Originally Posted by waffler
There is no compulsion for aircraft taking Aer Lingus slots at heathrow to serve Dublin forever.
True, but if there's money to be made...
Ryanair themselves employ few people directly, most are employed through agencies but I will them describe the joys of that.
Not the point I was trying to make though. They could base their Head Office in any country, some with better tax arrangements, but they choose to stay in Ireland.
Originally Posted by waffler
Perhaps you could research how much tax Ryanair paid to revenue in Ireland over the last few years to see if this takeover will benefit the government.
According to their 2011 Annual Report, they paid €49.9m in tax based on a profit of €450.6m (excluding exceptional items). How much of that was paid to the Irish government I haven't a clue.
Compare that to Google though, who paid just €8m in tax last year to the Irish government based on a profit of €9bn.