Win or Luas: The day Ireland witnessed two capital St Patrick’s Day parades

IT was a case of win or Luas with the St Patrick’s Day parades yesterday.

Win or Luas: The day Ireland witnessed two capital St Patrick’s Day parades

Cork’s bigger, better, European Capital of Culture effort was a resounding winner while Dublin’s was equally impressive, but a bit shorter, in height.

A massive 700,000 spectators witnessed the vertically challenged Dublin parade, the biggest in the country which had 3,000 participants and 17 international marching bands.

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