The stars and stripes blended easily into a sea of green in tourist-haven Killarney as early American visitors, some dressed like overgrown leprechauns, joined in St Patrick’s Day festivities.

LAST year Fine Gael called for the official Irish language movement to be audited.

FINE Gael’s Cllr Jim Daly singles out (Irish Examiner letters, June 23) Conradh na Gaeilge president Daithí Mac Cárthaigh for criticism — but there are more, including over 4,500 people who have taken the time to sign a petition on the internet instigated by another organisation, Glór na nGael.