Michael O'Leary

Aontú has held talks with two high-profile people on presidency but won’t divulge their names

Michael O’Leary rules out a bid for ‘the most useless, wasteful job’, but says he would endorse Mairead McGuinness for the position

Michael O’Leary calls for Ursula von der Leyen’s resignation amidst French airport strikes

Ryanair chief executive rejects presidential run rumours, backs Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness

Fine Gael’s Seán Kelly ‘could do a lot’ as president but stops short of declaring run

The highest honour in Ireland but a big change of lifestyle, says MEP, as speculation builds over potential party candidates

Past time to lift Dublin passenger cap say American carriers

Lobby group joins recent calls for Government to act on pledge

Air rage rising: From insults to sexual comments and assault, ‘it’s getting completely out of hand’

Cabin crew members report an increasingly volatile atmosphere caused by a small minority of passengers, with alcohol and drugs often in the mix

Ryanair’s O’Leary got €3.8 million pay package last year

Ryanair CEO earned maximum bonus possible of €600,000

Nine-figure payouts to Ryanair and Starbucks CEOs are controversial, but Michael O’Leary can point to results

Critics of airline boss’s €125m bonus might reflect that he has had to deliver for his reward

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary sells shares worth €21m

Airline chief Michael O'Leary still holds 44m shares in carrier

Michael O’Leary set for one of the biggest payouts in European corporate history after Ryanair hit key target

Carrier’s shares have closed higher than €21 for a 28th consecutive day

Ryanair is greenwashing to a comical degree

Airlines will not reduce their carbon footprint if they dramatically increase the number of flights, whatever they say about cutting emissions per passenger

Ryanair’s sky-high gains fuel O’Leary’s €125m bonus ambitions

Irish carrier reports another set of strong earnings

Ryanair quietly drops carbon offset option for passengers on its flights

Carbon calculator for flight emissions also withdrawn as airline says ‘there was very little interest or uptake from passengers’ 

Underused Irish regional airports would make ideal pilot training schools, report says

`At least one’ world class aircraft engine overhaul facility called for

Ryanair banks on fare increases as Boeing delays crimp capacity

Jet-delivery delays to slow growth in 2025

Ryanair profits dip 16% to €1.6bn on lower fares

Dip comes despite 4% increase in revenue, as well as a 9% reduction in operating expenses

Ryanair would consider Chinese aircraft due to tariff concerns

Michael O’Leary says if `ill-judged’ US policy affects price of Boeing aircraft he may reassess orders

Denis Desmond’s Rory Gallagher guitar deal came with a tax break to the tune of €930k

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

No match for Marty Morrissey when it comes to RTÉ moonlighters

Plus: Michael O’Leary’s brush with the Residential Tenancies Board; and Michael Lynn’s latest legal move

Greencore boss’s £1.2bn bid ambition a rarity among second-tier Irish plcs these days

Agreement in principle to buy Bakkavor marks a major departure in ambition for the Dublin-based sandwich and ready-meal maker

Court suspends Dublin Airport passenger cap beyond summer

Ruling follows referral of key issues to Europe last year and will remain in place until case is ultimately decided

Willie Mullins keen to make up ground on Dan Skelton in race for British trainers’ title

Irishman reckons Grand National outcome on Saturday will be crucial to chances of retaining landmark British championship

John Rocha loses his calm in Killiney as he objects to ‘Trojan horse’ development

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

As Ryanair offers hiding place for investors, O’Leary flies closer to €100m pay-day

Triggering of bonus will lead investors to ponder life at the carrier after chief executive of more than 30 years

Cheltenham 2025 preview: Home By The Lee to try and light up Day Three ‘problem child’ programme

English star Protektorat aiming to become third back-to-back Ryanair Chase winner

Ryanair removes restriction on non-EU nationals buying shares

Investors from outside the European Union will still be barred from voting at shareholder meetings

Denis Walsh: Suffocating stranglehold of rich owners has changed Cheltenham’s nature

The romance of the festival has been smothered and underdog stories have all but vanished

January tourist slump sparks calls for action on airport cap

Industry chiefs seek solutions as overseas visitors to Republic tumble 25% in January

Elon Musk’s brutal rampage through the US government should be a warning to our politicians

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

O’Leary team will make decision this week on Cheltenham target for Brighterdaysahead

‘The right race is the Mares’ Hurdle - but there’s only one Champion, admits Gigginstown Stud’s Eddie O’Leary

First there was Ryanair: How the Ryan family came back from the brink and brought low-fare airlines to the world

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

Simon Harris hedges bets to include both Biden and Trump on his Christmas card list

Bernard Jackman correction, confusion around a Love/Hate revival and Michael O’Leary’s former Russian tenants

Ireland’s EU commissioner snubs offer to meet top Meta executive

Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show

Rachel Reeves: Labour will go ‘further and faster’ in search for growth

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary criticises UK chancellor’s plan for Heathrow expansion and says she ‘doesn’t have a clue’

Ryanair says air fares are set to rise this year as delivery delays hit capacity

Airline recovers some ground lost in 2024 but its bottom line in first nine months of the year still lags last year by 12%

Donald Trump is likely to listen to noisy business leaders like Michael O’Leary

Nothing says ‘America first’ quite like Boeing aeroplanes, and Ryanair is one of the US aircraft maker’s best customers

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

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