ST PATRICK'S DAY

The advertisements which were placed around Toronto metro in Canada have been removed.

Organisers saying more than 100,000 people were due to take part.

The St Patrick's Day Festival and Parade will take place on Sunday 13 March.

The duchess also pinned a traditional sprig on the battalion's wolfhound mascot Domhnall.

Kate Middleton decorates the regimental mascot, an Irish Wolfhound named Domnhall, with shamrocks.

These celebrities have all had their ancestry traced back to Ireland.

For the first time in the 114-year history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade, gay rights activists marched openly.

St Patrick's Day is celebrated by Irish nationals around the world on 17 March.

Parade organisers confirm openly gay group to march through New York for first time

Cath Everett watches a 'Fake Irish Accent' competition and dodges men dressed as leprechauns

Duchess of Cambridge decorates Mons Barracks in Aldershot mascot, an Irish Wolfhound, with national emblem of Ireland

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Landmark buildings including the London eye were all illuminated with green lights.