When was the last time you gazed upon the night sky, free from the intrusive glow of streetlights and cityscapes? Imagine stepping into the darkness and witnessing the universe in its full, unadulterated splendour. The Skellig Coast Dark Sky Festival offers a chance to reconnect with the cosmos in one of the world’s few Gold […]

How does a lighting designer illuminate their own home? Over the coming months, as we build our new home, we’ll take you through our approach to residential lighting design, focusing on creating a healthily lit home. Each room will be carefully designed to optimise light for well-being, comfort, and functionality, ensuring that our lighting supports […]

We absolutely love hosting our LIVE Masterclass days, and we’re thrilled to be back for 2025! If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by lighting decisions—whether for your home or a project—you’re not alone. That’s exactly why we created our Lighting Masterclass. Over the course of three and a half hours, we’ll guide you through everything you […]

We were very lucky to be brought up in a household that believed anything is possible. Dad gave us that belief, and we carry it with us in everything we do. It’s a philosophy we live by every day here at Willie Duggan Lighting. This belief isn’t just a guiding principle—it’s our foundation. As lighting […]

Question 1; I’m looking for a pendant for my living room that will allow me enough light to read, any ideas? So we are running a weekly Q&A since COVID lockdown which has proved very popular. We get a number of the same questions week on week, so we thought we would answer some of […]

I met Jan Battles a few years ago when we worked for the same Publisher. Jan was walking with the aid of a stick then and I thought privately to myself that it was more than a sprained ankle. Jan confirmed a few months later she had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease. Something I knew little of, only that everyone was doing the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ to raise money for ALS or Motor Neurone as it’s known in Ireland.