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GARDAÍ WERE FORCED to shut down the annual Christmas Eve busking session on Grafton Street this evening after just three songs due to the volume of people who turned up.
DailyEdge.ie reports singer Glen Hansard, who led this evening’s session, announced that all proceeds raised would go to the Peter McVerry Trust and the Dublin Simon Community.
Hansard was joined by other performers like Gavin James, Damien Rice, The Coronas.
eavan / TwitterIt's Christmas on Grafto! @Glen_Hansard @gavinjames pic.twitter.com/DrYruROxYo
— Eavan McSweeney Firth (@eavanmc) December 24, 2016
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However the crowd became so large that gardaí had to ask performers to finish up early. Addressing the crowd, Hansard said:
I hope that you can understand that we are in a delicate position with the law – a lot of us up here – and we need to do the right thing. We’re either going to have to move this or we’ll end it and we’ll call it in good grace. Thanks a lot for coming, and thanks a lot for giving your support.
One man told TheJournal.ie that the crowds were “insane” and that he was afraid he and his daughter would get crushed as people tried to move to the front.
The Garda Press Office said gardaí were engaged in “crowd management” on Grafton Street but denied they shut down the event. However garda sources at the scene confirmed they ended it early after receiving a high volume of complaints about the crowds.
An event to mark the turning on of the Christmas lights on Grafton Street also had to end early due to overcrowding. Organisers said at the time that it was cut short due to concerns over safety and comfort.
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Captain Scarlet was some of the best children’s entertainment ever made. It wiped the floor with Bosco.
RIP m’lady
Home Parker! :’(
Thunderbirds are not Go anymore.
Hard to believe today how many of us watched these puppets after school on UTV kids TV in the 60s and 70s. They were kind of wooden but it worked!
I was terrified of those things
Sad news she will b sadly missed
More and more of my childhood and teen entertainers gone …….. Jeez, I’m feeling old!
Home Parker! :’(
It was great with the visible strings, but when they blanked them out then it was too CGI for me
Didn’t she also create Jack Chambers?
From that first photo, I’ll have the sex scene from Team America in my head all day.
Rip. Still remember the first time I saw joe90. Memories
Not to forget UFO and Space 1999 – Leading lights in live action SCIFI
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