Whatever abou the state of the roads to/from the place it is a nice coup for both the airport and Pardaig O Ceidigh - ORK to Rennes (when EI flew it) and ORK to NTE for Jetmagic (remember them) were supposedly very popular routes. RE obviously got a good deal to use WTE instead of ORK.
I know quite a few people in the cork area who are using WW to LGW and then BA to NTE (having planned to go before GX went belly up).