Numerous individuals were drawn to Dublin’s O’Connell Street by the assurance of a Halloween procession that, unfortunately, never occurred. The website myspirithalloween.com had published details of a grand parade set to commence from Parnell Square to Temple Bar, scheduled to run from 7pm to 10pm on Thursday evening. According to the information on the site, the event was anticipated to be organised by the art collective from Galway, Macnas, which has orchestrated massive parades for Halloween in Dublin in previous years. Despite this, no such event materialised or was planned for this year.
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As for the expected Halloween event, Police urged the letdown attendees to depart safely from the city centre. Cricticism came in the form of a post through an anonymous person on platform X: “People queued for a Halloween parade that never showed up. Not sight of any police around, no official declaration, people awaiting on the incorrect side of the road. Apparentley someone decided to play a massive joke. #hoax #Prank.”