LISTEN: Michael O’Leary ‘Maybe Dublin airport second cap will enrage the White House’

Speaking outside the Ryanair AGM on September 11 2025 Michael O’Leary said: “This is more waffle from a bunch of political incompetents. We elected them, they have a 20 seat majority, pass the legislation and get on with it. Instead, we have Simon Harris and May Hall Martin dithering, talking shops, holding press conferences, doing nothing. We elected a government, they published a programme in January promising to remove the cap as soon as possible. And nine months later in September, no action. We have a do nothing government. We have a do nothing minister. We have to go to court to get an injunction to stop the first cap. And now you have the bureaucratic idiots in An Bórd Pleanála imposing a second cap which is contrary to the noise procedures at every other European airport. This country needs a bit of leadership. Micheál Martin and Simon Harris won’t provide it. So sadly we have to go to the courts to get these stupid illegal caps removed. I think actually the second cap might be more helpful because it’s going to block transatlantic flights landing in Dublin airport. I suspect that’s going to enrage the White House and maybe perhaps when the White House stops Aer Lingus landing in in the US, Micheál Martin and Simon Harris will finally get up off their asses and get these illegal caps abolished.