Alicante has traditionally been the weakest of the Spanish routes for EI from Cork. Would it be worth giving it up for a while to try Valencia instead? Afterall if Ryanair ever made a go of an expansion from Cork they could try Murcia at lower cost to pick up a lot of the Alicante type traffic and get more bums on seats. 2 VLC & 3 MJV would be enough, maybe 3 & 3 in July & August if the EI schedule was so flexible. 2008 or 2009 of course!