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Ahern sticks with tried and trusted Cabinet team
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern unveiled his new technicolour Government with the Green Party yesterday - and produced most of the old faces from the FF-PD administration.
Selling deal to its members 'biggest barrier' for Greens
THE selling of a deal to its members would be the "complicated part of the jigsaw" if the Green Party was to come to an agreement with Fianna Fail, party chairman John Gormley said yesterday.
Enda refuses to concede
FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny attempted to keep his slim hopes of forming a Government alive yesterday as he welcomed his party's 20 new TDs to the Dail.
When Bertie met Michael...
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday had his first public encounter with Tanaiste Michael McDowell since the election.
Taoiseach's turf ranks lowest in turnout at the ballot box
IT is famous for hurling, mining and now for voting - Tipperary North has been revealed as the constituency with the highest turnout in the country.
Double joy as new TD scoops share in Lotto prize
A FINE Gael politician had a 'lotto luck' when he captured a €25,000 prize and a Dail seat in the same week.
You'd want to be very green to believe in this fairy story of strange political partners
JOHN Gormley sat at his desk, while an armour-plated bluebottle stormed around the Green headquarters, battering its head against the window pane, before landing on the lightshade before him, where it performed a scrupulous toilet.
Greens are now itching to inhabit Planet Bertie, once so packed with perils
JOHN Gormley, the abrasive chairman of the Green Party, made a cheeky speech earlier this year describing life on 'Planet Bertie'.
Ahern waits on crucial Harney decision
THE last time Mary Harney went on a holiday with husband Brian Geoghegan she decided to stand down as leader of the Progressive Democrats.
Rebel Dan in coalition deal with his father's old team
THE Greens' Dan Boyle is negotiating a coalition deal with Fianna Fail but his family already has a place in the history books of the Soldiers of Destiny.
Inside Election 2007
FF and Greens thrash out key issues as PDs wait in wings
MAJOR difficulties remain to be resolved between Fianna Fail and the Greens as time begins to run out for agreeing a programme for government.
Burying the hatchet
THE Green Party and the Progressive Democrats spent the election campaign accusing each other of lies, slur tactics and left-over politics.
Election scoreboard
166 of 166 TDs elected
| FF | FG | Lab | PD | Green | SF | Ind |
| 78 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
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McDowell loses seat
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