{"id":485056,"date":"2026-06-05T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485056\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:56:12","slug":"donegal-event-organisers-hit-by-tickets-ie-liquidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485056\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal event organisers hit by Tickets.ie liquidation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sudden collapse of Tickets.ie has left Donegal event organisers scrambling for clarity, with companies both north and south of the county among those affected.<\/p>\n<p>Buncrana-based Rory Kelly, founder of MRK Live, said the company has been \u201cbadly hit\u201d by the news that Tickets.ie has gone into liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>MRK Live recently brought the Wile Craic Comedy Festival back to Buncrana and Muff at the end of May and has a number of upcoming events on sale in Buncrana and Derry.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Kelly said: \u201cWe\u2019re working out how to continue over the next few months, and will be issuing an update in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll our gigs from the past month, plus our upcoming shows were all on-sale through the platform so we\u2019re looking into the most sensible option going forward, whilst hoping for a favourable outcome from whoever is appointed as liquidators for Tickets.ie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The impact of the closure is also being felt by one of Donegal\u2019s best-known festivals.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s reported that the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon is also owed by the company behind Tickets.ie. After the 2026 festival came to a close last week, organisers are said to be seeking compensation for losses incurred.<\/p>\n<p>A notice from Tickets.ie on Wednesday said Oshi Software Limited, trading as Tickets.ie, had ceased trading and that its directors were taking steps to place the company into liquidation and appoint a liquidator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/business\/job-vacancy-office-administrator-required-for-full-time-role-636571\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Job Vacancy: Office Administrator required for full-time role\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/job-vacancy-office-administrator-required-for-full-time-role.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Job Vacancy: Office Administrator required for full-time role\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/special-reunion-to-celebrate-40-years-of-st-francis-ns-donegal-town-636781\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Special reunion to celebrate 40 years of St. Francis NS Donegal Town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/special-reunion-to-celebrate-40-years-of-st-francis-ns-donegal-town.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Special reunion to celebrate 40 years of St. Francis NS Donegal Town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers with tickets for upcoming events should wait to hear from the relevant event promoter directly regarding their event,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets.ie said details of the appointed liquidator would be published once confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sudden collapse of Tickets.ie has left Donegal event organisers scrambling for clarity, with companies both north and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-485056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}