Final Gathering of 2013 to ring in the new year

After gathering momentum all year, the organisers of Ireland’s biggest ever tourism promotion were not about to let the pace slacken on the last night of 2013.

A spectacular package of events was put together to mark the end of the year of The Gathering and to greet 2014 with high hopes of a continued upswing in the tourist industry’s fortunes.

Dublin city centre was turned into one giant party zone for the event dubbed the Ultimate Gathering, with a giant stage erected in College Green for the Countdown Concert headlined by Madness, while St Stephen’s Green was taken over by the People’s Procession of Light.