Ryanair boss given deadline to explain letter

A HIGH Court judge has given Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary until tomorrow to explain why the court was not informed last month of a letter to Mr O’Leary from the Minister for Transport stating the minister would set up a panel to hear Ryanair’s appeal against proposed charges at Dublin Airport.

The fate of Ryanair’s judicial review challenge to the proposed charges could depend on the Ryanair chief’s response, Mr Justice Peter Kelly indicated yesterday.

This was “a very serious state of affairs” and “a big problem” which Ryanair had to address, he said. The “misleading” of the court raised an issue whether Ryanair could bring its challenge at all.