Medium Sized Town, Fairly Big Story: The Stories That Make the Headlines in Ireland's Local Newspapers...An - Hardcover

Ronan Casey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071716201X ISBN 13: 9780717162017

Publisher: Gill & MacMillan, Limited, 2014

Synopsis

For anyone with a sense of humor and a taste for the absurd, here are the stories from the length and breadth of Ireland that make it big in the local newspapers.and nowhere else. Read all about the dogs in Mountmellick forced to wear nappies, the Kerry boat builder who travelled 23 minutes back in time, the pub thieves who escaped through Limerick prison, the Corkman whose most treasured possession is his bucket from the Pope's 1979 visit, and many, many more.

About this title

About the Author:

Currently a fixture on TV3's 'Ireland AM' show, Ronan Casey brings the most ludicrous stories from Ireland's local newspapers to air every Friday morning. Perhaps Ireland's only local newspaper addict, he also presented a successful newspaper review for RTE 2FM. A widely experienced broadcaster and journalist, he has written for many national newspapers and has spent over a decade on the frontlines with some of Ireland's best-known local newspapers. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, bestselling biography of the late Joe Dolan for Penguin in 2008.

He lives in Mullingar where his wife and two children have evicted him to the garage to indulge his newspaper habit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gill & MacMillan, Limited
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 071716201X
• ISBN 13: 9780717162017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240