Gardaí paid more than €6.8m to police concerts and sports events
Gardaí were paid more than €6.8 million over the past year for policing duties at concerts, sports events, festivals, and for escorts of unusually large cargo on the country’s road network.
The single-biggest fee was paid by Festival Republic for a garda presence at Electric Picnic last year with a final tab of €349,110 for the event.
The next highest bill was the €324,900 that MCD paid An Garda Síochána for a series of concerts that took place in Marlay Park last summer.
The organisers of the National Ploughing Championships also ran up a sizable policing bill with gardaí paid €227,421 for working at the event last autumn.
Other significant fees included €181,400 from Festival Republic for a series of gigs at Malahide Castle and €136,6000 from the PGA European Tour for the Irish Open golf tournament at the K Club last September.
Rounding out the top ten most costly bills were events at Musgrave Park in Cork, St Anne’s Park in Dublin, the RDS, and one in…
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