The winter wonderland in Bishop Lucey Park is brightening up the city, says Ellie O’Byrne

Scaredy-cats of all ages are in for a frightfully good time over the next few days as Monday’s bank holiday, the mid-term break and Halloween merge into a week-long October horror-fest.

The Bram Stoker Festival celebrates the Dublin-born author of Dracula. This year, horror writer and film critic, Kim Newman, has curated a series of films for the festival.

Looking to take the little monsters away for Halloween? Pól Ó Conghaile has some frighteningly good fun for those travelling with or without the family.

As the festival of ghost, ghouls, and all things spooky, Halloween has provided the perfect opportunity for Dublin company Haunted Planet Studios to release a vampire-hunting smartphone app.

Moving to Ireland from Moldova when I was eight was a defining moment for me.

A decade on from his first play, some of Tom Swift’s eclectic back catalogue has been collected for posterity, writes Alan O’Riordan