Minister calls for nightclubs review after crush injuries

Youth Affairs Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said all entertainment venues should review their promotions and security arrangements after a teenage girl was left critically ill when a crush developed outside a city nightclub.

Gardaí are investigating how the 18-year-old girl and six other young people were injured in a crowd surge outside the Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin just before midnight on Monday.

Around 1,500 young people were waiting to get into the club, which had reduced its admissions age to 18 for the night, billed as ‘Messy Mondays’, and had heavily promoted cheap drink deals on Facebook.