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  • Bertie Ahern leaving the Dáil yesterday to meet President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin after being elected Taoiseach for a historic third term.

    Bertie Ahern leaving the Dáil yesterday to meet President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin after being elected Taoiseach for a historic third term.

    Ahern gives Greens two top ministries in Cabinet

    Bertie Ahern was elected Taoiseach by the Dáil for the third time in a row yesterday, the first time a Fianna Fáil leader has headed a three-party coalition.

  • Cowen to fore as three new faces emerge

    The Taoiseach yesterday named Brian Cowen as Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in a new Cabinet line-up which included only three new faces.

  • Green questions to fore but day belongs to Ahern

    Much will hinge on how the Greens perform in government and whether the Opposition can raise themselves for another long haul, writes Stephen Collins , Political Editor Analysis.
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