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 2019 2019-05-28T10:18:55+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/micheal-martin-breaks-silence-to-blame-politicians-silence-for-plebiscite http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/micheal-martin-breaks-silence-to-blame-politicians-silence-for-plebiscite#When:10:18:55Z Fianna Fáil's leader remained silent during the mayoral plebiscite campaign and believes that many citizens weren't aware of the vote because politicians didn't get behind it...]]> 2019-05-28T10:18:55+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/sure-who-wants-a-powerless-mayor-anyway http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/sure-who-wants-a-powerless-mayor-anyway#When:16:11:40Z Limerick might have taken the mayoral soup in the Dublin government's highly suspicious plebiscite but Corkonians are holding out for a far bigger prize...]]> 2019-05-27T16:11:40+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/cest-la-vie-feen http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/cest-la-vie-feen#When:14:16:51Z In part deux we look at ways we can all help make Cork's Huguenot Quarter become a little more French by changing our accents, taking up chain smoking and having multiple affairs with beours we don't even like...]]> 2019-05-18T14:16:51+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/how-could-we-make-the-huguenot-quarter-even-more-french http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/how-could-we-make-the-huguenot-quarter-even-more-french#When:14:17:29Z With our insatiable appetite for tourists, maybe it is now time to ramp it up and go all-singing-all-dancing frogs legs, onion necklaces and stinky cheese...]]> 2019-05-11T14:17:29+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/is-everyone-from-togher-very-melodramatic http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/is-everyone-from-togher-very-melodramatic#When:11:33:28Z Even though we are a notch above the rest, Cork people aren’t all the same – perfection doesn’t mean we are homogeneous.Travel around the city and county and you’ll find some quirky traits that make each of the jewels in Cork’s crown unique]]> 2019-05-04T11:33:28+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/brexit-brexit-brexit-our-new-theatre-production-will-probably-be-unreal http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/brexit-brexit-brexit-our-new-theatre-production-will-probably-be-unreal#When:10:07:27Z The relentlessly repetitive single word script and leave-whenever-you-want audience policy is sure to be a hit in theatres from Buttevant to Barnet and Brixton to Broadway.... ]]> 2019-04-04T10:07:27+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/we-are-doing-it-to-ourselves-10-ways-to-kill-a-language http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/we-are-doing-it-to-ourselves-10-ways-to-kill-a-language#When:12:45:06Z When minority languages try to recover from historical oppression, it is the death-by-a-hundred-thousand cuts inflicted by the native population themselves that properly ensures a language is extinguished.. ]]> 2019-03-13T12:45:06+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/more-than-20-new-business-open-since-panaban http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/more-than-20-new-business-open-since-panaban#When:13:52:19Z Some have suggested that because seven businesses have closed since the Panaban was implemented it shows it's not working. What about the more than 30 businesses that have opened or are about to open? ]]> 2019-02-21T13:52:19+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/make-cork-your-valentine http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/make-cork-your-valentine#When:11:50:52Z We know you love your county more than you love your beour, so let our resident poet tell you how you best to get a score... ]]> 2019-02-14T11:50:52+00:00 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/event-centre-beyonce-gig-a-credit-to-coveney1 http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/articles/event-centre-beyonce-gig-a-credit-to-coveney1#When:13:46:15Z After Beyoncé's gig at the event centre it's mad to think that just THREE years ago Simon Coveney turned the sod on a manky, derelict site. Where are all his naysayers and doubters now, ha?!]]> 2019-02-08T13:46:15+00:00