Ryanair to provide 1 million "free" flights if Ireland beat England at Croke Park, the home of Gaelic games in Dublin

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Ryanair to provide 1 million "free" flights if Ireland beat England at Croke Park, the home of Gaelic games in Dublin
By Michael Hennigan, Editor and Founder of Finfacts
Feb 21, 2007, 14:55

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Croke Park montage: For non-Corkonions, famous Cork hurler Christy Ring (12 October 1920 - 2 March 1979), who won eight All-Ireland hurling medals for his county, is pictured on the right of image Photo: GAA

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today announced that it will give away 1,000,000 "free" flights "when" Ireland beat England in the 6 Nations rugby clash in Croke Park this Saturday.

Announcing the pre match incentive, Ryanair’s Peter Sherrard said:

"This is the first time that the English have been invited to Croke Park and we’ve no doubt that it will be an occasion to savour. To help the Irish team on to their 4^th consecutive victory against England, we will give away 1,000,000 free flights when they win. That way, the Irish fans can fly to England to boast about the win, while the English fans can avoid the television replays with free* escape flights!"

"The 1,000,000 victory seats will be made available from Monday morning, when we hope the whole of Ireland will have something to gloat about".

Free to an airline may not mean free to most consumers. The offer is for one way flights and excludes taxes and charges.