Everything you need to know about the annual Marlay Park music festival extravaganza beloved of under-25s

Hard-core Irish fans were frustrated after technical difficulties and lengthy queues

James McGetrick says gig turned to ‘disaster’, with other fans throwing popcorn and litter at him

Limited number of festival tickets were on sale from noon

Young says surge pricing a ‘bad thing that has happened to concerts worldwide’, citing The Cure’s Robert Smith

Almost 45,000 people contacted Competition and Consumer Protection Commission overall last year about goods and services

Forbidden Fruit at Royal Hospital Kilmainham to feature Jamie xx, Caribou and Peggy Gou

Department of Enterprise insists the view does not pre-empt outcome of an investigation into dynamic pricing being conducted by the consumer watchdog

With its mix of larger-than-life faux rage in the ring and genuine connection with fans, it’s not hard to understand the huge popularity of WWE – and it means big business, too, for Netflix

The American singer-songwriter is set to play at the Aviva next June, and demand for tickets will be high

The Cure’s Robert Smith interview: With his band’s first new album in 16 years just released, post-punk’s dark prince discusses enduring on his own terms and clashing with the most powerful company in live music

The annual Customer Experience survey found the Credit Union Movement the best perfomer

The track, which comes ahead of the release of new album Songs Of A Lost World, is refreshingly, gloomily Cure-ish

After Britpop, creative industries became cliquey, closed off and harder to break, especially if your dad didn’t go to school with lads working at Sony or Universal

Seán Moncrieff: After an eight-month search to find a place pretty close to Dublin city centre Number Two and partner are thrilled beyond words

The Gallagher brothers embraced the logic of capitalism so wholeheartedly that they have made its flaws luridly, even dangerously visible

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it was prompted to act after receiving more than 100 complaints

Band says ticketing system was decided on by management, Ticketmaster and promoter

Oasis have never received the Taylor Swift treatment over this bungled ticket sale. No charges of money-grabbing or fan-exploitation for the brothers

The ticket company’s dynamic pricing works on the principle that it can charge as much as we’re willing to pay. So choose which bands to see carefully