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Ahern announces appointed Senators

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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced his list of 11 appointed Senators.

As expected four of the new Seanad seats have gone to members of the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats.

Sunday Independent columnist and film lecturer, Eoghan Harris, has also been appointed.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio's News At One, Mr Harris said that his strong intervention backing the Taoiseach on RTÉ's The Late Late Show in the days before the General Election may have been a factor in his appointment. Watch that discussion here

The full list is:

* Dan Boyle (left), former Green Party TD, Cork South Central

* Martin Brady, former Fianna Fáil TD, Dublin North East

* Ivor Callely, former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State, Dublin North Central

* Ciaran Cannon, PD Councillor, Galway

* Maria Corrigan, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown

* Deirdre de Burca, Green Party Councillor, Wicklow

* John Ellis, former Fianna Fáil TD, Roscommon-South Leitrim

* Eoghan Harris (below right), Sunday Independent columnist, film lecturer and former RTÉ producer

* Lisa McDonald, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Wexford

* Brian Ó Domhnaill, Fianna Fáil Councillor, Donegal

* Fiona O'Malley, former PD TD, Dún Laoghaire

* Senator Donie Cassidy (left) - Leader of Seanad Éireann.

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