Christ.
I was trying to remove political debate so that the core question could be debated. I don't care what people feel personally (eg comment by flying_highover) about the politics of the North etc. It's important, obviously, but it's not relevant to this thread.
Agree with sentiment of CCR that Belfasts growth is to a large extent out of its own hands. I'd add that about 60% of the economy is driven by the public sector, which is pretty stable, and won't drive passenger numbers by much. Argument that we are out of recession is an extremely technical one and open to challenge on a number of fronts...don't believe we'll see underlying (ie excluding impact of new routes) passenger growth in ORK, SNN or DUB until late next year.