The Program was introduced in October 2010, starting off with a size of about 35 trillion yen, and the increased purchases were scheduled to be completed at the end of 2011. Since then, the size of the Program has been increased repeatedly and the timeframe has also been extended.
On St Kilian’s feast day (just recently on 8 July), relics (the skulls of Killian and his followers preserved in a glass case), are – I’ve read - paraded through the town and put on display in the cathedral. Thankfully Irish/German relations today have moved beyond beheadings and patronage.