The war of words erupted after Mr Musk described Mr O’Leary as “misinformed” about the capabilities of his company, Starlink.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin "takes zero notice of what Fianna Fáil backbenchers say", according to TD

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Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has doubled down on his criticism of Taoiseach Micheál Martin over his China trip and the Dublin Airport passenger cap

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has labelled Taoiseach Micheál Martin "useless"

The Italian competition watchdog claimed in its ruling that the airline deliberately made it difficult for agencies to buy flights on its website.

The Labour Party has condemned the price hikes, and Fine Gael's Mark Duffy has said regulators should examine if the increases are compliant with consumer law.

Average airfares rose by 13 per cent year on year to €58 euro Ryanair revealed, having spiked during the Easter period.

Ryanair has confirmed it will not restart flights to Tel Aviv, after demanding assurances from Ben Gurion Airport.

It is ‘patronising’ to suggest older people will not migrate to digital boarding passes, Michael O’Leary has said.

Michael O’Leary also criticised the Government as well as planning and environmental authorities.

The airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said he makes ‘absolutely no apology’ for catching people who are ‘scamming the system’.

The airline's chief executive also praised Boeing for agreeing to deliver some jets earlier than scheduled

Darragh O’Brien said the MetroLink ‘would not be replaced by self-driving cars’, as suggested by Dermot Desmond.

The Ryanair chief has claimed the underground rail line would cost €20 billion, ‘so about a billion a kilometre’.

The airline is considering increasing a bonus paid to staff for identifying passenger’s oversized luggage, chief executive Michael O’Leary said.

Passengers can expect further delays to flights today, with 14 cancelled from Dublin Airport

The disruption comes at the start of Europe's summer holidays, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

Mr O’Leary’s pay package was made up of basic pay of €1.2 million, a bonus payment of €600,000 and share options of €2.03 million.

He has qualified for the share options after shares in the Dublin-based company hit a six-year-old target.

The budget airline saw profits after tax fall 16% in 2024-25 following a 7% cut in fares.

Ryanair said it could look at alternative suppliers, including Chinese planemaker COMAC.

Michael O'Leary said the signs were Donald Trump would be supportive of Boeing, barring any repeat of high-profile safety incidents

Lubo Kosturik said the staff of Luvida Restaurant in Navan, Co Meath, have been "blown away" by the reaction the post has received

Michael O’Leary said the UK chancellor should scrap air passenger duty rather than ‘waffle on’ about Heathrow expansion

The airline said such a policy would result in ‘a safer travel experience for passengers and crews’.

Some seats on services from the UK to Ireland later this week and early next week are costing more than €600

The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s party now trails both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, an Irish Times/Ipsos B&A survey indicates

The Public Expenditure Minister has come under scrutiny from the opposition over the February 2022 meeting with the airline chief.

The Taoiseach suggested voters are more interested in ‘bread and butter’ issues than the controversies his party has encountered in recent times.

Rose Conway-Walsh was speaing as the party published their housing policies.

‘How loud they laughed and giggled and guffawed and sneered at teachers,’ Louise O’Reilly said about the crowd’s behaviour from a Fine Gael event

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The Ryanair boss had said he would not hire teachers to get things done, at a Fine Gael event at the weekend

The Ryanair boss also said that Media Minister Catherine Martin would be ‘far better off back in the classroom’.

The Ryanair boss suggested former teachers were not equipped to run the country.

The Ryanair chief executive said it was ‘vital’ Ireland elected a government ‘that delivered’.

Chief executive Michael O’Leary said a planned rise in air passenger duty would make air travel ‘much more expensive’.

The Ryanair boss said State grants should be handed out faster to help small farmers go green.

Michael O’Leary criticised the ongoing passenger cap at Dublin airport.

Michael O’Leary called for alcohol limits in airports to tackle a rise in disorder on flights.