{"id":656465,"date":"2026-10-16T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/656465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:58:08","slug":"rosanne-cash-cancels-sligo-gig-due-to-public-sector-industrial-action-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/656465\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosanne Cash cancels Sligo gig due to public sector industrial action \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rosanne Cash<\/a>, the eldest daughter of American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash<\/a>, has spoken of her disappointment at having to cancel her Sligo<\/a> Live concert due to the nationwide public sector industrial action. <\/p>\n

Cash was due to perform the last concert of her European tour on Sunday October 25th in the Knocknarea Arena at the Sligo Atlantic Technological University campus. <\/p>\n

In a statement posted on social media Thursday evening, Cash announced she was \u201csorry and disappointed\u201d at having to cancel the gig. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a national strike going on by the public sector unions which precludes the use of the theatre on the Atlantic Technological University campus where our concert was to be held,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTicket holders will be contacted directly by email with information about refunds. I will miss my Irish friends and miss being in a country I love so much.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an awful shame,\u201d Sligo Live organiser Rory O\u2019Connor said. <\/p>\n

Cash was one of four performances that had to be cancelled or rescheduled due to the ongoing work-to-rule, an aspect of the industrial action that sees some public sector workers refusing to perform duties other than the core ones for which they are contracted. <\/p>\n

The sold-out Stephen Wilson Jr concert on October 17th has been moved from Sligo to the TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar. O\u2019Connor said ATU staff \u201cdon\u2019t do evening work and don\u2019t do overtime. They\u2019re instructed by the union not to do that and we can\u2019t run it on safety grounds without some college staff present on the night\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes months and months of work to put all these things together. We\u2019re hoping against hope that Dara \u00d3 Briain … will still be able to go ahead [on October 23rd]. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already sadly lost Glen Hansard who was booked for the Saturday night. We\u2019re hoping the talks start preferably before the weekend or there\u2019s a decision and that [strikes] can be called off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cathaoirleach of Sligo Municipal District and ATU integration project manager Labour Cllr Ann Higgins said ATU was \u201ckeenly aware\u201d that Sligo Live is the largest event in Sligo and the Cash concert cancellation would come as a blow to fans and the town. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s genuinely regrettable that the concert is cancelled but equally, people need to remember that the cause of this is the industrial dispute. For me the fault lies squarely on the Government\u2019s shoulders who refused to engage in a timely and meaningful way on a national wage agreement. They also failed to acknowledge and to listen to people,\u201d said Higgins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on the picket line from 9.30am yesterday and the anger and frustration was palpable from so many people in unions who are bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another casualty of the failure of the Government to engage.\u201d <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for ATU said: \u201cRegrettably, next weekend\u2019s event cannot proceed due to ongoing national industrial action. While the event\u2019s significant contribution to the region is fully appreciated, these broader circumstances have necessitated the organisers\u2019 decision to cancel. We thank everyone involved for their understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, has spoken of her disappointment at having to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,87211,278024,14169],"class_list":["post-656465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-johnny-cash","tag-rosanne-cash","tag-sligo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}