Large crowds that gathered in central Dublin for a Halloween parade were tricked, not treated, by an apparent online hoax.

Deceived by an AI-generated Pakistan-based website that quickly spread online, thousands of people turned up in Dublin, ...

On Halloween night, hundreds of people flocked to the streets of Dublin for a parade to mark the festivities. Except the widely promoted event did not take place, because it never existed.

The site lists Halloween events in multiple places, including in Britain, Ireland and the United States. That included a parade in Dublin, with a precise location and start time. The owner of the ...

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The parade was announced by My Spirit Halloween and attracted thousands of Dublin locals to gather along a route from Parnell Square to Temple Bar for an event supposedly organised by Galway arts ...

A large crowd of people were duped into lining the streets of Dublin for a Halloween parade that did not exist. Spectators turned out in force to watch the apparent procession in the Irish capital ...

The website contained listings for Halloween events in Ireland, the U.K., the U.S. and Mexico. Among the events mentioned on the site was a parade in Dublin. Mom's Halloween Displays Brought Her ...

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 ...

Gardai intervened to disperse a large crowd that had gathered on Dublin’s main thoroughfare for a non-existent Halloween parade on Thursday night. Groups congregated on O’Connell Street on ...