Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Rally Ireland gets route




The organisers of Rally Ireland have announced the official route for Ireland's first-ever round of the World Rally Championship, at a press conference attended by sports minister John O'Donoghue and model Rosanna Davison. We figured you'd rather see a pic of Rosanna, though (above).

The event begins on Thursday 15 November with the Super Special Stage in the grounds of the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast. This spectator-friendly event will see two cars at a time competing head to head on a specially designed loop of the Stormont grounds. Competition over the four days will also take in a route that covers seven more counties in the north-west of the island: Fermanagh, Tyrone, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan and Roscommon.

Rally Headquarters will be at The Clarion Hotel in Sligo and the Service Park, where all necessary mechanical work on competing vehicles is carried out, will be at Sligo Institute of Technology.

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