Hugh amount of work helps to mitigate anti-social activity

THE huge amount of work put into Halloween in the weeks leading up to the night, helped to mitigate anti-social activity in areas across Dublin including, Ballyfermot, where kids and families enjoyed a wide variety of activities throughout the day.

In Ballyfermot, a day of festivities by Dublin City Council culminated in a wonderful fire show performance by artists, a free show that was attended by many people at Cherry Orchard Park.

Despite experiencing a high volume of calls across the city, approximately one emergency call every 70 seconds, Dublin Fire Brigade said the wet weather and members of the public playing their part and a bonfire removal campaign by local authorities “helped enormously with fire calls on Halloween night.”

“All of firefighter/paramedics got to go home safe this morning,” said DFB.

In the weeks leading up to Halloween, Dublin City Council deployed crews to facilitate the removal of bonfire material, as part of a plan that they do every year to reduce potential anti-social activity.

On Tuesday in Ballyfermot, there was a vast array of activities hosted by the council throughout the day to engage and entertain kids and families.

The fun started in the morning with the annual Zombie Run at California Hills, followed by a Halloween disco at Markievicz Park, the haunted house at Cherry Orchard Equine Centre, a pumpkin rodeo at Familibase, a BMX show at Le Fanu Park, and a Rogue Fireshow at Ballyfermot Sports and Leisure Centre.

The day’s festivities culminated in what Dublin City Council said was a “spectacular fireworks show” at “our Halloween event in Cherry Orchard Park.”