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ED SHEERAN WILL kick off his Mathematics world tour in Dublin’s Croke Park tonight.
Sheeran will play two nights at Croker this weekend, where it’s expected that over 82,000 people will attend both gigs.
If you’re one of the thousands of fans heading there, here’s everything you need to know.
What time should I get there?
The doors will open at 4pm. Supporting artists Denise Chaila and Maisie Peters will start at 6pm and 7pm, respectively, with Sheeran taking to the stage at 8pm.
Ticket information
Both concerts are digital-ticket only. Anyone attending the gigs have been urged to make sure they download their tickets on to their phone from Ticketmaster’s website or app, and to make sure their phones are fully charged before arriving.
All tickets are colour coded and will show you which route you should take to access the stadium.
At time of publishing, there are still tickets on sale. You can pick some up here.
How do I get there?
Gardaí are strongly advising concert-goers to use public transport where possible, as there will be little parking available near the stadium and traffic is expected to be heavy.
The train is your best bet to avoid traffic. Drumcondra station is just a few minutes walk from Croke Park and is on the Maynooth line, so it serves plenty of stops, including Connolly station in the city centre.
If you’re using Dublin Bus, the 1, 13, 16, 33 and 41 all stop on Drumcondra Road.
If you are driving, O’Connell School on North Richmond Street will have car parking spaces available, but the car park will be open three hours before the concert, so it will fill up fast. You can check for other city centre car parks and their closing times here.
Private coaches will not be permitted to drop attendees at Croke Park and Mountjoy Square will be closed off. Coaches can park at the Dublic City Council facility on Collins Avenue, located next to Whitehall GAA Club.
Traffic disruption
A Garda cordon will be put in place on the roads surrounding Croke Park from 10.30am, with barriers erected at the following locations:
Local access for residents and businesses will be provided up until 2.30pm.
After 2.30pm, only residents with 2022 vehicle passes will be allowed access to the area. There will be no traffic permitted inside the inner cordon after 10.15pm, except for emergency vehicles.
What can’t I bring with me?
Gardaí have compiled a long list of items which are not permitted in the venue. We’ve narrowed it down to things you might have planned to pack.
What’s the weather doing?
According to Met Éireann, Saturday is expected to bring a mix of sunny spells and some well scattered showers. Top temperatures will be between 12 to 14 degrees, with moderate to fresh and gusty northeast winds also expected.
Sunday will be dry with sunny spells in most areas, but it will be a little cloudier in the southwest where there will be some patchy light rain and drizzle at times. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees, in mostly moderate easterly winds.
Probably best to bring a jacket just in case.
Anything else I need to know?
Gardaí are reminding people to be mindful that Croke Park is in a residential area, and to therefore be respectful and act appropriately.
Otherwise, stay safe and enjoy. We’re sure it will be Perfect.
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A shortage!?! Lettuce pray!
It’s ridiculous that Ireland can’t supply herself with salad and vegetables. The country has great land and weather for such produce. We should be easily self sufficient . We should be able to supply Europe too! The likes of Tesco Ireland should only sell home grown produce.
The weather is not right , 12 months of the year . We depend on Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere produce based on seasonality to supplement what we can produce.
@Niall O’Reilly:Try growing lettuce during wintertime in Ireland.
@Brian MacCarthaigh: No problem, its growing in the Botanical gardens in Dublin outside right now. Even easier in a tunnel.
@Colm Vambeck:- Correct. There are a lot of farmers in North County Dublin / Meath areas that grow lettuce through out the year. Then Keelings by the Airport have Gigantic greenhouses that grow peppers, lettuces, berries and all other types of veg you would think wouldn’t be plausible to grow in Ireland. They actually have an excellent Farm Shop at their entrance on the St. Margerets Road. (Finglas to Swords )
@The Viking:
Price……
There will always be a market for homegrown greenhouse vegetables and some people will pay a premium for them but the vast majority will buy the cheapest available.
Best of luck to the Keeling’s in their shop by the way.
Nonsense. We can grow everything in Ireland. You just need a greenhouse or a plastic tunnel. In Iceland they are self sufficient in tomatoes and cucumbers and my neighbor here in Brittany has 100 oranges on his orange tree in a climate often colder than Ireland!
Have you heard of a green house.?No problem at all under glass.
@Richard Paul: In a wee greenhouse (6 x 10) in the south of the country, we have all salad ingredients for our house all year around. We are still eating the spuds, carrots, parsnips and more from the wee veg plot. Hadn’t bought a spud in 5 years.
@ Paul Somers; Fair Play to you If it is practical for you to do that . But certain produce can not be grown in Ireland, in the quantities needed to satisfy the demand for them.
Sorry who buys more than one in one go?!
@Paul: People buying for a family.
@Paul:
Harvey the rabbit??
@Paul:
That new chain of shops, Chopped?
Be interesting to see what they substitute lettuce with now.
Restaurants, Pubs, Cafe’s
A number of local establishments purchase salad ingredients in Aldi / Lidi as the cost is sometimes below ‘Musgrave’s’ price point.
This is a great day for salad dodgers
Just have a bloody salad without lettuce. A salad with sausages and rashers and eggs and pudding. A salad with no salad.
Managed to buy some from a shady character on Moore street . Bit pricey though, €5 for a half dozen lettuce leaves and €7.50 for a reasonably sized courgette.
I’d say the Kinahans and the Hutches are repurposing the grow houses as we speak ….
RIP to all the poor slippy slugs
lettuce spray…
So busy giving out to super valu the farmers forgot about the poor oll lettuce
I blame vegetarians for eating all our side salads for their main courses.
Went to Supervalue, Tesco’s and Aldi looking for courgettes. Lidl is the only place you can get them.
Swear to God, I was blaming bloody operation transformation !
Woa muah gawd, cannot cope, like whats a B.L.T. without the L. :(
And I’m a vegan so no B either. :((
Didn’t take long for someone to announce they were vegan did it
Simply weather related.
Do we not grow it here?
Iceberg hopefully… its the marmite of lettii
@Hugh Gallagher: At least Jamie Oliver had the right idea with Iceburg lettuce…put them in a clay trap and blast them with No.7 shot. It’s a veg designed for supermarkets and catering due to lasting longer than most people who eat it.
Leaf it out will ye!
Ah..sure I can see it now “garda raid grow house..”(surely it’s herbal and illegal) ..garda looks sad and says “nah tis only lettuce..feck it”
Nothing of nutritional value in lettuce anyway
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