Michael O'Leary

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

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

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