Garda response to outdoor rave in Dublin 'unacceptable'

Footage of the event was shared widely on social media. Picture: Twitter/@BarryWhyte85

The response of gardaí to an outdoor gathering in Dublin’s south inner city on Saturday evening has been dubbed “unacceptable” by a local representative, who stated that “certain communities don’t get the response that they deserve”.

Daithí Doolan, a Sinn Féin councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh said that the gathering, which has been dubbed a ‘rave’ in some quarters, at the Oliver Bond flat complex near Christchurch was allowed to run for nearly six hours before those present were dispersed by gardaí.