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EMBLEM CONTROVERSY:THE DEPARTMENT of Enterprise has expressed concern about the use of a gold harp in election literature circulated to homes in Dublin by Libertas candidate Caroline Simons.

Under election law, Ms Simons, like all other candidates, is entitled to send a litir um thoghchán to every home in the constituency at the State’s expense.