Former Cork lord mayor Gerald Goldberg has popped up in this column more than once, usually when I recycle one of his best-known putdowns.
(Asked if he had ever encountered prejudice, Goldberg, one of the best-known Jews in Ireland, reputedly said: “Yes, absolutely. It’s well known that in Dublin the knife is always out for the Corkman.”)
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