Aiken Promotions slapped with staggering Garda bill for Garth Brooks Croke Park concerts
Gardai have recouped more than €7.6 million from concert promoters, sporting bodies, and even the National Ploughing Championships for policing duties over the past year.
The next highest policing bill was the €254,000 paid by MCD for the Longitude Festival in Dublin’s Marlay Park last July.A similar bill was paid by the National Ploughing Championship for their three-day event at Ratheniska, Co Laois in September of 2022. Of the €7.613 million paid by companies for garda assistance over the past year, around one-sixth of it – or €1.23 million – was paid by the promoters MCD.
An information note said: “Members of An Garda Síochána have been made available for the performance of such duties and the state has charged for their services.
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