As the last remaining counts in the Irish general election approached their final declarations last night, it became more apparent than ever that the task of forming a new administration is going to prove an exceptionally complex one. It would be difficult to argue with the respected minister for foreign affairs, Charlie Flanagan, who concluded yesterday that, even though his Fine Gael party was almost certain to finish narrowly ahead of Fianna Fail, Irish politics was in `a state of flux.' For more than three decades, every Irish cabinet has been formed through either a full coalition betwe[...]