IT’S NOW LESS than two weeks until voters go to the polls to pick their favourites in the local and European elections.
Over two thousand candidates for both elections have been all over the country knocking on doors, loitering around shopping centres, and patrolling the streets looking for votes.
You’ve seen their faces on lampposts, their leaflets in your letterbox and you may have even seen them in the flesh on the doorstep.
And you’ve spotted some pretty weird and wonderful stuff which you’ve kindly sent into us.
Here’s our selection from the mailbox this week…
1. The Fianna Fáil candidate who’s got a peacock canvassing for her
We’re not sure if anyone can match Deirdre Smith on this count:
Deirdre Smith / Twitter
Deirdre Smith / Twitter / Twitter
2. The independent candidate who’s awful considerate…
Paul Hand has a handy and rather polite way of getting around the ‘no junk mail’ warnings that face candidates up and down the country:
3. The door which warns candidates…
… to try harder! As seen in Harold’s Cross:
4. The Fianna Fáil candidate who faces an uphill battle…
… with a dog:
5. The candidate who has suffered some subtle poster vandalism
Very subtle indeed:
6. The handy checklist for candidates
Are you a candidate? Do you satisfy any of this criteria? As seen in Castlegregory, near Dingle in Co Kerry:
7. The candidate who likes the retro look
Jim Lennon is running for Fine Gael for a seat on Louth County Council using the party’s old logo and design:
… And finally…
You may remember a fortnight ago we showed you Fine Gael councillor Kieran Binchy’s campaign video in which he mastered the art of moving around the city at impossible speed, but he was frankly inaudible.
We’re told his friends and family felt compelled to take action and here is the result:
We’re glad to see the candidates are watching closely.
Seen anything weird and wonderful in your area or on the campaign trail in recent weeks? Drop us an email hugh@thejournal.ie
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