Flying high: From redheads to Clarkson – a day on the farm with Michael O’Leary

From ambitions to eliminate chemical fertiliser to why he’s not a fan of redheads, and whether he thinks he has what it takes to be ‘the Jeremy Clarkson’ of Irish farming - it could only be an interview with Michael O'Leary.

At Michael O'Leary's farm, Fennor, Co. Westmeath. Photo: Bob Morrison

How do you make a small fortune from farming? With a wink, and a wry smile, the wizened and wise at the local mart will tell ye to start with a large one, of course.

But it’s something no one knows better than Ryanair's “misunderstood but beloved” chief executive officer, now turned commercial farmer, Michael O’Leary.