O'Leary has called out the nonsense

Michael O'Leary has outlined the BS that the Irish nation are being subjected to...is his profile big enough to make an impact. Is this the turning point, will the general public now wake up and demand action?

https://youtu.be/QLBv6o-24U8?si=0OKen8BS0DfbE8b_

https://x.com/niall_boylan/status/1802714491391467527?s=48&t=cMbRK08eg58shEXJoVqvbw

Gusser09

Hes a scumbag.

Rows Grower

Is what he said a secret?

No, but people listen to people with big profiles...unless he is also going to be labelled as a far right extremist perhaps people might think a little bit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271297#Comment_122271297

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271314#Comment_122271314

Thanks for clearing that up.

Augme

He's talked and talked on nearly every subject going. Does anyone ever actually listen to him? At this stage, I doubt it.

joeymcg

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271292#Comment_122271292

Whats your thoughts on Leo Varadkar. If you think O'Leary's a scumbag you're the type that probably thinks Varadkar was our best ever Taoiseach 🤣

MOL is the reason we can fly to exotic countries and have nice holidays and not break the bank. He knows how to run a business.

whisky_galore

What's he whining on about now?

francois

He's a waffler, loves the sound of his own voice

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356277/oleary-has-called-out-the-nonsense

The country voted last week and the vast majority did not agree with you or Mick….. so now you need to wake up and accept the answer.

pjohnson

I wonder will O'Leary be the new poster boy to "Stop the Madness".

Has Casey finally failed enough to no longer be the celebrity hero the cause needs?

Damien360

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271435#Comment_122271435

The country voted in local elections which have always been more about what a councillor has done locally. Pot holes, speed ramps, dangerous tree removal. Nothing whatsoever to do with national politics and it never has been.

O'Leary rightly sees fines to his airline incoming for accepting people without ID despite having ID before taking off and sees a useless government trying to lay blame at the airlines door.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271460#Comment_122271460

The others appear to be regurgitating each other.

Strumms

Can the OP give us a link to whatever he’s supposed to have called out and said….Otherwise it’s just ❓

baldbear

O'leary is a far right fascist now. How dare he question people flying in here from the UK/Europe and flushing their passports down the jacks.

silliussoddius

What was it; Tartaria, perpetual motion machine, Oak Island, Skinwalker Ranch?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271483#Comment_122271483

https://x.com/niall_boylan/status/1802714491391467527?s=48&t=cMbRK08eg58shEXJoVqvbw

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271460#Comment_122271460

I've known Michael O'Leary since he was a young fella, he has one interest and only one - his business. The minute being the poster boy for the this kind BS becomes a thing it will impact business and you'll see a very different Michael.

As for elections, I've had 40+ years of Irish political campaigns. And when you spend time knocking on doors, you'll understand why simplistic racist BS failed last week and will continue fail, just the Clann na Talmhan, the Blueshirts and all the others that have come and gone in between.

Astartes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271493#Comment_122271493

With over 9000 new routes over the Pacific Northwest, Ryanair will strive to find Sasquatch once and for all.

zerosquared

he didn’t get his 110 million euro bonus as he could keep the stock up

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271520#Comment_122271520

Not true.

It is €150 million, and has yet to be approved by the board.

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356277/oleary-has-called-out-the-nonsense

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/12372229/brighterdaysahead-cheltenham-festival-concern/

“There’s been too much home hype about Brighterdaysahead - another Samcro?” O’Leary told me via text, while adding a head in hands emoji.

“Odds-on no winner this year! We travel in hope not expectation.”

O’Leary has never talked up his horses.

is his profile big enough to make an impact.

Well seeing as it's his own horse I'd say so

Miharo

Im not a fan of O'Leary at all, but on this he is right. The whole thing is a scam on a colossal scale and has been for years.

I'm absolutely baffled by the amount of people who are ok with it. They can't really believe that these people are all genuine. Seriously? They cannot be that gullible so why defend this scam? Are they genuinely ok with being defrauded of huge amounts of tax to fund this racket?

Vote4Squirrels

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271292#Comment_122271292

Show your work there - examples ?

ToweringPerformance

Pure sense from one of Ireland's greatest ever business people. Leftist heads must be melting.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271657#Comment_122271657

After they were skewered, eviscerated, annihilated etc.

ToweringPerformance

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271560#Comment_122271560

The people who are okay with it are losers and self haters. They are happy to see the country destroyed and become like Malmo or Birmingham inviting in unlimited numbers of the 3rd world who don't have the same value system as native Irish people.

mulbot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271292#Comment_122271292

Why is he a scumbag?

lizzyjane

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271511#Comment_122271511

How would telling the truth effect his business?

Are u saying from O' Leary's comments he is racist in some way? Wow.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271692#Comment_122271692

That's not it, they've been brainwashed by all the wokery (for want of a better word) of our time. They hate or think they have to hate everything that has come before, they want to dump out all social structures for no obvious reason, only that they are angry with their lot.

