Michael O’Leary comes out all guns blazing ahead of Question Time tonight
Break a leg, Michael O'Leary.
The Ryanair boss is due to make his first appearance on BBC's Question Time tonight, but it looks like there's some topics already on the agenda after lary O'Leary said that cyclists should be "shot".
O'Leary is known for his outrageous sound-bites, but really went to town at a conference on Wednesday night when he said that Dublin's cyclists should be "taken out and shot" in his keynote speech.
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The outspoken Irishman hit out at Dublin City Council’s plans to make the city a more appealing place for cyclists at the city's Creative Minds conference.
“That’s all we need in Dublin is more blooming bicycles,” he said, reported in the Irish Independent. “In a country where it rains about 250 days a year, the way forward for Dublin is more bicycles.
“Let’s just go back to walking altogether. Soon we’ll be living in caves designed by Dublin City Council. Traffic won’t work, there’s nowhere to park the cars and yet this is a smarter way forward.
“We should take the cyclists out and shoot them.”
All this points towards a fun-filled episode of Question Time tonight – O'Leary will be making his first appearance on the BBC's panel this evening, alongside Tory peer Lord Lawson, Labour MP Lisa Nandy, writer Benjamin Zephania and Daily Mail political editor Isabel Oakeshott.
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Speaking to the business-minded audience at the entrepreneurship event set up by the US embassy in Ireland, the airline boss added: "I hate to pick on Dublin City Council, but they're here and they deserve a slapping."
No come on, Michael, tell us what you really think.