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06 Sept 2025

'Suck it up'- Ryanair CEO says noise complaints around airport 'utter nonsense'

Ryanair boss Michael O' Leary told people living near Dublin airport to 'suck it up' on Newstalk after complains from people who claim they are living in 'a warzone'

'Suck it up'- Ryanair CEO says noise complaints around airport 'utter nonsense'

Ryanair CEO says noise complaints around airport 'utter nonsense'

During the latest episode of The Pat Kenny show, complaints by the local residents near Dublin airport was described as they claim their lives are “living hell”.

Live on air, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said he had absolutely no sympathy for the local residents.

He said instead that the complains are "utter nonsense" because "there are no night time flights taking off over your house between the hours of midnight to six o’clock in the morning. 

“If you’re in your bed and the windows are closed, you won’t even hear it. 

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He told Pat Kenny on the show that the residents knew there would be planes taking off and landing when they moved there. 

“You built a house in the environs of Dublin Airport; Dublin Airport has been there since 1942. 

“You either moved to the area or built a house in the area. Suck it up."

The full conservation can be listened to here.

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