GAA refuses demands from residents near Croke Park for 1,600 free tickets

THE GAA has refused to give in to a demand to supply Croke Park area residents with 1,600 free tickets for each of three concerts to be held in the stadium this summer along with the six rugby and soccer internationals due to be staged in 2007.

Accordingly, the Bon Jovi concert next Saturday night will finish at 10pm, an hour earlier than hoped. And the same will apply to two other concerts, Robbie Williams and Billy Joel, on June 9 and July 29 respectively.

Last year, the residents had no issues with the later finishing time to the U2 concerts.