Film star Fungi to make the leap from holidays to Hollywood

Rumours of his demise were grossly exaggerated and, to prove the point, Fungi the Dolphin is preparing to flip his way to a new level of stardom on the silver screen.

The bottle-nosed beauty is poised to become a movie superstar with confirmation that a major documentary detailing his lively life and times is about to go into production.

Just weeks after unf-ounded reports of his death caused shock and plunged the whole country into premature mourning, it has emerged a production team from the Dingle International Film Festival is to capture the story of the mighty mammal.