Motorsport Ireland to select venue to host round of World Rally Championship

MTU Tralee, Limerick Racecourse and the Quays in Waterford city were the venues under the microscope by the committee, which will announce its decision on Tuesday.

GEARING UP: Crowds at the Rally Ireland finish ramp in Sligo in 2009. Picture: Martin Walsh.

The welcomes, inspections and presentations - all incorporating the bidding process to host a potential round of the World Rally Championship beginning in 2025 - were all completed on Friday last after which a Motorsport Ireland selection committee deliberated to select one of the three locations to house the service park and media zone.

The result of those deliberations will be announced at a press conference in the offices of Motorsport Ireland in Dawson Street, Dublin at 11.00am tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.