Person: Michael O’Leary

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<p>Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary received a bonus of €588,000 during the airline's last financial year - slightly under the maximum allowed. </p>

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Michael O'Leary sees value of pay deal reach €4.7m in 2024

His contract also extended the time frame for which Mr O’Leary can receive his €100m bonus should certain goals be met

<p>Terminal 2 and other parts of Dublin Airport went red for World Blood Donor Day last Friday. Daa chief Kenny Jacobs told the Oireachtas transport committee the bid to increase the airport's passenger cap could be achieved within two years. Picture: Maxwells</p>

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Daa chief says Dublin Airport passenger cap could be raised within two years

<p>Palestinian people seeking food at an UNRWA warehouse on Monday, March 18, as Gaza residents face a hunger crisis amid the bombardment by Israel. Picture: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters</p>

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Irish Examiner view: The people starving in Gaza will not be saved by this UN resolution

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Irish Examiner view: Social media must play by the rules

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More than a dozen flights out of Dublin Airport cancelled today

Daniel McConnell: Ryan’s response to Dublin Airport drone chaos has been disastrous

Irish Examiner view: Gadgets in the wrong hands can pose a threat

Disruption caused at airports by drones is not a new threat — so why is new legislation required?

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

File Pic MICHAEL O’LEARY HAS said the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to Belarus was a “state-sponsored hijacking”.
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Irish Examiner View: Ryanair’s screw-up reflects badly on the company

Ryanair does not have to pick silly or unnecessary arguments, much less tell editors who they can, or cannot, send to cover proceedings.

Mon, 19 Sep, 2022

Irish Examiner view: O’Leary takes a pop at ‘idiot’ Brexiteers

But millions of customers will pay more heed to the Ryanair boss's declaration that the era of the €10 flight is probably over

Fri, 12 Aug, 2022

Ryanair restores pay and bonus of Michael O’Leary to pre-Covid level of €975k

Michael O’Leary also has other share-based incentives which the company valued at almost €1.8m last year.

Tue, 26 Jul, 2022

Ryanair plans to put squeeze on rivals as fuel costs surge over Ukraine crisis

Ryanair shares rose by over 2%, helping to lower the stock’s year-to-date decline to just over 7%.

Wed, 02 Mar, 2022

FILE PHOTO Ryanair has suspended all flights to, from or within Italy in response to COVID-19 Coronavirus fears END

Ryanair expects challenging winter despite reporting first quarterly profit since beginning of pandemic

Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the airline nonetheless remains on course to grow rapidly and will create 5,000 new jobs over the next five years.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2021

Ryanair happy to wait for Boeing deal and put Airbus switch thoughts on ice

Michael O'Leary said his "Plan B" was to wait for Max prices to fall rather than turn to Airbus

Wed, 08 Sep, 2021

Airline stocks fall on Covid and demand fears

Airline shares fell sharply on fears of fresh travel restrictions due to the continued spread of the Delta variant, plus the traditional back-to-school period threatening to dent family holiday bookings and wider demand.

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

Horse Racing - Winter Derby - Lingfield Racecourse

Over 80 O'Leary racehorses have died since 2015, 'Panorama' finds

Michael O’Leary told the BBC programme that rehabilitation of the horses had not been an option

Tue, 20 Jul, 2021

Letters to the Editor: Lending institutions must be very cautious

Would I be on my own in believing that our banks need to be exercising very cautious risk management on home loan lending in the current unstable housing market?There are factors in that market that have undertones of the housing bubble of the early ...

Tue, 25 May, 2021

Fergus Finlay's 2021 predictions: Croke Park rebranded Ryanair Park, the Donald moves to Britain

Fergus Finlay channels a famous French astrologer and attempts to pick out some possible 2021 highlights

Tue, 29 Dec, 2020

Irish Examiner view: Wind projects must go to sea

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary is involved in a planning row over a windfarm near land he owns in Westmeath. Gaeltech Energy Services proposes a windfarm to service 46,900 households but, at 180m, the turbines would be among the largest in the country.

Fri, 20 Nov, 2020

Aer Lingus calls for clarity on relaxed travel restrictions

Aer Lingus has called for more immediate clarity on the Government’s planned relaxation of travel restrictions; warning that jobs and inbound tourism depend on it.

Fri, 26 Jun, 2020

Victoria White: Easing of lockdown restrictions brings an end to slow pace of life

Take away the death, the sickness and the financial hardship and who wouldn’t want to slow down, asks Victoria White

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Learner Dad: RTÉ, any chance you could run Homeschool Hub over the summer?

The last few weeks of ‘school’ before the ‘summer holidays’ . This one was all about home-schooling, hosepipe bans and women dancing in my back garden.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Aer Lingus owner won't say whether it has plans to sue Ireland over Covid-19 quarantine

The owner of Aer Lingus, IAG has refused to say whether it is also considering suing the Irish Government after its group chief executive Willie Walsh said it was thinking of a legal challenge to Britain’s Covid-19 quarantine plan.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

UK quarantine plan ‘one shambles after another’, says Ryanair boss

Speaking to ITV’s Peston on Wednesday evening, Michael O’Leary renewed his criticism of the “ineffective and useless quarantine”.

Wed, 03 Jun, 2020

Department of Health quizzed on infection risks of bus and air travel

The Department of Health has declined to say whether or not there is a distinction between air travel and other forms of public transport in terms of the danger of spreading Covid-19 infection.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Scally: Ryanair boss should 'leave public health' to the authorities

"Personally speaking, and a lot of people would feel the same, I’d rather he got on with refunding all the people all the money he owes them from the flights that he’s cancelled."

