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New anti-ticket touting legislation will put an end to the price gouging of fans – Higgins

New anti-ticket touting legislation will put an end to the price gouging of fans , a Fine Gael TD has said. Deputy Emer Higgins was speaking after the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar T.D. today (Tuesday) received Government approval to publish legislation which will ban ticket touting and the reselling of tickets above face value for large events.

European-style public banking needed in Ireland- Doherty

With two commercial banks set to exit the Irish market within weeks of each other, the Central Bank and the Department of Finance should seriously reconsider the introduction of European-style public banking, a Fine Gael Senator has said.