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Dublin West General Election - SEE MOD NOTE POST 19.

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    #362
    jack presley
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    damemcd wrote: »
    Just asking, but will those people contacting litter warden at 9.00 am etc be doing so in regards to one party , and one party only , are will they be complaining about every party poster that jumped the gun, so to speak?

    I can only speak for myself (and I'm not one of those who will be going to the litter wardens anyway) but the only posters I have seen in my area to date are from one party only.


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    #363
    chucknorris
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    Public meeting posters are totally legal, as long as the meeting is held.

    They have to be a certain width and are limited as far as I know to 75 posters.

    David has to use them. He is competing against bus stop and phone box political advertisements as well as paid drops. Bottom line is, if you aren't seen, you aren't relevant.

    OK, David is forever in the Blanch gazette and does the social media strongly, but the people who vote in the strongest numbers, mature and elderly people aren't really hanging out of the twitter machine.


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    #364
    Pat Dunne
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    damemcd wrote: »
    Just asking, but will those people contacting litter warden at 9.00 am etc be doing so in regards to one party , and one party only , are will they be complaining about every party poster that jumped the gun, so to speak?

    When you say "every party poster that jumped the jumped the gun" what specifically do you mean?


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    #365
    holly_johnson
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    damemcd wrote: »
    Just asking, but will those people contacting litter warden at 9.00 am etc be doing so in regards to one party , and one party only , are will they be complaining about every party poster that jumped the gun, so to speak?

    I haven't seen any other election posters up. Have you? If so, are you going to complain?


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    #366
    chucknorris
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    holly_johnson wrote: »
    I haven't seen any other election posters up. Have you? If so, are you going to complain?

    The Shinners couldn't care less!


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    #367
    holly_johnson
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    The Shinners couldn't care less!

    I certainly got that impression alright. ;) Some of the posters in Blanch village are a bit low as well. Such childish behaviour, running around to be first up. Drives me nuts. I really hope the council acts on the complaint made by me and others and fines them for every poster.


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    #368
    chucknorris
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    holly_johnson wrote: »
    I certainly got that impression alright. ;) Some of the posters in Blanch village are a bit low as well. Such childish behaviour, running around to be first up. Drives me nuts. I really hope the council acts on the complaint made by me and others and fines them for every poster.

    Apparently there is only one litter warden between here and Swords. They'll get away with it.


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    #369
    LoonyLovegood
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    I don't think they will. Was talking to my dad (aren't I raging I'm in college and not home right now?), he rang the litter warden at 9.05, and he was the second phone call complaining about it.


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    #370
    ThisRegard
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    jack presley wrote: »
    Sinn Fein getting an early start and getting the prime real estate on the poles by putting up their posters around Mulhuddart this evening. I thought they had to wait until the Dail is dissolved before doing this?
    Zaph wrote: »
    They always seem to be first with them up and last with them down.

    It's usually the socialists in one of their various guises that I see up first. They'd be disgusted with themselves for missing a trick there.


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    #371
    chucknorris
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    It's usually the socialists in one of their various guises that I see up first. They'd be disgusted with themselves for missing a trick there.

    They seemed to adhere this time and suffered as their public meeting posters were cut down on any posts that the shinners went up on.

    Again, the shinners don't care and their vote won't suffer.


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    #372
    AGC
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    They seemed to adhere this time and suffered as their public meeting posters were cut down on any posts that the shinners went up on.

    Again, the shinners don't care and their vote won't suffer.

    Did Donnelly make some smart comment about 'Whistleblowers' when questioned about his posters?


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    #373
    chucknorris
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    AGC wrote: »
    Did Donnelly make some smart comment about 'Whistleblowers' when questioned about his posters?

    He was talking about whiltleblowers on RTE radio last night ;)


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    #374
    ThisRegard
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    I don't have a problem with them advertising public meetings. I have a problem with them using it as an opportunity to get their election posters up early, because that's what Catherine Noone's posters are.

    She's far from the only one to do that, in fact she's probably the last person I would have noticed doing that. Coppinger and Chambers have been the worse offenders, IMO, for this.

    I posted here before about this, but when I questioned Coppinger about it before on their Facebook page she instantly turned hostile and accused me of having some sort of agenda, stupid cow.


