To: HSE

Cancel the 2020 St Patrick's Day Parades in Ireland to help reduce the spread of COVID-19

Cancel the 2020 St Patrick's Day Parades in Ireland to help reduce the spread of COVID-19

Why is this important?

The number of cases of COVID-19 in Ireland is rising at a rapid rate and the HSE won’t have the structure to deal with a crisis in our island.
HSE CEO Paul Reid admitted he “can’t dispute” claims that up to 1.9m people in Ireland could become infected.
Due to the delay in the spread of COVID-19 in Ireland, there is an opportunity to prevent new infections by cancelling the scheduled St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Ireland. If we do not take the economic hit not, there will be an even larger economic hit down the road, and possible a loss of life.