Because of what outsiders looking in might think 
I know a Belgian guy who was in Ireland in August when the whole Shannon furore kicked off. He couldn't believe the attention the issue got. Every radio show, pages and pages or newspaper, TV programs and debates. His attitude now is one of disbelief that they're
still going on about it! Couldn't they focus their energies into a worthier cause?
And I see on RTE now that it was
4000 not 10000.
CRINGE! http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1020/shannon.html
Shannoners:
- 4000 marched, but how many of those actually have ever used the route.
- 4000 marched, but how many of those have used Ryanair to get to London.
- It's a bloody airline route, if it's so precious another airline would take it up.
- Also the slogon "Save our slots" was quite embarrassing.
- 4000 is less than 0.1% of the Irish population.