Search Results for 'Formula 1'

A team from Westmeath beat off stiff competition in the F1 in Schools regional finals to make it through to the national finals in April. The Colts from Marist College, Athlone, will battle it out against 23 other teams from around the country for the title of F1 in Schools Champions 2009. At the regional finals, another team from Westmeath, Team Dynamo from Columba College, Killucan, won the award for the Fastest D-Type Car.

Supporting businesses of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway have now passed the 100 mark as the fleet prepares for the in-port racing duel in Boston on Saturday.

Galway is set for a sailing bonanza. In just three days time the first of the world’s yachting elite is expected to cross the Mutton Island finish line into Galway for the first time in the history of the Round the World Yacht Race.

Marks & Spencer is set to bring all the glamour, excitement, and high-octane thrill of motor-racing to its stores after signing an exclusive three-year deal with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to produce a unique collection of grand prix-themed boyswear.

Back over the past decade when the birds didn’t get the auld sniffles and when pigs never flu, there was an affliction that struck this country. It was called PNH1SG or to give it its full name Paddy Never Had It So Good. It was a contagious condition that spread like wildfire. It was a strain of the other virus AF1WSLE (Arragh Feck It We’ve Suffered Long Enough). It was a deadly ailment that spread in conditions of affluence — as such it was a sort of gout for the Nineties and Noughties.