@VanBosh
I doubt there is that much demand for North African routes such as Cairo. Moscow is already served albeit quite sporadically by S7.
The only mid-haul Eastern routes that "could" be a work (with alot of provisos) would perhaps be to Mumbai or Karachi. Having said that these routes are already technically served ex DUB through connections with EY and EK.
Far East routes have been long mooted and there have been countless rumours of a China DUB dirct flight, but I can't see anything happening before EI are operating A350s.
That only leaves theoretical routes to the likes of Lagos or Rio. In the former case whilst there would definately be enough pax to make the route viable there are many extraneous issues which would be problematic....to put it mildly. As for Rio, thats something of an imponderable, are there enough Brazilian migrants and Irish tourists to make it work?!
For that reason, I think the only routes to emerge will be new sectors to North America.
C