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Kiltimagh co-driver John Higgins lost out on success on Sunday’s Kerry Stages Rally by the narrowest of margins, after he and driver Brian O’Mahony finished the eight-stage event in a dead heat with the similar Subaru WRC of Thomas Fitzmaurice and Fionn Foley from Kerry. It was the local crew though who were to claim victory on tie-break rules, after setting a time one second faster than their rivals on the final stage.

The stage is set for a weekend of high-octane motorsport action, as the McWilliam Park Hotel and Fleet Transport magazine Mayo Stages Rally arrives into town today. With many of the best rally drivers and state-of-the-art rally cars set to do battle over 120 kilometres of special stages to the north of Claremorris, there promises to be spills and thrills aplenty before the action concludes back at rally headquarters The McWilliam Park Hotel on Sunday evening.

This story can hardly be described as the glamour side of motoring but nonetheless, it is more important today than ever before, because of the vastness of electronics in a modern car.

This story can hardly be described as the glamour side of motoring but nonetheless, it is more important today than ever before, because of the vastness of electronics in a modern car.

Euro NCAP started 2012 with the release of the results on the new Honda Civic. It was awarded the maximum five star rating, to become one of Europe’s safest cars.

Frank Byrnes from Oranmore has captured one of the biggest awards in the Irish Motor Industry.

At last the new Honda Civic has arrived after forced delays last March due to the earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan. Then a further postponement due to a subsequent natural disaster occurred in Thailand in October, where a cluster of major component manufacturers that supply Honda’s global manufacturing operations fell victim to massive flooding. After all those trials, would there be tribulations? Has the new Honda Civic been worth waiting for?

The 2012 Irish Motorsport season kicks off in earnest this weekend with the running of the opening round of the Irish Tarmac Championship, the Safety Direct Galway International Rally. In a new departure for the traditional two-day event, the 2012 rally will take place over one day only, with 10 stages scheduled for Sunday February 5. A special spectator stage on the Dyke Road in Galway city will open proceedings, with competitors then heading north to the Headford region for three additional tests, each run three times, before returning to Galway for the finish in Eyre Square on Sunday evening.

The much-anticpated 2012 Safety Direct Galway International Rally takes place in the city and county on Saturday and Sunday .

First there was the earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan before a further postponement due to a subsequent natural disaster in Thailand in October when a cluster of major component manufacturers that supply Honda’s global manufacturing operations fell victims to massive flooding. After all those trials, would there be tribulations? Has the new Honda Civic been worth waiting for?