Cork City Council Cancels St Patrick's Day Parade

Cork City Council have made the decision to cancel this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17th due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Cork's parade is the second largest in the country after Dublin with over 2,000 participants and 50,000 people expected in the city to celebrate the day.

A statement from Cork City Council says: "A risk assessment based on World Health Organisation guideline was carried out by Cork City Council which concluded that based on the demographic of those attending the parade, the close proximity of people attending the event and the duration of the event (among other considerations), Cork City Council is not in a position to provide the necessary assurances in relation to current WHO Guidelines"

More info to follow.