Update 4.32pm: Emma Mhic Mhathúna has today urged those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal to continue the fight.

“I’m dying. I don’t even know if my little baby is going to remember me.” These were the words of mother-of-five Emma Mhic Mhathúna yesterday.

Drawn by the sunshine, huge crowds descended on Killarney for its St Patrick’s Day parade where the green of the traffic lights had been turned into shamrocks and the buildings had been turned green overnight.

A mother of three died just over a week after routine surgery to remove varicose veins from her legs, an inquest has heard.

SINGING is an undiscovered country for traditional music icon Seamus Begley. Renowned for his accordion and fiddle playing, the Kerryman is notably less confident in his prowess as vocalist — despite a fine, nuanced crooning style. Indeed, he lives in fear that his voice might leave him down at any moment.

A super-sized modern take on the traditional thatch cottage on the Dingle peninsula is a holiday home with a twist, says Trish Dromey.

GALLARUS AND KILMALKEDAR, DINGLE

Sq m: 168 (1800 sq ft)

Lonely in Leitrim or brooding in Bandon? You could consider being single in Dingle, but you might not be for long if a mountain adventure planned for next month succeeds in more ways than one.

BLASKET ISLAND VISITOR CENTRE WALK

Shoppers are being encouraged to boycott farmed salmon by Irish anglers, coastal communities, and environmentalists opposed to the further expansion of fish farms around the coast.

Neutral Shores: Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic

Kerry County Council is to ban swimming near piers, introduce a fee for parking near beaches and charge for mooring small boats as part of controversial draft harbour bylaws.

A GUESTHOUSE and restaurant in Dingle, Co Kerry, has been named Guest Accommodation of the Year at the prestigious AA Ireland Hospitality Awards.

“I EAT them, wear them and paint them... I owe them something, don’t I?” laughs Dingle-based artist Kelly Hood, a woman who quite literally is outstanding in her own (or her neighbour’s) field.

NEXT stop America — this bungalow at Ballydavid is right on the edge of the Atlantic.

SATURDAY’S rugby didn’t start and end with Ireland and the All Blacks. It wasn’t quite as physical on Murríoch beach in Dingle for the tag rugby, but Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell didn’t have to contend with encroaching tides either. Michael Moynihan reports.

Tommy Barker is impressed by this bungalow with a Continental twist.

A STRANGE-LOOKING fish, caught off the south-west coast last summer, has been tracked to the Bay of Biscay.

BASKING sharks, the second largest fish in the world, have been sighted off the coast of West Cork.

COMMERCIAL fishermen yesterday expressed disappointment at the report on drift netting for salmon, saying there were “serious question marks” over the scientific advice on which the recommendations are based.

YET another holiday home development earmarked for a coastal area of Kerry has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his father who was shot dead in his home last Sunday.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Co Tipperary yesterday afternoon at a house in Ballydavid in Littleton.

NOTED breeders Peter and Marion O’Connell won their eighth Simmental championship of 2006 at Clonmel Show — an outstanding achievement for their Raceview herd at Knoppogue, Mallow, which has also won seven interbreed championships.

STANDING the test of time, and reflecting the shape of some ancient Irish dwellings is a Dingle peninsula home, newly up for sale combining novelty with location.

MINISTER Eamon Ó Cuiv had a lucky escape yesterday when his car burst into flames after a crash near Killarney, Co Kerry.

A man in his 90s has died in an overnight house fire in Co Kerry.

The search has resumed this morning for a man who is missing off the coast of Co Kerry.

Rescue teams have begun a search for a missing man in Co Kerry