#RTEVirtualParade has been trending on Twitter in Ireland all day and there have been thousands of posts from home and abroad.
What a brilliant toy parade in #Kildare, it goes on and on showing the huge effort that went in to setting it up
Some told the story of St Patrick in their own words, including two young girls decided to re-enact St Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland with jelly worms.
Children in Killorglin in Kerry carried a cut out Sam Maguire in their floats, while one musical family used the Hamiliton soundtrack to tell the story of our patron saint.
21 arrested over breaches of public health regulations
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021
20:48
Crime Correspondent
Twenty-one people - 17 males and four females - have been arrested in connection with public order offences and breaches of Covid-19 legislation in Dublin.
Fourteen people appeared before a sitting of Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice this evening. Seven were charged and released on station bail.
Gardaí say the vast majority of people are complying with the regulations, and added that overwhelming levels of compliance were reported throughout today.
A number of events which were organised on social media took place, but gardaí said limited numbers were in attendance.