Down Syndrome Cork’s social enterprise and education centre is in the middle for its annual Pick-a-Pumpkin festival

Ghoulish goings-on in Goleen, Leap, Spike Island and beyond this weekend

Electrician Ken Carraher talk's about creating his 'Halloween House of Horrors' to help raise funds to support people living with incurable skin condition epidermolysis bullosa.

The creator of the horror fiction anthology podcast, Petrified, lives for that terrified feeling...

A project that takes 11 months of preparation and is eventually put together within a three-week timeframe.

Here's a handy 2023 list of farms offering pick-your-own pumpkins — and other autumnal events

Green Party councillor Liam Quaide said: 'The power of the Commission's words rightly made the state of Camhs a central focus... with many senior politicians commenting on it'

Relive a weekend full of spooky, spectacular, and downright funny costumes

Earlier, Cork City Council and Cork County Council responded to a number of reports of spot flooding amid intense rainfall

At its heart, Halloween is an Irish feast, though the modern iteration as we know has taken various influences from Scotland to the USA, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

Tom Breathnach visits the Kerry hotel reaping interest in a resident ghost

Everyone loves a barmbrack

'I always say I fear the living more than the dead. The dead, I find never harm you'

This year I am making spooky sticky tarts and almond fingers

Everyone loves a good, well-woven yarn and us Irish are some of the best storytellers in the world with centuries of seanchaí to show for it. We’re also credited for having invented Samhain or Halloween, a time of year rooted in the storytelling calendar when darker evenings brought people together to hear tales, writes Orla Neligan

I’ve devised a cunning plan to curb my kids corn syrup intake for Halloween 2022

Forget the vampires. Why not send your child out as the Abhartach, an Irish bad spirit. Or Balor of the evil eye

Ruth O'Connor's guide to bright ideas and beautiful things

Making is as important as the end result when crafting with children, writes Lilly Higgins

Dogs in costumes may provide superficial visual entertainment, but at what cost to the animal’s physical comfort and emotional state?

Boyne Valley Flavours has assembled a quite superb programme and a line-up of chefs, cookbook authors, culinary experts, and international guest speakers for this autumn’s Samhain Food Festival

Plus money saving tips as we see rising prices in our weekly basket

Serve up a ghoulish feast of homemade treats this Halloween 

Lean into the dark side of your wardrobe and embrace some goth glam

As with many challenges, the details of fireworks phobia are complex, and they are worth sharing

In a warehouse in a business park in Blackpool, the skeleton of a gigantic dragon is lying next to a huge elephant, a towering lady of the underworld, and an array of hellish creatures that will bring Cork City alive on Halloween, alongside dancers ...

Don’t be spooked — embrace darker tones for a style that will last

As the days darken and shorten, and we move towards October’s end, we ask four Cork people for their memories and stories of Halloween. Have they favourite traditions? And what are their plans for this Halloween?

Elsewhere:  Root and Branch — Holly: Celebrating Ireland’s native trees with Irish Examiner columnist Anja Murray and Ye Vagabonds musician, Brían MacGloinn on Lyric FM

Plus a fun recipe that’s tasty and healthy and you can get the kids involved too

Take the exuberant palette of autumn and choose your theme: Spooky and fun or elegant and pastoral? 

During the annual Halloween hunt, we found excellent full flavours with an eye on tradition

Politicians who use the word in a throwaway fashion, dishonour the thousands of women killed throughout history

If you’re seeking some family-friendly activities to get you in the spooky spirit — or just out of the house — then look no further

How to make Halloween costs not so scary

Department of Justice launches its annual fireworks campaign at the Garda HQ in Phoenix Park

Get your cosy jumper and wellies ready and you'll be all set to pick your own pumpkins

Take the horror out of post-Halloween cleaning with these handy tips

In time for Halloween, we take a look at six sites believed to be haunted in Co Cork

And pumpkin and cinnamon cookies that are ideal for trick or treaters

Everything from the bathroom shelf to the garden shed

Get the kids involved in the Halloween preparations with these easy treats

"Thankfully, I find myself on a strange little outcrop, teaching English literature, one place where death remains front and centre."

Making sustainable changes at Halloween is easy and doesn't mean you'll have any less fun with the family