Cork is entitled to compete on a level playing pitch but it's not being allowed to do so by vested interests.
It's a fact that from the artificial stopover to the loss making Aeroflot deal, to the Virgin Express deal of the early 2000's to the deal with Ryanair in 2005 , to having it's debt written off and shouldered by the DAA, Shannon has received special treatment from successive Irish Governments.
This has hindered growth at Dublin and Cork. Look at how Dublin has blossomed into the 7th busiest transatlantic airport in Europe since the stopover was finally consigned to the dustbin of aviation history.