‘Irritating’ O’Leary angers O’Rourke

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary raised the hackles of Senator Mary O’Rourke and EU Commissioner Philippe Busquin yesterday.

The present travails of the boss of the no-frills airline received little sympathy from his former arch-nemesis Ms O’Rourke.

Defending her stance against Mr O’Leary when she was transport minister from 1997 to 2002, Ms O’Rourke promised to include the saga in her forthcoming book.