Over 200 iconic landmarks and sites around the worldhave been  illuminated in green as part of Tourism Ireland’s 201

6 Global Greening initiative to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick.

Brendan O'Carroll is  pictured at the New Brighton Pier in Christchurch, New Zealand which is bathed in green light.

 

From Rome to Rio and from London to Las Vegas, a host of buildings and sites around the world are turning a shade of green to celebrate our national day. New sites taking part in 2016 include 7 World Trade Center at Ground Zero in New York, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Yas Viceroy hotel in Abu Dhabi and the Nelson Mandela statue in Johannesburg. They are joined by some ‘old favourites’ which have gone green in previous years – including the Colosseum in Rome, the Sacré Cœur basilica in Paris, the Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

 

Tourism Ireland’s annual Global Greening initiative has gone from strength to strength – from its beginning in 2010, with just the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland going green, to this year, with some 200 sites taking part.