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# Premature erection

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Politicians were breaking the law all over Ireland last night
Before the Dáil was dissolved and the election called, some politicians started scaling lampposts a bit too early.
There were premature poster erections all over Ireland last night
Getting ahead of themselves.
MEP will be fined up to €4,500 for putting up posters before he was supposed to
One council in Dublin has said it has removed over 1,000 posters as they are “dangerous positions”
Here's how candidates have been getting around the law on posters ahead of May's elections
While some have been breaking the law others have been sticking to it, but are still managing to get their name out there.
MEP who didn't think 'people would be bothered' forced to take down election posters
Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy said earlier he didn’t believe people would be bothered that he put up his posters before he is legally allowed to do so. But one local authority has asked that he take them down.