Young FG opts for racy line in backing Yes vote

TWO RISQUÉ posters urging a Yes vote to the Lisbon Treaty were unveiled by Young Fine Gael yesterday as it launched its campaign.

Young Fine Gael president Barry Walsh said the posters were designed as an antidote to the staid nature of the campaign to date. He urged support for the treaty because of the real potential it offered to further improve the prospects of young people in Ireland and Europe.

Among the benefits to young people, he listed opportunities to study and work abroad, the euro, massive EU investment in Ireland, peace, equality and environmental protection.

Mr Walsh said that a recent poll illustrated the importance that the youth vote will have in securing a Yes vote for the treaty as the strongest support for it lay in the 18-24-year-old age group, with 60 per cent saying they will vote in favour.

"Our campaign will engage with young people ... outlining its positive aspects. We will try to excite the imaginations of younger voters on Europe, rather than pontificate to them about legalities, or scare them into voting Yes," he said.