Ryanair chief acting like the boy who owns the ball

Two airports find themselves pawns in Ryanair’s battle, writes Donal Hickey

Ryanair chief acting like the boy who owns the ball

WHO does Michael O’Leary think he is? There’s no end to the lengths to which the Ryanair boss is prepared to go in his dogged efforts to bully the Government into scrapping the tourist airline tax – even to the point of putting the survival of Shannon and Kerry airports on the line.

Both airports find themselves in the unenviable position of being grossly over-dependent on Ryanair and being used as pawns in its battle with the Government, something Ryanair is prepared to milk for all it is worth.

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