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Portrush community lit up as Christmas tree event gets go ahead

Leeanne Montgomery, local resident and one of the organisers, said it had been “stressful”.

“We were faced with so many obstacles; two councillors were brilliant in helping us,” she said.

“It gives us the power to make Dhu Varren a bigger and better place.”

Independent unionist assembly member Claire Sugden told the BBC’s Good Morning Ulster programme that it was “incredible” that the residents organised their own event.

“Dhu Varren is an area of social depravation, they don’t often get much.”

Ms Montgomery and the residents of Dhu Varren took action after Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council announced the annual Portrush Christmas tree switch-on event would be cancelled due to stormy weather.

They asked the council if it would donate a tree to the estate for their own event – the council obliged on the condition residents paid £900 towards the tree.

After crowdfunding the required amount, residents aimed to hold an event on Monday 23 December for the grand switch-on.


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