MCD blames gardaí for concert chaos

The widespread antisocial behaviour on the day of the Swedish House Mafia gig in the Phoenix Park was the result of “ineffective” policing by Gardaí, according to music promoters MCD.

In a hard-hitting report, it accused the gardaí of “breaching” their duty of care to those attending, or affected by, the concert on Jul 7.

It claims that gardaí identified the concert as “high risk” back in April and upped garda numbers by 54 to 209, but then cut that to 149 and to 145 on Jul 5.