So WHO cleans up the mess????

BengaLover

Election over a good while now, and STILL I see the campaign placards every 100 yards or so!
Some are defaced, torn, hanging from nearly every lampost, telegraph pole and pillar where I live..
This is no more than LITTERING and it makes me mad..:mad::mad:
Do the parties have to ensure that every placard is removed or cant they be aresed now?
When you think of the money that was spent on them maybe they could have put it to better use!
Did ANY of you look at a smiling face of a placard with a picture of a counciller from your local constituency and feel moved to vote for them???
**steps off soap box**

Uriel.

the candidates are responsible for removing their own rubbish, ooops I mean election posters

I thought I remembered from last time they had to take them down.
I am getting more and more tempted to report them all for littering

Sykk

Don't forget to bring a towel!

Run_to_da_hills

They have exactly a week to do it.

Hande hoche!

I honestly thought this thread would be about the World Health Organisation.

RussellTuring

Hmmm.

BengaLover

Russel that was brilliant...how'dya do that!:D

Hande hoche!

Hande hoche! wrote: »

I honestly thought this thread would be about the World Health Organisation.

Me too.

I hate those posters, they do my head in when they're put up, and they do my head in when they're not taken down. If you live in Dublin North-East constituency you might have seen that the Fine Gael candidate, Terence Flanagan, has put up stickers on most of his posters since he got in saying Thank You with a red love heart beside it. Ugh. When's he going to take them down??!!!!:mad:

I suggested to my boyfriend who is in one of the parties and helps out with campaigning, that his candidate should release a radio/TV ad saying that instead of putting up posters he was going to put the 90% of the postering workforce that do it into a community day thing, you know like picking litter, helping people etc., and then just put up 10% of the usual amount of posters. It would be better publicity to do that than to just put up posters. I was told I was being naive and it was impossible. Maybe I was being naive but I'd rather anything than posters!!!!!

Rant over.

BengaLover

It would be a good excercise for community service but then the idiots who paid thousands for em and put them up get away with it.

ronaneire

Inda is going to clean it up, I think he said that it was in his 5 pint plan

RussellTuring

BengaLover wrote: »

Russel that was brilliant...how'dya do that!:D

lmgtfy.com Great for being a smart-arse.

AnonoBoy

So we should see Dylan Haskins out taking down all his posters tonight then?

Son Of A Vidic

Haven't the muppets who put them up an allotted time period to remove them by?

AnonoBoy

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Haven't the muppets who put them up an allotted time period to remove them by?

Yes.

ballsymchugh

AnonoBoy wrote: »

So we should see Dylan Haskins out taking down all his posters tonight then?

think he's getting his quiff sorted out later.

giant_midget

people on the dole should be cleaning this mess up along with the random rubbish and chewing gum on the streetsm, Ohh...and some weeding on the road verges as well please, The people who are paying your SW (me and the rest of the workforce) would like to see this done promptly please

AnonoBoy

giant_midget wrote: »

people on the dole should be cleaning this mess up along with the random rubbish and chewing gum on the streetsm, Ohh...and some weeding on the road verges as well please, The people who are paying your SW (me and the rest of the workforce) would like to see this done promptly please

Yes let's bring back in chaingangs for people who have lost their jobs.

ronaneire

giant_midget wrote: »

people on the dole should be cleaning this mess up along with the random rubbish and chewing gum on the streetsm, Ohh...and some weeding on the road verges as well please, The people who are paying your SW (me and the rest of the workforce) would like to see this done promptly please

The people on the dole didn't put the bloody things up in the first place. So why should they take them down?

Anything else you would like to see done promptly? Tea, coffee maybe?

Sofiztikated

There was one left up from the second Lisbon vote in Cavan town until last August.

The only reason it came down was because of the Fleadh.

So far, the only ones to have not removed them here is SF, and Labour. FF's barely lasted til the election anyway.

AnonoBoy

giant_midget wrote: »

people on the dole should be cleaning this mess up along with the random rubbish and chewing gum on the streetsm, Ohh...and some weeding on the road verges as well please, The people who are paying your SW (me and the rest of the workforce) would like to see this done promptly please

I imagine you'd change your tune on that one if you found yourself in the unfortunate position of being let go from your job.

giant_midget

ronaneire wrote: »

The people on the dole didn't put the bloody things up in the first place. So why should they take them down?

Anything else you would like to see done promptly? Tea, coffee maybe?

coffee please, but none of that instant rubbish

ronaneire

giant_midget wrote: »

coffee please, but none of that instant rubbish

Yeah you'll be lucky

Son Of A Vidic

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Yes.

You linked me back to a post I've already read . The question remains is the one week deadline mentioned, speculative or fact.

starbelgrade

They should also be forced to remove the cable ties. Every fucking lamp post in Ireland is covered in the things.

RussellTuring

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

You linked me back to a post I've already read . The question remains is the one week deadline mentioned, speculative or fact.

Well the first result in the link I posted is to the Citizens' Information Bureau and according to them:

The law in Ireland forbids the erection of posters/signs on poles or other structures in public places unless you have the written permission of the owner of the pole or other structure in advance of putting up the posters/signs. Posters are only allowed to be erected for a certain specified time period before an election. Posters can be erected 30 days before the election or from the date of the polling day order for the election, whichever is the shorter period of time.

Following a general election, a party/candidate must remove posters within a seven day period. After that date, an on-the-spot fine of €150 is issued by your local authority in respect of each offence. Your local authority will remove the poster as the fine is issued. If a party/candidate has been issued with a fine and refuses to pay, they can be prosecuted in the District Court by your local authority to enforce payment.