There may be some truth in the fact recession is affecting airlines in Ireland but much of this sounds like diversion tactics to avoid the true point of the discussion which errupted regarding Ryanair no longer being the biggest carrier in Dublin. I think the question also has to be raised as to whether the routes they opened we're over ambitious? Also Ryanair is famous for expanding heavilly at airports then cutting right back or even leaving altogether in a corporate version of throwing their toys out of the pram, blaming landing fees, government taxes, government policies, in fact anything but their own failure, and then in many cases the airport comes crawling back - but in Dublin's case I think they are more knowledgeable of Ryanair as airports go than anywhere else and are not afraid to accuse them of hyperbole on the front of their website. Obviously recession affects consumer spending and habits, but market share is a totally different matter.