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Chilly St Patrick's Day parades draw to a close

Parades throughout the country have drawn to a close and the street clean-ups are beginning after a colourful, but otherwise cold and miserable St Patrick's Day.

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Pacy parade petrified by the cold

Lucy Medlycott, event organiser with Bui Bolg arts company experiences the coldest and fastest-moving St Patrick's Day Dublin parade.

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St Patrick's punishment

Kilian Doyle, takes a wry look at how St Patrick would fare if he were to return to Ireland today. It starts with a quiet January afternoon in O'Hooligan's Irish pub in Heaven.

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St Patrick's punishment

The conservative chairman of Manhattan's St Patrick's Day parade has a message for his many detractors: "Listen buddy, if you want a piece of my rear end, go right ahead because there's plenty left for the next fella."

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Have we lost it entirely?

Let's assume he has the gift of omniscience and has his own viewing platform over Éireann's green valley this week... Kathy Sheridan asks what will glorious St Patrick actually see?

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All nationalities Irish for a day in London

'It's great to be Irish' was emblazoned boldly on the little girl's banner. She was dressed from head to toe in green, white and gold and jiggled excitedly around a busy Trafalgar Square as the first floats came into view.

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Parading in a Russian winter

Chris Stephen on the peculiarities of organising a parade on St Patrick's Day in a freezing Moscow.

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Has St Patrick's Day lost its way?

The St Patrick's Festival was meant to capture the spirit of a new, more confident Ireland. It hasn't turned out like that, writes Hugh Linehan.

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The Saint of Hearts

He looks like Santa Claus. Perched on a cloud over West Mayo, Patrick the lad from Carlisle could be anyone's granddad, opines Medb Ruane

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Up the Reek

Michael McAleer meets the challenge taken by thousands of Irish pilgrims every year, to climb to the top of the Reek.

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