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Tuesday 6 June 2023 Dublin: 8°C

# Parade

All time
# No Limbs No Limits
Joanne O’Riordan will be the youngest ever Grand Marshal of the St Patrick’s Day Parade
The Cork student and campaigner will lead the main event on 17 March.
# Paddy's Day
Sydney's St Patrick's Day parade has been cancelled
Funding and street closures mean the event is off this year.
# fyi
Here are the details of the All-Ireland champions' parade on O'Connell St tonight
Side streets in the vicinity will closed from 6pm this evening.
# restrictions
In pics: Huge parade at Tiananmen Square but Beijing residents barred from watching
The spectacle involved more than 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft of various types.
# the rising
'"They are soldiers...": Defence Forces WILL have guns during the Easter 2016 parade
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said the Defence Forces will be central to practically all of the events that will happen next year.
# rope line
Hillary Clinton dragged reporters around with a rope and it went horribly viral
Probably not the viral image they were hoping for.
# replaced
Chairman of New York St Patrick's Day parade out after opposition to gay groups marching
John Dunleavy was the chairman for 22 years.
# love wins
16 magnificent moments from today's Dublin Pride Parade
Wonderful.
# Behind The Scenes
What happens if there's a 'wardrobe malfunction' mid-way through the parade?
Half a million people are expected in Dublin tomorrow… We chat to some of the unsung heroes of St Patrick’s Day – to find out how those incredible pageants come together.
# float on
An Irish feminist group stopped the London St Patrick's Day parade
The women were demanding “free, safe and legal” abortion in Ireland.
# FOLLOW THE RAINBOW
Irish float returns to Sydney's Mardi Gras with Panti Bliss at the helm
It’s been ten years since the last Irish float took part in the parade.
# Parade
'All systems go': Willie Frazer says several hundred will attend Dublin loyalist march
The campaigner insisted the march was being arranged to demand action on a single issue, and that it could yet be called off.
# D'Grand Marshal
Brendan O'Carroll will lead this year's St Patrick's Day parade
He looks fairly thrilled about it too.
# braunschweig
German carnival parade cancelled over threat of Islamist attack
A tip from security sources led to the cancellation.
# christmas parade
Massive Christmas tractors barrel through the streets of Carrick-On-Suir
Festive Massey Fergusons.
# Gay Pride
The sun shines on Dublin's Pride Parade as thousands attend
Today’s parade is believed to have had the biggest attendance to date.
# no leniency
Armagh players fail in appeal to overturn Ulster semi bans after Cavan parade brawl
Andy Mallon, Brendan Donaghy and Kieran Toner were all unsuccessful with their appeals.
# Time To Punish
Armagh and Cavan hit with €5,000 fines and 5 players suspended after parade brawl
The GAA’s CCCC have imposed sanctions on both teams.
# In the dock
Cavanagh expects sanctions after 'nonsense' in Armagh Cavan parade brawl
Sunday’s Ulster championship quarter-final was marred by the scenes before throw-in.
# Clap along
Galway people really know how to move
Cos their hair is black and their eyes are blue.
# paw-dy's day
Cute dog is enthralled by the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade
Who said dogs can’t join in the fun?
# let's make history
In pics: Tens of thousands turn out for Dublin's St Patrick's parade
Tens of thousands of people turned out for parades across Ireland today, with the largest being in the capital.
# just like being there
LIVE: Watch the St Patrick's Day parades in Dublin and Cork
Can’t make it in person? Never fear.
# excess
Almost 300 people cautioned for public drinking at Boston Patrick's Day parade
Five people were arrested at the parade, including three for public drinking.
# shamrock shakes
13 of the most inexplicable things about Dublin's St Patrick's Day Parade
Seriously, what’s going on with this parade?
# Last Orders
Guinness pulls out of sponsorship of NYC Patrick's Day parade at the last minute
Guinness said it was unhappy with the treatment of LGBT groups in the New York City parade.
# St Patrick's Day
Timelapse video shows Chicago turning the river green
Every year the city turns dyes its waterway for St. Patrick’s Day.
# LGBT Rights
“I’m disappointed”: Boston Mayor confirms parade pull-out, as talks with organisers fail
Activists have welcomed his decision, saying “no other group is asked to march without a banner and their standard – not the police, firefighters, or the Irish”.
# March on
No u-turn from Taoiseach on NY parade, says sexuality of marchers 'is a matter for themselves'
Kenny has repeatedly defended his attendance at the parade despite its ban on posters and slogans advocating LGBT rights.
# City of Culture
Special Olympians to be Grand Marshals at Limerick's St Patrick's Day parade
The athletes form part of Team Munster, who will be taking part in the games in Limerick later this year.
# reel honour
Michael Flatley is the Marshal of the St Patrick's Day parade in Cork
He’ll be dancing – or more likely walking slowly – down Patrick’s Street on 17 March.
# bliss in NYC
"No biggie": Rory O'Neill honoured at New York ceremony
Earlier, his alter-ego Panti made an appearance at the St Pat’s For All parade in Queens.
# Equality
Irish politicians call on New York parade to include LGBT banners
Averil Power says not allowing banners in the New York parade is “discriminatory, unfair and completely out of touch with the values of modern Ireland”.
# Not happening
New York City mayor refuses to take part in St Patrick's Day parade
Bill de Blasio says he will not walk in the parade because of the ban on participants from carrying signs for gay rights.
# Parade in Derry
Tensions high for parade in Derry after yesterday's shooting
The Parades Commission has been criticised by the Chair of Strabane District Council, for having no restrictions in place for tomorrow’s march.
# Parade
'Bed push' parade in Belfast must not pass Ardoyne area
The parade is part of a fundraising drive to send IRA victims to Libya where the government there said it will pass on information about former cooperation with the terrorist organisation.
# Golan Heights
Corporal: 'We joined the army, it's part of the job description'
The first Irish troops deploy to the Golan Heights today to join the UNDOF mission.
Voices
Column: I hope my son never lives through the kind of violent history I did
Recent violence on the streets of Belfast filled me with despair; we need to teach our children respect for each other’s identity and traditions to avoid passing on the failures of the past, writes Peter Osborne.
# Parade
Appeals for calm in Belfast ahead of Orange Order parade
The parade is due to take place at 2.30pm today.