Well thank you for enlightening us 'Dontdoit'. There was I thinking that the world did indeed revolve around our little province. I am now depressed. How could we not be the centre of the universe?
However, it does seem that we are becoming, if not the centre, then at least a significant portion of the Easyjet world!
And as for your 1.5 million argument...well if the RoI (that's Republic of Ireland, another little outpost to your west) and its 3.5 million inhabitants can justify the business that Dublin sees daily, I think we may just be able to sustain a few continental routes ourselves.
Good for Easy for giving it a go...and maybe we'll soon see a Continental 757 giving us a JFK service. (You may not know it 'Dontdoit', but until 9/11 Aer Lingus were able to successfully fly an MD-11 to JFK four times, yes four times, a week from our little corner of the world).