Michael O'Leary

TV View: RTÉ's top team of analysts clear every hurdle with aplomb at Leopardstown

Former jockey Davy Russell, Jane Mangan and Lisa O’Neill have all angles covered for RTÉ viewers

Miriam Lord’s review of the year: Shock resignations, ruptured relations and an over-eager new Taoiseach

A year of change heralds a future of more of the same

From Aer Lingus pilots to Alias Tom: Who were the winners and losers in Irish business this year?

In a year of closures and comebacks, Michael O’Leary had a ‘pain in the backside’, while Gail Slater was urged to ‘Make America Competitive Again’

Destroying the planet to save it — what could possibly go wrong?

Environmentalists, unlike business advocates, can see too clearly how the world works and are willing to call it out

Eamon Ryan: ‘If Labour and Soc Dems were ambitious on climate, they’d be going into government’

Former Green Party leader opens up about ‘being attacked from all sides’ and party’s general election wipeout

It’s embarrassing how we Irish fawn over the super-rich, from Michael O’Leary to JP McManus

Here is a resolution for 2025: let’s stop glorifying extraordinary wealth. All great wealth reveals is that someone can afford to pay more tax

Dublin Airport seeks immediate passenger cap increase to 36m

Airport operator DAA hopes interim measure designed to address capacity crunch will move quickly through planning system

When Claire Byrne confronts Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary on RTÉ, the atmosphere is seriously tetchy

Radio 1 host clashes with airline boss over high airfares, while Ray D’Arcy captures a frazzled festive atmosphere

Was Michael O’Leary right about teachers after all?

Teaching exodus continues, but educators are collectively doing little to change their lot

Paschal Donohoe had private undisclosed dinner with Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary

No records were kept and no actions were taken arising from meeting, says Minister’s spokeswoman

Election 2024: TV bust up and SF down but not out - here’s what went on in week one of campaigning

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: O’Leary cuts the legs from under teachers; Independents move up the polls

My children’s primary school operates a lot more efficiently than O’Leary’s Ryanair

I wouldn’t employ the chief executive of a budget airline to run a country – or, for that matter, to campaign for the re-election of a party that does

Michael O’Leary’s swipe at teachers won’t land more than a glancing blow on Fine Gael

The viral moment will fade away, but perhaps not before it seeps into the cracks of doubt some voters may have about the party

Sharp exchanges between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil dominate election debates

Fine Gael is expected to pledge to cut inheritance tax substantially when it unveils its manifesto at the weekend

The Irish Times view on Fine Gael’s early campaign wobble: the curse strikes again

Inviting Michael O’Leary to speak off the cuff at its campaign event might not have been the wisest strategy

‘Would you employ a teacher to run the Central Bank?’: Readers deeply divided on Michael O’Leary’s remarks

Some Irish Times readers say that public representatives should be representative of wider society while others believe that Fine Gael’s response fell short

Michael O’Leary’s comments on teachers: Tell us what you think

Ryanair boss has created controversy with remarks at campaign event for Fine Gael’s Peter Burke

Michael O’Leary doubles down on teacher comments after ‘pile on’, saying he was making ‘serious’ point

Ryanair chief executive says there aren’t enough TDs from private sector

Fine Gael distances itself from Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s ‘derisory’ remarks about teachers

General Election: ‘I wouldn’t generally employ a lot of teachers to go out and get things done,’ says Michael O’Leary in endorsement of Peter Burke

Does Ryanair’s right to make money trump Dublin Airport’s obligation to obey the law?

Dublin Airport passenger cap case will be of great interest to data centre operators and wind farm investors

Ryanair profits drop 18% amid lower summer air fares

Shares drop 3% despite record passenger growth but average fare is 10% down on last year

Top cops use Dublin Marathon as a dry run for Garda commissioner job

Plus: Love/Hate duo making a fact-based Dublin crime film; secrecy around Micheál Martin’s meeting with Apple; and Robert Troy’s support for Michael O’Leary’s slurry

Is a Ryanair-style model the answer to Ireland’s housing crisis?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Michael O’Leary confident of legal victory in passenger cap row

Seen & Heard: Funding crunch for housebuilders; Hines’s €700, Liffey Valley scheme; Calls for new national fintech hub

Ryanair’s O’Leary calls for fast-tracking of solar grants for farmers

Airline boss says €140,000 installation at Gigginstown estate has been very successful but grants came only months after installation

Minister’s solution to passenger cap row ‘simplistic’ and ‘naive’, says DAA chief

Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin reiterates Government call for airlines to divert traffic to regional airports, away from Dublin Airport

Global stocks move higher as investors await Fed rate cut decision

Ryanair closes up 6.1% in Dublin following comments from chief executive Michael O’Leary on bookings

Regional airports offer solutions

Restrictions on passenger numbers

Ryanair looks to rectify gap between Irish and US share price

Michael O’Leary says the airline’s board is reviewing the restrictions it put in place after Brexit to meet EU rules

Ryanair may get fewer planes by next summer due to Boeing strike, says O’Leary

Airline chief warns that if strike goes on for weeks, the number of Max 737 aircraft due to be delivered could go down from 25 to 20

‘Statistically significant’ increase in incidents involving unruly passengers on Irish airlines, IAA says

Some 426 incidents were reported to the Irish Aviation Authority last year

‘We’ve already broken it’: Dublin Airport passenger cap ‘bogus’ says Ryanair’s O’Leary

Airline has called on IAA to issue additional slots to avert potential winter crisis

Dublin Airport passenger cap is ‘antiquated’, Minister says

Comments from junior transport minister James Lawless come ahead of meeting with Michael O’Leary

Bring in two-drink limit at airports to curb in-flight violence, says Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary

Violent outbursts involving alcohol are occurring weekly, with more aggressive behaviour due to ‘tablets and powder’, says chief executive

O’Leary and Jacobs apocalyptic double act is best ignored

Government should not let itself be bounced into intervening over the passenger cap because of claims about €500 flights and half a billion in lost tourism revenue

Markets cheered by prospects of interest rate cuts

Market in Dublin climbs 0.5% as it is buoyed by a strong showing from budget airline Ryanair following O’Leary comments

Ryanair shares jump as O’Leary no longer sees sharp summer fares drop

Stock adds more than 6% in early trading on Tuesday

Christmas air fares could hit ‘record high’ because of passenger cap, Michael O’Leary warns

Ryanair chief says 32 million passenger restriction will lead to record high air fares

Airlines fear cut of one million passengers next summer at Dublin Airport, says Ryanair

Ryanair has predicted the Irish Aviation Authority-imposed reduction similar to an existing winter cap designed to comply with planning laws

Ryanair faces headwinds as consumers play hardball

Just 34% of September seats have been sold, and less than a fifth of October’s seats

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