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  • St Patrick’s Day: spotter’s guide

    March 14, 2008 @ 8:00 am | by Shane Hegarty

    Local parade grand marshal came fourth in 2005′s You’re A Star: (spotted: __.__)

    Local dance club teens randomly grunt and thrust their way up the main street to Rihanna’s ‘Don’t Stop the Music’: (__.__)

    Clown on stilts frightens the life out of a child: (__.__)

    American tourists attempt flag-waving cheeriness while sheltering from squall: (__.__)

    Local councillor’s chains of office get caught in his belt buckle: (__.__)

    Some very big tractors feature: (__.__)

    Teenager in Celtic shirt pukes on car bonnet: (__.__)

    On the TV round-up, reporter says, “And the man himself was there”, over shot of break-dancing St Patrick doing a headspin: (__.__)

    Newsreader sports spray of shamrock bigger than their own head: (__.__)

    Marty Morrissey reports from club finals while two dozen children, and one middle-aged man, jostle to get in the shot: (__.__)


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