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Irish MPs yesterday debated ticket resale regulation, with those wanting immediate action struggling to convince the jobs minister, who favours a public consultation

O'Connor in the Dáil yesterday © Oireachtas

MPs in the Republic of Ireland yesterday spoke of the need for immediate regulation of the secondary ticketing market, following the launch of a public consultation by government ministers “in…

response to public concern at the resale of tickets for major entertainment and sporting events at a price often well in excess of their face value”.

The consultation, drafted by jobs and enterprise minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor, transport minister Shane Ross and minister of state Patrick O’Donovan, invites the…

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