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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Riverdance star Michael Flatley to seek Irish presidency nomination

Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley, who has been living in Monaco, said Irish people lacked ‘a true proper deep voice that speaks their language’. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy

After finding fame and fortune in Riverdance and other stage shows, Michael Flatley is to seek a new role: president of Ireland.

The Irish American dancer and impresario planned to move back from Monaco to Ireland and would seek nomination in the upcoming election, a Dublin court heard on Friday.

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