If I seem calm, it’s exhaustion . . . I could just sit here for two hours

Just days ahead of the five-day, €73 million St Patrick’s Festival, chief executive Susan Kirby is already planning for 2020

Susan Kirby

CV: Susan Kirby

Role: chief executive, St Patrick’s Festival

Age:43

Family: married to John; one daughter, Aobha

Hobbies: Painting

Favourite movie: The Jungle Book

Recently read: Eleanor Oliphant, by Gail Honeyman

St Patrick’s Day means many things to many people. Having outgrown its origins as the feast of St Patrick himself, the day is a friendly signal that spring is upon us, even when it rains. It is a day to celebrate Ireland’s ...