There's no Christmas lights switch-on event in Cork City this year. Here's why 

The city has instead installed a new pre-programmed, interactive, immersive lighting display called Solas on Emmet Place

A public ‘Christmas lights switch-on’ event has not been held since 2019. Picture: Dan Linehan

Crowd safety concerns have again ruled out the holding of a large-scale Christmas lights switch-on ceremony in Cork City this year.

But people will be able to programme their own spectacular festive light show thanks to a new interactive Christmas lights display which has been installed on a city plaza.