Is It Time To Ban Election Posters Again…?

Fecker 24APR19

ou would have to hope that pretty much no one in their right – or left – mind would be influenced by a shiny poster stuck high up on a lamppost.

Has anyone ever changed their vote based on a glossy A3 staring out at them from a hedge…?

And then there’s the little matter of not only the eyesore aspect but also the litter, as a few posters inevitably break free of their ties. Or exhausted candidates simply don’t bother bringing them all back home.

So, with local elections due to hit the country in June, the plea to candidates to simply not bother with such old-school powers of persuasion is ringing out again, with Delgany Tidy Towns and Greystones Tidy Towns both stepping up to the plate in 2024.

It’s something that Greystones town council will hopefully consider once again, having banned them in 2019. 

Back in the 2019 local elections, Greystones Municipal District councillors voted for a ban on posters in town and village centres.

In Greystones, it was from the Medical Centre to Rathdown Road, including the harbour and seafront. In Delgany, from Delgany Wood roundabout to the village centre, and from Delgany National School to the N11 junction. In Kilcoole, from the community centre at Lott Lane to Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, and all of Sea Road. In Newcastle, the ban was from the Watchtower premises at the south end to the junction with Church Road.

It would be a smart move again. And it would also give the Greystones and Delgany Tidy Towns gangs a few lie-ins too.