Ryanwear: Singer stages cover-up over excess baggage

Saying she looked like “something from a comedy sketch”, opera singer Eimear Collins went to enormous lengths to ensure Michael O’Leary would not get €147 in excess baggage fees.

Arriving at Gatwick Airport for a flight home for Christmas, the 30-year-old opera singer was told her baggage was more than 5kg over the 15kg luggage stipulations.

Ryanair staff wanted a fine to take her luggage that would almost have doubled the price of her flight.