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Thursday 23 March 2023 Dublin: 12°C

# Parade

Last week
12th March 2023 - 18th March 2023
# St Patrick's Day
Poll: Will you attend a St Patrick's Day parade today?
Or will you be staying on the couch?
# forget about the price tag
St. Patrick's Day parade organisers defend €250 grandstand seat prices
Prices are up 20% last year due to increased production costs, the parade organisers have said.
Last year
2022
# Norway
Memorial service held for victims of shooting during Oslo Pride festival
Two people were killed and more than 20 were injured in the attack during the capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival.
# Parade
Orange Order event in Belfast will mark centenary of Northern Ireland
The event comes a year late due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
# Peadar Doyle
'Huge outrage' from Carlow community over depiction of pensioner's death in two St Patrick's Day parades
Councillor Andrea Dalton called on the two local groups to apologise for the depiction.
# parading around
Here’s where and when the big St Patrick's Day parades kick off
There’s a lot of talent, culture and entertainment to put on show over the day – here’s a quick look at what’s on offer.
Ellen Keane and Kellie Harrington to lead Dublin's St Patrick's Day Parade
The Parade is returning to Dublin this year.
St Patrick's Festival set to return to the streets of Dublin for 'most ambitious parade ever'
The festival had been cancelled for the last two years due to Covid-19.
All time
# Milwaukee
Boy, 8, named as latest victim of Wisconsin Christmas parade crash
Five people ranging in age from 52 to 81 were pronounced dead within hours, and Jackson Sparks was named as the sixth victim.
# Parade
Gardaí arrest man over theft of €1.1 million from Dublin company
A lot of the money has been recovered.
# Parade
'Masks and missiles don't mix': North Korea holds giant military parade, ignoring pandemic fears
The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
# New Orleans
Two killed during Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans
The carnival season is nearing its traditional all-out Fat Tuesday celebration.
# national services day
In Photos: Hundreds march to celebrate work of emergency and security services
About 1,500 of emergency service workers and their vehicles took part in the parade.
# RAINBOW REVOLUTION
Pictures: Thousands take part in Dublin's Pride parade
The streets of Dublin city centre were packed from the early afternoon.
# doors closed
The year the Archbishop refused to bless the NYC parade due to growing 'IRA influence'
Retired journalist Éanna Brophy recalls a tense wait at the Cathedral doors as the choice of grand marshall prompted controversy.
# big crowds
Three days out from visit, Pope Francis confirmed for parade through Dublin city centre
Gardaí expect 100,000 people to come out to see the Pope in the city centre.
# dublin pride
PICTURES: Thousands take part in Dublin Pride Parade
The streets of Dublin city centre were thronged with people from the early afternoon.
# Arrests
Nine arrested after clashes with police at illegal Easter parade in Lurgan
The eight masked men, with ages ranging from 30-48, were dressed in paramilitary-style uniforms.
AS IT HAPPENED
From Dublin to New York: How we're celebrating St Patrick's Day
Lá Fhéile Pádraig!
# celebrations
Everything you need to know about St Patrick's Day events around the country
There’s a lot on in Dublin, but there’s a lot more going around the country and abroad this St Patrick’s Day.
# ghost steps
The best spots to see tonight's Macnas Halloween parade in Dublin
Let’s get our spooky spectacle on.
# in the name of love
17 magnificent moments from today's Dublin Pride Parade
It had it all.
# Safety
Backpacks banned from Dublin Pride events for security reasons
Organisers of the LGBT festival said they are working with gardaí to ensure “the safety and enjoyment of all attending”.
# mark of respect
Chelsea cancel Premier League victory parade following Manchester attack
The club say it wouldn’t be appropriate to go ahead with the planned celebrations on Sunday.
# surviving picasso
A new exhibition shines the spotlight on Pablo Picasso's 'forgotten' first wife for the first time
Olga Khokhlova was Picasso’s first muse. They were together for 18 years between 1917 and 1935.
# ease the fear
Just 17 photos of dogs having the time of their lives this Paddy's Day weekend
Well looked after.
# streaker alert
The RTÉ presenters' reaction to a lad in his boxers joining the Paddy's Day parade was priceless
“Ah yeah, fair play.”
# Lá fhéile Pádraig
Picture this: Looking back at Dublin's old St Patrick's Day Parades
From jesters to Wombles, from young to old, here’s a quick history of Dublin’s old St Patrick’s Day parades.
# Going Green
Behind the St Patrick's Day parade: 'You walk in with tears in your eyes - they are so dedicated'
We spoke to the two women responsible for the St Patrick’s Festival pageants, which will make up part of the parade this year.
# outvets
Gay army veterans WILL be allowed to march in Boston St Patrick's Day parade
Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone said yesterday she would not take part in the parade.
# follow the weirder
Upside-down world of Macnas to take over Dublin this evening
Spectators will get closer than ever to the spooktacular street performance in special twilight parade.
# journal journeys
Journeys with TheJournal.ie: Honouring the veterans of Jadotville
Our second winner of a free Irish Rail trip is a group of Irish military veterans of the siege of Jadotville, who are headed for Dublin for a parade in their honour.
# Rabies
Political activists have killed dogs, mounted them on a pole and paraded them in southern India
The protesters carried the pole with the dogs hanging by their legs through the streets of a town in Kerala state.
# 1916
Photos: Republican Sinn Féin march down O'Connell Street for 1916 commemoration
The parade attracted a large crowd in Dublin’s city centre.
# reporting for duty
This heroic little Garda led the Drogheda Paddy's Day parade yesterday
What a day for Ceejay McArdle.
# around the country
14 St Patrick's Day parades that will make you proud to be Irish
All hail the Teresa Mannion float.
Voices
Ever wondered why Montserrat have a day off for St Patrick's Day too?
Today, Montserrat’s connection to an ‘Irish’ identity is strong but this has not always been the case.
# the parades
14 gas Patrick's Day parades that would make you proud to be Irish today
All hail the Teresa Mannion float.
# Looking Back
Here's what the St Patrick's Day parade looked like in the US as far back as the 1940s
From the Kennedys embracing their Irish heritage to flags with slogans such as ‘England get out of Ireland’ being carried through the crowds.
# Your Say
Poll: Are you going to a St Patrick's Day parade tomorrow?
Big or small, they’ll be happening all over the country tomorrow.