Well, there may be strong feelings on the Ryanair topic in Cork. Observers have taken into account what FR have done at snn for the past five years and now when the deal is done and FR is not getting it's way any more they pull out most of their aeroplanes for the coming summer. This was all fairly predictable up to a point though I for one believed it would not be as drastic as it has turned out for snn and for sure no one whom has the slightest interest in Cork Airport, be it business or personal, wants to see this happen to Cork people and her airport. Now, if FR want to up the ante with EI and put more flights on Gatwick that is fine and it is indeed business though it may be argued that the hoped for result may be that EI's yield on LGW ORK would be diminshed so much that they would be inclined to dump the route to Cork. Is that good for Ryanair? Probably, but for Cork Airport and passenger choice to London? Make your own mind up on that one but remember what happened after EI started Cork - Madrid a few years ago - along came Ryanair with a Madrid based aeroplane doing a flight to snn and within some months both snn and Cork had lost her Madrid connections.
All that said, if Mr O'Leary surprises us all and announces brand new routes for Cork tomorrow it will be caps off to Ryanair as it must be taken for granted that there is still great potential for many low cost type routes out of Cork to many Ryanair destinations and great airport deals to be had in terms of reduced charges etc, etc.