As the cost of living crisis continues, there are plans to cut the amount of time Dublin city's Christmas lights stay on this festive season.
Last week, Minister Eamon Ryan said that councils are carefully considering their approach to the festive decorations this year as energy prices continue to soar, and said it is something the Government will "come back to" later in the year. He added: "I think local authorities are starting to look at that, they’re starting to consider every measure, but we’re not being prescriptive at that level yet."
Dublin Town erects the street lighting on behalf of the local businesses, while Dublin City Council provides the projections, which they say are now powered by hydrogenated vegetable oil generators. Each year Dublin Town spends €500,000 and six weeks erecting 5km of lights along up to 25 streets in the main shopping district of the city and this year will be no different, they promise.
