Rising temperatures put paid to next month's Liffey Descent

Low levels in the reservoir that supplies the capital’s main river has prompted today's decision. 

Liffey Descent competitor Phadraig Iomhar Mac Giolla, coming over a wall of water on the Lucan Weir last year.

Dublin’s famed Liffey Descent race has fallen victim to the vagaries of the weather this year with next month’s event cancelled as a result of the seasonal heat and the resultant low levels in the reservoir that supplies the capital’s main river.

Canoeing Ireland announced the decision on Tuesday morning, explaining that the long-term weather forecast for the region does not provide any hope of relieving rainfall prior to the race which was due to be held on September 10.