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Fri 05 May 2007Fall in Ryanair bucks positive trendMarket Report: It was a day of extremes in the Irish market yesterday. Most of the members of the Iseq index of Irish shares had a healthy day, buoyed by takeover speculation in the banking sector and the promise of takeover activity in the building materials arena.However, the fate of one stock was totally the reverse, with downbeat comments about the yield environment by Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary sending Ryanair shares tumbling.