The first of Dublin’s Christmas lights have already been put up

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Halloween isn't even here yet, but the Christmas lights have already started appearing in Dublin city. DublinTown has commenced putting up the city’s Christmas lights so they are ready for switch on in mid-November. This year 25 streets will have energy-efficient spectacular lighting for the festive season. DublinTown has been responsible for lighting Dublin's streets up at Christmas for 13 years. There were concerns that the Christmas lights wouldn't appear this year due to the ongoing energy crisis but DublinTown has instead decided to switch them on for shorter periods of time. The Christmas lights are also low-energy LED lighting. The lights are also operated by time clocks. The entire Christmas lights display on Grafton Street for example uses just one-third of the electricity used by just one home electric shower. The company shared, "Their presence gives a sense of joy to the city and adds to the buzz and excitement as Christmas approaches." It takes 30 people working through the night, over 4 weeks, and over 200 hours to completely erect all the lights. Every single bulb and fixture is tested by DublinTown’s lighting contractors in advance. Unfortunately, there won't be a public event to switch on the lights this year. However, they will be officially switched on in November. The lights will be switched on at around 4 pm this year. They usually turned out at 2pm, but times were altered to save energy.