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Sun 06 Jun 2009Government parties suffer heavy election losses
Counting of local election votes continues today with a trend emerging of heavy losses for both Government parties.
Fianna Fáil are being particularly badly hit in urban areas and the Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin, where its TDs are based. Outside the capital the Greens have lost their seat in Carlow and one in Galway City.
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