DERRY driver Callum Devine has won the Donegal International Rally for the second consecutive year. Devine won by 17.4 seconds from Welshman Meirion Evans. Garry Jennings took the win in the Class 24 while Declan Gallagher won the modified section.
Classes held ahead of Night Navigation Championship
By Dáire Bonnar PLANS are in place ahead of the final round of the Squealing Pig Border Night Navigation Championship which takes place in Donegal next month. The Night Navigation Rally is quite different from the typical rally, and as the name suggests, it takes place in darkness. The navigation aspect sees the co-drivers use […]
Two die in Sligo Rally crash
It has been confirmed two competitors in the Sligo Stages Rally have sadly died following a serious collision on the sixth stage of the event this afternoon. Motorsport Ireland confirmed the fatalities in a statement a short time ago, extending its sympathy to the families and friends of the deceased. “Motorsport Ireland also extends its […]
Top Donegal rally team revving up for the new season
A LETTERKENNY based rally team has grown to become one of the biggest and most professional rallying outfits in the country. Run by Philip Case out of the Carrygally Business Park, Lismonaghan, the PCRS team has built a strong reputation in Ireland and the UK over the past sixteen years. In more recent times, the […]
Diffing track owner backs calls for greater regulation
THE owner of a legal ‘diffing’ track says he fully supports calls for stricter regulations. Diffing, a form of drifting where cars perform manoeuvres such as donuts, was brought into sharp focus during the summer when hundreds of modified vehicles gathered in Letterkenny during what traditionally would have been Rally Weekend. Their well-publicised antics, which […]
School secretaries to hold protest in Dublin
SCHOOL secretaries will stage a one day strike later this month when they will protest outside the Dáil over a long running dispute over pay and working conditions. Kathleen O’Doherty, a secretary at Illistrin National School, is one of the many secretaries who will travel to the capital on September 15, the day the Dáil […]
Fifty three arrests in Letterkenny over the weekend
The majority of the arrests were made for dangerous driving (29).
Engine still purring after half a century
THE Donegal Motor Club will celebrate their 50th Anniversary at a special function in Logue’s of Cranford on Saturday afternoon at 4pm.
Major garda operation for Donegal International Rally
Last year, 56 people were arrested over the course of the rally weekend – more than double the corresponding figure for 2015 (23).
Letterkenny man to contest marathon race across Donegal
Here’s what happens when ‘one of the lads’ dares you to do something..