Ireland’s rising rally star Cronin on the road to glory

SITTING on the rocks in Ballylickey on the edges of Bantry Bay and gazing out into in the Atlantic Ocean, Keith Cronin could be forgiven for daydreaming.

However, the eldest in a family of 10, Keith, 23, already knows what he wants from life – to become a professional rally driver.

It’s a path that’s littered with obstacles, yet, by tomorrow evening, the West Cork driver could be a little closer to his objective. So far, the only pressure he has to cope with is that which fills the tyres between him and the surfaces of the rally stages he traverses at high speed.