The overall winner was Sebastien Loeb, who convincingly led the whole event from Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo and Ford's Mikko Hirvonen.
The Irish team of Shaun Gallagher and Paul Kiely, sponsored by Gulf Ireland, finished 13th overall. They completed the rally in a time of 3:09:41.9 hrs.
The opening round of the World Rally Championship was based in the town of Sligo and saw all drivers taking on stages in both the Republic and Northern Ireland.
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