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Fri 05 May 2004Figures suggest Fine Gael is in line to gain a seatCouncil area profile/Leitrim: The former Fine Gael TD and senator, Mr Gerry Reynolds, has changed electoral areas in a long-term attempt to regain a Dáil seat.The third generation of a prominent Fine Gael family, from Ballinamore, he has moved to live in the larger town of Carrick-on-Shannon, contesting a seat in the local electoral area. The town is now bustling and cosmopolitan, and Mr Reynolds, a businessman, owns a hardware store and is behind a major shopping development there.