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Limerick celebrated its largest ever St Patrick's Day Parade with over 4600 participants taking part in the colourful event as the city celebrated being crowned 2011 EU City of Sport.

With over 4600 participants, it is believed Limerick city hosted the largest regional parade in the country. The Northside Learning Hub once again took the honours for Best Float while the Filipino community won the Most Entertaining Group award.

We filmed before the parade and chatted with some of our favourite Limerick charities and organizations like the Learning Hub, Friends of the Elderly, Doras Luimni and St. Munchin's Community Centre about the importance of sports to Limerick.

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Africa Day

The aim of the Africa Day is to celebrate the diversity and potential of the African continent and increase awareness of Ireland's many links with Africa. Since the publication of the White Paper on Irish Aid in 2006, the Irish Government, through the Irish Aid division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, made a commitment to support Africa Day events in Ireland on an annual basis.

Africa Day offers an opportunity to celebrate the heritage and identity of African communities living in Ireland and a series of events incorporating African music, dance, film, art, history, educational and children's activities and there were fun-filled day of events at Limerick City Hall and The Milk Market featuring street entertainment, drumming workshops, art, crafts and food stalls and a grand finale eclectic concert. 'This years event was a tremendous success that provided a much needed platform for integration', said Karen Mc Hugh the CEO of Doras Luimni, an organization that promotes and protects the rights of all migrants in Limerick City.

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