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Mon 04 Apr 2007FF-Labour coalition favoured in northwest, Luntz findsA Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition is the favoured option of a focus group sample of floating voters surveyed in the northwest, according to research carried out by US polling expert Frank Luntz for RTÉ's The Week In Politicsprogramme.The programme, which was recorded in Boyle, Co Roscommon, also showed a resentment among voters at missing out on the economic benefits of the Celtic Tiger and the negative effects of restrictive planning laws.