Complaints made over candidates’ texts

THE Office of the Data Protection Commissioner said yesterday it had received a number of calls from people complaining they had been bombarded with text messages from election candidates.

As part of the most hi-tech general election ever, a number of candidates sent out a large number of texts asking for a number one vote.

Tony Delaney of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner said yesterday a number of complaints had been received — but there was nothing illegal in what Dáil hopefuls were doing.