Dublin Spire goes green for St Patrick's Festival

Dublin goes green for the official launch of @light2015irl. The spire looks beautiful! #lightirl #stpatricksfest pic.twitter.com/k5o8bsG2EG

— Philips Lighting (@Philips_lights) March 13, 2015

The iconic Spire of Dublin has gone green as part of this year's St Patrick's Festival celebrations.

Four days of events get underway today and the Spire will be green in collaboration with the UNESCO International Year of Light Ireland 2015.

The Spire will also stream a twitter feed displaying tweets with the dedicated hashtag #LightIRL.

To see your message lit up on The Spire in Dublin City tweet your message with the hashtag #lightirl #IYL2015 pic.twitter.com/ZwJCaFsGeL

— Light 2015 Ireland (@light2015irl) March 13, 2015

Edel Moss, marketing and development director of the festival, said that lighting such a huge monument is no mean feat.

"I suppose being 398ft monument to light is a very dificult task, so it's all the new, latest technology being used on it," she said.