Motorcycle racing in Northern Ireland – including May’s North West 200 road race – will go ahead in 2023 after initially being cancelled.
All bike racing in Ireland had been cancelled in February due to soaring insurance costs.
However, the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland Ulster Centre has accepted a lower quote with an insurance company.
The deal will allow road racing, short circuits and trials take place in Northern Ireland this year.
Despite announcing earlier in the year that all events would be cancelled, the MCUI UC subsequently received a new, lower insurance quote for its 2023 events, which has now been accepted by organising clubs who spent the last week considering it.
A crowdfunding page, which saw racing fans, riders and sponsors raise just short of £90,000, has contributed to the renewed quote.
The international North West 200 will go ahead from 11-13 May and the Armoy and Cookstown 100 national road races are also expected to take place.
However, the Tandragee 100, which traditionally opens the road racing season in April, will not run in 2023.