O’Leary lets rip on consumer body ‘plonkers’

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has called for the disbanding of the National Consumer Agency saying the money to fund it would be better spent on schools and hospital beds rather than “employing those plonkers”.

Mr O’Leary was speaking in Cork Airport as he announced the ending of Ryanair’s Cork to East Midlands and Cork-Glasgow routes.

During the press conference, Mr O’Leary was asked about the “screenscraping” saga, which has seen the airline cancel 450 tickets each day in its clampdown on flights booked via third-party websites.