Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

On the hustings: The week in pictures on the Election 2011 campaign trail

TheJournal.ie brings you Election 2011′s candidates in their more – or less – photogenic moments of the week.

ONE MOMENT YOU can be up, the next your heart is in your boots. Join the candidates of Election 2011 on the campaign trail – in pictures…

On the hustings: The week in pictures on the Election 2011 campaign trail
1 / 10
  • Independents play

    Green Party members implying that independents like Jackie Healy Rae have had a stranglehold on the Dail... Pic: Julien Behal/PASource: Julien Behal/PA Images
  • Be mine....

  • Face forward

  • Who's your pal?

    Independent candidate Mannix Flynn launches his campaign in Ranelagh with supporter Nell McCafferty. But hey mascot, why the long face?
  • If the shoe fits...

    Labour's Pat Rabbitte has been wearing out some serious shoe leather on the campaign trail... Pic: Stephen Kilkenny.
  • Making the connection

    Kickboxing instructor Anthony Dunne shows Sinn Fein's Aengus O Snodaigh a few moves in Dublin. Pic: Julien Behal/PA
  • Are you right there, Michael?

    Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams gets a warm welcome from a supporter holding a picture of Michael Collins during canvassing in Drogheda, Ireland. Collins was a member of Sinn Fein but also pro-Treaty and agreed to partition so we're getting mixed messages here... Pic: Peter Morrison/AP Photos
  • Taking the Michael

  • Taking the Michael - Part Deux

    ...But just like that, his mood appears to change. Pic: Stephen Kilkenny.
  • Who is going to clean this mess up?

    A reader of TheJournal.ie sent in this poster belonging to a moo-sterious independent candidate...

Look at last week’s On The Hustings images>

Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone...
A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.

Close
JournalTv
News in 60 seconds