Gardaí: Ban dance music events in Phoenix Park

Electronic or dance music events should be banned from Phoenix Park as a direct result of the Jul 7 stabbing tragedies, a damning Garda report has claimed.

A five-page redacted version of Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan’s investigation into the incidents has raised serious concerns over a series of security issues related to the incidents at the Swedish House Mafia gig.

The document has warned adequate security procedures were not in place; policies on tackling drug taking, drug dealing and fake IDs were unclear; earlier garda safety requests were not met; and CCTV blind spots prevented safe monitoring of what was happening.