City washes away flood woes with maritime celebration

IF Captain Hook represented the recession, he was well and truly chased out of Cork yesterday as 60,000 people put the economic woes behind them to watch the St Patrick’s Day parade.

There may have been grey skies, but the rain held off as 2,100 people took part in a colourful procession that wound its way through the city for nearly two hours.

The children’s favourite attraction proved to be a 40ft crocodile made by Waterford Spraoi, which helped Peter Pan chase the infamous fictional pirate from the banks of the Lee.