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Garth Brooks saga: Three Croke Park concerts approved for 2022, applications in for two more

“If I get to play and go to Ireland and play music again, we will be the luckiest people on the planet,” Garth Brooks said this week.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has approved three nights of concerts in Croke Park next September, when it is expected that country singer Garth Brooks is set to perform.

The council confirmed to The Journal that it has granted approval for concerts on 9, 10, and 11 September 2022.

Additionally, it has received an application for two more concerts on 16 and 17 September. 

In a livestream on his Facebook page this week, Brooks did not say if he was returning to Dublin, but said that “if I do get to play and go to Ireland and play music again, we will be the luckiest people on the planet”.

“The second I know whether or not it’s going to happen or not I will let you know.” 

Addressing “Ireland”, Brooks said: “If you love me one billionth as much as I love you I’m the luckiest guy on the planet. I love Ireland.”

Eamon O’Boyle and Associates, a consultancy firm, has submitted the additional application to Dublin City Council on behalf of Aiken Promotions, the promoter behind Brooks’ planned concerts in 2014.

“This licence application comprises of two outdoor concerts to be held in Croke Park on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th September 2022,” the application outlines.

Dublin City Council received the application for those two concerts yesterday.

Observations responding to the application can be submitted up to 12 October at 4.30pm.

Garth Brooks was set to play a series of concerts in Croke Park in July 2014, but the shows were cancelled when he was not granted a license to hold five gigs.

400,000 tickets were refunded after the drawn-out fiasco ended with the country singer saying he was “crushed” the concerts would not be going ahead.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:28 PM

    Every doctor I ever had – told me that it was important to complete the full course.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:29 PM

    @Fank Pulman: and dentist…

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    Jul 27th 2017, 3:13 PM

    @Fank Pulman: Ah here doctors, make up yer minds.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello.
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    Jul 27th 2017, 6:28 PM

    @Fank Pulman: Doctors also used to prescribe cigarettes to regain your strong . The advice changes in accordance with the best latest information, as it should.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 6:29 PM

    @Neal Ireland Hello.: *strength

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    Jul 27th 2017, 11:56 PM

    @Neal Ireland Hello.: I doubt that…evidence ?

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:27 PM

    I never finish the course of antibiotics always stopped after maybe 3 days when im feeling better, have never had any bad effects from doing so either, Just saying!

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:40 PM

    @Colette Kearns: Well Colette please explain how you grew that third arm?

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:43 PM

    @Gary: Colete hasn’t grown a third arm , her fourth one fell off : )

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    Jul 27th 2017, 2:29 PM

    @Garry , what are you on about??

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    Jul 27th 2017, 3:25 PM

    @Colette Kearns: Seems it was actually the sense of humour that fell off!

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    Jul 27th 2017, 9:34 PM

    @Colette Kearns:
    @Rory Stafford:
    I would certainly not take antibiotics and don’t believe I ever have healthy body Will not allow bacteria to multiply as for virus it’s no good anyway
    If my children were sick a doctor would certainly have to put forward a very good verified reason for there use The inappropriate use of antibiotics is widespread and wrong

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    Jul 27th 2017, 10:43 PM

    @Colette Kearns: Whoever these British clowns are they should be ignored: Stopping antibiotics when “you feel better” rather than when the course ends is dangerous for two reasons, firstly the not all of the bacteria are gone and if they multiple and attack your system again they will have built up a resistance to the antibiotics. And secondly this is where Superbugs, that antibiotics are ineffective on, come from.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 4:18 PM

    This is based on one paper. One. Against all of the research prior that indicates this is a bad idea. People still routinely don’t finish the course — maybe wait to see that this is confirmed before pushing more people to do that.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 2:40 PM

    This is strange because drug resistant TB has said to be a direct result of people not completing their medication. They actually have people calling around making sure people don’t stop medication when they feel better.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 2:16 PM

    This has to be fake news! Drug companies and their prescribing agents have no interest in shifting shed loads of tablets just for profit!
    They are looking after our health and have no interest in financial rewards or holidays for prescribing a particular anti-biotic.
    Just saying like.
    Anyone seen Bob Geldoff anywhere? Something bad is going to happen if he dosent appear in public soon!

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    Jul 27th 2017, 1:48 PM

    Treat every day like it’s your last , one day you’ll be right .
    Only the other day a scientific study claimed , alcohol improves memory .
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/24/alcohol-improves-memory-scientists-say-study-finds-drinking/

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    Jul 27th 2017, 2:04 PM

    The humanity
    Diseases resistant to drugs
    Go
    Unleavened bread
    Locusts and honey if you can

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    Jul 27th 2017, 2:34 PM

    This is 70 year old science that was never updated.

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    Jul 27th 2017, 5:56 PM

    This error posting comment message is really annoying!

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    Jul 27th 2017, 6:07 PM

    @journal.ie
    If you write a comment that goes over the 800 characters, but then edit it to under 800 it still give the error posting comment message, even if you copy the text and try to post it as a new comment, is this a glitch of the text limit?

    Can’t you increase the limit to a number, so actual comments can be made, instead of quasi tweets!

    Yes, I realise my “@journal.ie” is a quasi tweet!
    :-)

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