Best Christmas gifts for cyclists
It’s that time of year and if you’re looking for something a bit different for a cycling-enthusiast in your life, hopefully, we can help you find it writes Ruth O’Connor From cheap and cheerful items stocking fillers to gadgets for the tech-lovers to once in a lifetime adventures – we’ve tried to think outside the box! Under €20 The Boy Who Biked the World – Alastair Humphreys (from €6.80) This wonderful book by Humphreys is...
Ruth Nugent bids farewell to 2020
What a year it’s been. I don’t know about everyone else but I’m so relieved to see the end of it writes Ruth Nugent I’m sure we will still have restrictions of a sort next year but hopefully, we will get back to some normality when it comes to racing! RSA Rallysprints I began competing in the RSA rallysprints in Class 2 at the beginning of last year and finished the championship at the start of this year. A few months later I...
Top 3 must-have safety gadgets
When choosing a Christmas present this year think safety writes Geraldine Herbert Breathalyser Changes to the law in 2018 mean drink-driving offenders are automatically banned from driving for three months if caught with between 50-80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Most of us would never contemplate taking our car with us on a night out, but you may still have alcohol in your system the morning after and...
Five ways a Hard Brexit will impact on Motoring in Ireland
What are the implications for car buying and Motorists in a post no-deal Brexit writes Geraldine Herbert? Importing a car from the UK will become more expensive Over 100,000 used cars were imported last year from the UK and Northern Ireland. A no-deal Brexit would mean that UK car exports to the EU would become subject to a 10% tariff under World Trade Organisation rules. There would also be VAT Charged. The customs duty is applied...
Six reasons not to buy a quad bike for kids this year
The RSA and An Garda Síochána are urging parents not to gift children quad bikes and scramblers this Christmas Before you buy a quad bike or scrambler as a gift for a child this year think twice; 1) Three of the six people who died in Ireland as a result of an incident involving a quad bike or scrambler were aged 18 or under between 2014 and 2019, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). 2) Like anything it’s not the quad bike...
Alyx Coby signs with UK Driver Management Programme
London-based racing driver management programme signs 16-year-old Alyx Coby to further develop her professional racing career Irish karter Alyx Coby has today been announced as the newest member of the Navigate Partners Driver Management Programme. Alyx (16) from Newbridge, Co. Kildare is currently competing internationally in the Senior X30 class. Earlier this year, Alyx was personally selected by the late motorsport philanthropist...
