Clodagh Finn: Is an extra 2,000 Ryanair jobs the good-news story we think it is?

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Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson at an announcement of the airline’s plans to add 2,000 jobs. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

I’M STILL programmed to think that a report announcing new jobs at Ireland’s largest airline is not only good news but exactly what we need to face this winter of discontent.

More jobs equal more growth which, for decades nay centuries, has been seen as the way forward.