Concert promoter MCD calls for curb on surging hotel price around big gigs

Swifties travelling to see Taylor Swift in Dublin could pay from €258 to €770 on the first of her three sold-out nights on June 28. whereas the following Friday, rooms cost between €130 and €660. Picture: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Ireland’s biggest live event promoter has urged the Government to step in to stop hotels from ‘quadrupling room rates’ when superstar performers come to town.

Ireland is set for a bumper year of live events, with global stars such as Taylor Swift, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen selling out shows in Croke Park, the Aviva Stadium, and Páirc Uí Chaoimh, which has put soaring hotel prices under the spotlight.