Garth Brooks concerts cancelled - **READ FIRST POST FOR MOD NOTES**

Augmerson

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

This is like The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, except with more media coverage.

I wouldn't mind the Soviets nuking some people at this stage.

Donkey Oaty

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

He has never given an interview to Newstalk 106 Ireland's second biggest radio station

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/taoiseach-defends-record-during-radio-exchange-1.1808287

Jayob10

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

What about the respect for the 160,000 that held tickets for five months, some of whom booked flights, hotels, arranged holidays around.. do they not deserve respect, no?

Typical fcuking Ireland, where an American cares more about 145,000 or so irish people getting ripped off, than their own fellow citizens do.

How are you getting ripped off? you are getting a full refund.

The moral compass of people in this country is pointing the wrong f*cking way. Sit on our arses and accept property/water/stealth taxes and universal social charges but stop us from seeing an insincere, greedy country and western singer and lets mobilise the troops.

Its sickening stuff.

Tarzana

Grandeeod wrote: »

It will be a Reeling in the years 2014 Special. 60 minutes dedicated to this debacle. The Christmas boxset edition will include an extra disc featuring an exclusive interview with Livelines " Mary", who was writing to the Pope about it.

It will be fúcking CLASS episode of 'Reeling in the Years'.

Augmerson

Hotfail.com wrote: »

A "yes"... Go fúck yourself Garth, he's a bloody country singer who's demanding a whole COUNTRY should change their laws to suit him.

If he gets what he wants I'll get sick.

Agree with you 100%.

We have though, proven, that we are a country who will change our laws, or our political drive, to suit bigger powers or business interests.

See Denis O' Brien, 95% of the Irish Banks, the EU, the US and the UK for further reading.

Rasheed

If I had a tenner for every time 'Gombeen' has been mentioned in this and the last Garth thread, I'd have a serious hape of tenners.

RoyalCelt

Trigger Happy wrote: »

True, only if you rule out the "could not give a ****" portion of the population.

i could not give a *uck but if i voted i would vote in favor like most would because the positives vastly out weigh the negatives.

secman

Make him swim up the Liffey........crawl down the quays.......... lick Enda's big toe ........ and let him play the 3 that were permitted.

Well he did say he would. take up his bleedin offer I say

Grayson

A friend of mine just posted this on facebook.

Let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesnt play - my cover band, who dress as stormtroopers and play his biggest hits, Darth Brooks, we are ready.

A Dub in Glasgo

FFS, I am only catching up with this. This sycophantic nonsense is even more embarrassing than the Brazil football team. I cannot believe that the Government are getting involved

P_1

So we have a foreign citizen agitating for us to change our laws to suit their own agenda and seemingly having some success with it? I wonder how he'd feel if we decided to poke our noses in the law making of Oklahoma?

Cienciano

Rasheed wrote: »

If I had a tenner for every time 'Gombeen' has been mentioned in this and the last Garth thread, I'd have a serious hape of tenners.

12 isn't a serious heap

Captain Scarlet

Tarzana wrote: »

It will be fúcking CLASS episode of 'Reeling in the Years'.

It´ll be a Hollywood Movie, you can be sure. I think I´ll write a screenplay now and try to get the rights. Not sure if it´s going to be a comedic farce or a weepy. I´m thinking somewhere between "Spinal Tap", "Love Story" and "Finian´s Rainbow". Or maybe "The Dukes of Hazzard" meets "Deliverance".

Tarzana

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

What about the respect for the 160,000 that held tickets for five months, some of whom booked flights, hotels, arranged holidays around.. do they not deserve respect, no?

Yeah, I know right? Aiken/CP/GAA had so little respect for 160,000 ticket holders when they decided to plow ahead with an unreasonable number of concerts. But that's not who you're talking about, now is it?

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

hmmm wrote: »

Cares? How does cancelling 3 concerts show that he "cares"?

