EXCLUSIVE: Fears grow that all FIVE Garth Brooks gigs will be cancelled http://t.co/0tw06XcigK
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 3, 2014
Jaysus.
Earlier: Burning Bridges
Meanwhile…
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#BREAKING: Permission granted for only THREE Garth Brook concerts at Croke Park. More to follow
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) July 3, 2014
160,000 ticket holders.
*folds boot-cut Wrangler’s away*
Update:
The Chair of the Croke Park Residents committe lives in Castleknock! Only lived in area as a student. Says it all really.
— Tom Nolan (@ThomNolan) July 3, 2014
From Dublin City Council:
Reasons:
1. The scale, magnitude and number of the concerts with an expected attendance of in excess of 80,000 people per night over five consecutive nights, three of them being week nights is unprecedented for Croke Park Stadium.
2. Three consecutive concerts have already taken place in Croke Park from the 23rd to 25th of May 2014. Given that Croke Park is situated in a heavily populated residential area, five shows in a row following on from the three concerts already held there this year is considered an over intensification of use of the stadium for the holding of special events/concerts. It would be in effect permitting an increase of 100% in terms of the maximum number of concerts that had previously been held in Croke Park in any given year since the redevelopment of the stadium.
3. The cumulative effect on residents and on some businesses in the Croke Park and surrounding neighbourhoods, of licencing five shows in a row, three of them on weekdays, would lead to an unacceptable level of disruption to their lives/livelihoods over an unprecedented and prolonged period caused by, concert related noise, access restrictions, traffic disruption, illegal parking and potential antisocial behaviour. The City Council would also be concerned with the precedent that would be created if five consecutive concerts in a row of this scale were licenced.
Liam Geraghty writes:
“Disgusted to see this ‘Promoted’ tweet appearing on my Twitter feed yesterday. The link goes to a website which encourages reparative (conversion) therapy (gay to straight). Only last month the Supreme Court in the States turned away a legal challenge on California’s ban on gay ‘conversion therapy’, [see below] leaving the ban in place, deeming this kind of therapy to have no scientific merit….”
No bungs, fast cars or unseemly ‘spit roasts’
Just classic lacrosse played by tough, sinewy gentlemen of the old school.
The Irish men’s Lacrosse team (above) compete in the World Lacrosse Championships, in Denver, Colorado, USA this week.
Their first game is on July 11 against Uganda and throughout the tournament Irish player Conor Walsh will be keeping YOU up to date on Ireland’s progress.
This is the same side that came second in the European Championship so much is EXPECTED,
Conor writes:
“As a minority sport, we often struggle to garner public support as there are generally other big tournaments taking place in line with ours.The tournament will run until July 19th with the team competing in 7/8 games over the course of the competition. It is a gruelling schedule.The post-group games kick off on July 14th once the action in Brazil has come to a close…
More to follow.
*pop*
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Latest price changes for Bray, County Wicklow on a well known and much used property focused website.
Buy low sell high etc.
Co Clare this afternoon.
The Industrial gloats:
“Costa del Lahinch. A stone splitting 27 degrees on the local thermometer…”
Give An Inch
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Mr. Magoo sez:
On the way down to Inch strand this afternoon, sure where would you get it?
Thanks C
Anyone feel like donating to this schoolboy football club who've been fined for taking stand against racist abuse? http://t.co/zltcafgxdY
— Anna Carey (@urchinette) July 1, 2014
Eoin English of the Irish Examiner reports that a Cork schoolboys soccer club has been fined €200 for abandoning a game after one of their players was racially abused.
Irish Examiner: Schoolboy soccer club fined for taking players off pitch in stand against racism
“the highs certainly out weighted the lows and made it all worthwhile. As a kid all I wanted to be was a professional athlete and to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games. ”
400m athlete David Gillick (above)
We’ll always have Birmingham
David Gillick calls time on competitive athletics career (Conor Pope, Irish Times)
Darren Cleary writes:
“This is a story about an annual charity game which takes place at Tolka Park every year. The United Warriors Special Olympics club play a Shelbourne XI in the Leo Keogh Cup Final. This year’s game took place last Sunday.
The Shelbourne team is made up of fans, club staff, and volunteers who donate between €10-20 to play in the game, the Warriors are a Special Olympics club based in Rathcoole [Dublin] made up of boys and girls of all ages with disabilities. All proceeds raised go to the Warriors and it pays their league costs for the year.
Shelbourne kit man Johnny Watson and Shels fanatic Stephen Fagan (who is the captain of the Warriors) came up with the idea over six years ago. The prize on offer in the final is the Leo Keogh Cup, the trophy is in memory of Stephen’s cousin Leo who was 12-years-old when he lost his life in a car accident a few years ago. I put together this report for FM104 on the day. It’s a really inspirational story and it highlights how a small gesture of playing a football match and donating a few quid can make a big difference to these lads”
Fair play though, in fairness.