Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has rejected claims that there was "a culture of fear" among the airline's pilots out on sick leave from work.

Bellew decided earlier this year to leave Ryanair at the end of this month and join rival airline Easyjet as its chief operating officer.

Mr Wilson first joined the airline in late 1997 a few months after Ryanair sold its shares on stockmarkets for the first time. He will now take over from Michael O’Leary as the public face of Ryanair, though he will still report to Mr O’Leary.

Ryanair has launched legal proceedings against its outgoing chief operations officer, Peter Bellew, whom rival EasyJet announced last month it had poached.

Ryanair shares tumbled more than 3% on news that its outgoing chief operating officer Peter Bellew is to join main rival EasyJet.

The “surprise” announcement of the departure of its chief operating officer Peter Bellew has again put Ryanair under the spotlight of investors as the airline may face into more turbulence as fuel costs rise for the industry.

The “surprise” announcement of the departure of its chief operating officer Peter Bellew has again put Ryanair under the spotlight of investors as the airline may face into more turbulence as fuel costs rise for the industry.

Ryanair has cooled its Brexit rhetoric by saying it does not expect any large-scale flight disruptions to be caused by the UK leaving the EU.

The management committee of the Galway County Board has been criticised for failing to complete an internal finance review midway through 2017 amid ongoing rancour over the finances of the GAA in the county.

Tony Bellew has insisted he will continue to fight and has targeted Tyson Fury and Andre Ward as potential future opponents.

Ryanair has reappointed its previous pilots and punctuality chief to lead what it calls “a significant transformation” in the way it rewards and interacts with its pilots, after the recent rostering problems which led it to cancel more than 2,000 flights in the past six weeks.

The CEO of Malaysia Airlines is taking over Ryanair's flight operations.

IAG — the owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia — is interested in the London Gatwick slots of failed airline Monarch after it collapsed last week, IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said, adding that the reduction of capacity was good for the industry.

Tony Bellew is considering retiring in the wake of his victory over David Haye.

Katie Taylor is back in the gym today ahead of three big fight dates in the next three months and a possible world-title challenge in September.

Katie Taylor claims she is in supreme shape ahead of her third professional bout, insisting every fight of her pro career is now “like an Olympic final” despite her status as an overwhelming favourite tonight.

David Haye and Tony Bellew traded verbal barbs at a fiery, expletive-laden press conference in Liverpool but the pair were kept apart to prevent another possible physical exchange.

Malaysia Airlines has appointed former Kerry resident Peter Bellew as an executive board director as Christoph Müller, the chief executive, told his staff he was leaving the national carrier for reasons that are personal and “beyond my control.”

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Malaysia Airlines has poached Peter Bellew of Ryanair to serve as its chief operations officer.

The latest CSO report which revealed that 135,000 children, or one-in-eight are living in poverty is deplorable.

Another year, another sack of books.

Boxing: Tony Bellew paid tribute to bitter rival Nathan Cleverly after gaining revenge with a majority points win in their cruiserweight fight at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.

Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew’s eagerly-anticipated rematch will take place on November 22.

Damn you, internet! Sometimes I don’t know whether what you’re giving me is real or whether it’s being dreamed up by two stoned teenagers chained to a PC in someone’s basement, wondering whether to get the Domino’s deep-dish spectacular or not...

A Leavy (Letters 10th March 2014) is partially correct when he says, “austerity is a result of decisions taken in this country during the years of the boom, which ended with national bankruptcy in 2010”.

Tony Bellew has lost his bid to take the WBC light-heavyweight title from Canada’s Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.

A former Ryanair pilot, who once wrote a letter to the Financial Times claiming the airline’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, should be replaced by a junior to reduce costs, claims he would still be working for the company if it had not been “completely unreasonable”.

This Government had frequently encouraged citizens (particularly young people) to establish private pension savings.

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Winning the Division 2 league title may have been perceived outside of the camp as being important to Kildare’s continuing development but it was never viewed as such by the players or management.

Leinster chairman Martin Skelly was moved to describe Dublin as potential All-Ireland champions after this convincing U21 Leinster final display in Páirc Tailteann.

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VINCENT TABAK was drinking champagne the night after killing Joanna Yeates, a court has heard.

“TYPICAL Crossmaglen” was the refrain that carried on the chilly Cavan air yesterday afternoon.

Owner William Bellew is hoping Kieren Fallon can produce Summit Surge with another perfectly-timed run in Saturday’s Arlington Million.

DERMOT McARDLE could do no more than roll his eyes and break into a wry smile when Monaghan and Armagh were paired in the draw for the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers a fortnight ago.

MOST of them are only players in our minds now. On DVDs, decaying VHS tapes and in old photos.

FRANCIE BELLEW may have played his last game for Armagh.

A SENIOR Ryanair manager has admitted the airline required pilots to confirm they had no outstanding industrial relations claims against the firm before they could be considered for promotion.

Ten players from Tyrone have been nominated for this year's Vodafone GAA Football All-Stars, which will be announced on October 15, two days prior to the All-Stars Banquet at Citywest Hotel.