When do election posters have to be down by?

Huntington · 10-06-2009 6:35pm #1

by law?

copacetic · 10-06-2009 6:38pm

7 days from end of polling.

mikemac · 10-06-2009 6:39pm

7 days of election day I think

I know FG were planning to take down their posters in Dublin Central

Maybe the rain has put a stop to that

sceptre · 10-06-2009 6:43pm

Yeah, seven days. Fine for non-compliance is €1300 IIRC. No idea whether that's per poster, let's hope it is.

Most of them are down in Limerick city, even the local candidates. Kathy Sinnott's are still up and Alan Kelly supporters seem to have forgotten about their posters near the Milk Market as they took them down everywhere else. Fine Gael euro posters are still up.

Sully · 10-06-2009 6:44pm

Cant see them being fined since they got away (mostly) with putting them up early. Must down here also, few still up.

jhegarty · 10-06-2009 7:02pm

To be fair almost all posters are gone here.

Shiny · 10-06-2009 7:11pm

They were just taken down here. (And this is Ballymun!)

cyclopath2001 · 10-06-2009 7:14pm

Access to the cycle track at Dollymount is partly blocked by one for the Greens...ironic.

Rb · 10-06-2009 8:19pm

The only one's I've seen still up are SF "Take Action" and a bunch of FF candidates.

I've seen one or two Joe Higgins posters still around but the bulk seems to be gone. Nice to see them disappear almost as quickly as they were put up.

Seth Brundle · 10-06-2009 9:17pm

Has anyone been fined yet for having left a poster up beyond the 7 days? My recollection is that the relevant council usually notify the 'offender' and give them another week or so to take them down.

mikemac · 10-06-2009 9:19pm

Nah, nobody is ever fined

You might get a warning and a strongly worded letter from the council, but that's about it

dave-higgz · 11-06-2009 9:12pm

Shay Brennan's are still up, I'm sure he's still inconsolable :pac:

Het-Field · 11-06-2009 11:04pm

You will always have a few stragglers, I can guarantee that the occasional one will still be on view in three months. I remember one of Frank McNamera (PDs, Dublin South Central) still on show in Terenure, in September 2007

brettmirl · 12-06-2009 10:30am

All down here except SFs. In fairness, the FF and FG ones were down on Saturday last.

squonk · 12-06-2009 11:10am

There were a few FG/Lab ones up on my road til yesterday and they came down. There's only one Deirdre De Burca poster left now on the ralings beside the train line up my raod. I was impressed myself how quickly they came down. You don't mind the odd one staying up really. On a nice note, there's a poster for an independent candidate near Pearse St. that is still up but now has a Thank You sticker on it. Young guy, can'r remember the name now but a bit different and a nice thing to do imho.

Múinteoir · 12-06-2009 12:10pm

mikemac wrote: »

Nah, nobody is ever fined

You might get a warning and a strongly worded letter from the council, but that's about it

Oh I can assure you that they do! I know a candidate from general election 2007 personally, who got fined for a number of his posters left up; 150 euro a pop. Someone in Limerick also got a hefty fine for having his posters up too early this time around.

Legally, all posters have to be down by midnight tonight.