Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Election Posters in Ireland

Ireland has the convention of the election poster on the lamppost, something which is rare in the US. At times like this, in the run-up to the European elections, Dublin if festooned with these posters (photographed in front of Government Buildings in Dublin last week):




Needless to say, there have been many fake election posters - here is one of the best of them:

- http://www.flickr.com/photos/grogg/3571014001/

Posters are also regularly defaced:

- http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadlyphoto/499748707/

But even the genuine, untouched posters can be quite weird:

- http://www.flickr.com/photos/niamheen/648919221/

Apparently the Belgians do it better:

- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2009/0521/1224247034292.html

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