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    IS THE REALITY OF THE WRC IN NORTHERN IRELAND MOVING CLOSER?

    Mar 18, 2020 4 minutes
    By Jason Craig
    Photos: ERC,
    mcklein-imagedatabase.com

    Northern Ireland PLC’s quest to stage the British round of the FIA World Rally Championship was going great guns in the first seven months of last year. The stars appeared to be aligning for those working behind the scenes to bring Sebastien Ogier and company from Llandudno in Wales to Belfast in time for 2020.

    The idea was debated in the House of Commons, tourism chiefs from Northern Ireland had met with their Welsh counterparts to share best working practices, and a number of iconic stages had been mooted for the itinerary blueprint.

    At one point, the groundswell of opinion for rotating the rally was so strong that it led to the

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