As PP said not an April fool day thing really - Ryan air likes to put these things out there just to get people talking about them.
Charging to use the bathroom, standing seats, one pilot per plane, one bathroom per plane, removing the arm rests, gambling using your phone, etc...
They never really plan to do most of these things.
They have admitted that they do it for the publicity, but if they could do some of these things they probable would.