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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sean Murphy

Ryanair drops Afrikaans test to see if passengers are South African as Michael O'Leary says 'we didn't think it was appropriate'

Ryanair has dramatically changed course on its controversial policy of using an Apartheid-era language to test if passengers are South African.

The airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary revealed that they decided “we didn’t think it was appropriate” and it “doesn’t make any sense”.

Afrikaans – which critics branded racist - was made mandatory by South Africa’s former white leaders when the country was under white-minority rule.

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