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“The question, however, is for how long? Ireland has been debating the application from Emirates for sixth freedom flights (ie, Emirates flights that go Dubai-Dublin-NYC) for some time. To date, it has refused them but this would seem to indicate that it will now be forced to concede them.”...
It's not clear to me why "it may be forced to concede them". Granting codeshares is completely different to getting fifth-freedom (not sixth freedom) rights under a bilateral.