I posted in a thread last week that there have been many concerts in Croker over the past several years yet the only time we hear from the residents is when U2 are playing. They get free tickets and money into their associations and I also heard Peter McKenna on radio confirm that they had been offered hotel accommodation.

20 years ago I considered buying a house in the area. I didn't, mainly because I didn't want the hassle of being there, although the ease of access to matches and concerts was appealing. At that time though the houses were approx 20% cheaper than similar houses a little further away. This was clearly a discount which applied because of the proximity of the stadium. Its a bit much to take the benefit then cry about the inconvenience. Its a bit like people buying a house beside the airport and complaining about the noise.

I wonder if their upset this time is because the promoters released more tickets for the concerts in the week beforehand so the black market for all the tickets they got free wasn't as lucrative as they expected.

shanedublin (Dublin) - Posts: 47 - 28/07/2009 18:21:30    366824

They have no right to complain if they were offered free tickets to the concert and accomodation. What will they get from this if the pitch is not ready they will have ruined Sunday for people travelling from Cork, Donegal, Kildare and Tyrone and then again on Monday for the fans of Dublin and Kerry. So just over 160,000 people will have there weekend/bank holiday ruined.

Galway11 (Galway) - Posts: 570 - 28/07/2009 18:32:12    366844

i never heard such rubbish, people being stubborn and looking for attention. What harm the work doin them??

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inniskeenbull (Monaghan) - Posts: 682 - 28/07/2009 18:32:21    366845

the people who live beside croke park are all auld cranky gits neway

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inniskeenbull (Monaghan) - Posts: 682 - 28/07/2009 18:33:05    366847

An absolute disgrace, i doubt any of them predate croke park so they shouldn't have any claim to protest, should build a stadium out in Punchestown to get away from such problems, surely the money they get from touting tickets could have been spent on earplugs.

chuckiearla (Kildare) - Posts: 30 - 28/07/2009 18:46:22    366876

I have the greatest of sympathy for anybody living near to a stadium like Croker. Howwver, they are adequately compensated. Why else would these talks have succeeded. Did they work not go ahead anyway?? Of course it did. the resdienst were just looking for more sweetners!

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 28/07/2009 18:52:20    366892

'If you want the rainbow you will have to put up with the rain'

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 28/07/2009 19:25:24    366953

I think they are 100% right to protest! If there was a building site next to you aloud run 48hrs straight you would complain, should not be aloud. the compensation they get is for the inconvenience of matches nd concerts. this is outside that! This simply should not of been aloud go ahead!!

mozsyh (Kildare) - Posts: 172 - 28/07/2009 19:29:33    366959

They must have got free tickets for football over weekend as there stopped the protests a joke us the normal poeple pay for tickets and they get them free . Tomaoo7 no need to ring anyone we all know why they protested .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 28/07/2009 19:31:34    366962

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They do get money boss so there well looked after there and like i said before tickets as well .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 28/07/2009 19:36:03    366969

hah dell they dont get free tickets,me uncle lives there and he told me today when i asked him that the residents group are a given a small number of concert tickets and then they have a raffle.he never heard about free hotels niether and id hardly believe that ,there wouldnt be enough hotel rooms in the city,there is more houses around croker than you think.anyway it doesnt bother him too much as he actually sits out his back and has a beer when the concerts are on.he reckons its just a load of old biddys with too much time on there hands and would moan about anything.

finglas full ba (None) - Posts: 636 - 28/07/2009 19:36:30    366973

But surely the people chose to live beside the largest stadium in the country and have to expect some noise? The character is defined by a stadium that has been there for nearly a century and from what I'm told the residents are well compensated with tickets for events that take place in Croker.

baldur (Dublin) - Posts: 4 - 28/07/2009 19:38:39    366977

lifford gael are you for real,seriously.just move you say,simple as that.will you buy them nice new houses

finglas full ba (None) - Posts: 636 - 28/07/2009 19:41:25    366983

Perhaps there were people who owned those houses before Croke park was built? Also, think about it realistically, their house won't be worth much with regards location etc. On the issue of the Hotel, if there was a family with a newborn baby I don't think that moving everything they need to a Hotel is exactly ideal situation, and free tickets an 80 year old women I would say would prefer a good nights sleep opposed to tickets to U2. All these people are asking is for the workers to work in daytime hours so that their sleep will not be disturbed. Surely you can understand that? Also, stop judging everyone else by your own standards, just because you would like free tickets to a U2 concert and a night in a Hotel doesn't mean everyone would.

Niamh (Derry) - Posts: 2397 - 28/07/2009 19:42:14    366986

Also when I say owned before Croke Park was built that also means it was in their family.

Niamh (Derry) - Posts: 2397 - 28/07/2009 19:43:43    366988

Good post ShaneDublin!

Agree 100% with your sentiments!

Lifford Gael (Donegal) - Posts: 1925 - 28/07/2009 19:43:50    366990

I lived on Clonliffe for 7 years. Was always approached by this crowd to protest against the GAA but they were asking the wrong man. I loved living beside Croker and I always told them where to go.

However, if I had bought my house 30 years ago or if I was an older person or had a young baby I would have issues with what is going on there right now. I would not be complaining about the 17 weekends that matches are on because that is what we expect from Croker. I wouldn't be complaining about the Concerts either because as we all know Croke Park has planning permission for 4 or 5 concerts a year.

What I would definitely have a grudge about is the GAA chosing to host the 3 concerts with the last one finishing on the Monday before the qFs. Basically that lkeft the GAA having to take down teh stage in 2 days in order to get the pitch ready. The last concert should have finished on teh Sunday and that would hvae left the extra day so night work would not be needed.

I dont know about most of ye but when the neighbours are going mad during the night it cracks me up. The shoe used to be on the other foot but nowadays with a family and wife you like to have some peace at least between midnight and 8 in the morning. It is a disgrace in all fairness that the City Council granted them yound the clock permit to take down a stage. Moving into a hotel does not compensate the hassle. Its fine if you're a college student or on the lash all the time but not if you are a relaxed and settled resident who is either Old, Sick, or has a young family.

Other than that I disagree with everything else the residents association complains about. I hate moaners in general but this time they have a point.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 28/07/2009 20:10:18    367033

maybe they should have protested before the concert, after all u2 wont play there for at least two years again..

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 28/07/2009 20:35:55    367068

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I think they are 100% right to protest! If there was a building site next to you aloud run 48hrs straight you would complain, should not be aloud. the compensation they get is for the inconvenience of matches nd concerts. this is outside that! This simply should not of been aloud go ahead!!

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In fairness I think the ones dismantling the stage would have preferred if the work wasnt aloud but it would have been impossible to do the work in silence.

Lifford Gael (Donegal) - Posts: 1925 - 28/07/2009 20:45:46    367085

By the way, its a myth about free tickets. the residence association represents about 2,000 households and I know for a fact having lived there that tickets are not handed out to them. I also know for a fact because it is not published in freely available ticket allocations.

I reckon a limited few on the residence association get the odd ticket.

Again, I disagree with them but I think we should at least tell the truth.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 28/07/2009 20:50:04    367091