Irish Examiner view: O’Leary takes a pop at ‘idiot’ Brexiteers

But millions of customers will pay more heed to the Ryanair boss's declaration that the era of the €10 flight is probably over

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said Brexit was partly to blame for the shortage of airport workers — which will resonate  with passengers who have experienced the chaos in many UK airports. File picture

Michael O’Leary has never been never backward about coming forward, and while his declaration this week that the era of the €10 flight is probably over came as little surprise, his pointing the finger at Brexiteers for the chaos at British airports this summer was typically controversial.

He cited rising fuel prices and the cost-of-living crisis as the reason for the death of the bargain-basement flight but, O’Leary being O’Leary, he could not resist having a pop at British prime minister Boris Johnson and his cabal of “other ambitious idiots” for creating the conditions that have left the UK in a labour crunch since leaving the EU.