Was there only marginal profit because of poor payloads or they were too cheap? The government needs to get its priorities right. We supported pointless routes to regional cities for years, yet something that would be beneficial to the Silicon Valley satellite offices wasn't supported!
Also I think one route should be in place to the West Coast and one to the future large markets such as Beijing or Shanghai to start developing the markets there now!
With proper scheduling Aer Lingus could replicate what Finnair does to the East, to the West. Bolstering trans-atlantic pax with passengers from the East... Even Finland!