St Patrick’s Day parade looks for new home after row with US city

THE organisers of a controversial St Patrick’s Day parade in New Jersey are looking for another city to host their annual march after it was moved by local officials fed up with the number of drink-fuelled arrests.

Irish-American groups reacted angrily to Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer’s decision to switch the parade from the traditional first Saturday in March to a Wednesday evening.

The city defended the move, claiming that increasing levels of arrests had put too much of a strain on the police force and other local authority workers.