@anotherthing
"To claim that because this started on Thursday night and therefore a solution has been slow in coming because people have been away for the weekend is the most ridiculous and ignorant statement yet.
There have been continual high level meetings about this since Thursday evening."
Eh, no. Not the 'most' anyway.
Is it ridiculous and ignorant that government shuts down at the weekend across europe? (And the rest of the world, to be fair). Yes. But since most decisions are made on the basis of the opinion writers in the sunday papers, it is hardly surprising.
The EU finally kicked into action this morning, allowing financial aid to airlines. That's great if your country is not bust. The Irish government is putting its emergency response plan into action. Super. The problem, though, is european; the incompetentencies are national.