Council wants independent review of Brooks licensing

Dublin City Council has said it wants an independent review of all aspects of the event licensing process surrounding the Garth Brooks concerts.

The local authority issued a press statement in which it said it wanted to clarify issues regarding whether city CEO Owen Keegan had told Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna as far back as early February that the five shows would go ahead.

Mr McKenna said he was prepared to swear an affidavit that in the conversation he was assured the shows would be licensed but in the statement issued yesterday, Dublin City Council said: “In this conversation, Owen Keegan reiterated his position that the city council is supportive of special events and concerts in Croke Park. However, no assurance was given, or indeed could be given at that stage, that all five proposed concerts would be licensed.