A Glasgow MSP has called on the city to adopt official civic celebrations for St Patrick's Day.
The cultural and religious celebration sees over 75 million people across the globe mark the traditional feast day of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland on March 17 every year.
A public holiday in Ireland and Northern Ireland, cities such as Dublin, Boston, New York and Chicago host large-scale and internationally renowned street parades, with the latter even dying its river green as part of its annual St. Patrick's Day tradition.
Now Labour (Co-op) MSP Paul Sweeney is calling on Glasgow City Council to join other cities across the globe in officially recognising the celebration.
He tweeted: "Glasgow must be the only major western city with a large Irish diaspora - indeed one of the world's oldest and largest - that doesn't have official civic celebrations for St. Patrick's Day.
"It's time we addressed that."
The tweet was met with a mixed response from Glaswegians.
One responded: "Why would we want, or even need, 'official civic celebrations'?? More politicians and officialdom? No thanks."
While another wrote: "We barely recognise St Andrews day why should we recognise another country’s patron Saint? Should be pushing for wider recognition of our own patron Saint."
They were joined by a further person who replied that it was a "a valid view and a stain on the city that Irish people haven't been openly able to organise/celebrate."
