Sir, – In response to Patrick Judge’s concern (July 23rd), allow me to assure him that Dublin City Council did indeed evaluate the risks involved in having many people dancing on the Samuel Beckett Bridge for Sunday’s successful record-breaking attempt and passed the bridge as being well able to withstand the simultaneous pounding of Irish dance shoes. We decided ourselves not to even suggest using the Sean O’Casey bridge, so that was never an issue.
Everyone involved in planning this highly successful event took every possible precaution to safeguard all the participants and viewers, and to make sure that any “Riverdancing” took place anywhere but on (or in) the river itself. – Yours, etc,
JULIAN ERSKINE
Executive Producer,
‘Riverdance’,
Capel Street
Dublin 1.