I feel your pain man, and I cannot understand how they get away with is...the whole anti-age discrimination laws seem not to be enforced after all, at least when it comes to Ryanair.
People may argue with you on this, saying that perhaps the problem is on the way you're pitching your case( CV & cover letter) not selling yourself properly, but I must say that we hear this stories so many times that I've started to think that this is a case of discrimination. Problem is how you're going to prove it and who to report to...Would be interesting to get as many people together as possible and write to one of the newspapers and request that they look into it,you never know...