Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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For Brooks’ sake
Now tomorrow will never come for fans as star does The Dance on gig hopes by Wayne campBell
No country for Irish men: We crowdsourced today’s headline from our followers on Facebook.com/ metroherald and Twitter/@metrohnews. Gordon Williams gets the credit for the main headline, while tips of the stetson go to Rob Wiles for ‘Garth Evader’, Clodagh Coffey for ‘Aiken Breakin Hearts’ and Patrick Fagan for ‘Oh brother, no Garth now?’ You guys rule! Brooks scythed: The singer brought down the curtain on the week-long soap opera over the concerts by saying he would play none at all pa
Keep Dublin tidy – Please recycle this Metro Herald when you are finished with it
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has described Garth Brooks’ decision to pull out of all five nights of his Irish comeback gigs as a shock to the system. Brooks had issued an all-or-nothing ultimatum last week, saying he would play the five nights at Croke Park or none at all after city chiefs granted permission for just three out of the five gigs, expected to draw 400,000 fans and millions of euro into the capital. But after promoter Peter Aiken flew to the US for crisis talks, fans’ hopes were dashed. Mr Kenny said the matter was ‘very badly handled all round’. He added: ‘It’s a shock to the system in terms of the economy of this city and the reputation of our country and I do hope that these kind of issues can be more efficiently handled on the next occasion that they arise.’ Arts minister Jimmy Deenihan said it was an embarrassment for the country, while junior trade minister Joe Costello accused Brooks of ‘petulance and arrogance, with scant regard for his paying fans’. Dublin City Council laid the blame with Aiken Promotions, saying it was ‘very disappointed’. It added it hoped the promoter would reconsider and reiterated that it granted permission for three nights. Tickets for five nights had been sold ‘subject to licence’ but in breach of an agreement with locals. However, the GAA said yesterday it had no indication from the council permission might be refused when it first told it of the gigs. It also emerged that the names and addresses of some residents were used without their knowledge to lodge objections that contributed to the decision by Dublin City Council to refuse permission for two of the gigs.