Hold your horses, stetsons and cowboy boots, apparently it ain't all over yet...

The Garth farce rolls on this afternoon as promoter Peter Aiken and the GAA came before an Oireachtas committee who are trying to find out, like the rest of us, what went wrong, and there's been yet another twist in the tale. 

According to The Irish Mirror, Peter Aiken may consider a last ditch attempt to save all five gigs if he can secure an extraordinary meeting with Environment Minister Alan Kelly and begin a judicial review to get the concerts back on the table.

Aiken added that the process would need to happen today if there is any chance of the concerts still going ahead, and that the Dublin City Council would have to take a step back from proceedings, saying that the review would have to be uncontested if it's going to be completed in the necessary time frame.

The review would need to go before the High Court, who could overturn the DCC decision not to grant the licences, and Aiken told the committee that while he is aware that "there is no recourse for review or appeal against the licence issued by Dublin City Council", it was still a hugely frustrating position to be in, given that some of the signatures on the original petition are being investigated as fraud.

According to The Independent, TDs have backed the idea of the last ditch appeal, while sources close to Aiken say that he may indeed contact the DCC today to ensure that there will be no further rumblings from them, and then press ahead with the application for a judicial review.

With plans for the whole #DublinGoesCountry thing already underway, what would Ministers Paschal Donohoe and Michael Ring do if Garth is back on all of a sudden? We suppose they could wear the hats to the gig...

 

 

Via The Irish Mirror and Inependent.ie