Elevation: U2 tickets surge to €1,700

The Government’s failure to curb ticket-touting was criticised again as some secondhand websites advertise tickets for the upcoming U2 concerts in Dublin for more than €1,700 each.

Tickets for the concerts in the Three Arena later this year were snapped up in minutes, only for some to emerge for sale on second-hand sites for multiple times their face value.

The Irish Examiner found tickets on sale on Viagogo for one of the U2 shows for €1,758 each.