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Ahern sticks with tried and trusted Cabinet team

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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...

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

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.

FF and Greens thrash out key issues as PDs wait in wings

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

MAJOR difficulties remain to be resolved between Fianna Fail and the Greens as time begins to run out for agreeing a programme for government.

Friday is D-Day for FF talks with Greens

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

THE clock is now ticking on the knife-edge negotiations between Fianna Fail and the Green Party on forming a coalition government.

Harney now holds key as Green talks pick up pace

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

MARY Harney now holds the key to Bertie Ahern's political future, even as Fianna Fail talks with the Greens enter a crucial phase today.

Election pole people will end up as flower pots

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

ELECTION posters have been hanging on every lamppost in the country for weeks, but now they are about to be turned into sewer pipes and flower pots.

Greening of FF in search of fertile ground