'Vaccination is key': D-day for Dublin Marathon will be June 25

2013 Dublin Marathon champion Seán Hehir said: “If you can have 30 guys knocking lumps out of each other on a pitch, why can’t you have 15 athletes on a track?” 

Seán Hehir launching the 2021 KBC Virtual Dublin Marathon and Race Series. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

The fate of this year’s KBC Dublin Marathon will be decided next month, with race director Jim Aughney saying the chance of all 25,000 entries being allowed to take part is “slim”.

Under current proposals, all participants, staff, and volunteers will be subjected to antigen testing before arriving at the race venue, and Aughney says the final field size will be decided on June 25.