Hot on the heels of rebranding Christmas festivities in Dublin as "winter holidays" and co-opting St Brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical Celtic goddess, Dublin City Council, along with the Irish Government, launched its St Patrick’s Day festival with a distinct absence of green, Irish heritage and any connection with its religious roots.
The festival organisers, St Patrick’s Festival, a registered charity in Ireland, announced that this year the festival, which will run from 16th to 19th March, is taking on the theme of “Mar a Chéile Sinn” (We Are One), with organisers extending an open invitation to people from all over the world to come to Dublin to celebrate the day in unison.
