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Mayor opts for her Donegal shore
15.10.10
THE Mayor of Donegal,
Cllr Cora Harvey has confirmed she will not be
travelling to the US or anywhere on St Patrick's Day
next year. The Mayor said her party, Sinn Féin, was
"never fully convinced" of the value of trips to the
US for the patron saint's day.
“I have always questioned why the mayor always
leaves their county - why shouldn’t the mayor
celebrate an Irish celebration on Irish soil and
more specifically in their own county," said Cllr
Harvey.
"We have always accepted invitations to go abroad on
St. Patrick’s day - isn’t it time that we started
issuing some invites instead and bring money into
the county?" she asked.
"I believe now more than ever that we should be
promoting St Patrick's Day at home. This particular
date has huge tourism potential and I firmly believe
that this needs to be built upon. We need to use
this time of the year when people become “100%
Irish” especially those who live abroad and
encourage our people to come home if at all
possible." |
She said she had bee
impressed by the Donegal Live programme and would
like to see it "expanded with a twist".
"Keep Donegal Live alive but in Donegal. We need to
market Donegal in Donegal - have a fun-filled week
in Donegal with a key event on St Patrick's Day. We
could pick any time of the year but I believe it
would be best to build upon an already established
date such as St. Patricks Day - when the Irish
become really Irish and the rest of the world become
Irish for that day.” She said her idea may not come
to fruition for 2011 but the county could make a
start and continue to grow the event in the year to
come. |
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Des Conlon from Cullyhanna, Co
Armagh, gets in the St Patrick's Day spirit in
Moville last year. |
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