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Thu 06 Jun 2007Ahern says Green deal will give five years of stabilityFF parliamentary party meeting:Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told Fianna Fáil TDs yesterday that the joint government programme agreed with the Green Party would provide for a sound and stable administration over the next five years.Deputies who gathered for the first meeting of the parliamentary party since the election unanimously agreed that Mr Ahern would be the party's nominee for taoiseach when the new Dáil meets today and endorsed the coalition deal with the Greens.