Breaking the cycle
With new road legislation in the offing, Catherine Healy clears a path through the red mist to offer her view on the ongoing cars v bikes battle
Michael O’Leary pulled no punches in an interview published in this paper last Sunday. “We are just fucking up this city,” fumed the Ryanair chief executive. “Headbangers in Dublin fucking Corporation” should focus on sensible solutions to traffic congestion, he said, rather than worrying about “fucking cyclists” (“I’d shoot them all”).
It’s not the first time O’Leary has lashed out at his two-wheeled foes. For a timeline, simply Google his name and “cyclists”:
