British pub chain JD Wetherspoons has defended charging Cork punters more for a pint of the city’s famous Beamish stout than in two of its bars in the capital.

We thought we seen it all when we clapped our eyes on that famous receipt from Dublin’s Temple Bar last year, but we were sadly mistaken.

UK pub operator JD Wetherspoon will open its newest pub and first Irish venture outside the capital in Cork next week following a €3.65m investment.