Sir, – If St Anne’s Park in Dublin is to host rock concerts again, a sharper focus needs to be put on timing and the impact on the park’s wildlife.
Staging concerts over three consecutive nights last weekend was a serious misstep in environmental terms, a retrograde move which gave roosting and nesting small birds (it’s still nesting season) little or no chance to recover from the noise, light pollution, crowds and high-decibel fireworks.
The events simply took place too early in the season – and the schedule of three consecutive nights was too unrelenting (probably for a number of local residents, too).
I’m a rock music fan myself, but bands and organisers (and fans) have got to wise up and start thinking about the impact of outdoor gigs on the environment and wildlife.
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Otherwise, the much-vaunted concerns of those involved (of all ages) who also see themselves as being part of the “green generation” will ring pretty hollow. – Yours, etc,
DOUG KINCH,
Clontarf, Dublin 3.