It's only a matter of time before Ryanair take them on in Cork so EI should look at their costs, particularly the outdated practice of putting crews up in local hotels. Is Cork an EI base or is it not?
Most EI cabin crew and pilots are Cork based. However I don't think they have enough Cork based pilots in particular so they have to be supplemented at times with Dublin based crews put up in local hotels. They had a similiar practice when they first opened the Belfast base but I think all crew there are now locally based.