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LAST UPDATE | 8 Nov 2024
ELECTION POSTERS SPRUNG up around the country ahead of Taoiseach Simon Harris’ visit to Áras an Uachtaráin to dissolve the Dáil today.
Because putting up posters is permitted on the day the polling day is fixed, campaigners were out in the early hours of this morning, so you can expect to see them on your commute.
Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing and Local Government and Heritage, today made an order appointing Friday, 29 November as polling day (and 7am to 10pm the polling hours).
This move gave party members retroactive authorisation to erect the election poster.
Some party members took full advantage of the well-flagged election announcement and were out early to nab prime spots on main roads and near schools and public transport hubs where lots of people will see the posters.
The campaign was already well underway before morning rushour in Dublin city centre, with posters erected for Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and her Dublin Central running mate, city councillor Janice Boylan.
Labour’s candidate, Senator Marie Sherlock, and former TD and MEP Clare Daly of Independents for Change were also well represented this morning in the battleground constituency.
Posters are permitted to be put up on the day the writ is moved by the minister, so erecting them after midnight was allowed since Minister O’Brien signed the order this afternoon.
Posters may be removed within seven days after polling day. Each violation of the law results in a €150 fine.
Meanwhile, the RSA and ESB have both appealed to party members to take care when putting up posters.
The RSA has called on campaign workers to “exercise caution when positioning campaign posters, especially near roadways”.
It has also issued a reminded that it is illegal to place posters in locations that obscure traffic signs, including speed limits, junctions, warnings, roadworks, and directional signs.
Care should also be taken to ensure that all posters are securely fastened so as to avoid hitting cyclists, pedestrians or vehicles.
The RSA is also called on all campaign workers wear high-visibility clothing and not to taken unnecessary risks and for all motorists to take additional care in the coming 24 hours when posters are being erected.
ESB Networks meanwhile issued a reminder that the erection of candidate posters on electricity poles is strictly prohibited and poses a serious safety risk.
It warned that hazardous situations have been created in the past by people erecting posters on live electricity poles and infrastructure.
ESB warned that attaching anything to electricity poles exposes individuals to the risk of electric shock, burns and falling from a height and noted that posters attached to poles have previously caused poles to catch fire and fall.
Additional reporting by Valerie Flynn, Jane Moore, and Diarmuid Pepper
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They went full Islamist so it’s not a surprise.
@Alex: By having a Muslim leader you mean?
@Alex: have you ever been to scoland lad ,laddie or anything thing else you want to be know as , sectarian poverty, enormous wealth and religions that done everything to each other and still slaughtered our Islam friends ,
Very strange headline from PA / The Journal. Scottish independence movement is not at an end and won’t be until Scotland gains its independence again.
SNP can now all fit in sturgeon’s dodgy camper van….
@David Cotter: interesting that all that has gone very quiet. No court dates.
Constant moaning while they are funded by Westminster. And to say that he still in his heart and soul believes in Scottish Independence just shows how out of touch he is. At least his constituents seem to know which side their bread is buttered on. In comparison it seems he wants it buttered on both sides
@Fintan Neelan: very narrow view
U use the resources given to you ..
Would you rather they abstained like SF ?
NEVER happy
And SF is the 5th largest party in the UK! You can’t control borders if you don’t own your own borders. A United Ireland is inevitable
@D. Peadar:
If Shin Fein are serious about a United Ireland they need to start trying to convince the nationalists/catholics /wolf tone cd owners it’s a good idea.
The Scottish Independence movement has NOT collapsed. Independence led by 2% in the last poll a fortnight ago. It is simply much more than the SNP, which got a huge vote, just not as huge as Labour and the first past the post system flipped them out. Other parties and voters also support independence.
The first past the post system is very odd.
@Washpenrebel: How is winning by getting the most votes odd?
@Vincent Wallace: do you not think winning nearly two-thirds of the seats with a little more than one-third of the vote is odd? Do you not think the Liberal Democrats getting fewer votes than Reform but more than ten times as many seats is odd?
Just a few years ago, the UK appeared to be falling apart over Brexit and under Johnson and Truss. That moment is gone now but it would be very foolish to think it couldn’t come back again. Anything is possible.
@N M: the UK is falling apart,why do you think the tory party just got crushed
The Nicola Sturgeon debacle coupled with wanting to get the tories out of power right now lead to their poor showing. I doubt it’s changed one persons mind on independence. It’s just on the back burner until they can regroup.
The Scots never really wanted independence, only the romantic right to want it. I mean come on! They had their chance once, and said no. Put the independence question to bed and move on.
@Keth Tgi:
Watching Braveheart and painting their face blue seemed to work for a while.
All the SNP need is a new leader to continue the legacy of the past, perhaps Shane Codd or Rob Herring.
That’s what happen when you let Islamists in command. They made a mess of it. Frankly, that was laughable
Themselves and the fianna failers would make the mafia look like choirboys
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