Gardaí praise behaviour of fans at festival

A senior garda has praised the behaviour of up to 15,000 young fans who attended a three-day music festival in North Cork.

Superintendent Mick Comyns said he was happy to praise fans who attended the Indiependence Music Festival in Mitchelstown for their orderly behaviour, especially as there had been bad press from other recent festivals — notably when trouble flared as the Swedish House Mafia played in Phoenix Park.

“We had up to 5,000 people attending the festival each night from last Friday night until Sunday. The vast majority attending would have been in their late teens and early 20s and I was very impressed with them,” Supt Comyns said.