PUNC Zines

Irish Punk Radio

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PUNC Zines

I started doing a PUNC fanzine in spring of 2022 while the radio show was off air during college break. It's continued ever since at various intervals.

You can get the print zines in person and through Cailleach Books. Once the zines are out of print, I make the PDFs available on this page.

In Print

The 2026 PUNC Annual are currently in print. If you live in Ireland and want one, email me. If you live outside of Ireland and want a PDF, email me.

Check out the old PUNC zine page for more about what these are and where they come from.

Zine PDFs

FÓGRA: these PDFs are very big and take a long time to load.

PUNC Zines

PUNC issue Ralph (June 2025)
PUNC Best Of Volume 1. (Spring 2025)
PUNC issue Bernard (January 2025)
PUNC issue Gerald (November 2024)
The PUNC Report (November 2024)
PUNC Christmas Annual (December 2023)
PUNC in Exile (Summer 2023)
PUNC Christmas Annual (December 2022)
PUNC Issue 3(November 2022)
PUNC Issue 2 (summer 2022)
PUNC Issue 1 (spring 2022)

Other Zines

Punk Women (International Women's Day 2026)
Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies (Spring 2025)
Punk Picnic Posters (November 2024)
CRIME (Summer 2023)

blanket permission policy

PUNC can be shared freely. Any original content from PUNC can be reproduced for academic or non-profit use. If you want to include something from PUNC in a for-profit publication, e-mail me!

Some PUNC content is based on copyrighted materials, so be careful.

FAQs

Can I print my own copies just for me?

Sure!

Are these zines print-ready?

God no.

Why do some of these issues have numbers, and some have names?

I stopped being sure how to count issue numbers between the 2022 annual and the 2023 annual. I decided giving the issues names was the simplest solution.

Zine Fests

even more about my zines

Bios submitted to various zine fests:

"PUNC is a fanzine, radio programme and website which is published at irregular intervals. PUNC’s focus is on punk music and punk life on the island of Ireland, with occasional diversions into other topics."

- Drogheda Zine Fair 2026

"PUNC is a zine about the Irish punk scene and other things that catch the editor's interest. It started as a radio show in 2021."

- Cork Zine Fest, 2025

"PUNC is a fanzine about old bands, new bands, pop, politics and punk. It's put together by a mysterious North Dublin dilletante called MAL. PUNC is a local zine for the local scene, except for when it isn't. Expect maximum enthusiasm with minimum finesse."

- Cork Zine Fest, 2024