There are also those who have been brainwashed by the "far right" label...the same people don't understand what left, right, up or down mean, they don't want to be called a racist or whatever other fear it illicits.

The anger with which some have responded here is case in point...undermine and tear apart the messenger even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the message he is delivering. Grow up I say and listen to both sides.

babyducklings1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271356#Comment_122271356

There was a time before Ryanair when only the very wealthy could afford to fly ( Aer Lingus etc) so totally agree that he opened up a world of travel to Irish people. When people scoff at him they don’t remember or appreciate how he changed the travel landscape and made holidays so affordable for so many. That’s something really remarkable.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356277/oleary-has-called-out-the-nonsense

Very poor quality OP. You've given no insight whatsoever on what O'Leary actually said.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271832#Comment_122271832

Check again so

EchoIndia

O'Leary is a serial ranter and is frustrated that ranting doesn't get him what he wants - which is free rein for Ryanair in every respect. He is undoubtedly a highly successful businessman but that does not make him infallible and when he starts venting about wider matters he should be treated in much the same way as you might regard a guy in the pub who's had a few pints too many and won't shut up.

tabby aspreme

The first time I flew to London back in 1986 the cheapest fare with Aer Lingus was 111 pounds, you can now get to London for a fraction of that price, serious begrudery for MOL

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271743#Comment_122271743

I have absolutely no idea what you're saying here🤷

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271846#Comment_122271846

Nice blunt pitchfork you've got there.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271839#Comment_122271839

No. If you can't be bothered to make your own argument, it's worthless.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356277/oleary-has-called-out-the-nonsense

can you please elaborate?

He says a lot. What are you talking about?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271877#Comment_122271877

Do you need to go back to primary school IT class or something? ..open the link you lazy sod.

Mod

Warned for this.

donaghs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271886#Comment_122271886

doesn’t open on my phone. I could copy and paste it. But that’s not why I browse threads. Plus I’ve avoided toxic twitter/x this far, no hurry to sign up for it now.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271937#Comment_122271937

Didn't realise I'd an X account so perhaps that why I can view the clip...

Anyway, I Google searched Michael O'Leary to get a written article about his comments, Gript are the only ones covering it. See link below, I'm sure some here will use this as another reason to belittle the comments.

https://gript.ie/its-a-complete-scam-oleary-on-undocumented-migration/

muzakfan

Michael for all his faults is quite possibly the highest income tax payer in the state. He is quite entitled to question this madness to which he commits a significant amount of money to fund, not to mention that the processes of the business he runs are being subverted and abused also.

Rows Grower

Any man that can manage to fly me from one country to another and back again for under 100 euro while making a profit and being a huge employer gets my vote.

Real Donald Trump

Here's what he said,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBv6o-24U8

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271356#Comment_122271356

Leave Leo alone. He was a great Taoiseach.

MOL is a waffler and nothing more.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271886#Comment_122271886

The link doesn't work. Maybe learn to post it properly.

It's also good etiquette to explain yourself in an OP rather than dump a bit of clickbait.

thomil

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271801#Comment_122271801

I get what you’re saying, and I’ll be the last to badmouth the massive effect that Ryanair has had not just on Ireland, but on Europe as a whole. The problem that I have with O’Leary is that he’s a one trick pony. His shtick of being brash, irreverent and borderline obnoxious was crucial in the early days of Ryanair, as it not only gave the airline publicity, it was needed to allow the upstart airline to muscle into a market that had been pretty well locked down by the big players, the likes of British Airways, Lufthansa, Iberia or Air France.

Thing is, it’s been a while since Ryanair has been an upstart, they’re now part of the establishment, operating over 540 aircraft and turning into the type of conglomerate that O’Leary always railed against, what with subsidiaries like Buzz or Lauda. And the same business practices that were at worst irritating when the airline was getting started in the 2000s are now bordering on monopolistic and predatory, holding airports to ransom, demanding terms from them that almost force the airports to operate at a loss and risk of bankruptcy, whilst still turning their backs on them at the slightest perceived slight. Europe is littered with airports that got that kind of treatment.

Theres no denying the effect that O’Leary has had, but he’s overstayed his welcome and needs to step away from the company before he does permanent damage to the airline he helped build. As for Ryanair themselves, they need to start acting in a more responsible way as well.

zerosquared

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122271530#Comment_122271530

Ah thanks, sure what’s 40 million, back of couch money

beachhead

Micko the boyo will do anything for publicity.He's baiting the pilots.Aer Lingus will probably divert their passengers onto his flights.He must be laughing.He couldn't give a flying ……. about anyone except himself and airlines,horses,taxis etc

I take it he won't be seeking to tender as the government air taxi's then?