Ryanair has called for curbs on the sale of alcohol at airports in the UK

The lazy old cliché of the Irish drunkard has been rejected by Ryanair, which deals with more alcohol-related disruption at British airports than in Ireland.

The low-cost carrier has called for the sale of alcohol to be curbed at British airports after the UK Civil Aviation Authority reported a 600 per cent increase in disruptive passenger incidents between 2012 and 2016. In most cases alcohol was involved, the authority said. There were 421 disruptive incidents in 2016 alone, the majority of which were drink-related.

In response Ryanair proposed a ban on the sale of all alcohol in bars and restaurants before 10am at British airports and called for passengers to be served no more than two drinks before their flight.

“It’s completely unfair that airports