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Election Posters

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  • 10-06-2009 9:59am
    #1
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭


    I see the parties this time seem to be fairly quick about getting their posters down. Skerries was riddled with the things last Saturday but now the only ones remaining are a few FG and Green posters.

    What I found unbelievable though is that there were still posters up for De Rossa and Deirdre De Burca this morning outside Governemtn Buildings and Dail Eireann! I'm tired of kicking the Greens and have said all I will say about them as they have enough trouble already but surely Gormley would lead by example as Minister for the Environment and Green Party Leader by ensuring these posters are taken down quickly, especially outside his own office!

    Really, himself and Eamonn Gilmore could easilly send one of their lackeys out at a coffee break to remove them. I thought it looked bad.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    They'd better take down their cable ties as well......it's ugly, untidy littering, and under law, they're obliged to.


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    the_dark_side
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭the_dark_side


    what do they do with the election posters... what if you wanted some, where do you ask?


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    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭squonk


    the_dark_side wrote: »
    what do they do with the election posters... what if you wanted some, where do you ask?

    Why would you want them? You could have taken a few on Saturday no doubt, made life easier for the party volunteers!


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    sineadCharl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭sineadCharl


    did you see those pics in the paper of some lads in dublin who made flower boxes out of the green parties election posters. they actually looked quite good. I live in Dub city centre and there are still loads of them around.

    Some of the posters are hilarious though. DId you see the guy who look like something form Saturday Night Fever? he had his shirt wide open and a facebook logo on his poster because he's down with the kids!! priceless!


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    sineadCharl wrote: »
    Some of the posters are hilarious though. DId you see the guy who look like something form Saturday Night Fever? he had his shirt wide open and a facebook logo on his poster because he's down with the kids!! priceless!
    Ronan Callely? (www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60455809#post60455809)
    It (or more likely his background and lack of decent policies) didn't get him elected!


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    ShooterSF
    Registered Users Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    the_dark_side wrote: »
    what do they do with the election posters... what if you wanted some, where do you ask?

    Are you after facebook chick's posters?


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    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭squonk


    sineadCharl wrote: »
    Some of the posters are hilarious though. DId you see the guy who look like something form Saturday Night Fever? he had his shirt wide open and a facebook logo on his poster because he's down with the kids!! priceless!

    Flowerboxes sound good, and Green! Has anyone got a picture of that guy's poster? Please post... :)


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    sineadCharl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭sineadCharl


    It's on on the link that kbannon posted. Hilarious. Looks like a right t#at!
    I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it first, had to pull over!


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    LoLth
    Registered Users Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    they've left the plastic ties up on the poles along the Tallaght bypass. (just after the N81)... looks messy. I supposed its not the end of the world but they should really be made take away all the crap they put up. thing is I cant remember which posters were in what order on the poles now :(


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    LoLth wrote: »
    they've left the plastic ties up on the poles along the Tallaght bypass. (just after the N81)... looks messy. I supposed its not the end of the world but they should really be made take away all the crap they put up. thing is I cant remember which posters were in what order on the poles now :(

    Report them.


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    Múinteoir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Múinteoir


    They're not obliged to have them all down until this Friday, then the posters are considered litter and they can be fined €150 per poster left up on poles.

    You can report them for that after Friday, but unfortunately you can't report them for leaving cable ties behind, since you don't know who has left them behind. Even if you do claim that they belong to party X they can deny that they belong to them, since it's only your word for it against their's. The only way to deal with the cable ties issue is for individual parties to be obliged to have colour-coded ties for identification in future.


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    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭squonk


    sineadCharl wrote: »
    It's on on the link that kbannon posted. Hilarious. Looks like a right t#at!
    I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it first, had to pull over!

    Christ he does! He makes Maurice Hickey (Pat Shortt's p*ss take on a county councillor) look respectable :D


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    Kevster
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    I've still seen tonnes of posters around and, where they have removed them, they have invariably left the plastic 'wire' that holds it to the post/pole. Are they liable for those 'wires' too?


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