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In pics

On the hustings: The week in pictures on the Election 2011 campaign trail

TheJournal.ie brings you Election 2011′s candidates in their more – or less – photogenic moments of the week.
6.52pm, 18 Feb 2011
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ONE MOMENT YOU can be up, the next your heart is in your boots. Join the candidates of Election 2011 on the campaign trail – in pictures…

On the hustings: The week in pictures on the Election 2011 campaign trail
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  • Independents play

    Green Party members implying that independents like Jackie Healy Rae have had a stranglehold on the Dail... Pic: Julien Behal/PASource: Julien Behal/PA Images

  • Be mine....

  • Face forward

  • Who's your pal?

    Independent candidate Mannix Flynn launches his campaign in Ranelagh with supporter Nell McCafferty. But hey mascot, why the long face?

  • If the shoe fits...

    Labour's Pat Rabbitte has been wearing out some serious shoe leather on the campaign trail... Pic: Stephen Kilkenny.

  • Making the connection

    Kickboxing instructor Anthony Dunne shows Sinn Fein's Aengus O Snodaigh a few moves in Dublin. Pic: Julien Behal/PA

  • Are you right there, Michael?

    Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams gets a warm welcome from a supporter holding a picture of Michael Collins during canvassing in Drogheda, Ireland. Collins was a member of Sinn Fein but also pro-Treaty and agreed to partition so we're getting mixed messages here... Pic: Peter Morrison/AP Photos

  • Taking the Michael

  • Taking the Michael - Part Deux

    ...But just like that, his mood appears to change. Pic: Stephen Kilkenny.

  • Who is going to clean this mess up?

    A reader of TheJournal.ie sent in this poster belonging to a moo-sterious independent candidate...

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