Ticketmaster asked to refund booking fees

As the Bewleys/Moran hotel chain offers to fully refund all pre-paid rooms booked for the Garth Brooks concert, there have been calls for Ticketmaster to refund fans’ booking fees as well as the ticket price.

After a week of drama over whether the concerts would go ahead, it emerged yesterday all five would be cancelled. Up to 400,000 people were expected to attend Croke Park for the gigs and up to 70,000 were due to travel from overseas.

Fans aren’t to blame, said Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, calling on Ticketmaster to refund booking fees.