Costly Election Posters

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citizensinformation.ie wrote:

Following a general election, a party/candidate must remove posters within a seven day period. After that date, an on-the-spot fine of 125 euro is issued by your local authority in respect of each remaining poster. Your local authority will remove the poster as the fine is issued. If a party/candidate has been issued with a fine and refuses to pay, they can be prosecuted in the District Court by your local authority to enforce payment. The maximum penalty in the District Court following conviction for non-payment of the fine is 1,900 euro.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/government-in-ireland/elections-and-referenda/national-elections/the_general_election/?searchterm=general%20election

Think I'm gonna have some fun and start reporting the fcukers.... wonder do the council actually impose the fines though?!

Jonesy3110

Maybe someone some steal a few, stick them back up in 5 years make a few politicains bankrupt.
Mwah ha ha haaaaaa!!!!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I have to say its a great plan but I really doubt they're gonna be fined for it...

AlmightyCushion

Who or where do you report this to?

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AlmightyCushion wrote:

Who or where do you report this to?

local authority / council

really can't see them doing anything about it, but would make me feel better anyway! just thinking of one i saw this morning on a fairly rural road ..... how the feck am i supposed to be able to pin-point the exact esb pole to the council??!!!

brianthebard

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

I have to say its a great plan but I really doubt they're gonna be fined for it...

This isn't a new thing, and people have been fined in the past.

AlmightyCushion

elviscostello wrote:

local authority / council

really can't see them doing anything about it, but would make me feel better anyway! just thinking of one i saw this morning on a fairly rural road ..... how the feck am i supposed to be able to pin-point the exact esb pole to the council??!!!

Do they not have until Friday to take them down?

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yeah, today would be seven days after the election, so probably tomorrow (Friday) but the ones remaining aren't likely to be taken down

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

they have more than 7 days, i think its 18 or 28 for election posters

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elviscostello wrote:

local authority / council

really can't see them doing anything about it, but would make me feel better anyway! just thinking of one i saw this morning on a fairly rural road ..... how the feck am i supposed to be able to pin-point the exact esb pole to the council??!!!

do you think anybody in a rural co co could be bothered to get off their ass and do something about it!

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Hazel Lemon Elevator wrote:

they have more than 7 days, i think its 18 or 28 for election posters

if you read the original post, it says it in there

www.citizensinformation.ie wrote:

Following an election, a party/candidate must remove posters within a seven day period.

Hazel Lemon Elevator wrote:

do you think anybody in a rural co co could be bothered to get off their ass and do something about it!

it's approx 2 miles outside a large town .... i meant rural as in country type road....... with lots of esb poles.

monkeyfudge

That link is for local elections, not general elections...

But I believe it's 7 days for that too.


Oooh a spending cap of €30,150 per candidate in a three-seat constituency... I'm pretty sure one of my local Fianna Fail candidates went over that judging by the extent of his campaign... he lost his seat too despite all the spending.

StephenC_IRL

Jonesy3110 wrote:

Maybe someone some steal a few, stick them back up in 5 years make a few politicains bankrupt.
Mwah ha ha haaaaaa!!!!

done

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monkeyfudge wrote:

That link is for local elections, not general elections...

But I believe it's 7 days for that too.

Oops ..... It is the same though

citizensinformation.ie wrote:

Following a general election, a party/candidate must remove posters within a seven day period. After that date, an on-the-spot fine of 125 euro is issued by your local authority in respect of each remaining poster. Your local authority will remove the poster as the fine is issued. If a party/candidate has been issued with a fine and refuses to pay, they can be prosecuted in the District Court by your local authority to enforce payment. The maximum penalty in the District Court following conviction for non-payment of the fine is 1,900 euro.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/government-in-ireland/elections-and-referenda/national-elections/the_general_election/?searchterm=general%20election

zam

I have a Chris Andrews poster cos it was outside my house without MY permission.....hmmmm....MWAHAHAHAHA

Q_Ball

Jonesy3110 wrote:

Maybe someone some steal a few, stick them back up in 5 years make a few politicains bankrupt.
Mwah ha ha haaaaaa!!!!

I dont know some people who didnt do this already for the last election....

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

I have to say its a great plan but I really doubt they're gonna be fined for it...

Aye, they do.

sweet-rasmus

thats the best news i've heard all week! i'm sick of those posters!

ruprect

If they do get a lot of fines they will just raise their own salaries again. They should be made clean the streets. They have left all the big cable ties littered all over the roads where they did remove them.