Fair play — King Puck goat gets tagging order from EU chiefs

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

For the first time, King Puck — the wild mountain goat that presides over three days and nights of shenanigans at the fair — will be wearing an ear tag.

Fair spokeswoman Jean Kearney yesterday confirmed the organisers had been told by the Department of Agriculture that the goat must be given a flock number and tagged.