Healy-Rae election posters found on peak of Carrauntoohil

It’s scaling the heights of election gimmickry to place candidates’ photographs on top of Ireland’s highest mountain, but all’s fair in the war of politics.

Some opponents of the Healy-Rae family are casting their eyes skywards following the placing of posters with the images of father and son team, Danny and Johnny Healy-Rae, on the summit of Carrauntoohil.

However, Kerry County Council, to which they are both seeking re-election as Independents, yesterday said they were “perfectly entitled” to put posters where they liked since Wednesday — the first day posters for the EU and local elections were permitted.