There is a particularly strong rumour about Delta and Cork for 2008. In fact Delta were hosted by the CAA at the Holiday World dinner last week !!.
As for flyglobespan and NOC, I enquired from the Department of Transport and Aviation Regulatory Department as to the grounds for granting the route authority, and I have received a pretty vague explanation from them. I am currently checking the sections which they quoted, and will post their reply tomorrow.
FCI