why everyone is flaming Ryanair and not the locals managers given them the money.
Although flaming Ryanair is a popular sport here on pprune, under EU competition law it is the recipient of illegal state aid that has to pay it back.
Besides, if they're going to pester Ryanair, why not all those Japanese and German IT companies in Silicon Glen? We don't think they just moved in without any handouts do we???
If memory serves me right, some of the aid granted to Honda to set up in the NE by the UK Govt was found to be in breach of state aid rules – so had to be given back.