Sir, – As a resident of the north inner city I am writing to condemn Dublin City Council’s illumination of O’Connell Street this Christmas. This light show is expensive and tacky, and has been growing year on year.
This evening, as I came home from work, I was subjected to music blasting from what look like watch towers, which double as projection booths overlaying the GPO, a site of significant cultural and political importance, with banal Christmas clipart.
Worse again is the starburst LED lights clumsily affixed behind the statues of O’Connell Street, trivialising these works of art and the people depicted.
Vulgarity aside, I question the needless energy consumption and great disturbance this must cause wildlife. The council should be sending a message of modesty and conservation of energy in this climate crisis. I urge those responsible to question the scale of illumination next year. – Yours, etc,
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DAVID LAWLESS,
Dublin 1.