Organisers advise 1D fans not to queue

Organisers of this weekend's One Direction concerts are telling fans there is no point in queuing up early to get into the venue.

We are in! this is it! CROKE PARK ! Woohoo!! Hope the rain goes away, the stage is like an ice rink , slippy! As I just found out haha

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) May 23, 2014

The boyband is playing to a quarter of a million fans over three nights in Croke Park in Dublin.

1D concert heavy rain showers in Dublin, 2 today please bring suitable rain gear if going to concert.Enjoy "One way or another"

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 23, 2014

Gates open at 5pm this evening with the band going on stage at 8.30pm tonight.

THE STAGE AT CROKER AHHHHHH #YOUDIDITNIALL (via @1DUpdate_x) - M pic.twitter.com/RvN7Rqwrag

— 1D Updates & News (@1DRockMeUpdater) May 23, 2014

Eamon Fox from MCD says fans will only be allowed to go where their ticket tells them to.

A major security operation will start this afternoon with fans warned to use public transport.