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Features

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  At the count

  Miriam Lord on the drama from the RDS count centre in Dublin
  
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  Analysis

  Stephen Collins says the smaller got parties squeezed
  
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  My life is in politicians' hands

  Orla Tinsley appeals to politicians to improve services for people with cystic fibrosis
  
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  Small groups seek to end large parties' dominance

  Shane Hegarty on the chances of the smaller parties making an impact
  
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  Triumphalist Bertie leads the chorus of a party transformed

  Miriam Lord on the change of mood in the Fianna Fail party.
  
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  Leaders have still everything to play for

  Political Editor Stephen Collins says the alternative coalition appears to have the momentum
  
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  Change brewing and Clune may be electorate's cup of tea

  Róisín Ingle joins Deirdre Clune on the campaign trail in Cork South Central
  
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  Election tax

  Election economics: The parties have adopted strategies to address weaknesses in the tax system, writes Paul Tansey
  
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  Early bird Oisín catches worms in Hanafin's back yard

  Tom Humphries joins Oisín Quinn for an early canvas in Dún Laoghaire
  
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  A touch of masochism gives way to foot massage

  Kathy Sheridan On the campaign trail with Nicky Kelly
  
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  Enda's pedometer signals distance FG has travelled

  Miriam Lord with Enda Kenny on the canvass
  
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  Spinning out of control

  Fintan O'Toole on how the election is playing out in the media
  
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  Empire strikes back to cement legend of Bertie

  Miriam Lord on the Fianna Fáil fightback
  
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  Remarkably stable coalition weathered its few storms

  Assessment of the Government's record
  
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  Analysis of party strategies

  Bertie Ahern's dawn run to Áras an Uachtaráin to dissolve the Dáil indicates the strategy this time around will be very different from 2002.
  
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  The price of freedom

  DEMOCRACY: One of the reasons we take democracy for granted is that we are often assured that it is very old, writes Fintan O'Toole