So You Want To Be Taoiseach

Ardal O'Hanlon offers a step-by-step guide to becoming the most powerful person in the country in this three-part series So You Want To Be Taoiseach.

Watch the stories, revelations and tips provided by a mix of expert contributors from all sides of the political establishment.

Contributors like Ivan Yates, Matt Cooper and Niamh Bhreathnach offer guiding principles, humourous stories and recall some of the most GUBU-esque decisions, scandals, stunts, rows, secret deals and extraordinary characters that have coloured the Irish political scene.

As a result, this insider's guide to Irish politics offers you a unique and compelling insight into how the Irish political system actually works - how political parties do business, the rough and tumble of elections, and the relationship between politics and the media.

After this election, the next Taoiseach will be Bertie Ahern or Enda Kenny. But watch closely and YOU might not be far behind.

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Election 2007: The Real Deal

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Stay connected to RTÉ.ie as we take you inside the negotiations for the next Government coalition

Documentary on One

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'Patricia, Mary and Mary Lou too' follows the three female candidates of Dublin Central from the weeks before the election was called right down to the midnight hours of the count

The Reynolds-Spring Affair

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What happened the last time Fianna Fáil and Labour formed a coalition? Find out in the RTÉ Election History page

Constituency highlights

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Missed the news on who's in and who's out in your constituency? Watch what happened in your area with these round-up reports.

Vota 2007

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Faigh léargas breise ar na dáilcheantair ina bhfuil an Ghaeltacht lonnaithe