Pen a St Patrick’s Day doodle 4 Google

YOUNG doodlers have their pens at the ready to design a St Patrick’s Day homepage for global internet giant Google.

The search engine yesterday launched a national competition for primary and secondary school pupils to create an image that will be seen across the world wide web.

The doodle, to be designed under the theme My Ireland around Google’s famous logo, will feature on its homepage in Ireland, Britain, Canada and the US on March 17, 2009.