Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Ford Fiesta R5) and co-driver Emmet Sherry led from flagfall to win the Murroe based Lyons of Limerick Forest Rally the penultimate round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship.

Combining their development of Citroen’s 2017 WR Car with competitive outings in the World Rally Championship the Irish crew of Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle tackle Rally de Portugal this weekend as part of a triple assault by the Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team.

The British Army GAA team that survived a proposal to eject them from the London JFC will play under the name Naomh Pádraig and not The Irish Guards banner that was their original billing.

GAA bosses have quashed the controversial proposal to throw a British army team from the London Junior Football Championship.

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.

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.

Local hero Garry Jennings (Subaru EWRC) heads up the entry for the Todd’s Leap Ulster Rally that begins this afternoon in Enniskillen.

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.

The decision by Motorsport Ireland to phase out the one-time popular single stage rallies has worked in favour of one of the newest motor clubs in the country, the Imokilly Motor Club.

Craig Breen strengthened his position at the top of the European Rally Championship with his third straight win in the series.

True to its association, the Discover Northern Ireland Circuit of Ireland Rally in Belfast is set for a titanic finish, with just a second between Irish drivers Craig Breen (Peugeot 208 T16) and Robert Barrable (Ford Fiesta R5) setting out on today’s final leg of 10 stages.

The top two in the Munster Junior League will be aiming to pull away from the pack this weekend but both face potential banana skins.

Odds-on favourite Landau and Drunken Counsel provided trainer Gordon Elliott with a double on Downpatrick’s Bank Holiday card on a day when the County Meath handler also doubled-up, with Balbriggan and Taglietelle at Cartmel.

The Tom Busteed-trained Buster Dan Dan showed that he’s on a clear upward trajectory by landing the winners of one at the Stonehall Harriers point-to-point fixture outside Askeaton yesterday.

London chairman Noel O’Sullivan has admitted the difficultly in finding a successor to Eamonn Phelan as hurling boss is due to the Exiles participation in the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Bishop John Buckley has said the declining number of priests is impacting more and more on his diocese as he announced plans to prioritise hospital chaplaincies and the pastoral care of the sick, dying, and bereaved.

Successful Kerry-born people in London’s construction industry are planning a tourism steal during Olympic year to help promote their native county.

HOLLYWOOD stars mingled with mourners yesterday as actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers bid an emotional farewell to his beloved mother.

PATRICIAN Academy, Mallow and Intermediate School, Killorglin, scored impressive wins in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup (Round One) yesterday.

THE skipper of the West Cork trawler which sank on Monday has spoken of his relief and gratitude following the dramatic rescue of all seven crew members.

A WEST CORK trawler skipper and a member of his six-man crew narrowly escaped death at sea yesterday when their boat went down 160 miles off the Scilly Isles.

Two lifelong friends who were washed overboard when their fishing vessel sank in the mid-Atlantic have today spoken of their ordeal.

CLONAKILTY, the champions and top four winners, will be reacquainted with Suttonians in Division Two of the AIB League next season, but for now, they can bask in the bragging rights.

Clonakilty remain on course for their first ever AIB League Division Three title after running in four tries against Bruff in this afternoon’s semi-final tussle at Shannonvale.

The Minister for Europe has met a delegation from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association to discuss it’s concerns over the Nice Treaty.

The ISME has criticised any proposal of a merger between Bank of Ireland and AIB.