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COUNCIL PROFILE: MEATH:MAYBE IT’S the old mantra that the only poll that counts is the one on election day. Or perhaps the wariness is because it’s Meath, a Fianna Fáil stronghold, although a much less fortified one these days.

“Not one person I’ve canvassed in this campaign is voting Fianna Fáil and yet they’re still at 20 per cent in the polls. So somebody’s voting for them,” says one Fine Gael canvasser.