Scottish pipers taking part in last year’s Pan Celtic Festival parade in Carlow.
The PSNI in Derry are to adopt a “low-key policing style” during the 43rd International Pan Celtic Festival which gets under way in the city on Tuesday next.
Thousands are expected to attend the event being held in the North for the first time in its is a celebration of Celtic culture, and will attract visitors from the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man.
Chief Inapector Jon Burrows.
Chief Inspector Jon Burrows, the PSNI’s Foyle Area Commander, said police would approach the festival in the “same spirit’ as the last year’s successful City of Culture and Fleadh which attracted over 400,000 visitors to the city.
“For Derry to get another high profile cultural event shows how highly regarded the city is, and the confidence that people have in it. I am sure the people of the city will make visitors welcome
“Our policing style will be a low-key one. I envisage that we will be there to assist with the parade and traffic arrangements. Our neighbourhood officers will be to the fore.
“We hope to see a large number of people enjoying themselves at the event and our request to them is to take their lead from the organisers and the stewards.
“From a public safety point of view we are asking motorists to be aware of larger than usual pedestrians numbers and for those pedestrians to take care when they are out and about.”
CI Burrows concluded: “We are also asking groups going to the events to make plans for how they will get home and for them to stay together safely at all times.”
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