Dancing troupe to be in two places at once

THEY say you can’t be in two places at once, but the country’s most famous traditional dancing troupe will prove that wrong on St Patrick’s Day.

The Bru Boru dancers found themselves in a dilemma when prestige invitations were received to perform in Latvia and China for the March 17 celebrations in both countries.

The Latvian invitation came from Ireland’s ambassador to that country, Tim Mawe, who asked the troupe to perform in the country’s capital, Riga. Fast on its heels came a similar invite from Ireland’s Consul General in Shanghai, Nicholas O’Brien, asking the troupe to take part in celebrations in that city.