Glow festival saved in time for Christmas after budget adjustments

Christmas in Cork has been saved after City Hall secured enough funding to stage the city’s hugely popular Glow festival again this year.

Glow funding was slashed during last year’s city council budget meeting, sparking concerns that this year’s event may not happen. But the Irish Examiner has learned that following adjustments to several internal council budgets, officials were able to confirm in recent weeks that enough money would be in place to stage the event every weekend across December.

Councillors said they were delighted to give the festival, which costs an estimated €140,000 to run annually, the green light again this year.