Are you being serious? That is such bull!! Fair enough pax numbers have been declining since 2009, but don't try spill your usually tripe across this forum when you have no notion about what you are talking about. Had the growth rates continued at Cork Airport past 2008 we would be approaching 5m passengers right now, the investment did not predict a financial collapse in this country, but obviously you did, amazing. Regarding your last statement, can you provide evidence of that?
Cork airport spent €200 million and on what ?
Marseille built a terminal for €10 Million.
Cork was never going to reach 5 million passengers and any claim it was pretty much shows someone has been availing of the local dark liquids.
Irelands sad financial collapse was not a shock, You can't really have an economy where reliant on building and selling new houses ad infinitum and that was just for their tax revenue.