Website crashes as 300,000 view winter solstice

A WEBSITE broadcasting yesterday’s winter solstice at Newgrange crashed at one point because of the number of people viewing it.

The computer server broke down when as many as 300,000 people tried to view sunlight flooding the Co Meath passage tomb on www.heritageireland.ie

It was broadcast live for the first time yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the phenomenon.