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A PERSON (OR persons) unknown is currently posting an election candidate for south Dublin’s election posters for him, months before they’re actually supposed to do so.
Frank Cronin, former chief executive of Newstalk radio, is running as a Renua candidate for Dun Laoghaire in the next election, widely expected to happen in February.
Cronin held an election meeting on 20 November and printed and posted 200 campaign posters for the occasion. He promptly removed the posters from the locality per election rules.
Unfortunately for Frank it seems that quite a few of the posters were taken without his consent at the time – because they’ve been popping up all around south Dublin since the start of this month, meaning the election hopeful is having to run around taking them down as soon as they go up.
Frank Cronin / TwitterI will be holding a public meeting on a fairer (flat) tax system on the 23rd of November @7:30pm all welcome pic.twitter.com/nkX757m0uW
— Frank Cronin (@FrankRENUA) November 11, 2015
“I have no idea what’s going on actually,” Cronin told TheJournal.ie.
At first I thought we’d simply missed a few when we were taking them down. But now they’ve been going up since the start of December every couple of days.
We had one up in Shankill today, yesterday it was in Deansgrange. On St Stephen’s Day one went up outside Leopardstown racecourse.
Cronin has notified Dublin City Council as to what has been going on, as it is their litter act that is being breached.
Posters can only be erected within 30 days prior to an election polling date here. Once the polls have closed candidates have seven days to remove them.
“I don’t want to get fined, and I can’t help this,” he says.
Before I got involved in running this kind of thing would annoy me. It’s sloppy and unfair and I don’t want to do anything inappropriate. They’re an ugly thing.
Still Cronin has no idea who could be behind the postings.
“It’s an awful lot of effort to go to for a bit of craic,” he says.
I mean there’s nothing in it for anyone, unless they’re trying to embarrass me. I would certainly prefer that this wasn’t happening.
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First time I ever heard his name so the stunt is working.
The perfect crime
It a genius way of getting his name out there alright.
Renua fg all the same stuck in the past.
Not only that David but he seems to be well prepared for his new job. He didn’t do it he knows nothing about it. Hmmm I think he’ll go a long way.
You can’t beat a phantom erection.
You can try.
And if you look at his face in the said election poster photo above, that’s exactly what he’s having.
Or a hung Dail.
Former media executive horrified by unwanted free publicly for his upcoming political campaign!!!
No such thing as bad publicity, apparently.
“I have no idea what’s going on actually” a quote from Cronin,according
To the Journal. Must be a first for a politician
And thats when he was asked about the economy.
It’s odd he doesn’t know anything about it as himself and Lucinda Creighton were out in Blackrock shaking hands and handing out campaign leaflets at the DART station and later in front of the Centra across from Three Tonne Tavern in Blackrock standing under these very campaign posters while professional photographers took pictures of them on two separate days in December.
You should have asked to see their passports. Whoever is putting up the posters might have hired stunt doubles.
Renua needs a head start anyway.
Ah … Another click bait article from the Journal…
More likely to be dirty tricks from the local SF/IRA cell
OMG you are so sad whoever you are I’d say you’ve very few friends you’re definitely not married have no girlfriend just a sado
dane/tap/oisin/thomas/diurmid/robert youre a moron
What about the Blueshirts/Fascist/FG terror cells which are masquerading as a Government party at present???????
Ah no – SF/IRA dirty tricks involves way more excrement being smeared about!
I thought it was MK76.
Dave Mcguinness is up in D15
Are they election posters or posters about meetings etc?
meetings but meetings can be covered over with an election sticker, saves money on printing.
Good point!
I’ve hard a random erection for three hours, what should I do
Think of Joan Burton, you’ll be limp again I’m seconds.
*in
eew – santa claus wants sloppy seconds on Joan.
Mary louboutin did the trick
They are breaking the law so prosecute them, it’s simple really.
Tear them down!
they are not election posters they are public meeting posters
Do they know something we don’t
It’s ruinua so probably not.
Renua who???
Sounds more like the ACA wannabe wants to drum up support while avoiding a large fine for breaching election laws and council by-laws.
IF people had any sense they would tear them down and put them in the recycle bin ,Pair of spoofers mouthing sound bites .
Do they know something we don’t
There is one in Foxrock village!
Hi thank you for letting me know, just got it down now, just 18 now in the wrong peoples hands. I passed through Foxrock twice since Christmas day dropping my son to the races and it wasnt there so put up last night or today, got another one this morning in shanganagh, whoever it is, is going to lots of trouble. Is this the price for standing, sad if it is, the people should choose and their minds should not be influenced by such malicious behaviour
Is this man having these posters taken down.? They are not quite ready yet. He forgot to add ” Traditionalist Catholic ” to make it the final version.
I saw one a good few weeks ago with Renua and Michael O’Dowd on it…
http://www.thejournal.ie/fergus-odowd-brother-2355351-Sep2015/
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