PEOPLE HAVE BEEN driving home for Christmas all day — and whether it’s just to the Dublin suburbs, or further afield, by this evening the city will really begin to empty ahead of tomorrow’s big shut-down.

TheJournal.ie reader Remy Connolly was up early last Christmas, and decided to head into the city with a camera to “see what was going on”.

Aside from the occasional distant human figure, the normally bustling streets around Dublin 2 were more-or-less deserted.

It made for some pretty interesting photos:

After the exodus: Eerie Christmas Day photos of empty Dublin streets

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College Green from Dame Street
College Green
Westmoreland Street
Grafton Street
Harcourt Street
O'Connell Bridge
Stephen's Green Luas
College Green from Dame Street
College Green
Westmoreland Street
Grafton Street
Harcourt Street
O'Connell Bridge
Stephen's Green Luas

Thanks Remy!

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College Green from Dame Street

College Green

Westmoreland Street

Grafton Street

Harcourt Street

O'Connell Bridge

Stephen's Green Luas