Who could it be?
Residents in the area of Croke Park in Dublin have been informed that Aiken Promotions intends to apply for a fourth concert to take place in GAA HQ this year.
Currently, Dublin City Council permits three concerts per year to take place at the stadium in Drumcondra, with Taylor Swift already scheduled to play there twice – on June 15 and 16 – and Michael Bublé due to perform on 7 July.
Ahead of a notice due to be published in The Irish Independent and Herald newspapers on Friday, however, Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna has written to residents of the area to inform them that an application will be made for a fourth concert to take place on Thursday, 17 May.
“I wanted to personally let you know this morning before the placement of a notice in the Irish Independent and Herald newspapers tomorrow, Friday, 2nd February,” McKenna wrote.
“Aiken Promotions intend making an application to Dublin City Council Planning Authority for a licence to hold a concert in Croke Park on Thursday, 17 May 2018.
“Croke Park has planning permission to host three special events per annum under its special events licence granted by Dublin City Council but event promoters can and have applied for additional special event licences in Croke Park so the stadium has hosted more than three special events in one calendar year.”
If the concert is granted permission by Dublin City Council, it would be the only event taking place during the month of May in Croke Park, where 29 events are already scheduled to take place in 2018.
Who would possibly fill the vacant date is the next question bound to be on everyone’s lips, but we’ll wait and see if permission is granted first.
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