There won’t be fireworks at the Council events, as they have a detrimental effect on humans and pets – Dublin City Council had decided.

Is a motion to restrict the use of fireworks in the festive season a “killjoy”? To discuss Shane spoke to Deirdre Heney, a Fianna Fáil councillor in Clontarf, and Hazel deNortúin, People Before Profit councillor.