Appeal for stolen items to be returned to Fitzpatrick’s Halloween display

One of the displays at Frightfest

The owner of Fitzpatrick’s Bar and Restaurant has issued an appeal for thieves to return a number of items that were stolen from their Halloween display.

The Rockmarshall venue’s sixth annual Halloween event, Frightfest, kicked off last weekend in aid of the Maria Goretti Foundation and Carlingford Scouts.

It is due to reopen this Friday and run right through until Halloween night, Saturday October 31^st.

However, yesterday Danny Fitzpatrick discovered that a “large amount of items” were stolen from the displays.

Fitzpatrick’s in Rockmarshall

He insists he has CCTV images of those responsible and will release them to the Gardaí and the PSNI if the items are not returned.

Commenting on the matter, Mr Fitzpatrick said: “Just arrived today to be told that a large amount of items have been stolen from our displays which I purchase for this event for charity.

“I ask the person or persons who took these items to please return them without any hassle as we do have you on CCTV and the Garda and PSNI will be informed of your photos if they are not returned ASAP please.

“These displays take a lot of time, money and wages to produce this at Halloween and it’s free to everyone to enjoy. Other places charge up to 18 euro per person to enter and I feel that some people in society can’t help themselves. Even if it’s free they want more or to destroy it for everyone else.

“We try hard to raise money and we have many actors as kids giving up their time to help kids who are not as lucky as them so I ask parents if they see any member of their family with items they should not have, for example masks or anything to do with Halloween, please check where they got them and if they are belonging to us please return them thanks.”

This is not the first time there has been controversy surrounding the annual event. In January 2014 Fitzpatrick announced he was pulling the event and the Christmas equivalent due to criticism on Facebook and Trip Advisor.

He later did a U-turn on this decision following huge online support.

Frightfest to return to Fitzpatrick’s next week

Fitzpatrick’s in Rockmarshall

Frightfest will return to Fitzpatrick’s in Rockmarshall next week.

The annual Halloween event is now in its sixth year and in that time has attracted people from both near and far to the award-winning bar and restaurant.

The haunted house will be back this year, as well as a few additional surprises with proceeds raised from this year’s event going to the Maria Goretti Foundation and Carlingford Scouts.

The event kicks off on Thursday October 16^th and will run each evening until the 18^th at 6pm each day. It will then return the following weekend on Friday October 23^rd and run right through until Halloween night, Saturday October 31^st.