{"id":261498,"date":"2026-01-01T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/261498\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:49:15","slug":"heres-what-all-your-favourite-irish-celebs-got-up-to-on-nye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/261498\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s what all your favourite Irish celebs got up to on NYE"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some people, going out to a party on New Year’s Eve is a non-negotiable, while others couldn’t think of anything worse and prefer a cosy night in – and celebs are just the same!<\/p>\n

While some spent the night in the pub with friends, others had made plans for exciting holidays abroad<\/a>, but some rang in the New Year in their PJs in front of the fire.<\/p>\n

Here’s what your favourite Irish celebrities had planned for NYE 2025.<\/p>\n

Roz Purcell<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Roz Purcell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Roz Purcell is currently travelling around South America<\/a> and rang in the New Year watching an incredible fireworks display on a beach in Rio de Janerio. She joked that she ‘felt like I was in a cult’ as per Brazilian tradition, everyone was dressed in white – to symbolise new beginnings – and were holding flowers, which they later threw in the sea.<\/p>\n

The influencer joined in the ritual, walking down to the waves after midnight and throwing her flower into the ocean, which represents an offering to Brazil’s goddess of the sea, to ask for good fortune in 2026.<\/p>\n

Amy Huberman\u00a0and Brian O’Driscoll<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Amy Huberman\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Amy Huberman\u00a0and Brian O’Driscoll had an unusual New Year’s Eve as they rang in 2026 by taking an arts and crafts workshop with friends, making mosaic tiles!<\/p>\n

The Ah Wines founder shared before-and-after pictures of their colourful tiles, writing: ‘Didn’t think I’d be seeing out the year making mosaic tiles with my crew.’<\/p>\n

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Vogue Williams\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews are back from their Christmas trip abroad in Spain and returned to the Irish model’s native Howth to see out the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

The couple, along with their three children, Theodore, Gigi, and Otto, spent at NYE having dinner at a popular local eatery, King Sitric Seafood Bar, and then watched the fireworks display over Howth harbour.<\/p>\n

The Garrihys<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Aoibh\u00edn Garrihy\/Instagram<\/p>\n

With young kids, sometimes it’s wise to play some tricks with time on New Year’s Eve, a tactic that The Garrihy’s employed for the little ones this year as they moved ‘midnight’ to a much earlier time before their bedtime.<\/p>\n

Aoibh\u00edn shared a video of her and Ailbhe’s kids celebrating with sparklers outside and wrote: ‘Happy New Year, 7pm countdown worked a dream.’<\/p>\n

Rosalind Lipsett<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Rosalind Lipsett\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Rosalind Lipsett rang in the New Year in one of Dublin’s newest hotspots, D\u00edon restaurant, as they enjoyed a delicious dinner and champagne, followed by a perfect view of the fireworks display over Dublin’s city centre.<\/p>\n

She posed on the rooftop writing: ‘2026 has a good ring to it.’<\/p>\n

Louise Cantillon <\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Louise Cantillon\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Louise Cantillon marked the end of 2025 with a special New Year’s trip away with her family and her husband Declan Hannon in Vienna. <\/p>\n

The How To Gael podcast host got all wrapped up to withstand the freezing temperatures in the Austrian\u00a0capital as they celebrated NYE.<\/p>\n

Maura Higgins <\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Maura Higgins\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Maura Higgins has had an absolute whirlwind of a year, so it’s understandable that she wanted a night in for New Year’s Eve for a change. <\/p>\n

The former Love Island star is having a cosy girls’ trip to the Lake District, enjoying cinnamon buns, a glass of red, and a night cuddled up in a duvet by the fire, writing: ‘Ending the year the way I love most… slow, cosy, [and] grateful.’<\/p>\n

Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Brian Dowling\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian booked a staycation in the Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow for a relaxing break over New Year’s. <\/p>\n

They took their daughters, Blake and Blu, and Arthur’s mum,\u00a0Maria, with them on the trip and booked a dinner date in the hotel restaurant without the kids.<\/p>\n

Karen Byrne and Jake Carter<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Karen Byrne\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Karen Byrne and Jake Carter spent their first New Year’s Eve as fianc\u00e9s together with a low-key night at the pub. <\/p>\n

The couple enjoyed pints and board games in a cosy setting with friends, as well as their\u00a0beloved pooch Lenny. Looks like a perfect night to us!<\/p>\n

The Ryans <\/p>\n

\"BonnieBonnie Ryan and her nephew Wolf. Pic: Bonnie Ryan \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

The Ryan family stuck with their annual tradition as they rang in 2026 with a New Year’s Eve party in Dromoland Castle in Co Clare.<\/p>\n

Bonnie Ryan joined her sisters Lottie and Babette, as well as the rest of the Ryan clan, for their staycation at the plush hotel, with the influencer showing off her growing baby bump<\/a> after announcing her pregnancy at Christmas.<\/p>\n

The Keatings <\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Storm Keating\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The Keating clan has had one long extended holiday this festive season, heading straight from Christmas\u00a0in the Catskill Mountains in New York<\/a> to a skiing trip in the affluent Alpine town of Verbier in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Ronan, Storm, and all the family rang in the New Year together after a day on the slopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For some people, going out to a party on New Year’s Eve is a non-negotiable, while others couldn’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-261498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115819457302005610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}