Stand by your manager: Keegan faces the music over Brooks fiasco

FORGET the lyrics of Garth Brooks — yesterday, words made famous by another country and western signer came to mind as Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan and his colleagues appeared before the Oireachtas: ‘Stand By Your Man’. Or in this case, your manager.
Yesterday’s Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications was the first chance for TDs and senators to grill anyone attached to the concerts debacle since Brooks issued his tear-stained statement on Monday night, finally ruling out once and for all any prospect of the shows taking place.