Shannons future has looked worse in the past and it still survived. There were times in the 80's when it had 3 or 4 EI flights a day a few aeroflots and maybe a Northwest Orient or Transamaerica heavy and that was it. It has always been vulnerable to changes in the aviation world, lets hope this one doesnt bring it down.
it might be so, but let's not forget that under current EU legislation airports cannot any loger be subsidized, which was the case in the past( pre-open skies era).
SNN without some sort of government support does not look good...