Ryanair: Fuel policy remarks ‘defamatory’

Ryanair says public comments made by pilots’ spokesman Evan Cullen about how its fuel policy allegedly affects its safety practices were defamatory, the High Court has heard.

The airline is suing the Impact trade union and its branch, the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA), along with IALPA president Mr Cullen.

It claims the defamation arose out of comments made by Mr Cullen in an RTÉ News at One interview on Aug 16, 2012, and in a Sunday Times article the following month.