{"id":841879,"date":"2025-04-18T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T23:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/heres-what-happened-today-st-patricks-day\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T23:12:18","slug":"heres-what-happened-today-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/heres-what-happened-today-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s What Happened Today: St Patrick&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEED TO CATCH up?\u00a0<em>The Journal<\/em>\u00a0brings you a round-up of today\u2019s news.\n<\/p>\n<h3>IRELAND<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img2.thejournal.ie\/inline\/6652307\/original\/?width=650&#038;version=6652307\"  alt=\"Saint Patricks Parade-66_90723570\"><span><br \/>\n            Revellers watch as floats from the Dublin Parade make their way through the city.                    <span>rollingnews.ie<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span><br \/>\n    rollingnews.ie<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is safe to say that hundreds of thousands of Irish people and visitors have thronged the streets of almost every village, town and city today \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/pictures-st-patricks-day-ireland-6651793-Mar2025\/?utm_source=thejournal&#038;utm_content=top-stories\">here are the pictures of the day\u2019s events<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The T\u00e1naiste and Taoiseach have said that Conor McGregor \u201cdoesn\u2019t speak for the people of Ireland\u201d after the MMA fighter arrived in Washington to hold a meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/simon-harris-conor-mcgregor-white-house-trump-6652125-Mar2025\/?utm_source=thejournal&#038;utm_content=top-stories\">with US President Donald Trump<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The National St Patrick\u2019s Day parade took place in Dublin this afternoon, with an estimated 500,000 people gathering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/national-st-patricks-day-parade-dublin-6652065-Mar2025\/\">in the city centre to watch the procession<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Two men who were struck by a runaway car in Co Donegal in the early hours of St Patrick\u2019s Day were brothers who lived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/two-pedestrians-hospitalised-struck-car-letterkenny-donegal-6651975-Mar2025\/?utm_source=thejournal&#038;utm_content=top-stories\">less than 100 yards from the scene<\/a> of the tragedy.<\/li>\n<li>Garda\u00ed have arrested a man who allegedly smashed up a departure gate inside Dublin Airport Terminal One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/gardai-arrest-man-who-allegedly-smashed-up-dublin-airport-departure-gate-after-missed-flight-6652076-Mar2025\/?utm_source=thejournal&#038;utm_content=top-stories\">this morning after missing his flight<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Two men have been arrested and a firearm with ammunition has been seized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/two-men-arrested-in-dublin-as-gardai-find-firearm-and-ammunition-in-search-operation-6652284-Mar2025\/\">following a search in Dublin today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Dean Hotel Group paid out \u20ac18.07m in cash for a Clarence Hotel company co-owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/bono-the-edge-clarence-hotel-payout-6652191-Mar2025\/\">U2\u2019s Bono and The Edge in October 2023<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Garda\u00ed of the Armed Support Unit (ASU) in Limerick have been involved in an operation which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/limerick-armed-support-unit-garda-limerick-guns-clare-6652048-Mar2025\/\">seized two guns and arrested two men<\/a> in a major operation overnight.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris has moved to reassure the undocumented Irish living in the US that the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/undocumented-irish-simon-harris-6651919-Mar2025\/\">has not forgotten about them<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>As Ireland marks St Patrick\u2019s Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ukrainians-in-ireland-on-three-years-of-war-6630089-Mar2025\/\">many Ukrainians here<\/a> are marking their third anniversary of fleeing their homeland around now.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has ruled out running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/micheal-martin-rules-out-run-for-president-6651909-Mar2025\/\">the presidency this year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ireland Independent MEP Ciaran Mullooly has a five-point plan to address house prices across Ireland and the EU in his new role as vice-chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ciaran-mullooly-housing-eu-6647488-Mar2025\/\">European Parliament\u2019s housing committee<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Landlord Ires reit agreed during mediation with the rental sector regulator to stop trying to charge a tenant \u20ac150 monthly for the \u2018common area\u2019 of a Drumcondra apartment block \u2013 but two months later began pursuing other tenants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ires-reit-common-area-charge-6648645-Mar2025\/\">for the fee at the same building<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>THE WORLD<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img2.thejournal.ie\/inline\/6652318\/original\/?width=650&#038;version=6652318\"  alt=\"new-york-ny-usa-17th-mar-2025-new-yorks-st-patricks-day-parade-attracted-participants-and-onlookers-to-fifth-avenue-to-the-annual-skirl-of-bagpipes-and-beat-of-drums-credit-ed-lefkowiczalam\"><span><br \/>\n            A marcher in the New York St Patrick&#8217;s Day parade plays the bagpipes on a Fifth Avenue in the city today.                    <span>Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span><br \/>\n    Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>#UKRAINE\u00a0<\/strong>Aggression cannot be rewarded, T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris said today in New York when asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/trump-putin-ukraine-talks-land-power-plants-6651940-Mar2025\/\">US President Donald Trump and Russia\u2019s President\u00a0Vladimir Putin<\/a> speaking tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>#LEBANON<\/strong>\u00a0The Israeli military has said it has killed two suspected Hezbollah members in an air strike near the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/air-strike-drone-strike-idf-south-lebanon-hezbollah-killed-6652040-Mar2025\/\">Tyre in South Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#USA<\/strong>\u00a0Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple US states resulted in violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/39-dead-tornadoes-wildfires-dust-storms-united-states-6651965-Mar2025\/\">at least 39 people dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#RED SEA<\/strong>\u00a0Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed to have twice attacked an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/houthi-rebels-attacks-us-aircraft-carrier-group-strikes-yemen-6651950-Mar2025\/\">American aircraft carrier group<\/a> within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#NORTH MACEDONIA<\/strong>\u00a0Authorities have detained 15 people and ordered a nationwide review of entertainment venue licenses after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/15-people-detained-north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-6651930-Mar2025\/\">a nightclub fire left 59 people dead<\/a> and 155 injured.<\/p>\n<h3>PARTING SHOT<\/h3>\n<p>While we\u2019re all safe at home in Ireland a group of Irish men and women are in the hills of South Lebanon on a peacekeeping mission with the United Nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0They received their service medals today and sprigs of Shamrock in an event at their camp near At Tiri.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Today, 213 members of IRISHPOLBATT\u2014113 Irish &#038; 100 Polish\u2014were awarded the UNIFIL medal today, recognising their dedication to peacekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>On this special <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StPatricksDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StPatricksDay<\/a>, we honour their service &#038; celebrate our proud heritage. <\/p>\n<p>L\u00e1 fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig sona dhaoibh \u2618\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OscMzW0NZp\">pic.twitter.com\/OscMzW0NZp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 125 Infantry Battalion UNIFIL (@irishpolbatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishpolbatt\/status\/1901637769966785007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"contribution-inline-prompt-banner\">\n<p>\n                Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone&#8230;\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article.<br \/>\n                <b><br \/>\n                    Over 5,000 readers like you 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IRELAND Revellers watch as floats from the Dublin Parade make their way through the city. rollingnews.ie rollingnews.ie It is safe to say that hundreds of thousands of Irish people and visitors have thronged the streets of almost every village, town and city today \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":841880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,211],"tags":[10134,5521],"class_list":{"0":"post-841879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-happened","8":"category-heres","9":"tag-happened","10":"tag-heres"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}