Winter Solstice Marking: XX Aoife Regan: 21/12/24: Sixteen lucky people got to experience Winter Solstice sunrise from inside the chamber at Newgrange, but for the nearly 2,500 other people who joined hands around a heartbeat of drummers at the UNESCO heritage site on Saturday, the collective experience was one of euphoria, friendship and renewal as winter’s darkness dissolved into light. Picture Chani Anderson