Michael O'Leary's comments about teachers causes problems for Fine Gael

Michael O'Leary took a swipe at teachers at the launch of Peter Burke's general election campaign on Saturday evening

At the launch of Peter Burke's election campaign, Mr O'Leary also said the most important thing in the upcoming election is 'to weed out the Greens'. File picture: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Outgoing enterprise minister Peter Burke has run into controversy on day one of his general election campaign after Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary took a swipe at teachers at an event.

At the launch of Mr Burke's general election campaign on Saturday evening, Mr O'Leary said: "The Dáil is full of teachers. Nothing wrong with teachers, I love teachers but I wouldn't generally employ a lot of teachers to go out and get things done."