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Gardaí to inspect Stillorgan fire scene
Gardaí are waiting until this morning to carry out a technical examination of the remains of one of Dublin’s largest fire scenes.
Three fire officers were injured tackling the blaze at a building on the lower Kilmacud Road in Stillorgan, on Friday night. The building houses a public house, restaurant, branch of Chartbusters, dry cleaners and a number of apartments.
The Garda Press Office said it was too early to say what had caused the fire.
Defeated FG byelection hopeful in Donegal fails to win selection
Unsuccessful Donegal South West byelection candidate Barry O’Neill was not selected by Fine Gael to run in the General Election at a convention last night.
Mr O’Neill (37), an RTÉ sports reporter and producer, was defeated by sitting TD Dinny McGinley (65), following a party ruling at the convention in Glenties that it run only one candidate in the constituency where Tánaiste Mary Coughlan holds a Fianna Fáil seat.
In Louth, county football manager Peter Fitzpatrick last night ended speculation and said he would put his name forward at the Fine Gael convention later this week. He will be looking to be added to the party ticket in Louth alongside sitting TD Fergus O’Dowd. Last week he said he would not be seeking a nomination but said he decided to reconsider after the response he got encouraging him to run. Also seeking the nomination will be councillors Jim D’Arcy and Colm Markey.
European research appointment
An NUI Galway academic has become the first Irish person to be appointed to the European Commission's European Research Council governing body, writes Lorna Siggins.Historian Prof Nicholas Canny, director of NUIG's Moore Institute for research in the humanities, will join its scientific council.
NUIG president Dr Jim Browne has welcomed the appointment, while Prof Canny said he was “surprised and delighted”.