Hundreds of people gathered in Dublin city centre on Thursday night for a Halloween parade which turned out to be a hoax.
It’s understood a website set up to generate ad revenue circulated the false information that a parade was due to take place.
Pictures on social media show crowds lining O’Connell Street in the city centre, waiting for the parade to begin – but with no police or stewards present.
Gardaí (Irish police) released a statement saying that no Halloween parade was scheduled and asking for those who turned out to “disperse safely”.
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