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SEVERAL LANDMARKS AROUND the world will turn green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
The Colosseum in Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro and Nelson’s Column in London are among the locations going green as part of Tourism Ireland’s seventh annual Global Greening initiative.
A number of new sites will also turn green this year, including:
7 World Trade Center, Ground Zero, New York, USA
Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team), USA
Turbo the Goat, Toronto, Canada
Cathedral of Brasília (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida), Brazil
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
Golden Gate, Gdańsk, Poland
The Executioner’s House, Gdańsk, Poland
Palace Albanija, Belgrade
Light rail system, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Karakoro Art Studio, Matsue, Japan
A full list of all the landmarks turning green can be found here.
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The day is coming when Ireland joins countries like Canada, Uruguay, Mexico, South Africa, and 18 US states in legalising cannabis for recreational use, simply because it is becoming ever more obvious that prohibition is a failed and harmful model.
@Mac Muinteoir: Hopefully so Mac, I wish it would happen sooner.
@Mac Muinteoir: It’s now decriminalised for recreational use in the Spain (EU) with some qualifications.
Spain allows its citizens to purchase cultivation equipment and allows the cultivation of a limited number of plants for personal use.
@Mac Muinteoir: looks like Germany will be making it fully legal for recreational use soon, which will be a big game changer for Europe
Would love a cup of herbal tea right now….
@Mary Ryan: “Green” tea it makes you feel ecstatic :-)
If they caught nearly 8kg you can be SURE they missed 800kg recently. Boring.
Destined for people in high places!
Was it Barry’s tea or was he just holding it for a friend. I don’t believe they found the loyns share of it yet.
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