http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/ A satirical website that sends up Cork's current affairs and history, with a very active discussion forum. en editor@peoplesrepublicofcork.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-22T15:39:50+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/send-traveller-bare-knuckles-to-brussels http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/send-traveller-bare-knuckles-to-brussels#When:15:39:50Z With the wimping out in the face of European 'leaders' Ireland should send some tougher cookies to do the negotiating with the EU and IMF...]]> 2012-02-22T15:39:50+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/valentines-day-poem-2012 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/valentines-day-poem-2012#When:14:17:04Z Our resident poet John Paul Valentino returns with langerloads of love for all Leeside ladies....]]> 2012-02-14T14:17:04+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/minister-for-red-herrings http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/minister-for-red-herrings#When:14:27:54Z The Dublin health minister thinks adding the number of calories to restaurant menus will make fat people stop eating. What a load of bollocks... ]]> 2012-02-07T14:27:54+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/win-tickets-to-equus http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/win-tickets-to-equus#When:14:09:20Z Win a pair of tickets to the play that generated headlines for Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. See it at the Everyman next week...]]> 2012-02-07T14:09:20+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/bring-in-omahony http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/bring-in-omahony#When:13:31:08Z Deccie needs to purge Ireland's rugby team of a few lazy Leinster runners and replace them with Corkonians for this weekend's trip to the guillotine if they are to have any chance... ]]> 2012-02-07T13:31:08+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/time-display-eliminate-bus-fag-rule http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/time-display-eliminate-bus-fag-rule#When:14:15:37Z Sparking up a cigarette while waiting for a bus usually makes it instantly appear thus wasting a full fag. Fancy new bus displays on Pana are going to eliminate this annoyance...]]> 2012-02-02T14:15:37+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/death-by-dongle http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/death-by-dongle#When:12:00:43Z Have you developed superstitions as to how to plamás a buffering Youtube video into playing via dongle? Only one letter away from a Kerry town dongles were always going to be trouble...]]> 2012-01-25T12:00:43+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/operation-cop-on-to-yourself http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/operation-cop-on-to-yourself#When:11:51:07Z Disgustingly overweight? Why humiliate yourself on a Dublin TV station when you can tap into 'cop on' our unique brand of common sense... ]]> 2012-01-25T11:51:07+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/higgs-bosun-theory-proved-in-monkstown http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/higgs-bosun-theory-proved-in-monkstown#When:13:17:32Z A few lads from the lower harbour reckon they've cracked what the world's biggest brains at CERN have been struggling with for years...]]> 2012-01-20T13:17:32+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/win-tickets-to-sunshine-boys http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/win-tickets-to-sunshine-boys#When:17:22:16Z Bag a pair of tickets to see The Sunshine Boys at the Everyman Palace Theatre on Saturday January 21st. ]]> 2012-01-12T17:22:16+00:00