Animal rights activists are urging organisers of the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Co Kerry “to take the live goat out of the festival”, saying tradition can never be used to expose animals to physical and psychological damage.

One of Ireland’s oldest festivals is on this weekend and it’s also one of our more unusual ones - famously involving a goat.

1) Fota House & Gardens, Co Cork

BRUSSELS bureaucrats have at last caught up with Puck Fair, one of the oldest events of its kind in Ireland.