In an interview on RTÉ Radio 1's The Business on Saturday, Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna said the plan to have five Garth Brooks concerts in a row at the venue last summer was "too much".
Describing the controversy and cancellation as "a fiasco", McKenna told host Richard Curran: "I think what we need to do is learn a few lessons from what happened."
He continued: "I think the licensing programme needs to be looked at. I think the type of requirements that you're asked to do when you submit a licence for fixed venues like Croke Park or the Aviva or the RDS, maybe 70% of that should be already pre-agreed and we just look at 'Is the event that's planned, is it going to have a major impact on the area?'
"And if it is, let's call it early."
"And when people buy a ticket they should have a reasonable expectation the event is going to happen," said McKenna.
Asked if there were lessons to be learned by the GAA, and what could be done differently if a similar situation occurred, McKenna replied: "I think looking to have five concerts in a row just was too much, and I think we got caught up in the exuberance of that."
He continued: "What we really need to establish with the local community is an accord - some agreement which is published and available for all to read it, and that we stick by that.
"Now, The Lord Mayor [Christy Burke] and the Minister in the area, Paschal Donohue, are both pulling together members of the community and ourselves to work through that process."
He added: "So I'd be hopeful over the next three/six months that that'll happen and we'll all move to a more agreeable [situation]. When tensions come on into public airwaves and so on it's not good for anybody."
Listen to the full interview here.
