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Tue 05 May 2007Rabbitte is needled as Labour-FG hit by bog oak curseThe curse of the ancient bog oak needle had many reeling, writes Miriam LordAnd not just in the Fine Gael and Labour camps, motoring along nicely in the election race until yesterday's opinion poll speared their jolly optimism with a painful 5 per cent jump in support for Fianna Fáil.