Residents planning to disrupt U2 trucks at Croker
Steve Humphreys
The Edge pictured on stage during Saturday night's U2 concert.
Croke Park residents are set to stage three protests tomorrow as U2 workers pack up "the Claw".
The move will cause some concern for the GAA, which is expected to announce later today that the mouth-watering All-Ireland quarter final between Dublin and Kerry will take place at HQ next weekend.
That gives the organisation just days to lay a new pitch before another 80,000 fans stream through the gates in a multi-million euro payday for the GAA.
For the pitch to be ready in time workers will have to de-rig the massive stage and all of U2's extensive equipment through the night.
GAA officials want everything to be cleared by Wednesday so that they can begin to lay the new pitch in time for the bank holiday weekend.
Locals say they have endured two weeks of big trucks and people camping outside their doors and want to highlight the "despicable" way they have been treated by Croke Park officials.
Greed
Patrick Gates, chairman of the Croke Park Area Residents Alliance (CPARA) told the Herald today that "pure greed" means they will be subjected to loud noises for 24 hours until Wednesday.
"They have taken no account of the impact they have on us. They shouldn't be working around the clock after already having three concerts in four days," he said.
Groups of residents are now set to run a go-slow in the area aimed at disrupting the large de-rigging trucks coming and going from Croke Park.
The first protest will take place at 1am tomorrow morning, followed by a second at 7am and another at 6pm.
"For two nights people are going to be denied sleep and it didn't have to happen," said Mr Gates.
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- Kevin Doyle
