1^st (3) Derek McGarrity/Dermot O'Gorman (Impreza WRC) 25.56.8

2^nd (1) Austin MacHale/Brian Murphy (Focus WRC) 25.58.2

3^rd (13) Tapio Laukkanen/Harri Kaapro (Impreza WRC) 26.12.5

4^th (2) Eugene Donnelly/Paul Kiely (Corolla WRC) 26.16.6

5^th (4) Eamonn Boland/Damien Morrissey (Impreza WRC) 26.27.5

6^th (9) Tim McNulty/Julian Nangle (Impreza WRC) 26.57.4

7^th (8) Donie O'Sullivan/Paul Nagle (Focus WRC) 27.18.5

8^th (15) Roy White/Greg Shinnors (Lancer N) 27.55.3

9^th (23) James Foley/Lisa Roe (Lancer N) 28.09.5

10^th (12) Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (Celica) 28.30.1

THE ABOVE TIMES ARE VERY UNOFFICIAL. There was a certain amount of confusion at the end of stage 4, hopefully we are fairly near the mark with the stage times, but we will have to await ratification later on today from Angus Sealy in the Results Room.

Certainly Tapio lost a few seconds when his Subaru collided with a bank and damaged the front, the Finnish driver estimating that he dropped maybe 20s. Austin MacHale, Eugene Donnelly and Derek McGarrity all felt they had a good run. Donie O’Sullivan in the Bio-Clear Focus WRC was another to speed up, while in Group N James Foley dropped a few seconds to Roy White. James having a small problem with his route notes at the start of the stage.

Looking back on the time sheets to the end of stage 3, Aaron MacHale was 11^th. Dessie Keenan was 12^th. Highest placed Galway driver was JJ Fleming who was 13^th. John Sjpain was 14^th. Tony Davies in the Metro 6R4, despite some wrong tyre choices, was 15^th. Maurice Gass 16^th, and still struggling to come to grips with his new Hyundai. Noel Redmond is 14^th in his similar car. Jack Sleator was 17^th. Willie Fannin, despite his spins and accident damage, was 18^th. Ollie O’Reilly 19^th and Glenn Wilson 20^th in his F2 Escort, a couple of seconds ahead of Guy Woodcock.

We mentioned earlier that Eoin Doyle was off the road in stage 3. He managed to get his gpN Subaru out of the stage but it looks like he is over lateness and out of the event.

Some more news from Sweden – Andrew Nesbitt has dropped over a minute when a turbo pipe came adrift, but he is a bit happier today, there has been some snow, making conditions easier. Letterkenny’s Shaun Gallagher is happier today also….going better than yesterday. Martin continues to lead from Loeb. (Thanks to Davy Patterson for news from Sweden). Thanks also to Michael & Zoe.

More news later. BRIAN AND LIZ PATTERSON www.rallynews.net