Craig Rahill has been announced as the Billy Coleman young rally driver of the year.
The Cavan man picked up the prestigious award at the motorsport Ireland awards at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dublin.
As part of the award; Rahill will receive support up to the value of €50,000 from Motorsport Ireland and Sport Ireland for the 2025 season. Along with up to a further €50,000 pledged by the Team Ireland Foundation thanks to support from John Coyne.
Speaking afterwards; the Ford Fiesta R4 driver who claimed junior titles in the national rally championship, forestry championship and the MI Junior rally series. Remarked it was an honour to claim the award.
Other accolades handed out on the day saw Monaghan motor club picking up a President’s award for "Youth encouragement." Whereas, Caroline McGuinness was honoured with a F.I.A Volunteer pin for her contribution to the sport.
Derek and Andy Mackeral were formally crowned the Irish forestry and national night navigation champions respectively. Whereas, Shane and Ciaran Maguire took home the national endurance trial silverware and Josh Moffett won Irish national rally champion.
Other winners were; Wicklow's Max Hart who took home the coveted Sexton trophy and was named the Young Racing driver of the year.
While Alex Dunne who is currently involved in the F1 development programme with McLaren was the recipient of the Manley memorial trophy as the international racing driver of the year.