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    #375
    chucknorris
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    She's far from the only one to do that, in fact she's probably the last person I would have noticed doing that. Coppinger and Chambers have been the worse offenders, IMO, for this.

    I posted here before about this, but when I questioned Coppinger about it before on their Facebook page she instantly turned hostile and accused me of having some sort of agenda, stupid cow.

    Will Coppinger be regarded in the same light as Higgins this time around?


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    #376
    ThisRegard
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    They seemed to adhere this time and suffered as their public meeting posters were cut down on any posts that the shinners went up on.

    I'll take a look at lunchtime when I'm out for a run around the area. A week or two ago they put up a load around here, a few are littering the place having been blown down onto the ground so I'll be interested to see if the rest have also disappeared.


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    #377
    holly_johnson
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    Will Coppinger be regarded in the same light as Higgins this time around?

    I highly doubt it. I think most Higgins voters voted for him personally and those votes won't transfer to her. She is a totally different individual, one that I would never vote for. I got verbally attacked and called a liar on my doorstep by one of her canvassers a couple of weeks ago.


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    #378
    ThisRegard
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    Will Coppinger be regarded in the same light as Higgins this time around?

    I don't think she is. If you agree with Higgins's ideologies or not you can respect him as a politician. Coppinger is nowhere near getting such respect, one pretty mellow person I know describes her as a harpie with regards to how she behaves. She can't help but rub people the wrong way, far from a trait that a good politician requires.

    Contrast her with Clare Daly, someone with whom I have little in common with regarding economics. But when she speaks on social issues rather than economic, I agree with many things she says.

    Coppinger just seems to want to fight with everyone.


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    #379
    LoonyLovegood
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    I would have always given Higgins a high preference, she won't get anything from me this time round.


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    #380
    AGC
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    Will Coppinger be regarded in the same light as Higgins this time around?

    Hopefully not and one of the main reasons is one ThisRegard has said, once she is questioned she attacks.

    Hopefully she is not re-elected.


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    #381
    Zaph
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    If you agree with Higgins's ideologies or not you can respect him as a politician.

    I lost all respect for him when he stood for seats in Europe and the local elections knowing that he wouldn't take them up and they could be dished out to his supporters.


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    #382
    angryIreGamer
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    what happens to those who had posters up early this morning? i saw them while walking the dog, a quick look on the phone confirmed that no election had been called.

    Im looking forward to seeing if anyone from SF arrives to my door this year. No one has for the last 2 elections


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    #383
    ThisRegard
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    That's true, he handed his seat to his that idiot Paul Murphy who couldn't get elected to a jury panel at the time.


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    #384
    damemcd
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    Well , the idiot is expected to be elected in Dublin S/WEST, so it should be interesting , going forward.....


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    #385
    ThisRegard
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    Is he actually expected to be elected? I'm originally from there and I don't think the support is there that once was. In fact I was surprised he was elected first time around.


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    #386
    AGC
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Is he actually expected to be elected? I'm originally from there and I don't think the support is there that once was. In fact I was surprised he was elected first time around.

    There is 5 seats and he should easily get one. It is a bit of a who's who of nobodies in that constituency.


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    #387
    damemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭damemcd


    Pat Rabbites vote/seat is up for grabs.Fine Gael might poll well in parts of Rathfarnham and clondalkin, but with Sean Crowe probably topping the poll , remaining seats are very open.Murphy should get in , he managed the vote very well in he last election


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    #388
    ThisRegard
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    AGC wrote: »
    There is 5 seats and he should easily get one. It is a bit of a who's who of nobodies in that constituency.

    Just had a look at who's running there, apart from the aforementioned eejit, the only people I recognise are Sean Crowe who's been around forever, and was surprised to see Katherine Zappone running there.


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    #389
    holly_johnson
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Just had a look at who's running there, apart from the aforementioned eejit, the only people I recognise are Sean Crowe who's been around forever, and was surprised to see Katherine Zappone running there.

    Remember Zappone was a Govt appointed Senator, so she was never elected. Doesn't surprise me she's running in the GE as a result.


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    #390
    ThisRegard
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    Yeah, but I'm surprised she was slotted into that constituency though.


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    #391
    holly_johnson
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Yeah, but I'm surprised she was slotted into that constituency though.

    Ah I get you now. It could be based on where she lives?


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