St Patrick's Day parade in New York to be broadcast across Atlantic

LGBT banner to feature in parade for first time

New York on St Patrick's Day. Pic: Getty

The historic 255th New YorkSt Patrick’s Day parade will be broadcast live for the first time in Ireland and Britain by Irish TV.

It will be broadcast live by Sky channel Irish TV from 3-7pm (GMT) on March 17 on Sky 191 and online at www.irishtv.com.

Speaking about the announcement, the chairman of New York's St Patrick's Day Parade John Lahey said "We are honoured that Irish TV allows us to share this ...