"But is the 2100 m runway at Cork so limiting that the crew would feel it necessary to be so trigger-happy with reverse?"
If it's that sphincter cycling a length of runway, then the Ryr NG800s and Aerfungus 'buses would be having a sporting time?
The Capt's alleged enthusiasm for getting out of the detent should have been rectified during the inadequate preparation as per 2.17.2 of the report, for those too lazy to read it all.