Riverdance directors share €75m pay as show celebrates two-decade run

The creative forces behind the entertainment phenomenon Riverdance have shared a pay bonanza of €75 million since the turn of the century, figures show.

The show — spawned from a seven-minute long interval performance at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest — is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and has been seen by more than 23 million people over the past two decades.

Now, new accounts just filed by John McColgan’s and Moya Doherty’s Abhann Productions Ltd with the Companies Office show that pay to directors, including pension contributions, in 2012 totalled €1.33m.