IT appears that the stress associated with being the number one 55-year-old multimillionaire that 20-something Irish models can’t get enough of has finally got to property tycoon, Johnny Ronan.

THE talks between negotiating teams from Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have concentrated on policy areas only and will not turn to the actual composition of the government until the end of the process.

Tánaiste Michael McDowell tonight conceded he had lost his seat in the General Election.