John Stephens is the sole candidate for the party nomination and declared his intentions to throw his hat in the ring last November.

Last week, the An Coimisiún Pleanála overturned planning permission granted by Dublin City Council in July last year to the hospital site on Parnell Square.

The wife and daughter of Fianna Fáil councillor were terrorised by a number of young men attempting to steal their cars from the driveway of their home in the early hours of Saturday last.