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Thanks, Garth? Events licensing system to be re-examined in the autumn
New Tánaiste Joan Burton said today that she thinks the system needs to be updated.
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New Tánaiste Joan Burton said today that she thinks the system needs to be updated.
Sick of it? Don’t care? Looking forward to a resolution?
Hope is fading that a resolution to the debacle can be found, with the parties at an apparent impasse after a compromise deal was rejected on Thursday.
Plus: Just how sad is Garth Brooks about the whole concert debacle?
Brooks says he never saw the problems coming… But there’s been opposition to the gigs for months.
Everyone’s talking about who got what job in the Cabinet, the 12th of July parades and the future of the Poolbeg chimneys…
Mr Brooks perviously said he would be willing to ‘crawl, swim, fly’ to meet with Enda Kenny on the issue.
Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks, Gaza, and fathers’ names on birth certs.
Dublin City Council is now offering a licence for these shows, although the singer has said the option is ‘unfair’ on fans.
We just have a lot of feelings.
“Anyone in Ireland, anyone on the planet who is sad about this, you’re not one-billionth as sad about this as I am.”
The integrity of our planning process is a principle that our history demands we protect, whether Garth’s heart is breaking or not.
Because laughter is the best medicine. *bursts into tears*
Is the Brooks controversy really the biggest embarrassment in Ireland right now? These people don’t think so.
Is the Taoiseach right to be working on a full house (for five sold-out gigs)?
…and the Mexican ambassador, seriously.
Everyone’s still talking about Garth Brooks as well as a derailed DART and the Cabinet reshuffle.
The Taoiseach has asked for a meeting to be set up between the City Manager and the Lord Mayor to sort it out.
Probably not, but it wouldn’t have been far away.
I could have missed the pain…
Meanwhile, the Taoiseach says the Government would be criticised for overruling residents and the Council if it introduced emergency legislation…
And it’s a real productivity vaccuum. Watch out.
If you bought them with a card you don’t have to do anything.
One charity spokesperson said that it has left a hole in their budget.
The promoter hit out at Dublin City Council for their handling of the affair.
“Like a funeral without a corpse.”
A triumph for some. A devastating blow to others.
Sanitise your social media.
From the sell-out gigs to a cancelled run.
Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks, the cabinet reshuffle and Google smartphones for robots…
It was also revealed today that Dublin City Council suggested that four gigs could go ahead under a license review.
Ticketmaster said it is going to be “unprecedented” to sort out the ticket refunds, while Moran & Bewley’s Hotels plan to refund pre-paid rooms.
Won’t somebody think of the mammies?
RVP’s header is getting its own coin, there’s a new Pro 12 sponsor on the way and a lot of cash was spent on Ross McCormack.
Enda Kenny claimed that the gigs could have been worth “a quarter of billion” to Dublin’s economy.
The GAA and the Croke Park stadium also revealed they share ‘the intense disappointment’ felt by fans who had purchased tickets.