FG to name Dublin south candidate

FINE GAEL has promised to put political speculators out of their misery and announce its widely anticipated candidate for the Dublin south by-election today.

It has promised a well-known name who will come from within the field of candidates which have churned through the rumour mill in recent weeks.

These have included among others RTÉ’s economics editor, George Lee, former Progressive Democrat Liz O’Donnell and Jim Miley, the party’s ex-general secretary and chief executive of MyHome.ie until last week.