Rally club revs up for race thrills and spills

And the importance of safety for all concerned has been driven home by last week?s tragedy at the Donegal International event, where a teenage spectator died after being struck by a competing car as he attempted to cross the road.

Reward is a Croke Park date with Dubs

The winners of the Meath/Wicklow encounter are scheduled to have home advantage in the final next Wednesday, but manager Henry mooted that his team would prefer to forsake that for the opportunity to play in Croke Park on Sunday week before the Dublin v Westmeath Leinster senior semi-final.

Local league puts Dublin in the shade

Among the fourth seeds for the competition, the local lads were fancied to finish bottom of their group, which included Cork, South Dublin and Carlow ? but they would prove to be the surprise packets of the section.

Hard to pick winner of all-Drogheda

Bankable (7/4) of Luca Cumani will start one of the shortest ever favourites for the usually impossible handicap, the Royal Hunt Cup. This will set the tone for the week punting wise. In the space of an hour these two short-priced horses will decide whether punters are in the money or bookies happy.