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February social chill snaps as March roars onto the Hill

St. Patrick's Day tops the calendar in March, which also has events on deck from the British and Japanese embassies, Conservative Women in Politics, and includes a screening of the Jacinda Ardern documentary.

Former Irish ambassador Eamonn McKee, centre, toasts to St. Patrick on March 20, 2024, at the Irish residence, alongside the ambassadors from Indonesia, Lithuania, Belgium, and Pakistan at that year's St. Patrick's Day reception.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY STUART BENSON

March 9, 2026

Long time no see, party people! Your friendly neighbourhood social columnist, Party Central, has returned after an unexpected shindig hiatus for the month of February.

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