Neven Maguire

Neven Maguire is an Irish celebrity chef and television personality from Blacklion, County Cavan.

[1] He began cooking at the age of twelve in the kitchen of his family restaurant, MacNean's in Blacklion, County Cavan.

[6] Maguire is a regular contributor to The Marian Finucane Show on RTÉ Radio 1 and also writes a weekly column and recipe in the Irish Farmers Journal.

[13] A national radio debate on Liveline saw feminists object to the treatment of Salpa and the magazine's publisher apologised and admitted it had been an error which had occurred whilst she had been absent from work.

[14] One caller suggested the photos were "evidence of a pernicious heteronormativity", whilst another complained that "women are here to please men and we're supposed to have these perfect bodies".

[14] John Masterson, writing in the Irish Independent, accused Liveline of "manufacturing" the fight, called the radio show a "kangaroo-court" and questioned why football manager Giovanni Trapattoni ("who had one more model than Neven in the same paper") was not equally guilty according to the feminists.

[15] However, Catherine O'Mahony, writing in The Sunday Business Post, praised the apology given by the magazine publisher as the whole affair was "pretty embarrassing for everyone connected with it".