No New Year's Eve concert planned for Dublin

The launch of the NYE Festival in Dublin in 2017. File picture: Arthur Carron

Dublin's annual New Year's Eve concert will not be going ahead to ring in 2023, it has been announced.

According to Dublin City Council's planning office, the licence application for this year's event reveals that instead of a concert taking place, the celebrations will focus on the "Midnight Moment" and fireworks.