{"product_id":"tony-ryan","title":"Tony Ryan","description":"\u003cp\u003eTony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIngenious, driven and sometimes reckless, his sheer spirit and adventurousness made him Ireland’s Aviator. Born in a railwayman’s cottage in County Tipperary he rose to enormous success. Ryan set up the airline leasing company, Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), which quickly became the largest such enterprise in the world. But it famously crashed and burned and Ryan lost almost everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat remained was a little airline called Ryanair which was chronically loss making. Ryan set about turning Ryanair around, putting in one of his assistants, Michael O’Leary, to help knock it into shape. The rest is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Aldous gives an irresistible insight into the machinations of the man who epitomised what it means to be an entrepreneur.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fascinating’ \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘Masterful’ \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘Reveals the warts as well as the successes of the Tipperary native’ \u003cem\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘The Original Celtic Tiger’ \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this authorised biography of one of the most remarkable Irishmen of the twentieth century, Richard Aldous is independent in his judgements and frank in his examination of his subject’s shortcomings and eccentricities. But most of all, he writes with verve and pace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55124004831619,"sku":"9780717165520","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55124004864387,"sku":"9780717157815","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/1c847042fc2ffb35e0810d9181f403d4_83f70aa5-7127-4fcc-a528-4fabfc86f994.jpg?v=1742641809","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/tony-ryan","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}