Ticket Touting Law Not In Effect Three Months After Introduction

A number of tickets for Ireland's clash with Portugal have appeared on the black market.

A law banning ticket-touting doesn't apply to football matches yet - even though it came into effect nearly three months ago. 

The FAI says tickets are being offered at inflated prices online for Ireland's sell-out World Cup qualifier against Portugal next month. 

New legislation banning the sale of tickets above their sale price, came into effect in July. 

But Minister for Trade Promotion, Longford/Westmeath Fianna Fail TD Robert Troy, says that doesn't apply to the FAI yet:

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