Cork
Maximus,
I think there is a very important point you are missing here:
This is a charter service. Gulf air will not have the realise the futility of anything: they only provide the plane, crew etc. The tour operator takes the risks of filling the plane, and it is they who have made an informed decision to stop in Cork.
The tone of your post worries me: am I to believe that after having listened to the arrogance and ignorance of the shannon stopover crew (and i'm from the Shannon area, so I know a bit about this), we now also have to listen to someone who thinks DUB is the only airport in this country deserving of anything???
There is no Cork stopover: it is a choice made by the tour operator.
As an aside, the day we get scheduled flights to all these exotic locations is the day we can really start celebrating.