The Taoiseach will begin negotiations tomorrow, with the Tánaiste and leader of the Progressive Democrats, Mary Harney on the formation of a new coalition government.
Meanwhile, the new Fine Gael parliamentary party will meet for two days this week to agree on a system for electing a new leader. The Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, Phil Hogan, has declared his intentions to stand for the party leadership.
Mr Hogan said Fine Gael had to get back to core principles if it was to recover from its poor general election performance..
