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# MCD

This year
2023
MCD apologises after 'premature' announcement of Noel Gallagher gig in Dublin this summer
Tickets were due to go on sale this Friday at 9am.
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Jan 25th 2023, 12:37 PM
Last year
2022
# festival season
Irish festivals sign up to campaign aimed at tackling sexual violence
Electric Picnic is among the festivals signed up to the charter.
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May 20th 2022, 6:15 AM
All time
# ad watchdog
MCD told not to advertise tickets 'from' a certain price unless it can show there are a reasonable number available
A complaint had been made about a 3Arena event with a ticket price listed as “from €51 incl booking fee”.
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Dec 17th 2019, 6:10 AM
# Stevie Wonder
Some fans weren't at all happy about the sound at last night's Stevie Wonder gig
The concert was his first show Irish show in over nine years.
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Jul 10th 2019, 7:48 AM
# dun laoghaire pier
New music festival in Dublin planned for this June Bank Holiday
Promoters MCD hope to make Dun Laoghaire Pier the home for gigs over three days this June bank holiday.
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Mar 23rd 2019, 9:30 AM
# Tax defaulters
Companies linked to Denis Desmond and Mario Rosenstock fined over incorrect tax declarations
A medical consultant, a fisherman and a locksmith also featured on the quarterly list of tax defaulters.
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Sep 11th 2018, 4:41 PM
# Hearing was a friend of mine
The Killers played Dublin last night - and basically everyone in the city could hear them
The Las Vegas rockers played a bit of a noisy one in the RDS.
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Jun 27th 2018, 8:10 AM
# marley park
Reports of festival goers 'getting crushed' in massive queues on the way in to Longitude
Reports on social media suggested that people were queuing up for well over an hour to gain entry to the festival.
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Jul 14th 2017, 6:51 PM
# Tragic
"Shocked and devastated" - Kodaline pay tribute to girl who died at Dublin gig
17-year-old Kilkenny girl Ciara Lawlor was suffering from underlying health issues.
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Jul 11th 2016, 8:09 AM
# festival season
South Dublin residents complain about concert-goers 'urinating at will all over the place'
A number of objections to alcohol sales at Dublin summer concerts were rejected.
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Jun 2nd 2016, 9:49 AM
# Gunther von Hagens
Display of Inside-Out animals 'will show people they're flesh and bone, just like us'
A new exhibition by anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens is coming to Dublin later this year.
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Jan 13th 2015, 7:15 AM
Here's who everybody is predicting for tomorrow's Croke Park announcement
Just TELL US.
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Oct 30th 2014, 10:23 AM
# Croker
Well, who is it going to be?
MCD will announce details of a Croke Park concert on Friday.
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Oct 29th 2014, 4:25 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Oct 16th 2014, 4:58 PM
# slippery slope
Man who sued MCD after breaking his ankle in Oxegen mud loses case
The judge ruled that his injury was not the fault of the promoters.
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Oct 16th 2014, 3:55 PM
# Marlay Park
Kanye West promoters warn concertgoers to 'book travel in advance' after Arcade Fire chaos
MCD have said transport is “a matter for individual ticket-holders”.
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Jul 2nd 2014, 11:25 AM
# MCD
Oxegen music festival will not take place this year
Organisers MCD are citing financial reasons as well as a lack of headline artists.
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Apr 20th 2014, 8:44 AM
# pop some tags
Macklemore and Ellie Goulding for Marley Park two days before Arctic Monkeys
That’s three major events at Marlay Park in one month.
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Jan 28th 2014, 10:08 AM
# the purple one
MCD successfully trolled the entire country with this tweet
If all the Purple Rain drops were lemon drops and gum drops…
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Nov 26th 2013, 1:45 PM
# Public Order
63 arrests at Eminem Slane gig
Gardaí say the number is in line with previous events this size.
