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Mr Leary referred to anti-Lisbon 'headbangers' and 'economic illiterates' (Photo: EUobserver)

Ryanair launches pro-Lisbon treaty campaign

Irish cut-price airline Ryanair has said it will spend half a million euros on a campaign backing the Lisbon Treaty ahead of Ireland's second referendum on the document, scheduled for 2 October.

On Wednesday (26 August), the company's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, announced in Dublin his firm will get involved because he does not trust "incompetent" politicians to win the argument alone.

Living up to his carefully crafted reputation as a right-wing curmudgeon, during a press c...

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Mr Leary referred to anti-Lisbon 'headbangers' and 'economic illiterates' (Photo: EUobserver)

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