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...newly elected Parliament last week, a girl in a white blouse and green beret sat working at sums. As each of the 14 independent members who held the balance of power in the new government got up to speak, the busy spectator made a mark under the name "Dev" or "Costello." In the elections, two weeks before, Dev's party had won 69 seats; all other parties and the independents together had won 78. Unless the independents now voted for Prime Minister John Costello, he would not be able to form a government, and Dev would...
Next to speak was former Health Minister Dr. Noel Browne, whose resignation over a public-health bill had brought on the election (TIME, June 11). "Costello's government was . . . against the interest of the people . . ." began Browne. The girl marked down 71 under Dev...
Three more members spoke; all favored Dev. "Seventy-two and one-seventy-three-seventy-four," counted the girl, as her pencil hovered over the page. "He's in!" she cried at last...
...Dev's control promised to be precarious at best. "The new government will be balanced on a razor's edge," said the Irish Times. But for the moment his triumph was secure. When the new Taoiseach left the Parliament to get his seal of office from Ireland's President O'Kelly, it took 20 of Dublin's finest to hold back the cheering crowds...
...seats in Parliament. The four other parties and the independent candidates, formerly in a coalition under Prime Minister John Costello, got 78 seats. The question now was whether Costello could hold enough of them together to win a majority when Parliament meets next week. If he fails, "Dev" still has a chance...