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Sat 03 Mar 2007Another dreary 'cheers'TV Review/Hilary Fannin:Growing up in Dublin in those drizzly years between the settling of the dust of Nelson's Pillar and long before the erection of the gleaming Spire, one had certain cultural expectations around St Patrick's Day that were rarely disappointed.There was the glum wind roaring down O'Connell Street, scattering the tunes of the military bands over the dutiful and uninspired spectators, followed inevitably by a malicious burst of hailstones and a long wait for the bus home. And when you got there - knees blue, fingers chapped - there was sod-all on the telly except more rain.