As we have already reported, Waterford's Craig Breen took the runner up spot in the Rally of Valais in Switzerland, a round of the European Championship, driving his Kel-Tech Peugeot 208 T16; and Robert Barrable, another former Billy Coleman Award winner as Young Rally Driver of the Year, finished third in the WRC2 section of the Rally of Spain, a round of the World Rally Championship. Barrable's Tunnock's World Rally Team Ford Fiesta had problems with its power steering on the opening gravel stages, but the Dubliner was able to recover to finish on the podium after two more days of tarmac stages.
At home, defending Hewison champion Steven Ferguson scored a double in Sligo, beating ten times former title holder Eamonn Byrne on both days of the Autotest weekend, with Robin Lyons and Paul Mooney taking turns at finishing third. Daragh O'Riordan and Tony McDaid took their second major rally win this month by adding the Skibbereen Fastnet to their collection.
