Davison case against Ryanair 'a storm in teacup', says airline
Lawyers for Ryanair say Rosanna Davison's libel action against the airline is "a storm in a teacup".
The former Miss World is suing over a press release which criticised the model's comments on the lack of Irish women in the airline's 2009 charity calendar as having "bordered on racism".
Her lawyers have yet to give their final address to the jury.
In his final address to the jury, Ryanair's counsel Martin Hayden has said Rosanna Davison has made a federal production of this case which centres on a press release on the airline's website that was accessed by fewer than 1,000 people in Ireland.
It was published after the former Miss World was correctly quoted in the media saying that, if she had been involved in Ryanair's 2009 charity calendar, she would have made sure Irish girls were included.
The press release says her remarks "bordered on racism" and showed an elitist attitude to Ryanair's international cabin crew, who wore bikinis for the shoot.
