Derry's St Patrick's Day celebrations to be streamed live worldwide

 Derry’s St Patrick’s Day festivities are to streamed live to a global audience.

Local people will also have the opportunity to record a special message to share with loved ones scattered across the globe during the two hours of coverage, which will be streamed on the Derry City Council website and City of Culture’s Facebook page on Tuesday.

The festivities will be captured from 1.30pm and will feature video messages from home along with a live broadcast of the entire carnival parade which kicks off at 2.30pm. 

Streaming will continue until 3.00pm.

To  watch the celebrations go to www.derrycity.gov.uk/StPatricksDay/Live-Streaming or at www.facebook.com/cityofculture2013 from 1.30pm - 3.30pm.

To have your video message pre-recorded for that special someone email: [email protected] to guarantee a slot as there are only a limited number of spaces available.