Michael O'Leary on the Last Word

[johnfás]

There are reports of 200-500k being spent by Ryanair campaigning for a Yes vote. When a listener called into the show & asked how he could justify using shareholders monies for this, he replied to the effect of "trust me.. yes is good for Ireland & Ryanair".

Where are these reports?

There are also reports you made it up, you know.

[Republican-Socialist]

Doesn't make him intelligent. The only reason Ryan Air is successful is because they exploit their workers more than other airlines. Michael O'Laery is the enemy of all decent ordinary people are should be treated with contempt. When the revolution comes he will be tried for crimes of grand theft, mass exploitation and parasitism.

Spot on. Line him up against a wall.

[Republican-Socialist]

Where are these reports?

There are also reports you made it up, you know.

200k is the amount I believe

[carlovian]

Not sure the yes side will be delighted with this intervention.

I remember a press conference with senior businessmen before the last referendum and i looked at maurice pratt and some bankers pleading for a yes vote and i thought this could go pear-shaped.

O'Leary isnt popular and this treaty is getting very polarised between establishment and the rest.

But if Robbie keane says vote yes who am i to argue ?

[Ah Well]

Where are these reports?

There are also reports you made it up, you know.

I heard him on the show and Cooper reading that particular part out ... the fact that O'Leary didn't deny that monies were being used is telling in itself

[Jock_the_Waster]

Doesn't make him intelligent. The only reason Ryan Air is successful is because they exploit their workers more than other airlines. Michael O'Laery is the enemy of all decent ordinary people are should be treated with contempt. When the revolution comes he will be tried for crimes of grand theft, mass exploitation and parasitism.

Since when is having to actually work = exploitation ?

99% of the anti Ryanair agenda is driven by SIPTU loving types upset that they can no longer nap at the back of the hangar when they are supposed to be actually working

Ryanair's competiveness shook them from their hammocks and they are eternally bitter that the Legacy airlines monopoly on high fares that wrapped them in cotton wool was broken

Consumers love Ryanair, just ask the 60 Million that CHOOSE to travel with them per year

[Wakeupcall]

There are reports of 200-500k being spent by Ryanair campaigning for a Yes vote. When a listener called into the show & asked how he could justify using shareholders monies for this, he replied to the effect of "trust me.. yes is good for Ireland & Ryanair".

The EU are probably bribing with backhanders...

[Cincinnatus]

he voted Yes last time... but said the people had spoken & pleaded with the government to respect that.
Government must respect Lisbon No vote - O’Leary: ThePost.ie

wasnt he spotted with sarkosy, blair & the edge in some discotheque on the riviera recently.

[eurosceptic]

His elephant in the room is the aer lingus merger. He needs to get hammered on it.

[disgruntledcitizen]

Doesn't make him intelligent. The only reason Ryan Air is successful is because they exploit their workers more than other airlines. Michael O'Laery is the enemy of all decent ordinary people and should be treated with contempt. When the revolution comes he will be tried for crimes of grand theft, mass exploitation and parasitism.

funnily enough i'd say that Ryan Airs success shows that he is an intelligent person and smart business man, as for you assertions about worker oppression thats simply not true, they operate a low cost model with lower wages and T's & C's than the unionised airlines that is true, but the workers are not indentured slaves, they are their of their own free will. Its also worth noting that the airlines that are unionised are big trouble due to the restrictive practices and higher costs enforced on them by the unions...

however thats getting rather off topic.....

O'Leary is someone whose opinion on Lisbon i would listen to far more than a lot of the other commentators from the crooks of FF to the loons of the SWP