The death has taken place of the author, poet, musician, and Irish language enthusiast, Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé.

The GAA had lost one its greatest ambassadors, with the untimely death of Páidí Ó Sé, mourners heard.

HE was known as “Pio”.

THE Gaeltacht will disappear within five years if proposed Government cutbacks of 80% are implemented, it was warned yesterday.

COMPLAINTS were few enough from Leaving Certificate students who sat the second Irish papers in Killarney yesterday.

THERE are fears that An Daingean sewage treatment plant may not be able to cope with demands when the population grows hugely during the tourist season.

AT least four candidates are expected to put their names before a long-awaited Kerry South Fine Gael convention in Killarney, next month.

GAELTACHT Minister Éamon Ó Cuív will not be backing down on his decision to change Dingle to An Daingean - regardless of a local vote.

WHERE DO you go after scaling the highest peak? Last year Dara Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry to an All-Ireland victory, scoring eight points for good measure. He talked to Michael Moynihan about giving another year to the green and gold.

THE people of the Dingle area are to be asked to vote on a controversial decision to change the official name of the town to An Daingean.

FROM the foundation of the state, the issue of whether An Daingean was the capital of the West Kerry Gaeltacht or an Anglophone bastion on its edge remained unresolved.

A FEW years later than they would have hoped for, players from the West Kerry Gaeltacht are about to sample the wonderful experience of club football on the All-Ireland stage.

BODY-boarding on Cummeenole beach, supping at Krugers and watching the sun descend behind the Fear Marbh are all options available with a property on the market at Ceathrú, Dun Chaoín on the Dingle Peninsula.

WITH Wine Strand just a walk away and a shop/pub/restaurant up the road, Number 8, Wine Strand Cottages in the West Kerry Gaeltacht is the ideal holiday home.