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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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John O'Donnell & Cathal Ryan

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary says no chance of Cork-Dublin flights returning

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has revealed that there is next to no chance that a certain short-haul service will return.

The budget airline CEO explained in a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday that Cork-Dublin flights will not be revived, despite speculation to the contrary.

O'Leary, one of Ireland’s wealthiest businessmen, said that there is one quite obvious reason that a direct flight linking two of Ireland's main cities wouldn’t work - there is a motorway now.

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