Motorsport: First rally win for McCourt in Munster Moonraker

Tyrone’s Cathan McCourt (Ford Fiesta R5) netted his maiden rally victory on the Abbey Hotel Munster Moonraker Rally, round three of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship.

Taking the lead on the second stage and co-driven by Fermanagh’s Barry McNulty, the 27 year-old Dromore building contractor went on to finish a minute and 6.6 seconds ahead of the Citroen DS3 R5 of the Antrim/Armagh duo of Niall Henry/Damien Duffin, with another Ulster pairing Donall Sweeney/Dean O’Sullivan (Mitsubishi) some 40 seconds further behind in third.