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TOURISM in the north west is get- ting an end of year boost as thou- sands of competitors, support teams and fans converge for the first ever Irish round of the world rally cham- pionship.
The event is sponsored by Failte Ireland and the Sports Council of Northern Ireland.
There is a big Clare involvement in Rally Ireland as a total of 110 Clare Motor Club officials will be travel- ling to Sligo for the weekend to help e)bie
Gerry O’Brien from Crusheen was appointed marshall safety co-ordina-
tor for Rally Ireland back in May. The Clare Club will be marshal- ling special stages four and seven (Lough Gill) on Friday. Some of the Clare marshalls will also be helping out on special stage 12 (Ballinamal- lard) which takes place around the
countryside of the late Bertie Fisher. Clare marshalls will also be on duty on Sunday in the Donegal Bay stage.
Meeting point for Clare Marshalls for the Lough Gill Stage is Newtown Manor Community Hall which is lo- cated close to the stage between 2am
and 4am on friday morning. Mar- shall’s have to be in place at Sam and the road will be closed at 6.15am. The first competing car will be on the stage at 9.15am.
Meeting point for the Ballinamal- lard stage on Saturday is 12 midnight at the service station in Trillick, County Tyrone, and the meeting point for Donegal Bay stage is Ball- intra Community Hall at 5am on SLUveleebapenleyusvntes
On Friday morning the restart will be in Sligo with three stages in coun- ties Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. The cars will then return to the serv- ice park in Sligo town, then repeat the morning stages, and back to the
Service park again. Two different stages in counties Leitrim and Sligo and the final service and overnight halt in Sligo town.
The Saturday restart is from Sligo and takes in three stages in counties Tyrone and Fermanagh. There will be a midday service in Sligo followed by a repeat of the morning stages. The final service and overnight halt is back in Sligo.
After the Sunday Restart from Sli- go the drivers take in two stages in County Tyrone followed by a stage in County Donegal. The final stage 1s at Mullaghmore.