Motorsport: Rally Ireland could make WRC return by 2025

Motorsport Ireland president Aiden Harper revealed that following an expression of interest from the WRC Promoter, the wheels have now been put in motion. 
RETURN INCOMING? Motorsport Ireland president Aiden Harper. Pic: Martin Walsh.

RETURN INCOMING? Motorsport Ireland president Aiden Harper. Pic: Martin Walsh.

Rally Ireland could return to the World Rally Championship as early as 2025 but it will depend on funding said Motorsport Ireland president Aiden Harper, who added that the World Rally Teams that took part in Rally Ireland in 2007 and 2009 have always spoken of a desire to return to the Emerald Isle. 

Harper revealed that following an expression of interest from the WRC Promoter, the wheels have now been put in motion. 

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