Our mission

We are the most qualified, experienced, insured and dedicated Crowd & Event Safety professionals in Ireland. We know people, crowds, movement and risk. We focus solely on events and crowds, regularly up-skilling and working domestically & internationally to ensure we continue to provide best-practice services to all our clients.

We use an enhanced approach to Risk Assessments to ensure better planning & management. Risks change over time so risk assessments must be robust and effective and that means the traditional matrix approach to risk assessments simply isn’t enough when it comes to crowds and events.

We’ve won international awards specifically for our Crowd & Event Safety work, including GOLD and BRONZE at the IFEA Awards for Best Emergency Preparedness and Risk Management Plan for an Event. The Dublin Zoo Wild Lights events we work on also won Best Live Event and the overall Best Event at the annual Event Industry Awards here in Ireland.

Our Event Controllers and Safety Officers plan events too. The same people that write the Event Management Plans, Risk Assessments and Licence Applications are on the ground during our events, operating in the key roles. We have built a Team that is as effective operationally during the event as it is strategically in the planning phases. Our clients and their events benefit.

We don't think like typical safety people. We don't do things 'because they've always been done that way'. We think for ourselves and we don't mind challenging convention and exploring new and better ways of doing things. We do our research, we consult with colleagues and sometimes we find better ways of doing things. We enjoy discovering better ways to achieve results for our clients.

Multiple Team members have extensive experience in ‘traditional’ occupational Health & Safety as well having a genuine pedigree in Crowd & Event Safety. This dual specialisation sees us take on the build & break safety responsibility on our events as well as on the likes of Bloom in the Park, the Fleadh, Wild Lights at Dublin Zoo and more. We regularly fill PSDP and PSCS roles too.

Our part-time Event Team features the best & brightest in the industry. We work hard to identify new members and we invest a lot of time and resources into working with them to ensure they are the best operational Team in the market. All our Event Team members undergo our Core Skills training programme at a minimum, with many having international Crowd Safety & Risk Analysis qualifications also.

We regularly travel internationally to up-skill and share our experience. We also operate internationally, with 2 of our Senior Team having worked in Crowd Safety roles at the London Olympics 2012 and one of our Senior Team having been a Safety Advisor for Glastonbury Festival. We bring international best-practice to bear on all our work. We also present at and co-chair international #crowdsafety & #eventsafety conferences.

We continually work hard with our broker and insurer to ensure our cover is extremely comprehensive. We have Public Liability, Employers’ Liability & Professional Indemnity cover to high levels. Our policy also outlines everything we do, rather than just a generic phrase like ‘event management’.

We're Ireland's first Crowd & Event Safety specialist company. We dedicate a lot of time and resources to ensure we remain industry leaders. This is our passion and we enjoy constantly working hard at it. We are an International Training Partner of Prof. Dr. G Keith Still, the world's leading expert in Crowd Dynamics and run internationally accredited Crowd Safety & Risk Analysis courses as well as developing bespoke training for a wide range of clients.

We regularly offer public courses in Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis, delivered by leading expert Prof. Dr. G Keith Still. We also develop and deliver Crowd and Event Safety training for a range of clients including local authorities, volunteer organisations, local authorities and more. Many of our competitors have attended courses we’ve run and we like that. Sharing experiences is key to improving safety standards across our industry.

Event management planning for crowds is a science. There is a Masters degree programme in Crowd Safety & Risk Analysis. Mark in here is in the 1st class in the world to take that MSc. There are tools and techniques that help make Event Management Plans more effective but those EMPs need to be put into play by good, experienced people. The balance between the science and the people is key.

We have been running events for a long time. We’ve run Cuckoo Events since 2012 and before that we were running events for other people. While Cuckoo has always had a specialisation in Event Safety, we’ve imagined, created and produced all sorts of events over the years and continue to do so. We’ve run gala balls, award shows, science fairs, parades, air shows, festivals, touring shows and more. We get it. We’re not just ‘safety people’.

We have a network of international colleagues & contacts. We work on global projects as part of multi-disciplinary teams, with members drawn from a variety of countries, experiences & backgrounds. This also allows us to assemble expert & specialist teams for any potential project we take on, domestic or international.

Risk is unavoidable. The only event without risk is the event that doesn't happen. We understand that risk is part of the game and we tend not to dismiss things without giving them thorough consideration. Some of our favourite events seemed too risky when we were initially approached. We enjoy being challenged to safely run 'risky' events.