Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Breen made to battle hard for Galway rally win

Craig Breen claimed victory in the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally, but while his win in the first round of the 2019 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship was expected, it didn't come easy for the 29-year-old and his Killarney co driver Paul Nagle.

Motorsport • 10 Feb 19

Breen to compete in Galway International Rally

The Waterford driver has Killarney's Paul Nagle, the ex Kris Meeke navigator, as his co-driver and will contest the event on 10 February in a Ford Fiesta R5.

Motorsport • 21 Jan 19

Breen out in the cold after failing to secure contract

The entries for the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally in January were have been published and Breen isn't among the starters.

Motorsport • 21 Dec 18

Craig Breen: "The atmosphere was difficult sometimes in the team. We tried our best."

Craig Breen stays positive after 'cruel year'

Craig Breen has reflected on "a cruel year" that culminated in him looking for a new team and cursing some rotten luck.

Motorsport • 06 Dec 18

Craig Breen second in Oz as Ogier closes in on title

Sebastien Ogier took a step towards another World Rally Championship title as while Craig Breen is second after day one of the season-ending Rally Australia.

Motorsport • 16 Nov 18

Sebastian Loeb takes Rally of Spain, Breen ninth

Sebastien Loeb took his first world rally championship win in more than five years in Spain on Sunday while fellow-Frenchman Sebastien Ogier regained the championship lead from Belgian Thierry Neuville.

Motorsport • 28 Oct 18

Latvala leads at Rally of Spain, Breen in ninth

Finn Jari-Matti Latvala takes a 4.7 second lead into the final day of the Rally of Spain after an exciting battle between the World Rally Championship title contenders.

Motorsport • 27 Oct 18

Ott Tanak takes control at Rally of Spain

Ott Tanak opened up a significant lead on day two of the Rally of Spain and will go into the weekend with an advantage of 26.8 seconds.

Motorsport • 26 Oct 18

Meeke's return to WRC confirmed

Dungannon's Kris Meeke will return to the World Rally Championship next season with official confirmation today from Toyota that the 39-year-old will join Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala in factory Yaris World Rally Cars for 2019

Motorsport • 17 Oct 18

Kris Meeke looks set to return to the WRC with Toyota

Meeke and Nagle set for WRC return

RTÉ Sport understands that Dungannon's Kris Meeke and his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle will be returning to the World Rally Championship (WRC) next season, after agreeing a deal with Toyota for the 2019 season.

Motorsport • 10 Oct 18

Ott Tanak reigns in Turkey as Breen vows to bounce back

Ott Tanak moved up to second in the World Rally Championship as he triumphed in Turkey on Sunday to register his third consecutive victory.

Motorsport • 16 Sep 18

Breen's rotten luck continues as car catches fire

Citroen's Irish driver Craig Breen was left to curse yet more bad luck at the Rally of Turkey after his car caught fire early in Saturday's second leg.

Motorsport • 15 Sep 18

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul of Hyundai Shell Mobis in action at the Rally of Turkey

Neuville leads Rally of Turkey, Breen rues tyre trouble

Hyundai's championship leader Thierry Neuville led reigning champion Sebastien Ogier by three tenths of a second after a dramatic first full day's action in the Rally of Turkey , round 10 of the World Rally Championship.

Motorsport • 14 Sep 18

Thierry Neuville held on to take the Rally Portugal

Neuville takes the Rally Portugal, Breen seventh

Thierry Neuville won the Rally Portugal to regain the overall lead in the World Championship, while Ireland's Craig Breen finished in seventh place.

Motorsport • 20 May 18

Meeke unhurt after bad crash ends his Rally Portugal

Dungannon driver Kris Meeke was unscathed after a spectacular crash into trees ended his Rally Portugal on Saturday.

Motorsport • 19 May 18

Neuville on top in Portugal, puncture costs Breen

Thierry Neuville won the final three races on the second day of the Rally de Portugal to claim the outright lead heading into the weekend.

Motorsport • 18 May 18

Brilliant Breen makes podium in snowy Sweden

Waterford's Craig Breen produced a superb performance to finish runner-up at Rally Sweden, the second round of the World Rally Championship.

Motorsport • 18 Feb 18

Craig Breen takes a jump at Rally Sweden

Craig Breen sitting second at Rally Sweden

Ireland's Craig Breen lies in second place at Rally Sweden ahead of Sunday's final three stages but Kris Meeke crashed out on Day 3.

Motorsport • 17 Feb 18

Craig Breen emerged unscathed after his mishap in the rain

Breen unhurt after Australian rollover

Ireland's Craig Breen suffered heartbreak at Rally Australia when he crashed out of the final round of the World Rally Championship on stage 18 of 21 while lying in fourth place in his Citroen.

Motorsport • 19 Nov 17

Craig Breen will compete in Rally GB this weekend

Breen gears up for end of WRC season

Craig Breen is competing in the penultimate round of the World Rally Championship this week in Rally GB in Cardiff

Motorsport • 25 Oct 17

Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja in their M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta WRC

Tanak takes German Rally, Breen finishes fifth

Estonian Ott Tanak snatched victory for Ford at the German Rally on Sunday, taking first place ahead of Citroen's Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen, as world champion Sebastien Ogier reclaimed top spot in the overall standings.

Motorsport • 20 Aug 17

Craig Breen and Scott Martin compete in their Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroen C3 WRC during Day Two of the WRC Finland

Breen slips back to fifth after tough day at office

Craig Breen could not retain his overnight fourth at the penultimate leg of the Rally Finland after struggling for rhythm in his Citroen C3 and surviving a spin and an overshoot.

Motorsport • 29 Jul 17

Neuville seized a narrow advantage in Poland

Neuville leads Rally Poland as problems drop Breen back

Belgium's Thierry Neuville leads Rally Poland after coming out on top in a three-way battle on the first full day of the eighth round of the world championship.

Motorsport • 30 Jun 17