St Patrick's Day - 2025

It's never too late to be Irish!

Some of us started the week by attending the official welcome to Jerry Buttimer, TD, Ireland's Minister of State for Rural & Community Development and for Transport, who spent the week in New Zealand:




Alice Paul's Children's Choir 'stole the show', and their performance was especially appreciated by the Minister!



And then it time for the PARADE & CONCERT:














And then on Sunday 16 March, the Minister and a group from the Embassy visited HVIS 'at home', as it were:










Finally, St Patrick's Day!















We even asked Beatrix Murray, one of our younger members to take some pictures of people outside the Club, especially some of the many youngsters: