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Thu 11 Nov 2002Details of plan for regional growth due todayThe Government will this morning announce its long-awaited National Spatial Strategy, a blueprint for economic and social development within the State over the next 20 years.The plan will identify a number of regional towns which will be earmarked for development alongside the existing regional cities of Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway.