Boyzone’s Keith Duffy says he is “blown away” following news that Dublin City Councillors unanimously passed a motion to rename a park after Boyzone's Stephen Gately who died almost 11 years ago.
The six hectare Royal Canal Linear Park Linear Park, opened 10 years and which runs alongside Spencer Dock, is to be renamed after the 33-year-old as he hailed from the area.
Gately, died on October 10, 2009 at his holiday home in Majorca, at the height of his fame with the international chart-topping boy-band.
The name change was proposed by Independent councillors Christy Burke and Anthony Flynn at today’s (Tuesday) Central Area Committee zoom meeting.
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