THE elegant state rooms of Leinster House will be forever haunted by the echoes of their last goodbyes.

The 30th Dáil has selected a Ceann Comhairle and reinstated Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach for an historic third term.

The final seats that decide the balance of power in the 30th Dáil will come down to the crucial but volatile system of vote transfers.