Motorsport: Lambert sets hot pace in Birr

Tipperary duo, Jimmy Lambert and James Coleman, in their Suirway Lifts liveried Ford Escort are the early leaders of the Birr Single Stage Rally, jointly sponsored by Dooley’s Hotel & Garahy Tractors.

Winners of the Wexford event last December, they justified the tag of pre-event favourites with a finedrive through the wet and slippery stage.