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Programme: Jason Hughes
St Patrick's Day celebrations in Derry
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on next : Gerry Anderson

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CELEBRATING ST PATRICK

How should St Patrick's Day be celebrated? Are the tricolours intimidating to unionists? Has the religious element been lost? Celebrations in the North West passed off largely peacefully. But not without controversy.

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SUCCESSFUL PARADE

Thousands of people attended the parade in Derry. But away from the festival there was minor trouble.

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FLAGSIrish Tricolour

The former mayor of Derry, Joe Miller, objects to the number of tricolours he saw in the city during St Patrick's Day.

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DISGUSTING

Mary says she finds the St Patrick's Day celebrations "disgusting and pagan".

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