The fees were introduced last May as a way to bolster the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure’s revenue stream.
Booking fees will be abolished at The Villa Marina and Gaiety Theatre from Monday onwards.
The fees were introduced last May as a way to bolster the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure’s revenue stream.
It meant that each ticket with a cost of over £10 incurred a £1 charge.
Minister David Cretney deemed the existing system not to be fair, so action was taken to discontinue it.
It will come at a cost to the Department of roughly £30,000 each year.
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