Cork's St Patrick’s Day festival to honour centenarians

Pride of place at the forthcoming St Patrick’s Day parade in Cork will go to anybody celebrating their 100th birthday this year.

Cork City Council wants to acknowledge those of a special age, due to this year’s centenary of the Easter Rising.

A spokesman for City Hall said the theme for the parade is ‘1916 the legacy’ and citizens, who were born when the history of our modern nation was being forged, are our legacy.