O'Leary first made the claim earlier this month in a press conference. During the conference he was asked if he believed the language was appropriate. O'Leary doubled down on his remarks saying he would "happily offend, " the other airlines.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre wrote to Mr O'Leary asking him to apologise as his words would trivialise rape.
Mr O'Leary responded "Since I clearly did not trivialise the heinous crime of rape, I will certainly not be issuing an apology or accepting your offer of training."
However Mr O'Leary has since made an apology video which he posted on Friday. He said
conversations with family and friends, both inside and outside Ryanair.
"I have come to realise however that the word that I used so carelessly has caused considerable upset and offence to a wide number of people, especially to victims and survivors.
"I want to apologise, sincerely and unreservedly, to those people, especially to the survivors."
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre(DRCC) has offered O'Leary training on the impact of sexual violence and they have "welcomes Mr O'Leary's apology".
The DRCC have also said that they hope the public apology helps promote a public understanding of the impact that trivialising matters such as sexual violence can cause harm.
