7 completely bulletproof reasons why Cork should be a Republic

It's actually not as mad as it sounds.

You know how it is – you’re sitting in a Cork pub of a Tuesday evening, chatting to the locals, when someone starts the old Dublin – Cork argument.

Usually, this follows a local lad noticing you’re drinking Guinness instead of Murphy’s, and inevitably the “real capital” is referred to – and the dream of Cork independence.