NO CHANGES FOR IRISH TARMAC CALENDAR

The Irish Tarmac Rally Championship schedule will be unchanged for 2023, with the seven rounds that made up the competition this year all being carried across into next year.

The action gets underway on February 4-5 with the Galway International and continues on March 18-19, with round two, the West Cork Rally.

Round three, the Circuit of Ireland Rally on Good Friday and Easter Saturday (April 7-8), is the first of two visits north of the border. Running out of Newry, the Ulster Rally (August 18-19) will again be the final round.

Other dates are the International Rally of the Lakes in Killarney (April 29-30), the three-day Donegal International Rally (June 16-18), and the Cork 20 International Rally (August 5-6).

Championship manager Paddy Flanagan has confirmed that Josh Moffett will return to defend his

2022 title.