X

Sign in

Try from €1.50 / week

SUBSCRIBE
Irish Examiner Logo

Try from €1.50 / week

SUBSCRIBE
  • 
  •  

    Sign in Subscribe
  • subscriber
  • news
    Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • sport
    GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • lifestyle
    Food Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • business
    Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • property
    Residential Commercial Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • opinion
    Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • LISTEN
    The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Puzzles
  • MORE 
    Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • Cookie settings
  • Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • Food Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • Residential Commercial Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • news
  • sport
  • lifestyle
  • business
  • opinion

  • IN FOCUS:
  • Ukraine
  • Little Acts of Kindness
  • Gaza
  • Farming
  • ieExplains
  • ieVideo
  • Subscribe
  • Puzzles
  • Weather

Organisation: Puffin

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Augustus Gloop, the gluttonous antagonist in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', is no longer described as 'enormously fat', just 'enormous'.</p>

ourview

Irish Examiner view: Revision of Roald Dahl stories simply unnecessary
News that ‘sensitivity readers’ had been hired to re-examine the texts of author Roald Dahl seems to be another form of historical negationism.
The Fish Basket: Is this restaurant one of West Cork's best kept secrets?

food

The Fish Basket: Is this restaurant one of West Cork's best kept secrets?
Sensitive patient records found on Cork city street

news

Sensitive patient records found on Cork city street
Funky Nest instincts on West Cork's Long Strand

property

Funky Nest instincts on West Cork's Long Strand

business

Penguin sparked paperback shake-up

news

Road trips, ghosts, kites and sky cowboys
No sinking feeling for Titanic tale author Judi

THE story of the Titanic may take a Cork-born children’s author on a voyage to international acclaim.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2011

BEGINNER’S PLUCK: Laura Jane Cassidy

Laura Jane Cassidy is just 24. She’s about to publish a book for teens — and she was just 20 when she started the project.

Sat, 09 Apr, 2011

Judging by its cover

Puffin by Design: 70 years of imagination 1940-2010

Sat, 18 Dec, 2010

Children’s Books

SAD-TO-HAPPY is always a satisfying story for the very young. A Busy day in Tinga Tinga (From the TV animation series, and published by Puffin; &euro;10.10 HB) tells just such a story.

Sat, 08 May, 2010

Best-selling children's book translated into Irish

A Wexford author’s best-selling children’s book, Artemis Fowl, is to be translated into the Irish language, it was confirmed today.

Thu, 29 Dec, 2005

Latest

  • How one woman escaped from the Taliban and made it to Cork 

  • Suspension of Limerick committee to be lifted after probe roadblock

  • SDalo's Hurling Show: A strange time of year for major unfinished business

  • GAA to make Allianz decision today

Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford

News

Most Read

  • Cocaine 'pouring' into Ireland to supply the Christmas market, gardaí say
    Cocaine 'pouring' into Ireland to supply the Christmas market, gardaí say

    Friday, December 19, 2025 - 11:00 AM

  • Sarsfields v Imokilly - Cork County Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
    Search for centre of excellence site means another waiting game begins for Cork

    Friday, December 19, 2025 - 1:00 PM

  • Stephen McPhail ahead of the match 18/12/2025
    Stephen McPhail resigns from role as Shamrock Rovers' sporting director

    Friday, December 19, 2025 - 12:00 PM

https://newsbrandsireland.ie/ https://www.presscouncil.ie https://iabireland.ie/iab-ireland-publishers-commercial-charter/
news
  • Ireland
  • Munster
  • Court & Crime
  • Spotlight
  • World
sport
  • GAA
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Racing
  • Golf
  • Other Sports
  • Podcasts
business
  • Economy
  • Companies
  • Munster Business
  • Farming
  • Technology
opinion
  • Columnists
  • Comment & Analysis
  • Our View
  • Your View
Help
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Brand Safety
  • Cookie Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Push Notification Preferences
  • Mobile
  • Subscriptions
Info
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home delivery
  • RSS
  • Newsletters
  • Place ad
  • Who We Are

© Examiner Echo Group Limited, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. Registered in Ireland: 523712.

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited