Originally Posted by dublinaviator
[Theres no such thing as "domestic UK and Ireland routes", they're 2 different countries.
In this context I believe that the domestic related to the UK, as in BFS-LHR but not to Ireland, of which EI operates exactly zero domestic routes. Maybe to avoid confusion he should have said "routes within the British Isles" although, IIRC this has also upset a poster in the past, despite this being a recognised geo-political reference to the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.
As an aside, if RE brands all its flights as EI, as is rumoured, EI will once again serve a domestic Irish route in KIR-DUB, if only in name.
As it stands at the moment the A319s are being confined to the BFS base, probably to simplify their introduction. As more join Im sure they will be seen across the network. I think we might see one or even two in ORK for the winter, taking the base back to four based aircraft year round. If EI were really feeling adventurous NOC might be an option to base an aircraft. It seems pretty much any route one fancies can operate from NOC, including trasatlantics!