Setback for Ryanair in legal suit against pilots’ association chief

Ryanair has received a blow to its legal action against Evan Cullen, the head of pilots association Ialpa, over allegedly defamatory comments made on RTE radio about the airline’s safety policy.

The low-budget carrier had sought to strike out the defences of truth and honest opinion for failing to make adequate discovery in the case.

The airline is also suing Ialpa and the trade union Impact for allegedly defamatory comments which arose during ...