Problems aplenty for Irish rally organisers

CONCERNS are growing about the future of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

Tarmac Rally Organisers Association (TROA) met on Sunday to discuss the series that has been haemorrhaging for several years, yet few within the TROA were willing to acknowledge its declining state — until now.

One of the underlying problems is that the series is self-policed, that in itself, probably contributed most to its current decline. Currently, the TROA consists of representatives from each of its four home events; Galway, Killarney, Donegal and Cork, along with the Circuit of Ireland, the Ulster Rally, the Jim Clark and the Rally Isle of Man.