Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To even suggest that it would be considered is ludicrous. Mr. Keegan also stated that five concerts would have been unprecedented. Given the experience of events at Croke Park, would four consecutive nights, each entailing 80,000 people, not have been regarded as unprecedented? At what point would it have become unprecedented?

In terms of declarations of interest, Mr. Keegan stated that he only became aware that Mr. Keogan owned a property in the area today. Some 400,000 people have been discommoded and God only knows how much damage has been done to the local economy, including for those residents who stated on the news that their children would have worked in the stadium.

Was there ever an intention to ask that officials dealing with the file, given its size, complexity and nature, would declare any interests to the city manager with a view to getting someone else to deal with the matter? Will people have confidence in the local authority to deal with a similar application under the current system if it came across the desks of the witnesses in future? Would they do anything differently, including, for instance, request those considering files to declare any interests in property or otherwise they might have of relevance to such an application?