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
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 ...