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Pakistani firm apologises for directing Dubliners to nonexistent Halloween event

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Pakistani firm apologises for directing Dubliners to nonexistent Halloween event



Thousands lined streets of Irish capital waiting for falsely advertised Mácnas parade after website’s ‘human error’A Pakistan-based company has issued an embarrassed apology to Dubliners after a “human error” on its events website led to thousands of people turning up on the Irish capital’s main thoroughfare for a nonexistent Halloween parade.Footage on Thursday night showed throngs of people lining both sides of O’Connell Street waiting for a supposed procession of giant Halloween puppets made by one of Ireland’s best known theatre groups, the Galway performance company Mácnas. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/pakistan-firm-apologises-for-directing-dubliners-to-nonexistent-halloween-event

Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin

Publish date : 2024-11-02 13:27:10

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