Irish festivals, and events organisers may be owed over €1million as the German company behind tickets.ie carries on regardless.
Hot Press has spoken exclusively to Barry O’Neill, the director of the Rory Gallagher Festival – the international music event held annually in the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, in tribute to the revered Irish rock icon. Rory Gallagher was born in the – appropriately named! – Rock Hospital, Ballyshannon, on 2 March 1948.
The future of the Rory Gallagher Festival is in jeopardy after its ticketing agent, tickets.ie ceased trading in June. The ticket-selling company has since entered liquidation, leaving the festival in doubt that it will receive much – if indeed…