Website had given details of large event hosted by Galway arts ensemble Macnas but no such festivities had been arranged

Excited partygoers flooded O'Connell Street, only to find no parade in sight. The confusion quickly led to crowded streets and sidewalks, disrupting traffic and eventually calling for a police response. Dublin's Gardaí, the national police force, were dispatched to manage the swelling crowd and urged people to disperse.

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

Irish revellers flooded the streets of Dublin expecting a Halloween parade last night. The only problem? No parade had been organised.View on euronews

Halloween 2024 was recently celebrated across the world on October 31 and it seems like the spirit of the festival is still in the air. Pakistan also took part in it this time and showed one of the best tricks to thousands of people in Dublin,

Earlier on 31 October, thousands flocked to O’Connell Street in the hope of attending a fun Halloween parade. But later, they learnt from Garda and other sources that the event was never going to take place.

The owner of a Pakistan-based website which shared details of a non-existent Halloween parade in Dublin says it was "a mistake, it was a not a joke, it was not a scam". On Thursday, hundreds of people gathered on O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre for the parade but no police or stewards were present.