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# Spooky

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2022
# Spooky
Quiz: How well do you know these famous witches?
It’s Halloween, so we’re testing your knowledge of these spooky characters.
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Oct 30th 2022, 10:00 PM
All time
# samhain
Quiz: How well do you know these Halloween traditions?
Test your knowledge.
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Oct 31st 2020, 10:00 PM
# Spooky
Dublin councils move most Halloween plans online due to Covid-19
It’s almost that time of year again…
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Sep 28th 2020, 9:00 PM
Event Guide: Ready for Halloween? Here are some spooky events taking place over the next week
A list of spooky events for the whole family taking place in the run up to Halloween.
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Oct 26th 2019, 9:00 AM
# spooky ooky
Poll: Do you even bother celebrating Halloween?
Just a few more sleeps.
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Oct 28th 2018, 6:00 PM
# Spooky
The woman who has sex with ghosts returned to This Morning to announce that she joined the mile high club
With her ghost boyfriend of six months, obviously.
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Aug 20th 2018, 3:23 PM
# Spooky
Philip and Holly spoke to a guest on This Morning who claims that she has sex with ghosts
“Once you go ghost, you never go back.”
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Dec 7th 2017, 5:00 PM
# Spooky
14 costumes for anybody who happens to be pregnant this Halloween
Don’t let your bump hold you back.
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Oct 30th 2017, 3:23 PM
# Spooky
16 of the best Halloween costumes of 2017 (so far)
It’s not too late to get some inspiration.
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Oct 30th 2017, 10:00 AM
# Spooky
14 Halloween memories that all children who grew up in the 90s have
Aside from the severe bellyache on the 1st of November.
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Oct 26th 2017, 9:00 PM
# Spooky
17 Halloween costumes with terrible names
From Sponge Babe to Hairy Relative.
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Oct 13th 2017, 8:00 AM
# Spooky
Canadian Ambassador to Ireland thinks his house may be haunted by Padraig Pearse's ghost
“Ghosts. I never believed in ghosts. Until I arrived here.”
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Aug 26th 2017, 4:25 PM
# Spooky
Just 17 of the funniest tweets about Halloween
Happy Halloween.
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Oct 31st 2016, 11:37 AM
# snakes alive
Spooky card tricks and scary snakes: what's your Halloween party turn?
Irish performance artists Grim Squeaker and Kitty Le Roux share theirs with us.
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Oct 30th 2016, 8:00 PM
# face swap
This girl's face swap with a cloud of smoke needs to be seen to be believed
Cancel all other face swaps.
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Apr 14th 2016, 7:32 AM
# lookalikes
This person's grandparents are the image of Taylor Swift and Hugh Hefner
What a combo.
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Jan 3rd 2016, 11:30 AM
# Spooky
This Irish student's Swedish doppelganger flew to Dublin to meet her
They are not related, wtaf.
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Dec 16th 2015, 5:02 PM
# Spooky
There's a strange forest in Poland that's filled with crooked trees — and no one can explain how it got that way
The “Crooked Forest” rests within an area outside of Nowe Czarnowo in the West Pomerania region of Poland.
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Dec 5th 2015, 11:15 AM
# eerie
14 jarring photos of Egypt's famous landmarks devoid of people
Photographer Ben Terzza spent several months living in Egypt in 2014.
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Nov 7th 2015, 9:45 PM
# no sleep tonight
9 of the spookiest stories on the internet
Scare yourself silly.
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Oct 31st 2015, 6:00 PM
# Trick or Treat
9 'treats' we should all agree to NEVER give out on Halloween
This is a Public Service Announcement.
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Oct 29th 2015, 6:01 PM
# House of Horrors
Here’s what it’s like inside Dublin’s ‘newest and scariest’ haunted house
Introducing the Temple Bar House of Horrors.
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Oct 24th 2015, 9:45 PM
# eerie
Here's 21 incredible photos of abandoned places from around the world
Stranger than fiction.
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Sep 27th 2015, 7:00 PM
# Spooky
This Twitter interaction between two Dublin men contains the freakiest coincidence...
Woah.
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Jul 9th 2015, 8:07 AM
# seeing double
This baby met his mam's twin for the first time and got hilariously spooked
OK, which one of you is my real mam. FESS UP.
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Jun 1st 2015, 10:29 AM
# ghouls
No one on Tinder into UFOs or ghosts? Try this supernatural dating website
BOO!
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Mar 29th 2015, 6:30 PM
# So Right
Remember these ads? One of them totally predicted the future of the mobile phone
Everyone will own one, they said.
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Mar 15th 2015, 4:00 PM
# Spooky
Poll: It's Friday 13th. Are you worried?
It’s the first time in six years that we’ve had two Friday the 13ths in a row.
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Mar 13th 2015, 6:40 PM
# boom times
Ryanair set to bring Spanish 'ghost airport' back to life
The airport of Castellon was abandoned after the Spanish financial crisis.
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Mar 11th 2015, 5:57 PM
# Spooky
Do you believe in ghosts? Maybe this man can make you
Steve Parsons, renowned para-scientist, will be leading a ghost hunt through Wexford’s Enniscorthy Castle this evening.
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Oct 31st 2014, 6:16 PM
# haunted ireland
Read the terrifying tales of two of Ireland's spookiest houses
*covers eyes*
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Oct 27th 2014, 7:00 PM
# Spooky
Many Irish 'ghost stories' are untrue... except these ones
And this man has written a book about them.
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Oct 27th 2014, 9:15 AM
# crapbag
Dublin shop's Halloween 'bag of crap' is back and it's better than ever
What wonders await?
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Oct 21st 2014, 10:51 AM
This Limerick Post headline is, shall we say, interestingly worded
“Breathe new life”.
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Sep 12th 2014, 2:25 PM
# evil spirits
Three American friends 'possessed' while playing with an Ouija board
The three were taken to hospital after they began thrashing around and growling while playing with the board.
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Jun 24th 2014, 8:30 PM
# creepypasta
9 terrifying internet horror memes that will scare you silly
Who doesn’t love a good scare?
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Jun 7th 2014, 8:15 PM
# Spooky
This video of a 'ghost car' appearing from nowhere will blow your mind
Do de doo, turning this corn- AAAAAGH!
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Apr 16th 2014, 10:00 PM
# oh the horror
This short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again
The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.
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Jan 14th 2014, 5:30 PM
# Terrifying
Some of the best Premier League pumpkins you'll see this Halloween
There’s no one quite like Roy Keane to give the kids a good scare.
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Oct 30th 2013, 12:29 PM
# Terrifying
A ghosthunter picks his favourite spooky places in Ireland
Irish Ghost Hunters investigate where most of us would fear to tread…
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Oct 27th 2013, 8:38 PM
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