The locals do know what is going on believe me, when you have to do a bit of PR. If we ever have trouble in Galway again, the rally will be gone, it has zero support from Jo soap in Galway, the local papers will not even give it a mention unless it is bad news. Only the business's that benefit from the rally want it here, and the rally fans that live here. Also try finding stages, for two years in a row some locals have protested about there roads been used as stages. If you saw the signs on the side of the road, "rally not wanted" , "rally drivers go home" and they were the polite ones. In the old days we called them cowboys, now they are boy racers nothing has changed except the spotlight is now on there antics. And we have to suffer because of some stupid behaviour of a mindless few.