Free Sky TV, new dentures, and rogue fortune tellers: The bizarre requests made of election candidates
'An elderly gentleman called to see me in the office. He thought he had lost his dentures in UHW [University Hospital Waterford] and wanted me to find them or get him a new set.'
Replacement dentures, sanctions for a rogue fortune teller, and free Sky Sports TV — these are just some of the weird and whacky requests made of this year’s election hopefuls.
The public’s most outlandish asks have failed to put a dampener on the current crop of candidates' political ambitions. They have, at times, even proved amusing.
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