silverlise
You flew on an older member of the fleet, newer Ryanair aircraft indeed have neither window blinds nor a recline function.
Mind you, I don't recall seeing a recline function on the easyJet bus that I took to Slovenija at New Year - does one really need it on a short haul flight? I can sleep as well with an upright sleep as with a couple of inches of recline. Before outraged of easyJet replies, I am not saying that there was no recline, just that I didn't see a button for it :-)