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16th Mar 2018

You can now watch this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade for free online anywhere in the world with this simple trick

Kate Demolder

No excuse to miss it now.

Checking in on Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day Parade is now possible anywhere in the world, thanks to RTÉ Player.

Wherever you are across the globe, you can tune in online to catch up with celebrations from around Ireland and across the globe, celebrating the ‘Best of Ireland’ with a collection of short clips, documentaries, interviews and more.

Presented by Aidan Power, Blathnaid Ní Chofaigh and Des Cahill, from 12.15pm (Irish time), the St. Patrick’s Day parade will weave its way through the heart of the capital city alongside a legion of cheering spectators.

This year sees none other than Dubliner Liam Cunningham, star of Game of Thrones, lead the parade as Grand Marshall.

Community groups and pageant companies from all over Ireland will also be coming together to celebrate the parade theme “Home Is Where the Heart Is” with over 2,000 band members from far and wide deliver dazzling rhythms and uplifting music that will reverberate throughout the city’s streets.

In addition to the live parade, viewers can also watch cities around the world go green in a series of special news reports. Audiences can also catch up on regional parades from across the North, South, East and West of Ireland which will be added throughout St. Patrick’s Day on RTÉ Player.

To tune in to all of the St Patrick’s day goodness RTÉ has to offer, you can do so here