In years to come when the history of Irish agriculture is being written, and downturns are being discussed, some will no doubt point to the bad winter of 2012.

He's a big fan of Aidan O'Shea.

The daughter of country music legend Garth Brooks celebrated her 21st birthday in style at his concert on Saturday night in LA.

Stetsons at the ready, folks!

Fiona Looney’s new play was inspired by the Garth Brooks concert saga, writes Colette Sheridan

Last summer’s Garth Brooks concert “fiasco”, which cost the Irish economy up to €50m in lost tourism revenue, “could easily happen again” despite new Government guidelines to address the controversy.

The international furore created by the cancellation of five Garth Brooks concerts in Croke Park last summer has led the Government to revise licensing regulations to ensure there is no repeat of the debacle.

Tighter rules are being introduced for concert promoters requiring them to sit down and consult with a local authority before applying for a licence for a gig.

Although new to the world of social media, he seems to be getting the hang of it.

Garth believes it was the spaghetti meal which "changed our world" for the family when he suggested they eat like "dogs".

Patrick Kielty has told the Irish Daily Star.

Refusing to pay Irish Water bills will be pursued through the courts and have the debt removed from payslips, Jan O’Sullivan has said she will not “completely capitulate” on plans for Junior Cert reform, Cork GAA have denied money for the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment has been withheld and Garth Brooks could be coming back to Ireland. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

A first draft of new event licensing laws has been discussed by a review group set up in the wake of the Garth Brooks controversy.

Garth Brooks is reportedly planning to play to concerts in Ireland next summer.

Garth Brooks is preparing himself for a legal battle following the cancelled Croke Park gigs.

Five concerts? Forget Garth Brooks — Daniel O’Donnell is your only man.

Croke Park chief Peter McKenna said the Garth Brooks concert cancellations amounted to a "complete fiasco" that cost the GAA €5m.

Coláiste Lurgan’s done it again.

Around 70,000 overseas visitors and Garth Brooks ticket holders have made the trip to Dublin despite the five concerts cancelled for this weekend.

Ticketmaster reports that it has refunded customers for almost 255,000 Garth Brooks tickets following the cancellation of the gigs.

The Dublin City manager has admitted he personally supported five Garth Brooks concerts but denied that assurance was given to Croke Park management that all the shows would be licensed.

Dublin's city manager, Owen Keegan, has admitted he was supportive of holding all five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park.

The Director General of the GAA, Paraic Duffy, says they were told by Dublin City Council that five Garth Brooks concerts would be no problem.

The Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications will meet again this morning to discuss the Garth Brooks concert debacle.

Dublin City Council officials stood by their commendably forthright manager at yesterday’s Dáil hearing, writes Noel Baker.

Country music star Garth Brooks refused to budge on his plans for a five-night run of comeback shows in a row with planners over licensing.

The Chief Executive of Dublin City Council says the decision to grant licences for just three Garth Brooks concerts was "appropriate, balanced and reasonable".

The Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications will meet this morning to discuss the Garth Brooks debacle.

Garth Brooks has confirmed in a statement that none of his five planned Croke Park concerts are to go ahead.

…I love you, always have, always will."

The new Environment Minister, Alan Kelly, says he will not be rushing emergency legislation through to solve the Garth Brooks debacle.

At 6.30pm yesterday, Garth Brooks had the five concerts he wanted and that 400,000 people paid to see — but by 9pm both the singer and his promoters had rejected the proposed new schedule and all five shows were thrown into doubt once more.

Statement by Dublin City Council:

For just a couple of hours last night, it looked like 400,000 people were all going to get their wish and go to one of five Garth Brooks concerts. Dublin City Council said it would allow all five performances to go ahead — as long as two were matinees.

Garth Brooks has rejected a compromise over scuppered plans for his five-night comeback extravaganza in Croke Park.

A. proposal to hold two cancelled Garth Brooks concerts as matinees on Saturday July 26 and Sunday July 27 will "not be feasible", Aiken Promotions has said.

Country music superstar Garth Brooks has offered to swim, fly or crawl to Ireland for a meeting with the Irish premier Enda Kenny to get his cancelled comeback extravaganza back on.

Croke Park residents say they are now willing to facilitate the Garth Brooks gigs in two weeks time.

Fianna Fáil has formally tabled legislation aimed at saving the Garth Brooks concerts.

Talks are to take place at 3pm today in an effort to salvage all five Garth Brooks concerts.