The frightening family-friendly last-minute breaks include spooky excursions and attractions.
Irish Ferries has collated a selection of Halloween-inspired attractions and packages for last-minute October half-term trips around the coastlines of Ireland.
Spooky attractions on offer throughout October include the Galway Aboo Halloween Festival, Brigit's Garden's spooky treasure hunts, and Slane Castle distillery's P?ca Punch, named after the Irish term for ghost.
Families of two adults and up to four children (aged 16 and below) can spend a week at Galway Bay Lodges, soaking in the spooks and scares of the city's October offerings, from ?793 per family, including return car cruise ferry crossing.
Other options include seven nights at the Sea Lodge, Bantry, a short drive from Cork, for ?933 per family.
A range of daily ferry crossings are available throughout the half term.
