Music promoter Denis Desmond has said there was “no connection” between a fracas outside a Dublin nightclub at the weekend and the Longitude festival. However, gardaí believe a number of people who were at Longitude festival in Marlay Park, Rathfarham had gone to Lost Lane to continue socialising. Gardaí are treating the serious fracas as a spill over incident from Longitude. Before the three-day Longitude festival began last Friday, the US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs tweeted a security alert about the event aimed at US citizens in Ireland. “Reports indicate a potential for violence at the Longitude Festival taking place from July 5-7 in Marlay Park,” it said.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2019 12:45 UTC