News

31/07/2010

Concert goers at Lissadell angered by delays to shuttle buses following Westlife concert

MIDWEST NEWS HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS TODAY IN RELATION TO LAST NIGHT’S WESTLIFE CONCERT AT LISSADELL HOUSE IN SLIGO.
 
ACCORDING TO MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN IN TOUCH TODAY THERE WAS A LONG DELAY AFTER THE CONCERT FOR THOSE WAITING FOR SHUTTLE BUSES GOING BACK INTO SLIGO.
 
THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN AND ANGER AT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WHEELCHAIR USERS HAD TO WAIT FOR THE SHUTTLE BUSES BACK TO OXFIELD PARK. THERE WERE REPORTS OF MANY PEOPLE HAVING TO WAIT IN A MARQUEE UNTIL AFTER 1 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING WITH MANY PEOPLE HAVING TO BE ATTENDED TO BY THE ORDER OF MALTA AS THEY WERE VERY COLD AND DISTRESSED.
 
THE LISSADELL VENUE WILL PLAY HOST TO LEONARD COHEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT.