I fully agree with you, Asianfly. Cork needs to be able to walk before it can run, and run before it can fly. It is embarassing to see 30 odd European destinations out of SNN and only something like 10 out of Cork.
Shannon currently has 21 European destinations while Cork has 20, but Cork has higher frequencies than Shannon. Cork has more UK destinations (13 vs. 9). Shannon may have higher passenger numbers overall but when you take longhaul and troop traffic out of the equation the numbers are very close.