Last poster of the night up. Thanks to Ann, Brendan, Conor, Frank, John, Jason and Gary for all their help tonight. A real team effort! The JamesByrneForDrogheda @fiannafailparty campaign has moved into the next phase. #le19 #DroghedaUrban pic.twitter.com/qIwGH1aTW3
— James Byrne for Drogheda (@byrnejamesj) April 24, 2019
Flying back to Brussels this afternoon, but not before spending the early hours of this morning postering on behalf of @ffclaireoconnor! 🙌🏻 #LE19 #FFDoorstep pic.twitter.com/0SXSHfH6ZQ
— Caoimhe McGowan (@caoimhemcgow) April 24, 2019
My @SocdemsDMW team are just amazing & I’m forever grateful (& in awe!) for the effort they selflessly give! …..And…. I’m not a bad aul poster hanger myself y’know! #LE19 #Lucan pic.twitter.com/teaf8qI6YW
— Anne-Marie McNally (@amomcnally) April 24, 2019
And up they go 🗳😃✅..thanks so much for the help last night @lzzy_stillman @bastienlegros 😊👍..#family #posters #bitblurry #homefromparis #hometovote #local #teamStillman.I will ensure that all my posters are recycled ♻️ so that they will not end up in landfill.#le19 #finegael pic.twitter.com/Bjkqz8EpFk
— John Stillman (@johnfstillmanfg) April 24, 2019
Off we go then #LE19 #EP2019 pic.twitter.com/V9Ju6AsGEx
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) April 24, 2019
We made a good start last night with our posters but we still have a way to go. If anyone could spare me a few hours, I’d really appreciate it x #POSTERNIGHT #le19 #CommunityMatters pic.twitter.com/NdYFrlvYj6
— Carly Bailey (@CarlyBee25) April 24, 2019
Looong night, canvassing, postering, 2/3 kids awake middle of the night when I got back 😂 Hope posters restricted to designated zones next time 😀meanwhile restricting my numbers, keeping to tidy towns request and reusing! Big thanks @HatterDaniel! @greenparty_ie #LE19 pic.twitter.com/EkRICChV3L
— Lourda Scott (@LourdaScott) April 24, 2019
We are working on something exciting for sustainability and waste reduction in Phibsborough. Watch this space! We had a great team meeting last night before going out postering. Heartened to know the posters are not waste for waste sake. Together we can create real change. #LE19 pic.twitter.com/FqBkpL523n
— Sean McCabe (@SeanMcCabe_Ind) April 24, 2019
Feeling relieved this morning and also grateful to this incredible group of people I’m lucky to have in my life, thank you so much for all your support #LE19 @SocDems pic.twitter.com/CLdj4NH2iz
— Tara Deacy (@taradeacy) April 24, 2019
Solidarity’s strong poster slogans contrast sharply with the bland messaging of the establishment and gombeen politicians #LE19 pic.twitter.com/jFZSdSwP8B
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) April 24, 2019
Election posters for the forthcoming local and European elections on May 24 went up from midnight last night.
Meanwhile…
I understand that historic areas such as Castle Street are nicer without posters but this no poster map of Dalkey shows the completely undemocratic nature of poster bans.
I hope if they do take down posters as they threaten that they are prosecuted. pic.twitter.com/zMO8JOvhoS— Alan Kinsella (@electionlit) April 23, 2019
The best poster spots in my area are dominated by Fine Gael posters that were put up a day early #LE19
— BadgeMaking.ie (@badgemaking_ie) April 24, 2019
FIGHT!
Related: Dalkey Tidy Towns says it will ‘remove and destroy election posters’ (Jack Power, The Irish Times)
Every single candidate using them ought to be taken to task for still using election posters.
How are they not banned??
Totally agree! Seems mental in the age of people trying to be more green. Even spotted the green party using them in our areas which is contradiction surely!
Yes…BUT…if you ban posters do you give a huge advantage to the bigger parties with the big funds and the media connections? I don’t like them but I can tolerate them within the current regulations. They used to be SO BAD before.
I dunno. Are the bigger parties with the big funds not able to put more posters up? Either by spending more and getting more posters (I know there are limits). But also leveraging the party to get more bodies to put the posters up (and getting the prime spots).
Of course. But postering is closer, without being an actual, level playing field than column inches or screen time or social media campaigns, at least in terms of access and funding. Small parties need good ground game to get bigger.
A single booklet for each electoral area with a page for each candidate, delivered to every home in the electoral area, could replace posters and provide a level playing field.
Excellent idea.
The regs need a clause to specify that the posters must be recyclable/compostable. The plastic waste generated every election must be phenomenal.
Compostable for preference.
