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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has sparked a race row after calling for Muslim passengers to be checked at airports in a bid to prevent terror attacks, as he claimed “that is where the threat is coming from”. Mr. O’Leary said terrorists “will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion” — and that families with young children should be let through security as they are less likely to “blow” people up. The 58-year-old added that the only way to “deal with the threat” was to vet “single male” Muslims traveling on their own. The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments...

Michael O’Leary is focused on Ryanair growth and tackling the GovernmentTHOSE hoping that Ryanair’s outspoken chief executive Michael O’Leary will go quietly into retirement are in for a surprise. While the headlines suggested that 2008 would see his departure, O’Leary has other ideas. “In 2008 I will have done 20 years in Ryanair, I will be 47. I think it is getting closer to the day when I am going to go. Is it going to be 2008? No. It might be 2007 or it might be 2009. I will go when it is a natural time for me to...

There's method in O'Leary madness, says professor WHEN Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, dressed up as a cardinal last week to announce the launch of the airline’s new route from Dublin to Rome and declared “Habemus lowest fares — my children”, he undoubtedly offended a few Catholics. He might even have convinced a few others that he was nuts which, as it turns out, may not necessarily be a bad thing. A new book by the American psychologist John D Gartner called The Hypomanic Edge — The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot Of) Success is...