Ryanair to Prohibit Checked Baggage on Certain Flights Starting Fall 2010
No mention of this on
Ryanair's website. Nor is there any mention in the European press. In short this is the only place where this is mentioned
However getting rid of checked luggage is a perennial story about Ryanair - I've seen similar stories in 2004, 2008 & 2009.
And given the income that checked luggage generates (especially from the people who think rules don't apply to them) I can't see Ryanair doing this on any of it's routes with the possible exception of some weekend destinations where most people only have hand luggage to start with.