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| Garth Brooks: Council refuses permission for two concerts | Garth Brooks: Council refuses permission for two concerts |
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| Dublin City Council has granted permission for only three out of five planned Garth Brooks concerts scheduled for Croke Park in July | Dublin City Council has granted permission for only three out of five planned Garth Brooks concerts scheduled for Croke Park in July |
| Concerts on 25, 26 and 27 July will go ahead. It is not yet known what will happen to two other proposed events on 28 and 29 July. | Concerts on 25, 26 and 27 July will go ahead. It is not yet known what will happen to two other proposed events on 28 and 29 July. |
| About 400,000 fans have booked tickets. | About 400,000 fans have booked tickets. |
| In a statement, Dublin City Council said: "It would not be appropriate to grant five consecutive nights of concerts." | In a statement, Dublin City Council said: "It would not be appropriate to grant five consecutive nights of concerts." |
| They said the scale of the concerts was "unprecedented" and would lead to "an unacceptable level of disruption" to residents and businesses near Croke Park. | They said the scale of the concerts was "unprecedented" and would lead to "an unacceptable level of disruption" to residents and businesses near Croke Park. |
| The council also said that granting all five concerts, following on from three by One Direction in May, would have doubled the previous maximum number of concerts held at Croke Park per year. | |
| Residents living near the GAA stadium threatened legal action after the initial two concerts were increased to five. | Residents living near the GAA stadium threatened legal action after the initial two concerts were increased to five. |
| The council said 373 submissions had been received from residents, residents' groups and local businesses. | |
| 'Significant fall-out' | |
| There is no right of appeal against the council's decision except by going to the courts. | |
| Aiken Promotions, who are organising the concerts, said they were "very disappointed" that two were refused permission by the council. | |
| Fine Gael councillor, Ray McAdam, told BBC Radio Ulster that there would be "significant fall-out" from the decision. | |
| "I feel for the 160,000 people who bought tickets for the two concerts on the Monday and Tuesday night. | |
| "But we have a serious issue with the process here, and the way in which a promoter, in this case Aiken Promotions, can sell tickets without a licence being granted, let alone an event application licence being submitted to the local authority. | |
| "We need to not only review, but to change how we regulate and legislate for the applying for and holding of concerts such as these." |