Let’s set the scene; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the third movie in the billion dollar grossing series of films based on the Twilight novels and isn’t due for release until June of this year.

Meanwhile, The Eclipse is an Irish film directed by Conor McPherson and shot in Cobh, Co. Cork. It gets a limited U.S. later this month.

Now guess which one of these films the Irish broadcaster R.T.E. showed on St Patrick’s night and guess which one of these films R.T.E’s graphics department thought they were showing on St Patrick’s night…

**SHAMROCK SHORTAGE SOLVED.**

In the meantime, Ireland’s harsh winter has left the country looking like 40 shades of brown and, according to the U.S. media, a lack of shamrocks. However, news comedian and Irish man Stephen Colbert has found a substitute. A five leafed, mind altering substitute…

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**AND FINALLY…**

Well it’s not really St Patrick’s Day related, but I think someone wasn’t at all happy to be stuck in work, manning the newsdesk at R.T.E’s website that day. Click below for a snap of a story the site published and it’s accompanying graphic:

Couldn’t the person publishing the story have gotten some stock pictures of chickens on a farm or something? Chickens are strange looking enough but chop their heads off and strip them naked…well all I can think of is this: