LAST YEAR’S TRADITIONAL Christmas Eve busk on Grafton Street had to be shut down early because of overcrowding.

Perhaps that’s why this year’s was planned for a proper stage outside the Gaiety Theatre.

Danny O’Reilly from The Coronas, Hozier and many others joined Glen Hansard and friends to raise money for Home Sweet Home – the organisation that campaigns to end homelessness in Ireland.

Here they are belting out Heyday for a packed audience this evening.

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Here’s a snippet of Hozier’s performance.

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The weather also stayed dry and reasonably mild, thankfully, allowing a large crowd to gather on the pedestrianised street.

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Thank you to everyone outside the Gaiety Theatre right now, raising money and awareness of homelessness with @Glen_Hansard and friends pic.twitter.com/ZbhZzC0vCd — HomeSweetHome (@HSHIreland) December 24, 2017 Source: HomeSweetHome /Twitter

Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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