Meanwhile, the GAA has announced a special ticket price offer for the AIB Club Championship finals if they are purchased by midnight on 16 March.

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His time at the Royal Opera House saw access to performances widened through nationwide big screen relays, the introduction of special low-price ticket schemes and the purchase of a DVD company, Opus Arte, to distribute recordings globally.

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The plan suggests public funding could come partly from special taxes on fans, such as ticket and parking surcharges.

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That will hurt folks who really need the accounts to help with big-ticket items like orthodontia, or special education costs deemed medically necessary.

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Before the Jubilee show began on a special bank holiday weekend in June, 12, 000 ticket holders had picnicked in the grounds of the palace, eating from a hamper created by Blumenthal and the Queen's royal chef, Mark Flanagan.

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The agent told me that Delta had a special deal with Hotels.com, which is owned by Expedia, and that at the same time that I purchase my ticket she could transfer me on a direct line to a special desk at the Hotels.com reservation system and that I would receive a 25% discount.

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Parents can make their own cases for special treatment but usually hire lawyers if they are going after a big-ticket item like private school tuition.

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Lanny Davis, former special counsel to President Clinton, has started a petition to get Hillary Clinton on the ticket.

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He also made the political blunder, in the special election, of giving away coupons for a free chicken meal to voters who presented their voting-ticket stubs.

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