Irish Examiner View: Ryanair’s screw-up reflects badly on the company

Ryanair does not have to pick silly or unnecessary arguments, much less tell editors who they can, or cannot, send to cover proceedings.

CEO Michael O’Leary admitted that the decision to freeze out the press from the Ryanair AGM was a 'screw-up'. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

While we are talking about artificial intelligence, it would be helpful if Ryanair’s comms teams showed nous, or cop-on of any description, the next time they consider banning journalists from the company’s annual meeting.

This week’s fiasco which saw business reporters excluded from a meeting to which they had been invited, and specifically barred a journalist from the Irish Independent from anything at all, was a tinpot piece of administration which reflects badly on a company which, unlike many rivals, has emerged strongly from the pandemic.