​We are delighted to confirm that the RIAC Clubhouse restaurant will re-open on the Monday,26th of July for seated dining in a socially distanced manner. The RIAC Member restaurant is open from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Serving daily specials, using local ingredients and seasonal produce.

No pre-booking is required for seated dining.

To celebrate the return of our members to the dining room we would like to offer complimentary parking from 12-14:00 and a dessert, tea or coffee when dinning in the club.

​We will issue updated dining guidelines once they have been confirmed by the government  so you will know what to expect on your return to the clubhouse dining area.

Until government procedures are confirmed the current  Covid 19 protocols will still be observed while on the clubhouse premises i.e., temperature testing on entry, face coverings must be worn while moving around the clubhouse and in the car park area, use of hand sanitisers, keeping 2 meters apart and our one-way system in and out of the clubhouse.

​The restaurant will continue to offer our daily takeaway menu and gourmet ready meal menu available to collect from the restaurant.

To order simply call Christophe on 0876714368 or email christophe@riac.ie  Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm. Your meal can then be collected from the refrigerated cold counter on the first floor. 

All our staff  look forward to welcoming you all back to the clubhouse with open arms and seeing you over the coming days and weeks ahead.

​This week’s Motorsport Ireland – RIAC classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 1996 Irish Touring Cars season.
Following the switch to normally aspirated cars in 1995, the following year the Dunlop Irish Touring Car Championship was beginning to gain momentum. Opels, Alfas, Peugeots, Hondas, and Renaults filled the grids of Mondello, Kilkistown and the Phoenix Park all season as Gordon Kellett, Michael Cullen, Jonathan Fildes and Joe Foley battled it out for the 1996 title.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on July 22nd.

​Next week’s upload will feature highlights from a brace of novel 2001 events, the UK Rally Challenge and the Michelin Cup of Nations.
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The RIAC ‘Virtual’ Picnic in the Park supported by Motorsport Ireland in aid of LauraLynn starting 21 July until 02 August 2021.

Unfortunately, Covid is still with us and despite vaccinations, we continue to live in a very restricted environment. This means that a physical “RIAC Picnic in the Park” will have to wait for another year. However the wonderful organisation that is LauraLynn still needs your help and support to ensure that Ireland’s only hospice for children with life-limiting conditions can continue to operate at the highest level possible for those most vulnerable in our lives.

HOW CAN YOU HELP

1. Host a real picnic with your friends and family anytime from now until the 2nd of August and email your photos to info@riac.ie. Include your cherished car or motorcycle or even your pet in the image provided and we will post this on our website.
Then please donate at www.lauralynn.ie/donate using the reference “Picnic”
Use the dropdown section “what inspired your donation” ->“This money is from a fund raising event”-> Type in “Picnic”

2. Post a photo of your picnic to your Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram profile with the hashtag #VirtualPicnicInthePark and tag @riacpicnic, @motorsportirl & @lauralynnhospice where available. Then please donate at www.lauralynn.ie/donateand use the reference “Picnic”
Use the dropdown section “what inspired your donation” ->“This money is from a fund raising event”-> Type in “Picnic”

3. Without hosting a picnic, but you would still like to help,
Then please submit your donation at www.lauralynn.ie/donate and use the reference “Picnic”
Use the dropdown section “what inspired your donation” ->“This money is from a fund raising event”-> Type in “PICNIC”

CHEQUES: If anyone wants to write a cheque then make it out to LauraLynn and either send it direct to them or to Holly Miley, RIAC,33/34 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.
Do put in a note referring to the “PICNIC”

We will award a small prize for the photo that best captures the spirit of the occasion!

Please feel free to contact any of the following if you want more information
Organiser: Peter Cosgrave |087 829 7443 | peter.cosgrave55@gmail.com
LauraLynn: Cathy White |087 746 7073 | cwhite@lauralynn.ie
RIAC/Motorsport Ireland: Holly Miley | 01 6775141| holly@riac.ie

​This week’s Motorsport Ireland – RIAC classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 1996 Dungarvan Hillclimb.
The popular Dungarvan Hillclimb had been included in the Irish Hillclimb Championship for many years, but for 1996, the event also became a counting round of the FIA European Hillclimb Challenge. Unfortunately, the event’s new found status didn’t bring any continental competitors but it did serve up a high class field of home grown talents such as Karl Cleary, Jenny Kennedy, Padraig Forde, Norman Kittle and Richard Young, all of whom were trying to break the 57.6 second barrier to become the first driver to average 100mph over the hill.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on July 8th.

