DID YOU SUCCUMB to the temptation of a tasty and free McDonald’s breakfast this morning? Did you?

McDonald’s branches across the country were handing out Egg McMuffins free of charge until 10am today as part of a new promotion, simply titled Free Breakfast Friday.

And you as you probably know, people take free food very, very seriously.

This was the scene at McDonald’s on O’Connell Street this morning

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Here was the state of McDonald’s Blackrock

queues out the door in Blackrock for free breakfast @mcdonalds pic.twitter.com/KNvdaa5Ih7
— Jennifer Ryan (@JR_JennyR) March 27, 2015

Jennifer Ryan / Twitter

And Waterford

So free breakfast in McDonalds is going well haha @McDonaldsCorp @McDonalds pic.twitter.com/zQ3FfAjNAh
— Raymond Tobin (@raymondtobin22) March 27, 2015

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Queues out the door were pretty standard, actually

Busy breakfast at McDonald's pic.twitter.com/PBinMHSWkQ
— ryan armstrong (@ryanarmstrong2) March 27, 2015

ryan armstrong / Twitter

Whopper queue for the free McDonald's breakfast!!! #cheapirish #shouldhavewenttoburgerking pic.twitter.com/ubwA595BoF
— Iano (@ianobling) March 27, 2015

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Some McDonald’s branches were simply not ready for the demand

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And even the people at the drive-thrus couldn’t escape the free breakfast crush

Free @McDonalds breakfast is proving popular pic.twitter.com/0cEzKfR4xu
— Jonathan (@Jonathanwpurvis) March 27, 2015

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There's a bit of a q this morning! #FreeBreakfastFriday pic.twitter.com/SLjETIP6A9
— Louise Doherty (@LouiseDoherty10) March 27, 2015

Louise Doherty / Twitter

But the question is – was it worth it? Yes, according to, like, everyone:

#FreeBreakfastFriday was only made better with free coffee #Winning
— RuggerHugger (@an_cailin_alt) March 27, 2015

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Best Friday ever! #FreeBreakfastFriday #delish @DruryPN pic.twitter.com/33l5xSHFVQ
— Louise Walsh (@LouiseWalsh2) March 27, 2015

Louise Walsh / Twitter

Mmm Eggy,breads, bacony goodness @mcdonaldsire #freebreakfastfriday pic.twitter.com/4c7NQcVS8d
— Leulah (@Leulah) March 27, 2015

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Are you suddenly starving? We’re STARVING.

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