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from the Belfast Telegraph:
Police say they are dealing with a a serious incident at Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on Sunday night.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it received a number of calls from 9.30pm following reports of a number of people sustained serious injuries.
It is understood a St Patrick's disco night was taking place at the venue on the Drum Road.
Councillor Trevor Wilson said he had been phoned from the scene by an eyewitness.
“There seems to have been a stampede, and a number of people have been badly injured,” he said.
NIAS dispatched two rapid response paramedics, two doctors and five emergency crews to the scene.
“It is an ongoing incident and the only details available at this minute are that two patients have been taken to hospital in serious condition,” a spokesman said on Sunday night.
NIAS crews are continuing to work at the scene to assess and treat others who may have been injured.
The Drum Road in Cookstown was closed off in the wake of the incident.
Chief Insp Graham Dodds said: "The St Patrick’s event is now over and I would appeal to parents to make contact with their children and collect them immediately."
Parents are being asked to collect their children from the designated collection point at the venue.
DUP leader Arlene Foster has sent her "thoughts and prayers with everyone impacted by this tonight".
Colin Neill, Chief Executive of Hospitality Ulster, said: “We are monitoring the situation closely and echo the PSNI appeal to parents to make contact with their children and collect them immediately from the venue."
Police say they are dealing with a a serious incident at Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown on Sunday night.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it received a number of calls from 9.30pm following reports of a number of people sustained serious injuries.
It is understood a St Patrick's disco night was taking place at the venue on the Drum Road.
Councillor Trevor Wilson said he had been phoned from the scene by an eyewitness.
“There seems to have been a stampede, and a number of people have been badly injured,” he said.
NIAS dispatched two rapid response paramedics, two doctors and five emergency crews to the scene.
“It is an ongoing incident and the only details available at this minute are that two patients have been taken to hospital in serious condition,” a spokesman said on Sunday night.
NIAS crews are continuing to work at the scene to assess and treat others who may have been injured.
The Drum Road in Cookstown was closed off in the wake of the incident.
Chief Insp Graham Dodds said: "The St Patrick’s event is now over and I would appeal to parents to make contact with their children and collect them immediately."
Parents are being asked to collect their children from the designated collection point at the venue.
DUP leader Arlene Foster has sent her "thoughts and prayers with everyone impacted by this tonight".
Colin Neill, Chief Executive of Hospitality Ulster, said: “We are monitoring the situation closely and echo the PSNI appeal to parents to make contact with their children and collect them immediately from the venue."
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An eyewitness to an incident in Cookstown, County Tyrone, in which three teenagers died, has described how "pushing and shoving" led to "literal crushing".
Lauren Bullock, 17, Connor Currie, 16, and Morgan Barnard, 17, died after reports of a crush outside the Greenvale Hotel on Sunday night.
The hotel was hosting a St Patrick's Day party.
Eimear Tallon recalled the horror in a Facebook post on Monday:
"It started with pushing and shoving but everyone was still laughing and having a good time.
Then the literal crushing started.
The people on the outside of this line were so determined to get in they felt the need to not only push us against the wall but push with all their strength.
No matter how much we screamed and pushed back, there was no movement.
Two of my friends fell to the ground. I tried to pull them up but at that point there was no room for them to even come back up.
So I started screaming at the top of my lungs:
My friends are on the ground, move back!
My friends have fainted, move back!
My friends can't breathe, move back!
Nothing. Not one bit of movement.
I could still see people laughing with no idea what was going on.
At this point I thought my friends were going to die, I was standing up and I couldn't breathe so I couldn't imagine how they felt.
I was hysterically screaming for people to move but it was only the people around me who knew the seriousness.
With more and more pushing, I also fell.
But the thing about me was that I wasn't on the ground, I was on top of someone, and this person was on top of someone else.
As I looked down I could see multiple bodies underneath me and as I looked up I could see multiple bodies on top of me.
It was the most traumatic, frightening and stressful moment of my life.
