Their most recent solution to this terribly complex problem (Smyth’s Toys were out of Thomas The Tank Engine Walkie Talkies), is to sellotape a manky piece of paper to the barrier telling you who to ring when the piece of shit breaks again.

Glad to see they spent that €160m in all the right places.

We’re now trying to figure out how much time we would have before being towed away if we parked at the front door and ran in for a Starbucks.

“I……am…….smoking………a……….fagggggggggg”

Silly me, it was just an excuse to hire more middle managers.

Oh, a top-tip for Aer Lingus travellers. You don’t have to stand in a queue for 30 minutes. See all those machines over to the right? You can use them too! I really do despair for the intelligence of the human race when I see them sitting there idle. What are people afraid of? If you can use an ATM, you can use those machines. Ah well, it means I always check-in in under 30 seconds when flying Aer Lingus.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

There’s no official short route to the hotel end of the Long-Term which is a pain.

What moron decided that the walkway from the short term should have slatted sides so that the wind/rain is only half blocked ?

It’s a pity that the airport authority can’t manage the small things which are on public view and which are in _their_control.

You do realise that Cork airport is built on about the only patch of land near Cork city that is prone to fog…

Michele

And the queue at the Ticket Desk in Dublin the other night could have disappeared if they’d put up a hand-written sign saying “the chances of the Cork flight taking off are almost zero, you may want to make alternative arrangements”. Instead we all had to queue and wait to be told that in person.

Italistro is still on my to-do list. Have a few lunches overdue in Bandon so I’ll use it for one of those.

Interesting, I forgot about Ryanair trying to takeover the old terminal. Although I am not a big fan of travelling them, as I am not keen on being bombarded with all sorts of offers when waiting for the plane to depart, I have to acknowledge their huge positive impact on low cost air travel. They would probably re-invent the “terminal experience” if they were given a chance.

On a seperate topic, as I have benefited from a number of your food reviews (still using the Boots Specialities on Forge Hill), have you tried “italistro” beside the Munster Arms yet?

In their defence, the non-use of airbridges is driven by the airlines. They can achieve faster turnaround without them. That’s why RyanAir was trying to take over the old terminal when it appeared the Authority was going to make the airbridges mandatory.

I get the feeling that they have refused to enter into service agreements for anything. Presumably the same type of people run most of the public playgrounds in Ireland too.