Don’t let bureaucratic busy bodies make politics even more boring

ONE interesting tussle which takes place among the political parties in the opening days of an election is the battle of the lampposts at Government Buildings.

The political parties generally rush to get prime position on these poles. Opposition candidates take a particular pleasure in taunting the Government by having their posters hover over the seat of power.

But the poster battle at Government Buildings is to be no more. Dublin city council officials, in a bizarre case of bureaucratic over-reach, have commanded that posters no longer hang on Dublin's Merrion Square and they haven't stopped there. City council officials have taken upon themselves the power to decide how election postering can be conducted for the forthcoming local and European elections.