Dessie keen in Monaghan as Maguire leads Series

Dessie Keenan, driving a hired McKinstry S9 Subaru WRC, won the Monaghan Rally today after taking the lead on the very first stage.

At the finish of the nine-stage event, the third round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, Keenan was 35 seconds ahead of the Subaru of Niall Maguire with Patrick Elliott, also in a Subaru, a mere second behind in third.