Congrats, Danny, on an outstanding piece of work - probably the best ever seen on pprune. As stated by another poster, Ryanair has very often gone to law with their massive financial resources, to prevent any serious level of criticism of their operation. Pruners have to stand up to bullying tactics from whatever source they may emanate.
It may turn out that no Ryanair aircraft landed at Stansted on the night in question in breach of the JAA Approach Ban. If that's the case it will no doubt be given equal airing here as did the original post. On the other hand it may be shown that some Ryanair aircraft did land in breach of the law (and possibly some from other companies as well.) We will have to await the reults of the various enquiries to establish the facts.
The most telling item on this whole thread is the quotation from the judge in the millionth passenger case against Ryanair that he found a certain gentleman to be an unreliable witness and in fact found that the court did not believe this gentleman but did believe the lady who took the claim against the company. Official Ireland has stated that this person, on this one occasion, was not to be believed. It appears that Ryanair's lawyers are telling us that the Ryanair version of events on the night in question is the correct one. I leave it to your imagination as to which version is likely to be proved correct.
Let's all start by pledging twenty quid to Danny's fighting fund right now. Just tell us where to send it. Freedom of speech and flushing out those who are 'econmical with the truth' is still an important part of the British way of life. It is critical that accurate, informed comment is not silenced whether that be attempted by Ryanair or anyone else.