Sure novelty bet

[sligoman]

Check this. Sligo at 50-1 is supposed to be a sure bet, according to rumours around the town.

[Dodge]

Sligo at 50-1 is supposed to be a sure bet, according to rumours around the town.

Sure some of your lot have been calling it a city for ages, so they're hardly the best judges on these things

It won't be anybody, but if pushed to pick one I'd say Drogheda.

Sligo is tiny compared to most on that list

[passinginterest]

I know Tallaght has been pushing for it for a long time and would surely have a legitimate claim at this stage.

The transport and infrastructure developments in the last five years out there have been phenomenal.

Plus as of yesterday I'm buying a house out there.

[Dodge]

Hindered by the fact its in Dublin City.

[sligoman]

Cathedral is one of the criteria for a city alright yes.

[Dodge]

Cathedral is one of the criteria for a city alright yes.

Not any more, in multi cultural Ireland...

[DmanDmythDledge]

Hindered by the fact its in Dublin City.

No, South Dublin. Not unheard of to have two cities so close to one another but Tallaght is just a leisureplex, shopping centre, hospital, IT and a load of houses.

[pineapple stu]

Isn't everything with a postcode Dublin City? So Tallaght, Dublin 24, is Dublin City whereas Dean's Grange, Co Dublin isn't?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Isn't everything with a postcode Dublin City? So Tallaght, Dublin 24, is Dublin City whereas Dean's Grange, Co Dublin isn't?

I thought it was by county council- anything outside Dublin City Council wouldn't be city. Anything else would be "Greater Dublin" (couldn't think of a better way of putting it).

[holidaysong]

I thought that there would be odds quoted on Dundalk.. Strange.

[gilberto_eire]

i dont fancy waiting anything up to 8 yrs for a bet to come through.... could be 6 foot under by then, and your defo gonna lose the docket by then too

so what happens?, one day the goverment announce a ''new'' city?

[holidaysong]

Plus there is inflation to consider!

[superfrank]

Although I've no interest in betting whatsoever, this interests me.

Unfortunately, it's more likely that we'll become an inner suburb of Dublin by 2015 instead of our own city, unless we embark on some bizarre Cork-like proclamation of independence and start a revolution with our very own Garden Army (it has a nice ring to it actually) and convince ourselves we're the bees knees, etc..

Letterkenny or Tralee would be a good one, though I haven't much sense about betting.

[pineapple stu]

Unfortunately, it's more likely that we'll become an inner suburb of Dublin by 2005

Fixed that for you.

[superfrank]

Fixed that for you.

I said "inner". For the time being at least there are a few grassy knolls between here and Shankill.

[Dodge]

I thought it was by county council- anything outside Dublin City Council wouldn't be city. Anything else would be "Greater Dublin" (couldn't think of a better way of putting it).

No Stu's right. Everything with a Dublin postcode is considered Dublin City.

Its only recently that SDCC and Fingal have branched out (and been given more power) but they're still considered Dublin City, even if Dublin City Council doesn't look after their roads etc

[Risteard]

Kilkenny?

[First]

Can't access the list . Is Ennis on it.

[gustavo]

Sure some of your lot have been calling it a city for ages, so they're hardly the best judges on these things

It won't be anybody, but if pushed to pick one I'd say Drogheda.

Sligo is tiny compared to most on that list

Apart from Tallaght
what others on that list is Sligo tiny compared with ?

[Dodge]

Fair cop. Didn't realise Sligo had nearly 20,000 people in it. Thought it was arounf the 12k mark. Still a fair bit below Drogheda, Dundalk and Navan

PDF of the population by area