Harney sees third term for FF-PD coalition

THE Government’s bounce back in the opinion polls yesterday caused Mary Harney to suggest Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats will win a third term in power.

And Education Minister Mary Hanafin, dismissed speculation that Fianna Fáil was currently planning to ditch the PDs and look to Independents to make up the numbers in Dáil Éireann.

Satisfaction with the Government’s performance and that of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste increased sharply in the poll published in the Sunday Independent.