A 21-year old man co-accused of beating a man, who later died, into a coma admitted to gardaí that himself and his friend "just beat him to death".

A Corkman who was left in a coma after an attack and died nine months later was in a "deeply comatose" state, a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Irish drivers disappointed in the first of today’s double header races in the Formula Renault UK

At an extremely wet track at Knockhill in Scotland,

Michael Keohane took a splendid victory in the first race of the ninth round British Formula 3 Scholarship Class double header at Donington Park.

Takuma Sato and Robbie Kerr, the respective leaders of the British Formula 3 Championship Class and Scholarship Class, dominated the second qualifying

Northern Ireland’s Derek Hayes took his first victory in the British Formula 3 Championship finishing ahead of James Courtney and Andre Lotterer in the first

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