Tickets are already being re-sold for Ed Sheeran's Irish tour for twice their face value

That's despite extra measures being put in place to combat ticket touting

Tickets went on sale at 9am this morning.

Aiken Promotions are advising people to be patient in the process as Ticketmaster are receiving a high volume of people accessing the website.

Irish Times journalist Jack Power says the amount of tickets one person can buy will be strictly limited to four per person.

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