Street parade to be delayed to accommodate hurling fans

WATERFORD’S Spraoi parade will go ahead as planned next Sunday, albeit a bit later than originally scheduled.

The street theatre parade, one of the highlights of the four-day Spraoi festival, runs the same evening as the All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Cork and Waterford at Croke Park.

The organisers have now gone back to the drawing board and have moved the start time of the parade from 8pm to 10pm to accommodate the thousands of Waterford fans who will travel to Dublin to watch the match.