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Thu 06 Jun 2009FG leader denies he had SF sounded out

SARGENT CLAIMS:FINE GAEL and the Green Party clashed yesterday over a claim that Enda Kenny asked Trevor Sargent to sound out Sinn Féin support for a rainbow coalition in 2007.

A dispute on the matter escalated yesterday as both parties flatly contradicted each other’s version of events and made new claims and counterclaims.