US embassy warns citizens against attending Longitude festival

Fan of Netflix

https://twitter.com/TravelGov/status/1147174605104304128


https://twitter.com/amyohconnor/status/1147175757858385920



Very strange. Apart from the crimes against music at Longitude I think this warning is pretty over the top from the Yanks. Makes it look like a terrorist attack is imminent or something. Pretty poor form from the Gardai that they haven't clarified on this, they "refuse to comment on statements by 3rd parties". Thoughts?


https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/us-embassy-warns-citizens-against-attending-longitude-festival-1.3947961


https://ie.usembassy.gov/security-alert-longitude-festival-on-july-5-7-2019/

Kermit.de.frog

New ambassador more Trumpian?

TimeToShine

The US department of state are generally fairly on the ball so I wouldn't dismiss it so quickly, they must have some semi-reliable source to go off.

Boxing.Fan

Would I be right in saying this gig is all rap and grime music?

spurious

Black folks!!!!

ILoveYourVibes

Fan of Netflix wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TravelGov/status/1147174605104304128


https://twitter.com/amyohconnor/status/1147175757858385920



Very strange. Apart from the crimes against music at Longitude I think this warning is pretty over the top from the Yanks. Makes it look like a terrorist attack is imminent or something. Pretty poor form from the Gardai that they haven't clarified on this, they "refuse to comment on statements by 3rd parties". Thoughts?


https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/us-embassy-warns-citizens-against-attending-longitude-festival-1.3947961


https://ie.usembassy.gov/security-alert-longitude-festival-on-july-5-7-2019/

Bizarre. Yanks will do terrorist tourism walking tours on the falls road but are afraid of marley park. https://deadcentretours.com/

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Hurrache

TimeToShine wrote: »

The US department of state are generally fairly on the ball so I wouldn't dismiss it so quickly, they must have some semi-reliable source to go off.

Young crowd and rap/hippity hoppity I'd say is the sum total of what they have.

Gatling

Hurrache wrote: »

Young crowd and rap/hippity hoppity I'd say is the sum total of what they have.

Still doesn't make sense though

Boxing.Fan

Gatling wrote: »

Still doesn't make sense though

No such warning any previous years either. I'd be giving that place a wide berth.

kona

Sure a few years ago at sweedish house mafia the indigenous scum went around kicking the **** out of everyone.
Id say theres a very good chance of it. These events just attract a certain crowd with love a bit of a drink a snort and a few stabbings.

Hurrache

Gatling wrote: »

Still doesn't make sense though

Absolutely, it's a bizzare statement, really really weird for the US state department and embassy to make about a music festival in a suburb of Ireland.

But I doubt it's anything terrorist related.

Gatling

Boxing.Fan wrote: »

No such warning any previous years either. I'd be giving that place a wide berth.

I'd be slightly concerned ,

A statement department warning for an event in Ireland is unheard of , regardless of what artists are playing

Collie D

kona wrote: »

Sure a few years ago at sweedish house mafia the indigenous scum went around kicking the **** out of everyone.
Id say theres a very good chance of it. These events just attract a certain crowd with love a bit of a drink a snort and a few stabbings.

As do plenty of other events unfortunately but they don’t usually get US State Department warnings. It’s quite odd.

Thrashssacre

Have to say that doesn’t sound good. Surely the organizers should be thinking about cancelling the event if there’s such a serious threat to the people in attendance

kona

Collie D wrote: »

As do plenty of other events unfortunately but they don’t usually get US State Department warnings. It’s quite odd.

They just mentioned violence which id say there is a high chance of compared to say maybe hall and oates gig next week.

Id say if its intelligence or something terrorist related they would have passed on the information to the garda.

K.Flyer

kona wrote: »

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Id say if its intelligence or something terrorist related they would have passed on the information to the garda.

It does say that the "Police" have increased event security, so An Garda must be taking the warning advice seriously as well.

Boxing.Fan

kona wrote: »

They just mentioned violence which id say there is a high chance of compared to say maybe hall and oates gig next week.

Id say if its intelligence or something terrorist related they would have passed on the information to the garda.

More likely to be a stab festival than anything else. Maybe the postcode gangs plan on stabbing lumps out of each other.

Hurrache

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Have to say that doesn’t sound good. Surely the organizers should be thinking about cancelling the event if there’s such a serious threat to the people in attendance

Serious threat of what?

Hurrache

K.Flyer wrote: »

It does say that the "Police" have increased event security, so An Garda must be taking the warning advice seriously as well.

Gardaí pretty much say nope, dunno what they mean.

AndyBoBandy

They have reliable intel that Stormzy is going to sing a slightly anti Trump song, and the US State Department believe the locals will not take it too well and incite violent reactions to defend the good name of the Commander in Chief.

LazerShark

What a load of nonsense

spurious

Fake news from Donald's gubmint? Surely not.

ILoveYourVibes

LazerShark wrote: »

What a load of nonsense

On stilts!

Wheety

kona wrote: »

They just mentioned violence which id say there is a high chance of compared to say maybe hall and oates gig next week.

Id say if its intelligence or something terrorist related they would have passed on the information to the garda.

Hall and Oates are tonight.

igCorcaigh

Wheety wrote: »

Hall and Oates are tonight.

Expect it all to kick off.

K.Flyer

Hurrache wrote: »

Gardaí pretty much say nope, dunno what they mean.

Yep, see that now.
Nothing other than the usual advice on Garda.ie and other medias.

ILoveYourVibes

K.Flyer wrote: »

Yep, see that now.
Nothing other than the usual advice on Garda.ie and other medias.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/garda-assure-longitude-safety-after-us-embassy-issues-security-alert-38286305.html

kona

Wheety wrote: »

Hall and Oates are tonight.

