Meet the man who has been collecting Irish political memorabilia for 40 years

Alan Kinsella, who has spent almost 40 years collecting election posters, referendum leaflets and political memorabilia, displays some of his collection in his shed at his home in Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A man who has been collecting election posters, political leaflets and memorabilia for almost 40 years is harbouring ambitions of opening a museum.

Alan Kinsella began his collection in 1982, and estimates that it includes more than 500 posters and some 50,000 leaflets, charting the Irish political landscape as far back as the 1910s.