He went so far as to reaching for a 'sick bucket' while catching a glimpse of the parade on TV.

Chris Mocko has no regrets at the bold move of swapping his desk job for life as a full-time runner, writes Denise O’Donoghue.

Coast Guard, Gardaí and members of the local community have held a candle-lit vigil for the crew of Rescue 116 at the Sundial in Blackrock, Co Louth, this evening.

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The ‘few scúps’ will now take place over the entire Dame District, from Bankers to the Mercantile.

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The first 70 bookings are available on Friday, March 17 and the remaining 430 will be available across selected midweek dates in March.

Crowds in Lisbon, Portugal, witnessed some mighty craic on March 19.

Cork City’s St Patrick’s Day parade was colourful in more ways than one, with every race represented as hundreds of non-nationals mingled with locals to join the celebration.

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A teenager in 80s Dublin starts a band to impress a girl.

Pornhub Insights has researched how St. Patrick’s Day affects porn searches, "in honor of everyone’s favourite day to get lucky".

A further sample of what was making the columns of the Cork Examiner 100 years ago this week

Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 2-18 Ballygunner (Waterford) 2-11: Na Piarsaigh’s greater experience and physicality served them well yesterday in Semple Stadium, as they turned on the afterburners in the second-half to beat Ballygunner to the Munster Club senior hurling title.

Raymond Ryan was the pick of the weekend Munster Intermediate championship winners after beating Denis O’Driscoll by almost three bowls at the Marsh Road.

On March 17 we Irish celebrate the deeds of St Patrick, but just how much do we actually know about the man behind the day, asks Kevin O’Brien?

From prisons to coastal Norway, The Panel comedian has performed his stand-up seemingly everywhere, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

Wi-Fi network operator, Bitbuzz, broke all previous records for logins over the four days from Friday 14 to Monday, 17 March.

Dublin, Galway and Cork are the top three destinations for foreign tourists this Paddy's weekend.

RTÉ’s John Creedon has reacted to the neknomination phenomenon by asking his army of listeners to join him in an alcohol-free St Patrick’s Day.

As her father became famous, Kristin Hadfield was knuckling down to her studies

Some of Earth’s most famous sights – including the Pyramids of Egypt and Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue – will be lit up green today.

IT is not necessarily true that familiarity dulls the perception of excellence.

Fourth in the table, one victory from four games and safety from the wooden spoon is not yet guaranteed. It has hardly been a Six Nations to savour for Declan Kidney’s men but tomorrow’s meeting with fifth place Italy is far from a dead rubber, not least because it could be the last time we see Ireland’s greatest ever player take to the field in a green jersey.

The 2013 M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling and Football Championships will be run off next spring, the GAA has confirmed.

DO we really want a random collection of unqualified TDs investigating the most calamitous financial disaster in the history of the State?

All-Ireland champion Conor McGuigan and Martin Toal gave Ulster a last shot win over brothers David and Aidan Murphy in the feature score at Port Mór on St. Patrick’s Day.

ONE thing I noted after moving to Ireland from England 20 years ago was the delight people showed on discovering that my ancestry didn’t peter out at a disappointing dead end in London, but could be traced back to Ireland — my father’s birthplace — in a short, straight line.

“That huge rivalry we have with England will still be there in 50 years’ time. It’s something we have built into us as Irish people and it’s important to try to use that to our advantage this weekend.”

Garrycastle ace forward Dessie Dolan will be hoping to add an AIB All-Ireland SFC Club medal to his collection this weekend as the Westmeath outfit become the first team from the Lake County to contest a St. Patrick’s Day decider.

As he continues his rehabilitation Brian O’Driscoll admits he was impressed by Rory Best’s performance as Irish captain in the 32-14 victory over Scotland in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Seán O’Brien, Rory Best and Donnacha Ryan represent Ireland’s three main injury concerns ahead of the St. Patrick’s Day meeting with England at Twickenham (5pm).

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Donal Riordan gave a five-star performance on the new Castletownkeneigh road where he beat Gavin Twohig by close to a bowl of odds.

Ken Hogan was extolling the talents of Loughgiel on Saturday when news came through the Antrim side had been taken to extra-time in their All-Ireland Club semi-final with Na Piarsaigh.

Halloween is a mish-mash of many cultures, but its roots can be found in Ireland’s pagan tradition, writes Carl Dixon.

EVEN if you’re an All-Ireland-winning senior hurling captain, an invitation to Washington to meet the President of the United States of America in his seat of office, the White House, can still throw you a little.