St Patrick's Day events

there are a few things happening this weekend that hopefully I'll be able to circumvent my currently insane schedule to attend, such as the scheduled appearance by Gerry Adams here in Buffalo: Congressman Brian Higgins would like to invite the public to join him in welcoming Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein, to Buffalo, New York for St. Patrick’s Day, 2006 by attending any of the following public events: Remarks at the Buffalo Irish Center 245 Abbott Road, Buffalo 7:15pm, St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, 2006 Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Irish Famine Memorial Wilkeson Way, Near the Erie Basin Marina, Buffalo 11:15am, Saturday, March 18, 2006 “Old Neighborhood” St. Patrick’s Day Parade Old First Ward and Valley Neighborhoods, Buffalo Noon, Saturday, March 18, 2006 Congressman Higgins recently made an official trip to Ireland, accompanied by Congressman James T. Walsh (R-25th/NY) and Congressman Tim Murphy (R-18th/PA), and met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain, US Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert Tuttle, and the leadership of each major political party involved in the peace process, including Mr. Adams.