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In pics: One year on, the most memorable images of 2011 election campaign

This time one year ago Ireland was in the middle of one of the most dramatic general elections the country has ever seen. Remember all these memorable moments from the campaign?

19/02/12 5,746 Views 2 Comments

A WEEK IS a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson once said – so a year can feel like an eternity.

It was exactly one year ago this week that the general election campaign was in full swing.

Fine Gael were pushing their 5 Point Plan in front of every camera they could find; Labour were optimistically touting their Gilmore for Taoiseach posters; Fianna Fáil were trying to paper over the cracks in the party; the Independents were quietly gathering steam in constituencies around the country – and Dylan Haskins was seemingly ubiquitous.

Take a look back at the best photographs of the campaign here:

In pics: One year on, the most memorable images of 2011 election campaign
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  • Enda on the campaign trail

    Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny meets May Hennelly (6 months) outside Golden Island Shopping centre in Athlone during his tour of the midlands (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • Getting the shoe leather ready

    Pat Rabbitte tries on a pair of shoe's in Korky's shoe shop on Grafton Street Dublin near the start of the campaign last year. (Photo: Julian Behal/PA Wire)

  • The voting register

    The Union of Students highlighting the need for party leaders to listen to students by holding X-Factor style auditions of the party leaders in front of a jury of young voters outside Leinster House. (Photo: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

  • Watch the face

    Kickboxing instructor Anthony Dunne shows Sinn Fein TD and Dublin South Central candidate Aengus O Snodaigh a few moves in the ring during the election campaign. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • It started there

    Dublin artist James Earley and ubiquitous independent Dublin South East candidate Dylan Haskins (Photo:Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

  • The strangest protest you've ever seen

    Green Party members wearing masks of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Kerry independent Jackie Healy-Rae at a photocall, in Dublin, highlighting the stranglehold they say independents have on the Dail on February 18th last year (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • THAT picture of Eoghan Murphy

    One of the most memorable photos of the campaign came in this shot of Fine Gael's Eoghan Murphy with, as it turned out, someone who worked for his campaign. Still though. Great shot. (Photo: Naoise Culhane, Maxwells)

  • Who doesn't love brains?

    Enda Kenny at a press conference focusing on high-tech jobs (Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

  • Micheal Martin throws a few punches

    Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin throws a few punches in the ring with James Keenan in the Glen Boxing Club in Cork City while out canvassing in the county with candidate Billy Kelleher. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • The first leaders' debate

    Broadcaster Pat Kenny laughs as Gerry Adams hugs Enda Kenny as Eamon Gilmore, John Gormley, and Micheal Martin look on at the first televised debate with all the five main party leaders takes place in RTE studios on Valentine's Day 2011 (Photo:Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • Stopped before they could get going

    Labour's plans were disrupted slightly when they got clamped at the start of the campaign. Oops. (Photo: Gavan Reilly)

  • Joe Higgins and his poster

    Socialist Party and United Left Alliance candidate Joe Higgins with his election poster outside the offices of Anglo Irish Bank (now IBRC) in Dublin. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)

  • Facing the media

    Micheal Martin arrives for the first televised debate with all the five main party leaders in RTE Studios (Photo: Julien Behal/PA)

  • Enda Kenny with the big mo'

    Enda Kenny after speaking to supporters in Westport, Mayo, on Saturday, February 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Who said you should never work with children?

    Enda Kenny pictured 8 month old Emma Brady in a GE11 walkabout in Crumlin. (Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

  • On the home straight

    Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has a coffee on a final canvas at Donaghmede Shopping centre in Dublin the day before the 2011 general election (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Down with the kids

    Gerry Adams gives a high five to eight year old Kaitlyn Leavy from Ardee after finding out that he had topped the poll. (Photo Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
  • Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny meets May Hennelly (6 months) outside Golden Island Shopping centre in Athlone during his tour of the midlands (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • Pat Rabbitte tries on a pair of shoe's in Korky's shoe shop on Grafton Street Dublin near the start of the campaign last year. (Photo: Julian Behal/PA Wire)
  • The Union of Students highlighting the need for party leaders to listen to students by holding X-Factor style auditions of the party leaders in front of a jury of young voters outside Leinster House. (Photo: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
  • Kickboxing instructor Anthony Dunne shows Sinn Fein TD and Dublin South Central candidate Aengus O Snodaigh a few moves in the ring during the election campaign. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • Dublin artist James Earley and ubiquitous independent Dublin South East candidate Dylan Haskins (Photo:Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
  • Green Party members wearing masks of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Kerry independent Jackie Healy-Rae at a photocall, in Dublin, highlighting the stranglehold they say independents have on the Dail on February 18th last year (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • One of the most memorable photos of the campaign came in this shot of Fine Gael's Eoghan Murphy with, as it turned out, someone who worked for his campaign. Still though. Great shot. (Photo: Naoise Culhane, Maxwells)
  • Enda Kenny at a press conference focusing on high-tech jobs (Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
  • Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin throws a few punches in the ring with James Keenan in the Glen Boxing Club in Cork City while out canvassing in the county with candidate Billy Kelleher. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • Broadcaster Pat Kenny laughs as Gerry Adams hugs Enda Kenny as Eamon Gilmore, John Gormley, and Micheal Martin look on at the first televised debate with all the five main party leaders takes place in RTE studios on Valentine's Day 2011 (Photo:Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • Labour's plans were disrupted slightly when they got clamped at the start of the campaign. Oops. (Photo: Gavan Reilly)
  • Socialist Party and United Left Alliance candidate Joe Higgins with his election poster outside the offices of Anglo Irish Bank (now IBRC) in Dublin. (Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire)
  • Micheal Martin arrives for the first televised debate with all the five main party leaders in RTE Studios (Photo: Julien Behal/PA)
  • Enda Kenny after speaking to supporters in Westport, Mayo, on Saturday, February 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Enda Kenny pictured 8 month old Emma Brady in a GE11 walkabout in Crumlin. (Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
  • Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has a coffee on a final canvas at Donaghmede Shopping centre in Dublin the day before the 2011 general election (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Gerry Adams gives a high five to eight year old Kaitlyn Leavy from Ardee after finding out that he had topped the poll. (Photo Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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