Slane Concert Eminem Review 2013
Slane concert Arrests
There were over 60 arrests
at the Eminem concert at Slane Castle, Co Meath, yesterday for offences related
to public order, assault and drug possession.
Gardaí said, however, these
figures were “very much in line” with the arrest numbers for previous events of
this scale.
Based on what the force said
were provisional figures, there were 22 arrests for public order offences, one
for drink-driving, 35 for minor drug offences and five reported assaults.
Slane concert clean-up
These pictures show some of
the alcohol bottles, cans, packaging thrown into one private garden outside
Navan, a needle/syringe was also discarded. Residents along the Slane Road have
cleared up most of the rubbish this morning and strong representations will be
made to the Taxi Regulator, Navan Town and Meath County Council. Local
residents are satisfied that all of this anti-social behaviour was due to the
actions of Coach and Taxi companies, who took advantage of the fact that the
majority of security measures were in and around Slane rather than closer to
Navan.
Slane Concert weather
Torrential rain washed the hill of Slane today as concert goers flocked in their tens-of-thousands to Slane Castle in Slane Village.
Eminem Slane concert latest
Eminem has arrived in Slane Castle at 6.40pm after being escorted by Gardai in two blacked out vans as low cloud cover over Slane meant that it was impossible to fly into Slane by helicopter as is the normal mode of transport for the Slane concert superstars.
Slane Concert fans acting badly
While security was tight in and around Slane Village, several dozen coaches stopped on the Slane road outside Navan, and several hundred concert goers entered fields where crops are growing and as well as relieving themselves threw empty beer bottles and cans in their wake, young males and females in equal numbers showed total disregard for local residents and farmer’s crops almost ready for harvest.
Donie Quinn Taxi, Trim, Meath, Named and Shamed
Donie Quinn Taxi, Trim, Meath stops to allow a group of people to urinate against a private garden wall on the Slane Road, Navan, as that Taxi travels to the Eminem concert in Slane. Beer cans and bottles discarded as the group get back on the Donie Quinn mini-bus.
Slane concert complaint: One local resident said:
“We work hard along this stretch of road to keep the place tidy and presentable, it is unfortunate that coach drivers appear to know they would not be allowed to get away with this activity closer to Slane and so they are taking advantage of our area by dropping off hundreds of people, many of whom were drunk. Lord Henry Mount Charles may be protecting his own property but he is exposing our property to anti-social vandalism, these coach drivers should be banned from further Slane concerts, how do these people have public service licences when they are doing a public disservice”.
Slane Concert Security
The security operation at tonight's Eminem concert in Slane is likely to be one of the tightest ever seen at a music event in Ireland with 750 gardai on duty.
500 local stewards will be on hand too to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Coast guard teams will also help patrol the River Boyne alongside the venue at Slane Castle
Event organisers MCD say that ticket holders will be subjected to at least three searches at various points as they enter the venue.
Gardaí will be searching for alcohol, drugs and potential weapons.
Field of Barley ready for harvest used as toilet by Slane concert goers
They have also warned that there will be a major clampdown this year on anyone caught drinking in public areas or near the Co Meath village.
Slane Concert Gardai Operation
Bus operators bringing fans
to the gig have been requested by gardaí not to allow fans to bring drink on
board. Some Bus and taxi operators have totally ignored the Gardai, and while the Gardai have conducted a professional operation that cannot be said of some coach, taxi operators and concert goers who should hang their head with shame.
Sniffer dogs will also be
used to detect illegal drugs and fans will face the prospect of being stopped
and searched in a bid to prevent anyone bringing drink, drugs, or offensive weapons
into the concert site.
Details of the tight
security were revealed by gardaí, concert promoters MCD, and site owner Henry
Mountcharles yesterday.
Almost 500 gardaí and 1,000
security personnel will be deployed to police the event. Supt Michael Devine
said the Garda operation would be “quite stern and very much upfront”. He also
said the curtailment on the amount of car parking facilities was aimed at
encouraging people to use public transport.
There will be five doctors,
10 nurses, 24 paramedics, and 11 ambulances on site, according to concert
promoter Denis Desmond.
Mountcharles appealed to
fans to show respect for the local people in the village of Slane and the River
Boyne which flows past the site. “The river may look tranquil at this time of
year, but it’s not something that people should go anywhere near,” he said.
Meanwhile, he and Mr Desmond
rejected any no-show on Aug 17 by the bad boy rapper, who famously pulled out
of a Slane gig in 2005 when he cancelled a European tour citing exhaustion.
