Plans by popular student club Cargo to feature a dwarf actor playing a leprechaun for its St Patrick’s Day party have been pulled following a backlash. Printworks, which houses the Cargo club, also stepped in to have the planned ‘leprechaun meet and greet’ element of the night excluded from tomorrow's night party.
Students on a WhatsApp mailing list set up by the party’s promoter, DNA Events Manchester, were sent a message earlier this week with details of the event.
“This Friday we are hosting Manchester’s biggest Paddy’s Day event at Cargo,” the message read. “There’s a huge club dressing, plenty of Irish hats and handouts and we’ve got our own dwarf leprechaun that will be going round the venue taking pictures all night.”
