Simon Harris said he does not think he has ever met Michael O’Leary
On Thursday the Irish Times revealed that in February 2022 a private and previously undisclosed dinner meeting took place at an upmarket Dublin restaurant involving Mr Donohoe and Mr O’Leary.
Election 2024 live updates: Independent Ireland candidate Cllr Philip Sutcliffe quits party after it condemned his association with Conor McGregorWhat were the issues disability worker Charlotte Fallon was trying to raise with Simon Harris?No lobbying return was made by Ryanair regarding the dinner. The airline said: “Since this was a social setting no lobbying took place and no lobbying return was required or necessary.”Mr Harris agreed with this on Saturday.
Asked if he had similar private meetings with other executives from multinational companies, Mr Harris said: “I’m not aware of any such dinners that I’ve had.” Asked if the dinner meeting between Mr Donohoe and Mr O’Leary was an example of Fine Gael being too close to big business, he said: “My party is proudly pro-enterprise. It’s proudly pro-foreign direct investment and pro-backing small business and there are policies in relation to both that we are putting forward in this election.”
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