Mediator says next 24 hours crucial in bid to resolve row over Garth Brooks concerts

The mediator in the Garth Brooks Croke Park row has set tomorrow as D-day for a solution to be found.

The chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey — who had already issued a report recommending Croke Park stage just three concerts a year before last week’s decision by Dublin City Council to axe the last two of five Brooks shows — said different parties in the row were “defending their patch” when a solution needed to be found.

“Some effort has to be made to see if resolution can be found to this in the next 24/48 hours,” he said, adding that, in reality, a decision needed to be found today.