I was looking about for my friends and trying to keep my head up.
As dramatic as it sounds, I closed my eyes for a little and accepted what was going to happen however, an elbow to my throat soon woke me up.
People were scratching, biting and grabbing anything they could to pull themselves up to breathe.
I think that's what really shows the seriousness of it all - people were literally fighting for their lives.
It got to a point where even when I had my eyes open. I couldn't see.
It felt like this went on forever but eventually I felt bodies being dragged over me and beside me.
It wasn't the bouncers and it wasn't the police, it was the young people in the line who pulled me out.
My leg was caught underneath someone and my hair was caught somewhere else, my jeans were pulled down around my thighs and my jersey above my head but I was getting pulled out nonetheless.
'Motionless legs'
I lay on the ground and opened my eyes, I remember seeing some motionless legs, a few socks and shoes and then I was pulled up and brought away.
I rang my parents to explain what had happened and let them know I was okay, I then tried to find my friends.
I ran about frantically.
I saw a young boy lying motionless trying to be resuscitated by the ambulance crew and I saw his friends screech as they found out he wasn't going to make it.
I don't think I will ever experience more relief in my life than when I saw one of my friends that had fallen, I was shocked she was alive.
We all eventually found each other apart from my other friend that had fallen.
We heard people had seen him, that he was roughed up but he was okay,
I needed to see him myself though.
He then came running towards us sobbing and all we could do was hug him.
These 'people' aren't just 'people', they were young people, teenagers at 16/17 years old. They were only children.
It could've been anyone.
Unfortunately, a friend of mine who I had seen in the line and chatted to minutes beforehand has died.
Morgan and the two other angels, just like the rest of us, left their families last night for an enjoyable night out but unlike the rest of us, they didn't make it home. My heart breaks for their poor families.
There is no sugar coating what happened last night."
Lauren Bullock, 17, Connor Currie, 16, and Morgan Barnard, 17, died after reports of a crush outside the Greenvale Hotel on Sunday night.
The hotel was hosting a St Patrick's Day party.
Eimear Tallon recalled the horror in a Facebook post on Monday:
"It started with pushing and shoving but everyone was still laughing and having a good time.
Then the literal crushing started.
The people on the outside of this line were so determined to get in they felt the need to not only push us against the wall but push with all their strength.
No matter how much we screamed and pushed back, there was no movement.
Two of my friends fell to the ground. I tried to pull them up but at that point there was no room for them to even come back up.
So I started screaming at the top of my lungs:
My friends are on the ground, move back!
My friends have fainted, move back!
My friends can't breathe, move back!
Nothing. Not one bit of movement.
I could still see people laughing with no idea what was going on.
At this point I thought my friends were going to die, I was standing up and I couldn't breathe so I couldn't imagine how they felt.
I was hysterically screaming for people to move but it was only the people around me who knew the seriousness.
With more and more pushing, I also fell.
But the thing about me was that I wasn't on the ground, I was on top of someone, and this person was on top of someone else.
As I looked down I could see multiple bodies underneath me and as I looked up I could see multiple bodies on top of me.
It was the most traumatic, frightening and stressful moment of my life.
I was looking about for my friends and trying to keep my head up.
As dramatic as it sounds, I closed my eyes for a little and accepted what was going to happen however, an elbow to my throat soon woke me up.
People were scratching, biting and grabbing anything they could to pull themselves up to breathe.
I think that's what really shows the seriousness of it all - people were literally fighting for their lives.
It got to a point where even when I had my eyes open. I couldn't see.
It felt like this went on forever but eventually I felt bodies being dragged over me and beside me.
It wasn't the bouncers and it wasn't the police, it was the young people in the line who pulled me out.
My leg was caught underneath someone and my hair was caught somewhere else, my jeans were pulled down around my thighs and my jersey above my head but I was getting pulled out nonetheless.
