A round-up of today's other news stories in brief.
FF anger over plan to bring back Blaney
Fianna Fáil members in Donegal North East are angry at moves by party headquarters to try to put Independent Fianna Fáil TD Niall Blaney forward to contest the seat vacated by Dr Jim McDaid, leaving Letterkenny - Donegal's largest town - without a candidate in the next general election.
A spokesman for the North Inishowen comhairle ceanntair last night said the move was being "imposed" by party headquarters in Dublin.
Niall Blaney is a nephew of Neil T Blaney who sensationally left Fianna Fáil after the 1972 Arms Trial.
A meeting of the Fianna Fáil constituency organisation was due to take place in Letterkenny last night to discuss the possibility of bringing the Blaneys back into the party.
Man dies after fall from cliff in Clare
A man has died after he fell more than 200ft from a cliff in Co Clare yesterday while sight-seeing and taking photographs with friends.
The young man, believed to be from Lithuania, was visiting Loop Head Peninsula in southwest Clare when the tragedy occurred shortly after 6pm.
Girl airlifted from mountain
Gardaí called out the Glen of Imaal mountain rescue team and Dublin/Wicklow mountain rescue team to help rescue a 7-year-old girl who sustained a leg injury when she fell while walking on the Spink mountain walk in Glendalough with her family.
She was airlifted with her mother and aunt to Baldonnel Airport and transported from there to Tallaght Hospital.
Church closes after 150 years
Nearly 1,000 people attended a poignant farewell mass at a Limerick church at the weekend, marking the end of almost 150 years of worship.
The Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart closed its doors for the last time on Friday night after a congregation of some 900 people joined in celebrating the last Mass at the historic church. Built in 1864, the protected structure was recently sold for €4 million after the Jesuit order announced it was closing it.
Cyclists cover island in 21 hours
A group of 28 cyclists, who set themselves a target of cycling the length of Ireland inside 24 hours, managed to complete the 366-mile trip in less than 21 hours.
The Achill Leisure group arrived at Malin Head, Co Donegal, on Saturday afternoon, 20 hours, 55 minutes and and 53 seconds after they left Mizen Head, Co Cork. They made the journey as a fund-raiser for the National Council of the Blind and the Irish Wheelchair Association.