Moratorium

thecommander

Is there just a moratorium on the media today, or is it on canvasing aswell?

Was handed a leaflet by Oisin Quinn of Labour party this morning in town.

ednwireland

just wondering this myself as one oof the FF independants is driving round our town making a nuisance of himself playing crap music
edit
obviousley not sinn feinn just doing the same thing playing rebel songs !
must only apply to TV / Radio

squonk

Joe Higgins was out this morning at Pearse St. handing out leaflets and Gay Mitchell had a big poster on the back of a truck parked across the road. AFAIK I think the moratorium is on TV/Radio coverage. Newspapers may still report on the election and I'd therefore assume also that candidates are free to canvas etc. I may well be wrong but I'm sure someone here will clear any discrpencies up fiarly quickly

litup

squonk wrote: »

AFAIK I think the moratorium is on TV/Radio coverage. Newspapers may still report on the election and I'd therefore assume also that candidates are free to canvas etc. I may well be wrong but I'm sure someone here will clear any discrpencies up fiarly quickly

You are dead right squonk, moratorium only on media coverage. There should also be no direct canvassing with 50m of a polling station, otherwise it is all still fair game!

thecommander

litup wrote: »

You are dead right squonk, moratorium only on media coverage. There should also be no direct canvassing with 50m of a polling station, otherwise it is all still fair game!

Thanks for clearing up

ateam

Are newspapers excluded from the moratorium because the Independent had it's usual election coverage today?