Puck set for fair play

IT’S a ritual almost as old as Puck Fair itself - the capture of a male mountain goat that will become King Puck and preside over three days and nights of shenanigans in Killorglin.

This year’s long-horned specimen was yesterday described as an “extremely lively lad” by chief goat-catcher Frank Joy, who is also his caretaker until the annual three-day fair gets underway next week.

Coloured white and speckled in black here and there, the king-to-be is aged six-and-a-half years, with a three-foot horn span.