Colm O'Regan: Trick-or-treating is still labour-intensive

"I love the whole ceremony. It is VERY cute when a very small human knocks at your door and then forgets their lines."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Pic: Denis Minihane.

The signs have been building for weeks. Daytime fireworks and furtive small-boy scurrying with flammable material on wheels.

Although fireworks seem to have lessened in recent years. There were times when they were heard in August and continued until February.