MEP hopeful says she will report poster vandalism to gardaí
Lorraine Higgins's posters were defaced with the message 'Pro Abort'.
LORRAINE HIGGINS SAYS she will report the defacement of two of her election posters with abortion graffiti to the gardaí.
The Labour senator, who is running for the European Parliament in Midlands North-West, said that one of her posters was stolen while two others were defaced with the slogan 'Pro Abort' in Leixlip and Maynooth.
"This is wilful criminal damage and dirty tricks and I am going to report it to the gardaí," she told TheJournal.ie this lunchtime.
"I hope they take action in order to deter others. If people want to argue they should do it in a democratic way. This goes against everything that political discourse should be."
The two defaced posters refer to the Labour party's support of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill last year and long-standing support for the legalisation of abortion in certain circumstances including fatal foetal abnormalities.
Higgins said that the graffiti had been carried out by people who are "against this government who introduced legislation based on outcome of the X case".
She said that she was happy to debate the issue, but not in such a "distasteful" way.
Higgins said that in reporting the matter to gardaí she hopes that those responsible will "realise fully the repercussions for defacing and defaming".
The candidate added that a number of her posters have been removed around from areas around the vast, 15-county constituency and later replaced with other candidates' posters, describing this is as the "usual dirty tricks in a campaign".
Meanwhile, another Labour poster was defaced with this message in Cork earlier today:
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Is their any need for 10 of the exact same posters 20 ft apart down the same street anyway?everyones sick of looking at their faces.personally i'd be happier looking at the odd defaced one just to momentarily halt the painful monotony……..
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She seemed pretty happy to deface Ming online but all of a sudden it's terrible when it happens to an election poster that won't be seen by near as many people? Double standards much Lorraine? Oh I forgot you're part of the double standard kings – the Labour Party
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Election posters in general should be banned outright, or else limited to a number of small poster specific locations at shopping centers etc. They are a total blight, and utterly useless at any rate.
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Lorraine…worry more about how you are going to explain to your constituents why your party broke it's promises on university fees, water charges, the medical card charge and why they cut some jobseekers money based not on their willingness to work but their age…you've far bigger fish to fry.
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