Halloween is not all about cauldrons, broomsticks, witches, and pumpkins. On the island of Ireland, it is a tradition steeped in ghost turnips, pucas, and fortune-telling, and a global pandemic is not going to change that.

For the first time in almost 50 years, there is to be a full moon on Halloween giving Corkonians an extra bright night on Saturday. This is the second full moon this October, the first being on October 1, in a phenomenon known as a Blue Moon.

FIRE performance group, the Serpent Sisters, are back for Halloween with a historic all-female, fire fanning, video performance.

CORONAVIRUS means a very different Halloween this year. But, if you get your family’s brains working and colla-BOO-rate you can still have a frightfully fun time.

Cork looks set for stormy Halloween this year with Met Éireann predicting a wet and windy October 31 this year.

All Hallows Eve went down in a colourful display of passion and creativity with the 14th Dragon of Shandon parade on tonight's dark rainy evening.

A GANG of friends in their fifties and sixties are making a name for themselves as Cork’s oldest trick-or-treaters.

The association of Halloween with sweets is damaging Irish children’s health, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Cork Senator Tim Lombard said he was in Cork on Halloween night and saw children walking around with carrier bags full to the brim with sweets.

The city was alive with shrieks and yells of excitement last night as the Dragon of Shandon made her annual trip through the streets.