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.

City chiefs, concert promoters and stadium owners are being summoned before the Oireachtas Tourism Committee tomorrow about the Garth Brooks comeback special fiasco.

A man has been charged in Galway in relation to the sale of counterfeit tickets online.