Thousands of people across county Tipperary enjoyed parades and festivals to mark St Patrick’s Day over the weekend. Cashel, Ballylooby, Cappawhite, Cahir and Tipperary town all staged parades this year and report great participation and strong attendances with good weather an added bonus.
Youth Work Ireland were awarded the prize for best float in the Tipperary Parade with the Ladies Boutique “A Class Above” named as winner of the Best Business Window.
The President Michael D. Higgins took part in a number of events yesterday in Dublin and at his residence Aras an Uachtaráin in the final year of his second term in office.The St Patrick’s Day parade in Letterkenny was cancelled yesterday morning due to a fatal road traffic collision in the early hours of Monday morning involving two pedestrians and a car. The pedestrians were brothers Martin and Anthony Gallagher aged in their 60s – both men were hospitalised following the 3am collision and Anthony Gallagher, who worked as a school traffic warden, died later in Letterkenny hospital – the second man has been transferred to University Hospital Galway in serious condition. Garda arrested the driver of the car, a male aged in his teens. A Garda spokesperson says the driver had an earlier interaction with Gardaí and because of this the matter has been referred to The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC). The man has since been released without charge. Files will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions and Garda Youth Diversion Bureau.