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Aug 18th 2013, 8:05 PM
# Appropriate Dress
Eminem fans given a safety checklist by concert organisers
The Dos and Don’ts of going to Slane Castle…
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Aug 14th 2013, 10:29 AM
# Festivals
Benicàssim set to go ahead after promoter sells out to MCD boss
Denis Desmond has taken up a major stake in the event, following rumours it was due to be cancelled.
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Jul 4th 2013, 10:54 AM
# MCD
Phoenix Park concerts given go-ahead, subject to strict new conditions
It follows widespread criticism of the security operation at last year’s show by Swedish House Mafia.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 8:40 AM
# Music fest
Longitude: New summer music festival unveiled for Dublin
Kraftwerk will headline the new festival in Marlay Park.
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Feb 28th 2013, 8:50 AM
# All for love
Bryan Adams is playing WHERE at the end of the month?
He’s playing a pretty small gig in Dublin real soon…
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Oct 12th 2012, 11:27 AM
# Courts
Man due in court over Swedish House Mafia assault
The 22-year-old will appear in the Criminal Courts of Justice in relation to a Phoenix Park assault on July 7.
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Oct 3rd 2012, 10:11 AM
# Chris Brown
Just who is promoting Chris Brown's Dublin gig?
Three of Ireland’s main promoters have said it’s not them, so who is it? Brown was convicted of assaulting the singer Rihanna in 2009.
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Sep 21st 2012, 1:08 PM
# concert review
Gardaí respond to MCD criticism - say they stand by their report
An Garda Síochána have tonight released a statement, just hours after MCD issued one of their own.
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Sep 6th 2012, 8:18 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added superheroes
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Sep 6th 2012, 8:00 PM
# concert review
MCD slams Garda over Phoenix Park gig
“No evidence to suggest the Concert Site was unsuitable and Gardai were aware from February2012 of the identity of the headline act” says concert promoter.
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Sep 6th 2012, 6:12 PM
# Concerts
Swedish House Mafia fallout: Gardaí and MCD praise successful Marlay Park operations
The enhanced security and policing operations have been praised and welcomed.
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Aug 31st 2012, 2:21 PM
# Marlay Park
Marlay Park concerts: 53 arrests over three nights of gigs
All the arrests were for public order and minor drugs offences – though there were NO arrests at last night’s concert.
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Aug 26th 2012, 9:46 AM
# electric music
'Full body search': How Twitter saw the new security at Marlay Park
Apparently you shouldn’t try to climb any walls.
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Aug 24th 2012, 10:23 AM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Monday
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
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Aug 20th 2012, 7:51 PM
# Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia: MCD chief links violence to cheap alcohol
Denis Desmond tells Today FM that he believes the availability of discount drink is to blame for increased concert violence.
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Aug 20th 2012, 3:30 PM
# illness
Nicki Minaj cancels Dublin gig over vocal issues
Full refunds for disappointed ticket holders are now available from point of purchase.
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Aug 20th 2012, 1:13 PM
# Concerts
Gardaí warn concert-goers of major crackdown at Marlay Park gigs
175 gardaí will be patrolling the David Guetta concert next week with back up from dogs from the Garda drugs unit.
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Aug 16th 2012, 12:30 PM
# MCD
MCD ‘should face ban on similar music events until it answers SHM Garda report’
Dublin councillor Mary Fitzpatrick, head of a joint policing committee, calls on OPW junior minister to force response from concert promoter on Swedish House Mafia debacle.
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Aug 3rd 2012, 9:57 AM
# Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia fallout: MCD control centre ‘not fit for purpose’
The Garda Commissioner’s report also says the Phoenix Park is not appropriate to hold electro gigs in future; MCD says the report is “unbalanced”.
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Aug 2nd 2012, 7:49 PM
# Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park: Call for 'airport-style' security checks at some concerts
Fine Gael TD Derek Keating has said that certain concerts should have security checks carried out that are akin to those which take place at airports.
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Jul 12th 2012, 7:30 AM
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