Council 'signed up' to order on Dingle renaming

COUNCIL documents have revealed that the local authority in Kerry fully signed up to the controversial legislation which resulted in Dingle being officially renamed An Daingean.

A copy of the document, published earlier this year, shows the county council made a commitment to comply with the Placenames Order (Gaeltacht) 2004 by the end of this year.

Section 9 of the Official Languages Act 2003 gave Minister Eamon Ó Cuiv power to make a Placenames Order, which declares the Irish language version of the placename takes precedence.