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Sat 12 Dec 2008Writer who was integral part of Cork literary life
Robert O'Donoghue:THE POET, playwright and journalist Robert O'Donoghue, who has died aged 84, was an integral part of Cork literary life for more than half a century.
He edited a highly distinctive literary page for the Cork Examiner that provided a platform for many Irish writers including Paul Durcan, Pearse Hutchinson, Seán Dunne, Michael Coady, MacDara Woods and Patrick Galvin, all of whom were, at different times, weekly columnists.
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