DollarBill - That is an entertaining post and the thought of MOL plotting the downfall of 2 airlines creates an image of Monty Burns in his evil castle stroking an evil cat!!
You could be right of course but I think it might be more lightly that Flybe would actually ask Aer Arann to continue operating this routes as a Franchisee of Flybe Ireland. The ATR is the only aircraft that can offer the frequency on these routes.
In any event it seems to me that this arrangement between Aer Lingus and Aer Arann has been much more successful than a lot of people thought it would be at the start...including me.