VIDEO: Watch the Irish fun and games in Tynemouth

All things Irish were celebrated today as part of a huge fund-raising campaign on a local beach.
Tynemouth Green Day St Patrick's Pooches entrant Daphne with her owner Gillian Maguire
Picture by Jane ColtmanTynemouth Green Day St Patrick's Pooches entrant Daphne with her owner Gillian Maguire
Picture by Jane Coltman
Tynemouth Green Day St Patrick's Pooches entrant Daphne with her owner Gillian Maguire Picture by Jane Coltman

St Oswald’s Hospice and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust were two of the charities being supported by Green Day at Longsands beach.

Moyra’s Green Run was part of the fundraising efforts alongside other exciting and entertaining initiatives such as an ambitious attempt to break the world record for the largest human shamrock and a St Patrick's Pooches competition.

The event was organised by Blackswan, the Tynemouth-based consultancy firm