The following is something I spotted somewhere else. ;)
It seems strange that Ryanair don't apply the same rules to ALL airports. I was boarding a flight from Dublin to Alicante last year and the woman in front of me had her normal hand luggage along with a duty free bag. I was chatting to her and told her that she was supposed to place it inside her hand luggage to which she said 'just watch me !'. When she was tackled by the Ryanair baggage gestapo, she told them that forcing her to hide her duty free purchases was in contravention of customs regulations, which state that purchases must be on display for customs staff to view. She quoted the legislation in detail and said that she refused to break the law and threatened Ryanair with legal action. She was obviously from a legal background and knew her stuff. Amazingly, they let her on ! Never say so many people in queue flaunting their duty free bags as they boarded Would love to know what legislation she quoted from.