Licences His announcement of the formal cancellation of the concerts comes ahead of the appearance this morning of Dublin City Councils chief executive Owen Keegan and senior council officials before an Oireachtas committee to explain their decision to grant licences for only three of the five conc
Today, Dublin city manager Owen Keegan will appear before Transport Committee hearing to discuss the councils role on the licensing of concerts. The pulling of the Gareth gigs comes at a cost to the GAA of close to 4 million.
would see Brooks play the three shows for which promoters had council approval, and then play the other two concerts, which had been refused, at a later date. Then talks between Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions and Owen Keegan, chief executive of Dublin City Council, on the matinee compromise emerged.Referring to Dublin City Manager, Owen Keegan, he said he should be allowed do his job but that there should be someone over him who should be able to go and say youve done your job.
Following a meeting this morning between Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions and Owen Keegan, Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, the City Council has agreed to a proposal from Aiken Promotions designed to break the impasse that has arisen.
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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Meanshile, a meeting between the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke, and the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, Owen Keegan, is to take place at 3pm to see if the five planned concerts can still be staged.
Date: Jul 10, 2014
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It's off, it's on, it's off again as Garth rejects new deal
The latest scramble over the gigs came after hours of crisis talks between promoter Peter Aiken, Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan and the country's most senior civil servant, Martin Fraser.
Date: Jul 10, 2014
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However, city manager Owen Keegan said the law dictated that only three gigs could proceed. And to muddy the waters even more, it was revealed that an injunction by a resident called Brian Duff to stop ALL the concerts would be heard in the High Court tomorrow. Mr Duff said he was worried concert-go