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GARDAÍ ARE REMINDING parents and concert-goers there’ll be strict crowd control procedures in place for next month’s One Direction gigs at Croke Park.
The popular boy band are due to play three sold-out shows at GAA headquarters on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of next month — the first of eight gigs taking place at the venue this summer, ahead of Garth Brooks’ comeback special in July.
Two parental pick-up points are being put in place to allow parents and guardians to meet up with their children. They’re at the Mater Dei Institute, on the Clonliffe Road, and at Mountjoy Square East. However, access will be on foot only.
Mountjoy Gardaí are urging parents to take note there’s be no meeting point outside the stadium on Jones Road, post-concert.
There’ll be restricted access in the area, with access limited to ticket-holders, local residents and businesses. Garda cordons will be in place for at least an hour before gate times for each of the gigs.
A traffic and crowd management plan also kicks in at the end of each concert, and will be in place for at least half an hour.
Concert-goers are also being advised to purchase tickets only from accredited sources and to beware of touts selling juvenile tickets as adult ones.
Garda Superintendent Kevin Gralton appeared on RTÉ’s Crime Call last night to give advice on the gigs. Parents bringing children to the concerts are being urged to use public transport where available and to make themselves aware of the pedestrian collection points.
A list of car-parking offers in the area is also available on the Garda website.
There was a major crush incident at a One Direction gig in Peru at the weekend — some 47 young people had to be treated for asphyxia following the incident at the 40,000 capacity Estadio Nacional stadium in Lima.
There was a rush when the concert doors opened, as youngsters scrambled to get to the front, according to the local chief of police.
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My nine year old think they should be put in a sack with Bieber and beaten with a big stick…the younger generation…there is hope!
The force is strong with this one
My 12yo can’t stand them, thanks be to jeebus!
Your 12 year old grandaughter?
No idea why people are annoyed by them so much. They seem like decent lads. Everyone has different musical tastes but surely that’s no reason to hate the artist?
They’re fookin antichrists so they are…the bastids!!!
An artist creates something. These guys sing Max Martins songs and shag everything in site.. Hardly art. Xfactor is ruining it for real bands out there who want to sing their own songs. Not just become famous to go on I’m a celebrity.
Aideen they don’t bother me in the slightest, I don’t like their music but I certainly don’t hold any grudge against them or their success. But I won’t stand back and allow you to call them artists, they are clearly not artists. They are a group of singers who were put together on a TV show, good singers they may be but not in a million years are they artists, they are the opposite of artists.
Fair enough Ted! I was referring mainly to the people saying they should be drowned etc.
I love having a 7yr old excuse to go with!
There’ll be mass brawling at this concert the likes the country has never seen
My Jaden an Rihanna ar goong on der own, der old now i was left skook at der age
Anyone care to translate following comment into English?
SF supporter
Are skinny legs a fashion statement?
Who really cares?
The parents of the kids.
I keep seen comments on Facebook “Eh is a 7yr old ok to stand at 1 Direction” , Seriously what is wrong with these parents??!? It should be over 14s , under 18s supervised by parents , a concert (especially an outdoors one) is no place for kids!
If they really cared they wouldn’t be letting them go after that crush in Peru
If they really cared they wouldn’t let them listen to One Direction in the first place
Simon.
If they can fit 30 something 4 year olds into a prefab classroom up and down the land then I’ve no doubt my capable other half can look after my 6 year old in a seated section of Croker. Some people are just anti enjoyment.
Because you always listened to the music your parent(s) approved of, Jenny?
Absolutely! I was very well behaved.
Irish concerts tend to be well stewarded and organised so (fingers crossed) it won’t be an issue…
My parents listened to Led Zepplin and David Bowie. Kept me on the straight and narrow.
@Brian. I assume that’s Sarcasm? The Phoenix Park gigs of 2012 especially Swedish House Mafia (well supervised/organised? ) , Why do you think Oxegen is no more??
Crikey – i thought Crimecall was about preventing and solving serious crimes such as murder, rape etc not about assisting Mammy in collecting Johnny and Mary from One direction !!!
One Direction? Meh.
It’s OK Roland, One direction are going to change their name soon to “cul de sac” :)
Really wish these goons would just drive off a cliff in their tour bus
The sooner people stop buying their records and going to their gigs, the sooner they’ll be forced into starring in gay porn movies.
One Erection?
Wand Erection.
I’m blessed my sister lives 10 minutes walk from croke Park and loves her niece enough to bring her. No battling through traffic and crowds for me.
Great name for a new political party ‘One Direction’, should go well…….in Scotland.
My bosses sister works as one of the main tour managers for a big events company.She ran things on one of their previous European tours.Apparently they were riddled with std’s before during and after the tour.They each got through multiple idiotic (presumably very young) fans each night.Not surprising really but the squeaky clean image they present is sickening.Posters on 5 year old girls walls and such and WHAT is the craic with their haircuts?? Seriously it’s like they get it done and some public relations guy is saying nah that’s not quite stupid looking enough.We want your hair to be as stupid looking as humanly possible.They succeeded.
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