daz211 - whether your on a package or not the legislation is quite clear your airline has a duty of care. If the Ryanair business model is simply to drive costs to the bone and does have built in contingency plans to cover emergencies then thats the airlines problems I am afraid and not the fare paying public.
As for the matter of going to court then I am afraid MOL does not have a leg to stand on. Its not a case of asking a judge to interpret the law as its set out in black and white I am afraid.
One final point, is it not too much to ask Europes most profitable airline (MOLs own words not mine) to look after its passengers?