'I lean on disruptors': Transport minister admits to having 'a lot of regard' for Ryanair boss

Darragh O'Brien also said he is now looking at introducing grants to allow households to install batteries to store excess energy generated by renewables

Darragh O'Brien: 'We can't have false inhibitors to growth. I'm pro-aviation. It's good for jobs, it's good for our economy.' Photo: Liam McBurney/PA

The transport minister says he "leans on people who are disrupters" and has "a lot of regard" for Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary.

Darragh O'Brien has met the outspoken airline boss several times and said he doesn't know why Mr O'Leary had such a fractious relationship with his predecessor, Eamon Ryan.