Live Nation joint venture paid out £48.3m for MCD Productions
Cancellation of music festivals due to Covid cost insurers €36.6m but firm still lost €12.4m
Major promoters among recipients of funding for live performances
More than 200 organisations to benefit from scheme worth €25 million
MCD ordered to pay €7,000 compensation to cancer patient
Woman left ‘humiliated’ by treatment of security staff at Paul Weller gig in Trinity
Cancelled: Summer music festivals and other large events called off
Ticket buyers to be offered refunds as Government bans gatherings of more than 5,000
Coronavirus: Full list of all closures and cancellations
Taoiseach announces closure of schools, colleges and other public facilities
Insurance costs add €1 to every concert ticket in Republic
MCD boss says insurance costs for a stadium gig in Republic costs €50,000 compared to €5,000 in the North
Number of deals assessed by consumer watchdog halves
Higher turnover threshold sees 47 mergers notified to body in 2019, 52% down on 2018
Comedian Brendan Grace had ‘the kindest, kindest heart’
Funeral to take place in the Liberties in Dublin on Monday
Longitude organiser says ‘no connection’ between festival and Dublin fracas
Garda sources say they suspect men who tried to rush club door had been at festival
Pretax profits at Denis Desmond’s concert promoter down 19%
AMG paid dividend of £35m in 2018 including £9.8m dividend for Gaiety Investments
Competition watchdog to investigate MCD deal with Live Nation
Consumer body to scrutinise Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey’s sale of promoter
Electric Picnic generates €1.9m profit, up from €369k in 2017
But parent company, owned by Denis Desmond and Live Nation sees profits vanish
Promoter Denis Desmond sells MCD stake to Live Nation
MCD has been bought out in full by a UK-based company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Live Nation and Desmond’s Gaiety Investments
Tickets for Drake’s two shows in Dublin sell out
Late change to time of sale, much to frustration of some fans
David Bowie’s secret gig at the Factory, Ringsend in May 1997
The police were hammering on the door – but Bowie wouldn’t leave the stage
The Script’s Croke Park tickets sell out in less than an hour
June concert falls on 30th anniversary of U2’s Unforgettable Fire tour
Web Summit suffers wifi connectivity issue on first day
Founder Paddy Cosgrave calls for letter-writing campaign to RDS to sort problem
Injured festival-goer loses case after getting stuck in mud at Oxegen
Man sued MCD after he was knocked over and trampled and fractured ankle
Garda earns almost €3m for special policing operations
MCD promotions paid €568,500 for concerts, while Shell paid €158,746
Woman who sued over injury at Slane withdraws case
Judge told Victoria Clayton she had made a ‘wise’ decision
Woman sues over fall at Rolling Stones concert in Slane
Armagh nurse claims she slipped on mud and injured ankle
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