Happy St Patrick’s Day to everyone. What better day to celebrate our love of Ireland and everything Irish.

Dublin sunrise on the Liffey

The St. Patrick’s parade in Birmingham is the largest parade outside of Ireland to take place.  

Birmingham celebrates 

Dublin is my favourite city and I feel so privileged to have made several trips to the Emerald Isle.

Grafton Street in Dublin by night

The liveliness and overall chypre feel of Dublin has always appealed to me and will continue to as I get older. It’s a city I have always loved to go back to.

Ireland inspires. It is one of the countries that has produced some of the best music, old and new and it’s also the birthplace of 24 Olympic gold medalists, 14 Oscar winners and 9 out of 10 of the world’s global pharmaceutical firms. Forbes has called Ireland the best country to do business. 1,033 companies from all over the world have chosen the Emerald Isle as their base because it remains number 1 for adaptability of their workforce. If you’ve ever been to Ireland you may have met some of the most charitable people in Europe. Ireland, 5 million people live there, but no wonder more than 70 million, including me, call it home!

Starbucks St Patrick’s Day Green Tea Frappucino 

If, like me, the spirit of the Emerald Isle is strong, be sure to enjoy a pop of green today.  Happy St Paddy’s!