Motorsport: Decision in 10 days after eight-hour Lakes inquiry

Saturday's inquiry was called by the president of Motorsport Ireland, Aiden Harper

The Ovens/Donoughmore partnership of Owen Murphy and Patrick O'Sullivan (Subaru Impreza) won the Bandon based Carbery Navigation Trial, a counting round of the Motorsport Ireland National and Munster Navigation Championships. Picture: Martin Walsh

The Court of Inquiry into matters relating to and surrounding this year's Assess Ireland Rally of the Lakes (May 2-4) went on for over eight hours at the headquarters of Motorsport Ireland at 34 Dawson Street last Saturday. Indeed, a second hearing that was scheduled for the afternoon into other matters relating to the same event didn't go ahead and has been postponed until next month on a date to be advised.

Saturday's inquiry called by the president of Motorsport Ireland, Aiden Harper, revolved around the departure of a senior steward of the event prior to the competitive start of the rally on the Saturday morning. The Irish Examiner understands that there were a number of other tangential issues from the event and in the lead-up to the actual rally weekend that were also part of the inquiry.