The Taoiseach has distanced his party from a jibe against teachers by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary as he spoke at a campaign event in support of a Fine Gael minister. Mr O’Leary spoke at a campaign launch event in Mullingar for Enterprise Minister ...

The Taoiseach has distanced his party from a jibe against teachers by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary as he spoke at a campaign event in support of a Fine Gael minister.

FINE GAEL MINISTER Peter Burke has distanced himself from comments made by Michael O’Leary about teachers after the Social Democrats demanded he clarify his stance. The Ryanair boss gave a resounding endorsement to the Fine Gael Westmeath candidate at a campaign event last night and encouraged the public to transfer votes between Burke’s party and Fianna Fáil.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s endorsement of Fine Gael was “offensive” to teachers, a Fianna Fáil minister has said. It comes after the airline chief announced his support for a Fine Gael candidate in the General Election,