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Mon 06 Jun 2009FF councillors angry with leadership for throwing them 'to the wolves'
ANALYSIS:Fianna Fáil candidates hold the Taoiseach responsible for the party’s dismal showing at the local elections, writes MARK HENNESSY
FOLLOWING THE 2004 local election results, Fianna Fáil convinced itself that the situation could never get any worse, that the councillors’ ranks had been cut to the bone and could not be wounded again.
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