Rally Ireland -- a joint initiative of Fáilte Ireland and the Northern Ireland Events Company (NIEC) -- has launched a bid to host a round of the prestigious World Rally Championship in Ireland from 2007.
The event will be the biggest cross-border sporting event in Ireland.
A three-day pilot event, Rally Ireland 2005, will take place in the North West from 14th to 16th October as part of Ireland’s bid.
The 235km route of Rally Ireland 2005 will cross the North/South border on a number of occasions. For the first time in this country, the event will take place on a mixed surface (tarmac and gravel) to demonstrate Ireland’s capacity to run an event on either surface. Brian Byrne.
