Stabbings are happening all the time around this country cause people just don’t fear our justice system..

im pretty sure this wudnt have happened at a daniel o donnell concert…

Would I be correct in assuming the same company was in charge of security for the concerts on Friday and Sunday. Makes me think these incidents were more to do with the type of people at Saturdays gig, not the quality of security. Clearly, this gig attracted a more drug loving concert goer. Hence, the west Dublin dealers were peddling some muck in the area that then caused three ODs. Very sad but let’s not kid ourselves with licence reviews, papering over the cracks of a society wide anti social problem

“Patricular circumstances pertaining to the event on saturday” – yes, it was full of young knackers. Start cleaning up the streets, not tinkering around with private security licensing.

M.c.d cutting corners again!!!!45 mins to get a drink and long que’s for toilets gets on everybody’s nerves.

Ok look let’s call a spade a spade here, the reason there was so much trouble at this “particular” concert is because the acts that played attract a “particular” crowd most of which just wanna get off there face and dance but some of which just wanna deal and cause as much trouble as possible, the reason other concerts passed off mostly without incident is because the acts don’t attract a criminal element, I really don’t want to generalise here because I’m actually a fan of Dance music but you don’t hear guys with tracksuit bottoms tucked into there air max driving fiat puntos dealing ket pumping the stone roses or Florence and the machine out there windows do you. The answers simple choose your acts more wisely MCD

Alan shatter in rabbit-in-headlights mode again. We have a sprawling urban underclass who make no contribution to society and ruin everything for everyone else. You can’t stop for a minute in town without someone howiyeh coming up asking for change “for a bus” or “hostel.” How is shatter to know that I suppose being driven around in luxury all day every day.

Too much these days is reactive rather than proactive. Wouldn’t have been a perfect night but a lot of what happened could have been prevented I’m sure.

Went to stone roses on the thurs. hardly any gardai around. Left during the last 2 songs to get a taxi, big Q was formed waiting for taxis to come and then a Garda drove by and told security that they were no longer letting taxis in and drove off without explanation…people than walked down side lanes that had no light, as told by the gardai to do so. Security kicked a fuss and gardai finally let taxis in.
Complete lack of org and telling people to walk in unsafe areas!!!!
No trouble on thurs as it was an older crowd who were there for the music!
Work with young people…anyone of them going said they had little interest in shm….they were just going for the drinking session!!!

Considering the amount of people who told me how much they enjoyed the concert, obviously the incidents at it were a minority.
That being said, 9 stabbings & 3 overdoses, as well as a girl from Cork missing, is excessive & it should really be examined in detail what was so different about this particular concert.

They need to step up security an stop cutting corners. They need metal detectors that work. And sniffer dogs at the main enterances to these events. Ive been to many of these in ireland and uk and uk was much better handled and the police presence and sniffer dogs deffo had a big effect. This was creamfields and they made me walk all the way back to my tent to get my id when entering the arena area. Ive never had a problem getting into any of these events since i was 16 including sometimes getting beer

I’m sure Mr Desmond of MCD doesn’t care less of the outcome after Saturday night, there was 45,000 people there and they made him a nice few quid, it’ll cushion the blow seeing as Oxygen isn’t on this year, he’ll just have to buy one ivory back scratcher not two!!

MCD should have their license revoked, they simply don’t give a crap and put profit before peoples safety.

It wouldn’t have happened with Jim Aiken Promotions.

I just MUST vote for him in the next elections just because of these honest, straight from the heart comments!

Get the Army out in the streets to patrol with a Garda. Sitting on their butts doing shag all : getting Border duty increments FFS !

simples, liscenened event? yes! don’t give a liscene to people who can’t maintain reasonable public order, wouldn’t happen in sport or politics or any other large events…! great craic all the same though, jaysus we loves the craic..

Promises promises

Could be something to do with the content, ya think?

Recruit more gardai and maybe an unlicensed event s.

These are the promoters who allow this kind of crap to happen, but let their security wade in and break up a small moshpit made up of no more than 10-15 lads at another of their gigs. And this was also at the gig where the atmosphere before the gates opened was amazingly laid back and relaxed.

This would never have happened outside of Dublin. Just shows the state the city is in these days.

Mr Shatter, where were u when we need u most?

oh yeah, rant mode is go, performers – it is your FANS who are going missing, getting stabbed, make a stand or accept your part/responsibility/legacy.. oh no, poor performers – its nothing to do with them… they have everything to do with everything.. radio stations, media hacks, security firms, cops, parents, law makers, 50 year old DJs loving the latest hit from some degenerate tramp ten times a day with the pay for play/advertiaing , yeah you know who she is, oh and it is great FUN getting high in this former tiger state, supermarket small shop cheap liqour parasites, not to talk of the people who can raise a baton to a few sad hippies when they have half a