Ryanair’s flying colours

WITH all the Ryanair-related press over the past couple of weeks focusing on both wheelchair surcharges and illegal grants, it is easy to forget what Ryanair has actually done for Ireland.

We should not forget the flag-carrying cartels which created the most expensive mile for mile routes in the world during the 1980s (Ireland to the UK), coupled with our taxes which were required to bail them out every year.

Ryanair has no doubt contributed greatly to the success of Ireland over recent years and there is hardly a person in the country who has not benefited directly from its low fares policy direct savings on travel have probably done as much for the Irish economy year on year over the past 10 years as President Bush's tax rebates have done in the US this year.