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Manchester's St Patrick's Day parade still set to go ahead after Dublin event cancelled due to coronavirus

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Manchester's St Patrick's Day parade is still set to go ahead, organisers have confirmed after Dublin's celebrations were cancelled.

The Irish government has called off the capital's procession as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. Several smaller parades celebrating the country's patron saint's day on March 17 have also been abandoned .

Manchester Irish Festival organisers say their parade is still expected to go ahead as planned this Sunday, 'at this time'. The situation will be closely monitored until then, president Pat Karney said.

He told the M.E.N: "Our director of public health at the council is in daily contact with the Department of Health and their advice at the moment is there is no prohibition on public

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