New Year’s Eve parties around the globe to join virtually

Pic: Jonas Von Werne

Without a square to gather in or a house party to attend, New Year’s Eve suddenly looks pretty arbitrary. Midnights sweep the globe at a rate of roughly one per hour, so in this era of online celebrations you can not only celebrate your own New Year but everyone else’s as well.

Online events have replaced some of the world’s most iconic New Year’s festivities – and they’re all being live-streamed for free. Here’s when you can bid a not-so-fond farewell to 2020 and mark the start of 2021, in Ireland’s dates and times….