Life is finally getting back to normal in Dublin! After two years of Covid-19 restrictions, the Irish capital has just announced that this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held! A long-awaited event, since Ireland had completely put such festivities on hold!
It’s official, the St Patrick’s Festival organisers announced today: there will indeed be a parade through the streets of Dublin to celebrate St Patrick’s Day this year! And the event promises to be grandiose and outrageous!
This year’s theme is “Connections”. It will be an opportunity to celebrate Irish arts, culture and heritage in all its history and traditions. Dancers, musicians and gigantic floats are on the program for this grand parade!
The news was greeted with joy by the Irish. This decision spells the end of a period of great austerity, during which Ireland had demonstrated iron discipline in the face of Covid-19 restrictions.
Last month, however, Ireland made a historic shift, abandoning almost all anti-Covid-19 restrictions. To everyone’s surprise, the health pass was abolished.
The last remaining restrictive measures (such as mask wearing) should be lifted in March. All you need to enter Ireland is a vaccination pass.
Our national holiday sends a loud and clear message that Ireland is once again open for business, and we look forward to rolling out the ‘green carpet’ and welcoming visitors from near and far,” said Tourism Minister Catherine Martin in a statement.
The Dublin parade usually attracts over 500,000 people from all over the world to celebrate Ireland and its culture. The parade is intended to mark a return to normal life and sweep away more than two years of austerity, all in a spirit of joy, music and good humour!
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration will be a taste of homecoming. It will be experienced intensely and passionately, in the conviviality and hospitality so dear to the Irish.
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