DUBLIN (AFP) - This year's Dublin marathon scheduled for Oct 25 was cancelled on Tuesday (May 19) despite Ireland's move to lift coronavirus lockdown measures, indicating potential long-term disruption caused by the outbreak.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DUBLIN - This year's Dublin marathon scheduled for Oct 25 was cancelled on Tuesday despite Ireland's move to lift coronavirus lockdown measures, indicating potential long-term disruption caused by the outbreak.
But organisers indicated the race - which had 22,500 entrants last year - would still not go ahead because of safety fears. The cancellation suggests coronavirus fallout may last longer than suggested by official plans and could hit similar events."We need to be aware that we will continue to be in the acute emergency phase of this crisis for some time with further waves an ever present danger," the health department Secretary-General Jim Breslin told a special parliamentary committee on the crisis.
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