Im out of touch.

druss

kona wrote: »

Im out of touch.

Private Eyes...at Longitude.

GHOST MGG

The amount of young girls today that were out of their minds on drink and god knows what else around rathfarnham was horrendous..
One young girl collapsed on the main road..god knows how she wasnt run over,these kids were only 14-15.
I certainly would not be letting my two teenagers any where near longtitide,even though i live 5 mins away.

kona

GHOST MGG wrote: »

The amount of young girls today that were out of their minds on drink and god knows what else around rathfarnham was horrendous..
One young girl collapsed on the main road..god knows how she wasnt run over,these kids were only 14-15.
I certainly would not be letting my two teenagers any where near longtitide,even though i live 5 mins away.

Sure thats part and parcel of irish summers and festivals? Its bein going on since chuculain was a child.

Assetbacked

Black gangs continuing to act like their London brothers and playing gangster. Travellers in vests and bad haircuts unable for their cider. West Dublin drug dealers throwing shapes in H&M's finest tat and flashy Instagram watches. It's like The Warriors out there, all facing off at Longitude.

Get Real

Gatling wrote: »

I'd be slightly concerned ,

A statement department warning for an event in Ireland is unheard of , regardless of what artists are playing

It's not concerning in the slightest. The US embassy advises their citizens for the most average of things.

For example, on the 11th of May there was a small protest at the Israeli Embassy in Dublin.

I didn't know about it, it was another day for me. The vast majority of the population were unaffected by it/ weren't even aware it happened.

And yet the US Embassy had a demonstration alert with advice such as "keep a low profile", "notify friends and family of your safety" and "exercise caution".

https://ie.usembassy.gov/demonstration-alert-scheduled-protest-at-embassy-of-israel-dublin-ireland-on-may-11-2019/

It's a box ticking excercise on their behalf. There is always the potential for some scumbag yoked out of it to pull a blade. But the media would have you believe they're acting on some definite info and of course, it generates clicks for the newspaper.

Overall: it's quite common for the US embassy to have a certain way with words, and this one is no different to the regular "alerts" they throw out.

lawred2

GHOST MGG wrote: »

The amount of young girls today that were out of their minds on drink and god knows what else around rathfarnham was horrendous..
One young girl collapsed on the main road..god knows how she wasnt run over,these kids were only 14-15.
I certainly would not be letting my two teenagers any where near longtitide,even though i live 5 mins away.

Loads of them around the city centre drinking vodka in plain sight around lunch time... Already looking worse for wear. Outfits were a shocker too.

Outside store street Garda station too..

Boxing.Fan

Assetbacked wrote: »

Black gangs continuing to act like their London brothers and playing gangster. Travellers in vests and bad haircuts unable for their cider. West Dublin drug dealers throwing shapes in H&M's finest tat and flashy Instagram watches. It's like The Warriors out there, all facing off at Longitude.

Yep that sums it up fairly well.

ILoveYourVibes

Boxing.Fan wrote: »

Yep that sums it up fairly well.

No it doesn't. Please.

I passed it today.

Assetbacked

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

No it doesn't. Please.

I passed it today.

In reality the underbelly is 16 year olds falling around the place, showing too much skin and trying painfully hard to get it all up on Instagram.

Wheety

kona wrote: »

Im out of touch.

Heard them doing a soundcheck when I left work earlier.

mad muffin

Soooo… what happened?!?!?!

bennyl10

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/up-to-20-men-involved-in-suspected-planned-attack-after-dublin-music-festival-1.3949658

Standard for Dublin, but could be what was in reference to

Boxing.Fan

It was predicted by a few posters on here and it looks like they were right.

ohnonotgmail

bennyl10 wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/up-to-20-men-involved-in-suspected-planned-attack-after-dublin-music-festival-1.3949658

Standard for Dublin, but could be what was in reference to

So nothing actually happened at the festival despite the dire warnings from the yanks.

ohnonotgmail

Boxing.Fan wrote: »

It was predicted by a few posters on here and it looks like they were right.

What was predicted? the trouble was not at the festival.

Boxing.Fan

The animals that caused the trouble were at the festival though. The warning was correct.

blackwhite

bennyl10 wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/up-to-20-men-involved-in-suspected-planned-attack-after-dublin-music-festival-1.3949658

Standard for Dublin, but could be what was in reference to

Knives, hatchets and petrol bombs outside a nightclub wouldn't really be considered "standard for Dublin"

bennyl10

blackwhite wrote: »

Knives, hatchets and petrol bombs outside a nightclub wouldn't really be considered "standard for Dublin"

Knives and guns in the city?
Not really uncommon in recent times when crime is Involved

blackwhite

bennyl10 wrote: »

Knives and guns in the city?
Not really uncommon in recent times when crime is Involved

Knives and guns aren't usually involved in rows outside nightclubs - neither are hatchets and petrol bombs

MrFresh

blackwhite wrote: »

Knives and guns aren't usually involved in rows outside nightclubs - neither are hatchets and petrol bombs

on what are you basing this?

Hurrache

Boxing.Fan wrote: »

It was predicted by a few posters on here and it looks like they were right.

What, nothing happening at Longitude?

Boxing.Fan wrote: »

The animals that caused the trouble were at the festival though. The warning was correct.

No, it wasn't.

jay1988

bennyl10 wrote: »

Knives and guns in the city?
Not really uncommon in recent times when crime is Involved

Its still not "standard" though is it? Its not Compton.

Boxing.Fan

Hurrache wrote: »

What, nothing happening at Longitude?



No, it wasn't.

Why wasn't it?