AN ELECTRIC buzz pulsed through Leinster House as an ecstatic looking Enda Kenny announced he had captured a member of the Government.

A special conference will be held next month to decide the future of the Progressive Democrats, it emerged tonight.

The leader of the Progressive Democrats is dismissing speculation that his party is about to merge with Fianna Fáil.

The new leader of the Progressive Democrats, Ciaran Cannon, starts his campaign next week to revitalise the party.