Michael O’Leary: a gift for controversy and an eye on the bottom line

Ryanair’s chief executive enjoyed a rapid rise to the top, and his accounting acumen and combative personality has kept him there… for nowThere’s an old story about Michael O’Leary that sums up the outspoken boss of Ryanair. Former Aer Lingus chief executive Willie Walsh, now supremo of British Airways’ parent company IAG, was driving when he heard O’Leary interviewed on the radio, bragging about Ryanair’s low prices compared with those of the Irish fla