140,000 PASSENGERS ON IRISH ROUTES

Ryanair, Europe`s No. 1 low fares airline today (Wednesday, 16th March 2005) announced record bookings for the St. Patrick`s weekend on its 51 routes to/from Ireland. The airline will carry over 600,000 passengers on its network of 220 routes across 19 countries over the same period.

Speaking this morning, Peter Sherrard, Ryanair`s Head of Communications said:

``Ryanair will carry 140,000 passengers on our routes to/from Ireland over this St Patrick`s Weekend period* making it our busiest ever.

This translates to 90,000 visitors to Ireland over the St Patrick`s Weekend period saving €9M over the high fares of other airlines - so more spending money to enjoy the festivities! St. Patrick would have been proud !

With Europe`s lowest fares and No 1 punctuality, people are voting with their feet and flocking to Ryanair`s low fares and great customer service.``