Controversies around ticketing for sporting events and major concerts have raged throughout 2017 — and the new year brings with it promises of legislation that will curb touting. Joe Leogue looks at the pros and cons of such a law, and asks those involved if it will work.

Keith English described the suggested laws, as proposed as “laudable” but said it would only “push this underground”.

The head of Ticketmaster in Ireland has warned that proposed anti-touting legislation will remove safeguards from consumers buying secondhand tickets from approved resale sites.

Tech-savvy touts who use computer programs to mine for concert tickets in vast quantities before selling them for huge profits are to face unlimited fines in the UK.

Rugby World Cup chiefs have warned fans not to buy tickets from unofficial sources after it emerged a single ticket for the final had been advertised for £59,000.

Rugby World Cup chiefs have warned fans not to buy tickets from unofficial sources amid exhorbitant pricing on ticket-sale websites.

Boxing: Ireland will be involved in three finals at today’s European Union Elite Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Police in America and the UK have dismantled a crime ring which bought tickets for concerts and sports events using other people's money.

EBay more than doubled its second-quarter net income thanks to higher revenue from its PayPal online payments business and its e-commerce websites.

Adele has topped a poll of Britain’s most popular acts, with an estimated 730,000 fans rating her their number one artist.

EBay will not allow tickets for president-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony to be sold on its websites.