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Thu 07 Jul 2006Census may cause electoral boundary changesThe Government has asked the Attorney General, Rory Brady, to advise on whether the preliminary census figures published yesterday should trigger the establishment of a constituency commission to revise the Dáil election boundaries in the autumn, write Stephen Collins & Carl O'Brien.There will be consternation across the political spectrum if the constituencies are redrawn so close to a general election, as dramatic changes would inevitably result from the census figures.