This year's Dublin Horse Show has been cancelled due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis, the RDS has announced.
The annual event had been due to run between 15th and 19th July.
However, the RDS now says cancelling the event is "in the best interests of public health and safety" - as well as providing certainty to all involved in the show.
Chief Executive of the RDS, Michael Duffy, said: “The RDS did not come to this decision lightly and only after detailed considerations of all the factors involved.
"We understand that this will disappoint many members of the public and that it will have implications for many horse breeders and producers around the country.
"However, we trust that everyone will understand and support a decision made in the national interest. It is incumbent on all of us to do everything we can to support the measures introduced by the Government”.
The RDS says it plans to hold the 147th edition of the event next year instead.
The Dublin Horse Show was last cancelled in 1940 due to the Second World War.
