So it is St Patrick's Day, the Irish national day of celebration. This is a day which is supposed to be held in honour of the saint who brought Catholicism to Ireland. Indeed this is the man who returned to our island after he escaped from slavery here.
Yet how do the majority of Irish people see this day?
As a day for drinking.
I can honestly say that I have never spent a St Patrick's Day in the pub, indeed I don't think I have even spent that night in the pub either. So I cannot speak from experience about the queues and the hiked prices of alcohol on this day. But just take a look at the parade travelling down O Connell St in Dublin today, the crowds are 10-15 people deep in places at the side of the street.
Just how many of them will leave the parade and head straight into the nearest bar for the evening?
It will be a fairly high percentage I can tell you that much. Just what example is this that we are setting for youth? Its our national day and we spend it half langered in a pub, singing Irish songs and claiming to be patriotic about our country, yet just how many people can tell you what our national colour is.........and no its not green.....