THE promoters of the U2 concert in Phoenix Park have said they intend to employ 1,000 local people during the lead-up to the event in August.
Mr Jim Aiken, of Aiken Event Management, said the concert would be staged better "than any other event ever held in Ireland".
Yesterday Mr Aiken, whose company and Dublin Corporation are co-promoters of the concert, said residents who lived near the park should not worry about disturbances or difficulties with the staging of the event.
He was speaking publicly for the first time about the concert, to take place on August 30th if final planning permission is given next month.
A number of local residents' groups have made formal objections to the concert. Responding to this, Aiken Event Management said little disturbance would be caused.
According to the concert's event manager, most of the sound generated by U2 would be "absorbed" within the park.
At least 700 temporary toilets would be provided on site so that fans would not need "to leave the park at any stage".
Meanwhile, planning permission is likely to be given for the first hotel in the Smithfield area of Dublin within the next few weeks after a meeting of Dublin City Council's planning committee yesterday. The application for a 77- bedroom hotel and other facilities Was submitted by Heritage Properties.
A Dublin Corporation planner said he was "confident" the application would get planning permission within weeks.
Mr Jim Keogan, senior executive planner with the corporation, said Smithfield was "in need" of a hotel and he saw the Heritage Properties application as "being in line" with the HARP initiative set up to develop the area.
There had been plans for the Project Arts Theatre to move into the venue but this is not now expected to go ahead.
A sculpture society was also expected to use the venue but, due to the refusal of funding from the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, this has also been cancelled.
Yesterday councillors spoke in favour of the proposal, although some expressed concern that there would not be any arts activity in the area.
"There should be some space reserved for arts organisations in this development," said a Green Party councillor, Ms Donna Cooney.
There has been some controversy about the type of development planned for the area.