Market Report: Ireland

The collapse of the Tiger Economy, years of austerity, and Covid have all taken their toll on Ireland, but the demand for live music remains strong.

That said, ticket pricing will remain critical for its growth potential in coming years. Primary ticketing Ticketmaster is the biggest player, but John O’Neill, CEO of tickets.ie, says his company is the next biggest followed by Eventbrite.

On a B2B level, Ticketsolve has been operating in Ireland for 17 years and has over 350 merchants.

Following a long-running inquiry by the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission into “suspected anti- competitive practices,” it was found that Ticketmaster controlled over 90%…