Galway’s Aoife Raftery Wins Rosemary Smith Award
Galway’s Aoife Raftery Honoured with Inaugural Rosemary Smith Award Craughwell rally driver Aoife Raftery has made history by receiving the inaugural Rosemary Smith Award at the Motorsport Ireland Awards Luncheon held in Dublin. This prestigious accolade, named after Ireland’s most iconic female motorsport figure, Rosemary Smith, celebrates Raftery’s outstanding contributions to motorsport and her embodiment of Smith’s passion and...
Aoife Raftery Chosen for World Rally Championship programme
Irish rally driver Aoife Raftery has been selected for the prestigious World Rally Championship’s Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Programme. A member of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy, Aoife is one of just 15 female drivers chosen from across the globe to participate in this initiative, aimed at boosting female representation in the sport at the highest levels. Currently competing in the Hankook Tires Junior FIA European...
From Marshal to Driver – June 2018
The sun is shining and temperatures are soaring but the racing goes on writes Ruth Nugent Anti-Clockwise Race Meeting at Mondello Park The 9th and 10th of June we all gathered back to the home grounds of Mondello Park for the next round of the Fiesta Zetec championship. This time around though, the track was run in the anti-clockwise direction for the first time in 21 years, so most of us had no idea what to expect! Luckily, thanks...
10 common driving errors resulting from alcohol
A new report from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has revealed that between 2008 and 2012, alcohol was a contributory factor in 38% of all fatal collisions. Of the 867 collisions analysed the report found that 38% of all fatal collisions involved a driver, motorcyclist, cyclist or pedestrian who had consumed alcohol 29% of all fatal collisions involved a driver or motorcyclist who had consumed alcohol 9% of all fatal collisions...
