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Galway's Aoife Raftery made Irish rally history when she became the first Irish driver to compete in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup.

Supported by Opel Ireland, the Craughwell-based driver tackled the ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rally in Germany last weekend, partnered by regular co-driver Hannah McKillop from Antrim.

Craughwell rally driver Aoife Raftery made history in April, becoming the first Irish competitor, male or female, to drive an electric rally car in competition. Contesting the opening round of the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup 2025 at the ADAC Actronics Rallye Sulingen in Germany, she achieved an impressive eighth-place finish with co-driver Hannah McKillop.

Aoife Raftery is set to compete in her third season of the Hankook FIA Junior FIA European Rally Championship.

Galway-based rally driver Aoife Raftery is set to make her long-awaited return to Irish gravel rallying at this weekend's Clare Forestry Rally as part of the Irish Forest Rally Championship.

When Aoife Raftery recounts spinning her suped-up Peugeot around an unexpectedly wet bend on a rough gravel course in Czech Republic last year, her shoulders sway with the memory. Wearing a sleeveless top in the morning heat of Gran Canaria where this year’s 47th Rally Islas Canarias begins today, May 2, the muscle memory of fast gear changes twitches in her exposed fore arms.

Aoife Raftery has achieved her best performance in an FIA European Rally Championship event by finishing fourth overall. This is three places better than previously, when she finished seventh in the Czech Republic last season.