Michael O'Leary, the businessman who sent Artur Mas to hell

Barcelona"Ryanair has 20 times more passengers than the 3 million who voted for Mr. Bustinduy and his Sumar party in the Spanish elections. 20 times more Spaniards support Ryanair than the crazy minister Bustinduy and his illegal fines for hand luggage." The phrase is from Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, who the airline includes in a press release on February 5 and who joins the crusade that the Irish businessman has started against the Minister of Social Rights and Consumption, Pablo Bustinduy. The campaign has not stopped there. A few days ago, the director called Bustinduy a "crazy and communist minister" and this week he has presented a campaign with offers of cheap flights with a photograph of the head of Consum with a clown wig, whom he has called a "stupid minister."

These words are not an exception, but rather the usual attitude of the director, born in 1961 in Mullingar and one of the richest men in Ireland. The current battle with Bustinduy is over the fine that his ministry imposed on the airline for charging for hand luggage. However, more than ten years ago the airline also opened a war against the Generalitat for the continuity of Ryanair in the airports of Girona and Reus. The tug-of-war with the government then headed by Artur Mas lasted for months and O'Leary also held a press conference with darts against the Catalan executive. "The Generalitat must fulfil its commitments or go to hell," he said. The businessman has appeared in public in disguise and has even sent users who demand money for flights to hell, but he is calm: "I don't give a damn about my personal dignity." His approach has even led him to have his own taxi license, which he uses to get around Dublin and avoid traffic jams.