Little capital success for party of yesterday

FIANNA Fáil has been all but wiped out in Dublin, reduced to just one TD in the city as a swathe of ministers were toppled.

Brian Lenihan was the only party standard bearer to cling on in the capital, as Labour surged passed Fine Gael to become the dominant political force in Dublin.

Ministers Mary Hanafin and Barry Andrews paid the price for going head-to-head against each other in the bitterly contested Dún Laoghaire seat as both were kicked out of the Dáil.