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QUESTION OF TASTE - DECLAN MANGAN

Declan Mangan, a Killorglin native and a retired national teacher, is chairmain of Puck Fair, which takes place in the Co Kerry town from today until Saturday. Mangan is also former manager of Dooks Golf Club and has been heavily involved in the Killorglin Pantomime for 53 years. See puckfair.ie

Thu, 11 Aug, 2016

Prime Irish beef for sizzling farmer calendar

With their flat caps, half tans, and muddy shoes, farmers might be an unlikely choice of pin-up, yet every year thousands scramble to get their hands on the Irish Farmer Calendar, ogling the prime Irish beef within.

Sun, 06 Sep, 2015

Booker winner gets the nod for ‘Bad Sex in Fiction’ award

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is nominated for a dubious honour in the literary world — the Bad Sex in Fiction Awards.

Fri, 14 Nov, 2014

Fascinating Orwellian quality to new work

William Ryan has written a third crime novel featuring Captain Alexei Korolev and he tells Declan Burke why the series is set in Russia

Sat, 15 Jun, 2013

The man who made a hash of things

Former drugs smuggler and convict Howard Marks is in Cork this week, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Mon, 28 May, 2012