Gambling and clothing lead to increased spending on credit and debit cards in October
Central Bank said the Halloween effect, with spending on costume hire, was a factor in strong increase in spending on clothing
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Halloween
Róisín Ingle: Let’s have more dancing at Irish funerals
It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us
Gardaí investigating after brick thrown through councillor’s front window in Meath
Cllr Alan Lawes’s daughter was alone in the house when the incident occurred
On the eve of Samhain, Ireland’s landscape and wildlife prepare for rest and a reset
Our relatively mild, damp winters attract a wide range of migratory species and tie back into the island’s folklore
More than 50 years on, The Exorcist still possesses the United States
US Letter: Scenes were filmed in Washington DC, where the 1973 movie is celebrated to this day
Halloween night sees more than 200 fire calls made to Dublin firefighters by 8pm
Dublin Fire Brigade say vast majority of calls on active fires related to bonfires
Politics of fear: horror has always been deeply political
From Addams Family Values to Dawn of the Dead, the genre is a political Trojan horse concealing all manner of subversive social messages. Here are 10 of the best political horror films for Halloween
Is this one of Dublin’s most decorated Halloween houses?
Diego Gonzalez and Harry Weir’s home is barely visible behind a horror circus of lifesize clownish figures
On Halloween patrol with Dublin Fire Brigade: ‘It’s the one time you’re at risk of attack’
Bonfires and antisocial behaviour on October 31st have been on a mostly downward trend in recent years
Pat Kenny’s unguarded observations are now almost endearing
Radio: Veteran host tackles difficult issues in trademark style, while Drivetime deputy Claire Brock grills RTÉ boss
A look inside Ireland’s only death museum: ‘We’ve had some slight wobbles from people’
At the Irish Wake Museum in Waterford you’ll see death masks, mourning jewellery and dentures made from real teeth. Just watch out for Auntie Nora upstairs!
The Halloween Movie Quiz: Which ghastly character is someone else?
Plus: What was the first Stephen King adaptation to make it into cinemas?
‘A portal to the underworld’: Tramping a bleak bog as part of a spooky Halloween tour
Bogland is highlight of ‘Halloween Origins’ tour in Derry exploring the scientific and spiritual roots of the Celtic festival of Samhain
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
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