“Would you swim in that water?” an older woman asked a boy as the sun shone on the strong arms of the women swimmers during the Liffey Swim last month. At Watling Street Bridge, the slowest swimmers were started first so the last woman sliced through the water with thrilling speed.
Lots of people around me on the bridge talked about how filthy the river was and how brave the women were to be diving in. And a question stayed with me afterwards. Why are we okay with our majestic Anna Livia being a polluted soup that only the bravest or maddest will enter? She’s the vital artery of life that was here before our city. How are we okay with this?
In the Danish capital you can swim in swimming-pool-sized timber-decked bathing areas dotted up the river. Wild swimming access is an equality issue. A move to make the Liffey swimmable could be life-changing for communities who don’t live in the wealthy seaside hoods.
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