Silly REtreat
Unless the Flyin' Ryan have plans to increase frequencies from NCL to DUB to 2 or 3 a day in each direction, I think RE are silly to give up on the NCL/DUB route so hastily. The travelling business public will need more than one flight per day to serve a route. RE are a good carrier with a good product and with the correct times FROM NCL to DUB, I see it working out for them.
Come on Aer Arann - be a bit more adult about things!! Ryanair on a route doesn't necessarily mean the end of a route for every other carrier. Newcastle has a substantial catchment area and not everyone will want to fly there at weekends (Ryanair's market with only one flight a day).