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RYANAIR BELIEVES IT did not get a fair hearing in relation to its takeover bid for Aer Lingus.
The EU Commission told the airline that it intended to block its offer for its rival over competition concerns. Lawyers for the firm have now been instructed to appeal any prohibition to the European Courts.
Spokesperson Robin Kiely said the company’s remedies package, designed to assuage anti-competition fears, addressed every issue raised in the EU’s Statement of Objections.
“Ryanair has no alternative but to appeal any prohibition decision and we expect to get a fair hearing at the European Courts, as we haven’t received one from Commisisoner Almunia and his case team. This decision is clearly a political one to meet the narrow, vested interests of the Irish Government and is not based on competition law.”
Kiely drew comparisons between Ryanair’s offer and the recent IAG acquisition of BMI at London-Heathrow.
The Michael O’Leary-led firm had provided the EU with commitments from two upfront buyers – IAG and Flybe – to eliminate all competitive overlaps between Ryanair and Aer Lingus.
The company said it was being held “to a much higher standard” than any other EU airline, adding that its remedies package was unprecedented.
“For the first time in EU airline history, Ryanair delivered not one, but two, substantial upfront EU airline buyers who have agreed to come to Ireland to compete against a combined Ryanair/Aer Lingus.”
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So annoying when these videos start playing if you have the volume on. Thanks for that, Quinton! Sorted!
Anyway of switching facebook off altogether…. It depresses me everytime I go on it yet I still go on it.
block everything you cant be arsed with and join a lot of pages that interest you. mine is all science, games and jokes.
I have the newest android update and don’t see that auto play option in the app settings?
Is there an ‘auto-play on WiFi only’ option available? Ticking that is the next best thing if you can’t turn it off fully.
thank you
It’s directly under the Sync Photos option in my version (for Galaxy S5), Darren.
Any way of switching off the journals annoying ads?
Alan if you’re willing to fund the journal or pay a weekly subscription the ads will disappear.the journalists don’t work for free ya know
No probs where do I pay to get rid of them?
Excellent and thanks
I’d also recommend, from a more general angle, activating “click-to-play” in your desktop browsers. There has been some pretty malicious flash exploits found (in the wider internet), and one method of delivery is the dreaded auto-play.
also, they’re annoying.
http://www.howtogeek.com/188059/how-to-enable-click-to-play-plugins-in-every-web-browser/
Tis time we all turned fb off altogether. Its had its moment in the sun and is getting way above itself with its flagrant abuse of people’s privacy
What’s up with this article? it disappears then reappears any time I refresh the app
Cheers
Fair play to ya! So annoying!
Anyone know what the craic is with”session expired, please log in again” coming up on iphone messenger app? Won’t let me log into the new messenger App.
Thanks for that Quinton
Thank you
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