Ireland is in the middle of a crisis...they have a shamrock shortage! The shamrock, a clover plant is the iconic symbol for St. Patricks Day did not survive well through the winter. The shamrock crop in Ireland was hit by severe winter weather that is making the plant in short supply for this year. There is also a shortage of land for the clovers to grow on because the meadowland that they are found on has been overtaken by farmland.
To make it through the holiday, they will be using bogus shamrocks. Basically there are other species of clover that looks like the shamrock.
