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Wed 05 May 2004New candidates, internal feuds and party rivalries to dominateCouncil area profile/Fingal: Throw in some bright new candidates, internal feuding, a left-right row, the battle of town and country, and the best description of the Fingal local election arena is "political bloodbath".Fingal sweeps across the Dáil constituencies of Dublin West and Dublin North, taking in rural heartlands and densely populated towns.