FIA safety de🥃legate, Jacek Bartos visited the North West of Ireland Tuesday to review the course an♛d safety procedures for Rally Ireland 2006.

Mr Bartos' vis🔴it to Ireland is an important step in the qualifiಞcation process for Ireland, as the event bids to join the FIA World Rally Championship from 2007.

"Today is a critical day for Rally Ireland's qualification bid," conf🅠irmed Ronan Morgan, co-promoter of Rally Ireland.

🍌"We neeꦗd to fully satisfy the FIA that safety is a priority for the event and that all the safety procedures are in place and comply with FIA regulations."

The 2006 event, which runs from March 10-12, will be formally observed by the FIA, ꧙who will then use it to decide on Ireland's suitability for in🍃clusion in the WRC calendar.

🔴The decision is expected to be ann🅠ounced in the summer of 2006.