Agri-Business
Shamrocks grown by prisoners at Castlerea Prison have been presented to the Oireachtas to raise funds for charity.
Rural Life
Shamrock farmer, Joe Sugrue has spent about four decades working at the Co. Kerry site best known for exporting to the US and elsewhere.
This St Patrick's Day An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will present a bowl of shamrock to the US President Barack Obama, a tradition which began in 1952.