Galway Rally driver Aoife Raftery has been named as one of two Motorsport Ireland Road Safety Ambassadors for 2024.
The sport’s governing body, Motorsport Ireland, re-launched its “Keep the Race in its Place,” road safety campaign on Saturday evening in Ballina, County Mayo.
Motorsport Ireland has a long-standing history of promoting road safety, with the ‘Keep the Race in its Place’, campaign being one of the most recognisable road safety messages in Ireland over the last 15 years.
Not used since pre-pandemic times, when the late and great Craig Breen was the sport’s road safety ambassador, the governing body felt it was time to re-energise the campaign by announcing the only female rally driver to be included in Motorsport Ireland’s Rally Academy as the 2024 representative.
I am honoured to take on this Road Safety Ambassador role for Motorsport Ireland. The main objective of this initiative is to educate people about what it means to ‘Keep the Race in its Place’,
Aoife Raftery
Current Junior World Rally Champion William Creighton has been named as the second road safety ambassador.
Raftery (23) and Creighton (26) are both members of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy and have amassed over 160 rally starts between them across Ireland and Europe.
