Bookseller claims Ryanair baggage policy affects sales

The director of an independent Irish-owned book chain has blamed Ryanair's baggage allowance for a drop in sales, saying it is discouraging people from taking books on holiday. Frank O'Mahony of O'Mahony's Booksellers, which operates four shops and a warehouse in the midwest and southwest, said yesterday that demand for holiday reads in summertime had dipped