EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has created the North–South Business Co-operation Awards to encourage cross-Border entrepreneurship
Carrier is adding another 5cm to its onboard bag allowance, in the midst of EU pressure for change
Michael O’Leary rules out a bid for ‘the most useless, wasteful job’, but says he would endorse Mairead McGuinness for the position
Ryanair chief executive rejects presidential run rumours, backs Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness
The highest honour in Ireland but a big change of lifestyle, says MEP, as speculation builds over potential party candidates
Lobby group joins recent calls for Government to act on pledge
Cabin crew members report an increasingly volatile atmosphere caused by a small minority of passengers, with alcohol and drugs often in the mix
Ryanair CEO earned maximum bonus possible of €600,000
Critics of airline boss’s €125m bonus might reflect that he has had to deliver for his reward
Airline chief Michael O'Leary still holds 44m shares in carrier
Carrier’s shares have closed higher than €21 for a 28th consecutive day
Airlines will not reduce their carbon footprint if they dramatically increase the number of flights, whatever they say about cutting emissions per passenger
Irish carrier reports another set of strong earnings
Carbon calculator for flight emissions also withdrawn as airline says ‘there was very little interest or uptake from passengers’
`At least one’ world class aircraft engine overhaul facility called for
Jet-delivery delays to slow growth in 2025
Dip comes despite 4% increase in revenue, as well as a 9% reduction in operating expenses
Michael O’Leary says if `ill-judged’ US policy affects price of Boeing aircraft he may reassess orders
Plus: Ryanair boss lands more land; Joe Elliott, from tree house to gazebo; plane-speaking lobbyists put the sqeeze on Micheál Martin and Simon Harris
Plus: Michael O’Leary’s brush with the Residential Tenancies Board; and Michael Lynn’s latest legal move
Agreement in principle to buy Bakkavor marks a major departure in ambition for the Dublin-based sandwich and ready-meal maker
Ruling follows referral of key issues to Europe last year and will remain in place until case is ultimately decided
Irishman reckons Grand National outcome on Saturday will be crucial to chances of retaining landmark British championship
Plus: Olivia O’Leary wants to save the snails; An Post chief accuses WHO of anti-Irish message; and Ryanair enters the culture wars in Germany
Triggering of bonus will lead investors to ponder life at the carrier after chief executive of more than 30 years
English star Protektorat aiming to become third back-to-back Ryanair Chase winner
Investors from outside the European Union will still be barred from voting at shareholder meetings
The romance of the festival has been smothered and underdog stories have all but vanished
Industry chiefs seek solutions as overseas visitors to Republic tumble 25% in January
A State that wastes the guts of €7m on an unusable computer system is rubbing salt in the wounds of citizens who have delayed starting families because of the housing crisis
‘The right race is the Mares’ Hurdle - but there’s only one Champion, admits Gigginstown Stud’s Eddie O’Leary
Rising from the ashes of Tony Ryan’s Guinness Peat Aviation, Ryanair became the template the family rolled out in five other airlines on four continents
Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary criticises UK chancellor’s plan for Heathrow expansion and says she ‘doesn’t have a clue’
Airline recovers some ground lost in 2024 but its bottom line in first nine months of the year still lags last year by 12%
Nothing says ‘America first’ quite like Boeing aeroplanes, and Ryanair is one of the US aircraft maker’s best customers
Former jockey Davy Russell, Jane Mangan and Lisa O’Neill have all angles covered for RTÉ viewers
A year of change heralds a future of more of the same
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’
Environmentalists, unlike business advocates, can see too clearly how the world works and are willing to call it out
Former Green Party leader opens up about ‘being attacked from all sides’ and party’s general election wipeout
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
Airport operator DAA hopes interim measure designed to address capacity crunch will move quickly through planning system
Radio 1 host clashes with airline boss over high airfares, while Ray D’Arcy captures a frazzled festive atmosphere
Teaching exodus continues, but educators are collectively doing little to change their lot
No records were kept and no actions were taken arising from meeting, says Minister’s spokeswoman
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: O’Leary cuts the legs from under teachers; Independents move up the polls
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
The viral moment will fade away, but perhaps not before it seeps into the cracks of doubt some voters may have about the party
Fine Gael is expected to pledge to cut inheritance tax substantially when it unveils its manifesto at the weekend
Inviting Michael O’Leary to speak off the cuff at its campaign event might not have been the wisest strategy
Some Irish Times readers say that public representatives should be representative of wider society while others believe that Fine Gael’s response fell short
Ryanair boss has created controversy with remarks at campaign event for Fine Gael’s Peter Burke
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
