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Sat 05 May 2004Local poll results to indicate future of CoalitionOpinion Poll Analysis: Personalities drive the European campaign, but the parties will be looking to the local government results to gauge their future, reports Mark Brennock, Chief Political CorrespondentThis poll reflects what canvassers have been reporting from the constituencies over the past fortnight: Fianna Fáil may lose over 50 local authority seats, and were there to be a general election soon, the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Coalition would be well short of a Dáil majority.