Cork not living up to ‘Rebel’ name

I agree with your correspondent Joseph Mackey (Aug 15) concerning the name ‘Red Rebels’ being redundant, but on a much broader scale. The fact is that the term ‘Rebel Cork’ is a myth, a fallacy and an oxymoron, as the reality is that Cork people have failed to display any rebel tendencies since the War of Independence.

Recent events since the economic crash in 2008 have shown the stark reality that Corkonians, just like the rest of the country, are compliant and accepting, if not docile in the extreme.

For instance, ‘Rebel Cork’ since 2008 has meekly accepted, and without a whimper, an unprecedented and disproportionate portion of the private debt of our dysfunctional and crooked bankers. This unsustainable debt was unilaterally foisted on our shoulders by an equally dysfunctional and corrupt political class, totalling a staggering €64bn, which will be paid for in part by future generations of Corkonians, ad infinitum.