatic changes.

Wexford’s Eamonn Boland and co-driver, Francis Regan won the Athenry-based Loughrea Plant Sales Galway Summer Rally, in a Ford Focus WRC.

Adrian McElvaney (Subaru WRC) took his first major rally win a fine victory in his home event, the Monaghan Rally.

Twenty-year-old Patrick Hogan from Killiney, Co Dublin has been nominated as August’s Young Racing Driver of the Month.

Northern Ireland’s Kevin O’Kane and co-driver Mark Hanna have won the Killarney Forest Rally in their Subaru WRC.

FORMULA IRELAND racing driver Emmet Queenan from Roscommon has been selected as Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver for June.

Young Racing Driver of the Year for 2003, Eoin Murray has been selected as this month’s young driver, Twenty-one-year-old Eoin, from Firhouse in Dublin, is now in with a chance of repeating his win of last year to scoop the Dunlop Sexton Young Racing Driver of the Year award which carries with it a first prize of €32,000.

On a busy weekend for Irish drivers in various British Championships, several of the home contingent posted strong times in today’s qualifying sessions.

Having finished fifth in yesterday’s round of the Renault Sport Clio UK Cup, Meath’s Jonathan Fildes

THERE can be few greater comparisons in Irish rallying than Sunday’s restricted single stage rally in Cahir, which is in sharp contrast to last week’s Cork 20 International Rally.

THE conclusion of the Irish Karting Championships, the penultimate rounds of two forest rally championships and the motorcycle short circuit races dominate weekend action.

Dubliner Eoin Murray was the only Irish driver to occupy a podium finish in the Formula Renault races at Snetterton.

Cork driver, Michael Keohane faces a difficult task as he tries to hold on to second place in the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Championship.

Northern Ireland's Colin Turkington won the Fiesta race to take the Championship, as Eoin Murray came from the back of the grid to finish the race in third place.

Qualifying for the penultimate race of the British Formula 3 saw all three Irish drivers - Derek Hayes, Michael Keohane and Matthew Gilmore - claim strong

Irish drivers filled two of the top three places in the first of today’s British Formula 3 Scholarship Class races at Brands Hatch.

For the second time today, Matthew Gilmore has taken top spot in the British Formula 3 Scholarship Class qualifying session at Brands Hatch.

Carlin Motorsport team mates, Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato finished first and second respectively in the first of today’s British Formula 3 races at Thruxton.

At a sunny track in Thruxton, Hampshire, Irish drivers were a little off the pace in the first qualifier for tomorrow’s British Formula 3 Championship.

Brazilian, Ernani Judice (Parker F3) took his second pole position of the day in the British Formula 3Scholarship Class at Knockhill, Scotland.

Michael Keohane, racing with the Irish owned Meritus racing team, is the top Irish driver in the first of the double-header Scholarship qualifying sessions at a sunny Knockhill in Scotland, venue for the tenth round of the British F3 series.

Having taken his first podium finish (third) at Brands Hatch just two weeks ago, Dubliner, Eoin Murray is continuing his good form.

Robbie Kerr claimed his second Formula 3 Scholarship Class victory at Brands Hatch to move into a 16-point lead - eight of the 12 rounds are now completed.

In very humid conditions at Brands Hatch, Robbie Kerr claimed his second Scholarship Class pole position.

Robbie Kerr has moved into a five-point lead in the Green Flag British Formula 3 Scholarship Class race at a hot and sunny Castle Combe.

Qualifying for tomorrow’s PowerTour series has been completed at a sunny Castle Combe in Wiltshire.

Consistency and points, top the agenda for Michael Keohane in this weekend's Round 7 of the British Formula 3 Scholarship Class in Castle Combe.

Cork racing driver, Michael Keohane is within five points on the lead in the Green Flag British Formula 3 Scholarship Class after finishing a fine third in today’s first race at the brand new Rockingham Motor Speedway.

The PowerTour series arrived at the Rockingham Circuit today - the newest venue in British motor racing.