'Motionless legs'
I lay on the ground and opened my eyes, I remember seeing some motionless legs, a few socks and shoes and then I was pulled up and brought away.
I rang my parents to explain what had happened and let them know I was okay, I then tried to find my friends.
I ran about frantically.
I saw a young boy lying motionless trying to be resuscitated by the ambulance crew and I saw his friends screech as they found out he wasn't going to make it.
I don't think I will ever experience more relief in my life than when I saw one of my friends that had fallen, I was shocked she was alive.
We all eventually found each other apart from my other friend that had fallen.
We heard people had seen him, that he was roughed up but he was okay,
I needed to see him myself though.
He then came running towards us sobbing and all we could do was hug him.
These 'people' aren't just 'people', they were young people, teenagers at 16/17 years old. They were only children.
It could've been anyone.
Unfortunately, a friend of mine who I had seen in the line and chatted to minutes beforehand has died.
Morgan and the two other angels, just like the rest of us, left their families last night for an enjoyable night out but unlike the rest of us, they didn't make it home. My heart breaks for their poor families.
There is no sugar coating what happened last night."
My Nephew who is 14 Plays for Edendork Gaelic Team Must be Junior team I am not sure , and I think he goes to ST PATRICKS again not 100 % sure Was over in ST PATRICKS church for a Confirmation last year my Niece , The community must be in a terrible state of Shock , I will give my SIS a ring tomorrow ,I am dying with a cold at the mo ..can hardly talk
jeez, sorry to hear that, nanny. Best of luck to your nephew & anyone else you may know there
Small community DUNGANNON everyone knows every one 
i've been watching the pain they're going through. I wish them all the best
News reports talk of 400 young people in the venue.
Seems an awful lot for the size of the place.
2 young lads and one young lass dead. RIP
Seems an awful lot for the size of the place.
2 young lads and one young lass dead. RIP
From the BBC website.
Police investigating the deaths of three teenagers outside a disco in County Tyrone have arrested two men on suspicion of manslaughter.
One of the men arrested, Michael McElhatton, is the owner of the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown where the incident happened on Sunday.
The second man being questioned is aged 40.
Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after a crush outside the hotel.
Up to 400 people were outside the hotel during the crush, police have said.
Police investigating the deaths of three teenagers outside a disco in County Tyrone have arrested two men on suspicion of manslaughter.
One of the men arrested, Michael McElhatton, is the owner of the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown where the incident happened on Sunday.
The second man being questioned is aged 40.
Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after a crush outside the hotel.
Up to 400 people were outside the hotel during the crush, police have said.
Would not be Surprised if Manager or Club owner arrested H&S etc
Surely an Event that popular you would have couple of Chaps sorting the Door and trying to get People in some sort of Order ?
I think its a certainty that's the reason for the arrest.
Allowed too many in for the sake of his tills.
Allowed too many in for the sake of his tills.
it might well be the head of security who is the other chap
Spoke to My Sis ,My nephew Knew Connor well they played on Same team Same Academy ETC, Dungannon is a sad place at the Moment
My sis knows the fella who ran the place said a Lovely man ,Annual ,event never been any probs in years , Appears a lot
of the Kids came on Coaches they all had tickets and went in , But due to Facebook etc it had gone round it was the Place to
be, Hundreds turned up with no Tickets a few of them were being let in , there was a Surge for the Doors only takes one to fall over
Tragic waste of Life , Connor has 3 younger Siblings My sis Knows his mum well , The Gaelic team are off
to his wake this Evening
My sis knows the fella who ran the place said a Lovely man ,Annual ,event never been any probs in years , Appears a lot
of the Kids came on Coaches they all had tickets and went in , But due to Facebook etc it had gone round it was the Place to
be, Hundreds turned up with no Tickets a few of them were being let in , there was a Surge for the Doors only takes one to fall over
Tragic waste of Life , Connor has 3 younger Siblings My sis Knows his mum well , The Gaelic team are off
to his wake this Evening
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