Doubts over Garth's Gigs

Published: Thu 3 Jul 2014, 12:42 PM

Last updated: Thu 3 Jul 2014, 1:49 PM

News coming in that a licence has only been granted for three out of the five Garth Brooks concerts which were to be held in Croke Park from 25-29 July. There are rumours circulating that Monday and Tuesday's concerts (July 28/29) are the shows that have been scrapped.

Had you plans to go to the concerts? How are you feeling about this news?

Below is the press release from Dublin City Council about the decision.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Today 3rd July 2014 Dublin City Council (DCC) as the licensing authority granted permission for three of the five proposed Garth Brooks Concerts in Croke Park. In making its decision DCC acknowledged that both Croke Park Stadium and Aiken Promotions (Ireland) promote and operate well organised and safe events and that these events make a significant contribution to the economy of Dublin.

The City Council considered all the information submitted by the applicants together with the information outlined at a series of event related meetings convened as part of the statutory process associated with the consideration of this licence application. The submissions/observations from members of the public and businesses were also considered carefully as part of this decision process. A total of 373 submissions were received from members of the public on this licence application.

In assessing the application and having regard to the submissions/observations received, Dublin City Council considered that it would not be appropriate to grant five consecutive nights of concerts as applied for, for the reasons set out below.

Reasons:

Having regard to the submissions/observations received and given the number of mitigation measures proposed by the applicant it is considered reasonable and appropriate that three of the events should take place and these have been licensed for the nights of Friday 25th July 2014, Saturday 26th July 2014 and Sunday the 27th of July 2014 subject to conditions. As in all cases licence applications for outdoor events under the Planning and Development Act 2000(as amended) are considered on their individual merits.