Electioneering priests pray for votes

PRIESTS in the Co Kerry parish of Killarney have put up giant banners in local church grounds encouraging their flock to flock to the ballot boxes.

Eight-feet high banners have been placed in the grounds of St Mary’s Cathedral, the Church of the Resurrection and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Muckross asking parishioners not to reject politics and to make sure that they exercise their democratic right on February 25.

The banner outside the Church of the Resurrection reads: “No rejection of election. Vote — it’s so precious” while the signs on the grounds of the cathedral and at Muckross read: “Have your say. Vote — it’s so precious.”