I thought they were not allowed to erect them on traffic light posts and/or at junctions, I noticed a few today that were
I think they just need to be above a certain height and not actually obscuring traffic lights.
They aren’t supposed to block traffic lights but some always do, especially for cyclists who need to be able to view them from a more acute angle.
Where can posters be erected so they do not cause a disruption to road users?
The Road Traffic Acts contain requirements in relation to maintaining clear lines of sight for road users which may impact on where posters can be placed, e.g. not on road signs, at traffic junctions or on roundabouts where they may cause road safety risks. It is an offence to erect any sign or notice that makes a traffic sign less visible to road users (Road Traffic Act 1961, Section 95, Subsection 14). Those erecting posters should exercise extreme caution when on or near roadways and should be aware of their own and other road users physical safety, e.g. crossing busy roads, obstructing footpaths, parking of vehicles etc. For more information, check with the Roads section of your local authority.
https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/environment/topics/waste/litter/Pages/Election-Posters0331-3567.aspx
Fianna Fail canvassers called to my door last night. Told me their man was a local man, from the area, a solicitor and he lived on a road locally, a road 100% stocked with mansions. My kinda guy. They then asked me was I renting or a resident. I was confused so I replied “well I’m definitely a resident”. “I mean are you renting or a home owner”. I asked them then what difference it made? They said their man was very much in touch with local “residents” concerns. I am a lurker (and renter) in my local “resident’s” whatsapp group and I can tell you their concerns; 1. Four social housing units were being included in a new build around the corner, they were disgusted at this. 2. Too many renters in the area, lowering the property value and 3. Muslims, pretty consistent Islamophobia. Anyway I promptly told them to f**ck off outta my garden.
I wonder if a better approach would be to clearly lay out your own concerns? If more people did that to all the parties who call, no matter how much you dislike them or how lonely and ineffectual it feels, it would at least get those concerns on their radar, and if enough people do it it might give them pause.
I whole heartedly agree but it was too late, RAGE HAD SET IN!
It’s so easy to just lose the rag with them.
In my area, all the candidates are either solicitors or ex junkies with new found confidence.
This sounds confused. A road full of mansions that is full of renters? Basic rent-yield analysis would raise an eyebrow to this. Could you tell us what electoral area this took place in?
Yeah – there is a lot about this story that seems a bit made-up, tbh…
D14. The road the candidate lives on is nearly all (imho) mansions, my opinion my be overly humble I guess, a big 4+ bedroom gaff worth close to a mill I consider a mansion.
Will they be that quick to take down their cable ties with them when they are taking the posters down?
“Solidarity’s strong poster slogans contrast sharply with the bland messaging of the establishment and gombeen politicians”
The slogan is terrible. Reads like some olde english.
Be honest with the electorate. “F*** Landlords and Vote for Me”
They started with a serviceable, if glib, protest-like slogan and then decided that scansion should be sacrificed in favour of slightly-increased specificity.
New word for (me) today:
Scansion – the process of scanning.
Thanks Old Boy – you’re a mine of information and a font of wisdom.
(Hoping the latter never leaks into the former!)
While I accept that I’m a pedant for punctuation, I think the lack of a comma after the word “need” makes the poster unintelligible, for the casual passer-by.
your second comma is the most offensive thing i’ve seen since last friday
“Let somebody else pay for it”
If these candidates are that exhausted and self-congratulatory over the hanging of a few posters, how are they going to cope with the regime of EU plenaries, meetings, documentation, reporting and representation in Brussels?
They haven’t claimed to be either. One said it was a long night. Most are thanking their supporters for their help.
Vote Twitter, vote Social Democrats.
#breakingbarriers
#hashtagtohashtag
#teamofus
Ha!
On me way inta work this morning my immediate thought was
While you were sleeping
But this works better
i had great craic blemmin’ these off the posts with my skateboard on the way home from the pub last night. They don’t work on me, but they must work on people because they still use them. I absolutely hate them. Eye sores. Mannix Flynn is the only one with nice posters. The FF bird would absolutely get it! if she’s interested in dating a doctor, hmu.
Yeah, I hear loads of young ones are interested in dating made-up internet skateboarding doctors.
if by ‘made-up’ you mean, I have it made. Correct. I am up to my neck in cash.
Mannix Flynn looks like someone you’d employ to break up a miners’ strike a hundred years ago
I’m told he’s a very nice man though, my sister read one of his books and said it was very good
hahahaha he does! thats gas. I think he’s quite good. I remember when the public found out he’s gay back in the late 80s i think, and it was a big controversary, like it was something that was guna sink his chances. we’ve come a long way since then.
Apparently not so far that a “doctor” would feel embarrassed in discussing which female political candidates would “get it”, or so it would seem.
doctors get boners too, my boy.