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Yesterday.

Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Co Galway.

John Gallen writes:

  A parade not too dissimilar to the ones I remember as a kid out West :)

It drags a little at the end though, in fairness.

Aran Islands (Facebook)

Meanwhile…

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The Denis O’Brien float at the Letterkenny, Co Donegal parade.

Rathfarnham Against the Water Charges (Facebook)

A policeman stops a 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist protester near the ECB building before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt
Policemen stand in front of 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist protesters near the ECB building before the official opening of its new headquarters in FrankfurtSmoke engulfs the city skyline during a protest of members of 'Blockupy' anti-capitalist movement near the ECB building before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany this morning.

The organisers, a group called Blockupy – named after the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011, estimated that about 10,000 demonstrators were at the rally. Thousands came into the German financial capital from other parts of Europe.

“Our protest is against the ECB, as a member of the troika, that, despite the fact that it is not democratically elected, hinders the work of the Greek government. We want the austerity politics to end,” Ulrich Wilken, one of the organizers, said. “We want a loud but peaceful protest,” he told Reuters.

Protesters clash with police near new European bank HQ in Frankfurt (Reuters)

1Westmoreland Street, Dublin last night

As St Patrick’s Day turned to night,
We were faced with the old fashioned sight,
Of those who appear,
To be full of beer,
Enjoying a puke and a fight.

John Moynes

Pic: Caroline Quinn

Update:

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Bleurgh.

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