Council still waiting for €55k from Westlife concert

Date Published: 09-Sep-2008

THE Pearse Stadium Development Committee and Galway City Council have not yet been paid for the washout Westlife concert held in the Salthill venue last June, city councillors were told last night.

During a discussion on the concert, Director of Services for Planning, Tom Connell, admitted that they local authority has still not received the agreed €55,000 contribution from concert promoters for expediting the process for granting a licence.

He added that he was still “quite confident” the money would be paid, adding that the stadium committee had not been paid either.

The revelation follows