Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary apologises over 'high-fare rapists' remarks

In a video posted on Friday, O'Leary said that, over the last ten days, he had had "conversations with family and friends, both inside and outside Ryanair"."I have come to realise however that the word that I used so carelessly has caused considerable upset and offence to a wide number of people, especially to victims and survivors."I want to apologise, sincerely and unreservedly, to those people, especially to the survivors."O'Leary described his choice of language as "careless", and said "it won't happen again"."I will try to learn from this mistake, and do better in future."Following O'Leary's first comments, the DRCC's chief executive Rachel Morrogh had written to O'Leary accusing him of trying to get a headline with his comments.She said the DRCC had received calls from rape victims who were "upset and distressed because of what you said".She offered O'Leary training on the impact of sexual violence and urged him to apologise.