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09/07/2014
Transport Committee To Hold Meeting Over Brooks Cancellations
Fine Gael TD and Member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Patrick Donovan, has called for a special meeting of the committee to discuss yesterday’s announcement of the cancellation of all five Garth Brooks concerts.
Mr Donovan said that the committee will invite Dublin City Council Manager, Owen Keegan, and representatives from Aiken Promotions and from the GAA to a meeting this week.
Mr Donovan said: "It is clear that this whole episode has been badly dealt with. We must get to the bottom of how this happened to ensure it will never happen again.
"Fingers have been pointing in every direction over the past few days, people are angry and they are bitterly disappointed.
"The Transport and Communications Committee will put forward the questions the public has been asking; how were 400,000 tickets sold for concerts that were not liceced, why was this decision taken so late and how can we prevent this from happening in the future?"
(MH/IT)
Mr Donovan said that the committee will invite Dublin City Council Manager, Owen Keegan, and representatives from Aiken Promotions and from the GAA to a meeting this week.
Mr Donovan said: "It is clear that this whole episode has been badly dealt with. We must get to the bottom of how this happened to ensure it will never happen again.
"Fingers have been pointing in every direction over the past few days, people are angry and they are bitterly disappointed.
"The Transport and Communications Committee will put forward the questions the public has been asking; how were 400,000 tickets sold for concerts that were not liceced, why was this decision taken so late and how can we prevent this from happening in the future?"
(MH/IT)
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