Kenny Jacobs of DAA learned a lot from his time working for Ryanair. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images
The line was itself Ryanair-esque, which is no surprise given that Jacobs spent six years as the airline’s chief marketing officer. Clearly the student learned well from the master. Has Michael O’Leary finally met his match?Donald Trump has profited handsomely from his Irish and Scottish golf courses. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Mediahuis, owner of Independent News & Media, is being tipped as a possible purchase of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, now in the hands of a receiver. We asked a spokesman for the Belgian media group if it is, indeed, interested. “Mediahuis is aware of speculation in the market mentioning us as a potential acquirer of the Telegraph Media Group,” said An Steylemans, its head of group communications. “But as always, we do not comment on such speculations.
GNI seems to be pushing back, however. According to the Gas Act – yes, there is such a thing – it cannot refuse reasonable requests. Aoife MacEvilly, the chair of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, told an Oireachtas committee last month that “in the case of GNI, there appears to be in its legislation, as it tells us, almost no power other than to continue to connect”.