Fair to send goats to Africa

ONE of the country’s oldest fairs is to develop international links with poorer countries, using its long association with goats.

A male mountain goat is toasted and crowned King Puck, at Puck Fair, in Killorglin, every August, and then returned to its fastness on the Kerry hills, only to be forgotten about.

But now, the fair's organising committee is starting to work with Bothar the Limerick-based organisation that sends livestock to Third World countries as a development aid.