St Patrick’s Day gets bigger and better every year, as more than 100 million people around the world celebrate our national holiday with the Irish diaspora.

TABLE Mountain in South Africa, the Empire State Building in New York and the Sky Tower in Auckland are among the iconic buildings and attractions around the world which will “go green” this year to mark St Patrick’s Day.

THE bands played on, but there was no Waltzing Matilda for Willie O’Dea.

NEW YORK’S only openly gay city councillor will march in this year’s Dublin St Patrick’s Day Parade in a deliberate snub to her home city.