Spiralling insurance and other costs are being blamed for the demise of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Drogheda, which has been an annual event for two centuries. Spiralling insurance and other costs are being blamed for the demise of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Drogheda, which has been an annual event for two centuries. The current parade committee, which has been staging the event for the past 34 years, blamed out-of-control insurance costs for literally raining on their parade. “We’re lucky if we have one float,” she said of the prohibitive insurance costs. The only time it was cancelled was during the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis, Ms Sanroma said.

Source: Irish Independent January 17, 2020 19:30 UTC