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Sat 09 Sep 2000Poll finds Labour voters prefer coalition with FGLabour voters favour, by a two-to-one margin, a coalition with Fine Gael over one with Fianna Fail, according to the latest Irish Times/MRBI opinion poll.Asked to choose between possible government combinations after the next general election, 55 per cent of the party's voters chose a coalition involving Fine Gael, with 27 per cent preferring coalition with Fianna Fail.