He hasn't cancelled any concerts. DCC has. He still wants to play them all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9PYtmVybU

Rasheed

Cienciano wrote: »

12 isn't a serious heap

Tis round here. That's 40 square bales

Donkey Oaty

Let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesnt play - my cover band, who dress as badgers and play his biggest hits, Garth Brocks, we are ready.

Cienciano

After watching some of the GB video on youtube, I can safely say, Garth Brooks is the american Daniel O'Donnell.
He actually said "I'm scared". Jesus wept.

Grayson

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesnt play - my cover band, who dress as badgers and play his biggest hits, Garth Brocks, we are ready.

Steve?

My name is URL

Trigger Happy wrote: »

What about the licencing legislation that does now allow a decision to ve appealed or changed? You would need to break that law to allow the 5 to goahead as planned.

That's the legislation I'm interested in reading up on. Do you have a link to it?

He has already been offered 4 nights, so if such a piece of legislation does exist.. one that says that under no circumstances can a decision be changed or appealed, then it has already been broken.

Allowing him to play 5 gigs at this stage wouldn't make a blind bit of difference to that. It's already been shown that decisions can be overturned or altered.

It'd be easier now just to allow him the five shows and change legislation so that it's concrete and concise and to ensure that such messing about cannot happen in future.

hynesie08

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

He hasn't cancelled any concerts. DCC has. He still wants to play them all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9PYtmVybU

He hasn't cancelled any? So the three with licenses are going ahead then?

Grayson

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

He hasn't cancelled any concerts. DCC has. He still wants to play them all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9PYtmVybU

He said the three that he got permission for were off. Or is he still playing them?

Jayob10

Cienciano wrote: »

After watching some of the GB video on youtube, I can safely say, Garth Brooks is the american Daniel O'Donnell.
He actually said "I'm scared". Jesus wept.

I'd be terrified if Jesus wept in fairness.

Donkey Oaty

Grayson wrote: »

Steve?

Alas, no. But let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesn't play - my cover band, who dress as obese castle-shaped chess pieces and play his biggest hits, Girth Rooks, we are ready.

Captain Scarlet

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesnt play - my cover band, who dress as badgers and play his biggest hits, Garth Brocks, we are ready.

Let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesn´t play, my cover band, who eat lots of beans, wear diving suits and swim in small streams, "Fart Brooks", we are ready. (Unfortunately our last gig, scheduled for a small section of the River Dargle in Bray, was cancelled on the objection of local residents who were concerned about air pollution).

Menas

RoyalCelt wrote: »

i could not give a *uck but if i voted i would vote in favor like most would because the positives vastly out weigh the negatives.

How do you know the majority want this to go ahead?

Only 43 Percent of the 14,000 people who cared enough to vote in this poll agreed with our glorious leader getting involved.

http://www.thejournal.ie/was-the-taoiseach-right-to-get-involved-with-garth-brooks-1563393-Jul2014/

Tarzana

My name is URL wrote: »

Can you cite the law in question? People keep going on about how 'the law' is being ignored but I have seen anyone actually say which law in particular.

Apologies, a decision was made by the DCC that can't be appealed. I'd imagine that decision isn't based on nothing, even though people don't seem willing to admit that some civil servants do have brains in their heads and come to an educated conclusion. Laws would I'm sure have been taken into account in reaching the decision. I don't know all the laws, it's not my job.

Now, a question for you. Can you show how most residents are for the concerts, as you have claimed many times? Yeah, there's some dodgy stuff going on on the resident's side but that doesn't mean most want the concert to happen or are indifferent.

Pumpkinseeds

So he's just said that the planning officer should be told that he's done his job and that everyone should be able to go and see all the concerts. What an arrogant w*nker.

Why the fook are RTE repeating this over and over again?

I would like to hear about the awful situation in Gaza please, RTE.

:mad::mad::mad:

Edit: feck off Caitriona :pac:

Donkey Oaty

Trigger Happy wrote: »

How do you know the majority want this to go ahead?

Nobody can tell. But let me say this once again - if Garth Brooks doesn't play - my Liverpool-based cover band, who play his biggest hits in aid of famine relief, Gorta Brookside, we are ready.