Wearing o’ the green - Yes, we have great events to celebrate

IT’S been many, many years since we had to celebrate our national day in the face of such daunting economic and social challenges.

Nevertheless, we will celebrate with enthusiasm and, even if government backbenchers are keeping their heads down because they would prefer to avoid angry constituents, the parades will go on and the old songs will be sung with recession-defying gusto.

Some of us will gladly wear silly hats and pull sillier faces to amuse ourselves and our children, all in the name of remembering an enslaved Welsh swineherd who lived more than 1,500 years ago and had the good fortune to become our national saint.