A selection of pictures showcasing some of the brightest homes and festive lights in Dublin and beyond
A house covered in Christmas lights at Weston Crescent in Lucan.
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Christmas lights at William Tilly's home on Bath Avenue, Dublin.
Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
David and Denise Barrett and their children Harry, Atticus and Greta from Loughrea, Co. Galway. Photograph : Hany Marzouk
Christmas lights on the Raheny Road, Dublin.
Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Visitors outside Dylan Walsh's Cappagh Green house in Finglas. Dylan convinced neighbours to decorate their houses and it is proving a big draw with a steady stream of visitors.
Photograph: Crispin Rodwell / The Irish Times
A house on Harmonstown Road, Dublin, decorated for Christmas.
Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Christmas Lights on a house in Palmserstown in Dublin.
Photograph: Tom Honan / The Irish Times.
A house on the Bog road in Dunboyne, Co. Meath which has over 2,500 meters of lighting and over 60 white electronic Christmas trees.
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
A house on the Bog road in Dunboyne, Co. Meath which has over 2,500 meters of lighting and over 60 white electronic Christmas trees.
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Joanne Whelan at her home on Thornville Road in Dublin, which she has decorated for Christmas to raise funds for ABACAS School Kilbarrack, an evidence based school for children with a diagnosis of autism which her son Alex attends. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
'Winter Lights 2020' at The Hugh Lane Gallery. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
'Winter Lights 2020' on The Arch at the IFSC beside The Epic Centre. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
'Winter Lights 2020' on The Jeanie Johnston and Beckett Bridge. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Frontline workers honoured in the 'Winter Lights 2020' projection at Smithfield Square in Dublin.
Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times