Before the election had even been properly called, Green Party leader John Gormley was getting a dig in about posters and as the campaign kicked off across the country – posters were making the news everywhere. (Just goes to show you how dull the campaign has been so far!)
In Donegal it seemed as if many candidates were slow at getting their posters up – but perhaps that was to their advantage as gales ripped through the county on Thursday and Friday and many posters that had been placed on poles before then found their way into hedges and fields across the length and breadth of Donegal.
In both constituencies today (Saturday) postering teams were spotted out and about for different candidates who will be no doubt hoping there is no repeat of the storms we had at over the past few days until after polling day on 25th February.
The Donegal People’s Press reported last week on a Lifford woman who had put up a sign in her house warning canvassers to stay away. During the week stories emerged of similar signs – some very funny ones too – appearing all over the country.
The photo that appeared on the front page of the Cork Independent last week is certainly one of the most famous at this stage – but there have been others.
Meanwhile we can expect more posters across the county in the next week, more statements in the local papers and more politics on the tv and radio. You won't be able to avoid it - so you might as well dive in and follow what's going on as well as you can.
You never know, we might even get a chance to spot this poster/flyer from Independent Candidate Ann Sweeney from Donegal SW, which I happened to spot on the Irish Election Literature blog (you’ll get a link on the page ‘interesting election sites’)
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