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Sat 11 Nov 2010Defiant publisher and writer who fought censorship
Steve MacDonogh:THE WRITER and publisher Steve MacDonogh, who has died aged 61, founded Brandon Books and was a former chairman of the Irish Writers’ Co-operative. A firm believer in freedom of expression, one newspaper described him as fighting a one-man “war against censorship”.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, one of Brandon’s authors, said MacDonogh’s “contribution to Ireland, the arts and to the world of publishing and free speech was immense”.
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