Sun, 31 May, 2020

Ryanair and Aer Lingus clarify face mask plans for passengers

Ireland’s two largest airlines have clarified that the facial coverings they are expecting passengers and crew to wear inflight will not be aligned with official EU guidelines.

Fri, 29 May, 2020

EASA in agreement with Ryanair's Michael O'Leary that passengers now safe to fly amid Covid-19

The executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Patrick Ky has said that he agrees with Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary that it is safe to fly.

Fri, 29 May, 2020

Ryanair looks to use crisis to put squeeze on Irish airports to slash airline fees

Ryanair has written to every airport on its route network - including Dublin and Cork - looking to put the squeeze on them to lower landing and usage charges in return for more business.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Leading doctor dismisses claims by Ryanair chief that it's safe to fly again

Dr Scally told RTÉ radio’s Today programme that he did not know where Mr O’Leary had received his information, and that he was not certain that Mr O’Leary had the best interests of his customers at heart.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

'July is too quick': Michael O'Leary's Covid-19 restart plan draws mixed reception

Michael O’Leary’s initiative to get Ryanair’s airborne again from July by using Covid-19 screening at airports and mandatory air masks for passengers and cabin crew have had a mixed reception - with trade unions broadly in favour and the tourism industry expressing more scepticism.

Tue, 12 May, 2020

Davy Russell: I’d wear a black bag in the car and jump in the sauna. Then stop at Supermacs. Pure madness.

Davy Russell says he took his guide from Jimmy Barry Murphy in refusing to bite back at Michael O’Leary after he lost his job as Gigginstown retained rider in 2013.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Reports of racism more than double in first quarter of 2020

The number of racist incidents reported across the country has more than doubled in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures released by the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR).

Fri, 01 May, 2020

Michael O’Leary’s bulls and heifers still for sale, despite Covid-19

The 1,100-acre Gigginstown Estate, famed for its bloodstock as well as its livestock, is owed by Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary.

Fri, 10 Apr, 2020

Ryanair staff to take 50% pay cut

Ryanair has the cash to survive for “maybe even 12 months” with no flights or revenue as the Covid-19 pandemic shuts the air travel industry down, CEO Michael O’Leary has said.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

Three things we will learn today: Junior bids to join senior in Gold Cup folklore

Colm Greaves looks at what we’ll learn on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2020

Coronavirus crisis will cost airlines '€100bn in lost revenues'

The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to $113bn (€100bn) in revenues this year, an industry body warned.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Ryanair in talks with Boeing talks for variant of Max jet

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said the airline is in talks with Boeing about a follow-on order for the US manufacturer’s grounded Max model.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2020

File Photo. Ryanair passengers face a renewed threat of disruption after Dublin-based pilots voted overwhelmingly to back indus

Ryanair shares slide as it cuts flights amid coronavirus bookings hit

Ryanair shares slid by a further 5% as the airline said it will cut a large number of flights to Italy over a three-week period starting from March 17, as the coronavirus crisis leads to a “significant drop” in bookings.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Tiger Roll thriving but Apple’s Jade’s days look numbered: Gordon Elliott on Cheltenham contingent

We’re three weeks and around four hours removed from the flag dropping to announce the commencement of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Gordon Elliott, who will hope to win it with Abacadabras, is in top form.

Tue, 18 Feb, 2020

Ryanair executive turmoil continues as Jacobs quits

The turmoil surrounding Ryanair’s management structure has continued with the airline set to lose another key executive, chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Ryanair marketing chief Kenny Jacobs to leave company

Jacobs was the architect of the airline’s ‘Always Getting Better’ drive to improve customer service

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Ryanair profits surge on earnings and Boeing talks

Ryanair shares soared by as much as 7% on the back of it posting strong earnings for its latest quarter.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2020

Pat Keane: Allen a Cheltenham banker

Will it all end in tears, just like Samcro?

Sat, 11 Jan, 2020

Willie Walsh''s retirement as boss of IAG ''won''t change Aer Lingus plans''

The retirement of Dubliner Willie Walsh from the IAG airline conglomerate he created will likely have little effect on the growth plans at Aer Lingus any time soon.

Thu, 09 Jan, 2020

Ryanair shares fall on fresh 737-Max fears and oil spike

Ryanair shares fell after the airline group’s chief executive said it may only receive its first delivery of the grounded 737-Max aircraft, from Boeing, in October.

Sat, 04 Jan, 2020

Fit-again Jack Kennedy proves class really is permanent

Sometimes you have to go through hard times to truly appreciate good ones. Just ask Jack Kennedy.

Sun, 29 Dec, 2019

O'Leary delighted with Apple’s Jade glorious resurrection

If ever there was a day that might have convinced Michael O’Leary to reconsider his decision to wind down his racing operation, today was surely it.

Sat, 28 Dec, 2019

Former Ryanair operations chief Peter Bellew free to join rivals EasyJet, judge rules

Judge Allen said the legitimate interest of Ryanair in restraining Mr Bellew from taking up alternative employment was limited to roles which would risk the disclosure or use of its protectable information.

Mon, 23 Dec, 2019

Pat Keane: Difficult to fathom why Cooper isn’t in more demand

The most famous story about George Best — at least off the field — is one probably everybody has heard.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2019

Grand National hat-trick still on Tiger Roll agenda

Tiger Roll remains on course to bid for a historic third successive win in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree despite a recent setback.

Wed, 27 Nov, 2019