World's shortest St Paddy's Parade...

I had to chuckle at this newsclip on the world's shortest Paddy's Day Parade...just 100 yards from one village pub in County Cork to the next.

How sensible of the Irish to come up with a march that wastes as little drinking-time as possible on such an auspicious occasion.

So Happy St Pat's to my former work colleague Deirdre who I know will already be supping proper Dublin Guinness - and to everyone else celebrating as only the Irish know how...

Of course, in New York, the American-Irish celebrate St Patrick even bigger than the Irish-Irish. Among the internet razamataz, I found this gem of a money-spinner: you too could own a pair of these rather fetching St Paddys slippers...