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The Return of Justin Barrett
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It worked for Nice II; interesting release from Joe Costello about the involvement of groups that may be linked to Justin Barrett. Tried to get a photo of the offending posters today but my mobile didn’t get the text-thanks to Simon McGarr for the photos on CC.
“Over the past few days a huge number of posters have appeared, particularly in the Dublin area, carrying such messages as ‘People Died for Your Freedom - Don’t Throw it All Away’ and ‘Lisbon: It Will Cost You More Tax: Less Power’. On first sight the posters do not appear to have any publisher - which would be a breach of the Electoral Acts - but a closer inspection reveals that the publisher is listed in the tiniest possible print.
“The publisher is in fact an organisation calling itself ‘Coir’, which shares an office at 60a Capel St, Dublin, with a number of ultra right wing, fundamentalist organisations such as Youth Defence and the Pro-Life Alliance. 60a Capel St was also the registered address of Mr. Justin Barrett’s Mother and Child Campaign during the Nice Referendum Campaign in 2002. During the 2002 campaign it emerged that Mr. Barrett had association with extreme right-wing, quasi-fascist organisations in Europe.
Spotted those posters on the way into town yesterday - also noticed the lack of an obvious publisher and wondered if it was illegal or not.
I wonder if the Electoral Act makes any reference to the publisher being clearly stated - or is this tiny print tactic allowed.
CÓIR have had some mad stuff in Alive over the past few months. They are an interesting lot, and surprisingly influential on a significant portion of the public.
With regard to the Electoral Act, the 1992 Act - Section 140 seemingly applies to referenda as well as general elections according to a 2001 PQ answer from Minister Dempsey.
140. —(1) Every notice, bill, poster or similar document having reference to a Dáil election or distributed for the purpose of furthering the candidature of any candidate at a Dáil election shall bear upon its face the name and address of the printer and of the publisher thereof.
http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/interesting-anti-lisbon-materialfrom-ewi/
I’ve been trying to collect a set of pictures of the No Campaigns’ material. I have them available under a Creative Commons licence from
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=72226400%40N00&q=lisbontreaty&m=text
Thanks for that Simon, popped up one of the beauties.
Aw, I can’t believe you passed up the chance to use the Microchipped Baby photo!
Micro chipped baby? Surely, you jest…
Simon, you can use include anything of interest here as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95479496@N00/