'We all really enjoy it. Sure, why wouldn’t you?': Meet the team behind Cork's Christmas lights

The twinkling lights may just be for Christmas but it’s a year-long operation to create that festive magic. Eoin English went behind the scenes to meet the team that lights up Cork for Christmas

Electrician Shane Kenny making some fine adjustments on the Christmas Tree in Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy

For most of us, it all happens with the flick of a switch but for Cormac O’Sullivan and his team at Cork City Council, the official switch-on of the city’s festive lights marks the end of a year of planning, months of preparation, weeks of installation, and days of meticulous testing.

Despite the hard work, the pressure and the weight of expectation in the run-up to Christmas, it’s still the most wonderful time of the year for Cormac and his team.