Irish biz divided on secondary ticket regulation
Peter Aiken, Ticketmaster, Tickets.ie and more have submitted wildly different opinions to the Irish government as it mulls what action to take, if any, on ticket resale
News By | 12 May 2017
Concert promoters, ticket agents, lawyers and sporting organisations are divided as to the need for regulation of secondary ticketing in the Republic of Ireland, as MPs debated a new bill aimed at capping resale prices at 10% above face value.
Maurice Quinlivan, the TD (teachta dála) for Limerick City, yesterday evening presented his Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017, which would make it an offence to “sell or offer for sale a ticket for a…