Motorcycling Ireland Insurance Update 20/03/2025 :
Motorcycling Ireland have today (20/03/2025) issued a statement updating the position on Insurance for motorcycling events in Ireland (South).
As it stands no policy is in place, and the latest round of negotiations have not improved that position. The MCI have detailed their choices as below and have deemed going back to the table to negotiate a better deal is the option that they will follow. A further update is expected in a week
Get Started in Irish Sidecar Racing :
With the just announced news that motorcycle sports events will return to Ireland in 2024 now is the perfect time to get involved!
In 2023 a lack of adequate insurance cover meant all motorcycle sport and racing events were cancelled in Ireland.
The MCI have announced than an insurance policy has been agreed and tat gives the go ahead to most disciplines to get back out on their respective circuits.
The Irish Sidecar Club and the Irish Sidecar and Motorcycle Racing Supporters Club have issued a press release via Facebook inviting anyone with a genuine desire to get involved in sidecar racing to get in touch and get things in motion to make that happen.
If you have an interest in racing the three wheelers then now may well be the time to step up and make it happen.
Motorcycling Ireland Insurance Update (02/11/2023) :
Motorcycling Ireland have today released a statement on the current insurance situation for the approaching 2024 season.
The crux of it is that at this point a quote has been received from an underwriter, however the cover that this quote offers is not sufficient to proceed with events, and is also seems to be prohibitively expensive. MCI now state that they will go back to this underwriter with the requirement amendments and analyse the available options.
MCI hopes to be able to provide a further update prior to 11th November 2023.
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Read the full article here : http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/irish-road-racing-in-danger-of-disappearing-for-good-1-7813238
Respected team owner John Burrows says he fears the unique spectacle of Irish road racing could disappear for good unless swift action is taken to safeguard the future of the sport.
As exclusively revealed by the News Letter in January, the cost of providing insurance cover for National road races in 2017 has risen by as much as £4,500. Clubs are also facing potentially crippling excess payments, which have soared from £1,000 per claim in 2016 to £2,500 this year.
In the past week, two popular races in the Republic of Ireland – the Killalane and Kells events in North Dublin and Co Meath respectively – have been called off as a direct result of spiralling insurance premiums.
Only three races are due to go ahead in the South, including the famous Skerries 100 (July 1), Walderstown (July 9) and the Faugheen 50 meeting on July 23.
Read more at: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/irish-road-racing-in-danger-of-disappearing-for-good-1-7813238
It was only yesterday that I posted about this problem, and I mentioned the need for us all to support our local clubs, and buy programs when we go to the events. We really need to make sure we safeguard the future of this unique sport for many more generations to come!
