Rafferty gets Young Driver of Year nomination
Dean Raftery has been nominated for this year's Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver Award for his performances in March and April.
Dean Raftery has been nominated for this year's Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver Award for his performances in March and April.
Sean Doyle has been selected as the Dunlop Young Racing Driver of the Month for April following his achievements in the Formula Ford 1600 class.
Joint leaders of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, Donegal's Declan Boyle and Monaghan's Niall Maguire, renew their rivalry in tomorrow's Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally, the third round of the campaign.
Carrickfergus rider Alastair Seeley dominated the opening night of racing at the North West 200 as he took two victories with veteran Jeremy McWilliams also earning a win.
Irish rider Eugene Laverty came out on top in the second race of the day at Monza as he closed the gap on team-mate and World Superbike Championship leader Sylvain Guintoli.
Eugene Laverty took a dramatic win in the second race of Sunday's third World Superbike Championship Round at Assen.
Craig Breen has taken second overall in round four of the European Rally Championship season in the Sata Rally Azores.
Ireland's single seater circuit racing needs to change its structures radically if the path to world motorsport for home based drivers isn't to be cut off over the next few years, according to Wayne Douglas.
The Triton Easter Stages Rally the second round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship (ITRC) due to take place this weekend across Counties Down and Antrim, has been cancelled, writes John Kenny
In a major blow to Irish motorsport, Mondello Park will not now host a round of the 2013 FIA European Rallycross Championship, writes John Kenny.
Donegal's Damien Faulkner, something of the "forgotten man" of Irish motorsport, is back.
Contrary to reports this morning, it seems likely that there will be a Circuit of Ireland Rally in 2013.
Young Irish karter Charlie Eastwood won the Rotax Max World Championships which took place last weekend at the Kartodromo International Circuit in the Algarve, Portugal.
The Irish Tarmac Rally Championship (ITRC) have decided not to expand beyond its present six rounds in 2013, writes John Kenny.
Brian O'Mahony and co-driver John Higgins clinched the Dunlop National Rally Championship in their Subaru WRC car with a third place finish in the Donegal Harvest Rally.
Darren Gass is the 2012 Irish Tarmac Rally Champion after this weekend's Cork '20' International Rally.
Darren Gass is free to compete in this weekend's Cork 20 Rally - the final round of the series - despite being recently banned for three years for a drink-driving offence.
Cork driver, Brian O'Mahony in a Subaru, has won the Clonmel based Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally, round six of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.
Craig Breen holds a narrow 3.7 second lead in the Super 2000 category and 12th overall in the World Rally Finland after the second day of action.
The Phoenix Park Motor Races event is making a long overdue return to Dublin. RTÉ's John Kenny reflects on the history of the event and looks forward to this year's action.