Cork, Galway, Kerry and Waterford

investors are the most supportive of businesses in their own county, according to research by LinkedFinance, Ireland’s leading peer-to-peer lending platform. LinkedFinance enables ordinary people to lend to companies and earn many times more money they would on bank deposit – albeit at a far greater risk.

It has published a league table of the most loyal lenders to their county, with Cork coming out top of the table.