St Patrick’s Day parades in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan cancelled
LOCAL parades across South County Dublin have this afternoon been cancelled following concerns over the spread of coronavirus.
Parades were scheduled to take to the streets of Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan next Tuesday, March 17.
However, the three parade committees have this afternoon confirmed that their March 17 events have been cancelled.
A decision on the Four Districts Parade (Rathcoole, Saggart, Newcastle and Brittas) will be made at a committee meeting later this evening.
In a Facebook post, the committee behind the Tallaght parade wrote: “It is with heavy heart that we have to announce that due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and the risk to public health, the 2020 St Patrick’s Day Tallaght Parade has to be cancelled.”
Announcing its decision on Facebook, the Clondalkin parade committee said: “We know a lot of people will be disappointed by this decision but we must put public health first.”
The move locally comes after a number of parades across the country were cancelled in Dublin, Cork and Waterford today.
To date, 33 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland.
For further information on Covid-19 and for up-to-date advice visit HSE website.
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