Do a quick google for Ryanair and court cases, and you make get a more truthful perspective.
Many people have varying opinions, but it is a mistake to assume that Ryanair are always much cheaper. They are often more expensive than say, EZY or BA.
Do a quick search on pprune, and many threads will be thrown up, possibly giving you a feel for the way the airline works.
In particular, with reference to pprune, I would see this thread;
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpos...4&postcount=35
In terms of how they do business and treat their staff, see this link and read through all the posts;
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=234377
For other info, there are several links on this post to give you a 'feel' for Ryanair
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpos...4&postcount=88
As a very frequent flyer, I will on occasion use budget airlines, as some like AirBerlin (I have heard) and flybe (I know) are quite good. In the USA airlines like JetBlue are very good, and southwest themselves take exception to Ryanair comparing themselves with them (even though they don't compete). I would never use Ryanair.