Quoted costs for public liability insurance for 2023 have tripled, amounting to more than £400,000.

Ah man Will they still continue racing in Ireland?

The reason is pretty obvious, sadly

Former racing champion Phillip McCallen said it was time spectators were charged to raise funds to cover insurance costs.

"It's an absolute disaster," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.

"The general public have had free racing and free viewing for 50 years and some people expect that to continue but it can't.

"You don't go to Windsor Park and get in for nothing, so you shouldn't have free spectating at the North West 200, for example.

"It's about how we get that money from people into the organisation."

Isle of Man got this weird kind of government where the crown isn't monarch per se, but is head of state, so it is not part of the UK or Great Britain, but still part of the commonwealth (it is weird, someone probably knows better than me).

So what goes for Northern Ireland does not automatically translate to IoM. As for Ireland, no idea, it is an independant country (there's A LOT of history there, lol), but the main races of the scene is the ones in Ulster, so this is a huge blow for everything motorcycle racing on the British blow.