There was mayhem on Dublin's O'Connell Street on Thursday evening after hundreds of people gathered for a fake Halloween parade

There was chaos in Dublin city centre this evening after a website falsely claimed a Macnas Halloween Parade was set to take place, with hundreds of people turning up

In what can only be described as a bit of Halloween mischief, hundreds of people were tricked into attending a fake parade in Dublin on Thursday night.

Firefighters in Ireland had their largest number of Halloween calls since 2021 last night with 1,195 calls made in Leinster.

Hundreds of people gathered along O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre this evening for a hoax Halloween parade

Gardaí intervened to disperse a large crowd that had gathered on Dublin’s O'Connell Street for a non-existent Halloween parade

Hundreds of people descended on Dublin's O'Connell Street on Thursday night for a Halloween parade that didn't exist.

Crowds of Halloween revellers flocked to Dublin city centre in search of a parade on Thursday night, after a website made a post claiming there would be one.

Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of people, deceived by an AI-generated Pakistan-based website that quickly spread online, lined the streets of Dublin, Ireland, for a Halloween parade that didn't exist.