Brooks may becalled to appear at Oireachtas panel

Garth Brooks could be called before an Oireachtas committee to explain his no-show at Croke Park, it has emerged.

As the Dáil’s tourism committee holds an impromptu hearing into the affair tomorrow, the body’s chairperson said it would consider inviting the country star to appear via video link. “We will be looking into that,” Fine Gael chairperson John O’Mahony said. The committee is to hear evidence on the Croke Park concert controversy from the GAA and promoter Peter Aiken.

Dublin City Manager Owen Keegan, who vetoed the request to hold five shows at Croke Park, has also been invited to appear.