Election 2007 - FF machine back in the driving seat

THE extraordinary resurgence of Fianna Fáil means the country’s most successful political party will form a record third government in a row.

Remarkably, it conjures up the tantalising prospect of an overall majority.

When the dust finally settles, baffled political analysts raking over the bones of this rollercoaster election will ponder how a campaign which got off to such a bad start for Fianna Fáil was turned around so dramatically.