'Zero tolerance' warning issued ahead of Boston St Patrick’s Day parade

Organisers tighten security and change parade route in Boston while Dublin prepares for huge St Patrick’s Day crowds

Boston's St Patricks Day Parade in 2023. 

Half a million people are expected to throng the streets of Dublin City for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade through the centre of the capital.

On Sunday, Boston is expecting double that for its St Patrick’s day parade — one of the oldest in the world — through “Southie”, but it comes as officials have warned of a “zero tolerance” for the kind of behaviour that has plagued the celebrations in recent years.