Think AOPA needs to raise a fist in these parts, Took a student to shannon at the weekend, 16 euros for a training flight, the Met brief which is a 1570 number costs 1.70 a min. No night VFR outside controled Airspace, The M.O.A takes up half of Ireland It's not on. Compare all this to the U.S.A. One wonders what A.O.P.A actually do over here.