'Every year, you see a sea of green in Trafalgar Square': London's Irish light up St Patrick's Day parade

People during the St Patrick's Day parade in central London. Picture: Lucy North/PA

“It is great to be here in one of the most Irish cities in the world,” Tánaiste Simon Harris bellowed into the microphone.

No, he was not in Cork. He was in London. Famously, London is not in Ireland. It is in England.