Enniskerry's Daniel Barry, driving a Mitsubishi Evo9, took top points in the opening round of the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge UK at Bournemouth today.

A convicted Basque terrorist will discover next month whether he faces extradition to Spain from Northern Ireland to face fresh charges.

A convicted Basque terrorist is to fight extradition back to Spain to face fresh charges, a court was told today.

Second place for Connor McCloskey in today's Townparks Glens of Antrim Rally was enough to win the Pacenotes Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

MOTORSPORT Ireland have stepped up their involvement in Rally Ireland and will actually promote the 2009 event that will kick start the World Rally Championship in late January. However, funding for the event has yet to be put in place.

Former National Rally Champion, Peadar Hurson, driving a Subaru WRC, took a start to finish victory on the Tour of Sperrins Rally in Maghera today.

Ireland’s World Rally Championship top points scoring driver in 2007, Gareth MacHale (Ford Focus WRC), leads the entry for the Circuit of Ireland that begins on Friday, March 21.

The weekend’s handball action went according to the script, as all the top seeds survived their respective DALKIA Senior Singles Championship clashes to confirm quarter-final spots.

Following a three-month break from the game, Cavan’s Paul Brady returns to competitive handball action this weekend where he takes on Antrim’s Owen McKenna in the DALKIA Senior Singles quarter-final.

Reigning Irish Forest Rally champion Stephen Moore, driving his ‘06 specification Ford Focus WRC, finished third in Rallye Sunseeker in Bournemouth today.

Gardaí have released the names of the victims of two separate car crashes over the weekend.

Aaron MacHale/Killian Duffy (Ford Focus WRC) won the Sligo Rally, round seven of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

World Rally champions, Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena in a Citroen C4 WRC won the Shell Donegal International Rally.

A titanic struggle for supremacy in the Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally, the fifth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, resulted in a dramatic finish as Aaron MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) overturned a seven second deficit to edge out local hero, Patrick Elliott (Subaru WRC) by a single second.

At the end of the opening day of the Derry based Easter International Rally, the second round of the Global Group Irish Tarmac Championship, British Rally champions, Mark Higgins/Rory Kennedy (Subaru) head the timesheets.

The opening round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, the Castlebar-based TF Royal Hotel & Theatre Mayo Rally, resulted in a fine victory for former Dunlop champion Ray Breen and his co-driver, Damien Morrissey.

IRISH driver, Shaun Gallagher picked up the final championship point on his debut in the Junior World Rally Championship that begun in Rally Norway at the weekend.

IRISH Tarmac Rally champion, Eugene Donnelly will drive his Skoda Fabia WRC on tomorrow’s Tour of Sperrins Rally in Maghera. Interest in the rally is heightened by the fact that the organisers, the Magherafelt and District Motor Club, have switched the rally from gravel to tarmac surface.

Eugene Donnelly and co-driver Paul Kiely now enjoy a substantial lead in the Meteor Electrical Circuit of Ireland Rally as the second leg concluded in Derry this evening.

In a rich vein of form that has seen him deliver wins in the Galway International and Rally Ireland already this season, Eugene Donnelly has a commanding lead at the end of day one of the Derry based Meteor Electrical Circuit of Ireland Rally.

Nineteen year old British driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus is the overnight leader of the Sligo based Rally Ireland.

WITH their home event just a week away, Irish drivers, Colin Turkington and Gavin Smith will be hoping to improve their current positions within the British Touring Car Championship in Sunday’s three rounds at Croft.

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

Austin MacHale and co-driver, Brian Murphy (Ford Focus WRC) have won the International Rally of Wales, the opening round of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship.

Derek McGarrity’s third Circuit of Ireland victory was hard-earned and he was pushed all the way to the final stage where he eventually triumphed over arch-rival Andrew Nesbitt by 18.2 seconds.

Back in competitive action following an eight-month absence, Armagh’s Andrew Nesbitt has lost none of his pace.

Mid way through the Castlebar-based TF Royal Mayo Rally, the opening round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, British driver, Jim Harrison in his McKinstry hired Subaru WRC has a 15-second lead over the Subaru WRC of Donegal’s, Daniel Doherty.

Mighty Manchester United face the humiliating prospect of an FA Cup visit to Exeter on January 18 after the plucky non-leaguers wrote themselves into the history books at Old Trafford.

Midway through the Mill Park Hotel Donegal Harvest Rally, the penultimate round of the Dunlop National rally championship, Tim NcNulty/Eugene O’Donnell (Subaru WRC) have a commanding lead of a minute and 16 seconds as Niall Maguire/Paul McLaughlin (Subaru) hold the advantage in the chase for the Dunlop Championship.

Niall Maguire and Paul McLaughlin (Subaru WRC) had a narrow two-second victory in the sixth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

Entering the final two stages of the Sligo Rally, the sixth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, Niall Maguire (Subaru WRC) has a seven second lead over the Subaru of Patrick Elliott with Sean Devine, also in a Subaru WRC over two minutes behind in third.

Mid-way through the Sligo Rally, the sixth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, there is a close battle with just six seconds covering the top three drivers.

Eugene Donnelly and co-driver, Paul Kiely on board their Kumho backed Toyota Corolla WRC took a dramatic win on the Shell Donegal International Rally, the fourth round of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship.

Leicester will be forced to make two changes from the side which defeated Liverpool as the Foxes aim to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 19 years.