No assurances given for five Croke Park shows

The promoters of the Garth Brooks concerts in Croke Park were given no assurances that five shows could go ahead, while the debacle might have been avoided if a formal pre-application consultation had taken place before the tickets went on sale, according to Dublin City Council.

DCC chief executive Owen Keegan yesterday defended the local authority’s role in denying a licence to two of the five planned Brooks shows, all of which were scrapped on Monday night by the singer.

In front of the Oireachtas Joint Transport and Communications Committee yesterday, Mr Keegan said: