Eurovision winner to run for president

Former Eurovision Song Contest winner Dana Rosemary Scallon has secured a nomination to run for the presidency of Ireland.

Scallon, who won Eurovision in 1970 and served as a member of the European parliament 30 years later, yesterday received the necessary backing of four local councils to add her name to the 27 October ballot.

She ran for president in 1997 and came third in a field of five.