FF logo thin on the ground as party candidates run for cover
Gone are the days when you could glance skyward at a lampost and see a face and the proud Fianna Fáil logo across the top.
Flagging badly in every poll you see, it seems now the latest batch of Fianna Fáil local and European election candidates can hardly bring themselves to put the party name on their posters, literature and even their websites.
Looking at Eoin Ryan and Brian Crowley posters adorning the lamposts of Dublin and Cork, the famous logo is hard to spot.
It seems they would rather you climb a ladder and work for your vote rather than them doing it.
The logo is there, just not so loud and proud. Minimalism is big in Fianna Fáil circles these days. Less is more type of thing.
The same can be said for some local election candidates who also seem to be rather coy about mentioning the dreaded double F words on their websites.
Cllr Trevor Gilligan, standing for re-election in Clondalkin to South Dublin County Council is one such example. He makes no mention of the party he is standing for anywhere on his website and simply refers to himself as the youngest councillor ever elected in Ireland.
Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Mr Gilligan said he was running his campaign in the same fashion as four years ago.
“I am running this campaign no different than I ran my last campaign when I was the youngest elected Fianna Fáil councillor. I’m still the youngest elected Fianna Fáil councillor. I’ve no friends or family in politics,” he said.
Another councillor loathe to use the two Fs on his personal website is Kildare County Councillor Martin Miley Jnr.
In fact the words Fianna Fáil only appears once throughout his site, and you have to look for them.
“I’ve been a member of Fianna Fáil since I was born and I’ve no problem representing Fianna Fáil,” he said.
For its part, party headquarters said while it has not sent any official guidelines for candidates on use of the party name and logo, it encourages them to use it on any election literature and public material.
It seems some of the party faithful forgot to read that memo.
