O’Leary gets out of jam over taxi

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary took to the airwaves yesterday to defend using his personal taxi to avoid Dublin traffic jams.

The chief executive of the no-frills airline said he was fully complying with the law.

"I have a taxi," he told Joe Duffy on RTÉ's Liveline show. "Because it's a good investment. I own the car, I own the plate and I operate a taxi as do about 12,000 other people in Ireland.