Above-cost ticket-touting law - Protecting consumers comes first

In a rare example of consensus politics, the Prohibition of Above-Cost Ticket Touting Bill — introduced by Fine Gael TD Noel Rock and Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Donnelly — has been approved and supported by the Cabinet.

No doubt, professional ticket touts will already be working on ways to get around Ireland’s new law, which seeks to ban the above face-value resale of tickets for major sporting and entertainment events.