​Next week’s upload will feature highlights from the 1996 Ypres Rally where the RPM cameras journeyed to the continent to follow the progress of Liam O’Callaghan and James O’Brien in their Toyota Celica GT4.
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​This week’s Motorsport Ireland – RIAC classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 1996 Lurgan Park Rally.
Kenny McKinstry headed into the 1996 Lurgan Park Rally chasing his eight win on the event. Being familiar with the event, McKinstry took RPM and UTV presenter Pamela Ballentine as his co-driver for the day but they were to face stiff opposition from James Cullen and Frank Meagher as well as former Belgian and European Champion, Patrick Snijers. Snijers, who would go on to compete in the event five more times in the coming years, put up a stunning display of car control but it wasn’t enough to catch McKinstry and Ballantine, who prevailed by 4 seconds in the ex Bertie Fisher Subaru Legacy.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on July 1st.

​Next week’s upload will feature highlights from the 1996 Dungarvan Hillclimb
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​This week’s Motorsport Ireland – RIAC classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 1996 Donegal International Rally.
On its silver anniversary, the Donegal International Rally served up an absolute classic with Bertie Fisher, James Cullen and Andrew Nesbitt thrilling the crowds over three days in a three way fight for the lead. As Fisher hit tyre difficulties, Cullen hit the front but Nesbitt gradually reeled him in before pulling clear to take his first international win. This programme also includes a feature with some of the founding members of the club and those involved in the first Donegal Rally, recalling their memories of the event in its 25th year.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on June 24th.

Next week’s upload will be highlights from another 1996 event, that year’s running of the Lurgan Park Rally.
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​This week’s Motorsport Ireland – RIAC classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 1991 Donegal International Rally.
Everyone loves a local hero and James Cullen was certainly that, even before the start of his home event in 1991. Cullen, who had not only put in storming drives on the rally in the past had also acted as Clerk of the Course on the event. By 1991 James was one of Ireland’s top drivers but never quite had the machinery to match his talent. In a garish pink rear wheel Sierra Cosworth, Cullen stayed managed to stay with Bertie Fisher in damp conditions until Fisher crashed out of the event, leaving Cullen to take a hugely popular home win becoming the first Donegal man since 1983 to win the event.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on June 17th.

Next week’s upload will see more action from the Donegal International with the 1996 running of the event where, in its silver jubilee year, it served up a classic. A three day, three way fight between Andrew Nesbitt, James Cullen and Bertie Fisher.
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This week’s RIAC - Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is highlights from the 2001 Punchestown Rally Masters.
Outside the box solutions were required to get rallying going in 2001 as Foot and Mouth Disease gripped the country. One such event was the Punchestown Rally Masters, the brainchild of Ronan Morgan, which was a dry run for the Punchestown World Rally Masters which would run later that year. The event reunited Austin McHale with his championship winning Toyota Celica and Billy Coleman with a Metro 6R4 but it was Kenny McKinstry and Andrew Nesbitt who would fight it out for the victory with Nesbitt clinching the win on the final stage to win by 4 seconds.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on May 27th.
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Next week’s upload will feature highlights of the 2001 Barbados Rally where a number of Irish and UK competitors travelled to the Caribbean to try their hand against the locals.
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​This week’s RIAC - Motorsport Ireland classic video from the RPM Motorsport collection is the 1991 Lurgan Park Rally.
The Lurgan Park rally was really beginning to hit its stride in the 90s as more and more big names were drawn to this unique single venue event. Bertie Fisher and Kenny McKinstry were both former winners of the event but even they couldn’t live with ex-works star Tony Pond who had taken his own Metro 6R4 to the park. After a steady opening stage Pond gradually turned up the wick throughout the day to cruise home to a 24 second win, a huge margin on this short, sharp event.
This programme will be available to stream below from 7pm on May 20th.

Next week’s upload will feature highlights of the 2001 Punchestown Rally Masters. The first of a new type of rally type event brought on by Foot and Mouth Disease restrictions, the event saw Austin McHale reunited with his Tarmac Championship winning Toyota Celica and Billy Coleman reunited with a Metro 6R4.
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