There is a dark cloud over the Motorsport community this morning following the deaths of 2 competitors yesterday.
An incident occured during stage 6 of the 2023 Sligo Stages Rally which was running yesterday.
In a statement, Motorsport Ireland said they sympathise with the families and a full investigation is now getting underway.
The competitors have been named as Gene McDonald of Cavan and Daire Maguire, from Cavan and Fermanagh respectively
The Sligo rally is a popular event on the National Championship calendar and 8 Kerry crews were taking part yesterday.