Phobias and fears can be passed on

Evolution may have planted some common human fears while others are passed on, wittingly and unwittingly, by our parents says Rita de Brun

None of us are strangers to fear, and while we might not enjoy that fact, we laugh in the face of it when we try to out-spook one another at Halloween. Samhain has been celebrated at the Dragon of Shandon festival in Cork for the past two days with the big parade taking place this evening.