five nights in Dublins Croke Park but permission for two of the five was turned down after tickets had been sold. Furious efforts involving mediator Kieran Mulvey, Dublin City Council, Aiken Promotions and the Lord Mayor intensified last week and over the weekend but a deal could not be reached.
June 27 The GAA says it accepts recommendations put forward by Kieran Mulvey in his report aimed at settling the dispute, setting a limit of three concerts in a row from 2017, and a yearly maximum of nine concerts, as well as a proposal for a 500,000 legacy fund provided by the GAA for local projJuly 5 Kieran Mulvey says he will hold crisis talks in a bid to resolve the row, but the council says in a statement: It should be noted that event licence decisions made under the planning and development acts cannot be amended or appealed.July 6 In an interview with RT, Kieran Mulvey says it is too late for the blame game and says a solution needed to be found within the next 24 to 48 hours. It also emerges that the Government has no intention of passing legislation that could allow the concerts to proceed, stating it is a local
He said they would prefer if the concerts went ahead but they wanted a legally binding agreement from the GAA along the lines of the suggestions in Kieran Mulvey's mediation report of no more than three concerts in a row should ever again take place.
Date: Jul 10, 2014
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Dublin leaders to meet for new Garth Brooks concert talks this afternoon
The meeting, involving the Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke, Dublin City Manager Owen Keegan and the Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey, will be convened at DCC Civic Offices.
Date: Jul 10, 2014
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Concerts: Are they sending house values to low places?
If this is what they fear the price of increased concerts at Croke Park might be, then no wonder residents rejected mediator Kieran Mulvey's recommendation of a cool 500,000 'Garth Brooks legacy fund' to improve the area.
Councillor Burke said he expected that the meeting would be attended by himself, the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, Owen Keegan, and the Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey.
Date: Jul 10, 2014
Category: Entertainment
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Garth Brooks: 400000 shattered dreams and why tomorrow may never come ...
He's always been as big a fan of Ireland, as Ireland has been of him. But the Croke Park fiasco had made Brooks feel unwelcome in Ireland, according to the man who tried to mediate a settlement in the dispute, Kieran Mulvey, the chief executive of the Labour Commission in the Republic. He said Broo
Date: Jul 09, 2014
Category: Entertainment
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Garth Brooks Croke Park row: I have been shafted, says promoter Peter Aiken
Aiken Promotions, one of Europe's leading concert promoters with offices in Dublin and Belfast, now faces picking up the pieces after what was branded a "debacle" which "will be world news" by the mediator in the dispute, Kieran Mulvey.