Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am long enough around that I did a project on Ryanair when I was in school in 1988, when it was a very small little airline. It is amazing to see what it has transformed into. There was also the deregulation of airlines. In the past, airlines could only fly from their home country to other countries and could never open a base in any other country. Aer Lingus could operate from Ireland, British Airways could operate from the UK and Olympic could operate from Greece. That is probably what helped to make Ryanair.