A new, troublesome topic hovered over the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York this year: Britain's failed Brexit deal with the European Union that could squeeze Ireland's economy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio carries an Irish flag while marching in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday in New York City.
"I've always been so proud to be an Irish American, and that's what today is about; it's more than just one big party, it's about celebrating our freedom," said the Hoboken, N.J., resident. "When the Irish take to the streets this Saturday for the 258th St. Patrick's Day Parade, our thoughts will take us far beyond the festivities on Fifth Ave. to Washington, D.C., and to the British Parliament in London," the grand marshal of this year's parade in Manhattan, attorney Brian O'Dwyer, wrote in an editorial in the New York Daily News this week.
O'Dwyer said Irish Americans are ready to mobilize politically to oppose any arrangement that leads to a restoration of the hard border that once split the Emerald Isle.
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