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The promoters of the Slane Castle concert starring country legend Luke Combs for two nights in July have offered to donate €30,000 to the local community.


They have previously paid €10,000 for each concert to be spent in the village.


They have proposed increasing this to €15,000 per concert and since there are two consecutive concerts this year on July 18 and 19, they are offering €30,000.


However some community organisations in the village are still unhappy with the proposed amount and believe the organisers should be paying at least €100 000 to be spent among sports groups in the village.


Many of the community groups said they have no objection to the concerts but are annoyed at what they feel is the lack of consultation with local people. 


The issue was raised by the East Meath Senator Sharon Keogan in the Seanad last week.


Senator Keogan joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.



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