'Yet another artist gone from us in recent times': Poet Derek Mahon dies aged 78

'Yet another artist gone from us in recent times': Poet Derek Mahon dies aged 78

Derek Mahon. File picture

Irish poet Derek Mahon has died aged 78, with the President lamenting the "loss of a great poet"

Mr Mahon died in Cork last night following a short illness.

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